Chapter 234 Driven Away (4000+)
"Not to mention mosquitoes, even flies can't be heard. This thing is really useful. This is the first time I've used such a useful mosquito repellent herbal bag. I'm not praising you, but if this thing is so useful, I think there will be a lot of buyers specifying it."
"But then again, you said before that the stuff used in this herbal bag is not expensive, but no matter how cheap it is, it can't be less than three or four cents. People in town may not be willing to buy it. If you really want to sell it, you might as well sell it in the county town. There are many rich people there, and I guess they can afford it."
"Aunt, you are right. I think so too." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile, "If it sells well in the county, we can take it to the town and say that it is a very good product sold in the county. We don't have to waste time talking about the benefits of this product, and it can save some trouble."
"That's what I mean. The fashionable cloths sold in the cloth shop in town are said to be the patterns and materials that are popular in the county. They are the same thing as this." He said with a smile.
However, if she were to sell these mosquito repellent herbal bags in the county town, it would take a while for her to find a reliable person to help her do this job.
We have to wait and see until we find the right person.
However, if you wait, it would mean watching the money you could have earned slip away in vain, which is such a pity.
Why……
Zhuang Qingning sighed in his heart.
Zhuang Minghao came back at this moment, holding a few katydid cages in his hands. Seeing Zhuang Qingning here, he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and stuffed the katydid cages in his hands into Zhuang Qingning's hands: "Sister Ning, you came at the right time. You just got some good stuff. Take it back and let Qingsui play with it."
Zhuang Qingning took it.
The cage woven with bamboo strips is small and exquisite. The katydids inside chirp in high and low voices, which are crisp and pleasant to the ears.
"Qingsui will definitely like this when she sees it. Thank you Minghao."
"Sister Ning, please don't be polite to me." Zhuang Minghao grabbed his ear and smiled: "I got this katydid cage from Daniu, so I'm just offering it as a token of my gratitude."
"I just said that you ran out after lunch, and I don't know where you went to play. You are thoughtful and know how to think about your sister Ning and Qingsui. Okay, quickly give the cricket cage in your hand to your two brothers, and wash it. Your head and body are full of sweat, and your hands are dirty." He said.
"I know." Zhuang Minghao stuck out his tongue and smiled, then went to the water tank to fetch water to wash his hands.
When Zhuang Qingning saw Zhuang Minghao's expression, she smiled and then looked at the katydid cage in her hand.
Just now Zhuang Minghao said that he got this katydid cage from Da Niu, who is the same age as Zhuang Minghao. Because his father can weave bamboo baskets and make bamboo baskets, bamboo strips can be made into various practical things or gadgets in people's hands.
Like bamboo dragonflies, bamboo balls, katydid cages and so on.
Zhuang Qingning remembered that this body also coveted this thing when it was young, and begged the original owner's father to make one for him. Unfortunately, the original owner's father didn't know how to make it, so he just went outside to get one. Zhuang Qingning was extremely happy at the time, and when he took it out to show off, it was snatched away by Zhuang Qinghe. She cried for it, and in the end, Zhuang Wencheng gave her the bamboo ball that he had gotten with great difficulty, and the matter was settled.
Speaking of which, Zhuang Wencheng, his childhood friend, was really good to the original owner.
Yes, Zhuang Wencheng.
Zhuang Qingning's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zhuang Wencheng was learning medicine from the doctor and manager of a drugstore in the county town. This mosquito repellent herbal bag had always been sold in the drugstore, so we went to find Zhuang Wencheng to see if this thing could be sold in the drugstore.
Moreover, Zhuang Wencheng is a calm and upright person, and his work is very reassuring.
Well, that’s good. I accidentally found a market for these mosquito repellent herbal bags.
I will go to the county town in the next two days to find Zhuang Wencheng and talk to him about this matter in detail.
Zhuang Qingning's eyes narrowed with a smile.
After talking to He for a while, Zhuang Qingning took the bag of herbs and went home first.
Not long after arriving home, Zhuang Qingsui was sent back by Zhuang Sifu.
As soon as they entered the yard, Zhuang Qingsui rushed over, calling "Sister, Sister" and holding up the things in her hand for Zhuang Qingning to see: "Sister, come and take a look. Is it good-looking?"
"Let me see." Zhuang Qingning took the hairpin from her hand.
