The next day, Su Qingluan went to the town as usual. However, because the work was relatively slow that day, the original work was completed shortly after the hour of Si. Outside, the servant in charge of delivering jam from Xie Mansion had already been waiting outside for a long time.
Su Qingluan understood that even if the three sets of spare ones were included, there was a limited amount of fruit jam, not to mention that she had made a list, so the servants would never dare to tamper with it halfway.
However, to be on the safe side, Su Qingluan picked two cautious people and personally followed the servant to transport the fruit jam to Xie's house in a carriage before leaving.
It was already noon when she returned. Su Qingluan was just thinking about what to eat when she heard a familiar voice from behind: "Isn't this Miss Su? It's been a long time since I last saw you~"
Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but smile bitterly: As expected, someone must be deeply resentful after not showing up for a long time.
After turning around, she revealed a somewhat fawning smile: "Uncle Liang, why are you being so polite to me after not seeing you for a while?"
"I dare not be rude," Shopkeeper Liang snorted, "otherwise, Madam Su is a noble woman with a forgetful nature. She might forget about me, a poor family member, and go to Hongfu Tower without even telling me."
...Sure enough, this incident still made Manager Liang feel deeply resentful!
Su Qingluan smiled and rubbed her hands together: "Uncle Liang, I'm really busy, aren't I?"
"Yeah, you're so busy that you remember to run around looking for those random craftsmen, but you forget to ask your Uncle Liang about whose products are good and whose prices are fair. Humph!"
Su Qingluan was stunned for a moment, then realized: Liang Youdao was not angry because she was too busy to come to Hongfulou, but because she knew that Liang Youdao had a wide network of contacts and many friends, but still bypassed him and did everything herself.
Liang Youdao felt that since Su Qingluan called him "Uncle Liang" and was always researching delicious dishes for Hongfulou, she was one of their own. But she treated him as an "outsider" in this way, which made him feel uncomfortable. In addition, Su Qingluan had clearly gone to Hongfulou yesterday but did not wait for him. The "new and old grudges" combined made him feel very sarcastic.
Su Qingluan understood the aggrieved tone in the other person's words, so how could she dare to say anything more? She quickly soothed him, "No, Uncle Liang, I see you're busy too, and we don't know when we'll be done here. Are you sorry to bother you?"
"Are you saying 'sorry to bother' me, or you simply didn't think of me?" Shopkeeper Liang glanced at Su Qingluan with his eyes, which were a little narrow due to his fat round face, making her shrink her shoulders involuntarily: Sure enough, the old ones are still the best.
In fact, Su Qingluan has been relying on mountains and mountains will fall, and relying on people will make them old since her previous life. So from a long time ago, Su Qingluan understood that when to rely on herself, she was the most reliable.
If she doesn't have anything to offer in exchange, she will never ask for help from the other party.
For example, in the case of Mu Xingzhi, she only asked for corresponding compensation from him after she had offered him sufficient exchange conditions.
As for Hongfulou, it was already stated in the contract that Su Qingluan would provide Manager Liang with the recipe. Moreover, this matter was not only beneficial to Manager Liang, and Manager Liang would not treat her unfairly every time he distributed dividends. Therefore, even if Su Qingluan took out the recipe, it would be difficult for her to convince herself that she was providing any "favorable conditions" - after all, to be fair, Xu Yuanwei's understanding as a chef was not bad at all, he just didn't have two lives like herself.
Su Qingluan was secretly shocked: As expected, someone of her level shouldn't play tricks with old masters, so she nodded obediently, but was knocked on the head by Manager Liang: "You are still a businessman? Have you heard that there is no business without fraud? This is the first time I've seen you so honest!"
Su Qingluan was a little dissatisfied after hearing this: "Actually, I am quite profit-driven..."
"You're just profiteering!" Liang Youdao couldn't help but curse. "Is there anyone like you who's just asking me to do something for you and only thinks about the reward? It's really, ah..."
He stared at Su Qingluan angrily for a long time, then said in a rough voice, "Come with me!"
"I'm still hungry..." Su Qingluan muttered weakly. Her stomach had protested more than once since the beginning. Now she just wanted to sit down and eat something soupy to warm her body that had been blown through by the cold wind. However, it seemed a little impossible now...
"How can I, the shopkeeper of Hongfulou, let you starve?" Shopkeeper Liang's words interrupted Su Qingluan's inner complaints. He rolled his eyes in annoyance and turned and walked away quickly. Su Qingluan always felt that his fat little belly was also bulging with anger, like...
Like a frog...
In addition, today, Shopkeeper Liang was wearing a turquoise silk robe, so the color made it even more similar...
Of course, Su Qingluan would never tell anyone this idea even if her mouth was torn to pieces, otherwise she felt that she might not see the sun the next day.
A series of chaotic thoughts flashed through Su Qingluan's mind as she followed Liang Youdao to Hongfulou. However, Liang Youdao did not leave her directly in the lobby or the kitchen on the first floor. Instead, he asked her to follow him to the private room on the second floor.
"Wait for me here!" Liang Youdao said this and turned around and left with his big belly, still looking angry.
But after a while, a waiter knocked on the door, and then a light noodle soup and two side dishes, one meat and one vegetable, were brought to Su Qingluan.
Su Qingluan was stunned for a moment, remembering that she had just casually told Manager Liang that she had been very busy recently and had no appetite. As a result, Manager Liang brought her this light but very delicious clear soup noodles.
After taking a sip of the soup, Su Qingluan was stunned: This was obviously borrowed from the method she used to make fish soup, except that the fish bones were replaced with pork bones, and the flavor was just as rich.
Su Qingluan knew that although Manager Liang still looked unhappy on the surface, he still did not forget to arrange delicious meals for her, which meant that he was no longer really angry - or perhaps Manager Liang had never been really angry from the beginning.
Just as she was thinking about this question, Su Qingluan heard another knock on the door - but this time the knock was more casual, and the person pushed the door open and walked in without waiting for Su Qingluan to say "come in".
The person who came was indeed Liang Youdao.
"Here! Here you go!" Liang Youdao said in a gruff voice, and slapped a piece of paper on Su Qingluan's desk with his chubby fingers. "Take your time to read it. I'm going downstairs to get busy!"
When he reached the door, seeing Su Qingluan still staring at him blankly, Manager Liang angrily said, "If there's anything you don't understand, don't forget to ask me this time!"
After saying this, he went downstairs with loud treading sounds, "dong dong dong".
Su Qingluan was brought back to her senses by the series of deafening footsteps. She smiled helplessly and opened the piece of paper that Manager Liang gave her. Then she couldn't help but be stunned.
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