At the meat stall, the meat had already been packed for Lin Ruifeng. When the boss saw Feng Yifan swaggering over with his daughter on his shoulders, he almost immediately said to Lin Ruifeng, "Ah, Xiao Lin, there is something wrong with this batch of meat. How about I change it for you?"
The boss was just about to pick up one of the bags and go to give it to Lin Ruifeng, who didn't quite understand.
Feng Yifan had already walked to the side and reached out to hold the boss's hand.
"Boss, my apprentice is not very skilled. Since you have paid, just buy it. No need to change it."
The boss was grabbed by Feng Yifan, and the expression on his face kept changing. In the end, he could only apologize directly: "Chef Feng, I am sorry for you today. I will replace this bag for you. I will give you another bag as a loss."
Feng Yifan didn't let go, and said with a smile: "Really, we are old acquaintances, how can I let you lose money?"
After saying that, he took the bag of meat from the boss and handed it directly to Lin Ruifeng: "Take it, and throw it in the trash can when you leave. This is a lesson for you today. You must be careful when shopping next time."
Lin Ruifeng reached out to take it, but didn't dare to open it. However, looking at his master's expression, he knew that he must have been cheated.
Recalling the purchasing process, Lin Ruifeng immediately thought of it.
As soon as he arrived, he was warmly welcomed by the owner of the meat stall, who took out the best and freshest meat of the day. It can be said that Lin Ruifeng was given priority to choose, and each piece was carefully packed.
Recalling the packing process, Lin Ruifeng then remembered that the boss interrupted him while he was packing.
Lin Ruifeng then realized that it might be because of the interruption that the meat stall owner replaced the bag.
The boss looked unhappy, but facing Feng Yifan, a guy who was obviously as good as him in size and muscles, the boss could only apologize again.
"Chef Feng, I was possessed by a ghost today. I am really sorry for you. Otherwise, I won't take your money for this batch of meat as an apology to you."
Feng Yifan shook his head and said, "No, boss, you are doing business seriously. There is nothing to be sorry about. We paid the money and we should bear the consequences."
Feng Yifan then ignored the boss and carried his daughter to another meat stall: "Boss, can you give me that pack of meat?"
The butcher of another stall immediately smiled and said, "Okay, Chef Feng, don't worry, I'll prepare that package for you right away. I guarantee it's the freshest today."
When the boss of the previous store saw this situation, he was really regretful, but he also knew that he had been caught red-handed and the matter was irreversible.
After the family next door had prepared the meat, Feng Yifan carried his daughter to carry a few packages, asked Lin Ruifeng to carry the remaining packages, and turned around and left the meat stall without looking back.
Watching Feng Yifan leave, the butcher still greeted him warmly even though he only sold one bag of meat.
"Chef Feng, take care. If you need anything in the future, just let me know. I promise to give you the freshest ones."
Feng Ruoruo, who was sitting on her father's shoulder, responded on her father's behalf: "Dad said yes, I will come to your house to buy it next time."
The boss heard this and said with a smile: "Hey, good, good kids, walk slowly."
After Feng Yifan and his friends left, the meat stall owner next door smiled and said to Feng Yifan, "Old Wang, you are screwed this time, right? You are really bewitched. You dare to sell people a bag of rotten meat."
Lao Wang immediately yelled in anger: "Xu Laosan, don't be so proud. It's just a small restaurant. I'll give it to you."
Xu Laosan was not annoyed, but smiled and said: "Old Wang, don't forget that he is a chef who has appeared on "Fei Chang Zhi". Small restaurant? I think you are really young and confused."
After hearing what Xu Laosan said, Lao Wang came to his senses. The more he thought about it, the more he felt regretful, but it was too late to make up for it.
Feng Yifan carried his daughter and led his apprentice, and bought a lot of things along the way, and finally sent them all to Lao Zhang's vegetable stall.
As for the bag of meat, Feng Yifan didn't even mention it along the way.
After they had finished shopping and returned to Lao Zhang's vegetable stall, Lin Ruifeng finally couldn't help but speak: "Master, I'm sorry, it's my fault today. I didn't pay attention and asked them to change it."
Lao Zhang was helping to count. Hearing this, he asked curiously, "What happened? Who replaced the goods?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied to Lao Zhang: "Uncle Zhang, it's okay, young people make small mistakes."
Feng Ruoruo, who had been put down by her father, immediately came to Grandpa Zhang and said, "No, Grandpa Zhang, Dad is angry and ignored Uncle Xiaolin the whole way."
Upon hearing this, Old Zhang turned his head to look at the master and his apprentice, then asked Lin Ruifeng: "Xiao Lin, what's going on?"
