Chapter 91: Relationship Package Deal

  The tricycle master asked, "Young man, I'll wait for you at the door?" After waiting for a while, the master didn't hear Li Xiaoteng's response. The strange head turned around and saw that Li Xiaoteng was staring blankly at the broken glass shards on the side of the road.

  The tricycle master shook the tricycle and asked loudly, "Young man! What's wrong with you?" Li Xiaoteng looked up at the tricycle master, sighed, and said, "Let's go! Go to the night market." The tricycle owner hurriedly shouted loudly, "Hold on tight! Let's go..." The master pedaled the tricycle while secretly thinking, "This kid must be sick."

  Li Xiaoteng jumped off the tricycle. He handed over the eight yuan he had already prepared to the driver, without saying a word, and rushed into the Dongxing Restaurant.

  Only in the back kitchen of Dongxing Restaurant, many masters have already arrived for work. Some are picking vegetables, while others are cooking ingredients for lunch.

  Li Xiaoteng took a glance and saw Kong Zheng watching two masters handling mutton in the corner. He hurried over, loudly calling out: "Sorry, I slept too late yesterday. If you hadn't called me, I'd still be sleeping!"

  Kong Zhen turned around and saw Li Xiaoteng arriving, as if relieved of a heavy burden, saying: "Teng Ge, you've finally arrived. Let me introduce you!" He then pointed at the Xiang brothers and said: "These two masters are paternal cousins, the older one is Xiang Lao Da, this one is Xiang Lao Er. The master I invited yesterday!"

  The Xiang brothers hastily nodded at Li Xiaoteng and called out "Boss Li". Li Xiaoteng warmly greeted them, saying: "Don't be polite. We're still in the startup phase, so conditions are a bit tough. You two can bear with it!" Xiang Er said carelessly: "What kind of scene haven't my brother and I been through? Your conditions aren't bad at all!" Xiang Da secretly pulled his younger brother's arm and hastily said: "Boss Li, this place is fine. Whatever you instruct us to do, we'll do it!" Li Xiaoteng smiled and nodded, then asked: "Is the meat all cut up?"

  Kong Zhen pointed at the basin of mutton and tendons, saying: "These muttons have all been processed, just waiting to be strung up! Teng Ge, you said to wait for your pickling, so I didn't dare move!"

  Li Xiaoteng nodded and said to Kong Zhen: "Help me move it to the cold dish room, I'll handle it myself."

  Kong Zhen looked around and said in a low voice, "Teng Ge, Manager Dong has instructed us that raw meat cannot be brought into the cold dish room!" Li Xiaoteng pouted and said, "Just marinate it for a bit. No one will see it, you stand guard at the door for me!"

  The Xiang brothers carried two large basins of mutton into the cold dish room and immediately turned around and walked out. In his heart, he secretly thought: After doing this for so many years, I've never seen anyone make pickled mutton before! This kid is really messing around!

  Li Xiaoteng saw that the cold dish room was still quite clean, so he casually picked up the scale he had just bought yesterday. He found various seasonings he had bought well: salt, monosodium glutamate, black pepper powder, roasted meat flavoring and so on. He started to weigh them out, then poured them separately into the mutton. After stirring with his hands, he turned on the faucet to rinse his hands.

  Li Xiaoteng shouted at Kong Zhen outside the door: "Kong Zhen! Take the meat out!"

  Kong Zhen hastily took out two basins of meat and looked at them, seeing that they were only seasoned with a bit of seasoning on the mutton. He then asked: "Teng Ge, can we eat now?" Li Xiao Teng shook his head towards Kong Zhen and said: "Not yet! I still need to prepare the sauce." Then he closed the door and started working on it.

  Kong Zhen looked through the large glass of the cold dish room. He saw Li Xiaoteng fiddling with a basin, adding some water to it, and placing it on a small stove. Then he started stirring up various spices. Kong Zhen scratched his head, only recognizing the Sichuan pepper, star anise, cinnamon and other raw materials that Li Xiaoteng was using. The rest of the things that looked like leaves, small grains, and root-like spices, he didn't recognize any of them.

  Can't help but shake his head, looking at Li Xiaoteng who has put out many bottles and jars of various sauces. Kong Zhen suddenly felt a little heartache. Can't help but think: I'm going to lose money like this! Good lamb, good seasonings. All sorts of good stuff. How much does a string of lamb skewers sell for?

  Just as I was thinking, a strong sauce aroma came from the kitchen. The first feeling is the flavor of cumin, followed by the aroma of sauce, and then the flavors of various spices were transmitted thickly.

  Kong Zhen suddenly thought: It's better to keep the door closed, if it were open, how fragrant it would be.

  In just over ten minutes, Li Xiaoteng used his knee to push open the door of the cold dish room and walked out with a large bowl of bright red sauce held by two hands with a towel. Suddenly, the fragrance filled the entire kitchen.

  The head chef of Dongxing Restaurant was supervising the chefs' preparation for lunch when he suddenly sniffed and asked loudly, "Who made what? It smells so good!" The chefs looked around in confusion. It was the chef standing at the door chopping vegetables who had sharp eyes. He saw Li Xiaoteng holding a sauce dish and said loudly, "Boss! It's Mr. Li making sauce in the cold dish room! This smell is really great!"

  The chef rushed out and ran into Li Xiaoteng, who was walking in with a bowl of sauce. He couldn't help but take a deep sniff and exclaimed: "Boss Li, you're really skilled! I've been doing this for so many years, but I've never smelled such fragrant seasonings. What's this used for? It can't be for roasting meat, can it?"

