Li Guohua looked hesitant. Although his father's words made sense, was he sometimes too carefree?
Seeing Li Guohua's hesitation, Li Junsheng was a little worried that he might trip up others and end up getting himself into trouble. So he carefully analyzed the situation with Li Guohua and said, "If you trip up others, it's not good if you end up in jail yourself. Let's leave it at that for now and relax."
"Think about Xiaocui and Xiaowei, what will they do if something happens to you!"
Li Guohua thought about it and agreed. For the sake of his wife and children, he couldn't just cause trouble for others.
Chen Dazhu, Li Guojun, and these people are all living examples of Li Guohua.
They always sabotaged their father, and in the end, none of them had a good ending!
"Then I'll listen to you, Dad. Let's hold back for now and see what the other side is up to. Let's have lunch; everyone's waiting for you."
Li Junsheng and his group usually have lunch around 2 or 3 pm. After that time, there are hardly any customers in the restaurant, and Tang Liang finally has time to eat.
The same applies to Li Xiaoyu and Li Chunya!
Li Junsheng washed his hands and had lunch with his children. He also paid for the lunch for the shop assistants.
So, the lunch filled two large tables.
The table where the shop assistants were seated was already full, so A-Ping sat with Li Xiaoyu and Li Chunya.
"Sister Ping, eat more. You're too thin. Who runs a big restaurant and is still as thin as a bamboo pole? It makes us feel a little embarrassed."
Li Xiaoyu picked up a piece of boiled pork slices for Aping with her chopsticks. She had noticed before that Aping had a particular fondness for spicy dishes!
So she should like this boiled pork slices.
One bite wasn't enough for Li Xiaoyu; she moved the entire plate of boiled pork slices towards A Ping.
"I noticed you like spicy food, so I asked Tang Liang to add some dishes especially for you. Eat more!"
Li Xiaoyu was very enthusiastic towards A Ping. At first, A Ping was a little at a loss, but now she has gotten used to it.
She smiled politely at Li Xiaoyu, her lips slightly upturned, and she looked very pretty.
Li Xiaoyu was also surprised, not expecting that A Ping would actually smile at her.
I thought she would be like an ice cube, impossible to melt!
Seeing A-Ping smile, Li Chun-Ya praised her generously, "You look so beautiful when you smile! Smile more often!"
Li Junsheng echoed his daughter's words, saying, "As the saying goes, a smile makes you ten years younger. If Aping smiles more, she'll look no different from someone in their twenties."
This time, A-Ping truly smiled from the bottom of her heart.
After all, no woman can stand being praised like that!
A-Ping lowered her head slightly, seemingly a little embarrassed.
Around six or seven in the evening, as dinner time approached, the restaurant began to get busier.
Li Junsheng was helping to greet customers in the shop. After seeing off one group, two middle-aged men with unfamiliar faces arrived.
One has a square face, is tall, and looks rather shrewd.
One had a round face and smiling eyes, somewhat like a smiling tiger.
The two men sat down and called out to Li Junsheng, "Boss, what are some of your delicious specialty dishes? Could you tell us about them?"
Li Junsheng came over and introduced the restaurant's signature dishes to the two of them.
"As for what tastes good, it depends on your choices. If you're just looking for a meal, we have braised eggplant and braised pork that go well with rice. If you'd like to drink, our cold dishes and braised beef are excellent choices!"
"Of course, if you two have made plans with guests and don't eat much, but would like the dishes to look nicer, we also have Huaiyang cuisine here."
After hearing Li Junsheng's words, the two men exchanged a glance and then said, "Then let's get some snacks to go with the drinks. What kind of alcohol do you have in your shop?"
"We have regular baijiu (Chinese liquor) and beer!"
"Tsk! Then you'd better specify which brands of alcohol you're referring to."
Li Guohua sensed that something was off about these two; they were very difficult to please, so he went to Li Junsheng's side.
The father and son exchanged a glance, and Li Guohua, pulling Li Junsheng aside, couldn't help but whisper, "Dad, why are these two interrogating us like we're checking our household registration?"
Li Junsheng also sensed that something was wrong. These two people came in and immediately asked what the restaurant's specialties were. They asked about such detailed things. Could they be competitors who came to gather information?
Just as Li Junsheng began to have doubts, the two men started yelling at him again.
"Boss, we're still hungry, and we can't drink on an empty stomach. How about some staple food to fill our stomachs? What kind of staple food do you have?"
Upon hearing this, Li Guohua whispered to Li Junsheng, "Dad, should I just send them away? They clearly have ulterior motives!"
"It's nothing. They just came to see our restaurant's specialties. They're probably from the same industry. Watch how I deal with them. Even if I tell them what our specialties are, they can only repeat the names, but they can't make them taste the same as ours. It's alright."
Li Junsheng gestured for Li Guohua to watch from the side. He walked up to his two colleagues with a smile and said politely, "Excuse me, gentlemen, something came up earlier. You'd like to have some staple food, right?"
"Our shop offers steamed buns, rice, and noodles as main dishes. We have milk-flavored steamed buns and fried steamed bun slices. For rice, we have soy sauce fried rice, egg fried rice, and seafood fried rice. For noodles, we have boiled noodles, cold noodles, and fried noodles. Which would you like?"
Li Junsheng's series of dishes left his two colleagues dumbfounded.
I never expected Li Junsheng's restaurant to have so many unique features!
With so much food, you can't just try one thing.
After thinking it over, the two could only bite the bullet and say, "Well... let's have a small portion of everything, we're not short of money."
Li Junsheng's smile deepened, and he immediately instructed the kitchen to prepare food for the two people.
A rough calculation shows that the two of them spent more at the restaurant tonight than a normal worker earns in more than half a month!
After all the food was served, the two ate while feeling a pang of regret over the cost of the meal.
Li Junsheng and Li Guohua watched from the side, and Li Guohua even wanted to applaud himself.
"Dad, you're really something! Look at these two, they've spent a lot of money, but they can't even learn half of the dishes at our restaurant!"
"So let them eat it. Anyway, even if they eat it, they might not be able to make it taste as good as ours."
Everything was going well until the two colleagues started drinking while eating. Neither of them could hold their liquor, and after a bottle, they were both quite drunk!
After they paid the bill, as they were about to leave the restaurant, they heard Ah Ping thank them for their patronage.
The two stopped and carefully examined Ah Ping.
For a moment, the two exchanged glances and finally said to A-Ping with dissatisfaction, "What's wrong with you as a shop assistant? You never smile when you greet or see customers off, acting like someone owes you money. Now, give us brothers a smile!"
Aping was stunned; she hadn't expected to run into someone who was drunk and acting crazy.
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