Chapter 235: Enmity (4000+)
After that, she threw up her sleeves and walked away, cursing as she left: "These days, vendors are so arrogant and domineering, they don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is, and they still expect others to beg them. It's broad daylight, what are you dreaming about? Do you think the sun rises from the west?"
Seeing Tong Fei leaving the shop, Cao walked up to Zhuang Qingning with some uneasiness and asked, "Is what this man said true?"
"I don't know, but judging from his current appearance, it's probably true." Zhuang Qingning frowned and replied, "Uncle Zhang's personality means he will definitely not tell anyone about this. I think Brother Lian Rong came to look for me yesterday because of this."
"I guess so." Cao's face showed more guilt: "I should have asked one more question yesterday."
If I had asked clearly yesterday, I could have talked to Zhuang Qingning earlier. She would have had an idea in her mind earlier and would not have had such an argument with that illiterate guy now.
It's no big deal that these things are not supplied to Fu Shun Building. According to the tofu shop's business, there will be no problem selling these things even if there are twice as many. It just depends on whether they are willing to sell them. However, when Tong Fei told this story, he felt that he was inferior to others in momentum, and others got the upper hand for no reason, which made Zhuang Qingning feel a little embarrassed and at a disadvantage.
"This matter is not a happy one after all. I guess Brother Lian Rong doesn't want everyone to know about it. Even if Auntie asked yesterday, I'm afraid Brother Lian Rong wouldn't tell anyone."
Zhuang Qingning said, "Aunt, you don't have to feel bad. Brother Lian Rong is trying to hide it, and there are some people at Fushunlou who are trying to find fault. They can always find something to quarrel with us. Just ignore them."
"At this moment, it would be better to know where Uncle Zhang is."
Although Zhang Yongchang had a home in the town, he usually lived in the backyard of Fushun Building with Lian Rong and his fellow men, so Zhuang Qingning didn't know where Uncle Zhang's home was.
"This town is not big, and we often see each other here. If we ask a few people who are a little familiar with Chef Zhang, we will probably be able to find out the answer."
Cao said, "But I think you'd better wait in the shop for a while, in case Lian Rong comes to visit and you're not there, the two of them might get lost and cause trouble again."
"That's right." Zhuang Qingning nodded: "Let's wait for Brother Lian Rong to come."
As Zhuang Qingning spoke, he reached out and picked up the basket, took out all the things that had been prepared for Fushunlou, and put them back on the shelf.
The tofu shop opened and customers came one after another. Business was as prosperous as usual.
Among them was Chai Zhengzhen from Ruyi Pavilion, who came very excitedly.
When Chai Zhengzhen saw Zhuang Qingning in the shop, he quickly suppressed the smile on his face.
Just now, when he heard in the shop that Tong Fei had gone to Zhuang's Tofu Shop and had a quarrel with Zhuang Qingning, and that Zhuang Qingning had even threatened not to supply tofu to Fu Shun Lou in the future, he happily walked around the backyard of Ruyi Pavilion several times.
Although he was somewhat surprised by the breakup between Feng Yongkang and Zhang Yongchang, and even more regretful that the decades-long friendship between the two had ended up like this, but from the perspective of Ruyi Pavilion, Zhang Yongchang's departure from Fushun Building was a great thing for them.
Especially the new chef of Fushunlou followed Feng Yongkang and was very disdainful of Zhuangji Tofu Shop. Now that the business relationship with Zhuangji Tofu Shop has been cut off, it is a great thing for Ruyi Pavilion.
Chai Zhengzhen didn't even bother to think carefully about what was wrong with Feng Yongkang, and hurried to the tofu shop in order to buy more things from the tofu shop. He wanted to take advantage of this period of time and use the advantage of the ingredients to attract all the customers to Ruyi Pavilion.
So he ran over excitedly, ready to do a lot of shopping, but when he saw Zhuang Qingning, especially when Zhuang Qingning looked unhappy, he subconsciously suppressed the joy on his face.
He knew that Zhuang Qingning had a close relationship with Zhang Yongchang, so even though he was happy about the favorable situation of Ruyi Pavilion at the moment, he showed it too obviously, which made him look short-sighted and not a good look.
"Manager Zhuang." Chai Zhengzhen greeted.
