"Did you see this morning? The Lu family came to Uncle Niu and brought back a truckload of something!"

The villagers who got up early to work were talking about it.

"I didn't see what they brought back, but I saw Lin Huihui and the two eldest sons of the Lu family go out early in the morning on Uncle Niu's ox cart!"

"I saw it too! I even greeted them and asked them what they were doing in the county town. Lin Huihui said they were going to the meat processing factory to pick up goods and were going to do business!"

"What? The Lu family is also going to do business? What kind of business?"

"What other business could it be? Of course it's the braised food business! They made braised food all day yesterday, and the aroma of the braised food has never left. At that time, I thought it came from the Xie family's workshop."

"Ah? They also do the braised food business? Following the example of the Xie family?"

"Of course! Haha, at first Aunt Lu kept saying that the Xie family's business was not up to par, as if it was great that her son and daughter-in-law worked in the city. I didn't expect that she would be slapped in the face so soon and learn to do business from the Xie family, and she is even doing the braised food business. How shameless!"

"After all, aren't they jealous of the Xie family's money?"

"The Xie family sells braised food, and their family also sells braised food... Could their recipe be stolen from the Xie family?"

"If it was stolen, it would be shameless."

"Aren't they going to compete with the Xie family for business? Who do you think will win?"

"Needless to say? It must be the Xie family! The Lu family is just starting out, but the Xie family has already opened a shop and a workshop. It will still take time for the Lu family to surpass them!"

"That's not necessarily true! Maybe the Lu family's stewed food is delicious, and it won't take long for it to reach the scale of the Xie family."

"...Hehe, that makes me so happy. If the Lu family can make their business bigger and stronger like the Xie family and open a workshop in the village, wouldn't they ask us to work for them? Then some of us will have jobs again!"

"Hahaha, that's true!"

…

The villagers of Longjing Village were discussing this matter almost the entire morning.

For the villagers, most of them just come to watch the fun.

The employees of the Xie family workshop were furious. While they were busy working, they cursed the Lu family for being shameless.

Xie's mother naturally knew about it, and she cursed with gnashing teeth: "I was wondering why the Lu family was so generous yesterday and spent a whole day preparing braised food. It turns out they wanted to steal our business! I am so unlucky that I met this stinky sticky candy and I can't get rid of it!"

After cursing for a while, he looked at Lin Xiangyi worriedly: "Xiangyi? The Lu family is also engaged in the braised food business like us, is everything okay?"

"It's okay," Lin Xiangyi smiled and comforted Xie's mother: "Mom, this stewed food is not our own creation. If others want to make it and sell it, we can't stop them from buying it!"

"But Xiangyi, why do the braised food they make smell so much like the braised food we make at home?" Xie's mother said anxiously.

Before last night, Lin Xiangyi would have suspected that the Lu family had stolen their family's secret recipe for braised food.

They make money from braised food, and the taste and production process of the braised food are their core competitiveness, so the recipe and production process are not public.

So far, every person in the kitchen of the workshop has been carefully selected and has signed a confidentiality agreement to be trustworthy.

However, money talks, and no one can guarantee that someone will not be tempted by the Lu family's huge profits and take risks to leak their secret recipe.

But last night Lin Xiangyi smelled the aroma of braised food coming from the Lu family. Although the taste was similar, it was definitely different from the aroma of braised food in their family.

"It seems a bit similar, about 60 to 70 percent," Lin Xiangyi's eyes were a little cold. Many ingredients of the marinade were similar, but from the smell, she couldn't tell the difference - the Lu family's recipe imitated the ingredients of their own recipe!

They wanted to copy, but failed!

Lin Xiangyi was confident that her own recipe was better and was not worried: "Mom, the Lu family is not a threat to our family, we just need to do our own thing. By the way, Mom, I have something good to share with you."

"What is it?"

"We are about to expand our business to the city!"

"What?" Xie's mother was stunned. She didn't know much about business, and she didn't know what Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi were doing.

Hearing that they were going to expand their business into the city seemed very surprising.

Lin Xiangyi smiled: "Didn't Qingxiao and I go to the city yesterday? Actually, we went to look at shops. We bought three shops! Today Qingxiao went out to handle the formalities."

Thank you mother???

And bought three more shops? Still in the city?

When Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi bought their first shop in the county town, she and her father thought they were dreaming.

Now Lin Xiangyi suddenly told them that she had bought three more shops... Xie's mother felt even more dizzy.

Ever since they opened the workshop and shop, many people around them said that their family had become rich.

But Xie's mother didn't feel much. Her family did make some money from business, so they lived a more comfortable life.

But at this moment, Xie's mother felt that her family had indeed become rich!

One shop can support three generations. With four shops in their family, how many generations can they support?

Before Xie's mother could come to her senses, the village chief's wife arrived.

"Xiangyi, my disappointing eldest daughter-in-law has gotten involved with the Lu family and wants to sell braised food together..." The village head's wife looked angry and embarrassed.

Mrs. He was going to the county town with the Lu family to do business selling braised food. She was so happy that her mind was full of fantasies about making money from selling braised food in the future and looking down on her parents-in-law who had to bow their heads and fawn on her in the future. She couldn't wait to show off in front of her parents-in-law.

She returned home late from the Lu family last night. The village chief and his wife had already gone to bed, so she could only hold herself back. This morning, when she heard the village chief and his wife getting up, she ran out to show off immediately.

The village chief's wife was so angry with her that they had a big fight.

Because of what He Dasao had done, she felt quite guilty when she came to the workshop to work this morning, and both she and He Ersao felt ashamed.

Until the workshop employees said that the Lu family might have used the Xie family's recipe to make braised food and sell it.

The village chief's wife is also one of the people working in the kitchen. She was afraid that Lin Xiangyi would think that she had leaked the secret recipe to Mrs. He and the Lu family, so she hurried over to explain.

"...Xiangyi, believe me, I didn't leak their stewed food recipe..."

"Aunt He, don't be nervous," Lin Xiangyi comforted the village head's wife: "I believe you. I've smelled it, and the stewed food they have is different from ours!"

"real?"

"real!"

The village chief's wife was finally relieved and was very grateful to Lin Xiangyi for believing in her.