novelden Chapter 206 Forced Buying and Selling
Chapter 206 Forced Buying and Selling
Under the surprised gazes of Lin Dadan and Zhang Tong at the door, she gritted her teeth and carried the tray of spicy hot pot and white rice to the front of the carriage.
She handed the tray to the driver, but he did not take it.
"The young master asked you to send it in."
She had no choice but to accept her fate and got into the carriage carefully. The coachman helped her open the curtain and she bent down and walked in.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid you've been waiting for a long time. This is our restaurant's specialty, spicy hot pot."
She placed the tray on the seat beside the carriage, picked up the spicy hot pot and placed it on the small table in front of him. As for when the extra table came out, she chose to ignore it, then picked up the rice and chopsticks and placed them in front of him.
"Your Highness, do you need me to help you taste it?"
Qi Yao frowned and stared at the bowl of bright red dish she brought over. The dish didn't look very good, but it smelled quite delicious.
He raised his eyes in surprise when he heard her words.
"You know this as well?"
She looked at him and said proudly, "Of course. Isn't that what you nobles all say? Do you want to try it?"
He picked up the chopsticks, ignoring her smug look, picked up the meatball, looked at it, slightly opened his lips half-believingly and took a small bite.
She watched him finish the meatballs and then pick up a piece of tofu. She saw that although he ate very politely, he never stopped eating.
"Is it delicious, Your Highness? You are the first customer of our restaurant. Does it taste to your liking?"
Qi Yao put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, picked up the teacup and looked at her. She immediately understood and picked up the teapot on the table to fill it for him.
“It’s delicious, but a little spicy.”
"It's OK as long as it tastes good. You won't find it spicy after eating it a few times. If you find it too spicy, we have clear soup, which is also delicious."
"Okay, come to my house and cook it tomorrow."
"???"
She really wanted to slap herself in the mouth, but she still struggled.
"Your Highness, our store will open tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to..."
He listened to her, drank the tea and felt his mouth was no longer so spicy. Then he put down the teacup and stared at her without saying a word.
Being stared at like that, she didn't even have the courage to continue speaking. She lowered her eyes and remained silent. The two of them fell silent.
He was a little uncomfortable with her quietness, so he slowly finished the food in the bowl. This was the first time he had a big meal.
He put down his bowl and chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and said with slightly parted red lips: "The day after tomorrow."
She raised her head: "Ah? Oh oh oh, okay, thank you for your understanding, Your Highness."
Anyway, let's just postpone it for a day.
"If Your Highness has no other instructions, I will take my leave."
He looked at her eagerly trying to escape from him and waved his hand impatiently to signal her to get out.
She quickly cleaned up the dishes and got off the carriage with the tray. Just as she reached the window, she suddenly remembered something and stopped.
"Knock knock, you haven't paid yet."
The groom was shocked by her sudden action. Is this person going to die? She actually asked the King of Hell for money!
Just when she thought that the woman in front of her was about to explode in a bloody disaster, a corner of the car window curtain was lifted, and an ounce of silver was thrown out and landed steadily on her tray.
"Hehe, thank you, sir."
She looked at the silver in the tray with great satisfaction. This was a good deal. She made a huge profit of 990 coins and was very satisfied.
"Boss Lin, don't you want change?"
The smile on her face as she left froze, and she looked up at the car window curtain angrily, gritting her teeth.
"Find it! Find it now!"
Lin Dadan had just settled the money for the wooden sign and sent the waiter away when he saw Lin Jiaojiao walking in angrily with a tray.
"What happened to the boss?"
Lin Jiaojiao handed the tray to the man who came forward to collect the plates. After taking the silver on it, she turned around and asked.
"Auntie Lin, do you have any extra copper coins? Give me 960 coins."
Lin Dadan looked at the silver in her hand and felt troubled. The business hadn't even opened yet, so how could he carry so many copper coins with him?
"Boss, I'll go to the post station to change it."
"Forget it, I'll go by myself."
She stopped Lin Dada from going forward and ran towards the post station. After exchanging the copper coins, she ran back to Qi Yao's carriage.
She counted out forty coppers from the hundred coins, took the remaining coppers and handed them through the car window.
"Here, here's your change. Do you want to count it?"
Qi Yao looked at the hand stretched in through the car window, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, he reached out to take it and took a quick look.
"Isn't the most expensive meal in your restaurant only thirty cents? Why is there ten cents missing here?"
She felt him take the money, so she pulled her arm back and was about to leave when she heard his questioning words.
"The most expensive one is indeed thirty cents, but you ate six extra slices of meat, so I charged you ten cents more. Sir, you won't be so fussy, right?"
He listened to her tone of voice as she suppressed her anger, and then she started to speak in a sarcastic tone, and he could no longer hold back his laughter.
"Pfft, but I didn't ask you to cook more for me? Boss Lin, you are being disrespectful. Why are you forcing me to buy from you?"
"Fuck it... Never mind..."
She had just put the forty cents in her purse, and before she could even warm it up, she took out another ten cents and handed them directly in. If she could, she really wanted to throw them at him.
He took the copper coin and raised his lips: "What? Is Boss Lin angry out of shame?"
When she heard what he said, she rolled her eyes in his direction, remembering that last time he had gotten so many dried fish from her for free, he didn't even say a word!
"No, this is indeed my negligence. I will pay more attention next time."
"Listen to your tone, you're not scolding me in your heart, are you?"
She decisively stopped cursing in her heart and was too lazy to argue with him. If she won the argument, she was afraid that her life would be even more difficult.
"No, I'm reflecting on myself now. It's getting late and the store is waiting for me to go. I'll leave now."
"Boss Lin, don't forget it the day after tomorrow."
"I know, I know. Let's go."
She said this impatiently and walked towards the store without looking back. Lin Dadan walked forward worriedly, but seeing that she didn't want to say more, she didn't dare to ask.
She looked up at the slowly moving carriage. Who was in it? He didn't get off the carriage, and even the meal was brought to him by the host himself. Logically, he should be someone familiar.
But why did they give back silver? Why did they give back copper coins? It's really strange.
Lin Jiaojiao sat at the dining table. Zhang Tong poured her a cup of tea, which she drank in one gulp.
Then he took out his purse, poured the thirty cents inside onto the table, and pushed it in front of Zhang Tong's desk.
"Remember this! This is the first spicy hot pot we sold. It's a good start. Tomorrow will only be better!"
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Zhang Tong took out the account book from the counter drawer and started recording. Seeing that it was really late, Lin Jiaojiao hurriedly asked the men to start preparing dinner for tonight.
"Let's do a simulated drill later, so you don't get too busy when you're cooking the side dishes."
She remembered that she had to make a new product tonight, so she quickly called Lin Dadan to go outside to see if there was anyone selling apples.
Fortunately, I met a lady who had an apple tree in her yard. I bought a large basket of apples from her and put it in the carriage.
"Boss, do you need anything else? I'll go buy some more."
“Are there any red dates left in the farm warehouse?”
"Yes, there should be one box left. I'll go back and check it out tonight."
"Okay, that's fine, let's go back to the store."