sjar Chapter 72 It's all Madam Chu's fault
Chapter 72 It's all Madam Chu's fault
"Little Si, lower the price again, down to two coins!"
The price of three coins only attracted a few customers, so Madam Chu lowered the price by one coin in anger.
"Madam..." Xiao Si was dumbfounded, "At such a low price... we're going to lose money."
The lady asked the cooks to increase the amount of filling, so the cooks had to increase the size of the dough to fit the large amount of filling inside.
As a result, the steamed buns kept getting bigger and bigger, eventually becoming a whole size larger than those from Tian Tian's neighbor's house.
Even selling them for three coins wouldn't break even, and now Madam wants to raise more questions?!
Madam Chu, however, insisted on her own way and refused to listen to Xiao Si. "Change it for me, and it'll only cost two coins."
She refused to believe that this wouldn't be enough to steal business from the neighbor next door.
For customers who aren't picky about taste, how could they not be tempted by such a large bun with such a generous amount of meat filling?
Even if the texture and taste are a little off, it's still great value for money.
The price was simply too tempting! Before long, the customers really did move to Chu Xing Restaurant.
"Although the taste wasn't great and the meat filling was a bit fishy, it was worth it for such a big bun for two coins!"
"That's right! The dough is a bit hard, but the filling is generous. I'll buy a few more."
"Just consider it as buying meat to eat."
"Yes, buddy, I'll take ten."
As Madam Chu listened to everyone's words, she glanced coldly at the steamed bun shop next door.
"Two coins...isn't that a loss?" Lu Tao muttered.
In just a short while, all the customers in front of the shop had left.
Liu San Niang looked at Tian Tian, waiting for her instructions.
Ke Tiantian... has no plans.
If no one buys the steamed buns, just freeze them.
Anyway, in a few days, these frozen buns will be transported to Ganzhou Prefecture and sold in the same way.
Chu Xing Restaurant sold steamed buns for two consecutive days, selling about a thousand each day.
Their steamed buns are big and have lots of meat filling; they lose money on every one they sell.
After a day's work, including the cook's and Xiao Si's wages, they would lose two or three taels of silver.
In just two days, we lost five or six taels of silver.
If it were the old Chu Xing Restaurant, losing this much money wouldn't have been a big deal.
But...
Since Chu Wang was arrested, they have spent a lot of money running around trying to find a way to make money.
Even when Chu Wang was exiled to Xizhou, he still needed money to bribe officials.
"Don't go against them!" Master Chu had advised Madam Chu countless times.
Chu Wang's affairs were already enough of a headache for him.
Madam Chu glanced at him, "I'm going to go against her!!"
Mr. Chu wanted to say something, but seeing Mrs. Chu's expression, he swallowed his words.
Madam Chu angrily went to the backyard and gave the cooks some instructions.
On the third day, the steamed buns were not as big as before.
A number of guests from the previous two days had gathered at the entrance of Chuxing Restaurant.
"Why are the steamed buns smaller today?"
"It's much smaller than it was a couple of days ago, and it's still selling for two coins?"
"That's right, the dough is hard, the meat filling is fishy, and it's so much smaller now. Do you think we're stupid? Trying to fool us like this?"
Xiao Si couldn't handle so many people by himself. "Everyone, our steamed buns are naturally this size. A couple of days ago they were..."
He had a sudden inspiration: "Those were the first two days, when we first started doing this event..."
"What promotion or not? Yesterday we bought such big buns for two coins, so today we have to buy just as big."
"Yeah, today's is so much smaller than yesterday's!!"
"Take it down and redo it, or we won't buy it!"
"Yes, redo it!"
"Redo it, redo it!"
Madam Chu was in the restaurant today when she heard the noise outside, and she paced back and forth in anger.
"How could these people be like this?!"
"That's so unreasonable!!"
"A bunch of troublemakers! Troublemakers!"
Master Chu was extremely annoyed. "Don't keep walking back and forth."
Headache! !
Madam Chu turned around. "I'm not leaving!! If I'm not leaving, then you'd better think of a way to stop me?"
Master Chu said helplessly, "I told you yesterday not to go against the Tian family."
Madam Chu abruptly flung her sleeve, "I shouldn't have let Madam Tian into the house in the first place!"
She sat down angrily...
Master Chu sighed, "The county magistrate has already found out that it was Wang'er who deliberately had that Hua Jie seduce Xing'er."
"This matter... has nothing to do with the Tian family."
"Don't take your anger out on Tian Shi anymore... and don't speak ill of their mother in front of Qian'er and Yao'er."
When Madam Chu heard Mr. Chu defending Tian Xiang, she became even angrier. She slammed her hand on the table and demanded, "How can it be unrelated?"
"Their whole family is a jinx; her mother and her sister both lost their husbands!"
"If Tian Xiang can keep Xing'er in check, even if Wang'er asks Sister Hua to seduce Xing'er, Xing'er won't get into any trouble."
"In the end, it's because Tian Xiang is incompetent and can't control her own man!"
Old Master Chu turned his head away impatiently and muttered, "You're good at managing things, but you haven't managed to manage either of your sons properly."
Madam Chu exploded, "What did you say?!"
"What did you say?"
Mr. Chu usually doesn't argue with Mrs. Chu, but lately he's really annoyed.
He changed his usual demeanor, turning around, stomping his foot, and slamming his hand on the table in one fluid motion, shouting, "I'm talking to you!!!"
"How could you, as a mother, not have managed to discipline your two sons properly?!"
He stood up, pointing directly at Madam Chu, "Chu Xing! Ever since he was thirteen or fourteen, he's been spending all his time in brothels and red-light districts!! You've never cared, but when I try to, you protect him."
"In the end, he met such an unbearable death!"
"Chu Wang! He actually bribed Sister Hua to harm his own brother!!"
"The older brother isn't behaving like an older brother, and the younger brother isn't behaving like a younger brother either!!"
At this point, Master Chu could no longer bear it and simply revealed his thoughts.
"In the end, it's because you spoil them too much."
“When Tian married into the family, she always advised Xing’er, just as you said, that a wife shouldn’t control her husband too much.”
"Spoiling a child is like killing him! Don't blame the Tian family; if anyone should be blamed, it's you!"
Madam Chu clutched her chest, struggling to breathe. She tried to stand up but failed. "You...you..."
"You blame me?!"
She pounded her chest in disbelief, "You blame me? Blame me?!"
"Xing'er is dead, I'm more heartbroken than anyone else..."
"Wang'er is like this now..."
"I..."
"Woo..."
Madam Chu's chest heaved violently with anger, and she muttered, "My fault? My fault, my fault? My fault!"
Master Chu's words felt like countless needles piercing her heart. She felt a wave of dizziness and gripped the chair tightly, trying to steady herself, but to no avail.
He slid straight down to the ground...
"Madam?!" Master Chu exclaimed in surprise.
In a panic, Master Chu pinched Madam Chu's philtrum, "Madam, Madam, what's wrong? Wake up!"
Unfortunately, Madam Chu did not react.
"Xiao Si, shopkeeper, quick, quick, call the doctor! Madam has fainted."