Chapter 78: So worrying
If one is afraid of the head of the police, who would do this job?
But this fellow was thinking of robbing his fellow. How despicable! He thought he was a soft persimmon that he could easily bully? Liu Wuwan was furious. Naturally, he showed no mercy. He beat the fellow so hard that he became a pig's head. He only left after the fellow cried for his parents and knelt down to beg for mercy.
After walking two steps, he simply came back, snatched the money for the dishes that he had given to the waiter, and put it back into his own purse.
Who doesn't know how to rob other thieves?
Liu Wuwan took the silver and left, leaving his servant groaning and cursing on the ground.
There is no wall that is impenetrable.
The dispute between Mingyuxuan and Huibinlou over Mapo Tofu soon spread.
It is acceptable to compete with peers by lowering prices and offering discounts to attract popularity, and it is also acceptable to give extra gifts to old customers. Even if it is just poaching customers from each other, it is all within the normal range.
But you sent people to the restaurant next door to order so many dishes and cause trouble, so you were wrong.
In this kind of fight, whoever starts it first is at fault. Ming Yuxuan would naturally be criticized for doing something unfair.
If you are so dishonest to your business peers, you might be the same to your customers as well. So it’s best not to go to Mingyuxuan for dinner, lest you get cheated without knowing it.
As the last few days before the Chinese New Year were approaching, Mingyuxuan's business had visibly dropped in customers.
Shopkeeper Song was so anxious that he cursed several times in the backyard and broke several teacups.
Huibinlou's business remained the same, and because of this incident, Mapo Tofu became even more famous. Almost every table of guests at Huibinlou had a plate of Mapo Tofu.
The day passed quickly and it was already the 29th.
Today is New Year's Eve.
People usually get busy on New Year's Eve from the morning onwards, stewing, boiling radishes, mixing dumpling fillings... preparing for the New Year's Eve reunion dinner and the New Year's Day the next day.
All shops are closed today.
Su Yujin went to the guest house and distributed New Year's gifts to each of the employees, and also gave each of them a red envelope.
The festival gift was a piece of cloth, a bag of rice, a bag of noodles, and two hundred dollars in the red envelope.
The wages at Huibinlou were considered high among the nearby shops and restaurants, and the gifts were many, so the waiters were delighted. They thanked Su Yujin with gratitude, cleaned the restaurant inside and out, and then left the restaurant one after another to go home for the New Year.
On the Su family side, Su Yujin also distributed holiday gifts.
Each person was given a piece of cloth, five handkerchiefs for daily use, and facial ointment. The red envelope was the same as the one given at the guest house, also containing two hundred coins.
After finishing all these, Su Yujin led Ai Cao and Mother Liu to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
The smooth and tender mouth-watering chicken, the sweet and sour crispy squirrel fish, the light and refreshing salted duck, the baked pumpkin with egg yolk, the stewed pork ribs with water chestnuts, the rape heart with mushrooms, the taro in casserole, the fried yam with black fungus, the jade dumplings stuffed with pork and shrimp, and the sour and spicy black pepper soup make up the ten dishes with all kinds of chicken, duck, fish and meat.
Su Yujin even asked Ai Cao to boil a pot of rice wine.
It is brewed with glutinous rice and is not over-purified. It does not taste strong in alcohol, but has a rich aroma of fermented glutinous rice and a very sweet aftertaste.
It can be said that although there were only three people having the New Year’s Eve dinner, it was still grand and lively.
After dinner, it is reasonable to stay up all night.
But thinking that if He Yanxiu came the next day, it would be busy again, Su Yujin told Mama Liu and Ai Cao to go to rest early.
I also went to bed early.
The next morning, someone came to the door early.
It was Shuangye, Qingkui and others from Su’s side who came to pay New Year’s greetings.
Next, it was the waiter from Huibin Building.
After seeing off the two groups of people, Su Yujin took Ai Cao to pay New Year's greetings to Zheng Mingyuan.
Logically, it is usually the cook who wishes the employer a happy new year.
But the relationship between them is not a pure employment relationship, but more of a cooperation. Zheng Mingyuan is the older one, so according to this rule, it is Su Yujin's turn to go.
When Su Yujin went there, she did not go empty-handed. She brought some homemade snacks, such as Kaikouxiao and Lianhua Su.
"You're here, but why are you bringing food? When have I ever been short of food?"
Zheng Mingyuan smiled and invited Su Yujin and Ai Cao to sit down and warm themselves by the fire, then went to pour them two cups of hot tea.
"What Uncle Zheng made is what Uncle Zheng made, and what I made is what I made. Even if the taste is not as good as Uncle Zheng's, it still counts as some of my thoughts, and it still tastes different."
Su Yujin held the teacup and looked around, "Why isn't Dayong here?"
"He said he was going out to look for dried day lilies for lunch. He left early in the morning and hasn't come back yet." Zheng Mingyuan frowned when he mentioned this. "This kid has been running out whenever he has time these days. He doesn't tell me what he's doing when asked, and I don't know what he's up to."
"It's New Year's Day, all the shops are closed, where can he get the day lilies? I think he just found an excuse to go out and do something wild."
"Dayong is not a person who doesn't care about the importance of things. Since it is something that must be done on New Year's Day, it must be the most important thing. Uncle Zheng, don't be too anxious." Su Yujin advised.
"What's important or not? Can anything be more important than getting married?"
Zheng Mingyuan could only sigh, "He's already grown up, it's time for him to get married. He's made quite a bit of money with his boss these days, I've found a good place for him to buy a house, and then I'll find a matchmaker to help him with this matter, but this bastard just won't agree to it no matter what."
"It's really worrying!"
"Disciples have their own blessings. In many cases, the word marriage is more about fate. If fate comes, I'm afraid it can't be stopped."
Su Yujin smiled and said, "Dayong is a well-behaved man, and he follows Uncle Zheng. He will be able to take on important responsibilities in the future. His future is limitless. Are you afraid that he won't be able to find a wife?"
"Okay, okay, you're the only one here who's saying good things for him."
Zheng Mingyuan carried the copper kettle with steam bubbling out of it and added some hot water into Su Yujin's cup. He also took out the steamed rice cake he had made and asked Su Yujin and Ai Cao to taste it.
After talking for a while, Su Yujin and Ai Cao said goodbye.
When they left, Zheng Mingyuan asked them to take back some red date, walnut, red date cakes and date paste and yam cakes that he had made himself.
Zheng Mingyuan is an excellent cook. Although this pastry is not as good as that made by Yunzhizhai, it tastes quite good because of Zheng Mingyuan’s interest in it.
There will be no shortage of snacks these days.
Su Yujin smiled and asked Ai Cao to accept it, and the two walked home together.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all shops on the street were closed, but strings of festive red lanterns were hung at the doors. In addition, many people were coming and going on the streets to pay New Year's greetings, making the street seem quite lively.
"Miss Su? What a coincidence, I actually met Miss Su here."
I lay down for a day, my temperature was fluctuating, and it reached 38 degrees in the afternoon. I took ibuprofen and the fever went away at 7 o'clock... I lay down in a daze for a day, and got up at night to write for a while.
(End of this chapter)
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