Chapter 888 - 620: Fighting for Food
"Mr. Xia Liang, how about this shop?"
Lu Rui'an arrived at the entrance of the small shop and smiled at Xia Liang.
At this moment, the shop was very quiet, with only one or two people inside.
Xia Liang also looked at the shop, and it was indeed a bit quiet because it's a restaurant that sells soup dumplings and it's also a century-old establishment.
The quietness was because the restaurant had already sold out of soup dumplings for the day.
"Mr. Lu Rui'an, I think you'd better choose another place, this shop..."
Xia Liang was about to explain, but Lu Rui'an interrupted him.
"No need, this shop is fine."
After saying this, Lu Rui'an strode inside.
He naturally wouldn't listen to Xia Liang's advice. In his view, Xia Liang was guilty, knowing the shop didn't taste good, and therefore didn't want him to go in.
"I told you so, how could the food on one street all be delicious? This shop is so quiet, surely the locals know the taste isn't good so they don't come."
Suddenly, Lu Rui'an was confident again, thinking he had grasped the truth.
Xia Liang helplessly shook his head and followed; this little foreigner just wouldn't heed advice and couldn't speak Chinese but was determined to go in.
Upon entering the shop, Xia Liang saw the little foreigner trying to communicate with the staff. However, the staff looked bewildered as they couldn't understand English.
This made the little foreigner anxious, but fortunately, he saw Xia Liang coming in and hurried over.
"Mr. Xia Liang, could you translate for me? I want to buy food from this shop."
Lu Rui'an said.
Xia Liang nodded and then conveyed Lu Rui'an's intention.
"Sir, we are very sorry, today's soup dumplings are already sold out. Please come earlier tomorrow."
Upon hearing Xia Liang's words, the staff kindly said.
"Mr. Lu Rui'an, he said the food in the shop is already sold out and you should come earlier tomorrow."
Xia Liang said, looking at Lu Rui'an.
"Sold out?"
Lu Rui'an frowned and glanced at a table not far away, where a family of four was eating.
"Mr. Xia Liang, didn't you say everything was sold out? Why are they eating?"
Lu Rui'an snorted. In his opinion, Xia Liang was taking advantage of his lack of Chinese to deceive him.
After all, finding a potentially unpleasant tasting shop was hard, and the other party wouldn't let him have his way for the country's reputation.
"Mr. Lu Rui'an, I'm telling the truth, the shop's food has indeed sold out, and they are eating the last portion."
Xia Liang was a bit speechless as this little foreigner just didn't listen and had his special thoughts.
"I don't believe it, Mr. Xia Liang, I hired you as my tour guide, and I hope you don't deceive me in translation."
"Or they only sell their shop's food to Dragon Country people and not to people from other countries?"
"I'm telling you, this is discrimination. If I don't get food today, I'll go to the embassy to report you..."
Lu Rui'an's barrage left Xia Liang somewhat annoyed. This little foreigner changed his face so fast, just a moment ago he seemed trusting, and now he's turning against him.
This Master is just here to be your tour guide, not here to get mistreated.
Moreover, This Master hasn't deceived you; wasn't it said you could come back tomorrow?
"Gentlemen, are you trying to eat the soup dumplings from this shop?"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded. Xia Liang turned to see one of the brothers from the family of four sitting at the table, speaking fluent English and looking at them.
"Sir, I do want to eat the food from this shop, but my tour guide doesn't seem to want me to eat."
Lu Rui'an spoke coldly and glanced at Xia Liang.
"Uh... Sir, he hasn't deceived you. The shop's soup dumplings are indeed sold out."
The brother glanced at Xia Liang helplessly and said.
"Ah? Really sold out?"
Hearing this, Lu Rui'an looked surprised but quickly frowned, "You're all Dragon Country people, so you must have teamed up to deceive me."
This statement also left the brother speechless. They were meeting for the first time, was there any need to team up and deceive him?
Besides, it's just soup dumplings, is it that serious?
"Sir, how about this, aren't you wanting to eat the food from this shop? If you don't mind, we happen to have some left here, you can try them."
The brother pointed to some remaining soup dumplings on his family's table.
Lu Rui'an frowned and looked at the soup dumplings.
He thought Xia Liang was deceiving him because he didn't want him to find something bad about Dragon Country, so he had to taste the food from this quiet shop.
But now this brother was willing to give up his food for him to taste, which made Lu Rui'an have a bad feeling.
Could it be that Mr. Xia Liang really hadn't deceived him earlier?
"Mr. Lu Rui'an, since this brother has said so, why not try it so you don't accuse us of bullying you when you go back."
Xia Liang's tone also cooled a bit, as foreigners indeed were ungrateful, one minute calling you brother, the next threatening to report you to the embassy...
"Then I won't be polite, as for the money, I'll pay you."
Lu Rui'an hesitated for a moment but then nodded in agreement and sat at the brother's table.
Looking at the translucent dumplings in front of him, Lu Rui'an was curious. He had never seen this kind of food before.
The soup dumplings use carefully selected ingredients and are meticulously made.
They are made from fine flour dough skins, using rib meat as filling, mixed with fresh bone marrow soup, and supplemented with more than ten kinds of superb condiments.
Especially the soup dumplings from this century-old shop, characterized by their thin skin, big filling, fresh meat, and delicious taste, lifted up like a lantern and dropped like a chrysanthemum, fragrant and non-greasy.
As Lu Rui'an sat down, many people had already gathered around, mainly shop employees attracted by Lu Rui'an's earlier argument.
"What's up with this foreigner, snatching our customer's soup dumplings? Is it so poor abroad that they come to Dragon Country to snatch food?"
"Seems like he wanted to eat our shop's soup dumplings, but since we're sold out, he was displeased, so the customer gave up his soup dumplings."
"Interesting, foreigners are so unworthy. It's just soup dumplings, come early tomorrow and you'll get some, yet they snatch customer's food."
"..."
The staff discussed, not fearing Lu Rui'an would hear them since he couldn't understand Chinese anyway.
Meanwhile, Lu Rui'an faced a dilemma while sitting at the table and looking at the soup dumplings.
After a few seconds, he suddenly looked at Xia Liang with a trace of embarrassment on his face.
"Mr. Xia Liang, how do you eat this?"