Chapter 77: Unlikable Opponent
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Rong Yan had nothing else to do in the county today. Just as he was about to follow Xiaoxiao into the restaurant and have a cup of tea or treat her to a meal, he suddenly saw a familiar figure from the corner of his eye. He frowned and gestured for Yun Yi to follow him with his chin.
The latter had a serious expression. After confirming that there was no danger around, he followed Rong Yan warily.
At this moment, Xiaoxiao, who had walked into the Fragrance Restaurant, was invited into the inner room by Shopkeeper Xu to talk. As soon as the door closed, she acutely felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
Shopkeeper Xu said, “To be honest, Miss Ning, someone else came to our restaurant before you came and said that they wanted to sell us something.” Xiaoxiao guessed a little. “Sour bamboo shoots?”
Shopkeeper Xu was stunned. Xiaoxiao knew that she had guessed correctly.
Shopkeeper Xu said, “They suggested supplying the restaurant at a price 10% lower than yours.”
After saying that, he quietly waited for Xiaoxiao’s reaction. Ning Erlang could not help but look anxious, but Xiaoxiao looked the same as before.
Shopkeeper Xu smiled. “However, Miss Ning, don’t worry. Our Fragrance Restaurant has been around for a hundred years. You can rest assured about our credibility. Since we signed a contract with you, we will naturally only accept your bamboo shoots. However…” He pondered for a moment.” After being rejected by us, that person actually went to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant…”
The Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant was an old enemy of the Fragrance Restaurant, and they were especially unlikable enemies.
Although the other restaurants were also competitive with the Fragrance Restaurant, they were still fighting with their own abilities. Unlike the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant, which imitated everything from the Fragrance Restaurant, from the name to the dishes. They disgusted people.
Every season, as long as the Fragrance Restaurant produced a new product, they would definitely learn it later. Although the taste was barely replicated and would often become something different, they were cheap. The Fragrance Restaurant sold dishes for 10 copper coins apiece. They charged nine copper coins, and the Fragrance Restaurant sold 30 copper coins a pot of wine. They sold it for 29 copper coins. Don’t you think it’s infuriating?
The old customers of the Fragrance Restaurant naturally looked down on those imitation goods, but some of them who had never eaten original dishes really felt that the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant was reliable. They were even led by someone from the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant, saying that the Fragrance Restaurant was bullying customers and the price was too high. Shopkeeper Xu was so angry that he lost countless hairs. However, other than keeping his family’s recipe a secret, he could not do anything to them.
After hearing this grudge, Xiaoxiao held her chin and laughed. “From the looks of it, the person who came to look for you to sell bamboo shoots is the same as the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant.”
Shopkeeper Xu was puzzled. “Why do I feel that you’re not in a hurry, Miss Ning?”
Xiaoxiao waved her hand. “Shopkeeper Xu, don’t worry. It’s fine if that person doesn’t go to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant. If he does, he might even avenge you.”
Shopkeeper Xu sent her away with a head full of question marks. In the end, he went to look for Shopkeeper Liu worriedly. Unexpectedly, the latter was also very relaxed. “What’s the hurry? That girl is smart. Other than being inexperienced and being undervalued by me at the beginning, who else can let her suffer?”
She reminded Shopkeeper Xu, “Don’t forget that the clause that the Fragrance Restaurant can only import from Ning Xiaoxiao was specially added when we signed the contract.”
Shopkeeper Xu didn’t dare to believe it. “Could it be that she already knew what would happen today? But how old is she?”
Shopkeeper Liu yawned. “I wouldn’t believe it in the past either, but the more 1 interact with that girl, the more 1 feel that she’s extraordinary. She’ll definitely have great achievements in the future. Moreover, 1 keep feeling that she’s holding back in front of us.”
For example, when she mentioned a few plans for the Duanwu Festival sale in front of that girl a few times, that girl would always unconsciously smile. She was sure that that brat definitely had better ideas in her heart!
At the same time that Shopkeeper Xu heaved a sigh of relief, he thought of a detail.. “However, I heard from the bamboo shoot seller that his surname is also Ning…”
