"Let her go~" Xiaoqing shouted to Bai Zhantang.
"Let her go~" Lao Bai also said to Xiao Qing.
"Let go of our young lady!"
"Let go of our shopkeeper!"
"Xiao Qing: Let go of our Furong!"
"Lao Bai: Let go of our Xiangyu!"
"Let go of Guo Furong, who is as beautiful as a flower in our family!"
"Let go of our charming Tong Xiangyu!" The two of them negotiated one by one like a pair of Spring Festival couplets.
"Okay, stop yelling. I'll call one, two, three, and let's all go together." Xiang Nan rubbed his arms and said, but in fact he was just pretending.
To him, Xiao Qing's slap wasn't even a skin injury, it just helped him improve his impression in front of the shopkeeper.
Lao Bai and Xiao Qing both nodded. Being in such a stalemate was indeed not an option.
"One, two, three~" Xiang Nan started counting.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, don't let go, they are both male and female!" Tong Xiangyu said suddenly.
"We are already twins now, right?" Lao Bai sneered.
"I'm sure and sure." Guo Furong also said coldly.
"If we let them go, what will happen if they harm the people in the town?" Tong Xiangyu reminded.
"Who harmed the people in the town?" Guo Furong was confused. At this moment, the beggar Xiaomi was passing by the door. When he saw Guo Furong being held hostage by Bai Zhantang, he was suddenly excited.
"It's you!"
"Hey, aren't you the fat beggar from Shibalipu?" Guo Furong recognized him immediately when she saw him.
"It's really an eye-opener. The male and female evil spirits have been arrested." Xiaomi shouted happily, and then ran out to tell everyone the good news.
"Why is he like this?" Xiaoqing couldn't help complaining when he saw this.
"It's not because of you." Bai Zhantang said coldly,
"Otherwise his rheumatism would have been cured long ago."
"What does his illness have to do with us?" Guo Furong was confused.
"The cupping was done well, but it was you who jumped out and beat Doctor Xue severely..." Xiang Nan explained.
"Ah?! I didn't know it was cupping." Guo Furong was suddenly embarrassed.
"There is also Miss Zhao from Zuojiazhuang, who finally got married, and now I leave you at home. Uncle Ge San from Xilianghe, Baishiqiao..." Bai Zhantang scolded the male and female evil spirits.
"Great achievements", each one is appalling.
"That's enough!" Guo Furong couldn't listen anymore.
"So the people I saved all blame me?"
"It's not just weird, it's simply hateful." Tong Xiangyu corrected.
"We are raising money now to arrest you two." Bai Zhantang said coldly.
"How could this happen, Xiaoqing?" When Guo Furong heard this, her mood suddenly collapsed and she was greatly shocked.
Xiao Qing also looked shocked and took back the sword lying around Tong Xiangyu's neck. Seeing this, Bai Zhantang also took back his sword.
Guo Furong immediately turned around and entered the backyard.
"Miss, why are you going?" Xiaoqing asked with concern.
"I'm too confused and want to be alone for a while." Guo Furong said without looking back. ...After Guo Furong left, Xiaoqing looked at Bai Zhantang and Tong Xiangyu with embarrassed expressions.
Tong Xiangyu is a businessman after all. Seeing this, he smiled and said,
"Girl, please sit down first. It was all a misunderstanding. Zhantang, go make a pot of tea~"
"Shopkeeper, I'm going to fry the pancakes." Xiang Nan said when he saw that he had nothing to do.
"Go, go." Tong Xiangyu nodded. Xiang Nan immediately went back to the kitchen to fry pancakes. At eight o'clock, Tongfu Inn officially opened, and guests came to have breakfast one after another.
The pancakes were golden and crispy, the rice porridge was sweet and delicious, and they were paired with crisp and refreshing pickles. Every guest had a great time eating.
At nine o'clock, after the first wave of guests left, the people at Tongfu Inn also started eating breakfast.
"Well, Big Mouth fried pancakes well today." Tong Xiangyu said with satisfaction. In the past, Li Dazui's fried pancakes were always difficult to control the heat. Either they were under-fried and not crispy enough; or they were over-fried and had a faint burnt smell.
Today's pancake was fried very well, golden and crispy, with a very good texture.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, for the compliment." Xiang Nan smiled. With his cooking skills, fried pancakes are really not too simple. ...After finishing breakfast, everyone started busy preparing for lunch.
Xiang Nan went out to buy vegetables with a vegetable basket in hand. Normally, Li Dazui would report the expenses when buying groceries and get a few penny advantage.
However, Xiang Nan didn't bother to do such sneaky things. Even if he wanted to make money, he would make the shopkeeper willing to increase his wages.
When I came to the vegetable market, I saw that local prices were still very expensive. A radish costs two cents for five cents, an egg costs one cent for a pound, a chicken costs twelve cents for a catty, and a catty of fish costs ten cents... The salary of everyone in Tongfu Inn is two cents of silver per month, which can be exchanged for two hundred copper coins, which is enough. Buy twenty pounds of fish, eighty pounds of radishes, and two hundred eggs.
To be honest, the wages are indeed not high, so it’s no wonder that everyone in Tongfu Inn wants to increase their wages.
But having said that, Tongfu Inn provides food, accommodation, and treatment for any illness. Especially since Li Dazui, as a chef, could stew chicken, stew pot meat, stir-fry vegetables, and have a drink, the shopkeeper never said anything.
And I can take several days off a month, which is almost the weekend. So overall, I'm still very happy.
Xiang Nan took advantage of his time selling vegetables and walked around Qixia Town, trying to find the painting old man.
But he searched all over Qixia Town and still couldn't find him. It really makes Xiang Nan a little disappointed. ...Xiang Nan then returned to the inn to prepare for the lunch market.
Around eleven o'clock, the inn began to pick up guests. Xiang Nan also returned to the kitchen and started working. Although in the play, the shopkeeper said that Li Dazui didn't know how to cook, in fact, Li Dazui could cook quite a few dishes.
There are as many as thirty cold dishes and hot dishes combined. It’s just that there’s no change, and it’s easy to get tired of it if you eat it often.
In addition, I don’t control the amount of salt well and it’s always too salty, so people always complain about my poor cooking skills. However, this is not a problem for Xiang Nan. With a little skill, he can make customers smile.
Sure enough, at noon, Xiang Nan served the diners' dishes one by one according to their menus. Fish-flavored eggplant, crispy pork slices, oily pork, pepper beef fillet, steamed pork with vermicelli, Yangchun noodles...
"Hey, today's dish tastes good." Shopkeeper Ge ate the pepper beef fillet and nodded with satisfaction.
"Hey, Lao Bai, let me tell you, my craftsmanship has improved recently. It's really good." Mr. Chen also said with satisfaction.
"Young man from the waiter, these ten cents are for the cook." Mr. Zheng handed out the ten cents and said.
"Thank you, Mr. Zheng." Bai Zhantang smiled and took the money.
"You've finished eating, walk slowly~" As soon as Mr. Zheng left, Tong Xiangyu immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand towards Bai Zhantang,
"Bring it~"
