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Chapter 8 Counting Fish Beards

Purchasing various fresh ingredients is something every restaurant needs to do every day.

Buying groceries, something that ordinary people may do every day, is a big deal for the chefs in the top hotels of farmers' markets before dawn.

The freshest and best ingredients in the market are often not available every day, and the supply is not as sufficient.

Some fresh food tips can meet, which is even more like a great fortune.

So the market is accompanied by the night, and the top chefs in the city seem to be transformed into famous detectives, all competing with their eyesight.

When you see those top-notch goods, you must take action in time without hesitation. Any hesitation may become something in others' pocket.

So after Feng Yifan decided on the vegetables with the vegetable stall owner, he rushed to the Yusheng area in the farmers' market. Yusheng is the most fresh, so he can't let others snatch good things first.

And only Feng Yifan came to buy the freshest and most advanced goods in the city’s largest farmers’ market.

After stepping into Yusheng District, the shop assistants and bosses at the beginning of the stalls immediately gathered around and greeted each other warmly.

Feng Yifan was naturally unmoved because he knew very well that the terrain of the several stores at the beginning was so good that most of them had no good things, and even if they had one, they had been snatched away by others.

Ignoring the enthusiastic stall guy and boss, I walked quietly like a passerby, and glanced in with a seemingly casual look.

After walking through more than ten stalls, we have arrived at the middle of Yusheng District. The bosses at each stall will greet each other warmly.

However, Feng Yifan always seemed to be a passerby, smiling at every enthusiastic person, but his eyes seemed to accidentally sweep through all the fish inside and outside each stall.

After walking a few more steps, Feng Yifan's eyes swept across the stall, he was suddenly attracted by the fish in a huge iron basin in the stall. Without thinking, he rushed directly into the stall with two steps in three steps.

But before Feng Yifan could call for someone, the other two figures also stepped into the small stall at the same time.

Dangdangdang.

The younger of the two people came in with Feng Yifan, gently tapped the iron basin in the stall, and then shouted to it: "Where are people? Don't do business?"

After a while, the small door in the stall opened, and a middle-aged man with sleepy eyes, wearing shorts and slippers, and messy hair and beard walked out of the door.

Seeing the two people entering the door with Feng Yifan, the middle-aged man quickly woke up and greeted him with a smile.

"Oh, Chef Zhang, what do you want to order today? I'm a little good today."

Among the two people came in together, another middle-aged man, who was a little older and somewhat elegant, nodded casually and then looked down at the fish in the iron basin.

Before the elegant middle-aged man could speak, the young man with him clearly figured out his meaning and asked directly: "Boss, how do you sell this pot of fish?"

The boss looked at the fish in the iron basin, and then said with a smile: "Chief Zhang, you are an old customer. If you want it, I'll calculate it for you 60."

When the young man heard this, he was displeased: "What? 60 per pound? Boss, are you mistaken? Can fish be sold at this price?"

The boss thought for a moment with embarrassment and said, "Why don't you do this, I'll give you 55, is that OK?"

The middle-aged Chef Zhang said at this time: "35, I'll ask for all of them, and I'll send them back to me."

This price made the boss very embarrassed: "Chief Zhang, this price is really not good, my fish..."

Before the boss could finish his words, Feng Yifan, who was standing beside him, said first: "I want 60 per pound, weigh it, give it to me."

Feng Yifan's sudden interruption made the other three people in the stall stunned, and six eyes instantly gathered on him.

Seeing that the three of them were stunned, Feng Yifan asked with a smile: "What? Don't you sell it?"

When the boss heard this, he quickly responded: "Sell, sell, why don't you sell it? Are you really sure? 60 per pound? Don't you bargain?"

Feng Yifan nodded: "Yes, it's only 60 per pound, but you can't kill me if you deliver the goods."

When the boss heard this, he slapped his chest and said, "Don't worry, I guarantee that I will send you fresh life."

Seeing Feng Yifan paying for the money, the middle-aged boss there had already started weighing.

The young man who had been bargaining with the boss spoke again: "Boss, you always have to say that you will come first and then come? Before we could say whether we want it, you will sell it to someone else?"

