Chapter 324: Troubling Manager Xiao

More than a dozen dishes were served onto the table.

A mix of meat and vegetables, the aroma was mouth-watering.

The merchants in the shop looked on with extreme envy.

"Come, everyone eat."

Young Master Li picked up his chopsticks and triumphantly grabbed a piece of braised pork.

Even though Bai Wei had an ice bucket over there, he had cornered all the good dishes in the shop, and even the only mandarin fish had been served to his table.

Could this not demonstrate the wealth and extravagance of the Fuji Trading Firm?

Just as Young Master Li's table was tucking in,

suddenly, a mouth-watering fragrance wafted over.

Several waiters filed in, carrying dishes in their hands.

The food on the plates smelled simply incredible!

Bright red roast goose, yellow-skinned and fragrant white-cut chicken, clear-stewed mutton, plum-braised ribs...

There was even seafood, which was rare in the inland regions!

Things like blanched shrimp, steamed scallops, large crabs...

The crowd was shocked!

These were all dishes rarely seen in daily life!

The ingredients alone were expensive!

Not to mention that so many expensive ingredients had appeared all at once!

Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd in the shop, the waiters placed the plates on the dining table of the Bai Grocery Store.

Finally, a waiter brought over a large earthenware pot filled with steaming ginseng chicken soup.

"Guest, please enjoy your meal."

The crowd was instantly in an uproar!

What kind of background did this Bai Grocery Store have?

First they had iced drinks, and now they had a sumptuous feast.

Just looking at the dishes on this table, it already exceeded the specifications of a palace banquet.

Things that run in the sky, crawl on the ground, swim in the water, and drift in the sea...

It had absolutely everything!

And it was prepared with perfect color, aroma, and taste.

To say something treasonous, even the Emperor could not eat so many Mountain Delicacies at one time.

The entire inn was filled with the fragrance of gourmet food.

Bai Wei walked in from outside the door, carrying two bottles of orange juice.

She looked up and immediately smiled.

"Oh, the dishes were served so quickly. Everyone, eat while it's hot."

"We've all been on the road all day, so don't be reserved. Eat well and drink well."

Young Master Li rubbed his eyes hard. "Shopkeeper Bai, did you order these dishes?"

"That's right." Bai Wei smiled. "The journey is exhausting, so I could only prepare some light refreshments to let my people eat happily and rest well after being full."

With this one sentence, the eyes of the people around them almost popped out.

Such a sumptuous feast, and in Bai Wei's words, it was just "some light refreshments"?

Just how deep were the financial resources of the female shopkeeper of the Bai Grocery Store?

Young Master Li could hardly believe it; he turned to the waiter with a dark face.

"You actually had these good dishes in your shop, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The waiter hurriedly cried out that he was wronged. "Young Master Li, these dishes were all sent to the kitchen by Bai, who asked the cook to heat them up and serve them."

"Shopkeeper Bai sent them to the kitchen?" Young Master Li grew more and more astonished as he listened. "Don't tell me these dishes were also brought by her."

"Yes." The waiter nodded repeatedly. "These dishes were all taken out of the carriage by Bai. She said she was too picky about her food, so she packed them from other shops and brought them along. Our cook just heated them up and served them to her table."

Hearing this, Young Master Li was left speechless.

Not only did she bring her own ice, but she even provided her own food and wine.

How could he compare to that?

The aroma of the food drifted everywhere.

The surrounding merchants were also in an uproar.

However, compared to the commotion of the crowd, Xiao Moting and the Northern Frontier Army disguised as servants were much calmer.

Because throughout this journey, they had been eating the dishes Bai Wei took out from her space, so they were long since used to it.

Bai Wei walked to the table, and Qin Zhan hurriedly pulled out a chair.

"Bai, please sit."

Xiao Moting also picked up a shrimp and sat to the side to peel it for her.

This was something he had learned from a video; modern men would peel shrimp for women. He had seen it, learned it, and kept it in his heart.

Just as Bai Wei was about to eat, she was caught off guard when Xiao Moting handed her a peeled shrimp.

She was stunned.

Xiao Moting said in a low voice, "You are wearing a veil, so it is not very convenient to eat. Whatever you want to eat, I will pick it up for you."

Bai Wei thought for a moment and smiled sweetly.

"Then I will trouble my Manager Xiao."

After speaking, she lightly lifted her veil and elegantly ate the shrimp.

In fact, these dishes were all packed from various famous modern hotels and stored in the cold storage room.

She went to only the best hotels, where the ingredients were all top-tier and the chefs were star-rated.

Even as refrigerated dishes, they would not lose much freshness after being taken out and heated.

The Warehouse's cold storage room had a powerful preservation function, and with several thousand dishes stored, it was completely enough for them to eat on this journey.

Whatever dish Bai Wei wanted to eat, she would take it directly from her space.

The dishes today were also taken by her from the space just now when she ran to the carriage, then sent to the back kitchen for the chef to heat up.

Although Daliang had natural ingredients, its seasonings were nowhere near as rich as modern ones; modern dishes were still better.

Seeing Bai Wei's table eating chicken, duck, fish, and meat, the dishes that the Young Master of Fuji Trading Firm had ordered just now became completely inferior.

The Young Master of Fuji Trading Firm had wanted to show off and highlight the strength of Fuji Trading Firm, but now, instead of gaining face, he had become a laughingstock.

The surrounding merchants also did not expect that a small Bai's Grocery Store would have such strength.

Everyone came to their senses and one after another stepped forward to hand their name cards to Bai Wei.

"Shopkeeper Bai, our Wang family also does business; let's be friends."

"Head Shopkeeper Bai, we are Liu Family Bank; if there is an opportunity in the future, come to our bank to exchange silver."

"Zhao Family Shop, we would like to get to know Shopkeeper Bai and hope to cooperate in the future."

A large group of trading firm owners surrounded Bai Wei.

Seeing this, Xiao Moting immediately stood up and stretched out his arm to block the crowd.

"Apologies, my shopkeeper needs to eat; everyone please return, just hand the name cards to me."

After speaking, he tilted his head toward Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan immediately wiped his mouth and collected the name cards from the hands of the various owners, "Everyone go back to eat; if our grocery store has any business in the future, we will come to find you."

With these two capable employees, Bai Wei did not have time to pay attention to these trading firm owners and just focused on eating with her head down.

Suddenly, she remembered something and looked up to say to Xiao Moting.

"Right, I still have a basket of fruit in the carriage; go bring it here. Eating some fruit after the meal will help cut the grease."

"I'll go." Qin Zhan immediately slipped out of the shop door in a flash.

Soon, he came back in carrying a large basket of golden-yellow fruit.

A burst of fruity fragrance immediately drifted through the air.

When they saw clearly what kind of fruit was in the basket, the crowd in the shop was stirred up again.

This time, even the shopkeeper of the establishment, as well as passersby outside and owners of neighboring shops, all rushed over to watch the commotion.

"My heavens, the fruit in this basket is Tribute Fruit, right?"

"No, it's not Tribute Fruit; the size of this fruit is several times larger than Tribute Fruit."

"I recognize it, this is fruit from the Western Regions, called mango! The Western Regions presented a batch to our Emperor; this Bai's Grocery Store can actually even obtain such a rare item as a mango."

"The Tribute Fruit the Emperor eats isn't even as big as this."

The crowd was stunned, and there was a great commotion.

This was Tribute Fruit, far more precious than those Mountain Delicacies from earlier.

What kind of background did Bai's Grocery Store have to be able to obtain even Tribute Fruit?