Chapter 30 Selling rabbits in a restaurant, earning one ounce of silver

Fusheng Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Lingshan Town. The owner, Hong Fusheng, is a good businessman. No matter whether they are ordinary people or officials, when they enter his restaurant, he will greet them with a smile, neither rude nor flattering, but polite and decent, and no one can find fault with him.

It was not yet 9 o'clock, and there were no customers in Fusheng Restaurant. Several waiters were running around mopping the floor and wiping the tables. Liu Mingan walked straight in with Jiang Ning.

"Hey! Sir, we haven't--" The waiter who saw them first was halfway through greeting, and saw the rabbit cage in Liu Mingan's hand, and quickly changed the subject: "Is this young man here to sell rabbits?"

Liu Mingan nodded.

"Hey! This way, this way!" The waiter stopped what he was doing and led the way.

The reason why Fusheng Restaurant became the best restaurant in Lingshan Town, in addition to its considerate service and delicious food, is that it is good at cooking game.

The owner, Hong Fusheng, is a game lover himself, and he specially spent a lot of money to hire a chef who can cook game. Many years ago, when this restaurant just opened, Boss Hong said: "Dear fellow villagers, if you catch rabbits, snakes, eagles, geese, doves, sparrows, bamboo rats, please send them to my Fusheng Restaurant. I, Hong, will never let you down!"

Although Lingshan Town has many mountains, there are no hunters. At most, you may be lucky enough to encounter snakes, rabbits, pheasants, or injured eagles and geese, and bring them here to exchange for some money. Therefore, those who come to Fusheng Restaurant to eat can't eat wild game every day. It also depends on fate.

The waiter led them to the back kitchen, where several people were busy peeling garlic, washing vegetables, cutting meat, chopping bones, washing pots, washing dishes, and frying meatballs. The sound of clinking was endless.

The waiter stopped and looked at the rabbit cage with a happy face: "Hey, the store hasn't received game for a long time. You sent three rabbits at once. The boss must be happy. These three rabbits look fat. You two are really capable!"

Liu Mingan was startled by the word "couple". Just as he opened his mouth to explain, he saw the waiter turned his head and shouted at a certain place: "Chef Gao, Chef Gao, game is coming!"

Jiang Ning saw a middle-aged man who was "thump thump thump" cutting potato shreds a few meters away. He raised his head, glanced around, and fell on the three of them.

"Wait a moment!" The tall chef shouted in their direction, lowered his head again, and the knife in his hand cut faster and faster, almost leaving an afterimage.

About two minutes later, Chef Gao shredded the remaining potatoes and used a knife to move the shredded potatoes on the cutting board to the large wooden basin in front of him to soak them in clean water. Then he scooped a bucket of water from the water tank on the other side, rinsed the cutting board and knife, and then drained them against the wall. He also washed his hands, wiped them on his apron, and walked over to Jiang Ning and the others.

"Young man, young lady, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Chef

Gao, as described by the waiter, was humble and friendly. As soon as he walked in front of Liu Ming'an and Jiang Ning, he clasped his fists to apologize. He looked fat and had a big belly, and his smile was very friendly, which made people not hate him at all.

"You are too polite, Chef Gao." Liu Ming'an also nodded with a smile, and put the rabbit cage at his feet: "Here are three wild rabbits, please give me a suitable price, Chef Gao."

After saying hello, Chef Gao never took his eyes off the rabbits, and said quickly: "Of course! Fusheng Restaurant has been open for so long, it will not ruin its reputation." As soon as

Liu Ming'an put down the cage, Chef Gao immediately squatted down, reached into the cage, grabbed one of the rabbits' ears and lifted it up, looking left and right, his eyebrows beaming with joy.

"One-year-old rabbit, good, make diced rabbit with hot peppers!"

After putting down this one, Chef Gao caught another one.

"Oh, this one is only five years old, it's the best for making silky rabbit!"

The remaining rabbit was no exception, and was caught by chef Gao to taste it carefully: "Well, it's three years old, it's good for hand-torn rabbit, and it's also delicious when roasted."

After looking at the three rabbits one by one, chef Gao stood up with satisfaction and discussed with Liu Ming'an and Jiang Ning: "Young man, young lady, these three rabbits are all very good and big. We are talking about three hundred yuan per rabbit, and three rabbits are nine hundred yuan. How about this, I'll round it up for you..."

Chef Gao stretched out his index finger and made a "one" gesture: "One or two silver coins, I wonder if you two think about it?"

Jiang Ning caught the rabbit, so Liu Ming'an couldn't make the decision, so he turned to look at Jiang Ning and asked her opinion.

Unfortunately, Jiang Ning had no idea about the prices in this world.

Liu Ming'an saw Jiang Ning's exposed eyes glance at him lightly, and then heard her say, "You make the decision."

In fact, Liu Ming'an had never sold rabbits, but thinking of the reputation of Fusheng Restaurant, this tall chef should not cheat him.

So, Liu Ming'an turned around and said to Chef Gao, "Okay."

"Hahaha..." Chef Gao laughed heartily and clasped his fists to Liu Ming'an again: "You're straightforward, young man!"

Then, Chef Gao instructed the waiter, "Li Cheng, go find Mr. He to get one or two silver coins and put them in the account. Tell him when the boss comes."

The waiter smiled and said, "Chef Gao, Brother He Ping has gone home today and is not here. Brother Qin is in charge of the accounts now."

"I don't care who's in charge of the accounts. Just give the money. Stop talking nonsense and go!"

"Hey, wait a minute!"

The waiter called "Li Cheng" nodded to the three of them and ran out in a flash.

When Jiang Ning heard the name "He Ping", she remembered the letter that He Yiyi asked Liu Ming'an to write that day. On the envelope was written "To He Ping of Fusheng Restaurant". It seemed that this was the He Ping. He should have gone home for a "blind date" today.

The three of them waited for a while, and Li Cheng came back with the money. Chef Gao took it and passed it in his hand. After making sure it was not too much or too little, he handed it to Liu Ming'an politely.

"You two, if you have game in the future, just send it here. We will accept it all and will never let you suffer any loss."

Liu Ming'an smiled politely and nodded in response.

The chef picked up the rabbit cage and smiled kindly. He then told Li Cheng, "I'm going to work. You can see them off."

"Okay! Follow me, both of you."

The waiter led Liu Ming'an and Jiang Ning out of the kitchen. Along the way, he kept looking at Liu Ming'an's hand holding the silver. Finally, he couldn't help but sighed, "Hey, you are so lucky. You have earned as much money as I have worked here for three months."

Liu Ming'an could tell that the waiter was a little greedy. He smiled and didn't say anything.

After a few steps, they arrived outside the restaurant. The waiter stopped and said to the two of them, "There is still work to do in the store. I won't see them off. Take care, both of you."

Liu Mingan replied, "Thank you for seeing me off," and left with Jiang Ning.