Chapter 689 The mysterious man
As soon as Jiang Feng changed clothes and came out of the locker room, Lu Sheng and Peng Changping were already waiting at the door. As the boss of Yongheju, Lu Sheng often visits the vegetable market even though he doesn't know how to cook. However, Lu Sheng has been worried about business matters recently and hasn't visited the market for a long time. If Peng Changping hadn't suggested it, he would now be eighty percent as good as his ex. I've been scratching my hair while reading reports in the office for the past few days.
His hair has been falling out a lot recently, and Lu Sheng, who has been going smoothly for many years, is really experiencing a mid-life crisis.
Lu Sheng drove a few people to a relatively large vegetable market closest to Yongheju. He usually came here if he wanted to visit the vegetable market.
Like all vegetable markets across the country, this vegetable market is lively and noisy, and there are still many people even though it is already afternoon. It is still difficult to find very fresh vegetables and fresh good cuts of meat at vegetable stalls and meat stalls. If you know how to pick and pick at the stalls selling aquatic products, you can find some good things.
Peng Changping hadn't visited this kind of vegetable market in many years. Originally, he just accompanied Jiang Feng out to relax, but he ended up having the most fun shopping. He wandered from the vegetable stall to the tofu stall, and finally stopped in front of the tofu stall to stir up a fight. Tofu.
Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng followed Peng Changping, glancing at the surrounding vegetable stalls from time to time without any intention of approaching or asking for prices.
Somehow, Jiang Feng found that he felt a little less anxious about going to the vegetable market like this, and the inexplicable depression in his heart dissipated a lot. The pressure on his chest made him always feel panicked and even a little out of breath. The stone seems to be a lot lighter.
Jiang Feng glanced at Lu Sheng, who was staring at a cabbage with not very fresh leaves on the vegetable stall in front of him.
"Boss Lu." Jiang Feng called Lu Sheng. Even though he and Lu Sheng were already very familiar, he still used to call Lu Sheng Boss Lu, "What are you thinking about."
"Something about the store." Lu Sheng said.
"If there is still unfinished business in the store, you can go back first. I will stay with Master Peng here, but we should go back to Didi." Jiang Feng suggested.
Lu Sheng shook his head and refused: "I can't finish it in a while, so it's good to go to the vegetable market. Hey, the radishes there are good, let's go and have a look."
Jiang Feng looked along what Lu Sheng said.
"..."
"That's cauliflower. Did you come out without your contact lenses?"
Lu Sheng:......
"Ahem, cough, cough." Lu Sheng could only cough twice in embarrassment. After coughing, he found that he was even more embarrassed. He quickly changed the subject, "Hey, I don't know what Chef Arnold was thinking. He was the number one chef in the United States. His title actually went all the way to the top restaurant to be the chef.”
"The owner of the top-floor restaurant is said to be the son of a Wall Street tycoon. The rich second generation was promoted as a vanguard to test the water. What do you think Chef Arnold is thinking?"
Jiang Feng:...
You changed the topic too abruptly.
However, although Lu Sheng's topic change was abrupt, it was very useful. So far, in Peking, as long as those who are engaged in the catering industry and Chinese cuisine, regardless of whether they have celebrated the festival or not, as long as they complain about Chef Arnold together, they will become half-brothers/brothers-sisters/sisters.
Chef Arnold's operation is really fascinating.
The most well-known and most skilled chef in the United States, he traveled thousands of miles across the ocean just to bully a group of chefs in a foreign country who are not even ranked in the top ten of celebrity chef lists. If this is a hobby, then Chef Arnold's hobby is not unavoidable. So strange.
In just two months, it was enough for everyone to find out the situation of Chef Arnold.
Such a top celebrity chef with a bad temper, small-mindedness, unruly, high self-esteem, and a villain script. When he was in the United States, he often quarreled with his boss and colleagues over various strange things. He once had seven The brilliant record of changing bosses six times a year is magical. When he arrived at the top-floor restaurant, it was as if the owner of the top-floor restaurant had kidnapped his wife and children. He went to work on time every day, worked diligently, and worked conscientiously to help the top-floor restaurant become bigger and stronger in Peiping.
