Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

Soon, the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill.

Before leaving, Bang Geng sprinkled some wine on Yi Zhonghai, so that he smelled strongly of alcohol.

When they arrived at the corner of Su Meng's store, Bang Geng instructed.

"I'll go in first, and you come back in ten minutes. I'll take one of the things in, and you take two."

Yi Zhonghai nodded to show that he understood.

Then Bang Geng walked in with a swagger.

Su Meng took a look and saw that it was the person her uncle had mentioned yesterday, so she greeted him with a smile.

"Little brother, why are you here today?"

Banggeng didn't answer her, but sat aside like a big boss.

"Give me a pot of tea and some dessert."

Li Yuan looked at Su Meng.

Su Meng nodded.

Soon Li Yuan came up with tea and snacks.

Banggeng took a sip of tea and then a bite of dessert.

"Yes, good tea, and the snacks are good too."

After saying that, he took something out from his arms.

"Hey, you're not an idiot. Here are your tea and snacks. Take a look."

Su Meng's eyes lit up and she took it with a smile.

"Master Zhou, please give me some advice."

Banggeng curled his lips.

"What? The boss doesn't believe me?"

Su Meng waved her hands quickly.

"No, there are rules for collecting things. This was set by my uncle, and we have to abide by it."

Banggeng didn't say anything and continued drinking tea.

Just when Master Zhou was feeling strange, he was suddenly startled by a voice.

"You little bastard, I thought you were so filial today and bought me some wine, but it turns out you wanted to get me drunk and steal my treasure to sell for money. I'll beat you to death today."

As he said this, he ran towards Banggeng.

Bang Geng pretended to be panicked and circled around Su Meng.

"Grandpa, you originally wanted to sell those things for money. Isn't it the same for me to sell them as for you to sell them?"

Yi Zhonghai pretended to be tired of chasing, sat in the position where Banggeng had just been, and drank a sip of tea without disgust.

"What the hell do you know? You're just a kid, you don't even know you've been cheated."

This sentence made Su Meng unhappy.

"Old man, I don't like what you said. Our store is open here and we are always fair to everyone. The price we offer may not be the highest in the industry, but it is at least in the top three. You can go and ask around."

Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment.

"really?"

Bang Geng said quickly.

"Grandpa, it's true. The wine I bought for you was stolen from you and sold here. I asked several stores and this is the highest price."

Yi Zhonghai glared at Banggeng.

"You bastard, you've stolen from me more than once or twice, right?"

Banggeng smiled awkwardly and said nothing.

Then Yi Zhonghai looked at Su Meng and said.

"Girl, if you didn't lie to me, take these two things and give me a price. I want to see how much you can give."

Su Meng walked forward happily, but suddenly smelled the odor of alcohol, so she frowned, but quickly concealed it.

"Wait a moment, old man. Master Zhou, could you please take another look at these two? Is the one you just mentioned okay?"

Master Zhou thought about it and although it seemed a little strange, he really couldn't find any problems, so he nodded.

"No problem, I'll take a look at these two."

Just now, Banggeng had been watching Master Zhou out of the corner of his eye. When he saw that Master Zhou was a little hesitant, his heart was in his throat. Now that Master Zhou said there was no problem, he felt relieved.

Yi Zhonghai and Banggeng looked at each other.

Bang Geng said.

"Grandpa, if this store offers a higher price, you should not sell it to the previous store."

Yi Zhonghai pretended to be hesitant.

"But Lao Zhang is my old friend. I'm afraid this is not acceptable, right?"

Bang Geng said with disdain.

"What old friend? You are deliberately trying to cheat me of your treasure. If you are an old friend, you should give me the real price. You are just trying to take advantage of me all day long."

Yi Zhonghai remained silent, lowering his head and saying nothing.

Bang Geng looked a little anxious.

Su Meng saw that the opportunity had come, so he said.

"Old sir, I shouldn't have said anything, but since your grandson has brought this up, I have to say something for him. Friends should be open with each other. He even wants to cheat you of your treasure, which means he doesn't consider you a friend. Why are you rushing to do that?"

Bang Geng immediately agreed.

"Yes, Grandpa, look how reasonable this boss is."

Yi Zhonghai seemed to have made a big decision.

"Forget it. Since I've sold it to you today, I have no face to see him anymore. I'd better not see him in the future if possible."

Su Meng said happily.

"Old sir, if you want to sell anything, just come to us. We guarantee a high price."

Yi Zhonghai smiled.

"Okay, you're a nice girl, I'll believe you this time, we'll have a lot of business in the future."

Su Meng shouted hurriedly.

"Li Yuan, hurry up and give the old gentleman a new cup of tea."

Bang Geng shouted hurriedly.

"Two drinks."

Su Meng clapped her hands.

"Two cups, two cups."

The tea came, and the two drank it and ate snacks. After a while, Master Zhou came over and nodded.

Su Meng was overjoyed.

"Wait a moment, I'll get the money for you two."

Yi Zhonghai nodded.

Su Meng walked into the back room and came out counting the money after a while.

"Here's the money, give me the double digits."

Bang Geng snatched it away.

"No need to count, I'm an old customer."

Yi Zhonghai’s eyes widened.

"Count, this is called clearing the money and goods, do you understand?"

Bang Geng had no choice but to take out the money and count it, and found that not a penny was missing.

"I'll tell you, come on, you can't possibly lie to us."

Su Meng smiled and nodded.

"Of course, we open the door to do business, how can we cheat people."

Yi Zhonghai snatched the money.

"You little bastard, you still want to take grandpa's money. Let's go home."

Su Meng sent the two of them to the door.

"Old sir, welcome back next time."

I learned this from Li Jianjun’s restaurant. The more polite you are, the less blame you will get.

Yi Zhonghai nodded with satisfaction and left with Banggeng.

Su Meng turned around and said to Li Yuan.

"I happened to meet you today. I received three items at once."

Li Yuan frowned and thought about it.

"Why do I feel weird?"

Su Meng also thought about it.

"No, I smelled alcohol on the old man, which means what he said is true. Besides, Master Zhou has already checked the things, and Master Zhou also said there is no problem, right, Master Zhou?"

Master Zhou nodded.

Although the last two pieces felt a bit strange like the first one, he couldn't find any faults. Maybe he was overthinking, so Master Zhou didn't say anything. If he did, wouldn't it just tell his boss that his eyesight was not good enough? Then who would ask him to judge?

On the other side, Yi Zhonghai and Bang Geng walked to an empty corner.

Bang Geng suddenly grabbed Yi Zhonghai and stretched out his hand.

"Bring it here."

Yi Zhonghai reluctantly took out the money from his pocket.

"You go back first. I'll go find the boss and settle the bill for you in the evening. Don't worry, you won't be left out."

After saying that, he left.

Yi Zhonghai shouted while looking at Banggeng's back.

"Bang Geng, I'll be waiting for you to come back!"

Bang Geng didn't respond to him.