Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 44: Put one's finger into another's pie

Translator: Kats  Editor: Perriemix

Ye Jiayao gritted her teeth and paid 100 copper coins on a room with the plate number “earth”.

After days of sleeping with other guys, finally, she was able to stay in a room by herself. Ye Jiayao carefreely took off her clothes and bra to shower comfortably. For almost a month, she only had been wiping herself clean and she was already starting to feel rotten.

She changed into some fresh, clean clothes and set out to look for food.

She walked to the hall where she saw a few customers quarreling with a staff.

“Why are you serving this disgusting food with such an expensive price? Is this a tourist trap?” One of the young men slammed the chopsticks down causing the dishes and the table to violently shake.

The staff seemed already used to it as he showed no visible signs of panic. He said calmly, “I’ve told you beforehand that the chef was not here today, and we can’t make any delicious meals. It was you who insisted to stay and eat here.”

The fat customer looked indignant and acted as if the waiter didn’t speak. “The vegetables are over-cooked, and the beans are too salty! And what is this? Is this braised meat in a brown sauce? It looks like crisp fat!”

“It doesn’t matter now if it was disgusting or delicious. You insisted on eating here, and you’ve already finished your meals. You must pay. Four dishes and one soup totals to one silver coin.” The waiter held his palm open, asking for the money.

“We are not paying anything! As a matter of fact, we are not staying in this place anymore. We’re going!” The customers lifted their baggage, preparing to leave.

“Aye! You can’t go! You haven’t paid the rental fee yet. If you don’t pay, I will report to police.”

“Go and report for all we care. We are looking for somewhere else to stay. Your business is disgusting. You gave us dirty sheets, cold tea, and foods that were suited for pigs! Pay you? Ha!” The customer was very cocky.

Ye Jiayao realized that these customers were trying to get out of paying the motel. Yes, the food was bad, but the service was quite good, the room was clean, and the tea was hot. The staff especially sent two pots of hot water for her when she wanted to take a shower.

In good conscience, Ye Jiayao could not let this pass. She went to ask the scared cashier behind the counter.

“Sir, how long did they live in this place?”

The cashier answered, “They have lived here for more than half a month and they asked for two rooms with plate number ‘People’. They only paid two silver coins as a deposit and they still owe us six silver coins.”

“Where is your manager?” Ye Jiayao only saw the cashier and the wait staff.

“The manager is not here. If he is here, they would have no way to repudiate the debt. They are only doing this because our manager is away,” the cashier despised.

Ye Jiayao nodded. She had seen ‘dine and ditch’, but not ‘live and ditch’.  Well, what do you know, ancient times also has its share of reprobates.

The tricksters were starting to cause a scene, pushing the wait staff around and gearing up to start a fight. Other tenants of the motel must’ve heard the commotion and rushed down to take a look. Even people outside the motel circled around to look.

Ye Jiayao saw the unfair incident and couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. She went to stand between the two parties and smilingly said, “Big brothers, you can negotiate with each other and avoid this fight. Don’t get too angry or you’ll hurt your liver. Come, we can settle this inside.”