Lin Ruifeng could only tell the story to the vegetable vendor, Lao Zhang.
After hearing this, Lao Zhang immediately said angrily: "This Fatty Wang actually dared to change the goods casually. He is really very capable. I don't think he can work in this market anymore."
Feng Yifan waved his hand and said, "Uncle Zhang, I don't want to bother about this matter. It's my apprentice who didn't teach me well."
Lao Zhang continued, "How can you say that? It was clearly Fatty Wang who schemed against Xiao Lin. Don't blame Xiao Lin. I will help Xiao Lin later."
Feng Yifan saw that his apprentice was still complaining to himself, so he patted him and said, "Alright, stop complaining to yourself, thank Uncle Zhang quickly, and be sure to pay attention when you buy things next time."
Just at this moment, Zhang Qiang came over, and Old Zhang said to his son directly: "Go, pour this bag of rotten meat to Fatty Wang's stall."
Zhang Qiang was stunned at first, not quite understanding what his father meant.
Then, Zhang Qiang looked at Feng Yifan and then at Lin Ruifeng.
It was Feng Ruoruo who poked her head out from her father's side and said, "Someone cheated Uncle Xiaolin and sold him this package of bad meat. Dad was so angry that he ignored Uncle Xiaolin."
Hearing his daughter's words, Feng Yifan stopped Zhang Qiang and said, "Forget it, just throw away the package of meat. There's no need to ruin their business."
After Zhang Qiang understood the situation, he naturally could not agree to make a small matter out of a big one.
"Brother, this kind of thing must not be tolerated, otherwise this rat shit of his will ruin our good reputation in the market. I must teach him a lesson. Brother, don't worry, I'll go, no problem."
After saying that, Zhang Qiang picked up the bag of rotten meat and quickly walked towards the meat stall.
In the vegetable market, some curious people heard about this and naturally went over to take a look.
Soon, Xu Laosan was the first to see Zhang Qiang coming back with the bag of meat. He immediately smiled and said to Fatty Wang, "Old Wang, you are doomed now. Zhang Qiang is here. Let's see how you end up."
As soon as he finished speaking, without giving Fatty Wang any time to react, Zhang Qiang rushed to his stall and smashed the bag of rotten meat directly in front of the stall.
"Okay, Fatty Wang, you dare to sell this kind of rotten meat to people? And you even exchanged it for something else when they weren't paying attention? I think you don't want to work in this market anymore, do you?"
The bag hit the stall and was smashed in an instant, with the rotten meat scattered all over the ground in front of the stall.
The curious people and other people in the market were all shocked when they saw the rotten meat in the bags.
"I never thought that this kind of rotten meat could be sold to others."
"Yes, this meat looks problematic."
"How did this meat get into our market?"
"How else could he get in? He must have been dragged away and dealt with when they were entering the meat room."
"It's really unscrupulous. How can you sell this kind of meat?"
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Fatty Wang also had a helpless look on his face, he knew that today he had completely failed.
In fact, this was not the first time he had done this, but he had always been very careful in the past and tried not to give the meat to experts or to some special canteens who would buy meat from him privately.
Today, Fatty Wang saw that Lin Ruifeng bought a lot of goods, and thought that if he put this package in there, it wouldn’t attract much attention.
What's more, if he really bought it back, if the other party came again, there would be no evidence and Fatty Wang would not admit it.
Fatty Wang had done similar things several times, but in the end the other party was often unwilling to argue, so the matter basically ended in nothing.
Perhaps it was this kind of inconclusiveness that really boosted Fatty Wang's arrogance.
So he didn't think too much today and mixed this package of meat, which was not too bad, into the meat purchased by Feng Yifan and others.
To put it bluntly, Fatty Wang saw that Lin Ruifeng came alone, so he bullied Lin Ruifeng because he was a young boy who didn't know the ropes. He thought that even if he bought it back, Lin Ruifeng might not find it easily.
But what Wang Pangzi didn't expect was that Feng Yifan, who he thought was not coming, actually showed up.
The moment he saw Feng Yifan, Fatty Wang already realized that something was going to happen, so he quickly thought of replacing him.
But in the end, Feng Yifan's steps were too fast and Fatty Wang was caught off guard.
Now that things have turned out like this, Fatty Wang is helpless.
Seeing Zhang Qiang yelling, he could only apologize: "Zhang Qiang, I was bewildered by what happened today. I, I only did it this once. I promise there won't be a next time."
Zhang Qiang sneered and asked, "Fatty Wang, is it really this time? Then Brother Feng is really unlucky. Brother Feng ran into you the first time you did it?"
