Chapter 97: Shopkeeper Feng's Weakness
"Are we still setting up the stall tomorrow?" Gu Taohua asked.
Tong Huaqiong said, "I won't go there for the next three days. Let's negotiate for Ma Huateng's shop first."
Talking about the shop is indeed the key. The main thing is that Tong Huaqiong wants to confuse Manager Feng and make him think she is afraid of him.
After getting her pastry recipe, Shopkeeper Feng will definitely study it overnight. She will probably serve the taro paste and pork floss snacks in the next three days. She won't set up the stall at that time, so those who like these two snacks can only go to Sushiyuan to buy them.
Shopkeeper Feng just waits for his brand to be destroyed.
Even if Sushiyuan can imitate Taohua dessert to 90% of the originality, that one point is enough to highlight the goodness of Taohua dessert for diners.
She also wanted Gu Dashu to secretly observe Manager Feng while promoting Taohua Desserts in the town, saying that they were being targeted by Sushiyuan.
Taking a few days off is not a bad thing.
Gu Jingzhe thought for a while and said, "Since our family has decided to open a shop, we can't keep hiding from Sushiyuan. Manager Feng will definitely not give up. We can't avoid him forever. We have to think of a way to take the initiative."
Tong Huaqiong looked at Gu Jingzhe.
This son's idea was exactly what she wanted.
Although they all grew up eating the same food, Gu Jingzhe is indeed smarter than the other members of the Gu family.
"I'll ask your second brother to keep an eye on Manager Feng in the town these days and find his weaknesses." Tong Huaqiong said.
Gu Jingzhe smiled and provided some information, saying, "Manager Feng has no son. He adopted a nephew, but this nephew is not very good and is a frequent visitor to the town's casino."
When Tong Huaqiong heard the word "casino", he looked at Gu Jingzhe with sharp eyes and asked, "How did you know? Did you go to a casino when you were studying in town?"
Gu Jingzhe was so scared that he stood up and said, "No, I have never been to a casino. I heard it from my private school classmate Meng Yanping."
"Before Manager Feng became the manager of Sushiyuan, he was the manager of Meng Yanping's herbal medicine shop. Because his nephew went to the casino at a young age and lost, he would have his fingers chopped off. In order to redeem his nephew, he falsified the accounts of Meng's shop and withdrew a large sum of money. Meng Yanping's father found out and sent him away, so he went to Sushiyuan."
Gu Jingzhe continued to explain.
At that time, a group of students went out shopping and went to Sushiyuan to buy pastries. Meng Yanping said that he did not eat the pastries from Sushiyuan. The students asked him if he had a grudge against Sushiyuan, and he told them about the festival.
Tong Huaqiong remembered that Meng Yanping was the wealthy student from a private school who bought her pastries last time.
I didn't expect that he would provide such important information to Gu Jingzhe.
Tong Huaqiong grinned.
Shopkeeper Feng’s weakness came out of nowhere.
She didn't believe that someone who owed a large amount of gambling debt at a young age could quit gambling. Not only could he not quit, but he would even get worse.
"Dashu, go to the casino and observe it in the next two days." Tong Huaqiong said.
Gu Dashu nodded. He knew several of the servants in the casino.
Tong Huaqiong stood up and took a knife from the kitchen, placed it in front of Gu Dashu and said, "I asked you to go to the casino for serious business. If you dare to gamble, it won't just be a matter of chopping off your fingers. I will chop off the wound on your neck."
Gu Dashu was so frightened that he repeatedly assured her, "I won't gamble, Mom. I really don't dare to gamble. I only played a few dice games before, and the winnings and losses were less than a few hundred dollars. I don't dare to go to a real gambling table."
Tong Huaqiong sneered: "Remember, there is no big or small in gambling. Gambling is gambling."
Gu Dashu nodded repeatedly.
"Third brother, you will be with your second brother these two days."
Tong Huaqiong felt that Gu Jingzhe was more clever, so sending him out to work with Gu Dashu would double the effect.
Gu Jingzhe nodded and accepted this glorious and arduous task.
The whole family was a little excited about what was going on.
Tong Huaqiong concluded that everyone was working together for one goal, which was to open their own shop. Everyone had a sense of participation, so there was cohesion and unity to face the outside world.
It's better to feel excited than to be depressed.
She believes that once people have confidence, the probability of success is greater.
Since she didn't have to set up the stall the next day, Tong Huaqiong felt completely relaxed.
She went to the yard and looked at the oven Qin Qingyou had set up. After a day and a night of drying, it was basically ready for use.
She used the oven to bake some cakes the next day to see how it turned out.
If the effect is good, after buying Ma Huateng's shop, I will let Qin Qingyou set up two ovens in the shop.
In addition, the shop also needs to be renovated, and she has already thought about the style of decoration.
Just like the bright style of later generations, the cakes were displayed in the shop and everyone could choose.
Anyway, if the effect is not good, she can make adjustments, it’s not a big deal.
Thinking of this, the depression brought by Manager Feng disappeared.
The night in the countryside is full of stars and the frogs are croaking.
Tong Huaqiong was in a very calm mood and lay down on the recliner in the yard to enjoy the breeze.
Gu Taohua and Yaozu caught some fireflies and put them in a gauze bag, then prepared to go out with a pole in their hands.
"Where are you two going?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
"Go touch the cicada monkey." said Gu Taohua.
The larvae of cicadas will drill out of the ground and climb up the trees when the wheat is about to mature, waiting to shed their shells and become cicadas.
These cicada monkeys are a delicious protein snack for country families who only eat meat a few times a year. They are fried until crispy and dipped in salt, and are very delicious.
The Gu family has no shortage of meat to eat now, so the main reason why Gu Taohua catches cicada monkeys is for fun.
It’s just like Tong Huaqiong catching cicada monkeys when he was a child in later generations.
When Tong Huaqiong was a child, there were small rivers, woods and farmlands around her family's factory. Every time the wheat turned yellow, she and her friends would go out with flashlights to catch cicada monkeys.
The point is not the food, but the joy of running through the woods with the young man.
"Go ahead, don't run too far, and be careful." Tong Huaqiong put away his thoughts and instructed Gu Taohua.
Gu Taohua agreed and took Yaozu out.
At this time, there were bursts of voices coming from outside. Wow, people from every household went out to catch cicada monkeys.
Fortunately, cicadas have a strong reproductive ability and have not been caught to extinction.
There is dew in the countryside at night, and it feels cool when it falls on your body.
Tong Huaqiong was enjoying the breeze while calling Maner, only to find out after she finished calling him that Maner had gone to Chenjiazhuang.
It seems that the eldest couple and Maner really moved into the Chen family's house.
I don’t know whether the Chen family’s attitude towards Chen Sufen will make Chen Sufen as heartbroken as she expected.
Tong Huaqiong was just thinking about the eldest brother's family when she heard bursts of donkey braying outside.
Then the yard door was pushed open, and under the starlight, Gu Dahan was driving a donkey cart, with Chen Sufen and Maner sitting on the cart, and the family of three appeared at the door together.
"grandmother!"
Maner was the first to notice Tong Huaqiong and shouted.
There was a hint of grievance in his voice.
Tong Huaqiong sat up from the recliner and asked in a gentle voice, "Didn't you say you would stay overnight? Why are you back so soon?"
Chen Sufen and Gu Dahan did not answer.
Gu Dahan picked Man'er up from the donkey cart, and Man'er rushed into Tong Huaqiong's arms.
Tong Huaqiong's mind was clear. The Chen family's attitude towards Chen Sufen must be more serious than she thought, otherwise the family of three would not have rushed home so late.