Chapter 83

Qiao Wei stopped jumping, stopped, hung her little head, and stared at her toes, which were drawing circles on the ground.

That small appearance of grievance made Ji Mingxiu feel that if one day Wangshu grew up and was bullied, it would be the same.

Ji Mingxiu couldn't help laughing and put the hairpin into her bun.

She had just finished taking a bath and was ready to go to bed. She came out to look for the hairpin when she found it missing. She only combed a simple ball in a hurry, and the rest of the green silk was scattered at will. It was like a piece of smooth silk in the moonlight, which made her skin silky.

Ji Mingxiu raised her hand, fingertips slowly close to her face.

"By the way, why on earth did you come here?" Qiao Wei suddenly said, "I don't believe that you are trying to pick up a hairpin for me. Don't you know that?"

Ji Ming repairs Mou Guang a meal, put down a hand: "come to find you to buy Song Hua egg."

"Your eggs are so fast!" Qiao Wei looked at him, eyes bright, such as the stars in the night sky, "didn't I tell you that you can't eat too many eggs at one time?"

"I didn't eat much. I gave them away." Since childhood, it has always been so. Whenever he gives something to the old lady, the old lady has to show it off. For example, the eating of preserved eggs is even more unavoidable.

Qiao Wei understood and nodded: "I put the eggs in Luo's house. You wait. I'll get them for you."

Ji Mingxiu joked: "I'm a big man standing here, let a woman 'saddle the front and back'

Oh, it's quite gentlemanly.

Qiao Wei secretly glanced at him, and her heart had already guessed what he wanted to say, or she pressed down the corner of her lips, pretending not to understand: "what do you want to do?"

Ji Mingxiu knew that she had figured it out, but he had to force him to say: "I'll go with you to get it, so you don't have to go there."

Qiao Wei a way: "need not!"

Ji Mingxiu raised his eyebrow: "what? Why don't you let people see you? "

Qiao Wei's eyelashes trembled slightly: "no, in the middle of the night, I led a man home and told people to gossip when they saw him."

Ji Mingxiu said with a faint smile, "are you still afraid of this?"

Qiao Wei straightened up and said, "what am I afraid of? I'm a widow with two children. I hear less gossip? I don't care what people think of me. I'm thinking about you. You are a young master in the capital. Are you not afraid to ruin your reputation? "

"Not afraid." Ji Mingxiu said with a faint smile and walked down the mountain.

Qiao Wei takes a deep breath and calls Xiaobai back to the night. Xiaobai runs out quietly.

Don't want to do the lantern of the light bulb is not a good lantern, Xiaobai proud to stand up small chest, ran to the distance between the two people very close place.

Qiao Wei follows Ji Mingxiu.

Mountain wind, with a clear wood show fragrance, blowing people relaxed and happy.

At first, they kept a polite distance of one meter. After walking for a while, they gradually became half a meter, and then one third of a meter. When they were near the foot of the mountain, their arms were almost close to each other.

The sleeve rubs and rustles.

Neither of them spoke, and they looked straight ahead, with a very serious expression.

Seeing that she was about to enter the village, Qiao Wei stopped, cleared her throat and said seriously, "what You, you wait for me here. Someone in the village has a dog and can bite people. "

Ji Mingxiu looked at her playfully, with a light smile on the corner of his lips, which was very attractive: "is it really because of the dog?"

"Of course! Why else? Do you think I'm afraid of being seen Qiao Wei's eyes were round, especially strong. "Even if my godmother comes, I'm not afraid of it!"

Speak of the devil.

"Little Joe! Is that you? "

Qiao Wei heart liver son a burst of fierce quiver, push Ji Ming Xiu into the haystack!

Ji Mingxiu

"Little Joe." Aunt Luo came running with small steps. She was out of breath and said, "I look like you."

Qiao Wei said with a dry smile, "Why are you here?"

Aunt Luo gasped: "you don't come back all the time. I'm worried if something's wrong with you?"

