kingnovel Chapter 484: Baoyue Tower
Chapter 484: Baoyue Tower
When I got closer, I found that they were two guys wearing the same clothes.
"Hey, our boss is here. Say what you just said to him again."
Boss?
The two of them turned around quickly and saw Zhou Guo and Wu Jiang beside them.
He bowed to Wu Jiang and said with a smile, "Sir, our shopkeeper wants to discuss a business with you. I hope you can move over."
Wu Jiang: "...No, I'm not the boss."
He spread his hands towards Zhou Guo and said, "This is our boss."
The two looked at Zhou Guo and were dumbfounded. This, this is still a child, and a girl at that. How could this be the boss?
Zhou Guo glanced at them calmly and asked, "Which restaurant are you from?"
She had seen similar looks like this before in Cheng Ding. The guys in Chaoshuilou, from the boss to the waiters, all looked at her like this. Humph, it was estimated that the boss of this big restaurant was not a good guy either.
After hearing what she said, the two looked at each other and said hurriedly, "We are the guys from Baoyue Tower. Our boss has been waiting for you for several days."
"Oh? Why are you waiting for me?"
"Because it seems that he wants to discuss business with my lady, how about... how about my lady go and take a look?"
Zhou Guo's hands were stained with a lot of blood. He had actually killed people before, and his eyes were red from killing. When his aura came out, the two young men couldn't help but tremble with fear.
Zhou Guo looked at the two of them and finally nodded. It would be better to go and take a look. It would be unfair to judge someone before meeting him/her. This was the second thing. What if the other party was generous and gave her 200 coins per pound? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?
"Okay, lead the way." He turned around and told the two people who stayed there selling mushrooms to hurry over after they finished selling, as there might be more delicious food there.
"Oh, okay." The two young men breathed a sigh of relief and went forward happily.
From a distance, you can see the three-story restaurant that stands alone above other houses. There are three such restaurants in Yunzhou, and it is indeed much more prosperous than Chengding.
"Madam, please look, that is our Baoyue Tower. Our shopkeeper is waiting for you inside."
Zhou Guo looked towards Baoyue Tower and spotted a person peeking out from the door. He paused when he saw them, then rushed in like a mad bull. After a while, several people came out. The one in front had no beard at all, and had a round face and a round belly. When he smiled, his eyes disappeared.
This face can make people feel good at first sight, and Zhou Guo is no exception. He is a chubby and friendly person.
Seeing the caravan coming, he paused when he saw Zhou Guo, then smiled and bowed, saying, "I have been waiting for you for a long time. I didn't expect that the boss behind the bustling pine mushroom business in the city is actually a young lady. I am so sorry for my disrespect."
Zhou Guo didn't ask him how he knew she was the boss. To be the manager of such a big restaurant, she must have something extraordinary.
He immediately bowed and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, you are too polite. My last name is Zhou Guo. May I know your name?"
The shopkeeper patted his belly and laughed, "I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me Shopkeeper Yang, or you can call me Old Yang. Many people call me that."
Zhou Guo followed suit and asked, "Manager Yang, do you want to cooperate with me in the pine mushroom business?"
Shopkeeper Yang smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, please come in, young lady. How about we sit down and talk while we eat? You are exhausted and just came into the city. I guess you haven't eaten yet. I'll have someone prepare two tables of delicious food and we can talk slowly."
Zhou Guo looked at his cartloads of mushrooms and nodded readily, "Okay, let's eat while we talk. To be honest, I'm really hungry."
What I was thinking was, I'm so sorry for the old man. Look, Baoyue Tower is even grander than Fumanlou, and I don't know how it tastes. If it tastes better than Fumanlou, then wouldn't the old man be ripped off?
I hope Manager Qin can be smarter and more sensible and provide us with good food and wine.
There are still two tables of food.
Wu Jiang and others had heard Hu Zi and others talk about how good the food at Fumanlou was and how delicious it tasted eight hundred times. They said they had never eaten such delicious food and were extremely envious.
Now I can finally sit and dine in such a big restaurant, I am really surprised and happy.
Wang Fugui also had a feeling of being in a dream. He had never thought that he would be able to dine in such a big restaurant in his lifetime. He also had no idea how much money such a table of food would cost.
The other few people couldn't help but look at Zhou Guo after listening to what Wang Fugui said along the way. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that this was the case. They had followed the old man on this trip before and were exhausted. They all had injuries to varying degrees.
This time I followed the young master, and the journey was extremely smooth. I was stopped as soon as I entered the city, and then I came here. I saw that several carts of mushrooms were about to be sold, and I was able to eat so many delicious foods. Isn’t this a blessing?
The old man is so capable, but he doesn't have such luck. He admires Zhou Guo even more.
While eating, Zhou Guo listened to the fat shopkeeper Yang talking about the sensation caused by pine mushrooms in the city. "For several days, customers who come here have been saying that a kind of mushroom called pine mushrooms suddenly appeared in the market. It is sold at a certain price per pound, and many people buy it. If you buy it and cook it casually, the fragrance can spread for miles."
"After a few rounds of talking, the waiters have taken it to heart. The day before yesterday, a waiter in the building got one from somewhere, sliced it in front of us, grilled it with oil, and sprinkled a few grains of salt on it. We haven't eaten it yet, but the fragrance has filled the whole building. Many guests in the lobby who don't know what it is keep asking what it is. No matter how much money they pay, they want to eat it. If I don't give them, they will get angry and even want to destroy my building. They are all customers, how can I offend them? I still have business to do. Fortunately, Madam Zhou showed up today, otherwise, I don't know when my hard days will end."
Zhou Guo ate a few bowls of rice to fill his hungry stomach, wiped his mouth, and asked directly: "I have some goods, but I don't know how much Manager Yang wants per pound?"
Shopkeeper Yang said with a smile, "I've already thought about it. We definitely can't let Madam Zhou suffer a loss. You guys originally sold one pound of vegetables at the market for 160 wen, so I'll offer 180 wen, adding 20 wen to each level of your original price. Do you think it's okay?"
Zhou Guo shook his head and quoted a price, "Two hundred and sixty coins!"
If it was less than two hundred coins, she might as well transport all the mushrooms to Chengding. After all, Fumanlou would take as many as they could. There weren't many pine mushrooms left at the moment, so she would definitely be able to eat them there.
The price went down to two hundred and sixty wen, which gave Manager Yang some room to bargain. She also wanted to see whether the manager of the largest restaurant in Yunzhou would buy the price at two hundred and sixty wen per catty.
Wang Fugui was holding up his chopsticks to eat the fish balls, but his mouth opened wide when he heard this, and the balls on the chopsticks fell into the soup bowl with a plop, splashing the soup all over his face.