mijobooks Chapter 49 Food is the most important thing for the people
Chapter 49 Food is the most important thing for the people
Although they weren't dating, Li Yi still wanted to buy a house and move away.
For some reason, Wang Tao still felt somewhat uncomfortable.
She thought for a moment and then suddenly said, "Xiao Li, if you really want to bring your mother over, you don't necessarily have to buy a house."
Anyway, I have a lot of vacant apartments around here, so I might as well find you a bigger one to live in, and you can bring your mom over later.”
Li Yi was taken aback upon hearing this. "Sister Wang, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
Wang Tao said, "Oh, what's wrong with that? Anyway, all my houses have been empty. You can stay as long as you want, it's free!"
Seeing that she was so eager to give her the house, Wenrui immediately curled her lip and said, "Oh, Taozi, you're taking advantage of your proximity to the mother-in-law, aren't you? Ready to meet her?"
"Pah! You big dummy!"
Wang Tao blushed instantly and glared fiercely at Wen Rui.
"I just feel that housing prices in Jiangcheng have been falling for the past few years, so it's not worth it for Xiao Li to buy a house now. It's better to wait a while."
Li Yi naturally didn't take Wen Rui's joke seriously.
However, upon closer reflection, Wang Tao's words make a lot of sense.
With housing prices falling steadily over the past few years, and all I have now is that one large dragon stamp, and my income from my salary isn't very high, there's really no need to rush into buying a house.
"Sister Wang, I'll call my mom later and discuss it. If she doesn't mind, I'll stay in your apartment for now. But the rent will be the same."
"Oh, forget about rent, consider this your employee benefit."
Seeing that Li Yi wasn't moving out anytime soon, Wang Tao's mood immediately improved. "By the way, now that we don't need to buy a house, what are your plans for the remaining money?"
"Um... I haven't decided yet, but I'll transfer 20,000 yuan to my mom later."
Wen Rui suddenly interjected, "Tch! You made five million in one go, and you only transferred 20,000 to your mom? That's so stingy!"
Li Yi shook his head with a wry smile, "Sister Wen, it's not that I'm unwilling to transfer more money, but my mother definitely won't accept it if I transfer too much."
Last time, Sister Wang gave me a bonus of 50,000 yuan, and I transferred it all to her right away, saying a lot of nice things before she reluctantly accepted it.
Wang Tao was taken aback. "Wait! You transferred all 50,000 yuan to your mother last time?"
Li Yi nodded. "My mom has a hard time living alone in our hometown, so I transferred all that money to her."
"That's not right. I remember when you first started working, you couldn't even afford a few hundred yuan in rent. You didn't leave yourself anything?"
"It's okay, since you're taking care of my food and lodging, Sister Wang, I don't usually need to spend any money."
Upon hearing this, Wang Tao's mouth dropped open, and she stood there stunned.
She gave Li Yi a bonus of 50,000 yuan because she saw that he had no money.
Unexpectedly, the kid didn't keep a single penny and transferred it all to his mother.
A man with money doesn't necessarily turn bad, but when he's broke, he can't turn bad even if he wants to.
Wen Rui was also stunned.
She had just thought Li Yi was a bit stingy.
But after receiving the prize money, the other party immediately transferred it all to his mother. Can that still be called stingy?
......
The three waited for ten minutes before the owner started serving the dishes.
"Huh, doesn't this clay pot soup take a long time to simmer? I didn't expect this place to serve food so quickly."
Wang Tao picked up a spoon, took a sip, and then frowned slightly. "Why does this soup taste a little strange?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Rui also picked up a spoon and took a bite, then frowned as well.
"The taste is indeed a bit strange, but according to the menu, this Four-Ingredient Soup Chicken contains white peony root, prepared rehmannia root, angelica root, and chuanxiong rhizome. It's probably the medicinal herbs that make it taste strange."
"Ugh, with so much Chinese medicine added, no wonder it tastes so awful!"
Seeing Wang Tao's disgusted look, Li Yi smiled and said, "Sister Wang, as the saying goes, good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. Although the taste of Chinese medicine is a bit strange, it is very good for your health when cooked with other ingredients. You should drink more of it."
Wang Tao wrinkled her nose and reluctantly took another small sip. "But... this tastes awful."
"It's just a slight medicinal smell, it's not that exaggerated."
Li Yi shook his head, then picked up a spoon and took a bite.
Then he immediately frowned. "This taste is definitely not right!"
"How about that? I told you it was awful." Wang Tao put down her spoon. "The boss must have put in too many herbs."
"No! There's absolutely no Chinese medicine in this."
Li Yi shook his head, then looked at Wen Rui, "Sister Wen, you shouldn't drink anymore either."
Wenrui isn't that particular about food.
In addition, she was already a little hungry, so when she heard Li Yi say that dishes made with Chinese medicine were good for the body, she drank a few more sips.
Unexpectedly, Li Yi suddenly said that there wasn't a single Chinese medicine in the soup.
"Xiao Li, what's wrong? This soup tastes so strange. Why isn't there any Chinese medicine in it?"
Li Yi shook his head. "I don't know what's in this soup either, but I'm sure there's no Chinese medicine in it at all."
"Holy crap! Do you guys think there's something wrong with the meat the boss made? Is that why he added all sorts of random stuff to try and cover up the taste?" Wang Tao suddenly swore.
Upon hearing this, Li Yi immediately used a spoon to scoop up the chicken from the clay pot and glanced at it.
The chicken was a dark red color and the meat was soft and mushy; it certainly didn't look like normal cooked chicken.
He nodded immediately. "That's very possible."
"vomit--"
Wen Rui had just drunk several mouthfuls, and upon hearing their words, she immediately began to gag.
As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people.
When a person gets sick, it is often related to what they eat.
This clay pot soup restaurant not only uses traditional Chinese medicine as a front, but also uses expired chicken, which is simply playing with people's health.
Realizing there was something wrong with the soup in the earthenware pot, Li Yi immediately called out, "Boss, could you please come over here?"
"Who's looking for me?"
A middle-aged woman in her forties with a bloated figure walked out of the kitchen.
Li Yi pointed to the earthenware pot of soup on the table, "Boss, there's something wrong with this soup!"
The middle-aged woman scoffed, "Tch! What's the problem? Our earthenware pot soup here is made with a variety of precious Chinese herbs. It's not only nutritious and nourishing, but the taste is also different from other places. It's perfectly normal that you don't like it."
"No! There's no Chinese medicine in this soup at all, and the chicken is wrong too; it must be expired."
"Nonsense! Our chicken is slaughtered fresh every day, how could it be expired? Besides, what makes you say there's no Chinese medicine in this soup?"
"Because I'm a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine!"
Li Yi looked at the other person and said, word by word, "Whether there is Chinese medicine in your soup or not, I can taste it in one sip."
The middle-aged woman was slightly taken aback.
She never expected that after selling her "secret recipe" for so long, she would actually encounter a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner today.
However, even so, there's nothing to be afraid of.
"Tch! These days, any random swindler can pop up and claim to be a TCM doctor. Who knows if you're genuine or not? Besides, even if you are, if you can't taste the Chinese herbs in our soup, it just means your medical skills are lacking."