Everyone even suspected that the real owner of the top-floor restaurant was not the son of a Wall Street tycoon, but the son of an Italian mafia boss.
"Maybe... he likes us and wants to settle here?" Jiang Feng just checks the WeChat group before going to bed every day. He rarely has the opportunity to join the discussion, and he doesn't actually get much information.
"I heard from Ling Guangzhao that the number of chef's set meals sold in the top-floor restaurant has increased again this week." Lu Sheng sighed, worry written on his face.
Jiang Feng took a breath of cold air.
I can’t tell, but Chef Arnold still has the potential to be a 007 workaholic.
This is directly passing 996 and heading towards 007.
"You two, come here and see how this scan-code-to-pay method works." Peng Changping interrupted the conversation between the two of them and rushed to Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng with his mobile phone in his hand.
"Let me pay for you." Lu Sheng stepped forward and asked the tofu stall owner, "How much is it?"
"104 yuan 3, I'll give you the change and give it 100 yuan." The owner of the tofu stall was very enthusiastic.
Lu Sheng & Jiang Feng:? ? ?
The two of them took a closer look and realized that in the few minutes they had been chatting, Peng Changping had already bought a lot of tofu, soft tofu, dried tofu, tofu skin, old tofu, and even a big bag of bean sprouts. , it’s really puzzling.
"I haven't seen a tofu stall in many years. When I see one, I want to buy everything." Peng Changping explained.
Well, it’s probably even harder to find this kind of tofu stall in the United States.
Lu Sheng paid, Jiang Feng picked up the tofu, and the two followed Peng Changping to raid the next dry goods stall.
After cleaning up the tofu stalls, dried goods stalls, dry ingredients stalls and braised vegetable stalls, since Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng really couldn't carry anything else, Peng Changping could only give up and regretfully look at the aquatic product stalls and decide whether to buy.
The purchasing power of an elderly chef who has not visited the vegetable market for many years is also amazing!
Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng's hands were filled with large and small plastic bags of various colors. It was roughly estimated that there were at least seven or eight in each hand. Even Peng Changping himself also carried two bags of different varieties of dried chili peppers. These things are all available in Yongheju. Even if Lu Sheng is not available, just contact the supplier and they will be delivered quickly. There is really no need to go to the vegetable market to pick and choose.
But since Peng Changping liked it and was rarely interested, Lu Sheng and Jiang Feng just paid and helped carry the things. Needless to say.
"The price of vegetables at that store has gone up. I remember that the same thing last month only sold for 8 yuan a pound, but now it costs 9 yuan." Lu Sheng complained to Jiang Feng in a low voice while holding the bag.
"Maybe it's because of the season." Jiang Feng actually didn't know the vegetable prices very well. He hadn't been to the vegetable market for a long time.
This vegetable market is very large, and there are many stalls. If you go shopping one by one like shopping to pick out clothes, Jiang Feng probably won't be able to visit the entire market in one afternoon. Fortunately, Peng Changping had no intention of buying anymore. He was just looking around very quickly, and he was about to reach the bottom of the last row of vegetable stalls.
The last one is a fish stall, which covers a large area and has many kinds. Maybe it was because it was too crowded. Jiang Feng could see the fish twisting around in the tank from a distance. They were quite energetic and fresh. It is completely different from the fish at other fish stalls that float with their bellies turned over and you don’t know whether they are dead or alive. You think they are dead but they will occasionally move around.
There was a customer at the fish stall, squatting on the ground picking fish from the basin. He was wearing a hat. He looked like a strong man with a big beard. From a distance, Jiang Feng felt that he looked a bit like a foreigner, and even looked familiar.
Peng Changping came to this fish stall.
