The shopkeeper was already impatient, if not for the presence of distinguished guests, he would have kicked out this flamboyant yellow-haired girl long ago, and after seeing the contents of Shen Ruolan's second bag, his tone became even more disdainful: "Isn't this Is it just dried fennel seeds? What’s so strange, we have a lot of them in the shop, and they are all fresh.”
Apparently, the cumin is gone too.
Shen Ruolan was extremely disappointed, she wrapped up those cumin seeds, and was about to leave when she suddenly heard the shopkeeper say to the man in the blue robe: "Master Zhang, have you seen it, now my daughter's family has come out to bluff, take two This rare thing just wants to fool people, if I don’t have a little bit of eyesight, I might have been deceived by her, hey, the world is really declining, and people’s hearts are not old!"
Shen Ruolan had already turned around to leave, but when she heard the shopkeeper's ridicule, she couldn't help but stopped and turned around, stared at the shopkeeper and said: "It's the shopkeeper who doesn't know much, why did the filthy person deceive you? I want to ask Ask, how did I deceive you? What did I deceive you?"
The shopkeeper snorted: "You have been exposed by me, so naturally you can't cheat, otherwise, you will definitely use these two things as seasonings and sell them to me."
As he spoke, he raised his chin in a somewhat showy manner, "You probably don't know yet, my family, Mr. Li, has been in the seasoning business for generations, and Mr. Li has been recognizing seasonings since the day he met for dinner. There are no seasonings in the world. There is nothing I don't recognize, just your two things, the first one is not seasoning at all, the second one, it is clearly dried fennel seeds, just these two things of yours, use it to deceive those who don't know how to do it You might be fine, but if you want to lie to me, you're really blind!"
Seeing his confident and self-righteous appearance, Shen Ruolan laughed back angrily, and said, "Just because the shopkeeper doesn't know these two kinds of seasonings, is it too biased to insist that I'm a liar? If I What do you say if you can make dishes with these two seasonings, and the dishes are delicious?"
Shopkeeper Li was holding his sparse goatee, squinting at Shen Ruolan for a few times, seeing that Shen Ruolan was dressed in rags and was as thin as a monkey, so she must be a poor person who was too poor to eat. What delicious food can a poor sour who can't eat enough to eat
Of course, she might be able to cook with these two things, but judging by her appearance, she must have never eaten any good food, and if she cooks something tasty, it will be regarded as the best delicacy in the world!
It must be so!
Thinking of this, his eyes flashed, thinking that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, so he patted the counter and said boldly: "If you can really cook delicious dishes with these two things, I will admit that I am blind." , and lose you another two taels of silver, but—"
He changed the subject, and with a bit of a malicious smile, he said, "If you can't make it or the things you make don't taste good, what should you do?"
Shen Ruolan said: "If I can't make it or the food I make is not delicious, I will let the shopkeeper dispose of it, how about it?"
Shopkeeper Li was elated when he heard it. This is what he was waiting for.
Although this yellow-haired girl doesn't seem to have much strength to do bara, she can still do some work of cooking and cooking, and he is very happy to get a working girl for nothing.
"Okay, it's a deal, if you can use these two kinds of things to make delicious food today, I will give you two taels of silver, if you can't do it or do something messy to fool me, you can volunteer for me Girl, you will be a servant for life, dare to agree?"
With two taels of silver to earn, Shen Ruolan would not flinch, of course she smiled, "Why don't you dare, I'm afraid that shopkeeper Li won't admit it when the time comes, we'd better find a witness in the middle to be safe."
Shopkeeper Li also wanted to find a middleman, otherwise the girl would not admit it, wouldn't he be happy for nothing
It just so happened that Fourth Master Zhang, the owner of the Four Seas Restaurant, was here, and Fourth Master Zhang could be regarded as a well-known figure in the county, so it would be appropriate to be a middleman.
Shopkeeper Li cupped his hands to Fourth Master Zhang, and said with a smile, "Fourth Master Zhang, I have to trouble you to testify on this matter today."
When talking, the smile lines on Li's shopkeeper's face couldn't be hidden. I don't know what kind of luck I hit today. I negotiated a big deal with the owner of 'Sihai Restaurant', and I can earn more than four or five taels of silver at once. , and can be commanded by a girl for nothing. Although this girl is dry and not very good, it is better than asking him to spend money to buy or hire someone. How lucky!
Mr. Zhang looked at the two of them coldly, and saw the shopkeeper Li smiling, looking determined to win; the little girl was ragged and skinny, but her eyes contained a calmness and confidence that did not match her age.
He couldn't help reminding: "Little girl, have you thought about it? If you lose, you will be a slave. You will be a cow or a horse in this life. Life and death are not up to you. Now it's too late to regret it. Don't be reckless and impulsive!"
Shen Ruolan was very grateful for Fourth Master Zhang's kindness, and she could tell that Fourth Master Zhang was a good person with a sense of responsibility and justice. She was assured of using him as an intermediate witness!
Shen Ruolan said with a smile: "Thank you for the reminder, Fourth Master Zhang. Don't worry, I will never lose. To take a step back, even if I lose, I am willing to gamble and admit defeat. I am the only one in my family, and I can make decisions for myself."
Seeing that Shen Ruolan was determined to gamble, and seeing her calm and relaxed appearance, Zhang Siye should have great confidence in himself, so he said, "Okay, I just want to see if the little girl can use those two things to make a what?"
Shen Ruolan reached out to uncover the tarpaulin on the basket, took out a bowl of boiled pork slices with a layer of red pepper floating on it, put it on the counter, and then took out a bowl of cumin chicken gizzards, saying: "Actually, I prepared these two dishes when I was at home. This bowl of boiled pork slices just needs to be poured into the pot and heated up, and the other cumin chicken gizzards can be fried with some oil. These two dishes are what I said It’s made with these two seasonings, please ask Fourth Master Zhang to appraise it.”
Fourth Master Zhang leaned down, and sure enough, he saw a layer of pepper in the boiled pork slices, and a lot of dense cumin in the cumin chicken gizzard, so he nodded and said: "It is indeed made of these two things."
Shen Ruolan said to shopkeeper Li again: "I have to borrow shopkeeper Li's back kitchen for a while, otherwise these two dishes won't be edible, and we won't be able to continue betting."
When shopkeeper Li saw the appearance of those two dishes, he felt vaguely bad in his heart. He never thought that this yellow-haired girl who was so poor in Ganbala could make such a good-looking dish. Look at the boiled pork slices, red Red, black, green, and green, just looking at it makes people appetite; there is also the dish of cumin chicken gizzards, pieces of chicken gizzards are fried golden and oily, how can it not be delicious
He secretly winked at the two waiters, and said, "Wangcai, Ergou, take these two dishes to the back kitchen to heat up."
After receiving the hint from the shopkeeper, the two guys hurried to the back kitchen with a bowl of dishes each.