Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Xiao Wan and Manager Liu opened the kitchen door with the dishes. The second chef and apprentice at the door were already getting anxious.

Is this really made by this little girl? It smells so good.

Chef Wang was even more impressed. This girl really made a dish he had never seen before, and it tasted especially good.

He was willing to admit defeat and waited for his masters to taste it before he wanted to have a taste too.

In the private room, Duan Hongyi's eyes lit up when he saw the dishes.

The braised pork has an attractive color and a fragrant aroma. I picked up the chopsticks and tasted it. The braised pork is fat but not greasy and melts in my mouth.

I tried another piece of Mapo Tofu, it was spicy, fresh and fragrant, really good.

Shopkeeper Liu and Chef Wang were eager to try it.

Duan Hongyi nodded and motioned them to try it too.

Shopkeeper Liu and Chef Wang picked up their chopsticks.

The moment the mahjong-sized braised pork enters your mouth, it leaves a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth. It is soft but not greasy. Add a piece of mapo tofu, which is moderately spicy, tempting, sweet, spicy and fresh.

Chef Wang's eyes lit up, and Shopkeeper Liu exclaimed that it was delicious, looking at Duan Hongyi with burning eyes.

Duan Hongyi coughed a few times, feeling uncomfortable being stared at, and asked, "Miss Xiao, how do you plan to sell this recipe? What's the price?"

"It depends on your bid, Mr. Duan." Xiao Wan asked back.

Hmm, Duan Hongyi pondered for a while.

"How about two recipes for two hundred taels of silver? But the premise is that you can't sell it to other restaurants. Also, I hope Miss Xiao will consider coming to our restaurant to be the chef."

"The price is acceptable, so I won't be a cook anymore. I want to open a snack bar in the future, not a restaurant, and I want to sell these two dishes. The consumer groups are different, so it shouldn't affect your restaurant. But I will never sell these two recipes in other restaurants."

Duan Hongyi asked in surprise, "Are you planning to open a snack bar? With your cooking skills, you can definitely open a restaurant yourself."

"You can't get rich overnight. Besides, my ambitions aren't that high. I just want to make money slowly and steadily. Let's sign a contract. I'll write down the recipe for you."

Xiao Wan replied that she had always had a petty-bourgeois mindset, and just wanted to make a little money to support her family, live happily with her family, and send her younger brother to school.

Duan Hongyi looked puzzled and replied, "Okay, from now on, these two dishes will only be sold in your restaurant. I also hope you can provide us with recipes every month. The price is negotiable."

Xiao Wan thought about it and felt that it would be fine to have a recipe for a dish every month, but it couldn’t be a one-time deal.

So he said, "Tentatively, it's a two-year period, one recipe per month. But I don't want to buy it all out at once. Let's split the profits. For every dish sold at all Yunkelai stores, we'll split 20% and 80% respectively. You get 80% and I get 20%. What do you think?"

Old Man Xiao was terrified as he listened.

When I heard that the recipes for two dishes would cost two hundred taels, I was already unable to sit still.

He hadn't even taken two taels of silver. How brave was his daughter to bargain with the boss for a share of the profits?

Old Man Xiao felt as if this was not his daughter anymore.

Duan Hongyi said meaningfully: "Miss Xiao, you have quite a big appetite."

"Instead of a dish recipe, I can also sell you a seasoning recipe. It's just that it's quite expensive. I won't sell it for less than two thousand taels. This seasoning recipe can also enhance the flavor of other dishes."

"Is this the seasoning you used for these two dishes? Then you need to specify which dishes require it so I can see what it looks like. As for future recipes, you can provide them separately for this recipe. We'll pay you a share of the profits at the end of each month."

Duan Hongyi made the decision. He guessed that there must be other seasonings in the dish to enhance the flavor, which was the key.

Xiao Wan nodded, took out the paper bag and handed it to Duan Hongyi.

Shopkeeper Liu and Chef Wang came over, smelled the seasoning, and choked.

Is it because of this that Mapo Tofu tastes better?

Xiao Wan thought about it and realized she only made money from seasonings, and she didn't have the energy to pick them one by one. It was too much trouble. She thought it would be better to sell them to Yunkelai so that she could have the start-up capital to build a workshop and a restaurant.

"Deal. Miss Xiao, please sign the contract."

"By the way, Boss Duan, I have something else to ask of you."

Xiao Wan asked embarrassedly, "Can I use the tofu made by my neighbor? Her tofu is excellent, and they have both soft and firm tofu."

"This is a small matter. When the time comes, let them discuss with Manager Liu how much tofu they need."

Manager Liu naturally agreed and agreed to deliver 20 kilograms of tofu to the restaurant every day.

Each catty is five copper coins higher than the market price, twenty coins per catty.

Xiao Wan thanked her, saying that this way Aunt Wang's family would have a fixed income every day and their lives would be much better. It was a way of repaying her for her timely help.

After the deal was finalized, Duan Hongyi asked Shopkeeper Liu to draft the contract. Xiao Wan took it, looked it over, and signed and stamped her fingerprints.

Duan Hongyi didn't expect that Xiao Wan could read and write, and acted neatly and gracefully. He looked at her with admiration.

Xiao Wan dictated the recipe and asked Shopkeeper Liu to write it down. Although Chef Wang had just witnessed the entire cooking process, Xiao Wan still asked him to teach her again.

Chef Wang expressed his gratitude repeatedly, and Duan Hongyi was of course extremely happy.

After the teaching, Manager Liu took out the 2,200 taels of silver notes from Xiao Wan and the 95 taels of silver he earned from selling 200 bags of seasonings and handed them to Xiao Wan.

Xiao Wan turned around and handed it to Old Man Xiao. Old Man Xiao's hands were shaking and he put it in his arms tremblingly.

Xiao Wan, however, had a calm expression on her face, but she was actually already ecstatic in her heart.

Duan Hongyi was secretly surprised and then admired it.

Duan Hongyi invited the father and son to dinner, but Xiao Wan shook her head, declining the offer.

She also wants to sell wild ginseng.

Duan Hongyi asked Manager Liu to pack a few packets of snacks from Yunkelai and sent Xiao Wan and the others away.