"I can invest 200,000 yuan in your Tang family's braised meat shop. That should be enough for your grandson's surgery. You can continue selling braised meat, but I will take 20% of your braised meat business. Later, we will expand this business and open chain stores in Hunan Province."

Of course, the recipe for braised meat is only in the hands of your Tang family; the other steps can be done by others.

"Young lady, are you kidding me? Can you really make that decision? You really want to invest 200,000 yuan in my family's braised meat shop? This..."

Aunt Tang, who had already entered the kitchen, suddenly stopped. She turned around, her eyes widening and shining with an unusual light as she looked at Chen Xihua in disbelief.

Just now at the hospital, that person said he wanted to buy his own formula, but he didn't want to pay 100,000 yuan and even wanted to haggle.

And now this young girl is offering 200,000 right off the bat. Even though she wants a 20% cut, isn't that better than selling the formula? It's much better.

But is this little girl really rich?

"Yes, Aunt Tang, I'm serious. I don't know if you've heard of Fanghua Store, the clothing store. My business is pretty good, and I can afford 200,000 yuan."

However, in the future, I will not just open a braised meat stall; my plan is to open a chain of stores in Hunan Province.

You can consider it. If you're okay with it, I can call right now and have someone transfer 200,000 yuan to you.

"A chain store? You're really rich?" Aunt Tang had also thought about opening Tang's braised meat stores in various parts of the provincial capital, just like this young girl said.

Her son also had some plans, but just then, this grandson incident happened.

"Okay, young lady, wait a minute. My son will be back for dinner in half an hour. Let's discuss it."

“Okay, sure.” Chen Xihua had actually considered buying the recipe, but even if she did, she would still have to hire someone to make it, which wasn’t as good as the Tang family themselves. They had experience and skills, and the Tang family would also have an emotional attachment to this family’s heirloom recipe.

Also, even after buying the recipe, I opened a shop in Hunan Province. People in the southern provinces have different tastes, and there are other braised meat shops in the area that offer different flavors.

Chen Xihua didn't want to take advantage of someone's misfortune. At this point, spending 200,000 yuan only gave him a 20% stake, which seemed like a loss for him. However, in the long run, this skill should be able to open many chain stores in the next ten years or so.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these are small shops and stalls; they can make a lot of money, and you're actually the one who benefits.

Moreover, she could tell that Aunt Tang was very unwilling to sell the formula.

Furthermore, the Tang family's grandson is still in the hospital and requires a lot of money; they don't want to cut off their source of income.

"Mom, I'm home."

About twenty minutes later, Grandma Tang's son returned.

She'd heard he was in his early thirties, but when Chen Xihua saw the man walk into the courtyard, he looked like he was in his forties or fifties. He was disheveled, his face was weary and exhausted, and he was short and a bit overweight.

Even though he was in poor spirits, she could still tell that he was either a cook or a foodie.

"Hello." He was in a bad mood and puzzled when he saw Chen Xihua, a stranger in his home, but he still nodded slightly in greeting.

"Hello, Mr. Tang." Chen Xihua nodded slightly.

"Jin Hai, this is Chen Xihua, the fifth young lady. She wants to cooperate with our family's braised meat shop."

"Little Fifth Sister, this is my son, Tang Jinhai. My daughter-in-law is still at the hospital taking care of my grandson."

Grandma Tang heard her son's voice and quickly came out of the kitchen. After briefly explaining to the two of them, she pulled her son into the house.

About ten minutes later, the Tang family mother and son came out. Tang Jinhai looked very serious, but also expectant and surprised, and a little uncertain.

"Mr. Chen, are you sure you can invest in my braised meat shop?"

“Yes, Mr. Tang, if you’re not comfortable with this, I…” Chen Xihua, hearing Tang Jinhai’s tone and attitude, figured the deal was basically done and wanted to elaborate further.

"No need, Mr. Chen. I've been to Fanghua's store to buy clothes. I know your business is doing well, and I believe you genuinely want to cooperate. But could you please not interfere in the operation of the braised meat shop?"

