Chapter 410 Shame on you
"But as far as I know, the Cao who is in charge of the tofu shop now is a very kind person, works diligently and steadily, and never likes to take advantage of others."
"And Zhang Xiangrong, who is now in charge of the hot and sour noodle stall, is also a simple and honest man. His two daughters are sensible and well-behaved, and they are also very active in business. Oh, and Aunt Liu is also a very kind person..."
"You just said that your eldest brother and his wife don't care about the life and death of the elderly, but now your mother-in-law lives with your eldest brother and his wife, and praises her son and daughter-in-law to everyone she meets. What's going on?"
Zhuang Qingning said this and glanced at Guo.
Guo's face turned pale for a moment, but she quickly returned to normal. "You were all fooled by those people. My elder brother and his wife are usually good at acting. Their good tempers are all fake. It is said that time reveals a person's true character. We have been with them for such a long time, so we naturally know their true colors. You haven't been with them for a long time, so of course you have been fooled by them."
Seeing that Zhuang Qingning didn't take her words seriously and even showed some disdain, Guo immediately became unhappy. "I think you are a very interesting person. I just wanted to ask you about something. If you know, you should tell me. If you don't know, you should just say you don't know. But you are asking me about it instead."
"I see you don't know anything about this tofu shop, yet you're pretending to be so in front of me!"
"Shopkeeper Zhuang."
Before Zhuang Qingning could say anything, someone trotted over and bowed to him with a smile.
"Shopkeeper Qin." Zhuang Qingning returned the greeting when he saw that it was Shopkeeper Qin from the steamed bun shop. "Shopkeeper Qin, how is your business lately?"
"Thanks to Shopkeeper Zhuang, it's OK." Shopkeeper Qin smiled. "I've always wanted to invite Shopkeeper Zhuang to sit in the shop, but Shopkeeper Zhuang was busy and I didn't dare to bother him. Today, I finally met Shopkeeper Zhuang, so I have to invite Shopkeeper Zhuang to sit in the shop no matter what."
"How about going to the shop to eat buns at noon? What would you like to eat, pork with green onions, pork with leeks, pork with mushrooms, or vegetarian stuffing, pork with leeks and eggs, or pork with tofu?"
"The buns in Shopkeeper Qin's shop are indeed delicious, and I shouldn't have refused his kindness. But I told Uncle Zhang that we would go to Ruyi Pavilion to drink mutton soup at noon..."
Zhuang Qingning declined politely.
"Chef Zhang?" Shopkeeper Qin was also familiar with Chai Zhengzhen and Zhang Yongchang. When he heard that Zhang Yongchang and Zhuang Qingning had an appointment, he immediately laughed, "Since Chef Zhang invited Shopkeeper Zhuang to have dinner, I won't compete with Chef Zhang for it."
Otherwise, given Zhang Yongchang's temper, I'm afraid I'll have to go to his bun shop and lift the steamer.
Don’t mess with me!
"Then let's do it some other time..." Shopkeeper Qin smiled and rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly, "It's just that I want to talk to Shopkeeper Zhuang about something. It's not easy to meet Shopkeeper Zhuang, so I won't beat around the bush and just say it directly."
"Manager Qin is talking about the tofu buns, right?" Zhuang Qingning said with a smile.
"Yes, that's right." Shopkeeper Qin nodded hurriedly, "Would Shopkeeper Zhuang reconsider what we said before?"
The fillings of the buns at Qinji Baozi Shop are quite varied, including buns with tofu filling, which is also its signature dish.
Shopkeeper Qin has always been very proud of the taste of his tofu buns, especially since he used the tofu from Zhuang Qingning's shop, Shopkeeper Qin felt that improving the taste of the buns was like the icing on the cake.
Shopkeeper Qin felt that the tofu-stuffed buns in his shop were the best in the entire town, no, in all the nearby towns.
Until one day, when he got up in the morning and went to Zhuangji Tofu Shop to buy tofu as usual, he saw Zhang Qiuying eating buns for breakfast, and they were stuffed with tofu. She ate them and praised them for being delicious.
His family makes steamed buns. When he heard someone praising the deliciousness of tofu-filled buns, and they were not his buns, Shopkeeper Qin was a little curious, so he shamelessly asked for one to try.
After tasting it, Shopkeeper Qin was both surprised and depressed.
The surprise is that the buns are really delicious. It’s amazing that someone can make such delicious buns.
What made him depressed was that there was actually someone in this town who could make such delicious tofu-filled buns, which were even better than those made in his shop.
Shopkeeper Qin got very stubborn and kept asking who made the tofu-filled buns. After much persuasion, Zhang Qiuying and Cao finally told him that the buns were made by Zhuang Qingning, who had specially asked Zhuang Sifu to bring some to them for breakfast when he delivered the tofu in the morning.
So Shopkeeper Qin found out the origin of these delicious tofu-stuffed buns, and wanted to ask Zhuang Qingning for the recipe for the filling.
Shopkeeper Qin had come to Zhuang Qingning to ask twice before, and Zhuang Qingning thought that Shopkeeper Qin was just being polite and flattering. But now seeing how serious Shopkeeper Qin was, it was obvious that he was determined to get the recipe for the filling.
"It's not impossible..." Zhuang Qingning scratched his ear, "It's just that I just adjusted the flavor casually at the time. If you really ask me for the recipe, I really can't tell you right now. Please let me go back and think about it, and try it again, and then write it down for you."
Shopkeeper Qin was once again both surprised and depressed.
The surprise was naturally because Zhuang Qingning actually agreed, and agreed so readily.
What’s frustrating is that this stuffing recipe is not an inherited one, but Zhuang Qingning’s random adjustment.
If he could make such delicious tofu-filled buns with any kind of filling, then this bun shop that claims to have been passed down for three generations...
What a shame! Shopkeeper Qin sighed in his heart, and his face looked a little awkward because of the mixed expression of surprise and depression, but he still hurriedly thanked Zhuang Qingning, "Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Zhuang."
"But don't worry, Shopkeeper Zhuang. I won't give you this recipe for free. Shopkeeper Zhuang, please come up with a price. As long as I can afford it, I won't hesitate to pay!"
"It's not a great recipe. Shopkeeper Qin, just give me some as a token of your appreciation."
As for the recipes, Zhuang Qingning had a rough idea of what dishes and their prices were from Zhang Yongchang, but he had no idea about the fillings for the buns, which were sold to the bun shop in the town. So he simply gave the initiative to Shopkeeper Qin, to see if he was an honest and kind person.
"Once I have prepared the recipe, Shopkeeper Qin can make it according to it and see if it tastes right. Then we can talk about the price." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile.
Try before you buy, it's obvious that you have great trust in the other person's character.
This feeling of being trusted usually makes people feel very comfortable, and Shopkeeper Qin is no exception.
"Thank you so much, Manager Zhuang." Manager Qin thanked him again.
(End of this chapter)
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