  Li Xiaoteng walked in with a bowl of sauce and said with a smile, "It's really as people say. Is this for pickled mutton?"

  The chef stared blankly at Li Xiaoteng, thinking to himself: "My god! Is this necessary? Wasting so much on just a lamb skewer? This kid is going against the heavens!"

  Although the Xiang brothers are old-timers in the kebab world, they've never seen anyone make lamb skewers like this before. Can't help but feel that this big boss really has some magical skills up his sleeve.

  Li Xiaoteng carried the sauce to the operating table, put down the sauce, found a stir-fry spoon, and casually scooped half a scoop into the mutton. He shouted at the Xiang brothers: "Come on, don't be stunned! Hurry up and mix it!" Xiang Lao Da was stunned, hastily nodded, grabbed the meat basin and started stirring frantically.

  Li Xiaoteng poured another half ladle of meat sauce into the bowl. Xiang Lao'er also didn't need Li Xiaoteng's instructions and started stirring with his hands. Kong Zhen looked at the sauce ingredients in Li Xiaoteng's hand and said anxiously, "Teng Ge, you're using so much sauce. The materials we bought are good stuff. We'll lose money!"

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said, "How do you know it's going to be a loss? I'll talk to the Xiang brothers later. Wear something a bit bigger. We sell two blocks at once. Just pull away from other lamb skewer stalls."

  Kong Zhen nodded silently, and then Li Xiaoteng walked over to the Xiang brothers and whispered a few words. He then turned around and said to Kong Zhen, "Let's go! Follow me out for a minute, I need to talk to you about something."

  Kong Zhen gave Li Xiaoteng a strange look, but didn't say anything. As Li Xiaoteng walked out the door, he casually pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Kong Zhen. Kong Zhen quickly took the cigarette, and Li Xiaoteng lit it for him.

  Kong Zhen hastily blocked Li Xiaoteng and muttered: "Come yourself, come yourself. Brother Teng, don't be polite." Li Xiaoteng lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep drag, and asked: "I want to find someone, do you have any connections?" Kong Zhen shook his head and said: "Looking for someone? If it's an ordinary person, it's best to ask Yu Pian'er about it. Isn't he in charge of that area?"

  Li Xiaoteng nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes! I forgot about Yu Pian'er's side." Kong Zhen asked curiously, "Teng Ge, who are you looking for?" Li Xiaoteng sighed and said, "The person I'm looking for should have some reputation in the capital, he's the nephew of the vice mayor of Guangxi City."

  Kong Zhen widened his eyes and asked in a somewhat disbelieving tone: "Teng Ge, who are you looking for?"

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said: "A guy named He Jinghua! I'm looking for this kid."

  Kong Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "Damn it, Teng Ge. If you want to sleep, I can even send you a pillow!" Li Xiaoteng asked strangely, "What? Do you know He Jinghua?"

  Kong Zhen suddenly laughed and said, "It's not just acquaintance, I've even managed He Jinghua's account. Although we only met a few times, that kid is a thoroughbred insider, plus a fool!"

  Li Xiaoteng hastily grabbed Kong Zhen and asked urgently, "Brother! Don't play jokes on me. I'm really anxious to find him! Can you get in touch with him?"

  Kong Zhen said helplessly: "I do have his phone number, but this guy is not a good person, a typical official. Brother Teng, you want to deal with him, be careful! I usually avoid him when nothing's going on!"

  Li Xiaoteng said anxiously, "Alright, hurry up and get in touch with him for me! It's best if I can see him within these two days. Forget it! If you manage to get through on the phone, I'll talk to him myself!"

  Kong Zhen was actually very curious why Li Xiaoteng knew He Jinghua, but he suppressed his curiosity and took out his mobile phone from his pocket to dial a call to He Jinghua.

  The phone prompt says: "Sorry, the number you dialed is currently in use, please try again later. Sorry, the number you..."

  Kong Zhen immediately hung up the phone and said: "Hehe, sorry, I'm on a call, let's talk later!"

  Li Xiaoteng's heart, which had been lifted for a moment, sank again.

  On the Beijing-Tong rapid road, with the slow surge of traffic. He Jinghua drove his ruby-red Buick while talking on the phone: "Gao Luochen, I'm telling you, don't try that trick on me. If it weren't for your dad telling me to buy Aviation Electronics stock, would I be in this situation now? What? Didn't let me buy? At the time, I left a hand! I deliberately recorded what your dad said!

  What? I'm in trouble! Let me tell you, I'm really in trouble now! If you have the ability, return the 10 million yuan that I lost. Otherwise, I'll use my connections to get your father's case dismissed! ... Don't give me any nonsense about being poor. Just a few days ago, didn't you take 5 million yuan from your father and buy a gambling stone? I've heard about this! You losing money is your problem! Now, including interest, I owe someone 15 million yuan! Either return the money or let your father clean up his own mess! Get ready to go to jail!

  He Jinghua hung up the phone. On the passenger seat sat a girl wearing a low-cut sweater, with light red shoulder-length hair and a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth, giving off an indescribable sense of allure.

  The girl casually asked, "Jinghua brother, why are you so angry?" He Jinghua held the steering wheel with one hand and reached into the girl's chest with the other, pinching and kneading as he indignantly said, "Those bastards from Gaoling Village and his father almost killed me!"