Looks like he's one of the few henpecked husbands in this day and age, hehehe.

Qian Lu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll definitely supply you. Come again soon, take care."

After seeing off the last group of guests, Qian Lu was exhausted and collapsed on a stool: "Ugh, I'm so busy every day, I've lost several pounds from exhaustion."

Er Ya kicked him: "Stop going to Versailles. Do you expect me to wander the streets all day like before?"

Qian Lu asked in confusion, "Versailles? What does that mean?"

Er Ya said irritably, "It just means you're incredibly handsome."

"Alright then, I am Versailles, I really am Versailles."

Er Ya couldn't bear to see him looking so foolish. She glanced at Chen Xiuhua and the others, who were all sitting idly by, and kicked him again: "Hurry up and give my grandma the money so they can buy things to take home."

Qian Lu clutched her foot and wailed, "You little brat, you're getting more and more out of line with your age. What kind of behavior is this?"

Seeing that Er Ya was about to stick her foot out again, he quickly called out, "Xiao Wang, how many kilograms was that just now? Hurry up and calculate the money. Oh, by the way, how much are you planning to charge per kilogram?"

Chen Xiuhua looked at Er Ya helplessly, and Wang Meili also glanced at Er Ya.

Oh dear, everyone trusts me so much, it makes me a little embarrassed, hehehe.

I asked about the price Qian Luding had just quoted, which was 80 cents a serving. I said, "I originally asked them to sell the crayfish for 20 cents a bowl and the snails for 10 cents a bowl. You can decide how much to pay."

Qian Lu thought about it and agreed that the price was acceptable, since it was readily available. He then asked, "Er Ya, do they still sell these things outside? If they do, the quality is quite different from what we have in my shop."

Er Ya nodded: "Of course, otherwise how much would your shop need in a day?"

"How about this? If you only supply me, I'll charge you four cents a pound. After all, I run a restaurant, so I need to make some profit. If you're also selling it outside, then I definitely can't charge you this price. It'll be fifteen cents a pound. Which one do you want?"

Chen Xiuhua pulled Wang Meili, Jiang Heping, and Er Ya aside to discuss it. Chen Xiuhua said, "Mom, why don't we just sell them all to him? We can't bring ourselves to do business outside like that."

Wang Meili hesitated and said, "But if we do that, we won't make much money."

After all, Er Ya was right just now. How many stores can one store possibly need?

Jiang Heping glared at Chen Xiuhua with annoyance: "You're just being a woman. What's there to be ashamed of? When you're not busy, I'll come with you. We can sell from two stores and earn a lot more money."

"But……".

After discussing it for a long time, they still couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer.

Then they all looked at Er Ya, hoping she could give them some advice.

Er Ya thought about it carefully. What they said made sense. Was there a compromise?

After thinking for a long time, a brilliant idea struck him: "That's it! I can do it like this!" He quickly asked Qian Lu.

"Brother Lu, crayfish don't taste as good when they're cold. The flavor is quite different. You can buy them raw and cook them yourself when you get home. Serving them freshly made will definitely attract another wave of customers."

Qian Lu thought about it and felt that this method was feasible. After all, he owned a restaurant and had all kinds of seasonings in the store. He could just buy them raw, which would reduce the cost by a lot.

"The price of that newborn...?"

Er Ya readily agreed, "I'll give you a friendly price, eight cents a pound, that's fine. You have no idea how hard it is to find this stuff, and how difficult it is to catch. My grandma and the others have to clean it properly, it's quite a hassle."

Those who knew the inside story recalled the densely packed snails in the stream and the dozen or so crayfish they could dig up, and fell into deep thought, wondering if their memory was wrong.

However, Er Ya is right, this stuff is indeed difficult to wash and takes a lot of effort.

Upon hearing this, Qian Lu nodded: "Okay, then you should deliver it in the morning from now on, don't deliver it too late, I'm counting on it for lunch and dinner."

"Okay, I promise to get you the freshest one."

He instructed Xiao Wang to calculate the price for them. It was thirty jin in total. This batch was already finished. He charged them four mao per jin, claiming it was because it was their first time dealing with each other and they should pay a higher price.

They were overjoyed to receive twelve yuan at once. That's more than ten yuan a day. Would they become thousand-yuan households in a few months?

"Alright, the money's all paid. Brother Lu, let's go now. We'll talk again next time."

Qian Lu looked at Er Ya with resentment: "You girl, you want to leave as soon as you're done? How can you be so heartless?"

Er Ya said irritably, "What's the point of talking to you about conscience? Aren't we the most compatible partners?"

Qian Lu smiled mysteriously: "Do you want to know about Jingyu? Come on, it would be best if you called me Brother Lu, and I'll tell you."

Hearing the name Jingyu, it felt like it had been a long time since I'd heard it. Thinking back to the last time he'd saved up a stack of change for me, it would be a lie to say I wasn't touched.

But seeing Qian Lu's sly grin, and not wanting him to get away with it, she pretended to be nonchalant and said, "I don't want to know anything about him. Tell me if you want, or don't."

Seeing that Er Ya wasn't falling for his tricks, Qian Lu, who had been holding back a lot of things to say, suddenly became anxious:

"If you don't want to hear it, I'll tell you anyway. That kid saved a pretty girl, her name was something like Jiang Tang. She was so grateful that her whole family came to visit my aunt's house, and they kept saying they had their eyes on Jingyu and wanted him to be their son-in-law."

Er Ya said in disbelief, "Who are you kidding? How old is he? He's just a little kid. How could he possibly be talking about marriage?"

“It’s true, I heard it from my mom. My aunt is overjoyed. That family’s status is even higher than my uncle’s. This is great! My mom keeps nagging me, saying that I’m always out and about, how come I never encounter such good fortune?”

Er Ya chuckled self-deprecatingly: "I knew it! The world in the big city is so exciting, why would he keep staring at a country girl? Now look what's happened, he has a beautiful young lady of noble birth by his side, he's even less likely to remember her."

She secretly made up her mind that even if he didn't recognize her in the future, she would definitely pay him back the money.

He still smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with me. Let's go, Uncle Wang. Please calculate how much our food cost."

Then, looking at Jiang's mother, who controlled the family finances, he said, "Mother, go pay the bill."

Qian Lu was extremely disappointed when he saw that Er Ya had no reaction. He had been so surprised when he found out, but Er Ya didn't seem to care at all, making him wait in vain.

To be continued!