Chapter 69

  It's morning in Maple City, and the weather is great.

  Li Datou always gets up very early, the restaurant is diligent, and it's already necessary to prepare ingredients for the day. As the boss of Sihai Building, he naturally has to set an example.

  In fact, Li Datou's origins were not good. Even though he had risen from a small apprentice to the position of shopkeeper, he was still not very respectable. Later, he even gave his own sister as a concubine to Su Sihai, and although people showed him respect on the surface, behind his back they would say some unpleasant things.

  Until Su Si Hai's first wife died and his own sister became the legitimate wife, his status was elevated.

  Now Su Si Hai is seriously ill again, his body is getting worse day by day, only if he can drive Su Qing out of Luo Ye City, then the wealth of the Su family will be surnamed Li in the future.

  One day, I can also mix with a foreign identity and sit together with the noble people in the city to eat, drink and boast.

  Things were going smoothly at first, Su Qing got a wine house on the verge of bankruptcy, and it seemed that Luoye City would have no place for her.

  But she somehow managed to scrape together some money and had the wine house renovated again. Today is its reopening day.

  Open for business! Hmph, a little girl knows how to water down the wine, knows how to pass off inferior goods as good ones, and knows how to cheat workers out of their wages!

  "Little brother, go borrow a few stools from across the street and tell them that our business is too good today, we don't have enough stools to use, so we're borrowing a few from them first."

  "I guess they won't lend it to us."

  "It doesn't matter whether you lend or not, just remember to say one sentence." Li Datou paused: "Tell them, anyway, you guys don't have any business."

  As the sun rose to its peak, it was noon, and the business of Sihai Building had been exceptionally good for several days. The main reason was still because of that chili pepper, which was the only one in the world, and the wealthy people in the city could only come to his store to eat it. Taking this opportunity, Li Datou also got acquainted with a group of dignitaries, making him feel elated and delighted all day long.

  "Director Zhang, please come in, I've been waiting for you since early today."

  A middle-aged man with a goatee and his friends walked into the Four Seas Building. He waved his hand: "Get us a private room, bring up some of your signature dishes. These few friends of mine are from afar, they came all the way here just for the Four Seas Building."

  Saying that, Zhang turned his head to his friends and said: "The chili peppers in this Four Seas Building are the best, you guys have traveled all over the world, seen a lot and know a lot, but I guarantee you haven't tasted anything like it."

  "Haha, I've long heard people brag about it, but is it really true? Today, I'll have to see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears."

  "Please go upstairs, I'll have the kitchen prepare immediately."

  As the owner of a wine shop, he always felt a little proud when he heard customers say so. At this time, a small second waiter rushed him to make an eye and pulled him to the back kitchen.

  "What's going on here? Can't you see I'm busy?"

  "Boss, there's something..."

  "Come on, spit it out! Don't be so evasive!"

  "The chili is gone."

  "What's wrong?" Li Datou asked clearly, but still asked a sentence.

  The chili peppers in the Four Seas Building were all brought back by Su Qian, and there weren't many of them. They were used sparingly, like gold, but they couldn't last for many days either.

  "Shopkeeper, you'd better think of a solution quickly, many customers are coming for the chili peppers."

  Cold sweat had already flowed down Li Da Tou's neck. He cursed viciously, "You little scoundrel, how heartless!"

  Then, he hastily came to Zhang Yuanwai's private room.

  "What's up, boss? The meal is ready, and you've even taken the trouble to deliver it yourself."

  "Uh... Zhang, we've run out of chili peppers in the store. Do you want to change to a different dish?"

  "It's all gone... Ha, I get it. I've heard that this pepper is the only one in Four Seas Building, so you only sell it to people with status. But look at me, can't I afford it? Come on, money is no problem."

  "Honestly, sir, it's really gone!" said Li Datou.

  Zhang's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and his face looked somewhat embarrassed. The people he had invited to the banquet today were all seasoned foodies from afar who had come specifically because of his boasts. Now that they had arrived, they couldn't even get a bite to eat, which made him lose face.

  "Ha! Your Four Seas Building is doing a great business!"

  Zhang Yuanwai said in a neutral tone, but it made Li Datou sweat like rain. Now he only hated Su Qing, she must have calculated this earlier, first using chili peppers to lift the Four Seas Building, and when the chili peppers were used up, the higher it was lifted, the more miserable it would fall.

  What a ruthless woman!

  Zhang suddenly twitched his nose and smiled on his face: "Ha, Li Datou, you're kidding me, this isn't the taste of chili peppers, do you think you can fool me?"

  Li Datou also sniffled, and indeed there was a pungent smell of chili peppers floating in the air.

  "This flavor isn't from our store, is it?" Li Da Tou.

  "Where would it come from?"

  As he spoke, Zhang Yuanwai stood up and walked slowly to the window. He suddenly pushed open the window, and outside was a clear and sunny day. Under the sunlight, a red signboard across the street shone brightly.

  That flavor is coming from the wine house across the street.

  "Come on, brothers, let's go take a look over there."

  "Mr. Zhang, don't go, let me offer you a taste of our signature vinegar fish."

  Li Datou chased Zhang Yuanwai out of the room, only to find that the guests were leaving one after another. The waiter was busy but couldn't keep the guests from leaving.

  These people are all going to the opposite side, they came rushing for the chili peppers of Sihai Building. Since there aren't any here, they naturally went to the other side. As for the other guests, they don't particularly love eating chili peppers, but human curiosity is strange, seeing so many people go, they also want to take a look at the excitement.

  In this situation, Li Datou could only watch as the guests left one by one. He used all his might, like the Eight-Armed Nezha, but still couldn't retain any of them.

  Could only stand at the door and watch as these guests entered the restaurant across the street, Liao Yi stood at the entrance wearing black clothes, like a black iron tower standing there.

  According to Li Datou, that's called security guard.

  "Go on, go on, you can't eat well anyway, it's better to smash your store."

  Before long, a small butterfly slowly walked over from the opposite side and stood in front of Li Datou. The two had originally worked at the Su family's place and knew each other.

  "What's going on!" Li felt a sense of foreboding.

  "Can we borrow a few stools from you? Our store is doing too well and we don't have enough stools."

  Li Datou took a cold breath, and the little servant next to him lowered his head. These words were exactly what he had said to the person opposite him that afternoon.

  "I will never lend it to you!"

  "If you don't lend it, then just don't. What's the point of being so loud?" Xiaodie pouted: "Anyway, you guys don't have any business."

  "Huh......" A burst of cold air rushed up, and Li Datou's eyes turned black, almost falling over. These words were also what he had told Xiao Er to pass on that morning.