Qiao Wei's eyes moved: "what can I do for you? You are so thoughtful. "

Aunt Luo looked at the topaz plum hairpin on her bun and said, "have you found it? Where did you lose it? "

Qiao Wei waved her hand and pointed: "it's on the mountain. Maybe it fell at the door when she left."

Aunt Luo patted her chest: "fortunately, she was not picked up." She didn't know that the hairpin was given by someone else. All she knew was that it sold for one hundred Liang. If she couldn't get it back, she would not be able to eat for three days.

She eased her strength, looked around and said, "are you alone?"

Qiao Wei's eyes flashed: "just I'm alone. "

Aunt Luo scratched her neck strangely: "I just saw two people?"

Qiao Wei moved to the edge of the haystack, blocked someone with her dress, and said quietly, "you're wrong, just me and Xiaobai."Aunt Luo looked around, but she didn't see the shadow. She also felt that Xiao Wei didn't need to hide from herself. She thought she was really dazzled: "OK, let's go back quickly. We have to get up early tomorrow."

Qiao Wei was mercilessly dragged away by Aunt Luo

In the next few days, Ji Mingxiu didn't show up again. Qiao Wei was worried about whether he was angry, but then she thought, a big man, shouldn't he be so mean?

There are too many things for Qiaowei to think about. Qiaowei soon put this stubble aside and devoted herself to the building of her own house!

This is the first time in my life that I have witnessed the birth of my house. Every day when I go to the mountain, I will find that it is different from yesterday. That kind of feeling is unspeakable novelty.

Master Zheng is in charge of the house. There is no need for Qiao Wei to worry about it. Qiao Wei is more likely to work in major furniture stores. However, she doesn't understand this business after all. After a few days, she is still a layman. She remembers that boss Rong seems to have some experience in wood and decides to go to Rong to remember it.

During this period of time, I was busy building houses. I spent less time in Rongji. Every time I delivered the preserved eggs early in the morning, I rushed back to the village.

Rongji's business was a little bit cold at first, but it wasn't so cold as to be deserted. After that, there were a few delicious "private dishes". The business was obviously much better. Now it's adding stinky tofu, which is very popular. It should be very popular.

However, to Qiao Wei's disappointment, the number of customers at the formal lunch spot is half less than that at the beginning of this month!

"How could that be?" Qiao Wei asks the boss behind the counter.

Let boss sigh: "you ask small six, I don't bother to say."

Qiao Wei looks at Xiao Liu: "Xiao Liu."

Xiao Liu sighed and complained: "I can't tell you for a while. I'll take you to see it directly."

Xiao Liu takes Qiao Wei to the Yuelai restaurant, which is less than 100 meters away from Rongji. There are plenty of customers and seats.

Qiao Wei has a slight impression of Yuelai inn. When she first set up a stall in the town, she observed all the shops in the street. Yuelai restaurant, like Rongji, is a relatively cold restaurant. In recent months, Rongji has been built, but Yuelai restaurant is still cold. It's only half a month. How can Rongji be robbed of most of its business?

"Xiao Liu, go back and wait for my news first."

"Good."

Xiao Liu left with a sullen face. Qiao Wei straightened her face and stepped into Yuelai inn. The second boy saw that she was wearing more expensive poplin, and her appearance and temperament were outstanding. Another noble man came to welcome her in happily.

The first floor is full. There are only private rooms on the second floor.

Qiao Wei chose the most expensive one, and the waiter was overjoyed. He wiped her stool with cotton cloth: "girl, please sit down! What would you like to eat, girl

Qiao Wei light smile: "what do you have? Don't worry, I can't afford money. As long as I'm happy, the silver will be yours. "

Then she took a silver or two out of her purse.

When the shopkeeper saw so many rewards, his eyes turned green at that time: "it's not that I put gold on my face. We Yuelai restaurant really have nothing girls can't eat, only girls can't think of."

"Oh?" Qiao Wei seems to be interested, "I'd like to introduce some of them. It's better not to eat them in other places."

"Oh, that girl has come to the right place! This is the private dish of our restaurant! " The shopkeeper put up his thumb with pride.

