Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

Chapter 22 Stay in the previous life

There was a carriage available, and Chang Pingning and his party quickly rushed from Guojiacun to Cyclamen in the town.

Miss Liu's sad smile quickly dissipated, just like the wind brought by the car, which soon scattered in the dirt on the roadside.

When Chang Pingning wanted to explore further, his mother-in-law tugged at his sleeve.

"Girl Ning, it's too offensive to stare at Miss Liu again." Ye Xiuying lowered her voice and whispered in Chang Pingning's ear.

On the other side of Cyclamen, shopkeeper Zhao and Chef Wang are waiting for someone in a luxurious box.Chef Wang was walking around anxiously, and Shopkeeper Zhao only felt upset when he looked at it.

Meng Xia came to their Cyclamen first and wanted to be Cyclamen's cook. If he had agreed to let Meng Xia try a few dishes in the back kitchen, the Liu family's seafood banquet would definitely fall on their Cyclamen. .

"Okay, brother Wang, don't leave anymore, you... are making me dizzy." Shopkeeper Zhao looked at the brother next to him and sighed.He was also his brother before. After Meng Xia reported the names of several dishes he had never heard of, he patted his chest and said that as a chef, he would definitely be able to research them.

Indeed, Chef Wang developed sea urchin fried rice himself, but he still needed a woman in the village to provide a more detailed recipe.

The more Shopkeeper Zhao thought about it, the more he regretted it. He had known it earlier... but there are not so many "I knew it earlier" in the world.

Just as he was thinking about it, Shopkeeper Zhao heard an errand boy knocking on the door to remind him that Mrs. Guo and her party had arrived. Shopkeeper Zhao hurriedly called the reluctant Chef Wang downstairs to greet them.

When the carriage arrived at the door of Cyclamen, Chang Pingning was the first to get off. She saw shopkeeper Zhao's face burst into laughter when he saw Meng Xia getting out of the car.

But when the last Miss Liu got out of the car, the smile on Shopkeeper Zhao's face suddenly became stiff, but soon returned to its original appearance, as if it had never become stiff.

Chang Pingning blinked, thinking he had seen it wrong.

"Miss Meng and... Miss Liu, you have worked hard for coming all the way, please come into the box to have a drink of water and have a rest." Shopkeeper Zhao extended his hand to greet the people in front of him and invited them into the restaurant.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, you're welcome. Girl Ning and I should stay in the back kitchen. Shopkeeper Zhao and you are talking about the recipes, so we won't get involved." Ye Xiuying said, pulling Chang Pingning towards the back kitchen.

Upon seeing this, Chang Pingning nodded to the people in front of him, and then followed his mother-in-law's footsteps.

"Mom, slow down..." Chang Pingning was confused, "Don't we have to listen on the sidelines?"

Ye Xiuying shook her head: "Have you forgotten the contract that Miss Meng asked you to sign before? She is so interested in the recipe in her hand. If we listen and don't sign the contract, what if she suspects that it will be leaked? "

After listening to her mother-in-law's words, Chang Pingning nodded, thought for a while and asked: "Mom, have you just noticed Shopkeeper Zhao's attitude towards Miss Liu? Although it's not nice to talk behind someone's back, but... will it affect their discussion? The result of the matter?"

If shopkeeper Zhao fails to reach an agreement with Meng Xia or Miss Liu, what if the supply of seafood to her and her mother-in-law is affected?
Ye Xiuying shook her head again: "You ask me, who should I ask?"

Just at this time, the two of them returned to the back kitchen and sat down. The waiter who was refilling water for them was Dongdong, who was familiar with them. He was the errand boy who always opened the back door for them in the morning.

"Brother Dongdong, do you know what's going on between the shopkeeper and the Liu family..." Ye Xiuying organized her words.

When the errand boy saw this, he became interested in gossip. He looked around cautiously and lowered his voice: "I don't know what it is exactly, but I heard that our shopkeeper has rejected Miss Liu before."

"Ah?" Chang Pingning didn't understand what he meant by running errands.

Shopkeeper Zhao is old enough to be Miss Liu's uncle. "What are you talking about, guy?" Chef Wang didn't know when the back cook came, and he knocked the errand boy on the head as soon as he came, "Be careful if word spreads, you will be the one who suffers. The Liu family is not the same as it was some time ago. Same."

Chang Pingning looked at Chef Wang doubtfully, expecting him to reveal more.

Chef Wang was helpless. If he didn't explain to his eldest brother, what would happen if it brought trouble to the restaurant? After clearing his throat, Chef Wang began to explain.

Not long after the Liu family arrived at the village they were supposed to go to, Miss Liu came to their restaurant once and said she wanted to hire a cook from the restaurant to cook for the whole family.But the shopkeeper was well-informed and knew that at this time, a man named "Liu" appeared, and he must be a fugitive from exile.

Shopkeeper Zhao didn't want to have anything to do with the exiled people. His attitude towards Miss Liu that time was very bad, and he almost invited Miss Liu and the steward of the Liu family out of the restaurant out of spite.

After listening to Chef Wang's explanation, Chang Pingning nodded in understanding. Unexpectedly, the situation changed. Only a few days later, it was Shopkeeper Zhao's turn to beg Miss Liu.

A few people chatted in the back kitchen for a while. Chef Wang saw that it was almost lunch time, explained a few words to the two women in front of him, walked to the stove, and arranged the work on the stove.

Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying looked at each other, wondering if they really agreed with what the third brother said the night before. After Miss Liu and Shopkeeper Zhao got on the line, they were kicked out.

Just when the two of them were suspicious, an errand boy came and invited them to have a party in the private room upstairs.

As soon as he opened the door, Chang Pingning saw Meng Xia walking towards him happily.

"If it weren't for Mrs. Chang, I wouldn't be able to make such a generous friend as Shopkeeper Zhao." Meng Xia took Chang Pingning's arm and smiled sincerely at Shopkeeper Zhao.

Chang Pingning was a little surprised when she saw Miss Liu sitting aside, signaling that she was okay.

"I'm thinking that if it's too troublesome for Aunt Guo to come to town in the future, she can send seafood to our Liu family, and our Liu family will still receive seafood." Miss Liu looked at Ye Xiuying with a smile.

Chang Pingning saw similar surprise in her mother-in-law's eyes, but she seemed to react quickly.

"Thank you Miss Liu and Miss Meng. The old girl Ning just mentioned Miss Meng's recipe to shopkeeper Zhao. She is not worthy of the Liu family's thank you gift." Ye Xiuying did not fully take the credit to herself.

"Hey, it should be." Shopkeeper Zhao on the side quickly added, "In the future, my cyclamen will have to eat seafood, so I will bother you. The price is one penny higher than the market price. I heard that sea urchins now sell for seven pence. For one piece of money, we at Cyclamen charge eight cents."

Shopkeeper Zhao waved his hand, looking extremely generous.

Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying thanked Shopkeeper Zhao. Chang Pingning saw the satisfied smiles of Miss Liu and Meng Xia from the corner of her eye.I guessed that shopkeeper Zhao could be so generous because Meng Xia and Miss Liu said the Liu family's "thank you" when they first entered the house - not just a simple monetary reward.

Otherwise, according to Chang Pingning's previous impression of Shopkeeper Zhao, perhaps giving them a few tens of pennies would be enough as a reward, and most likely he would not take the initiative to raise the price of their sea urchins.

Thinking of this, Chang Pingning glanced at Meng Xia.

Meng Xia seemed to be taking the place of Miss Liu, and chatted happily with Shopkeeper Zhao.

What happened in the previous life, stay in the previous life.

(End of this chapter)