Chapter 53: Shopkeeper Zhang Quit
"Come and have a look, our newly launched apricot wine and lion cake only cost one penny, unlimited quantity."
Xiao Si on the opposite side was shouting loudly, Xu Miaomiao tilted her head curiously, and soon Song Weiwei hurried towards the house.
Gu Yuanniang quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Song Weiwei, patting her on the back: "Don't worry, tell me what happened."
"Huh..." Song Weiwei took a deep breath and then slowly said, "The other side has been imitating us. Although they have a lot of people, the quality is not good. The Lion Cake is not well made at all, and the apricot wine is not sweet. But because the price is cheap, many of our customers who have never eaten it go there, which makes the taste of the Lion Cake much worse."
Xu Miaomiao frowned and was speechless for a moment: "Across the street is the restaurant owned by Manager Zhang, but I haven't seen him in the past few days."
"Miao Miao, besides, Zhang the shopkeeper is not such a mean person, he will learn our method."
Gu Yuanniang said from the side.
Xu Miaomiao nodded in agreement and looked at Gu Yuanniang: "He won't, but the people above him may not."
With a wandering look in his eyes, Xu Miaomiao knocked on the door of the restaurant opposite that night.
Seeing that the person coming was Xu Miaomiao, the man frowned but still invited Xu Miaomiao in.
"Please come in, Manager Xu."
"You're welcome, Manager Zhang." Xu Miaomiao spoke suddenly, startling the man who was pouring water and making him turn around and look at her.
"I came here today just to ask one thing." Xu Miaomiao spoke slowly.
"Manager Xu, please feel free to speak."
"Whatever new products we launch in the next few days, you should learn from them. This is not Shopkeeper Zhang's idea, right?"
"Alas." The man sighed helplessly. He looked at Xu Miaomiao and didn't know what to say. He could only shake his head: "I have no choice."
"What happened?" Xu Miaomiao asked patiently, "Is it Chunhe?"
"It's me!"
Before the man could answer, a woman draped in a veil slowly came over.
Seeing the person coming, Shopkeeper Zhang could only shake his head helplessly.
Following the direction of the voice, it was Chunhe.
Perhaps because of her pregnancy, her belly was slightly bulging. She walked very carefully, needing someone to support her, and dared not move.
When he saw Xu Miaomiao, Chun He raised his chin proudly: "I did it, so what."
Xu Miaomiao looked at the newcomer, her eyes not timid: "I am just asking casually today, as long as you know the answer, I will take my leave now."
Before, she had always been thinking about her friendship with Manager Zhang and had not killed him. Now it seemed that Chunhe was targeting him everywhere, so there was no need for her to show mercy.
"stop."
When Xu Miaomiao was about to leave, Chun He scolded the person in front of him, glanced at Xu Miaomiao with disdain and said, "I don't have any other intentions this time. Xu Miaomiao, as long as you apologize to me and drive Gu Yuanniang out, I will let you go. How about it?"
"Haha." Xu Miaomiao laughed, "What if I don't?"
"Then don't blame me for making your restaurant lose all its money!"
"You act like this without any regard for taste or flavor. Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble and ending up paying for all the money the restaurant has lost?"
“Hahaha.” Chun He covered his mouth and laughed, “So what? It’s just a small restaurant. I’ll pay the loss. I, Chun He, don’t need this little money.”
As he said this, he looked at Xu Miaomiao proudly.
"Oh my." The man who had been silent behind him suddenly spoke up and smashed the teacup angrily: "I can't be the shopkeeper anymore, Madam Chun, please find someone else!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Chun He looked at him dissatisfiedly: "If you don't want to do it, just leave. I don't believe that I can't find a powerful shopkeeper!"
Xu Miaomiao shook her head and left with Manager Zhang.
"What are Shopkeeper Zhang's plans for the future?"
When going downstairs, Xu Miaomiao asked softly.
The man shook his head and looked at Xu Miaomiao: "I am no longer the shopkeeper. Don't call me that. Just call me Mr. Zhang."
"Well, Mr. Zhang." Xu Miaomiao said thoughtfully: "Since you have nowhere to go in the future, why don't you come to work in my Qinglou?"
The man shook his head and looked at Xu Miaomiao and said, "No, I'm old, so I'll just join in. Can Shopkeeper Xu have a bite of your Xingshisu before he leaves?"
Xu Miaomiao nodded readily: "Please come in, Manager Zhang."
As soon as they arrived at Qinglou, Song Weiwei looked at Xu Miaomiao in disbelief: "Why did you bring him here?"
"Yes, Miaomiao, what's going on?" Gu Yuan's mother also came over and asked.
Xu Miaomiao said, "Those things were not done by Zhang Xianggong, but were forced by Chunhe. Now he doesn't want to be with Chunhe and has stopped being the shopkeeper."
"What!" Gu Yuanniang asked angrily, "It's Chunhe again."
He picked up the wine spoon beside him and wanted to walk to the other side: "I'm going to settle the score with her!"
"Wait, Liu Niang." Xu Miaomiao stopped the impulsive woman: "I naturally have a way. If you go like this, you will fall into their trap."
"Well, Miaomiao is right." Gu Yuanniang put down the wine spoon: "Then what should we do?"
Xu Miaomiao's eyes were filled with thoughts, and she said thoughtfully: "I have my own way."
"Mr. Zhang, please try it."
Xu Miaomiao came to the man with the Lion-awakening Pastry and apricot wine.
The man took a tentative bite and said in disbelief: "It's so delicious, I'm willing to lose."
After eating, he said goodbye to Miaomiao: "Manager Xu, I will take my leave now. Thank you very much."
"No problem." Xu Miaomiao leaned forward slightly: "Goodbye."
Looking at the man's departing back, Xu Miaomiao sighed. If it weren't for Chunhe, Manager Zhang would definitely be able to run the restaurant well.
A few days later, Gu Yuanniang looked at the crowds of people across the street and the few scattered people in her own shop and became anxious again: "Miao Miao, what should we do?"
Xu Miaomiao wiped the table clean indifferently: "Don't worry, Liu Niang, there will be a result today."
Sure enough, after a while, the people in the restaurant opposite dispersed, as if something big had happened.
Song Weiwei rushed over here with beads of sweat on her forehead. She hurriedly drank a sip of water before she spoke: "There are too many of them, and we can't supply enough Awakening Lion Pastry. Not to mention the taste, even the appearance is not perfect. The brewed wine is also very bitter. Just now, an old man who had eaten Awakening Lion Pastry here took the lead and said that he was cheated and that the one that was not Awakening Lion Pastry was not at all. He left in anger, and others followed him, thinking that they were cheated."
After saying that, Song Weiwei giggled.
"I was wondering how a fake could possibly attract so many people." Gu Yuanniang said from the side: "But, Miaomiao, how did you know it happened today?"
Xu Miaomiao glanced at her and remained silent.
Gu Yuanniang understood her immediately: "Did you arrange this person?"
"Yeah." Xu Miaomiao responded, "The appearance and crispy texture of the awakening lion pastry are important. They are trying to steal our business by doing this. Someone will definitely explode. I just moved the time forward a little bit."
(End of this chapter)
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