Chapter 394 There is no door
"Don't bother with this. Sit down and take a rest. I'll get you a cup of tea."
As Ma Tong spoke, he put the dish in his hand on the ground, wiped his hands on his apron, and was about to pour tea for Zhuang Qingning.
"Don't be busy. You see, I'm busy right now. I just came from the shop and had some tea. I'm not thirsty right now. I'm not a stranger, so don't be polite."
Zhuang Qingning said hurriedly, "I'll help you clean up the vegetables. We can finish the work earlier and have some time to talk."
"We two brothers understand what Miss Zhuang means." Lian Rong raised his eyebrows, "But this can't be done this way, Miss Zhuang, if you don't want to drink tea, you can't help, just sit still..."
Otherwise, if Zhang Yongchang saw Zhuang Qingning working here, he would definitely scold them both.
The key point is that it’s okay to be scolded, but it is very likely that the delicious chicken at noon will not be available to the two of them, and this is the most heartbreaking thing.
Therefore, no matter what, Zhuang Qingning cannot be asked to do the work!
"Yes." Ma Tong saw Lian Rong winking at him frequently, and immediately understood his intention, and agreed, "Miss Zhuang, for our sake, you have to take a rest."
Having said that, Zhuang Qingning naturally understood what was going on, so he could only put down the vegetable leaves in his hand, "Where's Uncle Zhang?"
"Go..." Before Lian Rong could finish his words, a burst of hearty laughter and voices suddenly came from outside.
Chai Zhengzhen and Zhang Yongchang were talking when they came back from outside. When they saw Zhuang Qingning, they were both happy.
"Manager Zhuang?"
"Ning girl?"
"Shopkeeper Chai, Uncle Zhang." Zhuang Qingning greeted with a smile and picked up his small bamboo basket. "I made some mooncakes at home and brought them to you specially."
"Thank you, Manager Zhuang. You're so troubled..." Chai Zhengzhen smiled and took the small bamboo basket from Zhuang Qingning's hand.
"Huh, you still know how to send mooncakes?"
Zhang Yongchang snorted coldly, looked at Zhuang Qingning with dissatisfaction, and scolded him, "You still know that Ruyi Pavilion has a cook like me?"
"I just thought you were so busy with business these days that you had forgotten about me, the cook."
"I'm telling you, you haven't even looked at me, the cook, for a while. I'm mad at you, and I can't let this go so easily."
"You think you can get rid of me just by giving me this basket of mooncakes? No way!"
Not only was there no door, there was no window either! This time, he was really angry.
Seeing Zhang Yongchang so angry, Chai Zhengzhen immediately shrank his neck. He didn't know whether to put down the bamboo basket in his hand or continue holding it. After thinking for a long time, Chai Zhengzhen finally gritted his teeth, held the small bamboo basket with both hands, and retreated little by little, only a few feet away from Zhang Yongchang, so as to avoid being affected if something happened later.
Lian Rong and Ma Tong were also like this. They lowered their heads and silently said in their hearts, "You can't see us, you can't see us, it has nothing to do with us..."
But at the same time, he looked at Zhuang Qingning with some worry.
Zhang Yongchang became angry. The two of them knew how powerful they were. If Zhuang Qingning was also scolded like this, it would be really embarrassing.
I really hope Zhang Yongchang can be more lenient with girls... oh no, be more lenient with his words.
And Zhuang Qingning blinked.
She guessed that Zhang Yongchang would be a little unhappy that she hadn't been to Ruyi Pavilion for some time. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yongchang seemed really angry.
"if……"
Zhuang Qingning's face was immediately filled with smiles, and his smile was even more fawning. "If one basket of mooncakes is not enough, then two baskets?"
"If it doesn't work, three or four baskets will do..."
Zhang Yongchang really didn't expect Zhuang Qingning to be so playful, and his answers were even a bit scoundrel. His originally gloomy face could no longer be suppressed, and he burst out laughing.
This smile instantly warmed up the atmosphere that had dropped to freezing point.
Lian Rong and Ma Tong looked at each other, and at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief, their faces were filled with resentment.
What is he thinking? Can this shopkeeper Renzhuang be the same as the two of them?
This person is really different from another. I'm afraid they will never be held in such high esteem by Zhang Yongchang in this lifetime...
Why……
As for Zhang Yongchang, after laughing out loud and seeing the wonderful expression on Zhuang Qingning's face, he suddenly felt that he was really useless. He quickly lowered the corners of his mouth and just wanted to straighten his face again as soon as possible.
"Okay, I came to see Uncle Zhang today just to have a lunch. It's not easy for me to come here, so Uncle Zhang said I must show off my cooking skills." Zhuang Qingning still had a playful look on his face.
"gluttonous!"
Zhang Yongchang cursed with a smile, and he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he just laughed, "But I have developed a few new dishes recently, and I'm going to make the Fairy Chicken for lunch, you can try it when the time comes."
"I made the sweet potato vermicelli you sent me according to your instructions. Everyone said it tasted good. You can try it too."
"Oh, yes, I also fried some vermicelli meatballs. I'll use them to make you a bowl of meatball soup at noon..."
"I made the right choice to come to Uncle Zhang for a free meal this afternoon." Zhuang Qingning grinned, "But we can't eat this meal for free. Let me help you prepare the dishes. Then we can see how Uncle Zhang prepared these dishes."
"Anyway, we have to find some work by any means possible." Zhang Yongchang glanced at her unhappily and took the small basket next to him. "You can peel some garlic and I'll make some garlic sauce. Shopkeeper Chai said he got a basket of river crabs. We'll make some fried garlic crabs for lunch."
"Okay." Zhuang Qingning smiled and moved a small stool to peel garlic.
Zhang Yongchang went into the kitchen to busy himself.
Lian Rong and Ma Tong were delighted because they could probably eat one or two crabs at noon.
The only person standing at the foot of the wall holding a small bamboo basket was Chai Zhengzhen, who had long been forgotten...
Well, no one cares about us, so we just take care of ourselves.
Let’s first see how many mooncakes there are and then decide how to divide them among the waiters later... - Here, Zhuang Qingsui, Zhang Qiuying and Zhang Qiuyue strolled on the street for half an hour before turning back to the shop.
My hands are full of things.
Crispy fried dough twists, sesame candies, candied haws, egg yolk pastries, and steaming hot roasted chestnuts that were obviously fresh out of the pan.
Seeing Zhang Qiuying's helpless look, Cao knew that the money must have been paid by Zhuang Qingsui, and Zhang Qiuying tried to stop him but failed.
(End of this chapter)
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