Yu Qingze dragged eight packets of flour he bought at wholesale price back to the snack bar. He didn't expect that he could actually buy it, and the corner of his mouth never put it down.
Brother Chang and Tie Zhu saw such a wagon of flour and asked him where he bought it.
Yu Qingze replied with a smile: "Fortune just returned a shipment of flour today, and I bought it from them for a penny and a half a pound cheaper."
"Really? Didn't they allow Boss Kang and the others to sell it to us? How could they sell it to you?" Brother Chang asked in surprise.
"The person in charge didn't recognize me." Yu Qingze smiled.
"Hahahahaha!" Brother Chang couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and it took a while before he said, "The person in charge probably hasn't been to our store, so he doesn't recognize you."
"Yes, I guess I won't be able to go next time. I happened to meet their boss when I left, so I should have recognized me."
Tie Zhuhan smiled and said, "I'll try it next time, and next time Erniu will go. If they don't sell it to us, we'll just buy their cheap ones! I'll be mad at them!"
Yu Qingze nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay, next time you try it. But tomorrow, I will continue to go to the store in the city to buy it. Before it attracts their attention, let's buy more and stock up."
Tie Zhu and Er Niu nodded and replied, "Okay."
After unloading the flour, Yu Qingze returned to the restaurant, which was not closed at this time.
Brother Le and Jiabao were cooking in the kitchen, and when they saw him come back, they all looked at him.
Yu Qingze smiled and told them again.
When a few people heard it, they were all happy.
Da Song said, "When the seafood boat comes back, can we also go and buy it?"
Yu Qingze said: "Yes, but I don't know when the seafood boat will return. I'll continue to check it out tomorrow."
After washing his face and changing his clothes, Yu Qingze came over to take over the work of Jiabao.
"Big brother, I ordered a few big dishes in the private room on the second floor. There are three servings of Peacock Kaiping Fish, two servings of Five Cups of Goose, and two servings of Pork with Plum Vegetables. It just so happened that you came back. You can do this, I'm afraid you won't be able to grasp it well."
"Okay, you go to rest for a while." Yu Qingze put on his apron, looked at the menu ordered by the guests, and started to make it skillfully, his expression no longer as relaxed as before.
Although he happened to buy flour today, the fundamental problem has not been solved. He has not yet found out who is behind the fortune, and his heart is still very heavy.
He didn't believe that it was Hongyun's round-faced boss who wanted to deal with them. They were different industries, they didn't know each other at all, and they had never dealt with each other at all. It was impossible to deal with him who opened a restaurant for no reason.
But, who is the person behind that? Is that Xiangmanyuan, or which other restaurant
If this problem is not solved, their food supply will be affected in the future, and the feeling of being constrained by others is not good.
It would be great if I could get back good quality flour and seafood by myself.
Such a thought flashed through Yu Qingze's mind.
Early the next morning, Yu Qingze still got up early and went to the pier to guard, but he still stayed empty.
After two consecutive days of empty guard, it seems that tomorrow is the day when the seafood boat returns.
Seeing that it was not early, and it was almost noon, Yu Qingze stood up, patted the grass clippings on the back of his buttocks, and shook his numb legs. He waited until the numbness in the legs passed and the blood circulation was smooth before walking back.
Just after walking into the North City Gate for a while, Yu Qingze suddenly saw two people coming out of the alley in front.
That round figure, round face, small eyes and big ears, is the boss of Fortune, and beside him is the young man who came back from yesterday in charge of transporting flour.
While the two were talking, they walked forward. The round-faced boss said something and said that he was excited. He gestured twice. The young man turned his face to talk, and he didn't look very good. He didn't seem to agree with the round-faced boss. if.
While talking, the two seemed to have a disagreement, and stopped, the round-faced boss pulled the young man aside and spoke again.
Yu Qingze hurried to the side of the stall and approached to listen to them.
"...Ah, why don't you listen? You think I want this. We have managed to gain a firm foothold after so many years of business. Do you want to burn it down?" The round-faced boss looked like he was suffering.
The young man replied unconvincingly: "You care so much about him, it's not like you don't know what his reputation is in his family, and you still help him like this, you are helping the emperor!"
The round-faced boss sighed and said, "Then what can we do? He said that he is also your cousin. You don't know what his uncle does? And he doesn't help him. If he stumbles us, we will eat it too. You can't just walk around."
The young man was silent for a while, and then said again: "You are afraid of him and his uncle, then you are not afraid here? Then, Boss Yu has such a good relationship with the Cai Mansion and Zhao Mansion. I heard that the new county magistrate has You have to eat the food from his store every day. Did you offend several people at once? He asked you to come forward. Oh, we have done all the offending people. He sat there and waited to count the money. When it was exposed, he At most, pat on the buttocks and go to another place to continue, how can we stay in this Tongshan in the future?"
The round-faced boss explained: "I didn't block Yuji's way. Your cousin originally told me not to allow them to sell to him. I also thought it was not right, so I just asked them to raise the price. Moreover, I heard that the magistrate does not eat seafood."