"Don't talk about it, report the dish name quickly!"

"Yes, yes The shopkeeper answered with a smile and reported seven or eight so-called private dishes at one go, of which four were taught by Qiao Wei to Rong Ji.

Qiao Wei quietly picked up the cup, put it on her lips and sipped it: "eh? These stinky tofu, preserved eggs, pagoda meat and stinky mandarin fish are all private dishes of Rongji? I went back to Rongji and ate it. "

When the shopkeeper met with such a lot of questions, he answered them like a stream: "girl, I don't know. These dishes were originally made by Yuelai inn. Rongji stole our dishes, which are not authentic!"

What a steal!

It's not certain who will learn from others!

Qiao Wei sneer in the heart, but don't show on the face: "that's OK, all the dishes you just said."

"Girl, you are alone Did you eat so much? " There was a trace of suspicion on the shop's surface. They met a lot of such "guests", most of them came to steal teachers.

Qiao Wei read his mind, smile: "who said I ate alone? You can take a message to Qinglong gang for me, saying that Xiao Qiao invited leader Chen to dinner. "

Qinglong Gang's people, the shopkeeper didn't dare to neglect, went to the kitchen to order, immediately went to Qinglong gang in person.

Chen Dadao came very quickly. Qiao Wei didn't tell him his purpose. She only said that she wanted to check the furniture in a while. Maybe she would ask him and his brothers for help. Chen Dadao had no doubt about him, so she opened her stomach to eat.

Qiao Wei has tasted every dish. To be honest, it's really delicious. It's almost as good as Rong Ji's. I'm afraid I can't taste the difference if I didn't do it myself.Chen Dadao looked at the tofu mixed with preserved egg on the table and said, "eh? Madam, why do they have preserved eggs in the inn? Don't you only sell this in Rongji? "

Qiao Wei's lips appeared a faint sneer: "this is not easy? Buy a few and you can do it. "

"It seems that this point of mind can be remembered too!" Chen Dadao was both coarse and fine, and soon "ate" something wrong, "madam, would you Is it behind Rong Ji's back to cooperate with Yue Lai? "

Qiao Wei did not answer with a smile: "have you had enough?"

Chen Dadao put down his chopsticks: "I'm full, madam. If you don't want these dishes, I'll pack them for my brothers."

"Well." Qiao Wei nodded. Dadao was probably the most thrifty and diligent gang leader in history.

Back in Rongji, Qiao Wei calls boss Rong to the accounting room and tells him about the private food he has eaten. Boss Rong complains: "do you think I haven't eaten it? I've eaten it, too! It's as like as two peas, Joe, Little Joe, do you say that you have passed your skills to the restaurant by carrying me?

Qiao Wei glared at him: "am I that stupid? Pass the craft on to the people on the street? I might as well open one myself

"Do you want to drive by yourself?" Boss Rong is even more upset.

Qiao Wei Fu Er: "I'm making an analogy. Come on, don't talk nonsense. Seriously, Yuelai's food is a ghost."

Boss Rong is still in a state of Wandering: "Xiao Qiao, do you think your master will go to Yuelai restaurant?"

He thought, Little Joe is such a good cook, but he can't be born, can he? It must be the same as the cooks in the restaurant. They came up from apprenticeship step by step.

Qiao Wei thinks that my "masters" are modern people, but even if there's another passer-by, they can't cook the same way as themselves.

"My hometown is far away. Most people can't get by and people can't come there. So you can rest assured that Yuelai's private dishes have nothing to do with my master." Qiao Wei thought about it and said: "if I guess correctly, it should be Rong Ji who is the spy."

Rong Ji includes boss Rong and Qiao Wei, a total of 19 people, including five people running to the kitchen, two people sweeping, two people washing dishes, four cooks, two people doing chores, two people working in the kitchen, and people outside the kitchen can be excluded. They rarely enter the kitchen and don't know how to make all the dishes. The traitor should be a cook or two small workers.

Soon, Qiao Wei will also eliminate the suspicion of small workers, two new to soon, timid like a mouse, not to mention when the traitor, afraid to fish in the kitchen are not dare.

