"Morning, Miss Lu. Why didn't you tell me you were coming so I could send someone to pick you up?"

Lu Ke'er was stunned.

It turns out that I can also enjoy the treatment of special car pick-up and drop-off.

"Can you send someone to pick me up every time?" Lu Ke'er asked, "Isn't it too much trouble for you?"

"No, no, how can it be troublesome?" Qin Fang smiled very humbly, "Our master has told us that the young lady's affairs are the affairs of our restaurant. All people and things in the restaurant can be ordered around by the young lady at her discretion when it is convenient."

Lu Ke'er suddenly became alert.

Why did Rong Zhixing try to win her over like this, but still make her feel like he was setting a trap for her?

"No need. I'm just cooperating with your Pinxianlou. As the saying goes, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Our business is business, and friendship is friendship. It's better to draw a clear line."

Qin Fang was stunned, then smiled and said, "You are really insightful, girl."

Lu Ke'er took out a can of snail sauce she had brought with her and said, "Manager Qin, I have something to talk to you about today. Try this first."

"What is this?" Qin Fang took the pottery jar, opened the lid, and a rich and tempting aroma wafted to his nose.

Qin Fang's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What's this delicious?"

“This is the snail sauce I made.”

Qin Fang took a wooden spoon and scooped some snail sauce into a small bowl.

The red thick sauce is filled with bits of snail meat, contrasted by the red peppers, stimulating the rapid secretion of saliva in the mouth.

Qin Fang picked up a piece of snail meat with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully.

The meat was chewy, spicy and delicious. After eating one piece, he couldn't help but pick up another one.

"It's delicious. It's especially good with porridge. If I had known, I would have had breakfast later." Qin Fang said excitedly.

"Thirty cents a can, thank you." Lu Ke'er said.

"What...what?" Qin Fang opened his mouth wide, so surprised that he forgot to swallow the snail meat in his mouth. "This...isn't this what you gave to our Pinxianlou?"

"I can give this jar to you." Lu Ke'er said with a smile, "This snail sauce is not easy to obtain. It has to go through 4416 processes. In consideration of my cooperation with you, I will give you the best price."

Of course there are not sixteen steps, but it is indeed troublesome to make.

"This……"

"Of course, you don't have to buy it." Lu Ke'er smiled faintly, "I will find other buyers in town. This snail sauce can be eaten directly or added as a seasoning when cooking dishes. It is truly a delicacy suitable for all ages and for both the refined and the popular."

Qin Fang was anxious: "Ms. Lu, please don't go to other restaurants. You have a contract with us."

"I didn't violate the contract." Lu Ke'er said, "This is not the new seasonal dish I will prepare for Pinxianlou."

Qin Fang thought carefully about the contents of the contract and was stunned.

The contract did not stipulate that Lu Ke'er could only cooperate with Pinxianlou. The contract only stipulated that the dishes provided to Pinxianlou could not be provided to other restaurants. In other words, as long as the dishes were different, she could cooperate with several restaurants at the same time without any problem.

Careless.

Qin Fang secretly regretted his mistake, and his eyes changed when he looked at Lu Ke'er.

I thought she was a smart girl, but now it seems that she is a sinister and cunning little fox.

Qin Fang made a decision immediately.

"Ms. Lu, how much of this snail sauce do you have? We will charge you for it at Pinxianlou. It's the price you said."

"Shopkeeper Qin is straightforward." Lu Ke'er said with a smile, "As long as Shopkeeper Qin remains so straightforward, I can guarantee that Pinxianlou will always be my priority partner."

Qin Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled apologetically, "With Miss Lu's words, Qin is relieved."

"Manager Qin, to be honest, I came to see you because I want you to buy some seeds for me." Lu Ke'er stated another purpose of this trip.

"What seed?"

"Seeds of some spices." Lu Ke'er listed several spices in one breath, including fennel, pepper, star anise, etc.

Shopkeeper Qin had seen some of these spices before, but had never even heard of some of them.

"No rush. Please, Manager Qin, keep an eye out for me. If there is any, please help me get some." Lu Ke'er also knew that this matter could not be done in a short time.

"Okay." Shopkeeper Qin agreed immediately.

After finishing the business, Lu Keer realized that the waiters in the restaurant seemed very busy today. One waiter was hanging a delicate sign on the wall, which read "New product of this season: pickled fish".

"Are you launching new products today?" Lu Ke'er asked.

"Yes." Qin Fang laughed, "In the past few days, the chefs have practiced repeatedly and have mastered the method of making pickled fish. The taste of the pickled fish is almost the same as the one you made last time."

"That's right." Lu Ke'er hesitated for a moment and reminded Shopkeeper Qin, "The demand for black fish will be huge in the future. Has Shopkeeper Qin found a stable supplier?"

"This..." Shopkeeper Qin was a little dissatisfied, "Isn't it too early to consider it now?"

"How can it be early? There will be a lot of demand for black fish in the future, so it's better for Shopkeeper Qin to prepare for the rainy day." Lu Ke'er frowned slightly, "Or does Shopkeeper Qin have no confidence in this dish?"

Shopkeeper Qin was speechless for a moment.

He actually didn't care much about the supply. Usually, some fishermen would send the fish they caught to Pinxianlou. Pinxianlou never ran out of fish.

He even thought that Lu Ke'er was overthinking it. The restaurant was not short of supplies.

Seeing that he didn't take it to heart, Lu Ke'er smiled and said nothing more.

After all, this Pinxianlou was managed by Manager Qin. Considering the mutual interests of the cooperation, she could give a few reminders, but she would never interfere.

As the two were talking, there was suddenly a noise at the door.

"What's going on?" Qin Fang was unhappy and went to the door with Lu Ke'er to check.

At the door, the waiter of the restaurant was stopping two ragged little beggars.

"Big brother, look, I have healthy hands and feet, I'm not sick, I have strength, I can work." A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy pulled the sleeve of the waiter and begged, "I don't want wages, I just want a bowl of food every day."

Another younger girl, about seven or eight years old, stood behind the boy with tears in her eyes.

She held the boy's hand and cried, "Brother, I'm hungry."

Both of them were pale and thin, covered in dirt, with messy hair and torn shoes that exposed their toes. In this mid-autumn day, they were wearing thin clothes covered with patches. Their arms outside their clothes were covered with scars of varying sizes.

"Please, big brother, I can do anything. I really don't want any wages, just some food." The boy spoke clearly, grabbed the waiter's sleeve, begging in a pitiful voice, as if trying his best to grasp that little bit of slim hope.

Lu Ke'er saw that the boy had handsome brows, bright eyes, clear gaze, and a faint white mist on his forehead.

This boy is quite talented.

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