Upon hearing that he would have to wait, Zhu Zhishan became unhappy!
"Hey! Brother Tang and I are the 'Four Great Talents of Jiangnan,' and you actually made us wait in line! You're completely disregarding us!"
Zhu Zhishan's eyes widened as he yelled at Li Huan.
While serving customers boxed lunches, Li Huan loudly proclaimed, "In my eyes, there are only customers, not 'Four Great Talents of Jiangnan'! If you want to buy a boxed lunch, you have to queue up!"
"How dare you!" Zhu Zhishan pointed at Li Huan's nose.
“Brother Zhu!” Tang Bohu advised, “Although we are known as the ‘Four Great Talents of Jiangnan,’ we are just customers like everyone else. We should not be too arrogant, lest we tarnish the reputation of the ‘Four Great Talents of Jiangnan.’”
Zhu Zhishan said, "I deeply admire Brother Tang for his humility and lack of ambition."
Tang Bohu smiled calmly.
Li Huan continued to work, constantly collecting money and preparing boxed lunches.
They were busy for half an hour before it was Tang Bohu and Zhu Zhishan's turn.
"I'll buy five boxed meals, no, I'll buy ten! I've waited so long, I should buy more!"
Li Huan put down her ladle and smiled, "Sorry, the boxed lunches are sold out!"
"What?!" Tang Bohu exclaimed in shock, "Sold out? Are you kidding me?!"
Li Huan said, "That's right, the food buckets are all empty!"
As he spoke, Li Huan tapped the food bucket with a ladle, signaling Tang Bohu to take a look.
Tang Bohu and Zhu Zhishan peeked out and looked into the eight food buckets.
Sure enough, every food bucket was empty.
"Damn it!" Tang Bohu said unhappily, "I've waited all this time for nothing!"
Zhu Zhishan asked reluctantly, "Are the scallion pancakes sold out too?"
Li Huan laughed, "Sold out! No more soup either!"
Zhu Zhishan said, "You knew we were going to buy boxed lunches, why didn't you leave some for us?"
Li Huan said, "Everyone is lining up to buy, first come, first served. How can I reserve some for you in advance?"
At this moment, some of the people who bought the boxed meals have already gone home, while others are squatting by the roadside enjoying their meals.
Watching everyone enjoy the delicious food and smelling the rich aroma, Tang Bohu couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
The bright red "spicy crayfish" really whetted Tang Bohu's appetite.
Li Huan said, "Don't be discouraged. I'll come back here to set up my stall this evening, and you can come back to buy boxed lunches then."
Tang Bohu hurriedly said, "I'll give you the silver first, but please save me ten boxed lunches!"
Li Huan shook his head: "I never accept deposits in my business. If Young Master Tang wants boxed lunches, he can simply come and line up to buy them later."
Tang Bohu exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, so arrogant!"
Li Huan said, "It's not that I'm arrogant, but the ingredients are quite rare and the supply is limited every day. If everyone pays a deposit to buy in advance, how can I set up a stall?"
Tang Bohu said, "If you collect the money in advance and sell all the boxed meals, wouldn't that save you time and effort, without having to set up a stall and hawk your wares?"
Li Huan said seriously, "No, no, selling boxed lunches at a stall is my job and my hobby. I enjoy the process, not just for making money!"
Tang Bohu laughed and said, "You've got quite a personality!"
Li Huan said no more and quickly packed up his stall.
Left with no other choice, Tang Bohu had to return to the Tang residence with Zhu Zhishan...
...
evening.
Li Huan then went to the opposite side of the Tang Mansion and set up a stall to sell boxed lunches.
As soon as he got out of the car, he was surrounded by a group of diners who had been waiting for him!
"I'll buy ten boxed meals!"
"I want twenty servings!"
"I'll buy fifty servings!"
...
Everyone rushed forward, shouting excitedly.
Li Huan lifted the tablecloth inside the car, revealing neatly stacked boxed meals.
This time, in order to sell the boxed meals quickly and easily, Li Huan no longer served the food on-site, but directly sold the boxed meals that the system had already arranged.
This greatly speeds up the process of buying boxed meals.
More and more diners arrived, and the atmosphere became increasingly lively.
Li Huan shouted loudly.
"Boxed lunches for sale! Boxed lunches for sale! Delicious boxed lunches!"
"Special offer today! Only eight taels of silver!"
"The price will revert to the original price tomorrow: fifty taels of silver per serving!"
Upon hearing this, the diners became even more excited and continued to buy more.
At that moment, the gates of the Tang residence opened.
Tang Bohu, accompanied by two servants, squeezed into the crowd.
"I'll buy twenty boxed meals!" Tang Bohu shouted.
One of the diners said, "Young Master Tang, it's first come, first served, don't cut in line!"
Tang Bohu hurriedly asked Li Huan, "How many boxed lunches are left?"
Li Huan said, "There's not much left, Young Master Tang, why are you so late?"
Tang Bohu sighed, "Something came up at home, and I couldn't get here in time to buy lunch..."
Seeing Tang Bohu's depressed look, Li Huan knew why.
Firstly, Prince Ning sent someone to find Tang Bohu, wanting to invite him to be an advisor. However, Tang Bohu pretended to be sick and hid in his study eating chicken wings. Prince Ning's men discovered this and ordered the imperial physician to take Tang Bohu's pulse.
Taking advantage of the situation, Tang Bohu used his internal energy to disrupt his pulse, thus managing to get away with it.
Secondly, Tang Bohu discovered that his poetry collection was being used by his eight wives to prop up table legs while they played mahjong. Moreover, the phoenix in his painting "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" was missing its head, which his wives had cut off and pasted onto a mahjong tile to serve as the "one of bamboo".
Before Tang Bohu could even complain a few words, his eight wives started crying and making a scene, and then collectively hanged themselves.
If it were Li Huan, he would also be sullen.
"Street vendor! Please save me ten boxed lunches!"
Tang Bohu shouted loudly.
While busy, Li Huan said, "Young Master Tang, you're really late. I can't guarantee I'll save you ten boxed lunches!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Bohu became even more depressed.
Ten minutes later, it was finally Tang Bohu's turn to buy the boxed lunch.
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
