What?

Guo almost got a fishbone stuck in her throat.

"Cough cough—" She coughed several times before spitting out the fishbone. "Who still pays for this thing?"

Li Fu smiled and said, "My son loves to eat it. Madam asked me to ask Sister Ye if she would be willing to sell the recipe to us."

Mrs. Ye quickly said, "What's the big deal? Young Master Qin likes to eat it, so I told you guys, why bother talking about money?"

"Oh, that won't do." Li Fu said, "Mrs. Ye, you don't know that with your excellent cooking skills, you can make a lot of money in the capital. How can I ask for your recipe for free?"

"Making a lot of money?"

The Ye family was stunned when they heard this. Ever since Mrs. Ye got married, she had been in charge of all the cooking at home.

People have been eating it for so many years and just think it tastes good, but they never thought that they could make a lot of money from it.

Old Mrs. Ye had gotten a lot of information from the two maids during the day, so she knew more than others.

But I am not sure what the market price is.

So she thought about it for a moment, and without beating around the bush, she said directly: "Butler Li, to be honest, we are all from the countryside and don't understand these things.

"But I've lived for most of my life, and I think I have some insight into people.

"The Qin family is full of honest people. They certainly won't cheat us. Just name a price!"

When Li Fu heard her say this, a look of satisfaction immediately appeared in his eyes.

If the Ye family haggled over how much the recipe could be sold for at this moment, they would be truly wasting time and effort.

"Don't worry, my wife will definitely not treat you unfairly." Li Fu smiled and stretched out his hand, gesturing, "This number!"

"Five copper coins?" Guo shouted out without thinking, almost unable to hold back her laughter.

Oh, she thought it could be sold for a lot of money, but in the end it was only five copper coins. It was really funny.

Li Fu quickly shook his head when he heard this.

Guo was stunned when she saw this, thinking, if it wasn't five copper coins...

"Could it be five hundred yuan?"

Is a fish stew recipe so valuable?

Guo's heart was pounding and she couldn't help but look at Mrs. Ye.

The dishes my sister-in-law usually cooks at home cost at least eighty, if not a hundred. Even if each dish could be sold for one hundred yuan, that would still be eighty yuan...

Isn’t this making a fortune?

Guo was immersed in her own fantasy, as if she was sitting on a pile of copper coins.

The Ye family also showed surprise. A recipe for stewing fish can be sold for five hundred yuan. The Qin family is indeed a wealthy family and is generous.

Li Fu saw that the Ye family members looked like they had never seen the world, and no one dared to guess any higher.

He could only helplessly reveal the answer himself: "You all guessed wrong. It's not five copper coins, nor five strings of silver. It's fifty taels of silver!"

"What?" Guo stood up suddenly, but she stood up so fast that her vision went dark and her body swayed twice. She was finally able to stand steady after being supported by Ye Laosi.

"Fourth Brother, pinch me, am I dreaming?"

Ye Laosi was also very honest and twisted her arm firmly.

"Ouch——" Feeling the pain in her arm, Guo finally believed that this was not a dream.

The other members of the Ye family were also dumbfounded at this moment. The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and only the crackling sound of the burning charcoal at the bottom of the pot could be heard.

"Fifty, fifty... ten taels..." Mrs. Ye's tongue was tied. After finally speaking, she waved her hands and said, "No, no, it's just a recipe for stewing fish. How can it cost so much money?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo immediately turned her head and glared at Mrs. Ye.

Are you crazy? I've never seen anyone push money away!

"Butler Li, this..." Guo smiled at Li Fu and wanted to say something to quickly settle the matter.

But Li Fu ignored her completely.

"Sister Ye, is this fish stew recipe of yours passed down from your ancestors or is it something you developed yourself?

"To be honest, my young master loves eating fish. We have bought countless recipes for cooking fish and have also eaten at all the famous restaurants outside the Great Wall.

"But my young master said that this is the first time he has tasted the taste of what you made."

"The method of stewing fish was taught by my father on my mother's side. Later I made some slight changes. It really tastes different from other people's stews."

"That's it!" Li Fu slapped his thigh and said, "This is the only one I want! Otherwise, do you think a random stewed fish can be worth fifty taels of silver?"

Mrs. Ye still didn't dare to accept it and said, "That's really too much..."

This was the first time that Li Fu had done something so difficult that he couldn't even give money as a gift, so he had no choice but to persuade him earnestly: "Don't be so hasty to refuse, just listen to what I have to say first.

"I didn't give you these fifty taels of silver casually..."

Upon hearing this, Guo immediately pricked up her ears again.

She knew that it was fifty taels of silver, and it was not something she could just give away.

The Qin family is rich, but they are not stupid.

Li Fu said, "After you sell this recipe to us, you are not allowed to tell anyone else. Your family cannot use this recipe to open a shop and make money. You must ensure that our Qin family's is unique!"

Seeing that Mrs. Ye was still waving her hands, Mrs. Guo was extremely anxious and said, "Butler Li, whatever you say is what I will do.

"Don't even mention that we can't open a shop or tell anyone else. We'll never make this dish again!"

As long as she could get fifty taels of silver, she would never have to eat fish stewed in an iron pot again, and she would even not eat fish for the rest of her life.

"That's not necessary. You can just eat at home." Li Fu replied to Mrs. Guo, then turned to Mrs. Ye and said, "To be honest, this price isn't that high. If you buy the recipe from a famous chef or a master chef, it would cost several times more."

Fifty taels of silver was already a huge sum of money that Mrs. Ye had never seen in her life. If it was multiplied several times, it would be an amount that she could not imagine.

"Then, then I will agree to it?" Mrs. Ye said without confidence, her eyes unconsciously glancing at Old Lady Ye and Boss Ye.

Only then did Old Lady Ye recover from the shock of losing fifty taels of silver.

"Big Boss's wife, since Butler Li has said it so bluntly, don't refuse. Go and teach him the recipe later."

"That's right, your old lady is still straightforward!" Li Fu said as he took out a fifty-liang silver note from his pocket and stuffed it into Mrs. Ye's hand.

Mrs. Ye's hands were shaking as she held the fifty-liang silver note.

She just cooked a dish, how could she get fifty taels of silver?

When Guo saw the banknotes, her eyes immediately widened.

She watched with a smile as Mrs. Ye handed the banknote to Old Lady Ye.

I thought happily in my heart that it was a good thing that I had to flee famine shortly after getting married, and had not had time to talk about dividing the family.

If we split up the family business, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

But Mrs. Ye waved her hand and said, "You earned this with your own ability. You can keep it for yourself. You don't have to give it to me."

Guo immediately ran away, jumping up and down and shouting, "Why?"