Since its opening, Fatty's Spicy Noodle Restaurant has been attracting a steady stream of customers and making a fortune. Even many restaurants in the East Market consider it a rising star.
Lu Dahai and Li Qingshan stayed home to farm, and Lu Shi and Li Shi naturally couldn't keep going to the city. So they left Zhou Yi and Zhou Er at home, while the remaining Zhou family brothers followed Lu Qiqi into the city every day to help.
Lu Qiqi thought Zhou San had good speaking skills, so she taught him how to handle cashier duties. Unexpectedly, Zhou San picked it up as soon as she was taught and was also very fast at arithmetic. So Lu Qiqi then taught him how to keep accounts.
The noodle shop was doing so well that it attracted a lot of envy. On the afternoon of the seventh day after the noodle shop opened, a group of uninvited guests arrived.
Hearing footsteps, Lu Qiqi raised her head from the cashier's counter where she was teaching Zhou San to keep accounts, and saw a man in brocade robes with seven or eight attendants behind him.
Lu Qiqi smiled and asked, "Sir, what kind of noodles would you like?"
"Call your manager out here!" a blue-clad follower with a fierce face shouted at Lu Qiqi.
Seeing that the other party was hostile, Lu Qiqi pursed her lips and her tone turned cold, saying, "What do you want with the shopkeeper?"
When Zhang Shiqiang saw Lu Qiqi's beautiful face, his eyes lit up. He never expected that such a beautiful woman could be found in a run-down noodle shop.
He has always had a soft spot for beautiful women; otherwise, his seven or eight concubines wouldn't have been so obedient to him.
Zhang Shiqiang licked his lips and said in a flippant tone, "Little beauty, call your manager out. I'm here to buy the recipe for spicy noodles from her."
Lu Qiqi scoffed and said, "I'm the owner of this noodle shop. How much silver are you prepared to pay for the secret recipe?"
Zhang Shiqiang never expected that Lu Qiqi was the noodle shop owner. When she spoke, her eyes shone with a firm light, showing no sign of fear. For a moment, Zhang Shiqiang felt as if he had been tickled through a boot, an itch that went straight to his heart.
Zhang Shiqiang looked Lu Qiqi up and down. Her figure wasn't the voluptuous type he preferred; she looked like an underdeveloped bean sprout.
However, he didn't mind. He was tired of eating fatty meat, so it was nice to try this simple congee and side dishes once in a while.
Zhang Shiqiang, who was getting more and more excited about the idea, coughed lightly to bring himself back to his senses and said, "How about two hundred taels?"
Lu Qiqi thought this person must be out of their mind; why pretend to be rich when you don't have money?
But Lu Qiqi didn't know the other party's background, and she wouldn't curse him directly. She said, "I spent more than a hundred taels of silver to take over this shop, and I'm selling you the recipe for two hundred taels. What's in it for me?! If you're not going to eat noodles, please leave and don't disturb my business."
Instead of getting angry, Zhang Shiqiang laughed, thinking that Lu Qiqi had personality. His possessive gaze became increasingly lewd. "What's so good about a young lady showing her face in public? Why not come with me? From now on, I'll make sure you wear gold and silver every day, never have to worry about food or drink, and enjoy my favor every night."
Lu Qiqi never expected this person to be so shameless as to dare to make a move on her.
If he were in the dense forest during a famine, his head would have long since separated from his body, and he wouldn't have had the chance to utter such filthy words.
"You..." Before Zhou San could finish speaking, Lu Qiqi patted him on the back.
Lu Qiqi glanced at Zhou San, who immediately understood and ran into the kitchen to find Liu Tong and his apprentice.
Zhang Shiqiang ignored Zhou San; he didn't believe that a little kid like him could have any ability to go against him.
Seeing that Zhou San had hidden in the kitchen, Lu Qiqi felt relieved and could now directly kick him out.
Seeing that Lu Qiqi did not respond, Zhang Shiqiang's follower asked, "Do you know who my young master is? And who his sister is?"
Lu Qiqi hadn't expected to have to announce her sister's name before the fight. She asked, "Who is it?"
The attendant, thinking Lu Qiqi was frightened, immediately said, "Zhang, the concubine of Magistrate Zhu in Heshun Prefecture, is my young master's older sister."
Lu Qiqi was speechless for a moment. She didn't expect that a concubine's younger brother would dare to act so arrogantly. It was clear that Magistrate Zhu was no good official either. She said, "If I don't comply, what will you do?"
"No," the burly follower said, clenching his fist, which was the size of a sandbag, and threatening Lu Qiqi, "Then taste the flavor of my fist."
“Hey, don’t scare the little girl,” Zhang Shiqiang scolded his attendant for being ignorant, then said to Lu Qiqi, “I’ll give you three days to think it over. Either come with me, or hand over the prescription and get out of Qinghe Town. Otherwise, I’ll have your shop demolished and rape you right here in the shop.”
Hearing Zhang Shiqiang's arrogant words, Lu Qiqi was filled with murderous intent. She walked out of the cashier's counter and was about to make a move when Liu Tong rushed out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife, followed by a group of kids, and confronted Zhang Shiqiang and his gang.
Lu Qiqi's heart tightened. The Zhou brothers were definitely no match for these martial arts experts. She said, "I will consider it."
I'm considering how to assassinate you.
Zhang Shiqiang, having received a satisfactory reply, smiled and said, "Then see you in three days, beautiful shopkeeper."
After saying that, Zhang Shiqiang led his entourage out of the noodle shop.
As soon as Zhang Shiqiang left the noodle shop, Liu Tong and the others surrounded him.
On Wednesday, the first person to ask was, "Sister Lu, did that bastard hurt you?"
Lu Qiqi patted Zhou San's head and said, "No, you can't tell my third uncle and the others about this, okay?"
On Wednesday, before she could ask why, Liu Tong pointed the tip of his knife at the ground and said, "Seventh Girl, what are these people doing here? You just agreed to consider it, what were you considering? Did he threaten you?"
Lu Qiqi was speechless for a moment after being questioned three times by Liu Tong. After a pause, she said, "They're just a bunch of thugs who want to come to my door to collect protection money. Don't worry, I have a way to deal with them."
When Liu Tong heard that they were local thugs, he wasn't so nervous anymore. If Lu Qiqi, who was skilled in martial arts, encountered local thugs, the one who would suffer would be the thugs.
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