Chapter 49 - Such An Annoying Tsundere
Little shi? soon finished setting up the stall while? Lin Yan who had been working hard for creating? a wonderful finish in their restaurant's? signature? dish? was already finished cooking the fish steak? and was now stirring? the mushroom curry . Lin Jing? who was given the task? to waft? over? the smell? of the cooked food around? was moving the fan so fast that? he was creating after images of it . As for Lin? Yu and Lin Rui both of them? were standing? beside the stall , both of them? turned around and once they confirmed that Lin Yan? was almost finished? cooking? the Sainsbury's fish steak with mushrooms they smiled? at each other .
Cupping? his mouth? Lin Rui shouted " Come and taste our restaurant's signature? dish , a dish you have never? tasted before? - its filled with meat ; rice and mushrooms - a filling bowl of our delicious? dish just for five copper coins "
Once? Lin Rui? started? attracting? the crowd? , Lin Yu cupped his mouth too , a bit hesitantly? , he turned around and looked at Su Wan? who nodded at him.Lin Yu at once got a surge of courage and he too started? shouting as loudly as he? could " co..come e..eat del..de...delicious fo..food , a bowl for ju..just? five co..copper coi..coins "
" what ? they are selling a dish for five copper? coins that includes? meat , mushrooms? and rice? as well,?"
" Are? they stupid? ?Meat is so expensive? right? now . Who's? gonna sell so much for just five copper coins? , aren't? they afraid? of losing? money ? "
Although? Lin Rui and Lin Yu stirred? the interest of a lot of dockworkers? , even the buyers stopped and glanced? at their stall but neither of them brought? anything .
However , The Lin brothers didn't? feel anxious . They trusted Su Wan? if their wife? said that the dish? would sell , they believed that the dish? would really? sell well .
Su Wan? had already? predicted this outcome thus she wasn't? anxious either. There was no such? thing as instant success anyway , thus Su Wan? stepped out of the restaurant and took a bowl from Lin Yan , then she asked Little shi to bring a small bowl that was used to plate side dishes then plated? some of the rice? , mushroom? and half? of a fish steak? .Then she looked around the dock and finally walked? over to the man who? seemed to be glancing at their stall frequently then with a bright smile she said? " Sir , why don't? you give it a try ? My restaurant's? dish is really? tasty if you don't? like it you don't? have to pay ,you? can taste my dish? for? free , what do you say , Sir ? "
The man was already tempted when he heard all that loud advertising? and now that a pretty? girl was giving him a taste? for free , he immediately? stretched? out his hand to take a bite but the companion? next to him at once? stopped him " Old Peng , don't? I heard that - that restaurant's? cooks are all crooks.? The last? time? anyone tried their cooking he had a stomach ache for three days !"
Old Peng who heard his companion's? words withdrew his hands .
Lin Jing and the others were a bit disappointed? but Su Wan? was completely? relaxed , smiling? she broke the fish steak? and took a small bite? . It wasn't? the dockworkers? fault that the original owner's? good for nothing? father hired a bunch of? shitty? chefs and ruined the integrity? of the restaurant? it was really common? that the dockworkers? didn't? have any trust? left for them " You see sir? , I just took a bite of the dish .If? there? was anything? wrong? would I be so daring ?"
Old Peng hesitated? a bit but then he took the bowl from Su Wan's? hands? . The girl had already? said that the dish? was free? even if she asked him? to pay later , he had his companion? as his witness and if something? went south - humph , he , old Peng wasn't? someone who was easy to bully !
With that Old peng ate the small bowl of rice? and fish steak? with his chopsticks? . The moment he chewed , the savoury taste spread all over his mouth , the meat? wasn't? greasy and had no fishy? smell . The flavour? was mellow yet utterly enticing? , Old Peng 's eyes shone with delight as he gobbled? the rest of the rice as well and stood up" Delicious absolutely? delicious? , girl you said your food is five copper coins? right ? Give? me two , no three bowls !"
Old peng was a hard working man thus three? bowl of rice? was nothing? to him .
Old Peng's companion? gulped then shook? his? head " its that delicious? ? It can't? be a Month? ago the dishes at that restaurant? was so unappetising? "
Lin Rui narrowed his eyes at the companion? and smiled with no humour? in it " Mr . I do understand? your? lack of trust in us but I assure you time can change? a lot of things . A month ago? we weren't? here and the food was unsavoury? but now we are the one's? who is running? this place , we won't? do something so stupid as ruining? our customers trust in us and cause harm to our restaurant? right ?"
