Chapter 202
The next day, Ali wore a white dress, white cloth shoes, two big braids, and gold-rimmed glasses. Under Su Miao's ghost-like gaze, she floated into Su Ji again.
This time, Su Yuanzheng didn't come out to talk to her. He just looked up at her and continued cutting the braised food. He said, "Oh, it's Comrade Ali. Have you thought about it? If you want to purchase the goods, you can finalize it with my daughter. My daughter drafts all the contracts in our family, and I just need to sign them."
"Uh...ah? Brother Yuan, look, with such a big deal like this, how can the child's words count? How about we talk about this in private?"
"You don't need to talk to me. My daughter can make the decisions about our family affairs."
Ali turned around with a stiff face and saw Su Miao looking at her with a half-smile on his face, as well as the diners whispering to each other. She returned empty-handed again.
She ran back to the store kitchen and smashed a porcelain bowl, scaring her two cousins.
Daqiang waved his hand, letting Xiaoqiang pick up the pieces, and went over to ask his cousin, "What's wrong? It didn't work?"
"It's all your fault. What a lousy idea! Su Yuanzheng didn't even look at me. I was made a laughing stock by the whole room. This is the first time I've ever been so embarrassed!"
Daqiang wondered, "Is Su Yuanzheng really a man? He doesn't take advantage of the opportunity that comes right to him? I guess he's really not that capable."
"So what should I do now? There are fewer and fewer people. I originally wanted to buy some braised food at a low price to attract more people, but now that's not possible, should I find another store?"
"There's no restaurant around here that's more popular than Su Ji. If you go further away, the diners here might not be familiar with it and might not like it."
Xiaoqiang finished sweeping up the debris and came over to join the conversation: "Cousin, they say the noodles are getting more and more sour. What's going on?"
"How should I know!"
Ali said unhappily that she had to come here every night to ferment rice and couldn't even sleep well. She thought she was tired enough, but who knew that the rice noodles she made tasted worse and worse.
Daqiang frowned and said, "Let's go find the previous owner. Did he leave something out?"
Ali was reluctant to go, saying, "But when I first made it according to his instructions, it tasted the same, didn't you guys eat it? Now I'm using the same method, exactly the same, so how come it tastes different? He taught me how to make it, so I only paid the balance after that. I might not even acknowledge it if I go back to him now."
After Ali's disguise failed that day, she didn't come to Su Ji for two days. Su Miao thought she had given up, so he stopped paying attention to her and was instead fascinated by a litter of dogs.
Ye Jiayin brought back a lame wolfdog mother and a litter of wolfpuppies.
"Sister Jiayin, these puppies are so cute! Where did they come from?"
"This wolf dog was originally raised by someone else to look after the yard. When it was taking its young master to school, it was trying to push the young master away when it was hit by a car, breaking one of its legs. It can no longer run fast.
The owner thought it was useless, so he threw it outside. The mother dog found her way back home by herself, and the owner drove it to a farther place to throw it away.
The last time, it was ten kilometers away, but it still went back. Even after being beaten, it still refused to come back in. At night, it somehow slipped back in and took all its babies out with it.”
"Ah! How pitiful! So Sister Jiayin is going to raise them?"
Ye Jiayin shook his head and said, "Residential areas are not suitable for raising such large dogs. They need room to run around to be happy. I asked Uncle Tang, and he said that the armed forces department could adopt them, but he's away these days, so I'll be fostering them here first. I'll take the dog back when he comes back."
"That's great! Not only is the Armed Forces Department large enough for them to roam freely, but once they get in, they'll have a permanent position. From now on, you'll be dogs with status!"
Su Miao had just bribed the mother dog with a chicken leg. The mother dog also felt her kindness and obediently let Su Miao stroke its fur.
That litter of puppies were actually not puppies anymore, they were half-grown puppies, playing around their mother dog all day long.
However, the stray puppies have been in charge for a long time. They are still very sensible and have never destroyed any plants or trees in the yard.
In order to give the mother dog a prestigious name before she joins the army, Su Miao and Ye Jiayin discussed it for a long time.
Finally, she was given a name...well...called...Fugui.
It can be considered a nickname. I hope she will no longer be a wanderer in the second half of her life, and will live in peace and wealth. As for the name she will be given after joining the army, let Uncle Tang choose it.
It's nothing more than building an army and defending the country.
Just as they were getting familiar with the dog, Daqiang came up with his usual bad ideas.
"If he doesn't sell it cheaply, then we won't be polite. Xiaoqiang and I will sneak in late at night and steal the formula!"
Ali rolled her eyes and said, "That's their exclusive secret recipe. How could you possibly steal it?"
"I haven't been there yet. How do you know we can't steal it? He makes so many braised dishes every day, and he must have all those spices prepared. Even if we can't steal the recipe, it's okay to know the ingredients. We can try a few more times when we get back and figure it out. Who knows, maybe our store will be the next big hit!"
Seeing his expression that said "I'll be the richest man tomorrow", Ali waved her hand and said, "Do whatever you want. I'm going to bed."
It was late at night and the alley was quiet. Xiaoqiang and Xiaoqiang reached the door of Su Jiyuan.
Xiaoqiang squatted down and let Daqiang step on his shoulders. Daqiang looked into the yard from the top of the wall. The yard was dark. Su Miao and Su Yuanzheng were both asleep.
He jumped down very skillfully, and it must not be his first time doing this.
Just as he was quietly moving towards the kitchen, a pair of green eyes appeared behind him.
As Daqiang opened the door to the shop, he heard a low growl like that of a wild beast behind him.
He slowly turned his head and saw a big wolfhound leading a group of little wolfhounds, staring at him with bared teeth.
But Daqiang had work experience after all. He swallowed the scream in his throat and ran towards the gate frantically.
When people are running for their lives, they can always unleash unlimited potential. He just stepped on the water tank on the wall and jumped up.
Just when he thought he was out of danger, he felt a sharp pain in his calf and Fugui bit him.
A group of puppies also gathered under the wall to cheer for their mother. Seeing the light in Su Yuanzheng's room come on, Daqiang kicked hard, not caring about the flesh that was torn off, jumped off the wall, and with the help of his younger brother, hid in the alley and escaped.
Su Yuanzheng and Su Miao heard the dogs barking and came out to check. They found that the dogs were gathered at the gate of the courtyard, and Fugui's mouth was full of blood.
Su Miao thought Fugui was injured, so he hurried over to call Ye Jiayin.
After examining Fugui, Ye Jiayin said, "It's not its blood. It must have been bitten by a thief who came in."
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