The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

Shen Cao looked at the document he had signed with Manager Ma in his hand. Shen Yu'an and the others hadn't even arrived yet, and a new business deal had already been secured.

Shen Cao first went to a general store and bought thirty small storage jars, which were twice the size of the Lao Gan Ma sauce jars from his previous life.

Now that the weather is getting cooler, the meat sauce keeps longer, so she specifically bought this larger sauce jar.

A jar of soy sauce cost three coins, and Shen Cao bought thirty jars. The shopkeeper charged him eighty coins.

Pork now costs eleven coins per pound, and this can contains about one pound of pork.

She can continuously draw on soybean paste and fermented soybean paste from her storage space, both at zero cost.

However, the cost of a jar of scallions, ginger, and garlic is about one cent.

One jar of sauce can last an average person more than half a month.

This meat sauce can be eaten on its own, or you can add a spoonful when stir-frying dishes to enhance their flavor.

Therefore, Shen Cao plans to price a jar of sauce at twenty-five coins, focusing on low profit and high sales volume.

After settling the bill with the grocery store owner, Shen Cao asked him if he knew the owner of the kiln that made the soy sauce jars. If she continued doing business with Boss Ma, she planned to have the soy sauce jars custom-made.

After hearing Shen Cao's request, the boss said he would help her inquire about it.

After leaving the general store, Shen Cao went to Uncle Li's place again.

"Uncle Li, how's the meat today?"

"Cao'er is here. Today's pig weighs a full two hundred jin, and the meat is delicious. Come and take a look."

"Huh? Didn't you just buy twenty pounds of pork from me a couple of days ago? What? You've sold out again?"

"Yes, they're sold out."

"Uncle Li, could you deliver another thirty catties of pork to me in a bit?"

Since Uncle Li met Shen Cao, his family has never had any unsold pork.

Not only pork, but even the offal that nobody usually eats is all bought up by Shen Cao.

He used to take two or three days to sell a pig, but since Shen Cao started buying pork from him, he can sell them all in about a day.

"Alright, the same old rule applies, ten coins per pound, you can't give me any more."

"it is good."

He happily agreed to deliver it to Shen Cao as soon as he finished his work, and they could have a meal there together.

After buying the pork, Shen Cao went to the market again. Although she still had some scallions, ginger, and garlic at home, she didn't have much left.

After buying groceries and returning home, Grandma Zhang and Li Xiaoyu had already arrived.

It has to be said that Li Xiaoyu was born for this line of work.

She went straight to the kitchen as soon as she arrived and did almost all the chores she could.

In the morning, Shen Cao and her younger siblings bought fish and shrimp, which she and Grandma Zhang had almost finished cleaning.

The shrimp weighed nearly 40 kilograms, and the shrimp veins were all removed.

Grandma Zhang has even started washing the thirty sauce jars she bought that morning in the yard.

As expected of her personally chosen apprentice, she was quick-witted and skillful; she truly loved her.

As soon as he saw Shen Cao walk in, he immediately put down what he was doing and took the things from Shen Cao's hands.

"Master, you are back."

"I've cleaned all the shrimp. I asked Aunt Shen, and she told me to put the whole basin in the ice cellar."

"I don't know what you did with the rest of the fish. You just cleaned them out of their internal organs and put them in the ice cellar after washing them."

"I just saw Uncle Li pulling over thirty pounds of pork. There's still pork in the ice cellar, Master. What do you need this pork for?"

"This morning, I received an order for 100 jars of meat sauce. Since I'm short on time, I bought over 30 kilograms of pork and plan to make 30 jars for him today."

"Perfect timing, you can learn how to make meat sauce with me today."

"Hey!" Xiaoyu, who had been busy since early morning, had rosy cheeks and looked like a New Year's picture doll, and nodded happily.

It was past breakfast time, and Mr. and Mrs. Shen came to the yard to help Shen Cao.

Shen Qing, Shen Wan, and Xiao Qi were washing the sauce jars with Granny Zhang. One of them was scrubbing, and the other was rinsing, working like an assembly line.

Shen Qing and Xiao Qi, in particular, were both giving it their all, neither willing to admit defeat.

"Can you hurry up? I've been rinsing for ages and my batches have been piling up." Shen Qing urged Xiao Qi to finish rinsing.

Xiao Qi refused to give up and quickly sped up. After finally catching up, she started urging Shen Qing on.

The two of them went back and forth, and before Shen Wan and Granny Zhang could wash many dishes, they had already washed all thirty sauce jars.

After washing the sauce jars, Shen Cao found a large winnowing basket and had them turn the sauce jars upside down on the basket and put them in the sun to dry.

After washing the sauce jars, they joined Shen Cao and his group.

With their help, the seasonings such as scallions, ginger, and garlic needed to make the meat sauce were quickly prepared.

Next, it's time to prepare the minced meat.

Thirty pounds of meat were all chopped into minced meat.

Shen Cao felt a pang of nostalgia for the meat grinder from her past life.

Luckily there were many people, otherwise her arm would probably be ruined just from chopping the meat.

Fortunately, the kitchen is large, with eight people in the family, so each person has a cutting board and a kitchen knife.

The Shen family kitchen was filled with the sound of mincing meat.

After preparing the minced meat, chop the scallions, ginger, and garlic and set them aside.

It took eight people more than an hour just to prepare the ingredients for making the meat sauce.

Shen Cao suddenly felt that her price might be a bit too low.

Because the amount of meat sauce being cooked this time was large, Shen Cao specially used the largest iron boiler stove in the corner of the kitchen.

It took Shen Cao and Li Xiaoyu stirring together to barely get the sauce in the pot mixed evenly.

That afternoon, the aroma of soy sauce wafted from the kitchen of Shen's Restaurant and spread to every household on Xin'an Street.

Those who smelled the aroma were wondering what delicious food Shen's Restaurant was making this time.

Many people couldn't resist the aroma and came to Shen's restaurant to ask about it, expressing their desire to buy some to try.

It took a full hour for the meat sauce to be ready.

Looking at the big pot full of glistening, reddish-brown meat sauce, Li Xiaoyu couldn't stop smiling with satisfaction.

She had just tasted it, and the meat sauce was delicious. Shen Cao had taught her the whole process in great detail, even carefully noting down the proportions of the seasonings.

After finishing this pot of sauce, she had completely mastered how to make it.

Master also said that from now on, she will be in charge of making the sauce.

In particular, she was deeply moved when her master patted her shoulder at the end, his gaze full of confidence and complete trust in her.

This was the first time she had ever felt so clearly believed in.

It feels so good to be believed in and trusted.