Chapter 49: The restaurant sells blind bears
"Gu boy, here are 700 taels of silver. Please count them. I don't have any banknotes, only cash. If you want banknotes, go to the money shop and exchange them yourself." Shopkeeper Liu signaled the clerk to put a small box on the ground.
Gu Yan and Li Wanqing exchanged a glance, and Gu Yan stepped forward and said, "Uncle Liu, you're too polite. Don't you trust me? No need to order. I'll carry it to the car right away."
When Gu Yan finished speaking, Li Wanqing also said: "Uncle Liu, you are busy, we will take our leave."
Shopkeeper Liu also wanted to go back and continue looking at his precious medicinal herbs, but he still said, "If you have any medicinal herbs in the future, just bring them here. The price is negotiable."
Li Wanqing nodded and followed Gu Yan out.
Gu Yan first helped Li Wanqing into the carriage, then drove the carriage out of the clinic and turned onto the street.
While no one was paying attention, Li Wanqing released another bison and two wild sheep.
This was what the two of them had agreed upon. There were a lot of bison and sheep in the space, and two people couldn't finish eating them.
Besides, even if he finished eating, Gu Yan could still go hunting again, so it wouldn’t take up space and he could just sell it for money.
The restaurant is not far from the clinic, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk there.
This time, Gu Yan didn't let Li Wanqing come down, he went into the restaurant alone.
The waiter saw the guest coming and immediately came forward to greet him: "Sir, are you looking for a quick meal or dinner? There are private rooms upstairs for you to choose from."
Gu Yan nodded to the waiter and said, "Is the shopkeeper here? I have a business deal to discuss with him."
The waiter saw that Gu Yan was wearing coarse cloth and knew at first glance that he was not from a wealthy family. He didn't know what he wanted to see the shopkeeper about.
But he was just a waiter, and he knew that appearances are not to be judged. What if he had real skills?
And he was just asked to go in and tell the boss, and he had no control over whether the shopkeeper saw him or not.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go tell the boss." The waiter said and went to the kitchen.
After a while, the waiter came back, followed by a rather wealthy man in his fifties.
"Boss, he is the one who said he wants to discuss business with you." The waiter pointed at Gu Yan and said.
The shopkeeper nodded: "Okay, I understand. Go ahead and get busy."
The waiter went back to greet the customers.
The shopkeeper was confused and didn't know what business the young man in front of him, dressed like a farmer, wanted to discuss with him.
However, adhering to the idea that harmony brings wealth, the shopkeeper still came over to greet Gu Yan: "Young man, the waiter said you wanted to discuss business with me, but I don't know what it is."
Gu Yan is now experienced and not afraid at all even when facing the big man who is the owner of the restaurant.
He stepped forward and said, "Hello, shopkeeper. I am a hunter from Daqing Mountain. I have hunted some game. I wonder if you would be interested?"
"Oh? What kind of prey are they?" The shopkeeper was really interested and asked with raised eyebrows.
"Bison, wild sheep, and deer." Gu Yan said calmly.
"There are bison and deer?" exclaimed the shopkeeper.
"Well, it depends on whether the shopkeeper wants it. If not, I will go to Jufenglou to have a look." Gu Yan said.
"Yes, I want it. Where is the prey?" the shopkeeper said excitedly.
Don't blame the shopkeeper for being excited. He has been worried about the lack of unusual ingredients in the restaurant these days.
The day before yesterday, the housekeeper of the county magistrate's family found the restaurant and said that there were distinguished guests at home. They would host a banquet at their restaurant in three days and asked them to bring any goodies they had.
Of course he knew this, but the problem was that apart from the usual ingredients, there was nothing rare in their restaurant.
We do have shark fin and bird's nest, but I'm afraid our guests are used to it and won't be interested in it.
He has been so worried these past two days that his hair is about to fall out, and he hasn't thought of a good solution.
He was just discussing with the chef in the kitchen, and they had to get through this stage no matter what.
The waiter came over and said that someone wanted to discuss business with him.
He was feeling upset and didn't want to bother with it, but remembering that he was running a restaurant, he came over to take a look based on the idea that harmony brings wealth.
I didn't expect to give him such a big surprise.
Gu Yan didn't know why he was so excited?
But he still said, "The bison and wild sheep are in the car outside. I didn't bring the deer with me. If you want me to bring it to you later."
"Yes, I want them all. If you have them in the future, just send them to me. The price is negotiable." The shopkeeper said excitedly.
The shopkeeper looked at the wild cattle and wild sheep on the cart, thought for a moment and said, "Wild cattle are rare, so I'll give you twenty taels of silver each, and wild sheep eight taels of silver. What do you think?"
If it's a deer, I'll give you thirty taels of silver per deer. But I want an adult deer, not a small one."
Gu Yan nodded: "Okay, I'll bring the deer to you later."
Then he pretended to hesitate for a moment and asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, I see you are a straightforward person. I also killed a black bear and originally wanted to sell it to the capital. I wonder if you want it?"
Gu Yan saw how excited the shopkeeper was when he found out that he had a deer, and even offered a high price for it, so he knew that his restaurant must have a distinguished guest.
It just so happens that there are black bears in the space that need to be sold.
"Is there really a blind bear?" The shopkeeper was already surprised to have bison and deer, but he didn't expect that this hunter actually had a blind bear.
Blind bears are ferocious and most people don't dare to provoke them.
Their restaurant hasn't received any bearded bears for several years.
Thinking of the wonderful taste of bear paw, and the idea of using bear paw to find distinguished guests, maybe even being able to show face in front of the county magistrate.
The shopkeeper secretly decided that he must buy the blind bear and not let the people from Jufenglou get it.
"Young man, I want this black bear. How much silver do you want?" asked the shopkeeper.
"How much silver can the shopkeeper give me?" It was also the first time for Gu Yan to kill a bear, so he was not sure.
Although Manager Liu had offered three hundred taels just now, he was still afraid that asking for a lower price would be too low.
The shopkeeper originally wanted Gu Yan to name the price first so that he could take the initiative, but Gu Yan was smart and asked him to name the price.
Forget it, who made him desperately need rare things to show up in front of the county magistrate?
As long as we entertain the county magistrate's distinguished guests tomorrow, a few hundred taels of silver will be nothing.
"I'll give you five hundred taels, what do you think? But I still say that what I want is an adult bear, I don't want a bear cub." The shopkeeper was bleeding a lot of money.
Under normal circumstances, he would only give between three hundred and four hundred taels for a bear. Isn't this for tomorrow's use?
He was also afraid that Gu Yan would really sell it to his arch-enemy Jufenglou.
Not only would he be embarrassed in front of Wang, the shopkeeper of Jufenglou, but he would also be worried that if the county magistrate's family wanted to entertain guests again in the future, Jufenglou would be in trouble.
Anyway, he won't lose money. Whatever he spends today, he will get back tomorrow.
Even if what is recovered is not silver, it will be something else.
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