GBP Chapter 192 The Shopkeeper Wants Chili Peppers
Chapter 192 The Shopkeeper Wants Chili Peppers
At this time, inside the Fulin Restaurant, the cook was talking to the shopkeeper with an anxious look on his face.
"Boss, we've been out of chili peppers for several days, and our customers are urging us to get more. You better think of a solution!"
"I'm anxious too, but there are still five days before delivery!"
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It turned out that the new dishes introduced by Fulin Restaurant were extremely popular and soon the 100 kilograms of chili peppers were used up.
But the agreed delivery time had not yet arrived, and the shopkeeper was helpless. Finally, he gritted his teeth, asked someone to take the gifts, drive the carriage, and hurried to Linshan Village.
"Sister-in-law, do you know where Lin Dayong's home is?"
At the entrance of Linshan Village, under the big locust tree, the shopkeeper clasped his fists and asked politely to Damazi's mother.
Damazi's mother looked at the shopkeeper warily and asked instead of answering, "Who are you and why are you asking about Dayong's family?"
Seeing her defensive look, the shopkeeper hurriedly explained with a smile: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I am the shopkeeper of Fulin Restaurant. We have no ill intentions. A few days ago, I did a business deal with Miss Lin, and today I came to discuss business matters with her."
Hearing this, the mother of the hemp seed heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "So you are looking for Lin Xi girl, come with me, I will take you there!"
After saying that, he turned around and led the way towards Lin Xi's house.
Lin Xi was discussing the menu with her parents in the yard when she heard someone calling her.
"Lin Xi girl, Lin Xi girl, the owner of Fulin Restaurant is here to see you!"
She ran out of the yard and looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw Damazi's mother coming towards them in a gorgeous carriage.
As soon as the carriage stopped, the shopkeeper jumped off the carriage, thanked the old lady with hemp seeds, and walked towards Lin Xi with a smile on his face.
Damazi's mother waved her hand to tell him not to be polite, said hello to Lin Xi, and left happily humming a little tune.
"Miss Lin, can you please spare me a moment to talk?"
The shopkeeper saw many tables, chairs, benches and stoves in front of the yard. He looked at them curiously and then bowed to Lin Xi and said.
"Boss, please come to my humble abode for a cup of tea!"
Lin Xi smiled and extended his hand to the shopkeeper.
At this time, Lin Dayong and Cao heard voices outside, and they also stood up and walked out of the yard. When they saw Lin Xi coming in with the owner of Fulin Restaurant, they were all surprised!
"Brother Lin, I'm sorry for disturbing you today! Please forgive me!"
The shopkeeper bowed and smiled to Lin Dayong, then clasped his fists towards Cao and asked the waiter to put a pile of gifts on the table.
Lin Dayong came over quickly. He looked at the boxes of beautifully packaged snacks on the table and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, you are so polite. It is my honor to have you come to my humble abode. Come on, and what else do you want to bring?"
At this time, Cao came to her senses, hurriedly washed her hands and made tea. After making the tea, she went back to her room to do needlework.
The shopkeeper smelled the rich aroma of dried meat, looked at the dried meat hanging in the sieve, and asked with great interest: "Is this the dried meat that Brother Lin mentioned last time!"
"Yes, that's it!"
After Lin Dayong finished speaking, he took out a plate, picked up a plate of dried meat and placed it in front of the shopkeeper, asking him to try it.
The shopkeeper chewed the fragrant and spicy dried meat and his eyes lit up. What a good stuff!
"Brother Lin, how do you sell this dried meat? Can you supply it to Fulin Restaurant?"
Lin Dayong thought that he had already discussed with the Regent and supplied the army, so he wanted to refuse.
Lin Xi spoke first, "Of course, I wonder how much the shopkeeper can offer?"
After saying this, she looked at the shopkeeper with a smile on her face.
"Generally, wild game is 30 wen per pound. Generally, it takes at least three pounds of meat to make one pound of jerky. Adding the labor cost, how about I offer 100 wen per pound?"
The shopkeeper looked at Lin Xi and asked tentatively.
"The shopkeeper is very kind. How about this? The dried meat made from wild game is 100 wen per pound, and the dried meat made from domestic pigs, chickens and ducks is 70 wen per pound."
Lin Xi tapped his fingers on the table a few times and spoke as he thought.
"Okay, deal! You can send them to Fulin Restaurant when you're done. We can take as many as you want. Our boss has many other restaurants in other places!"
The shopkeeper stroked his beard and nodded happily.
Glancing at the dried chilies hanging on Lin Xi's wall, the shopkeeper slapped his forehead, stood up and said, "Look at my brain. I came here today mainly to ask Miss Lin if we can supply some chilies to Fulin Restaurant in advance. The guests really like the dishes Miss Lin taught us to make, and the restaurant has run out of chilies. When I saw this delicious meat jerky, I actually forgot about the main business!"
Hearing this, Lin Xi stood up and said, "Dad, please accompany the shopkeeper to drink tea and talk for a while. I'll go to the wing room to see how many peppers I can give to the shopkeeper today!"
After saying that, he gave Lin Dayong a wink and walked towards the side room.
Lin Dayong understood and poured some tea for the shopkeeper, and the two of them started chatting enthusiastically again.
Lin Xi closed the door of the wing room and slipped into Jiezhu.
"Xiao Bai, help me, hurry up and fill two sacks with the ripe peppers!"
Upon hearing this, Xiaobai put down the skewers in his hand, flew to the pepper field, and waved his little claws at a large field of peppers. Densely packed red peppers automatically flew into the sacks, and in a short while, two sacks were filled.
"Sister, what's wrong? Why do you suddenly need so many peppers?"
Xiao An looked at her hurried sister with a puzzled look and asked curiously.
Lin Xi quickly told the three of them what happened outside, then took La Jiao out of the boundary bead and returned to the room.
Lin Xi carried two large sacks out of the room, came to the shopkeeper, and said to him with a smile: "Shopkeeper, take these first, I will send you some more later."
The shopkeeper hurriedly asked the waiter to get a scale from the carriage. After weighing the peppers, he handed the money to Lin Xi and bowed to her in thanks.
"Thank you so much, Miss Lin. You really helped me out of my urgent need!"
After saying this, he said goodbye and left.
Lin Dayong smiled and said, "Boss, you've come all the way here to see me. Have lunch before you go back!"
The shopkeeper declined repeatedly, saying that he would come back if he had the chance. The restaurant was still waiting for the chili peppers, and he had to hurry back before making lunch.
So, the shopkeeper took the waiter to say goodbye to Lin Dayong and Lin Xi, put the peppers on the carriage, and prepared to drive away.
At this time, he saw the tables and chairs in front of the courtyard gate, turned to look at Lin Dayong and asked: "Brother Dayong, these things are placed here, are you going to have a dinner party tomorrow?"
Lin Dayong happily told the shopkeeper about the banquet he was going to invite the villagers to tomorrow. Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper patted his chest and said, "You want to host a banquet? This is what I am best at. Tomorrow I will bring people to help Brother Dayong cook!"
"How can this be possible? Wouldn't this delay the business of Fulin Restaurant?"
Lin Dayong waved his hands repeatedly to refuse.
"We have quite a few chefs in our restaurant. It won't be a problem to transfer a few of them. That's it. If Brother Dayong treats me with hostility, I will be very angry!"
The shopkeeper did not allow Lin Dayong to refuse and said, "I will bring people here tomorrow morning!"
Then, he hurriedly took the waiter and drove away in the carriage!