She transmigrated into a widow and farmed to raise vests.

Xu Shaoting stood by the window on the second floor, a hint of anger on his face.

His business has been declining sharply in the past two years, and his father has even fallen ill from worry. He has also given up on the idea of ​​just loafing around and waiting to die.

I originally wanted to go to Beijing to learn culinary skills and recipes.

He was worried about leaving his father alone, and he didn't want to see the restaurant he had worked so hard to build just close down.

Unexpectedly, business has been exceptionally good these past two days. He came to check it out himself and found out that there was also a mushroom soup pot business.

He would be very happy if business continued to be good.

However, he never expected that other restaurants in town would soon start serving mushroom soup.

And when he saw that there were more people selling mushrooms in town, he realized that he had been tricked by that woman.

Who knows if she sold multiple items and cheated a lot of money? Thinking of this, Xu Shaoting was furious.

Upon arriving at Yunlaiju, he launched into a tirade against Manager Du.

But Manager Du didn't think that way.

He felt that Qin Yu wasn't that kind of person, and Qin Yu had also warned him that someone might do something about it later, so he was mentally prepared.

He had barely finished explaining when Xu Shaoting scolded him.

"What she means is that she's already planning to sell to multiple parties, and you're still clueless about it?!"

“Young master, I don’t think that lady is that kind of person. She sends fish balls over every day. I’ll ask her myself.”

Shopkeeper Du firmly believed that Qin Yu was not lying to him, because at least no other shop had fish balls!

"Does she dare to come?"

Xu Shaoting was convinced that she already knew and had probably already run away with the money.

"Young master, manager!" The waiter knocked on the door.

The shopkeeper opened the door and saw Qin Yu standing there, looking quite embarrassed.

He gestured for her to come in.

Qin Yu walked in with an air of nonchalance and placed the wooden bucket on the ground.

I saw a person standing by the window, their back to me.

The atmosphere seemed somewhat oppressive.

"Did you need something from Manager Du?"

Seeing this, Manager Du stopped hiding it and asked her directly.

"Madam Qin, let me get straight to the point. Has Madam Qin sold the recipe for the mushroom soup base to other people?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu guessed the general outline of the matter.

She also noticed that there were more people selling mushrooms these past two days.

"no!"

Qin Yu was also straightforward, as there was no one here he needed to hide anything from, and even his tone of voice became a bit firmer.

"Madam Qin..."

Seeing Qin Yu's attitude, Manager Du was somewhat at a loss. He looked at his employer and felt caught in a dilemma.

"Although I am just a woman, I know that selling the same item to multiple people is a bad practice, so naturally I would never do such a thing!"

Qin Yu disdained to do that.

"To be honest, some restaurants have already been established in town, and the owner and I thought..."

"If you say it wasn't you, how do you explain this?"

Xu Shaoting turned to look at Qin Yu, his tone somewhat forceful.

He was stunned when he saw Qin Yu's face; he had thought she was a peasant woman in her thirties.

I never expected her to be such a beautiful woman.

He stood before the two men with an air of composure and dignity, his face serene and at ease.

It's hard to imagine that a woman could have such an attitude.

He boasted that he had seen many women, even older women, but he had never seen anyone like Qin Yu.

She has a delicate and beautiful appearance, yet possesses an extraordinary temperament with a touch of heroism.

"I am Xu Shaoting, the young master of Yunlaiju. Madam Qin, right? I would like to hear your explanation!"

Qin Yu smiled and explained to the two of them.

"The mushroom soup base isn't exactly a secret recipe; you can figure it out in less than half a month if you think about it carefully. I've told the shopkeeper about this before."

Experienced chefs may not be able to replicate a dish 100%, but they can do it about 80-90% of the time. However, they overlooked one important point.

“Yunlaiju has gained an early advantage, but it also has an advantage because you have one more fish ball that they don’t have.”

"The soup base recipe is a one-time use item. If I were to sell it, I would rather sell the fish balls to every restaurant. It's a long-term business, and I'll still have money to make no matter which restaurant goes out of business. Wouldn't that be more profitable than selling to just one restaurant?"

Qin Yu explained that this was also the reason why she chose to sell the soup base instead of the fish ball recipe.

Xu Shaoting nodded, confirming that it was true; his family was the only one in the entire town that made fish balls.

As she said, the income from fish balls is the only way to make money in the long run.

"It's not surprising that they can replicate it, but they've overlooked something important!"

Xu Shaoting was surprised; he didn't think there was anything he had overlooked.

"What does Madam mean?" Manager Du already knew, and suddenly slapped his thigh as if he had just realized something.

"Mushrooms vary from spring to autumn, and people usually go out to dig for mushrooms, so it's not unusual. The area is small, so no one will pay attention."

But now that some people are making a business out of mushrooms, there are more people looking for mushrooms. Mushrooms that are usually overlooked will be dug up and sold as long as there is profit to be made.

Therefore, they cannot distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms, and this is especially true for the people in the town who rarely dig for mushrooms.

"They can't tell the difference between poisonous and non-poisonous products. If something goes wrong at this point, it will ruin their reputation!"

After finishing speaking, Manager Du realized the problem.

"You mean there are poisonous mushrooms too!" Xu Shaoting was clearly surprised as well.

Not only are there poisonous mushrooms, but also poisonous wood ear fungus. Fresh ones are best; those soaked for a day and a night will produce deadly toxins.

"Since that's the case, I don't need to worry about competition anymore. Let's see how long those restaurants can remain arrogant!"

Xu Shaoting suddenly felt exhilarated and happily slapped the table as he sat down.

"Isn't the young master going to remind them?" Qin Yu asked.

"Why would I do that? They copied my soup base, why should I tell them? I bought it with real money, they stole it, so of course I wouldn't be kind enough to tell them!"

Xu Shaoting would certainly not do that, especially since he had previously had some friction with two of the companies.

For him, he would love for any restaurant that makes the soup base to have an accident.

"Young Master Xu, I think you should tell him!" Qin Yu didn't think so.

In the business world, profit is paramount, and besides, if you want to grow big, you can't have these kinds of thoughts.

"Tell me why I should tell them?"

Xu Shaoting was disdainful, clearly thinking that she was just a woman who could only cook and knew nothing about business.

Qin Yu remained unhurried, while Du Zhanggu had already poured a cup of tea and walked over.

"The young master is the one whose secret recipe was stolen, so of course he's very angry. But if you were magnanimous and told everyone beforehand that the mushrooms were poisonous, how would people view you?"

Manager Du thought for a moment and then said.

"Of course I don't believe it. Others will only think that the young master is jealous of their good business and wants to slander them!"