Then the problem lies with a few cooks.

Jovi went to the kitchen.

"Master Huang, Yuelai has taken a lot of business from our restaurant recently. Do you know why?" Qiao Wei asks master Huang quietly. He is the only one in the kitchen.

Master Huang shook his head: "where do I know? We don't give our guests too much weight. "

Qiao Wei said in a low voice: "there's no third person here. I'll tell you the truth. The dishes we cooked before are so famous that they have been learned by Yue Lai. I'll teach you a new dish today. Don't tell anyone else."

"What kind of food?" Master Yang asked.

Qiao Wei diced the chicken: "Kung Pao diced chicken."

"Can chicken do that?" Master Hai gaped and looked at the things in the bowl, "what kind of sauce is this red silk? It doesn't smell like pepper! "

"It's very spicy. I don't believe you can try it." Qiao Wei took the plate up and handed it to master he, "I'm sure you'll burst into tears!"

Master he took a chopstick, which was soft, white and stained with red sauce, and took a big bite without hesitation, "well, it's hot enough! Delicious

Qiao Wei smiles: "delicious? I'll teach them three later. It's getting late. Go back first. "

"Ah! I'm going Master he turned and left the kitchen.

Qiao Wei lifted her hand and untied her apron: "master Huang, can you help me to have a look at the stew? It's been an hour, so we should be able to start cooking. "

The next day, Qiao Wei went to Yuelai Inn again and ordered their latest private dishes. If they had the dishes she taught yesterday, they tasted very common. However, the man still spared no effort to leak the secret to Yuelai inn. Yuelai Inn can't wait to make them and seize the opportunity. It's shameless to want to "copy" their hats.

But thanks to their shamelessness, she finally knew who the traitor was.

Back in Rongji, Qiao Wei calls all the people to the front hall and looks at them with a smile: "Rongji is a traitor. For the sake of working together, I'll give you a chance to stand up and admit your mistake. If not, I'll forgive you I'll be in the world. "

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing who she was referring to.

Mr. Rong stood behind the counter, frowning.

Small six close to him: "not me, boss."

Boss Rong snorted coldly: "I think it's you. You're a thief all day long! I haven't seen you at work yet! "

"I swear I'm not a spy, but I stole some food from the kitchen and gave it to the girl who sold tofu. " Xiao Liu took a fancy to the "tofu beauty" and ordered pickles from the kitchen every three to five, but he really didn't do anything else.Boss Rong rolled his eyes!

"It's not coming out, is it? I'll call the roll. I'll put it in the front. When I call the roll, there's no room for maneuver. At last, I count three. If I don't want to suffer, I'll stand up! 1、 Two to three. " Qiao Wei's eyes are bright. "Master Huang! Do you still refuse to admit it? "

Master Huang showed a look of great surprise: "how am I?"

Qiao Wei light way: "is not you who?"

Master Huang was furious: "I didn't! I'm not a spy! You're bloody Looking at boss Rong, "master, I've been working in Rongji for seven or eight years. I'm one of the earliest cooks here. In my heart, Rongji is just like my own child. How can I betray Rongji?"

Among the four chefs, master Huang has the longest qualifications and is Rong Ji's first chef. The other chefs have five Liang a month, but he has eight Liang. It can be seen that boss Rong attaches great importance to him.

Let boss also don't want to believe that he is a traitor, look to Qiao Wei way: "Little Joe, you can make a mistake?"

Qiao Wei's look did not loosen a bit: "I am not mistaken, it is him, Huang Tianbao."

Master Huang was furious: "Miss Qiao, I didn't do anything to offend you, did I? Why do you slander me so much? Who are you under the direction of? Get rid of me! If you don't remember me, you will lose a beam! You want to bring Rong Ji down

To be honest, master Huang's usual popularity is very good. He is kind and generous. He doesn't have the airs of a chef. Everyone respects him very much. So when Qiao Wei said that he was a spy, we didn't expect it to be him anyway.

