The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

The shopkeeper picked up a bit of fish meat mixed with seasoning and put it into his mouth. His expectant eyes immediately turned into surprise.

"How is this made? There is no fishy smell at all."

"The exclusive secret recipe cannot be passed on to others."

Lan Ning raised her little face high.

"Not to be spread outside..."

After hearing these words, the shopkeeper, who had been upset these days, began to make up his mind. He stared at the two dishes in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

I thought about the current business of my restaurant, and then I thought about whether the business would improve if these two dishes were added, and how much it would improve?

"Little girl, if I give you silver, can you teach me this secret recipe?"

Of course Lan Ning wanted the money, but he didn't want to lose the opportunity to earn money in the future because of this money.

"Uncle shopkeeper, grandma only asked me to make these two dishes to cooperate with you. I don't know if you can pay me."

You can't tell the whole story, you have to be ambiguous and let them guess for themselves.

As expected, when Lan Ning said this, the shopkeeper was fooled.

"What do you mean, can we cooperate or not? Little girl, where is your grandma? Can I meet her?"

Lanning shook his head.

"Uncle, my grandmother guessed that you must want to meet her. She said that when you made this request, she told you to [show sincerity]."

"Show your sincerity?"

The shopkeeper didn't say anything else, but stood there looking at the two dishes in deep thought.

The shopkeeper didn't say anything, and no one else dared to speak either. They all stood there and exchanged glances.

The awkward atmosphere was finally broken after about a quarter of an hour.

"Seventy taels for one dish, one hundred and forty taels for two dishes. We will charge this price for your dishes from now on."

He has shown his true sincerity in offering this price. He did not have any ulterior motives just because the child in front of him was a four-year-old boy, nor was he sincere just because the child was brought by his close friend.

It was because he wanted to get these two dishes. These two dishes were very important to him. You could also say that he wanted to get the recipes of the grandmother behind this little girl. Based on his many years of experience in doing business, these two dishes were very important and must be obtained.

"Uncle shopkeeper, we can't let you suffer a loss. How about this? These two dishes will be sold in your restaurant. I will get a commission of 100 coins for each dish sold."

Lan Ning's expression was very sincere, as if he was thinking about the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper was very clear about the deep meaning of his words except for the others here.

Although it seems that the little girl is at a disadvantage on the surface, her actual profit is much greater than when he bought a recipe for 70 taels.

Although he has not yet held the dish in his hands, he can guess by imagination that the quantity of this dish sold in the restaurant will not be small. One portion is one hundred coins, and 10 portions will be one or two taels of silver. But if business is good, how could only 10 portions be sold in a day?

It seems that this little girl is very smart. She is not as simple as she looks. I don’t know who her grandmother is, but she taught her to be so smart.

"Uncle, your restaurant's business is not good. I have a way to make your restaurant business better."

Seeing that the shopkeeper was hesitant about her request, Lan Ning began to make her second move.

Although he had begun to like the little girl's cleverness, he felt that her words were a bit too exaggerated.

He, as an adult and the owner of this restaurant, had no way to improve the restaurant's business. How could she, a 4-year-old girl, do it?

Having learned his lesson from looking down on the little girl's cooking and getting slapped in the face, the shopkeeper did not directly deny Lan Ning this time, but looked at her with a faint smile.

"Do you have any idea to improve my restaurant's business?"

I thought the little girl would give a long speech, but instead she raised her head with a mysterious look on her face, stretched out her right index finger and shook it left and right.

"Uncle Shopkeeper, we haven't reached a cooperation agreement yet, so I can't tell you the method."

The shopkeeper was choked by these words and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"Let me think about this matter again."

The shopkeeper didn't want to agree to the little girl too quickly, because wouldn't that make him think he was easy to control? Although she was only a 4-year-old girl, what if her grandmother was really a god and taught her to be very smart and extraordinary?

Who knew that as soon as he finished saying this, Lan Ning couldn't wait to nod.

"It's okay, it's okay. Uncle shopkeeper, you take your time to think about it. We still have things to do. Uncle Chen, hurry up, not that restaurant, oh, no, no, no, there are people waiting for us."

Lan Ning's current behavior is really like that of a child who speaks without thinking. People will not doubt whether she is revealing the flaws on purpose, but will suspect that someone deliberately taught her not to tell him that they are going to other restaurants to meet the boss.

The shopkeeper panicked when he heard this. What? They had negotiated with people from other restaurants. If he didn't agree, would other restaurants agree?

The business of his own restaurant is already bad enough. If other restaurants are allowed to get these two dishes, wouldn’t his own restaurant go bankrupt directly?

"Little girl, I've thought about it. I agree with you. I'll give you 100 coins for every dish you sell."

The shopkeeper was afraid that Lan Ning would leave, so he quickly bent down and grabbed her little hand.

Lan Ning was a little embarrassed.

"Uncle shopkeeper, please think about it carefully. We still have things to do."

"110 wen, I'll give you another 10 wen, no, 120 wen, I'll give you another 20 wen."

It can be seen that the shopkeeper was really anxious at this moment, and he actually raised the price on his own initiative, by 20 cents at a time.

"120 wen? But grandma said..."

"Oh, my dear, please don't say but, I really can't add any more, this price is already quite a lot."

"Well, 120 wen is 120 wen."

Seeing that the young ancestor agreed, the shopkeeper finally let go of his worry.

She had no idea why Lan Ning agreed without thinking. Since her grandmother was the one who made the decision on this matter, shouldn't she go back and ask her grandmother for her opinion?

"Uncle shopkeeper, when do you want to start?"

Sometimes the initiative should be in the hands of others so that you are less likely to make mistakes.

The shopkeeper looked out the window. It was still very early. The little girl said that she had an idea to improve the business of his restaurant, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.

If it's true, maybe the effect can be seen in these two days. Now his restaurant can't last much longer, and he doesn't want to waste any time.

"Let's start today, now, now is okay? Do you want to go back and pick up your grandmother? I'll arrange a carriage here."

Lanning waved his hand.

"No, no, my grandma doesn't want to show up in public too often. Her legs and feet are not good, so she told me everything. Just let me watch and do it."

If I really invite grandma over, how can I cover up the lie?