Chapter 12 Food Shortage!
"Everyone, go to sleep. There won't be any guests in the morning. I'll keep watch for a little longer."
After Su Jingge finished speaking, the group went back inside.
Meanwhile, at the street corner, in an alley.
A man in black walked towards the direction of the Chamber of Commerce.
Inside the room, the man dressed in black whispered, "Sixth Brother."
Zhao Liu yawned, looking at the sky just beginning to brighten, and said with an annoyed expression, "Speak your mind, it's so early in the morning, can't you let people sleep?"
"Sixth Brother, Mayfly, came with his men at midnight and left again at dawn."
Zhao Liu rolled his eyes and said, "Come in here and talk."
After the man in black entered, he said, "There was no fighting noise from the restaurant. Only the main door was damaged. The restaurant itself looks... still intact."
"Damn it, you must be mistaken, kid. I paid Ephemeral to go down the mountain and rob the restaurant, how could there be no fighting sounds?"
The younger brother, trembling with fear, repeated, "I assure you I didn't see it wrong."
Zhao Liu pondered, a dark cloud hanging over his face.
He then chuckled and said, "It's alright. Perhaps Su Jingge was scared and gave him money to avoid trouble."
"Go and make arrangements with all the vegetable markets, including the vendors..."
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At 1:15 AM, since Manager Xu hadn't returned yet, we couldn't just skip buying the vegetables.
Fei Jian and Wei Shuang went to make purchases.
They went to the market and bought the vegetables according to the list.
But when they saw that it was someone from Yunque Tower, they refused to sell it no matter what.
Fei Jian didn't make things difficult and visited a few more stalls.
The result was the same.
Fei Jian objected, "What do you all mean by this? What's wrong with Yun Que Lou?"
"I want to buy fresh vegetables, why won't you sell them to me?"
"Did I kill someone or rob someone? Why are you all so afraid of me?"
The vegetable vendors all lowered their heads and arranged their vegetables, none of them daring to look up and respond.
He didn't believe in superstitions, threw the silver on the vegetables, and was about to leave with them.
The vendor panicked and pleaded with the man, "Please, sir, spare me! I really dare not sell these vegetables."
The man clung tightly to the hem of the flying sword, his eyes filled with terror.
It was as if he would lose his life if he sold these vegetables today.
"It wasn't you. What's going on?"
For Shuang, sign language: 【Brother Fei, let's go to the next one.】
The same thing happened at the next company.
Flying Sword was furious; he realized something was wrong.
In the past, when buying vegetables at the market, this situation never occurred. It must be that the vegetable vendors were being blackmailed and dared not sell their vegetables to Yunque Tower.
He looked around and saw a small dark figure standing at the corner of the flour shop not far ahead.
His eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly gave chase.
Wei Shuang was taken aback, watching as the person darted out like a gust of wind.
That person was extremely cunning, always heading towards crowded places.
With his exceptional lightness skill, he leaped onto the roof, a vegetable basket hanging behind him.
The man was no match for the flying sword, so he stopped running.
The flying sword went up and struck with a palm.
The man neither fought back nor blocked anything, but simply lay down in the middle of the street.
"Murder! Murder at Yun Que Lou!"
His shouting attracted a crowd of neighbors who came out to watch.
Fei Jian frowned and grabbed him by the collar: "Tell me, was it you guys who did this?"
The man wasn't afraid at all; instead, he sneered, "So what if it is? You expect to buy fresh vegetables?"
"dream!"
Flying Sword's eyes flashed with killing intent: "You've got a death wish?"
Just as he was about to make a move, he found that Wei Shuang was panting and holding his arm, shaking her head incessantly.
"No, there are so many people here, Fei-ge. If you injure someone in public, it will cause trouble for Sister Su."
These words reminded Fei Jian that he was now a member of Yun Que Lou, and if something happened, Manager Su would be in trouble.
The man's smile widened: "What, are you scared? Haha, you wouldn't dare kill me."
If this were before, who would have dared to challenge him like this? They'd be lying in a coffin by now.
Fei Jian raised his eyes with a half-smile: "I'll remember you."