Now he and Qiao Wei have different opinions. In fact, the balance in people's hearts is somewhat inclined to master Huang.

Qiao Wei is not in a hurry to argue with him, but lightly said: "I went to Yuelai Inn today. They produced a new dish - diced chicken and tofu soup. This is what I taught you yesterday."

Master Huang angrily said, "you didn't just teach me one!"

"Master Yang, what dish did I teach you yesterday?"

"Kung pao chicken."

"Master Hai, what did I teach you?"

"Chicken in tomato sauce."

"Master he, what about you?"

"Spicy fried rice cake."

Master Huang's face changed color.

Qiao Wei said with no expression: "after finishing work last night, I taught you a dish, but the chicken and bean curd soup in your hand was passed to Yuelai restaurant. Do you still want to quibble?"

They all looked at master Huang and looked disappointed.

Master Huang clenched his fist: "I'm not the only one who knows about chicken and tofu soup! Don't you know it, too? Maybe you sent it to Yuelai restaurant! You are the spy sent by Yuelai restaurant! "

Qiao Wei sneered: "I'm so skilled that I need to be a spy in Rongji? You've forgotten who made these best-selling dishes first, haven't you? " Yuelai restaurant uses my food, but it's also very popular. If I'm really Yuelai's person, I just pass on my skills to them directly. Why do I have to do so much and make Rongji first? Isn't this taking off your pants and farting?!

What's more, I hold 30% of Rongji's shares, which can be regarded as Rongji's owner. I will help others to rob my own business when I am out of my mind! "

"You How can you be Rong Ji's owner? When did it happen? " Master Huang gaped, as if he didn't know that Qiao Wei's identity in Rongji had changed dramatically. The rest of the people, like him, almost lost their chin.

Master Huang's heart is full of resentment. He has been in Rongji for seven or eight years. If you want credit, you have credit. If you want to work hard, you have to work hard. Rongji can be said to be brought by him. This woman has only been in Rongji for half a year, and she has become the owner of Rongji. What about him? Why didn't he?

Boss Rong's tit for tat cock only gives him eight or two months' money a month, but Yuelai tells him that as long as he can "move" Rong Ji's new dishes, he will give him twenty Liang a month, which is much better than this iron cock, isn't it?

Qiao Wei said faintly: "Xiao Liu, take Huang Tian to Qinglong gang and tell leader Chen that Rong remembers a traitor. Please help him" discipline. "

Gangs are not places that ordinary people can go. If you go in vertically, you have to come out horizontally.

Master Huang's face turns pale. He thought that if he was found, he would drive Rongji out at most. He has skills. Even if he left Rongji, he would still be able to get along well. But if he joined the Qinglong Gang, it would be hard to say. If he was killed, no one would pay for his life.

"Miss Joe! Mrs. Joe! Master! I know it's wrong! You go around me! I'll never dare again

Qiao Wei's eyelid son didn't lift: "now just admit a mistake, too late."

He plopped down on his knees: "master!"

Qiao Wei looked down at him and said, "when I ask you to stand up, you don't stand up. When I say something, it's a deaf ear? If I don't teach you a lesson today, I can't let you have a long memory. "

This is to Make an example of others.

All the people were terrified to see Master Huang dragged out of Rongji by Xiao Liu and some of the runners. They all went a long way, and they could still hear him crying like a pig.From this moment on, no one dares to think anything out of proportion.

Qiao Wei said, "if you want to take Rong Ji '

That night, Qiao Wei negotiated with boss Rong to give everyone a month's money, which can be regarded as a disguised appeasement.

Qiao Wei packed up her things and looked at the boss: "I find you are not hard hearted!" When the boss is like this, it's no wonder that master Huang is bold and fearless. He is afraid that even if there is an incident, he will just drive out the traitor and have no deterrent power at all. Yuelai bullies Rongji and says that Rongji plagiarizes their food. Boss Rong just sits inside and sighs, but doesn't want to fight back. Qiao Wei likes such a person as the boss, so being a partner is a bit of a drag.

Let the boss curl his lips: "my wife also said so."

