Martina picked out more than 200 pieces of cloth and waited for Boss Xiao Gao to settle the bill.
I saw Boss Xiao Gao fiddling with the abacus beads for a long time, and finally told him the number he had calculated.
After hearing Madam Lu's translation, Martina was completely shocked. After confirming repeatedly that she had not heard wrongly and that Boss Xiao Gao had not made a mistake, she turned around and ran back into the warehouse to continue selecting.
Even for lunch that day, Boss Xiao Gao had someone go to the restaurant to order food and have it delivered.
Martina spent a whole day in the Gao family's warehouse and spent over a thousand taels of silver.
As for how much material she finally bought, not only her, but even Qingtian, who had an excellent memory, couldn't remember.
The silver that Madam Lu brought with her before she came was not enough, so she made an appointment with Boss Xiao Gao to bring people to deliver all the fabrics bought by Martina to the ship tomorrow, and then she could withdraw the silver directly from the ship.
Although it was a bit painful for Mrs. Lu to bargain, she finally made a big deal. Boss Xiao Gao was very happy and insisted on treating everyone to dinner in the evening.
Compared to Zhang Yingqi, Boss Xiao Gao is obviously more familiar with this place.
He and a few others walked around in this area and finally arrived at the door of a warehouse.
The door of the warehouse was closed, and Boss Xiao Gao knocked on the door several times.
Soon, footsteps were heard from inside the door.
Soon, the door was opened a little, and a child looked out.
Seeing that the person coming was Boss Xiao Gao, he opened the door and let him in.
But after everyone came in, the child realized that the person following at the end was not Boss Xiao Gao's follower, but the head of the police Zhang Yingqi, and his face immediately became bitter.
"Boss Xiao Gao, why did you have to bring someone from the government?
"If my master chef knew about this, I would be scolded again."
"Go to hell, you little monkey!" Boss Xiao Gao raised his leg and lightly kicked the child's butt. "You run a restaurant, not a brothel or casino. What are you afraid of the government officials doing?"
"Well, who knows?" The child dodged and said with a smile, "My master chef has a strange temper, you know that.
"But you came at a good time. My chef will be going to the capital to participate in a cooking competition tomorrow.
"I can't come back anytime soon, so I'm afraid this store will be closed for a month."
As soon as Qingtian heard the words "cooking competition", he paid special attention.
I thought it would be a good opportunity to try this master chef’s cooking and see if it was as delicious as my mother’s.
"Boss Xiao Gao, do you have any dishes you would like to eat?"
"What's the point of me wanting to eat? Doesn't it depend on the mood of your chef?
“Okay, this isn’t my first time here, so I’ll just listen to your master chef.
"Just tell him how many people are eating, and we'll eat whatever he cooks."
When the child heard this, he stopped asking questions and ran to the kitchen to serve the dishes.
Zhang Yingqi was very curious about this place. He looked around and asked, "Boss Xiao Gao, it seems that this chef has a really strange temper!"
"Who says he isn't?" Boss Xiao Gao said with a smile, "But he's really good at cooking, so everyone tolerates his eccentric temper.
“Those who can own a warehouse here are all people who have good business and have some money.
“But this area is deserted, and if you wanted to eat out you had to go back to the city.
“So ever since this chef opened the restaurant here, business has been pretty good.
“I remember when I first came here, his family only rented a small warehouse.
“There were four tables crammed in there, and everyone had to lean sideways to get in and out.
“Even so, business quickly became prosperous.
"Then he started to expand his space. Now I don't know how many warehouses he has rented in total."
Martina was too excited when she bought the fabrics, so she was a little depressed at the moment.
In addition, the language that she couldn't understand was what was coming into her ears, which made her even more hypnotic, so she soon fell asleep with her forehead supported by her hand.
Seeing that she was tired, Madam Lu did not wake her up. Instead, she signaled Zhang Yingqi and Boss Xiao Gao to speak in a lower voice.
Soon, the child who was responsible for opening the door came over to serve the food.
As the man walked to the door with the dishes, Martina suddenly raised her head.
Before she even opened her eyes, she asked in a dazed voice in Western dialect: "Lu, what's that smell? It smells so good."
Madam Lu supported her and said with amusement, "Wake up, it's time for dinner."
When the child serving the food heard that Madam Lu could speak Western languages, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times in surprise.
Martina twitched her nose and found that the fragrance was getting stronger and stronger. Then she slowly opened her eyes and saw the child put the plate on the table.
"Oh, Lu, can you tell me what this dish is?
"It looks horrible, but it smells delicious."
Madam Lu looked at the big pot of steamed buns and small fish that had just been served on the table, and for a moment she didn't know how to translate it.
After a long time of effort, I finally explained the cornmeal cakes and stewed sea fish to Martina.
But Martina couldn't bring herself to eat the fish with its head still attached.
"Lu, this is terrible, they are all looking at me!"
Madam Lu had no choice but to ask Martina to close her eyes first, and then put a fish with its head removed in the bowl in front of her.
"Okay, now you can eat."
Martina opened her eyes, but didn't dare look into the iron pot. She just stared at her bowl.
Then she imitated Sunny and put the whole small fish into her mouth.
After chewing for a few times, Martina nodded repeatedly and said, "Although the taste is a bit strange, it is indeed very delicious..."
Before she finished speaking, Qingtian spat out a long fish bone with thorns from his mouth.
Martina's mouth opened in surprise.
No wonder it tasted strange to me. There were always some broken things in the middle of the delicious and tender fish meat that affected the taste. It turns out that I have to spit out the bones after eating this kind of fish?
Qingtian saw that she didn't know how to eat fish and wanted to teach her but couldn't communicate in the same language.
She turned her head and looked at Madam Lu for help.
Madam Lu did not intend to help, but instead imitated the Western habit and spread her hands out.
Qingtian was helpless and could only use the few Western words he knew, using gestures and words to try to explain things to Martina.
Martina was very patient with children. Although she had no idea what Qingtian was saying, she still listened carefully and kept guessing and responding to Qingtian's words.
In the end, Madam Lu couldn't stand the two of them talking at cross purposes anymore, so she took the initiative to teach Martina how to eat these small fish.
But Martina shook her head and pointed at Qingtian and said, "It's okay, let her continue.
“Learning to speak means constantly speaking.
"If you speak for her every time, she'll never learn to express herself, okay?"
After Martina finished speaking, she turned around and started talking to Qingtian again.
This time, it was Madam Lu who was left to reflect on herself.
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