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 ?