Of course, Su Qingluan just muttered it in her heart and did not bring this matter up in the open.

After all, although traditional Chinese medicine also has records of diabetes, also known as "xiaoke disease", Su Qingluan does not understand traditional Chinese medicine. She was afraid of making things worse if she said too much, so she gave up.

But in fact, Su Qingluan is not worried about the sales of this ginger-flavored jam.

After all, that spicy taste, especially now that the weather is getting colder, can bring a sense of warmth to the whole body.

Aunt Zhang took another sip of tea gracefully, and this time the look she gave Su Qingluan was completely different.

Because she discovered that, through the hands of this young lady, the fruit jam that was once common among the rich and powerful could be made into something new.

Whether it is the previous "Four Seasons" series or this time's ginger jam, they are all production methods that Zhang Ma has never seen or heard of.

It wasn't like Aunt Zhang hadn't seen jam before. In fact, because she had been serving Old Madam Xie for many years, she had received jam as a reward quite often.

But no matter what, jam is one of the few precious foods - otherwise the old lady of the Xie family would not give it to the servants as a "reward" to show her kindness.

However, the fruit jams that Zhang Ma had tasted, seen, and heard about were mostly made by mashing one or more fruits into a paste, adding sugar, honey, or even more precious ice cubes as a sweet treat.

But Zhang Ma never imagined that jam could be made with so many ingredients and have such a rich taste.

Zhang Ma was a daughter-in-law who had been serving Old Madam Xie since she was very young. At that time, Old Madam Xie had just married Old Marquis Xie - of course, Old Marquis Xie back then was not the retired old marquis he is today, but a young man who had just gone to the battlefield - Zhang Ma had followed her all the way, and her abilities were remarkable.

Needless to say, she assisted the old lady in running the household, and even assisted in managing the shops and farms. Therefore, Zhang Ma herself possessed a considerable business acumen, and also represented a certain degree of power on behalf of Old Lady Xie. This was also an important reason why Xie Zian, despite being the master, was somewhat wary of Zhang Ma.

What he feared was not Aunt Zhang, but Old Lady Xie behind her.

After all, it was well known that his biological father, Xie Xuanfan, the governor of Qingzhou, was a filial son who obeyed his mother in everything. Therefore, Xie Zian understood that as long as he could make old lady Xie happy, even if his father and mother really wanted to teach him a lesson, there would be someone to protect them.

Therefore, although Xie Zian was the master, he was afraid of Zhang Ma, the servant. At least no one in the Xie Mansion was surprised. As for outsiders, Su Qingluan felt that as long as Zhang Ma wanted, she could do things perfectly.

It was precisely because of Aunt Zhang's excellent business acumen that she realized that Su Qingluan's method of adding unexpected ingredients to jam would inevitably become a new favorite in the hearts of the nobles who were easily bored with the old and easily fond of novelty - those varieties that only mixed different types of jam would at best only arouse temporary curiosity.

But after all, no matter how novel a fruit is, people will eventually tire of it. Only by constantly introducing new products can we maintain this passion.

Of course, thinking of Su Qingluan's words about jam not being available in unlimited quantities, Aunt Zhang also understood: if there were a variety of flavors, plus a limited supply, the price of the jam would definitely be hyped up. In this way, even if it was initially sold at a sky-high price of one or two gold coins per bottle, it would surely attract many wealthy and idle people to rush to buy it.

After weighing the pros and cons for two days, Aunt Zhang considered how much profit this business could bring to the Marquis' Mansion. She turned to Su Qingluan and said, "Madam Su, regarding the price of one or two taels of gold per bottle that you mentioned a while ago..."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan immediately straightened her back and opened her eyes wide: Finally, after all the empty talk, are you finally going to get to the point?

Come on, the little flame of fighting spirit in her heart was burning: after all, she couldn't go out of the kitchen in the last few years of her previous life, and she also ran an online store and sold goods through live streaming to earn medical expenses. Su Qingluan was quite confident in her bargaining skills.

She thought: It would be best if we could negotiate for at least five taels of silver per bottle. If the minimum could be guaranteed to be three taels of silver per bottle, that would be acceptable, but...

"I think it would be reasonable if we can maintain the current level." Just when Su Qingluan was playing out her inner drama very intensely, Aunt Zhang said this out of nowhere.

Su Qingluan hadn't recovered from her shock yet: "Auntie Zhang, you naturally have your reasons for saying this, but..." Before she could finish her words, Su Qingluan suddenly realized what the other person meant, "You...you mean, you think this is acceptable?"

Aunt Zhang nodded, her expression seemed to say: Isn't this the price you proposed yourself? Why are you surprised?

"Could it be..." Aunt Zhang said with a half-smile, "Madam Su's previous offer was just outrageous and exorbitant?"

Su Qingluan naturally didn't want to make an unrealistically high offer. After all, she had once asked Liang and Mu Xingzhi about the prices of desserts in the capital. Having said that, at one or two taels of gold per jar of jam, there was indeed a lot of room for bargaining.

But how could she admit it?

"Auntie Zhang, you're joking. My offer is absolutely fair, but as the saying goes, 'the first offer is worth a 30% discount.' I just didn't expect Auntie Zhang to be so straightforward and not bargain at all!"

So, it seems that she, a modern person, does not fully understand the determination of the rich and idle people in ancient times to pursue delicious food!

But when you think about those modern rich people who spend hundreds of dollars on a paper cup, thousands of dollars on a steel wool, and ten or twenty thousand on a pair of plastic sandals, Su Qingluan feels that rich people really just regard "spending money" as a pastime, right?

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