The boss rolled his eyes and said, "You think it's expensive. If they are willing to pay, I will sell it to whoever pays for it."

The young man was immediately dissatisfied: "How can you, the boss? My master has always purchased it from your house. If you do this, then we must consider changing to another company in the future."

These words were obviously very lethal, and the boss's weighing hand slowed down significantly.

Feng Yifan saw a hint of arrogance appearing on the young man's face, and deliberately raised his eyebrows at himself.

I really didn’t expect that if I came to the farmers’ market to buy a few fish, I would meet such interesting people.

Feng Yifan asked with a smile: "Haha, if you make things difficult for the boss like this, you are not afraid of the boss spreading it out. You have to use threats to buy a few fish in your restaurant. I'm afraid your restaurant will have a bad reputation at that time, right?"

After saying this, Chef Zhang, who lets his young apprentice bargaining, has no longer had that kind of elegance.

"Okay, Liu Quan, we have an old relationship with Boss Fang. Can we change it if we say it? Shut up, since these fish are willing to pay high prices, they can't hinder Boss Fang from making money."

When the young apprentice heard this, he finally stopped saying anything, but his face was obviously very dissatisfied.

Chief Chef Zhang apologized to Feng Yifan, and said to the stall owner: "Lao Fang, I won't want these fish today. You can deliver the others as you order."

Boss Fang also quickly wiped the water from his hands carefully, and then carefully took the order handed over by Chef Zhang.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I guarantee that they are the best. I will arrange it for you immediately and send it to Fujinglou."

When Feng Yifan heard the name "Fujinglou", he couldn't help but look at Chef Zhang and his young apprentice more.

Capturing Feng Yifan's gaze, the young apprentice immediately regained his arrogance, raised his chin and said, "We are not short of these fish in Fujinglou. Since you have money, you can buy it."

The young man was arrogant in his words and said that Feng Yifan didn't know anything at all, but he just relied on his wealth.

Hearing the meaning, when the master and apprentice turned around and was about to leave, Feng Yifan reached out to stop the master and apprentice.

The young apprentice asked bluntly: "What are you doing? Are you not convinced? Do you still want to do something on the street?"

Feng Yifan smiled and said, "No, I have been acquainted with Fujinglou for a long time, but I haven't had the chance to taste it yet. I stopped you two because I wanted to show you something."

As he said that, under the eyes of the master and apprentice, Feng Yifan walked to the big iron basin and reached out to pull out a fish's head.

"One, two, three, four..."

In front of the master and apprentice, Feng Yifan carefully counted the four beards under the fish's mouth.

After reading it, the young apprentice was confused. It was not until Feng Yifan put the fish back into the basin that he asked strangely: "This is over? Let's see you count the fish and beards?"

But without Feng Yifan speaking, Chef Zhang bowed to Feng Yifan: "Zhang Fenglin was taught today."

Then he called his young apprentice and turned around and left the inconspicuous small stall together.

Seeing the backs of the master and apprentice leaving, Feng Yifan raised his lips slightly and muttered: "Zhang Fenglin, Fujinglou? Well, he is also a master, but unfortunately he is a little arrogant."

The fish seller Fang had already weighed the fish, and then stepped forward and asked, "Where are you going to deliver this fish?"

Feng Yifan responded and said, "Oh, I'll give it to Su Ji, but you have to wait for me. I have to buy other things. If you buy them all, you can send them together."

Boss Fang nodded and said, "Okay, then you go, I'll keep these fish for you."

When Feng Yifan paid the money and left, Boss Fang suddenly woke up while distributing goods to Fujinglou: "Ji Su? Didn't Old Sutou have a stroke? Who is this young man?"

After protruding his head out to search, Feng Yifan's figure had disappeared into the bustling street market outside.

...

Liu Quan followed his master for a while, and finally couldn't help asking: "Master? What does that mean when the person counted the fish and beards to show you?"

Zhang Fenglin sighed: "Oh, I took a look at it. Those fish are wild in the river and must have been caught for a short time."
Chapter completed!
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