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Chapter 432: Chapter 435: Catching Someone Red-Handed_1
Tan Zhenghong brought out the roasted duck and lifted the lid; the fragrance immediately filled the air. 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
"Boss, is this the roasted duck? Just the smell makes me unbearable, tell me quickly how much it is?"
Someone asked excitedly, almost wishing they could lean in for a bite.
Tan Zhenghong nodded, "Twenty-five Wen per jin."
This price caused many to take a sharp breath in surprise. It was outrageously expensive!
"Everyone, wait a moment, and soon you’ll be able to taste our shop’s secret recipe roasted duck. Then you’ll know if the money is well spent."
Qiao Duo’er skillfully sliced the marinated duck and placed the pieces on plates for everyone to taste.
She had sold marinated duck before, but it didn’t sell very well, so she thought of a new method.
The improvement was quite simple, in fact: after marinating, she brushed a layer of honey on the duck’s skin, sprinkled some fine salt and five-spice powder on it, and then roasted it in the oven.
"Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, rich but not greasy, it’s even better than Welcoming Guest Building’s, and the price is not expensive at all!"
"A roasted duck at Welcoming Guest Building costs over a hundred Wen, this is truly a bargain!"
"I have to buy half a duck to take back for my wife and child to try something new. They will definitely like it."
The trio that was speaking were still the same three from earlier, and if one word could describe their performance, it would be fake.
Fortunately, the delicious roasted duck attracted most of the other people’s attention, and they scarcely noticed these three abnormal fellows.
Meanwhile, Qiao Duo’er was always keeping an eye on the crowd, she knew Madam Liang’s tactics well and was certain there was more to come than just that earlier incident.
Sure enough, soon someone stealthily stretched out a hand, and a black object flew out from it.
It was a cockroach!
Qiao Duo’er narrowed her eyes, and in the next instant, the chopsticks in her hand flew out, precisely flicking the insect back to the feet of the person who had thrown it.
Those with keen eyes quickly asked, "What just happened?"
"Didn’t you see? That cockroach crawled out from the marinated meat shop, tell me how clean this place can be. Only you unfastidious people would dare to eat here."
The one who threw the insect hurriedly said, intent on distorting the truth.
"Exactly, I’ll never have the guts to come here again after this!"
Qiao Duo’er sarcastically said, "Just now, someone tried to throw something into my stall, I merely flicked it out."
"How can you be so annoying? I saw your little trick just now. A grown man like you doing such despicable things, aren’t you ashamed at all?"
Someone in the crowd immediately accused the person who threw the cockroach.
Since he was standing right beside the man, everyone was inclined to believe what he said.
"You...you’re making it up!"
"Am I? Then what is this? Could it be that the marinated meat shop is so unclean that it upset the cockroaches enough to crawl onto people and then commit suicide?"
A bystander stretched out a hand and pulled several dead cockroaches from someone’s bosom.
Was he not caught red-handed?
"What you’re doing is just too low, it’s a time for celebration of the shop’s opening and you come to bring bad luck, you deserve it if you get beaten up!"
"Look at you, you deserve to have a son without an a**hole!"
The cockroach-thrower was then silent, but his actions had been so secretive, how could anyone have seen them?
Yet somehow, the cockroach he’d thrown was flicked back at him and someone immediately testified against him. Why was he so unlucky?
Damned, he had finally managed to secure a job and he didn’t even get to perform well. If things continued this way, he’d die of hunger.
Qiao Duo’er said with a cold face, "Tan’s Shop has always abided by the rule ’do not provoke others unless provoked.’ Now that someone is bullying us to our doorstep, I cannot let this go easily. I’ll have to trouble a few young men to help send this person to the Government Office."
