"Wait!" Seeing that Zhenxiu Restaurant's staff wanted to take the basket, Steward Yao panicked and loudly shouted, "You should follow the rule of first come, first served! I have already placed my order on these vegetables! Little girl, take this money. If it not enough, come find me!"

　　Steward Yao shoved a purse into Xiaocao's hands for fear that she wouldn't accept it. Xiaocao didn't know whether she should laugh or cry as she weighed the pouch with her hands. There were at least twenty or thirty taels inside. For example, the romaine lettuce, which was the most expensive, cost twenty-five copper coins per catty. With twenty or thirty taels, he could buy over a thousand catties of lettuce. There were at most four to five hundred catties of vegetables within their baskets. So how would it cost that much money?

　　For the sake of their restaurant, Qian Xiaoduo definitely couldn't give up on this opportunity. He didn't back down and said, "Steward Yao, our Tanggu Town has clear law and order and prohibits buying and selling by force! Miss Yu didn't say that she wanted to sell them to you, so it's useless even if you give her the money!"

　　Steward Yao was so angry that his beard was about to curl up. He pointed at Qian Xiaoduo and shouted, "Who's forcibly buying and selling things? The little girl is selling vegetables, while I want to buy vegetables. This is a fair deal! Even if we take it to the county magistrate, I will still be in the right!! Don't think that just because you have the backing of Zhenxiu Restaurant and the Zhou Family that you can turn white into black with a few words!"

　　"You're willing to buy, but are they willing to sell? You're stuffing the money into their hands, if that's not buying by force then what is it…"

　　The two of them continued to quarrel, and they each had their own reasons. From ancient times to present, there was never a lack of curious onlooker wherever there was a dispute. In a short moment, the four of them were surrounded by a tightly packed crowd of people.

　　Yu Xiaocao and her father looked at each other helplessly They couldn't let the two of them continue arguing as if they were in a c.o.c.kfight.

　　Xiaocao quickly went forward and pulled Qian Xiaoduo back a couple steps, and then said to Steward Yao, "Steward Yao, right? Can your master finish all these vegetables in a day? If they can't finish it, then it won't be fresh anymore!"

　　Steward Yao was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, "Little girl, I'll tell you honestly! Our old master's birthday banquet is tomorrow. Everything else is already prepared, but we just urgently need these greens for the banquet!"

　　How respectable would it be if they were able to bring out fresh vegetables for the banquet during this season? Steward Yao thought that if he could accomplish this task, his master certainly wouldn't treat him too badly. The head steward was already getting old and it was about time for him to retire. Maybe he could take this opportunity to make further progress towards a promotion!

　　With that thought, Steward Yao's tone became even more urgent, "Little girl, being sincere and honest is very important in business. Let's be honest, didn't I come first and said that I wanted to buy these vegetables?"

　　Qian Xiaoduo was also anxious. County Magistrate Wu's son personally reserved a table at Zhenxiu Restaurant and said that they were entertaining a distinguished guest from the capital. He asked the kitchen to be extremely alert and be sure to prepare an impressive meal for the guest.

　　The manager said that, with County Magistrate Wu's background, the ident.i.ty of the guest must be incredible to be addressed as a 'distinguished guest'. Zhenxiu Restaurant was famous for its oyster sauce dishes. But oyster sauce was usually used for vegetable dishes. Where would they find leafy greens at this time? He also came with the mentality of trying, but he didn't expect that he would actually find them.

　　However, someone else already claimed the vegetables that he had been worried about before him! Fortunately, the vegetable vendor was an old acquaintance of Zhenxiu Restaurant and had a good relations.h.i.+p with their young boss. Thus, he summoned his courage and brazenly fought over the greens with the other person.

　　Seeing Yu Xiaocao's gaze, he could only tell her the truth, "My little lady ah! We also have an urgent need for them!! The honored guest of County Magistrate Wu will be at the restaurant soon!!"