The young man glanced at his father speechlessly, and said, "Father, you double the price of seafood and double the price of flour. What's the difference between this and banning others? The magistrate doesn't eat seafood, and neither does his family? People from the Cai Mansion and Zhao Mansion also don't eat it?"
"...they can buy flour from someone else's house."
Young man: "… "
"It's alright, it's all like this, it's useless for you to say anything about me, go to your cousin first."
"It really annoys him, why don't you go to Tongshan! Do you think this is his home? You dare to use it here! As far as the craftsmanship of the cook in his shop is, he doesn't even have half of Yuji's level. Isn't it normal to be robbed of business?!"
"Okay, don't let your cousin hear what you said later, be careful not to finish eating and walking around."
The young man walked away cursing, and his father followed behind, shaking his head and sighing.
Hearing this, Yu Qingze looked at them thoughtfully, roughly guessing who the person behind them was, but he still walked slowly behind them, wanting to check to see if they were going there.
He followed the two forward for a few more minutes, and finally the two stopped in front of Xiangmanyuan. The young man was obviously unwilling to go in. His father pulled him twice, and then he went in reluctantly.
Yu Qingze looked at Jia Xiaoren, the owner of Xiangmanyuan, and greeted them with a smile, then went back to the restaurant with a sullen face.
It really is full of fragrance!
In the Fragrant Garden, Jia Xiaoren led the two to a table by the window, sat down, let Xiao Er serve tea, and said with a smile, "Achang has worked hard, are all the goods out?"
"Eighty percent." The young man named Achang replied casually, and then seeing that there were about three or four tables of customers in the store, he said, "Cousin, isn't your business pretty good, there are customers just at noon now? ."
Jia Xiaoren shook his head and said, "It can't be compared to the past. In the past, it would be half full. Now the customers are more from the north and the south, and there are fewer old customers."
"Oh." Achang replied, thinking to himself, as long as the old customers have eyes, they know that Yuji's craftsmanship is good.
They were talking when a group of people came in outside. Jia Xiaoren saw it and said to the two, "There are guests from the elegant room, I'll go say hello, you can order whatever you want, don't be polite to me."
Saying that, Jia Xiaoren greeted the guests at the door of the restaurant: "Oh, Mr. Liao, and Mr. Xu, you are here, the private room is ready, please come inside."
"Hey, Boss Jia, you came here in person. You've worked so hard." The leader, Liao Boss, greeted Jia Xiaoren a few times, and then took his guests into the only private room in Xiangmanyuan.
A group of people entered the private room and sat down. The second child came to serve tea. Jia Xiaoren greeted a few words, and then said: "Everyone, let's see what you want to eat, tell me, and make it right away. Mr. Liao, please see the drink points. What? Zhuangyuanhong or Zhuyeqing?"
Master Liao asked the others, and said, "Bamboo leaf green, come to a jar, the others, let's see what to eat."
A table of people quickly ordered dishes.
"Okay, then everyone is free, I'll make arrangements first." After saying that, Jia Xiaoren went out.
As soon as he left the door of the room, he heard a guest complaining: "Old Liao, why did you decide to stay here? Didn't you mean to go to Jufu Building at the intersection? The food here doesn't taste very good."
Master Liao sighed and said, "There's no way, the private rooms in Jufu Building are all booked out, and there's no place left."
The guest said, "You are too late."
Master Liao replied: "I ordered someone to go to Jufu Building yesterday morning, and there is no private room. Yesterday's noon, evening, today's noon, and evening were all booked, so I had to book this place. side."
Another person said: "The business of Jufulou is booming, so we have to book the private room three days in advance. Last time on my youngest birthday, our family wanted to go to Jufulou for a good meal, but it was booked three days in advance, and it was still more than enough time. The boss heard that it was for my youngest's birthday, so he communicated with the Cai mansion and made room for a private room."
"And let the people from the Cai residence vacate the private room?"
The man replied: "Yes, I heard that it was Boss Yu's birthday that day. Mr. Cai and the others wanted to come over to celebrate him. The elegant room was originally reserved for Boss Yu's birthday, and finally let us use it first. already."
"It turns out that Boss Yu is a righteous person. I heard that in his husband's village, because of the secret recipe he taught, every family is now making sausages, and every family makes a lot of money. It's the best. Speaking of which, after a while, the preserved meat should be available for sale. I can't help but drool when I think of the taste of the preserved meat I ate last year. I especially like to eat the preserved chicken with celery and garlic. It's delicious as soon as you fry it, and it doesn't require a lot of cooking skills."
"Yeah, that taste is absolutely amazing, and it's especially good to drink! Next time, when the preserved meat is out, there will definitely be dishes in Jufu Lou. Let's order in advance, and then go there and have a good meal!"
"Okay, that's all right, next time you can't make excuses."
"No problem! As long as you go to Jufu Building, you can ask me to drink whenever you want!"
"… "
Jia Xiaoren listened outside the door, his face as black as ink.