Chapter 50: Black is white
"Why do you care about him?" Zhang Yongchang snorted coldly: "With his sissy character, he can't do anything well. He can't make delicious tofu by himself, and he has the nerve to nag you?"
"If he nags again in the future, just ignore him. If he looks for me again, tell him to come find me!"
The person Chang Yuanda fears the most is Zhang Yongchang. Feng Yongkang also knows this. With Zhang Yongchang in front, he is not afraid of Chang Yuanda causing trouble again.
Fortunately, the words that needed to be passed on were passed on, and Zhang Yongchang looked very determined. There was nothing he could do about it. If Chang Yuanda complained afterwards, it couldn't be blamed on him. After all, no one in the entire Fushun Building could mess with Zhang Yongchang, right?
As for the tofu, it doesn’t matter which one is used. The one that tastes good can help the restaurant business better, so why not do it?
Feng Yongkang felt that the whole incident had no negative impact on him, so he didn't say anything more. After drinking tea for a while, he asked Zhang Yongchang to rest early and prepared to go home.
"Shopkeeper." Zhang Yongchang called him, "Don't you think something is very strange?"
"What's the matter?" Feng Yongkang stopped.
"Qin Hongbao said that the dish he tried today tasted exactly the same as the one he had a few days ago. If that's the case, I'm afraid that the braised tofu I made that day used the tofu sold by the two girls I mentioned."
Zhang Yongchang said, "That's a bit strange. Our kitchen has always used tofu from Changji Tofu Shop, and no outsiders have ever come into the kitchen. So where did this tofu come from? How did it get into our kitchen?"
"If you put it that way..." Feng Yongkang lowered his head and thought, "I have to investigate it carefully..."
Li Fang, who was helping to move the dishes from the front hall to the backyard, felt a pang in his heart when he heard this, and the dishes in his hands almost slipped and fell to the ground.
The sweat on my back immediately soaked my clothes.
After thinking about it, Li Fang tightened his fingers and walked up to Feng Yongkang with gritted teeth: "Boss, I...I have something to say."
"What is it?"
"It's about this tofu..." Li Fang lowered his head, not daring to look at Feng Yongkang, and spoke in a very low voice: "It's about this piece of tofu in the kitchen. I put it there."
"I saw that the tofu stand not far from our shop was doing good business, so I wondered if this tofu was better than Changji's, so I asked her to give me a piece and put it in the back kitchen. I was afraid that this tofu would take away the business of Changji Tofu Shop, so I didn't dare to tell anyone else. I just put it there secretly, thinking that if the tofu was good, I should be able to tell by eating it."
"It's a pity that no one mentioned this matter in the past two days. Fortunately, the little girl came to my house and asked about the tofu. I just said that there was probably not enough tofu. If more was added, more people would know the difference after eating it. So I asked the little girl to give me some more tofu."
"But the girl misunderstood me and thought I was cheating her. Not only did she scold me, but she also wanted to get the money back. I couldn't say anything to a little girl, so I just gave her the money and pretended that nothing happened."
"Didn't you see it that day, shopkeeper? You thought I was the kind of person who cheated people out of their money, and not only did you scold me, you also fined me a few days' wages. I just thought it was my bad luck and that I got into a lot of trouble, but I didn't argue too much and just tried to keep the peace."
"But now that this matter has been brought to light, I will also tell the shopkeeper that I was indeed the one who let the tofu go. I just thought that the tofu was good. If our business can get better because of this tofu, who knows..."
Li Fang said this during the conversation.
"Then why didn't you just say it directly at the beginning? In those days, Chef Zhang and I have been trying to find out the reason why the braised tofu tasted different from what Shopkeeper Qin and the guests mentioned that day. Why didn't you just say it was because of this reason?" Feng Yongkang asked with a frown.
"I wanted to say..." Li Fang glanced at Zhang Yongchang, then quickly lowered his head, "But everyone in our restaurant knows that the shopkeeper respects Uncle Zhang very much, and Uncle Zhang is Uncle Chang's brother-in-law. If I say it directly, wouldn't it seem like I'm deliberately stealing the business of Chang's Tofu Shop?"
"So... I thought about it and thought that if the tofu on this tofu stall is really delicious, the shopkeeper will be able to see it in the future, and Uncle Zhang may be willing to use it. So I didn't dare to say it at the time..."
After listening to Li Fang's conversation, Feng Yongkang nodded slightly: "That's right. I didn't know the reason that day. I just saw you arguing with that little girl and thought it was your fault. I was careless."
"Although this was not a proper approach, and the reason behind it was not clearly explained afterwards, it was done for the sake of the restaurant. The merits offset the demerits, so I won't say anything. I won't fine him for those days' wages."
"Just tell me what's going on. Even if you did something wrong with good intentions, you have to speak up. Otherwise, if you don't speak up, it will easily lead to misunderstandings. This time, we have finally come to the bottom of this matter. If you don't speak up, will you always be blamed?"
"Yes, what the shopkeeper said is absolutely right. I will remember it in the future." Li Fang nodded repeatedly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, he went to Chang Ji Tofu Shop to inform Chang Yuanda, thinking that he would chase those two damn girls away when he knew that his tofu business was taken over, and then no one would know about this matter.
Unfortunately, Chang Yuanda didn't take action himself, but instead went looking for that idiot Zhang Yongchang and used him as a knife. What's more, that idiot took a fancy to Chang Ji, so Fu Shun Lou kicked Chang Ji out and even brought up this matter.
All his wishful thinking was in vain. Li Fang had no choice but to make up stories to clear himself.
Looking at the situation now, it seems good. Everything is fine and I can get back the fined wages.
Li Fang couldn't help but straightened his back.
Ma Tong, who was standing aside, spat several times in his heart.
My goodness, this is possible, you can even say that black is white, you really take it too seriously, is this person's heart actually black?
Zhang Yongchang glanced at Li Fang, who looked quite proud, and said, "That doesn't make sense. When Chang Yuanda came this morning, he said that you told him that someone had taken over his tofu business, so he came to me to discuss what to do."
"Why are you telling him this for no reason?"
"This..." Li Fang was suddenly speechless and panicked when asked this question unexpectedly.
Thanks to the cute "Butterfly Pea Flower" for the reward, thank you for your support~ (End of this chapter)
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