"who has the final say in your family?" Qiao Wei asked.

"Of course..." The boss cleared his throat and muttered, "my wife."

Qiaowei help the forehead: "you have no idea at home, even if, to the outside at least take out some courage, let people bully into this, you are not angry?"

"I'm not angry, I'm..."

"How?" Qiao Wei asked.

Let the boss looked around and said in a low voice: "the landlady of Yuelai used to have a good time with me. I'm sorry to run to quarrel with her."

Qiao Wei was angry and laughed at him: "after a long time, you're still a lover. OK, if you don't go, you won't go. Anyway, if you get rid of the traitors, they can't steal any more. Customers will soon get tired of those dishes."

After a long day's work, when I returned to the village, the two steamed buns had already fallen asleep in bed.

While fanning them, aunt Luo asked if Qiao Wei had eaten.

Qiao Wei took the hairpin off her head and put it into the brocade box: "yes, ganniang, are there many rivers in our village?"

"There are not many rivers. There are only two. One is connected to the reservoir, and the other is connected somewhere. What do you want to do with this?"

"I'm a little useful, then How many are there in the pond

"Four or five more ponds?"

"Seven!" Luo Yongzhi passed by the door and heard their conversation. He walked into the house and said, "there are three fish ponds and four wild ponds."

Qiao Wei looks at Luo Yongzhi: "brother, can you catch shrimp in these places?"

"Of course!" Speaking of this, Luo Yongzhi was a little excited, "I catch a lot more every year! If I can't finish the food, I'll let Xu Dazhuang take it to the town and sell it for me. I'm lucky, I can sell it for a lot of money! "

Qiao Wei's eyes brightened slightly: "now It's shrimp, isn't it? "

Luo Yongzhi is busy building a house for Qiao Wei recently. He has no time to catch shrimp, but according to his past experience, there will be some crayfish in April of the lunar calendar.

"Sister, would you like some shrimp? I'll catch it for you tomorrow Luo Yongzhi still loves his sister.

Qiao Wei shook her head with a smile: "I don't want to eat, I want to buy."

"Acquisition?" Luo Yongzhi frowned suspiciously.

Qiao Wei said with a smile: "brother, how much is the shrimp on our market?"

Luo Yongzhi thought: "this It depends on the size of shrimp. In previous years, shrimp for four to six dollars can sell for fifteen Wen a Jin, shrimp for seven to nine dollars can sell for twenty-five Wen, and those more than one or two are expensive. I haven't caught them, but it's said that fifty Wen a Jin! "

Qiao Wei said thoughtfully: "more than one or two are not delicious. Seven to nine dollars is more suitable. Eight dollars shrimp is the best."

"Sister, what did you say?" Luo Yongzhi didn't hear clearly.

Jovi pause: "brother, you are talking about retail price, wholesale price? It's the price that the shops ask you to receive. "

Luo Yongzhi said: "that's a little low. It's less than half."

Qiao Wei touched her chin: "brother, don't go to the construction site tomorrow."

Luo Yongzhi a Zheng: "that I why?"

Qiao Wei said: "you go to collect shrimps, and collect all the shrimps from our village and the next few villages. We need as many as we have, and we don't want dead shrimps. We will never treat them badly in price. We will pay them as much as the market price is!"

"How many shrimps are there?" Aunt Luo was a little scared.

Qiao Wei said with a smile: "the more, the better. Elder brother just goes to collect shrimps and supplies them to Rongji after receiving them. Rongji is always willing to spend money on food materials. As long as elder brother collects enough shrimps, the price difference will be five Liang in a month. If the market is good, ten Liang is not impossible."

Even more, however, Qiao Mei did not say too full.

When Luo Yongzhi heard that he could earn five Liang a month, his eyes were staring straight. He could not earn five Liang a year. Can he really earn so much in a month?

Aunt Luo was also excited: "what are you waiting for? Promise

Luo Yongzhi nodded excitedly: "OK, I'll go, but sister, what do you want so many shrimps for?"Qiao Wei smiles: "make braised prawns!"