Su Wan? smiled then placed the bowl in Little shi 's tray letting him serve? Old Peng? " that's? right , our restaurant? is here? and so are we , Our livelihood depends? on this restaurant? , will we be such a fool to ruin our reputation? in our own hands? Definitely? not , We want to build our reputation and recover our lost integrity? , Sirs "
When Little shi? brought? the bowl to Old Peng? , the other was already tortured by the alluring aroma , he impatiently took the bowl from Little Shi and instantly dug in his food . The? bowl? was not small at all instead? , it was filled to brim and with its savoury taste , Old Peng? didn't? feel sorry at all for his fifteen? copper coins? ! The texture? was so smooth ! The rice was richly? coated with? the gravy and the mushroom were just right neither? too soft? neither too hard .
" Wow this portion is a lot for five copper coins " exclaimed a dockworker
The dock workers saw old Peng eating like a hungry ghost and their appetite triggered . Five? copper coin? was really too less for such a big bowl , infact it could be said that they were taking? advantage? of the family who were selling their? dish at such a low price? .? The dockworkers? didn't? earn much and their lunch only comprises? flat pancakes? , vegetable soup or dried meat buns - compared to these the bowl was a lot more tantalizing? .
Soon , the dockworkers? lined up and later on discovered that the food was really too delicious . There was a generous? amount? of fish and mushroom gravy and the fish steak was large? enough? to fill their stomach too..The food that 'Eat delicious 'was not only delicious but the amount was decent as well , the gravy was thick enough? to make the coarse? rice? soften as well !
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" I'm so? tired !" originally the Lin Family's? plan was to look around the market? but they underestimated? the desire to eat good food of the dockworkers? . By the time Lin Yan finished cooking the last bowl of Sainsbury's fish steak and mushroom rice , he was so tired? that his legs wobbled.
Su Wan? glanced? at him sympathetically and didn't? bring up the promise? of buying her something . Even if she brought? it up there was no point , it was already? three in the? noon and if they don't? return home soon they will be caught up in the evening? rain . So , all of them took the ox cart back and returned to village
" Yeah , it? was really tiring " agreed Lin Rui? as he massaged? his? legs , the stall got so busy all? of a sudden? that he didn't? get a chance to breathe instead he and Lin Yu? had to act as servers? because? Little Cao was still at the medical centre ..
" Yeah but look at how much we earned? !" grinning happily Su Wan? shook the money pouch " a total of three hundred copper coins! "
That was equivalent? to three silver taels !
" If we keep earning? like this we will soon earn enough to make up for mother's? medicine " said Su Wan happily? as she walked but soon her happiness vanished because their house was still three miles away!
Aye she was so tired? , her legs were feeling like lead !
Unhappily? she turned to look at her husbands? who looked back at her in confusion .
Hmm , Lin Yu? was too young and weak . .. Lin Rui was not strong? with that scholarly? aura ( Lin Rui : not strong , just? wait and see !) ...Lin Jing 's muscles? were too hard - then the only one left was Lin Yan? !
Su Wan? smiled coyly as she advanced at Lin Yan? who shivered? and took a step back .
" Wh- what's? with that look ?" trembling? he couldn't? help but? ask? .
Su Wan? pouted what? was with? all this? shivering? and trembling was she a monster ?
But since? she still had use of? Lin Yan? , she didn't? snap at him instead , she twisted her waist and blinked her large almond eyes , trying to work her charm on him " Husband ~ Wan wan is sooo tired? , please carry me back home ~ "
Su Wan? spoke in a childish? whiny voice that made goosebumps? break? all over Lin Yan 's skin and he hurriedly? spoke up " speak? properly? !"
Humph , the more you want me to do something? the more I won't? do it ! Thought? Su Wan? " Husband ~ but please? !~ "
" I'm? tired too !"
" Fine " puffing her cheeks she turned around to ask? Lin Jing? to carry her but someone? most probably Lin Yan hooked his finger at the back of her collar " Alright , alright don't? whine , how can I refuse? you if you plead to me like that "
Su Wan? : Who ? When ? Where? ? Who pleaded? to you ? You sure you don't? need to see a doctor? ?
But before? Su Wan? could say anything? snappy , Lin Yan? crouched? in front? of her . At first she wanted? to refuse? but then she caught sight? of Lin Yan 's reddened? ears . Immediately? , Su Wan? became? speechless? !
Fine , being the nice? wife she was , she? won't? squabble with? him ! Who asked her to marry? an annoying? tsundere , anyway? ?