Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 134 Trouble

Was the acting too fake?

Seeing this, the proprietress said in a coquettish voice, "Sir, it's just that you're too strong and scared me~"

As she spoke, the proprietress sat up, her voice still slightly apologetic, and said, "However, that was indeed my spontaneous reaction just now, I apologize, sir."

"Hmm." Zhu Ge nodded, her expression calm. "Where should we put this meat? We can't just put it here, can we?"

"I know, I know!" The proprietress blushed slightly when talking about business. "Please come with me, sir."

She got up and then led Zhu Ge to the backyard on the first floor.

There are a lot of chickens, ducks, pigs and geese in the backyard, but they are all ordinary poultry and livestock.

In the kitchen next door, people were constantly slaughtering chickens and stewing meat; there were more than a dozen pots and stoves.

It's clear that Tongfu Restaurant, which covers several hundred square meters, is indeed one of the top restaurants in Jianshui City.

"Please wait a moment, sir, I'll go get the scale." The proprietress rushed off to get the scale, while Zhu Ge casually observed his surroundings.

The cooks, waiters, servants, accountants, and others may look chaotic, but there is a certain order within this chaos.

Clearly, they are seasoned veterans and know the restaurant's procedures inside and out.

This also made Zhu Ge realize that doing business with such a large restaurant was the wise choice.

Only a place like Tongfu Grand Restaurant could possibly serve up such a huge amount of monster meat.

"Welcome, sir! This is our head chef, the Spirit-level Chef, Big Li." Behind the proprietress was a burly man: "Just put the meat on this counter, and Big Li will give you a price quote one by one."

A Spirit-level Chef?

It seems that chefs also have a ranking system similar to that of alchemists.

This means that the same meat might achieve better results in the hands of a chef.

"Greetings, sir." Big Mouth Li bowed menacingly, holding a steelyard in his hand.

Zhu Ge cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll take the meat now."

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He then slammed the grass bowl in his hand onto the stone platform in front of him.

A dozen or so large chunks of meat appeared there; they were all cured and smoked meats he made.

Upon seeing the meat, Li's eyes lit up, and he immediately abandoned Zhu Ge and the proprietress to rush over.

"Good meat, good meat! The meat is really firm, it must be the hind leg of a wild boar, this is worth at least five silver coins."

"Sigh, this leopard meat wasn't prepared properly; most of its spiritual essence has been lost! Two silver coins would be about right."

"Huh, is that a water python? Transformed water pythons are quite common. Hmm, we can make Dragon and Phoenix Soup."

"Good heavens, this deer's head was blown off? What a pity, otherwise the head could have been used for braised dishes."

While selecting meat, Chef Li, known for his sharp tongue, tossed all the chosen pieces to the proprietress.

The proprietress smiled helplessly at Zhu Ge, then called over an accountant to calculate the price.

After finishing one pile of meat, Zhu Ge brought out another pile of meat.

This made the chef so happy that his face turned red, and his fat jiggled with excitement: "Great, great, great! Now we can make our Eight Treasures Pork Knuckle Soup again."

"This meat is good! This meat is prepared so well!"

"Ah, what a pity—"

The chef talked and picked out dishes as he went, while Zhu Ge watched calmly from the side.

Although she appeared calm, Zhu Ge wanted to laugh inside.

What a steal!

It seems that bringing a large amount of meat to sell was indeed the right decision!

The proprietress also smiled broadly, and would occasionally come over to chat with Zhu Ge, trying to get information out of him.

However, Zhu Ge told her it was fine, so she simply said that she lived outside the city.

"Living outside the city?!"

The proprietress looked at Zhu Ge with even more amazement.

After the monsters besieged the city, it wasn't that no one tried to leave, but almost everyone was discovered by the monsters.

Only a very small number manage to leave safely and return unscathed.

This is one of the reasons why these restaurants have difficulty purchasing meat.

"Could you please provide us with some more fresh meat later, sir?" the proprietress asked, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

"It depends." Zhu Ge shook his head: "There are too many monsters outside, and at your price—it's quite difficult for me to take the risk, especially since the army is actually short of meat."

Zhu Ge immediately addressed the two most crucial questions.

One of them is someone who can go out hunting now; they are basically at the second realm.

One should not act rashly in the Three Realms, otherwise it would be bad if one were to get injured or something.

This signifies Zhu Ge's unique status; others cannot hunt, but he can!

The second point is that Zhuge can be sold in more than one place.

I believe the soldiers would also enjoy eating the high-energy-content monster meat.

Of course, Zhu Ge also knew that this was a good time.

If it were before the outbreak of the all-out war between humans and other races in Honghe Prefecture, he wouldn't have been able to go and slaughter demons like this.

After all, the villages, cities, and alien species in each region are basically fixed.

Just like Jianshan Village and Hushen, each has its own distinct area.

But now that a full-scale war has broken out, there's nothing to fear.

Slay demons and accumulate wealth!

Otherwise, if peace returns later, Zhu Ge won't be able to reap the rewards so easily.

"Sir, if you could establish a long-term partnership with our restaurant—"

At this moment, the proprietress handed the meat in her arms to a waiter, and then stepped forward towards Zhu Ge.

She placed her fair and delicate hand on Zhu Ge's shoulder, and whispered her cherry lips in his ear, "From now on, I'll do whatever you say."

The cook in front, Li, with a calm expression, continued to look at the meat, while the accountant had his face completely buried in the ledger and didn't look up.

"Disgusting!" Hua Liusha sneered in Zhu Ge's mind, but made no move.

"At my beck and call?" Zhu Ge raised an eyebrow. "I'm going out hunting. I need you to hold off a third-realm Devouring Spirit Beast for me for a quarter of an hour, okay?"

"Oh dear, sir!" the proprietress said coquettishly, "Sir, I'm not joking with you."

"Alright." Zhu Ge's expression turned serious, and he said directly, "What I need is money, not women."

"If you give me a lot of money, I'll give you the meat; if you give me less, I'm sorry."

Upon seeing Zhu Ge's appearance, a fleeting look of surprise crossed the proprietress's eyes.

Just as she was about to continue speaking, the door between the backyard and the main hall suddenly opened with a "bang".

"Hahaha, Miss Li Hao, I'm here to see you again!" A young man burst through the door, followed by seven or eight men dressed in similar tight-fitting clothes.

"Ah." The proprietress named Li Hao quickly withdrew her hand from Zhu Ge's shoulder, looking as if she had been caught in the act.

"Hmm? Who's this pretty boy?" The young man's gaze swept over Zhu Ge, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. "My Fish Scale Martial Arts School is fighting tooth and nail on the front lines, but I didn't expect our backyard to be on fire?"

Zhu Ge sighed softly upon hearing this.

He cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I am just an ordinary martial artist living outside the city. I have come here to sell demon beast meat and do not wish to cause any trouble."

This young man only had the cultivation level of the Resentment Realm. He was good-looking, but his blood and qi were extremely weak.

No matter how you look at it, he's a spoiled brat.

Zhu Ge always avoids people like this.

"Oh? Outside the city? Warriors?" The young man narrowed his eyes, then glanced at the meat that Big Mouth Li was selecting, and frowned slightly: "In that case—"

Just as the young man was about to give up, he suddenly noticed the grass bowl in Zhu Ge's hand. Seeing that Zhu Ge was completely free of oil stains, he immediately raised an eyebrow.

"If that's the case, then it can't be wrong!"

"You bastard stole my martial arts school's storage artifact, which contained a certain amount of military rations."

"I'm here to investigate this matter. Why don't you come with me?"