This question left Fatty Wang speechless.
The curious people in the nearby vegetable markets immediately exposed the truth.
"How could it be the first time? I've heard about it several times, but when people came back to him and refused to admit it, he had no choice but to admit defeat."
"I've heard that the meat in our market is sometimes not fresh."
When the other butchers heard this, they were all filled with indignation.
"After all this trouble, our reputation has been ruined, and it's all because of you, Fatty Wang."
"That's what I was wondering, why is the business at our meat stall getting worse and worse?"
"You are so good, Fatty Wang. You only care about making money for yourself and ruin our reputation."
"Get out, get out now, and don't come here again."
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When things got to this point, Fatty Wang knew he couldn't stay any longer, so he packed up his stall and left amidst a chorus of curses.
This matter was finally resolved.
Of course, although it may seem like a big deal, it is actually a good thing for other butchers in the farmers’ market.
After all, after this incident was exposed, the reputation of other butchers will improve, and the meat will definitely sell much better.
On the way back, Feng Yifan still rode his bike with his daughter, and Lin Ruifeng followed beside him on his bike, still a little afraid to speak.
It was Feng Ruoruo who took the initiative to speak when she saw Uncle Xiaolin was silent: "Uncle Xiaolin, why don't you say anything? My father has actually forgiven you, and it was the bad guys who got replaced, it's not your fault."
When Lin Ruifeng heard Feng Ruoruo's words, he turned his head and forced a smile on his face: "Well, thank you Ruoruo."
Seeing that his apprentice was still a little listless, Feng Yifan finally spoke up: "If I hadn't discovered what happened today and let the bag of meat be bought back, how would you have dealt with it?"
Lin Ruifeng was stunned at first, then thought for a moment and said, "I, I definitely can't let Master suffer any loss, so we'll keep the bag for ourselves."
Feng Yifan immediately said, "Wrong, it would be the stupidest and most wrong thing to do if you kept it for yourself. Since there is something wrong with the meat, are you going to make it into pot stickers and sell it to others?"
Lin Ruifeng quickly said, "No, no, I definitely can't use that bag of meat to make pot stickers. I will get rid of it."
Feng Yifan asked again: "How do you deal with it?"
Lin Ruifeng was silent again, thought for a while and said, "I, I should throw it away."
Feng Yifan then shook his head and said, "Wrong again. Did you see what Zhang Qiang did? You should have carried the bag of meat yourself, returned to find Fatty Wang, and thrown the meat to him."
Lin Ruifeng was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his usually gentle and polite master would actually agree with Zhang Qiang's approach.
Seeing his apprentice's surprise, Feng Yifan continued, "Let me tell you, we are chefs and we are responsible for the dishes we make to the diners, so we must never use bad ingredients. If we are schemed against by others like today, we must confront them head-on.
This is definitely not the first time for Fatty Wang, but why is he still able to do business in the market
It is because the buyer is unwilling to confront him head-on that he indulges him in doing this, so if we encounter this, we must teach him a lesson, not only for ourselves, but also for others. "
Feng Yifan paused here to let his disciple digest his words for a moment before asking, "Do you know why I'm angry now?"
Lin Ruifeng raised his head and looked at his master in a daze.
In the end, it was Feng Ruoruo who reminded him: "Uncle Xiaolin, you are stupid. Daddy is angry because you were bullied by a bad guy, but you didn't say anything to the bad guy."
Lin Ruifeng also understood instantly that his master was angry because he actually swallowed his anger at that time.
The moment his master discovered the problem, Lin Ruifeng should have confronted the other party head-on.
Not to mention learning from Zhang Qiang and smashing the rotten meat in front of the stall, at least you should argue with the other party to make sense of it.
Feng Yifan reached out and touched his daughter's head before continuing to say to his apprentice: "We can't make the world black and white, but we don't bully others, and we can't let others bully us.
Especially when you have experienced something bad like this, you must have the courage to fight, for yourself and for others to not suffer the same loss again."
After listening to Master's teachings, Lin Ruifeng finally understood that Master was teaching him how to behave in society.
Don't cause trouble, but don't be afraid of trouble.
After understanding, Lin Ruifeng regained his spirits and nodded to his master, saying, "Yes, Master, I remember it."
Then, Feng Ruoruo suddenly raised her little head and said, "Dad, Ruoruo remembers it too."
The little girl's shout immediately made the atmosphere cheerful. Feng Yifan and Lin Ruifeng were stunned for a moment and then started laughing.
The group returned to the old street accompanied by the morning sun.