As expected of a county princess, even the raccoon she keeps is extraordinary.
Gu Lili smiled without saying a word, and the others understood the same thing.
They didn't tell Huang Zhixiong that the raccoon was a tiger, so as not to frighten him.
After Gu Lili settled the raccoon dog in, the person who delivered the meat and vegetables arrived.
The uncle who was buying groceries laid out all the vegetables that Gu Lili had ordered yesterday, so that Gu Lili and the others could easily inspect them.
"Shopkeeper, this is cabbage, twenty catties in total, this is cucumber, ten catties in total, and broad beans, five catties in total, this is radish..." The vegetable vendor said to Gu Lili and Gu Yun Chu while pointing at the vegetables.
The vendor probably didn't know Gu Lili's identity, which saved Gu Lili from trouble.
After the vendor finished speaking, Gu Yun Chu took out the scale she had prepared in advance from behind the counter.
This was something Gu Lili specially prepared last night so she could weigh herself again today.
The vegetable vendor remained calm when he saw the scale that Gu Yun Chu took out.
But the butcher behind him didn't look too comfortable.
Gu Lili immediately saw the problem. She guessed that they were young and easy to fool, so they shortchanged them.
"Shopkeeper, I forgot my things at the stall. I'll go back and get them," the butcher said nervously.
Gu Lili nodded lightly, and the butcher rushed out in one stride.
He hadn't walked far when he turned back and took back all the meat he had brought with a sheepish grin.
Gu Lili didn't say anything and let him go.
After weighing the vegetables and paying the vegetable vendor, Gu Yun Chu then weighed the fish and paid the fishmonger again.
Just as the meat was weighed, the butcher came back, sweating profusely, carrying the meat.
"Shopkeeper, here are the thirty catties of pork you ordered, along with a pig's head and a pig's liver. These offal items are what we agreed to deliver to you yesterday."
Gu Lili not only ordered pork and pig's head, but also pig liver and offal.
Yesterday, I already made an agreement with the butcher that, apart from the pig liver, all the offal would be given to Gu Lili for free.
Gu Lili carefully examined the pork in her hand, and as she looked at the meat, her expression gradually darkened.
"Butcher Zhu, are you trying to fool us because we're young?!" Gu Lili asked sharply.
Half of this pork is not fresh; it looks like it was leftover from yesterday.
Gu Lili had already told him yesterday that she only wanted pork slaughtered that day, but he actually tried to fool her with pork from yesterday.
Gu Lili had been thinking that if the butcher made up for the missing pork, she wouldn't mind.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
Knowing that things have been repaired means that you know you were wrong, and that means you can still cooperate in the future.
Butcher Zhu said nonchalantly, "Shopkeeper, what are you saying? Once the meat is cooked, you can't tell if it's fresh or not. I'll just give you a discount, and you'll save on your costs that way."
Butcher Zhu looked like he was only thinking about Gu Lili and the others, which left Gu Lili speechless.
"Take these from yesterday back with you. I'll weigh the rest again and pay you. You don't need to bring them again tomorrow."
Gu Lili didn't want to say anything more, so she simply removed the stale pork and set it aside.
Upon hearing this, Butcher Zhu became anxious and quickly said, "No, please, shopkeeper, if you really don't want it, I'll go and get you a fresh one later. I'll definitely give you the freshest one tomorrow, is that alright?"
Even Zhang Dahua, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but roll her eyes at these words.
"We told you what we wanted, so you just sent us what we wanted. Why did you have to do it this way? There's nothing more to say now!" Zhang Dahua said angrily.
Upon hearing this, Butcher Zhu realized he was in the wrong, but no matter how he explained, Gu Lili remained unmoved and decided to stop cooperating with him.
After Gu Yun Chu finished weighing the pork, Gu Li Li paid Zhu the butcher.
He then handed the stale meat to Butcher Zhu.
Seeing that there was no room for maneuver, Butcher Zhu was both annoyed and angry.
Of course, it was Gu Lili who was annoyed and furious.
He didn't expect Gu Lili to be so stubborn. She had cheaper meat available, but insisted on using the expensive kind. What was she pretending to be so high and mighty for?
He should have waited until the food was familiar with the customers before mixing in some less fresh ingredients.
It was too late for regrets now. Zhu the butcher paid and left sheepishly.
Gu Lili felt that food was the most important thing for people, and no matter what, one should not use food to fool guests.
Since they paid the price they were entitled to, they should naturally enjoy the quality they deserve.
With pork in short supply, Gu Lili naturally had to go out to buy more.
After thinking about it, she decided to hand the task over to Gu Yun Chu.
In the future, this restaurant will eventually be handed over to him to manage, so he should naturally gain some experience.
The vendors delivering chickens and ducks also arrived one after another.
After settling the bill for the vegetables, Gu Lili and the others began to pack up the food.
To Gu Lili's surprise, Huang Zhixiong was also a skilled worker, no less capable than Gu Chenxi.
Gu Chenxi originally planned to kill the chickens and ducks, but Huang Zhixiong recruited her instead.
The chickens and ducks were cleaned so thoroughly that Huang Zhixiong even patiently plucked all the downy feathers off them.
Even the pig intestines were cleaned thoroughly by Huang Zhixiong, and everyone praised him highly.
If she were as shrewd as her appearance, she would definitely choose to do the clean jobs.
Gu Lili couldn't help but want to give him a thumbs up. She admitted that she had judged Huang Zhixiong by his appearance when they first met.
It's not too late to apologize now, is it?
Oh well, no one knows anyway. I'll just give them a little more when I get my monthly paycheck as compensation.
After the group had finished preparing the ingredients, Wan Shun finally arrived late.
If he hadn't come, Gu Lili would have almost forgotten that this person existed.
Gu Lili and Zhang Dahua put the pig's head and offal into the pot to braise, and that was pretty much the end of the matter.
Wan Shun came in and, seeing that everyone had almost finished, said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, Your Highness, there was an urgent matter at home today, which is why I was delayed."
When Gu Lili saw Wan Shun come in, she was initially a little angry, but her anger gradually subsided after hearing what he said.
She nodded, indicating her understanding.
An emergency at home is something no one can predict.
"It's alright, then go and sweep up all the vegetable scraps we just made," Gu Lili instructed.
Now that we're here, we naturally have to do some work.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
With a smile on his face, Wan Shun picked up a broom and walked in the direction Gu Lili pointed.
But the smile vanished the moment he turned around.
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