"Hey, the fish here is quite fresh." Peng Changping sighed.
"That's not true." The stall owner said quickly when he saw another customer coming, "Old man, I told you that my fish is different from other people's. I have the best fish, the same day, just delivered here early this morning. . Not only are they farmed, but they are also fished from rivers. There are many varieties, good quality, and affordable prices. You see, all the foreigners come to buy fish from me.”
The stall owner pointed to the strong man picking the fish.
Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng were standing by with bags in their hands. Jiang Feng was still thinking that this stall owner was quite talkative. After visiting so many stores, he was the one who talked the most. The others didn't even say hello to you when they saw you hadn't bought any food. Not even bothering to say hello.
"Is it so rich?" Peng Changping answered with a smile.
"That's not true. Don't look at the location of my stall, but the business is very good. Many restaurants in Peiping place orders from me. I go to deliver the goods every morning before opening. Every day before dawn, early in the morning. We have to start delivering goods at three or four o'clock, and we make a lot of money." said the stall owner.
"Oh? Boss, your business is quite big. Even the aquatic products in the restaurant are ordered from you." Peng Changping didn't mind chatting with the boss more.
"You may not believe it, but it's true. Even the fish in Yongheju is ordered from me." The stall owner deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was telling a big secret.
Lu Sheng:......
I'm not, I don't have it, don't talk nonsense, my supplier is not you.
"Boss, how much does it cost?" said the strong foreign man who had been squatting on the ground picking fish. He spoke Chinese very poorly and very slowly, but at least he could understand it which was good.
Not every foreigner can open his mouth like Zhang Guanghang and read a Beijing movie.
After all, foreign universities do not require you to pass CET-4 in Chinese before issuing a degree certificate.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The boss stopped bragging and went to weigh the fish.
The strong man stood up.
The strong man turned around.
Jiang Feng saw the strong man's face clearly.
Jiang Feng felt that the strong man looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
"Master Arnold?" Peng Changping was a little surprised and said in English, "I didn't expect you also like to visit the vegetable market at this time."
Chef Arnold saw that Peng Changping didn't show much expression on his face. Jiang Feng felt that he seemed to be deliberately sullen in order not to show too much expression, and his expression management was very good.
"Walking around occasionally." Chef Arnold said, looking at Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng also looked at Chef Arnold.
Then he saw Chef Arnold smile like a standard villain with a fan-shaped statistical diagram that was three parts contemptuous, four parts disdainful, two parts sarcastic, and one part complacent.
This smile was directed at Jiang Feng.
After laughing, Chef Arnold glanced at Peng Changping.
Jiang Feng:? ? ?
Did he offend this vengeful boss somewhere?
Could it be that he didn't enthusiastically praise Chef Arnold's skills during the last meal?
No, Chef Arnold didn't give him a chance last time. After finishing the English listening test, Chef Arnold left and no one praised him.
Jiang Feng was deeply entangled.
Then Chef Arnold walked towards Jiang Feng.
Walk up to him, stop, and look down from above.
Jiang Feng thought it was nothing, and even felt a little friendly and familiar.
Chef Arnold spoke in fluent Chinese: "The recent business of Tai Feng House must be very bad."
"If you can't hold on, I suggest you ask your master for help."
Like a villain.
After saying that, Chef Arnold left, with "I'm so happy" written all over his face, leaving Jiang Feng, Lu Sheng, and Peng Changping with question marks on their faces.
"Did you offend him?" Lu Sheng asked.
"I only saw him for the second time today." Jiang Feng felt that he was wronged, "I didn't even say anything to him last time!"
"Has your master offended him?" Lu Sheng then asked.
"My grandfather has never seen him."
Lu Sheng and Jiang Feng could only remain silent.
Jiang Feng suddenly understood other people's comments about Chef Arnold.
This boss is really a mysterious man with an eccentric temperament and unpredictable personality. People don't know where to start scolding him behind his back.
It's really confusing. (End of chapter)