diskusbooks Chapter 227 Expensive Shops
Chapter 227 Expensive Shops
Chapter 227 Expensive Shops
The entrance was as deserted as ever, without a single person in sight, though a large black dog was lying on the ground.
Li Dayi suddenly felt a little envious of the bustling Mingyinglou restaurant outside the alley. Its business was incredibly booming, with customers coming and going so often that they almost broke the threshold of Mingyinglou.
When will my little shop be as popular as Mingyinglou? Then Li Dayi can happily become the boss.
Li Dayi had long been used to it. In the past month, whenever the thought of envying Mingyinglou crossed his mind, the appearance of the big black dog in front of him would shatter his dream. After all, it was his first and only guest.
Li Dayi moved a chair to sit at the shop entrance. The warm sunlight shone down, and he slid down involuntarily, lounging lazily in the chair, feeling extremely comfortable.
The alley was still deserted.
"Another day without customers," Yuanbao thought to himself, tilting his head and yawning.
The big black dog lay on the ground, glanced at him indifferently, then buried its head and continued to stick out its tongue. It didn't care about anything else; as long as it was full, that was enough.
Just as Li Dayi was dozing off, a sound of footsteps startled him awake. He lazily opened his eyes and saw a handsome man in martial arts attire passing by the alley.
"Huh? There's actually a fool who opens a restaurant in this alley where almost no one goes?" The pretty young man was indeed handsome, with an oval face, bright and large eyes, red lips, and fair skin. If it weren't for his flat chest and prominent Adam's apple, Li Dayi would have almost mistaken him for a mischievous girl dressed as a boy.
The handsome young man seemed to take an interest in the small restaurant located in a deserted alley, and actually walked into it.
However, Li Dayi did not get up and remained seated. Although the other party had entered the restaurant, they were not considered a customer since they had not ordered any food. Li Dayi knew that to become a customer, one had to be able to afford the exorbitant prices of the dishes.
Sure enough, when the handsome young man saw the prices of the dishes on the menu, his already large eyes widened even more, and his scream echoed through the quiet alley.
"My God! One hundred silver dollars for a stir-fried vegetable dish? And you're charging one gold coin for a fried rice? Are you out of your mind?!" Yuwen Cheng was furious. His young lady had sent him out to find a good cook, and although she had given him enough silver, she didn't expect him to squander it like this.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me?! Are you the owner of this restaurant?" Yuwen Chengdu glared at Li Dayi with his big eyes and shouted angrily.
Li Dayi regained his composure, glanced calmly at the handsome young man, lazily stood up from his chair, and yawned.
"The prices of the dishes in this small shop are what they are. If you can't accept them, you can leave. This small shop has always operated with integrity and never pressures customers or forces them to buy or sell."
The handsome young man was taken aback by Li Dayi's attitude. He was stunned for a moment, then his fair face turned bright red, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire. Is this how you do business?
"You...you look at that price tag! Honest business practices? I bet you're just looking for a sucker to make a quick buck, aren't you! You treacherous person! Don't try to argue, I, Yuwen Chengdu, have already seen through your true colors!"
"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Li Dayi was also a little angry. As a chef with ideals and ambitions, he hated it most when people called him insidious.
"I have my reasons for setting the price. If you don't want to eat, you can leave. I didn't force you."
Li Dayi felt a wave of bad luck. He hadn't gotten any customers this morning, but instead, he had been met with a sissy looking for trouble. Why was doing business so difficult?
The handsome young man was even more frustrated. He crossed his arms and stared coldly at Li Dayi. "Hmph! Trying to provoke me, huh? You must have thought I'd be provoked and order a dish to prove it, right? And then you'd have completed your one-off deal and treated me like a sucker, right!"
Li Dayi was speechless about this pretty, effeminate young man. He walked towards the kitchen expressionlessly, intending to begin his daily cooking practice.
"Shut up! You're feeling guilty, aren't you?! I've exposed your sinister intentions, so you have nothing to say! Let me tell you, I, Yuwen Chengdu, am a great scholar in the capital who hates evil and despises people like you the most." The handsome young man continued to sneer and mock, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't hear Li Dayi refute him.
"I'll definitely tell everyone in the capital to shut down your little shop! Oh... maybe I won't even need to do it, anyone who sees your prices will think you're a fool!"
Yuwen Chengdu felt ignored and became somewhat annoyed, so he continued to threaten.
Quiet... The small restaurant became very quiet, but soon a fragrant aroma wafted from the kitchen.
Yuwen Chengdu waited for a long time, glanced at the prices of the dishes on the menu, and finally shook his head with a slight twitch of his lips before preparing to leave.
A plate of stir-fried vegetables can sell for a hundred silver dollars, this is simply... outrageous!
In the Qingfeng Empire, the smallest unit of currency is the copper coin, above which is the silver coin, and above that is the silver dollar. One silver dollar is enough for an average family in the capital to eat for a month. One hundred silver dollars... that is simply not something an ordinary person can afford!
In particular, fried rice with egg costs one gold coin! What's a gold coin? That's something only the very wealthy and powerful have. One gold coin is equivalent to one hundred silver dollars!
Whoever set this price is absolutely insane!
Enraged, Yuwen Chengdu turned and walked to the entrance of the small restaurant. Suddenly, his nose twitched slightly.
"It smells so good!"
A fragrant aroma wafted from the kitchen, lingering around Yuwen Chengdu's nose. The aroma seemed to materialize, like a smooth silk ribbon gently gliding across Yuwen Chengdu's face, like a lover's caress, making Yuwen Chengdu shiver all over.
Finally, Yuwen Cheng knew where the smell was coming from. He turned his head and looked towards the kitchen, where he saw a slender figure walking out. Long, white fingers were holding a porcelain bowl, and a rich aroma was wafting out of it.
"Are you trying to tempt me? Humph! No matter how delicious your cooking is, I won't buy into your cunning!"
Yuwen Chengdu saw Li Dayi walking towards him, arrogantly raised his head, and snorted coldly. Of course, if his nose hadn't been twitching so much, Li Dayi might have really thought he was a man of great willpower, unmoved by food or sex.
Finally, Yuwen Chengdu could not resist the temptation of the aroma.