"Hey, what else do you need to ask? Aren't you the manager of the No. 1 Restaurant in the world? I know."

"Does the shopkeeper know me?"

Zhuang Qian Gui laughed and said, "Of course I know. In the restaurant business, who doesn't know your name?"

Nan Zhi had no idea she was so popular. In modern times, would she be considered a semi-internet celebrity?

Nanzhi quickly settled on a price with him, which remained at 500 wen per catty.

Then they made deals with several large restaurants.

Wei Min asked curiously, "Master, cured meat is a rare commodity. What if these restaurants raise prices on the spot?"

Wei Guo tapped him, "Are you out of your mind?"

Wei Min was puzzled.

Nan Zhi laughed and said, "With the number one restaurant in the world here, who would dare to sell cured meat at a high price?"

Wei Min suddenly realized that in such a large restaurant as the First Restaurant Under Heaven, a serving of cured meat only costs one tael of silver. If other restaurants were to charge higher prices, they would lose a large number of customers.

"My master is indeed clever."

Wei Guo gave him a disdainful look. He hadn't realized before that this guy was so stupid.

After finalizing the business deal, Nanzhi immediately headed home.

Several ladies gathered in the old courtyard, chatting and laughing.

Old Mrs. Nan was among them.

Qian Lanfang: "Mom, this is all hard work, we can do it, you don't need to come along."

Grandma Nan is old, and although she is still nimble, she is still family, and Qian Lanfang doesn't want her mother-in-law to get tired.

"This is nothing. When I was young, I was one of the best in the village."

Grandma Liu scoffed, "Even a dog wouldn't eat the vegetables you pickle."

"You're getting excited, aren't you?"

Grandma Liu: "I'm not exaggerating, Nan family, tell me, how are your mother-in-law's pickled vegetables?"

Qian Lanfang chuckled to herself, but dared not say it aloud.

My mother-in-law's pickled vegetables are really not good; most of them are rotten.

To avoid wasting vegetables, Qian Lanfang rarely lets her mother-in-law pickle them.

“Look, your daughter-in-law isn’t saying anything.”

Grandma Nan couldn't refute it. Although she couldn't help, she could keep an eye on the other two members of the Qian family for Zhizhi.

While others weren't looking, Granny Liu whispered in Granny Nan's ear, "Old woman, I don't think those two from your Qian family are any good people. Why are they being allowed to work here?"

Old Mrs. Nan said helplessly, "It was our husband who called them."

Grandma Liu sighed and said nothing more.

When Namzhi arrived, everyone was busy.

"Aunties, I have something to announce."

Everyone put down what they were doing.

"Zhizhi, what's wrong?"

Nanzhi took out the previously drafted agreement, "Since we are a factory, we need to have corresponding rules. I've made some, aunties, listen to them."

Wei Guo took it and read aloud, "First, you can't..."

He read a hundred in a row.

“Zhizhi, no problem,” Li Xunfang said. “These are all minor matters.”

The others nodded in agreement.

Nanzhi looked thoughtfully at the two women from the Qian family, noticing them whispering to each other.

She smiled, a slight curve to her lips.

After saying that, Nanzhi said, "Before, because everyone did not work hard enough, we only received 20 coins a day. Starting today, everyone will receive 30 coins a day. Of course, it will be paid on the last day of each month. Do you have any objections?"

"No, no."

When everyone heard that wages were going to increase, there was no room for objection.

Thirty coins per person, that's nine hundred coins a month.

The women never imagined that one day they would become the pillars of their families.

The first batch of cured meat has been sent out, and as the factory expands, more people will be needed in the future.

Nanzhi is considering the next steps for the development of the cured meat factory.

Wei Min came in and said, "Master, a villager wants to see you."

Nanzhi is strange, let someone bring you in.

Li Xunfang was a little hesitant when she came in.

"Zhizhi, we used to be from two different families."

Nan Zhi: "Don't worry, Auntie, I won't take these little things to heart. Besides, I'm not a member of their family anymore."

Li Xunfang was relieved.

He had a conflict with Zhao Hui before, and revealed that Nan Zhi and Song Hanyan knew each other, adding fuel to the fire, which led to Nan Zhi marrying Song Hanyan.

She regretted it after it happened.

But seeing that she's doing well now, I'm relieved.

She said, "Zhizhi, I saw Qian Cui and Qian Fang put some meat into their clothes today. This is a secret stash."

The key point is that this isn't something that happened only once or twice.

Nan Zhi narrowed her eyes; it seemed the two had already started making their move.

Nanzhi: "Auntie, how many people saw it?"

Li Xunfang: "Everyone in our Taile Village who works here knows about this, but because you are related to her, no one says anything."

"Thank you, Auntie," Nanzhi said, taking out two copper coins and stuffing them into Li Xunfang's hand. "I'll trouble you to continue keeping an eye on things for me."

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry." Li Xunfang wiped her hands on her clothes and then put the money back into her pocket.

"Don't worry, Zhizhi," she patted her chest, "as long as I'm here, I'll remember even if they take a single radish."

Back at the work site, Li Xunfang was full of vigor.

I thought those two rascals got Zhizhi's permission before taking the meat, but it turns out they stole it themselves.

Therefore, I particularly dislike the two of them.

After Li Xunfang left, Cherry was puzzled.

"Why doesn't the master send those two away now? If they're left alone, they'll only steal more meat."

Nan Zhi: "Article 10 of the factory rules states that anyone who steals anything from the factory without permission will be fined one tael of silver. If the stolen item is worth ten taels, the county magistrate will intervene. What do you think I mean by that?"

Cherry understood; her master planned to send the two of them to jail.

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