"Good morning, Shopkeeper Chai." When Zhuang Qingning saw Chai Zhengzhen, the gloom on his face gradually dissipated and he smiled: "Shopkeeper Chai, do you want to buy more today?"
“This… no no no…”
The embarrassment of having his little tricks discovered jumped directly from the bottom of his heart to his face. Chai Zhengzhen's face immediately turned red and he said hurriedly: "That's not what I meant. I didn't mean to make fun of Chef Zhang, nor did I mean to add insult to injury..."
"Shopkeeper Chai." Zhuang Qingning said, "I don't know what Shopkeeper Chai is thinking right now, but at this critical moment, Fushunlou has changed its chef, and my tofu shop will no longer supply tofu to Fushunlou. Ruyi Pavilion can take this opportunity to attract a wave of customers and compete for business."
"So now, Shopkeeper Chai had better buy more things. Maybe you can give some discounts on the prices in the next few days. In the future, the business of Ruyi Pavilion will be booming."
At first, Chai Zhengzhen was so embarrassed that his toes almost scratched through the soles of his shoes. He wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, but when he heard Zhuang Qingning's words, he was stunned.
What did Zhuang Qingning mean by this? Was he not mocking him for doing these things at this time, but rather approving and even giving him some ideas? Chai Zhengzhen was a little unsure about what Zhuang Qingning was going to do, but even if he was not sure, since Zhuang Qingning approved of him buying more things and was willing to sell more to him, he would just buy them.
So Chai Zhengzhen took twice as many things as usual from the tofu shop and returned to Ruyi Pavilion. However, after having someone pack these things up, he kept pacing back and forth in the backyard.
When he had walked around for more than ten times, Ding Jin, a waiter in Ruyi Pavilion, could no longer bear to watch and called out to him, "Boss, what are you doing?"
"Tell me, what exactly does the shopkeeper mean?" Chai Zhengzhen couldn't bear it any longer and explained the whole thing to Ding Jin: "Why can't I understand it?"
"Boss, this is what they call those involved are confused while those who are watching clearly see clearly."
Ding Jin smiled and said, "You also know that Shopkeeper Zhuang has a very good relationship with Chef Zhang. Since Chef Zhang was driven away from Fushunlou and had a feud with Shopkeeper Feng, Shopkeeper Zhuang must be looking at Fushunlou and Shopkeeper Feng as thorns in his side, right?"
"That's right." Chai Zhengzhen slapped his thigh fiercely: "So Manager Zhuang first stopped supplying goods to Fushunlou, and then taught me to steal Fushunlou's business, just to make things difficult for Fushunlou."
"That's it. That's it."
Chai Zhengzhen laughed: "Look at my stupid brain. I didn't even think of this."
"What is the saying that those who are involved are often confused? Shopkeeper, please don't say that you have a pig brain. If you have a pig brain, then what are we?" Ding Jin laughed and said, "The shopkeeper is just confused by it."
"Really? I don't know why I suddenly forgot about this." Chai Zhengzhen touched the back of his head, thinking, "Speaking of the fact that Shopkeeper Zhuang is thinking about making things difficult for Fushunlou, Shopkeeper Feng and Chef Zhang must be feeling angry about this. If we invite Chef Zhang to cook for Ruyi Pavilion, wouldn't it make Ruyi Pavilion popular all of a sudden?"
"It just so happened that a few days ago, the old man in our kitchen said that his son wanted to take him to the county town to enjoy a peaceful life, and he didn't want to work anymore. Since we are looking for a chef, why not invite Chef Zhang? Chef Zhang can feel relieved, and our business can also improve. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
"If that's the case, it seems like we're being ruthless, and we've finally made a feud with Manager Feng..."
Chai Zhengzhen let out a long sigh.
There is really nothing in this world that can completely satisfy everyone.
"That seems to be the case." Ding Jin scratched his ear and said, "But it's hard to say whether this will work. I don't know what Chef Zhang is thinking..."
"But then again, aside from the dispute between Ruyi Pavilion and Fushun Building for so many years, Ruyi Pavilion is indeed looking for a chef right now, and Chef Zhang really has no work to do, so we can give it a try."
"As for the feud with Shopkeeper Feng... I feel that even if this didn't happen, given Shopkeeper Feng's temper, it's not certain that he would have a good relationship with you, Shopkeeper."