Tang Jinhai went to Fanghua store to buy clothes before the Lunar New Year. It was his wife's birthday that day, and he went there specifically to buy her clothes.

He heard that many people like Fanghua's clothes, not just young girls in their late teens and early twenties, but also some women in their thirties, who all say they look good and are fashionable.

My wife was very beautiful when she was young, but she got tanned after we started setting up a stall together. After that, she didn't pay much attention to her clothes and always said not to waste money.

“Yes, Mr. Tang, I’m very happy.” Chen Xihua wished she could just lie down and wait for her share of the money; she only cared about the investment.

"Alright, we agree." Tang Jinhai was relieved, and his face finally relaxed a bit.

Then the two discussed some investment cooperation matters, and decided to finalize the agreement today and sign it and transfer the money tomorrow.

Around 7 p.m., Chen Xihua left the Tang family's house. The Tang family wanted her to stay for dinner, but she had arranged to treat the employees of the No. 5 store in the South District to dinner at 8 p.m., and then treat the employees of the No. 4 store the next evening.

Stepping out of the pedestrian street, Chen Xihua took out a small flip phone from her bag and called her older sister, Chen Chunhua. She asked her to transfer 200,000 yuan from Nanhua Investment Company's account to Tang Jinhai's account the next day.

This phone was bought by Chen Xihua's older sister in Beijing earlier this year and sent back to Gaoyang County. They bought two at the time, spending a considerable sum of over ten thousand yuan.

Chen Xihua did it for convenience, as she felt she would need to invest money in many things later on.

After the two of them got cell phones, she could simply call her older sister and hand the money over to the finance department.

Chen Chunhua has been working hard without complaint, and has even brought the company's financial work to the school.

My older sister is currently participating in a campus internship program in Beijing. I'll have her transfer the money to me at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning after I sign the agreement.

Chen Xihua didn't take the money from the Fanghua store because the store wouldn't keep that much cash on hand. If she went to the bank to withdraw money, she'd have to wait until tomorrow; it's already six or seven o'clock.

Furthermore, according to Fanghua Company's regulations on spending, even though Chen Xihua is the boss, she cannot withdraw money at will. She herself has set a rule that she must first submit a report to the finance department for approval, and even if it is an emergency, she must submit a supplementary application and explanation later.

But the money from Nanhua Investment Company is different.

Every quarter, Chen Chunhua would set aside the profits from Fanghua Company for operational use, while transferring the portion belonging to Chen Xihua to Nanhua Investment Company's account.

The eldest sister seemed to know that she would spend money in all sorts of ways, so she had already thought of everything for her.

...

Chen Xihua stayed in Huishan City, Hunan Province for four days and three nights.

On July 15th at noon, she and Li Shisheng set off for their next destination, Silver City, Ontario.

It takes sixteen hours to travel from Hunan Province to Ontario Province.

"Brother Shisheng, we don't need to travel at night. If we set off at noon, we can rest at a service station around midnight. We can set off again at five or six in the morning and arrive in Yincheng before noon tomorrow."

"Okay." Li Shisheng knew there was no rush, but they still had to travel some distance. He had delivered goods several times and knew which service station was the best to park at. Besides, there was a stretch of road ahead that would get a bit chaotic after midnight.

...

The first half of the journey went smoothly, and we stopped at a service station to rest before midnight.

At 5:30 a.m. the next morning, Chen Xihua and his companion set off again, just as dawn was breaking.

After walking for about half an hour, suddenly, not far in front of the truck, a young woman was running towards them, with four men chasing after her.

"Help!" The woman ran desperately, and when she saw the truck, she screamed in panic as if she had grasped at a straw, losing one of her shoes in the process.

"Be careful..." Chen Xihua reacted first, urgently reminding Li Shisheng.

"This person is crazy..." Even though Li Shisheng reacted quickly and braked suddenly, he still drove several meters before stopping. The front of his car was less than two meters away from the woman. Fortunately, he was not driving fast.

Sitting in the truck, Chen Xihua had a good view. She saw a black van parked ahead, and then a woman got out of the van.

Sister Ying! ? ? The madam from three years ago.