He then turned and left.
I visited a few more stores, but none of them sold fresh vegetables. If I wanted to buy any, I could only buy vegetables that had been sitting out for a few days and had turned yellow.
This is not fit for guests to eat at all.
Left with no other choice, he had to return.
Passing by a steamed bun shop on the way, he said to the shop owner, "I don't want to buy vegetables, I want to buy steamed buns, is that alright?"
The man sold it.
I gave one of the two steamed buns to Wei Shuang and kept the other for myself.
Qingyue noticed that the two of them had been gone for an hour; even if they were planting vegetables, they should be back by now.
Then they saw two figures, one large and one small, appear.
When she arrived, Qingyue saw that the vegetable basket was empty.
"Seriously, you two spent an hour buying groceries? Where are they?"
Qingyue crossed her arms and noticed oil stains on the corners of their lips.
"Oh, you two didn't squander the money for the shopping, did you?"
"What are you talking about? The vegetable seller simply won't sell to us." Fei Jian paused. "Besides, would I be greedy for a mere tael of silver?"
Qingyue smiled and said, "Not selling to you? One tael of silver, oh ho ho, listen to that, listen to that, looking down on one tael of silver? Your young master doesn't think that way. He swindled so much silver from my young lady before, and he didn't say a word."
Fei Jian hesitated slightly: "Young Master is greedy for money. Go ask Young Master for it. Why are you dragging my young master into this?"
"I can't be bothered to argue with you. You say you can't buy vegetables? There are so many vegetable vendors in Yuxiang County. Are you saying you can't buy any even at your home?"
Fei Jian looked at the woman's disbelieving expression and blinked. It did seem a bit unbelievable.
He pointed at Wei Shuang: "If you don't believe me, ask Wei Shuang."
In sign language, Shuang says: "Aunt Qingyue, Fei-ge is right, we—"
"I can't understand sign language at all. If you two can't even do something as simple as buying groceries, what else can you do?"
"No, why are you making a personal attack!"
The argument escalated into a physical fight, which Shuang couldn't stop and was extremely anxious about.
He ran upstairs to find Su Jingge.
The woman is sealing the box.
She saw Wei Shuang's anxious face: "Sister Su, something bad has happened! Fei Ge and Aunt Qing Yue are fighting again!"
Su Jingge immediately dropped what she was doing and ran downstairs.
"You two, stop right there!"
The two stopped when they heard the sound.
At this moment, Xiao Linyuan also came out.
The two were ultimately punished by having to wash everyone's clothes for a month.
Su Jingge looked at the two of them solemnly: "I'll say it again, fighting is prohibited in the restaurant. Can't we talk things out properly? If this happens again, you'll be fined your monthly pay!"
The two of them shut up in annoyance.
Su Jingge asked, "Flying Sword, tell me what's going on with the vegetables, and why no one dares to sell them to us?"
"They are Zhao Liu's men. They said we won't be able to buy fresh ingredients anymore."
Su Jingge frowned. It was them again!
"Okay, I understand."
Su Jingge looked at the ingredients in the kitchen; they would at most last until tomorrow.
This money was originally intended for purchasing roof tiles.
There are no vegetables available right now, so the restaurants cannot be supplied normally.
A funding gap is not a good thing.
She needs to think of a solution.
A day later, someone else said that the ingredients at Yunque Restaurant were not fresh and had changed in taste.
Su Jingge went to the kitchen and asked Chef Xu what happened.
Chef Xu said he has always followed the original recipe without making any changes.
In just two days, the restaurant's profits plummeted, and Su Jingge had to use the money to compensate the customers.
That evening, the group held a meeting.
Everyone was pondering how to deal with this dish.
“We don’t even have time to grow our own vegetables now. Besides, there are only a few families that can grow vegetables to sell. The others only have a small vegetable plot, which is not enough for their own consumption, so they cannot supply us for a long time.”
Qingyue said.
Su Jingge knew that other families were either starving or their crops were not yielding enough vegetables, resulting in small and few produce.
"Then we won't buy it in this county, we'll go to a neighboring county."
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