Phi-Fic Chapter 8 Renhe Hotel Zhu Xiangui
Chapter 8 Renhe Hotel Zhu Xiangui
Just as those people were rubbing their hands together, preparing for a big battle tomorrow...
Liu Yufei breathed a sigh of relief, though she was still a little flustered inside. If someone had been watching closely, they would have noticed that she had actually taken out over 160 pounds of white radishes from that basket.
If someone were to ask her that question, she would be completely unable to defend herself, which carries a significant risk.
Fortunately, everyone was too busy grabbing the carrots to notice this.
But Liu Yufei needed to think things through. She actually wanted to continue earning money tomorrow, to accumulate more initial capital so she could do many things.
Therefore, the only way is to increase the quantity without arousing suspicion; after all, if you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.
She needed to use her little brain to think it over carefully, but what she needed to do now...
"Auntie Xiaohua, thank you for taking care of me today," Xiaoyu said politely.
"Grandpa caught a few turtles the other day, here are two for you to nourish yourself."
"No, no, no, I wasn't much help at all. You're such a capable little one! You've got the math figured out even better than I do. No wonder your kindergarten teacher praised you for being so smart."
Jiang Xiaohua didn't think she had done anything particularly significant, repeatedly declining the praise and instead complimenting Yufei.
If her son were half as smart as Yufei, she'd be laughing in her sleep.
"Auntie Xiaohua, if you don't accept it, my grandpa will say I'm rude. You don't want Yufei to become a rude child, right?" Yufei looked at Jiang Xiaohua with pleading eyes, making it impossible for her to refuse.
Then Yufei continued...
"And Aunt Xiaohua, I'd also like to ask you to help me sell the other turtles. I'd feel bad asking you if you wouldn't buy them."
"Oh, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Just put it in our water tank, and we'll make sure it sells beautifully for you," Jiang Xiaohua said, understanding Yufei's intention as she continued.
"Alright, alright, you little rascal! Your auntie will keep it, okay?"
After saying that, he pinched Yufei's little face again. What to do? He's getting a little addicted to pinching her cheeks!
"Auntie Xiaohua, please pinch me less, or I'll start drooling all the time, and then I won't be a pretty doll anymore," Yufei said helplessly.
This caused Jiang Xiaohua to burst into laughter.
At this moment, Jiang Xiaohua's husband, Gao Chengzhi, also returned. He was accompanied by a portly man with slicked-back hair, carrying a briefcase in his right hand, and smiling kindly.
"Honey, hurry up and get out the snakehead fish I bought a few days ago. I just ran into Manager Zhu from Renhe Restaurant while I was buying fish," Gao Chengzhi said as he greeted Zhu Xiangui.
Zhu Xiangui, the purchasing manager of Renhe Hotel, has been informed that a wealthy businessman from Gangcheng, who is conducting market research, will be dining at their hotel tonight. They have been instructed to provide him with a good meal.
But a few days ago, a distinguished guest arrived from the provincial capital, and all the good things were used to entertain him. He had no choice but to wander around looking for ingredients to serve the wealthy merchant.
While searching for fish at the dock today, I wasn't lucky and didn't find anything good, but I was also lucky enough to chat with this guy, Xiao Gao, who told me he'd bought a wild snakehead fish a few days ago.
It's a pretty good ingredient, I guess.
So he followed Xiao Gao. While waiting for Xiao Gao's wife to bring out the cuttlefish, Zhu Xiangui casually looked around Xiao Gao's seafood shop.
He didn't know until he looked, and what he found was amazing.
"Old Gao, you're not being fair! You don't even share the good stuff with your old bro?!"
Zhu Xiangui looked at the turtles in the fishpond, all striving to climb upwards. Judging from their bodies, he knew they were definitely wild turtles. And looking at their streamlined bodies, they were not just ordinary wild turtles, but top-quality wild ones.
Gao Chengzhi had no idea when such high-end goods had appeared in his shop. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He didn't even have time to ask his wife. He gently patted his face.
He laughed and said, "My bad, my bad, how could I forget about it? If Brother Zhu thinks it's good, why don't you take it?"
"Alright, name your price!" Zhu Xiangui didn't dwell on the fact that Gao Chengzhi had hidden such a good item.
After all, turtles of this quality are extremely rare. Now that he's found one, he can't escape!
Gao Chengzhi thought for a moment and said, "Brother Zhu, you see, we all know it's really hard to find turtles of such good quality. If I sold them to someone else, I would sell them for seventy or eighty yuan each, and I'm sure many people would buy them. So let's make friends and I'll sell them for 60 yuan each. You can take them."
This price is a bit expensive for turtles of average quality, but it's quite cheap for the turtles in Gao Chengzhi's shop.
Without saying a word, Zhu Xiangui told Gao Chengzhi to pack up the eight turtles and take them away.
Gao Chengzhi still felt a pang of regret; he wanted to keep one for himself to try. A turtle of this quality should taste especially delicious.
But in order to maintain a connection with Renhe Restaurant in the future, he had no choice but to reluctantly give it up.
"Alright! Hope you'll take good care of me at your restaurant, brother." Gao Chengzhi quickly packed the eight soft-shelled turtles into a net and handed it to Zhu Xiangui.
Xiao Hua had already brought the blackfish over, looking at her mistress with a hesitant expression, but didn't say anything more.
Zhu Xiangui glanced at the lively blackfish with satisfaction and said, "Alright! Pack this one up for me too, I want it alive. Settle the bill."
Xiao Hua quickly filled a plastic bag halfway with water, packed the blackfish, and gave it to Zhu Xiangui.
"A total of 490," Xiaohua said tremblingly. This was already considered a very large sum of money.
She'd never made so much money selling seafood before.
Zhu Xiangui took out five 5-yuan bills from his briefcase and gave them to Jiang Xiaohua.
After Jiang Xiaohua gave him 10 yuan in change, he hurriedly left.
But he had no idea how much of a sensation this transaction had caused in the vegetable market.
Jiang Xiaohua looked completely bewildered as she held the 500 yuan bill.
"Ouch! What are you doing, you woman?" Gao Chengzhi, who had been in a daze, was jolted awake by the pain in his waist from Jiang Xiaohua's pinch.
"Let me check if I'm dreaming," Jiang Xiaohua said blankly.
"Looks like I'm not dreaming, sir!" Jiang Xiaohua exclaimed in a low voice.
"When did you get this thing?" Gao Chengzhi asked excitedly. Damn, he was about to strike it rich!
Only then did Jiang Xiaohua seem to wake up from her daze, and slapped Gao Chengzhi's hand as he tried to touch the 500 yuan bill.
"What are you thinking! This turtle isn't ours, and I still need to give the money to Grandma Yufei."
After saying that, he took the money and went to Yufei's shop next door.
Yufei witnessed the entire situation on Jiang Xiaohua's side.
"Xiaoyufei, the eight turtles you left with me have all been sold for 480 yuan. They're all yours."
Jiang Xiaohua combined the 400 yuan from the family reunion gift with some loose change she hadn't yet deposited in the bank, and gave 80 yuan to Yufei.
Yufei pulled out a 120-yuan note and said, "Auntie, this is for you. I already told you I'd give you two turtles, so here's the money from selling them."
"We can't accept that!"
Gao Chengzhi knew what was going on just by looking at his wife's actions, so he said...
"Thanks to your turtle, our husband-and-wife shop has successfully secured a deal with Renhe Restaurant, the largest restaurant in Longyang County. Plus, they're a chain. They'll give us a small cut of their profits, and we'll be set for life. How could we possibly take your money?!"