Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

Manager Wei of the Haokelou was sitting in the carriage next to him, drinking tea and listening to the noise coming from the side with a smile on his face.

After the group of people had walked half the street, he asked the servant to drive the carriage slowly to catch up. With the help of the waiter, he slowly got off the carriage.

Right in front of them.

"Everyone." He cleared his throat deliberately: "I heard that you are all the master chefs who were fired from Yaoyue Ninth Floor?"

"What? What's it to you?" Master Shi looked at him warily and didn't want to pay any more attention to him.

Shopkeeper Wei continued with his usual smile, "We're all old acquaintances, so I won't introduce you any further. I heard everything you just said. Shopkeeper Xu is such a jerk. He's even willing to swallow your hard-earned money. Isn't he afraid of retribution..."

"Not to mention you guys are all master chefs with superb skills. If it weren't for you guys supporting it, his Yaoyue Restaurant would have closed down long ago."

Everyone likes to hear flattery, and the expressions of Master Shi and others also relaxed a lot.

Shopkeeper Wei leaned in and struck while the iron was hot, saying, "I'm not very talented, but I do appreciate talent. When I heard you were fired, I immediately had an idea. I hope you can come work at my hotel. The wages will definitely be higher than before."

I just lost my job and someone comes to poach me?

Master Shi was clearly a little moved, but he still maintained his basic professional ethics: "That being said, I also know that you and Shopkeeper Xu have always been at odds, and we used to be employees of the Yaoyue Restaurant, so we know a lot of the restaurant's secret recipes..."

"A real man shouldn't be fussy about trivial matters. Besides, it was Xu Xing who was the first to break the rules. You guys have great cooking skills, but if you come to my guest house now, I'm sure no one will say anything bad about you."

Shopkeeper Wei said seriously, "I can assure you here that if you come to my Haokelou to be a master chef and tell me a secret recipe, I will pay for the secret recipe. I will never let you suffer any loss."

It was hard for the people present not to be moved by what they said.

People come out to work to earn money, and now there is a great opportunity in front of them.

Master Shi was still a little hesitant. He looked at the people around him and was still hesitating.

At this moment, Chef Zhang, who had spoken earlier, also came over and said, "Brother Shi, this is good news for us, especially the braised pork recipe. Although we don't know the specifics, each of us has been a chef for so long and has been in contact with it for a long time, so we all know a little bit. If we can piece together the complete recipe, it's still unknown. Then we can sell it to Haokelou and make a lot of money, and life will be better for our family."

Master Shi was still hesitant. After all, he had worked in the Yaoyue Restaurant for so long, and he knew how important the braised pork recipe was to Manager Xu, so he was still a little reluctant to sell it out.

Manager Xu had been quite nice to them in the past, but this time he was too angry and implicated everyone.

The most important thing is that Master Shi doesn't want to do anything wrong.

Next to the carriage, Manager Wei looked at his troubled expression, and instead of feeling unhappy, he felt somewhat relieved.

Yes, he also had some doubts.

He had just obtained part of the braised pork recipe, and then he was given the opportunity to obtain the complete recipe. Anyone with a brain would be wary, let alone a businessman like him.

His remarks just now were apparently intended to persuade Master Shi to surrender, but in fact, they were also a test.

Now, he has passed the test.

The shopkeeper became more and more determined to obtain the complete braised meat recipe.

He gave Master Zhang a subtle look.

Master Zhang immediately pulled Master Shi aside and, after muttering for a while, finally spoke, "Yaoyue Restaurant still hasn't paid us our wages. If Haoke Restaurant can come up with a hundred taels of silver to buy the complete recipe, it would be like paying us our wages in disguise. It's the money we deserve anyway."

"Brother Shi, don't forget that your family has an older daughter who's about to get married. You have to prepare a decent dowry for her. Can you let her marry into her husband's family and be looked down upon and discriminated against? If they knew you suddenly lost your livelihood, who knows what they would say about your daughter behind your back."

"And your youngest son is just starting out. Don't you want him to study hard and pursue a scientific path?"

Master Shi's expression changed again and again. After thinking for a long time, he finally nodded heavily.

A penny can stump a heroic man!

Anyone who comes out to make a living is the backbone of the family.

Next, several master chefs, led by Master Shi and assisted by Master Zhang, worked together to write down all the ingredients they came into contact with and smelled in their daily lives.

I received an almost complete marinade recipe, which is much better than the tiny one I had before. I'll take it back and I guarantee I can make something almost the same as theirs.

Manager Wei was overjoyed and didn't even have time to greet them. He threw down two hundred taels of silver and got on the carriage back to the guest house.

"Manager Wei, you said before that you would recruit a few of us brothers into your restaurant. How will our wages be calculated?" Master Shi shouted during the break.

Shopkeeper Wei paused, and after he had finished his work, he spoke: "My Haokelou is not short of manpower nowadays, otherwise... the chefs should find better jobs."

Master Shi and the others' expressions suddenly changed.

Damn it, this is like killing the donkey after it has done its work and destroying the bridge after crossing it.

But there was no contractual relationship between them, and they had no way to deal with Manager Wei. They could only watch him leave in a carriage.

After he was completely out of sight, a faint smile appeared on Master Shi's lips.

Haokelou got the secret recipe of Yaoyue Restaurant’s marinade!

The news spread throughout Liuye Town in less than half a day, which made some old diners of Haokelou excited.

For a moment, everyone was talking about it.

Some people couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, now the advantage that Yaoyue Restaurant just gained is going to be lost again."

"That's nothing. Aren't there many other new dishes? I heard there were tofu and volcanic potatoes recently, but I've never heard of them. Let's go try them when we have time."

"That's fine, but it is said that Haokelou used improper means to obtain the secret recipe, which is a bit unscrupulous." Some people couldn't help but sigh.

"So what if it's not right? He got the stuff anyway, and Yaoyue Restaurant has no choice but to suffer the consequences." Some people didn't care.

In the Yaoyue Restaurant, except for Master Zhang, all the other masters were sitting on the second floor, looking at Manager Xu in front of them with a relaxed look, without any trace of the dejection just now.

"This matter is thanks to everyone's cooperation, especially Master Shi, who has the best acting skills. Today's performance is a great contribution." Shopkeeper Xu looked at him with a smile.

Master Shi waved his hand unceremoniously: "The shopkeeper is really amazing. He came up with such a brilliant plan. He not only caught the traitor, but also punished Haokelou."

Everyone nodded.

They were all shocked by the shopkeeper's wisdom, as he was able to drive out the traitor without making a fuss and lay a trap for the rival restaurant.

At this moment, everyone, including Master Shi, respected him and did not dare to have any other thoughts in the future.

What they didn't know was that Shopkeeper Xu actually admired Yun Zhenzhen in his heart. After all, it was she who came up with this idea.

It's a pity that such an intelligent woman lives in a small mountain village.