Farming and reading family

Gao E lowered her eyes. Could it be that the Yan family also wanted to get a piece of the honeycomb coal business?

"I have a business here. I wonder if Madam Yan is interested in it." Gao E said directly.

Madam Yan was delighted, thinking Gao E wanted them to join the honeycomb coal business: "Madam Chen, let's hear what you have to say."

"I opened a restaurant called Huanxizhu and am now recruiting franchisees. I wonder if Madam Yan is interested." Gao E said directly.

"Happy cooking?" Madam Yan frowned. "What do you mean by joining?"

"We use the name of 'We Love to Cook', and then we provide the soup base, dipping sauce and some ingredients," Gao E explained.

Madam Yan was not very interested in what Gao E said: "Eating houses and restaurants are just busy places with too many things to do."

"It's normal for Madam Yan to have such concerns. If you are interested, you can go to Huanxizhuo in He County and have a try." Gao E said no more.

Seeing that Gao E stopped talking, Mrs. Yan no longer felt bored.

In fact, the men in the family like to associate with the Chen family, and Mrs. Yan still looks down on the Chen family's background.

Today I want to take this opportunity to share some of the honeycomb coal business, but if Gao E doesn't agree, then forget it.

At night, Mrs. Yan tossed and turned in bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. She got a headache thinking about the exchange of gifts during the New Year.

"Hey, old man, what do you think about us opening a restaurant?" Mrs. Yan suddenly said.

"Why do you suddenly want to open a restaurant?" Lord Yan was still in a daze after being woken up.

"Is that what I want?" Madam Yan was a little angry. "How can the family survive with your little salary?"

"Open, open, open." Lord Yan knew that his wife was about to start complaining.

"Then you accompany me to He County. We can go see Zheng Er."

"Okay, okay, okay." Lord Yan agreed to everything.

The next day, Lord Yan and Madam Yan went to He County, but Gao E did not go back immediately.

Take this opportunity to learn about the situation of honeycomb coal in Qinzhou City and take a look at her new shop.

The people who came with her also wanted to buy some cloth and other things to buy new clothes for their family members.

Gao E saw that the Wei family's honeycomb coal shop had been sealed off and other families' business was also very slow.

The news of a dead person being used to make honeycomb coal has spread throughout Qinzhou City, and some people are afraid to use it.

Gao E bought some honeycomb coal from every household. The prices and quality of these honeycomb coals varied, but none of them could compare with hers.

"The smell is too strong." Lu Qingluo stayed away.

"Hmm." Gao E put out the burning honeycomb coal. "This thing may seem undemanding, but it's actually quite demanding."

"What should we do? It might be hard to sell after all this trouble." Lu Qingluo was worried.

"Everything has a process." Gao E didn't intend to do any popular science work.

After staying in Qinzhou City for two days, Gao E and Lord Cao returned to Hui County together.

"Lord Cao, are you really not going to change your carriage?" Gao E saw that Lord Cao's carriage was becoming even more worn out.

She was surprised that the carriage was still usable.

"Why don't you give me one, Madam Chen?" Cao Geng said directly.

Gao E looked suspicious: "Is Lord Cao serious?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

"It's a deal." Gao E said directly.

Cao Geng laughed: "Madam Chen, do you really think nothing of my carriage?"

"It's not that I look down on it, I'm just worried that it won't go far." Gao E said with a double meaning.

Cao Geng fell silent when he heard Gao E say this.

In the past, he looked down on Xu Boyan, thinking that he was eccentric and lacked the character of a scholar.

Now think about it, at least he got through it.

Lord and Madam Yan had been eating Huan Xi Zui for three days. Mrs. Lei had remembered them and came over to greet them and give them a portion of homemade sour jujube cake.

"I think this business is good." Lord Yan felt that at least he could eat happy cooking in Qinzhou City in the future.

Mrs. Yan thought the same thing: "I will discuss the franchise with Mrs. Chen in detail later."

"Row."

As soon as Gao E arrived at Baotou Village, Lord Yan and Madam Yan came looking for her.

"Are you two here to see Yan Zheng?" Gao E thought they could go together.

"I'm here to discuss joining Huanxizhu with Mrs. Chen." Mrs. Yan said with a smile.

Gao E was surprised by Madam Yan's change of attitude: "Madam Yan, have you made up your mind?"

"We have already eaten several meals." Lord Yan said directly.

Mrs. Yan glanced at her man with dissatisfaction.

Gao E smiled nonchalantly: "I was careless. I should have asked Madam Yan to come and take a look before discussing this matter."

Madam Yan was no longer embarrassed when she heard Gao E say this: "Then let's talk about it in detail?"

Qinzhou City is close to He County, so the supply of food is much simpler. Except for some fresh produce, Mrs. Yan plans to let Gao E supply everything.

The main reason was that the price Gao E gave was lower than what she would pay if she bought it herself, and the quality was guaranteed.

The deal went very smoothly. The franchise fee is one hundred taels per year, and the rest is for the supply of goods, which can be submitted for settlement.

Mrs. Yan did a quick calculation and felt that even in He County, Gao E could make a lot of money by offering this condition, let alone in Qinzhou City.

So in addition to Tao Meiyu, Gao E had her first franchise store, and she still sent Chen Jie and He Jiabei to oversee the preparations.

However, the honeycomb coal business was not so smooth. The shop that Xu Boyan had rented for them was indeed not allowed to be rented.

The man said that honeycomb coal would kill people and renting it to them would bring bad luck.

As a result, they rented it to someone else, who still sold honeycomb coal. What’s even more infuriating is that they still used the previous brand, which means they were selling honeycomb coal under the name of their Chen family.

Jin Gusheng could handle this kind of thing. He first posted a notice, and then hired some hangers-on to spread the notice on the streets.

As for those who don't believe, he doesn't ask.

"But we need to change the name of the Chen family," Jin Gusheng suggested. "Anyone with the last name Chen can use it. It's not very recognizable."

Gao E thought about it and asked, "What does Uncle Jin think?"

"Our honeycomb coal is durable, burns thoroughly, and produces little smoke. Why not call it anthracite?" Jin Gusheng suggested.

Gao E shook her head: "Less smoking doesn't mean no smoking. Someone will come and cause trouble later."

Jin Gusheng thought about it and realized that a business like the Chen family, which had no background but rose rapidly, was the most likely to be suppressed.

"Our workshop is on Jiming Mountain, so we call it Jiming Mountain Honeycomb Coal," Gao E suggested.

"Okay." Jin Gusheng nodded.

After the two of them discussed the matter, Jin Gusheng left.

After a while, Tao Meiyu hired several escorts to deliver a letter directly to Gao E, asking her to deliver a large quantity of food to Xiangzhou because the business was so good.

She also complained that someone in Xiangzhou City had already opened a Huanxizu restaurant, but their business was not as good as hers.

This kind of restaurant is simple to operate, and it is normal for others to follow suit and open one when they see the good business.

It won’t be long before there are many happy cooks in Qinzhou City.

Gao E felt that she had to build a food workshop, as it was already inconvenient to supply ingredients to the two franchise stores from home.