To put it bluntly, the two families were already covered in ice, so they didn't care if the ice got thicker.
"That's the case." Chai Zhengzhen nodded: "We are just thinking about this matter. The most important thing is whether Chef Zhang is willing. As long as he is willing, other things are not a big deal. If he is not willing, it is useless for us to think so much here."
"When I have time, I'll bring some things over and have a good chat with Chef Zhang. I'll see what he thinks first, and then we can talk about other things."
"Yes, the shopkeeper is right." Ding Jin nodded repeatedly. Tong Fei returned to the kitchen of Fushunlou angrily, sat on a stool, picked up the tea bowl next to him, and drank it all in one breath.
"What's going on?" Qi Changfu glanced at Tong Fei and said, "You've just arrived here and you've already got into trouble with someone?"
"Master, you don't know. I went to the tofu shop today. The owner of the tofu shop was so fierce that he looked at me with disgust and dislike. He always disliked me."
"I was just saying that the kitchen is too busy and I can't take care of it all, so I wanted the tofu shop to deliver the goods every day. It's only a short distance and it won't take much effort for them. But the shopkeeper got angry on the spot, saying that I was too much trouble and that their tofu shop never delivered goods. If you want to buy this, buy it. If not, get out."
"No matter who heard this, they would feel uncomfortable. I was not convinced, so I said a few words. The shopkeeper Zhuang said on the spot that I didn't know how to do things, that Fushunlou had too many things to do, and that he would not supply Fushunlou with goods in the future. He also said that we should not beg her in the future, because it would be useless."
"I really couldn't stand this, so I came back first."
"I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be this." Qi Changfu also curled his lips: "This tofu shop is just like what the shopkeeper said, he is arrogant, but it doesn't matter, he doesn't need to supply, anyway, he was a good friend of Zhang Yongchang in the past, I'm afraid he has a problem with us because of Zhang Yongchang's expulsion, who knows what will happen in the future, this way we can save ourselves some trouble."
"I think so too, so I just didn't give her face and went back first." Tong Fei stood up: "Master Guoren thinks the same as I do."
"You are my disciple, so don't you think the same as master and disciple?" Qi Changfu said, "Okay, you don't need to rest, hurry up and clean up, get ready to get busy. The number of customers yesterday was not bad, and those who have eaten our dishes will surely come again today. In addition, there are more people coming today than yesterday, so we will be busy at noon."
"Okay." Tong Fei agreed with a smile, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to work. ——After working in the tofu shop for a while, when Zhuang Qingning felt a little relieved, Lian Rong entered the shop.
His face looked extremely unhappy.
"Brother Lian Rong." Zhuang Qingning handed the tofu knife in his hand to Zhang Qiuying who was standing beside him, and walked out from behind the case: "Let's talk in the backyard."
Lian Rong followed Zhuang Qingning to the backyard, took the tea handed over by Zhuang Qingning, and smiled bitterly: "Looking at you like this, you should know about this."
"The new guy came over just now and said something." Zhuang Qingning frowned and asked, "When did this happen?"
"It was the night before yesterday." Lian Rong took a sip of hot tea and sighed, "The shopkeeper came back at midnight the other day."
"The shopkeeper has hardly been in Fushun House these past few days. Even when he came, he was in a hurry and never met Master. Because of what happened last time, Master knew that the shopkeeper had something against him and felt that the shopkeeper's idea was not right. Seeing that the shopkeeper ignored him, Master did not want to pay attention to the shopkeeper either. The two of them were in a stalemate until last night when the shopkeeper came back and the first thing he did was to come to the backyard to look for Master."
"Master thought the shopkeeper had finally figured it out and wanted to have a good talk with him about this matter. But before he could even finish his words, he turned gloomy and told Master and me to pack up and leave immediately, saying that a temple is too small to support a great Bodhisattva and that Master should find another job, and that he couldn't afford to support such a great chef, etc."
"Miss Zhuang also knows the temper of the master. He is arrogant. After hearing what the shopkeeper said, she decided not to stay. She gave up the half-cooked dish and went to the backyard to get her clothes and left. I hurriedly followed her and packed up my things with the master. We moved to the master's house and stayed there for a while."
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