Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 9 Sour Plum Drink (1)

  Wen Mingtang, who was howling from Mrs. Liu's voice, was taken aback for a moment, and asked a table of diners in the corner by the window of the lobby of Zhaoji restaurant to look over here.

  Even though Liu Yuandang rubbed his hands excitedly, he put down the new dish called "Egg Fried Noodles" and looked here.

The smell in the restaurant yesterday made him think about it all night. He originally thought that Lin Shaoqing's "Taste it in two days" would take at least seven or eight days, but Lin Shaoqing is not only investigating the case, but also straightforward. There is not much to eat.

   Only one day later, Lin Shaoqing came over to invite them to dinner at lunch today.

  So, the plate of "egg fried noodles" that he had been thinking about all night was placed in front of them one by one.

  But... Today's "Egg Fried Noodles" is not only the smell of yesterday, I don't know where it went, but it's almost sticky into a big "pimple", which really makes people lose their appetite.

  The noodles are sticky and lumpy, the fried onions are burnt black, the green vegetables are barely pulled, and even the scrambled eggs inside are black and yellow, which is really hard to swallow.

   Reluctantly took a sip, the bitter salt almost prevented him from spitting it out.

   After eating in restaurants and restaurants in Chang'an City for so long, it was the first time he had eaten restaurant dishes that were worse than those prepared by their own public chef in Dali Temple.

  But it was his own Shangfeng who invited him to dinner. Liu Yuan secretly glanced at Shangfeng who was directly opposite.

  The person who looked like a banished fairy in the past was pulled down from the mortal world, and he was frowning and holding chopsticks to pull the dough like them.

  Even the "immortal" Shangfeng didn't put down his chopsticks, which subordinate would dare to waste the food invited by Shangfeng?

  He has already received several kicks on his feet, and without looking, he knows that those kicks came from Bai Zhu and Wei Fu on both sides.

  If it wasn't for Liu Yuan's nonsense, why would they bite the bullet and eat the plate of gnocchi in front of them?

  Before Wen Mingtang came in, a table of people were struggling with the pimples in front of them in pain. Seeing a case, oh no, something happened, but temporarily eased their pain, and they all looked this way at the same time.

Blocked at the entrance of the restaurant was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, standing there, with a pretty and clever look, looking at the proprietress who rushed over and scolded her as a "thief bone", there was no trace of fear on her face, on the contrary, she was quite angry. Kind of subtle.

  She looked at the blah lady boss with a smile, blinked her eyes, and asked, "Auntie, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand it!"

This half-smile look reminded Mrs. Liu of the "^-^" on the egg yesterday, and she felt even more aggrieved. She immediately sneered and shouted: "The famous sauerkraut in my restaurant is gone. !"

Sensing that the diners who were eating in the restaurant were looking towards her, Mrs. Liu reached out and pinched her arm, squeezed out tears and cried: "These neighbors, who doesn't know that the sauerkraut in my restaurant is a signature? The shopkeeper of Shidongfeng Building even wanted to buy my signature secret recipe for a hundred taels of silver, but I never sold it! The pot of sauerkraut has been placed in the kitchen on weekdays, and it has not been lost for more than ten years. You have been here for less than a day In the time it takes, my pot of sauerkraut that has just been pickled is gone! You didn’t steal it, so could it be that I stole it myself?”

  Wen Mingtang wanted to laugh when she heard it. Looking at Liu Shi who was howling but not crying, she suppressed her laughter and said, "So Auntie wants to say that my hands and feet are not clean and that I stole your sauerkraut worth a hundred taels, right?"

  Hearing this sentence, Liu's howling stopped for a while. At first, I thought that this girl would have to deny something when she encountered such a thing, but she didn't expect her to cooperate so much. The slanderous words that she had prepared had nowhere to go in an instant, and she was a little panicked.

But this girl had already said what she wanted to say first, Liu had no choice but to stop howling, while secretly looking at her with mung bean eyes, she said: "You also admitted that you stole my one hundred taels worth Sauerkraut! For my sister-in-law’s sake, I don’t care about you, so hurry up and pack it up! I can’t take anyone with dirty hands and feet here!”

Mrs. Liu felt that there was nothing wrong with what she said in front of everyone. It not only "demonstrated" her magnanimity, but also "pointed out" the identity of this girl - she was recruited by my sister-in-law Zhao Sishan. It's a man with unclean hands and feet.

  Using this mistake in the future, she will be asked to operate well, so that the neighbors "feel" that her sister-in-law is also dishonest, coveting this Zhaoji restaurant. At that time, she and Zhao Dalang will marry Zhao Sishan because she is too old to marry, and no one else can find anything wrong with her.

   This is a good idea that she thought of all night! Liu thought proudly: Not only does she want to drive people away, but she also wants to let the driven one go away with dirty water all over her body!

   This wishful thinking is not bad! Unexpectedly, the next moment, Wen Mingtang's voice sounded.

   "Since it's sauerkraut worth a hundred taels, how can you not care about it?" The girl said righteously, "Report to the official! Be sure to report to the official!"

  Ms. Liu, who was thinking about it, froze suddenly, and looked at the girl standing there in disbelief.

   Is this girl crazy? If you really want to report to the officials, you will be put in prison if you steal something worth a hundred taels. Isn't she afraid?

While hesitating, Zhao Lian lifted the curtain and ran out from the back, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said to Mrs. Liu: "Mom! I found it! The sauerkraut is under my bed! I remembered that I wanted to eat it in the middle of the night Sauerkraut, I moved it into the house on purpose, it has nothing to do with Sister Wen!"

  As Zhao Lian spoke, she looked at Wen Mingtang guiltily, gave her an awkward smile and said, "I forgot to say, it has nothing to do with Sister Wen!"

  Can she still not know who her mother is? How could the sauerkraut be taken by elder sister Wen?

   Therefore, when she saw Liu's attack, Zhao Lian hurried back to her room to search for things, and then, she saw the sauerkraut hidden under the bed, and hurriedly moved the sauerkraut out.

   Looking at Zhao Lian who ran out to smooth things over, Wen Mingtang couldn't help but shook his head: Zhao Dalang is useless, Liu is domineering, Zhao Lian is good, but Liu can't be suppressed! What's more, Mrs. Liu is her mother no matter what, so being caught in the middle can only smooth things over.

  But there is nothing... This rounding is that she is willing to fight, Liu is willing to accept, but some people are not happy.

  Liu Yuanzao dropped his chopsticks and walked near several people. Hearing this, he hastily said, "How can it be counted if something worth a hundred taels of silver is stolen?"

   "Don't you want to report to the official?" Liu Yuan said as he untied the badge on his waist and shook it in front of everyone, "My official, Dali Temple Chancellor Liu Yuan!"

   "You want to get out after stealing a hundred taels of silver?" Liu Yuan patted his chest and said, "I'm the first one to disagree!"

  (end of this chapter)