It is a silk flower in the shape of a peony, and the color chosen is the unique red of peony. If it was tied on the head of someone of Zhuang Qingning's age, it would look a bit tacky. But Zhuang Qingsui is at an age of innocence and cuteness, and wearing such a flower makes her look very cute and beautiful.
"It looks good." Zhuang Qingning smiled and pinned it on Zhuang Qingsui's head: "It will look even better on your head."
Zhuang Qingsui chuckled and said, "I chose this kind of flower for sister Qiuyue as well. We agreed to wear this flower tomorrow. It looks like we are sisters."
"At first Sister Qiuyue refused to accept the hair flower, but later I told her it was a birthday gift for her, and she accepted it. She also said she would give me a hair flower on my birthday."
Anyway, the hair flower has been collected, so just take it.
"It's good to collect them." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile, "Hurry up and wash yourself. You're sweating all over. I just went to Aunt He's house to get a bag of herbs. Minghao brought me a katydid cage. I put it in the room. You can play with it."
"Take a break first. I'll make dinner later. How about vegetable steamed buns?"
Two thin pancakes, with nepeta, mung bean sprouts, diced tofu, etc. wrapped in the middle, fried until both sides are golden brown, rolled up and eaten with fried eggs with chili peppers. It is very delicious.
“Okay.” Zhuang Qingsui responded excitedly, put away her hairpin, played with the katydid cage for a while, and fetched water to wash her face.
Zhuang Qingning began to knead the dough and prepare various vegetables to make steamed buns.
"Oh, by the way, sister." Zhuang Qingsui said as she was picking nepeta leaves, "Today when I was at the tofu shop, Brother Lian Rong came and said he wanted to see you for something. I said you were at home and couldn't come."
"Brother Lian Rong didn't say anything else, just said he would come to look for you next day. I didn't ask because I didn't know what he was talking about."
"Well, I'll go to town tomorrow to find Brother Lian Rong and ask him what's going on." Zhuang Qingning answered while busying himself with a rolling pin, and paused for a moment.
Why did Lian Rong come to look for her?
Speaking of which, ever since the quarrel with Feng Yongkang that day and Zhang Yongchang removing the dish of braised pork ribs, there has been no news of any movement in Fushunlou, and Feng Yongkang has never been seen again.
Lian Rong came to look for her now. Could it be that Feng Yongkang and Zhang Yongchang had quarreled again?
Zhuang Qingning thought about it and his brows suddenly furrowed.
If that's the case...
Then she would have to see Zhang Yongchang's attitude to decide what she needed to do. ——The next day, Zhuang Qingning arrived in town early as usual. After a busy day, Zhuang Qingning looked up at the sky outside and exclaimed in surprise.
"Sister Ning, what's wrong?" Zhang Qiuying asked, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing much, but I remember that at this time of year, Brother Lian Rong would have come to our place to deliver tofu. Why didn't he come today?"
Zhuang Qingning remembered what Zhuang Qingsui said yesterday about Lian Rong coming to look for her, and her brows knitted together immediately: "I'll go take a look and see why I'm late today."
Zhuang Qingning took off her apron and was about to go out when a group of short, round-faced, small-eyed young men came into the shop and asked, "Come to get the things from Fushunlou. Are you ready?"
Zhuang Qingning was stunned for a moment: "Are you here to get the things from Fushunlou?"
"Yes." The young man glanced at Zhuang Qingning and said, "Didn't I tell you yesterday? Why are you asking again today?"
"Your shop is not big, but it's really interesting. Don't the guys keep in touch with each other? They keep asking questions all day long. I really don't know how you do business."
"But I remember that it was Brother Lian Rong who came to get things on weekdays." Zhuang Qingning said patiently.
"Didn't I tell you yesterday that it was Lian Rong before and I will be the next one? Why don't you understand?" The man was a little impatient and pointed at Cao: "You, talk to this person and tell him what's going on."
"Ning girl." Cao pulled Zhuang Qingning aside and whispered, "I've been busy since I got to the shop. I haven't had time to tell you about this. After Qingsui and Qiuying went out yesterday, this Tong Fei came to take the things from Fushunlou. I was very surprised at first, and said that usually Lian Rong came, why did he change people?"
"Even after what he said just now, his face was still dark. I thought he was not easy to talk to, and I was afraid that someone might impersonate him. After all, it was not reasonable for us to give things to a stranger who came and said he was from a certain place. So I went to Fushunlou to ask for clarification. When I arrived at Fushunlou, I ran into the waiter named Ma Tong. Ma Tong said that Tong Fei would be the one to pick up things from now on."
"I saw that Ma Tong didn't plan to say more, so I didn't ask too much. I also didn't want to cause any conflicts between Chef Zhang and Shopkeeper Feng because of this little thing, so I gave all the things to the waiter first, thinking that I would talk to you about this matter when you come."
"Speaking of this, yesterday morning, Lian Rong came to the shop to look for you. I said you were not there, and he said he would come back today. I saw that he looked unhappy, so I didn't ask about the exchange of things. I thought I would talk about this matter when I saw you today."
"I haven't had time to talk about this yet, but Tong Fei has already arrived."
After hearing what Cao said, Zhuang Qingning roughly understood the situation, but his brows were furrowed even tighter.
"Now you know, hurry up, I have to go back and get the goods ready." Tong Fei said with some dissatisfaction, "Your store is also very tricky. All those who supply goods to Fushunlou deliver the goods to Fushunlou, but your store is the only one that I have to come to pick up."
"I'm here to tell you today that starting from tomorrow, you must deliver the goods on time, so that I don't have to run back and forth and waste my time."
Seeing that Zhuang Qingning and the others hadn't made any move, Tong Fei became more and more dissatisfied: "Hurry up, don't waste time, the kitchen is very busy, and we don't have time to waste here with you."
"If the kitchen is busy, you can go and do it first. I'll send the things over after I've asked clearly." Zhuang Qingning said with a frown.
"I've already made it clear, why are you asking?"
Tong Fei immediately frowned and looked Zhuang Qingning up and down: "Are you the owner of this shop?"
"That's what I said. I heard that the owner of this tofu shop is the most unreasonable and the one who is always taking advantage of others. Now I see that it is true. Now that the matter has been made clear, he is still being pretentious. Do you think that Zhang Yongchang is still in charge of the kitchen of Fushunlou?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Fu Shun Lou has changed a long time ago. Zhang Yongchang was chased away by the shopkeeper a long time ago. If you still want to show off in front of Fu Shun Lou, it's impossible!"
Zhang Yongchang was driven away by Feng Yongkang and is no longer the chef at Fushunlou? Cao, Zhang Qiuying and Zhuang Qingsui were all stunned.
Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips when she heard this.
Sure enough, this was almost the same as she had guessed when she felt something was wrong before. The purchasing person in the kitchen of Fushun Building had been replaced, and Lian Rong came to find her, probably talking about this matter.
Seeing Zhuang Qingning's face darken, and there was a hint of nervousness in it, Tong Fei thought she was just scared, and curled his lips: "Manager Zhuang, don't just stand there, quickly ask someone to send the things over. Fushunlou is preparing food at noon and is waiting for them to be used."
"There's no need for that." Zhuang Qingning raised his eyelids, looked at Tong Fei with bright eyes, and said in a clearer voice: "From now on, my Zhuangji Tofu Shop will no longer supply Fushunlou."
"It just so happens that Fushunlou and my tofu shop are connected. The daily payments are settled in cash, so we don't owe each other anything now. There's no need to settle the bills. You just need to go back and tell Shopkeeper Feng."
Tong Fei was stunned for a moment.
Zhuang Qingning really doesn't know how to calculate. He said he would not do business with Fushunlou, so he won't do business with Fushunlou. Isn't he afraid that his business will be slow in the future and he will make less money? Moreover, at this moment, I'm afraid that the tofu shop has already prepared all the goods that should be prepared. If he said he would not give it to Fushunlou, he won't give it to Fushunlou. Isn't he afraid that the tofu today can't be sold?
But then again, if he didn't want to do this business, he would not do it. In the future, he would completely cut off all the businesses related to Zhang Yongchang, so as to prevent these people from making trouble because of Zhang Yongchang's expulsion and causing trouble for him and his master.
"Okay, you said that. From now on, the tofu shop's business will be slow, so Manager Zhuang should not come to the door again!" Tong Fei shouted.
"Don't worry about it. Once words are spoken, there is no reason to take them back." Zhuang Qingning smiled slightly, "As for Fushunlou, please don't come to me for help in the future."
"Then Shopkeeper Zhuang doesn't need to worry about this!"
Tong Fei was displeased to hear Zhuang Qingning speak so arrogantly. He felt ashamed and his face was very ugly. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry. No matter who I ask, I can't get anything from you!"
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