"Madam Su, if our restaurant wants to make this braised pig's trotters, does that mean we have to buy this braising spice packet from you?"
Ah Xu hadn't figured it out yet, but he felt there was something wrong with what Su Luo said.
"Yes, I'll give you the recipe for this dish. Whether you make it or not is up to you. But if you want to eat this dish, or if you want it to become the restaurant's signature dish, you must buy my spice packet. We can establish a long-term cooperative relationship."
"Lady Su has really made a good plan!" Nangong Qing also stood up. If he could establish a long-term relationship with Su Luo, it would be easier to find out her background.
"I promise you, you can give Fu Man Lou a certain number of spice packets every month."
She still had about two hundred packs in her storage space. If she and Zhao Ruyun worked together, they could make two hundred packs a day. But she understood the principle that scarcity increases value, so she said to Nangong Qing, "One hundred packs a month."
The two signed a contract for three taels of silver per packet of braising spices, which would give Su Luo a stable income of three hundred taels per month.
"Nangong Qing!" Su Luo read aloud the name on the contract.
"Send someone to my house tomorrow to pick up the spice packet. You can find me by asking anyone in Changping Village."
"Okay, it's a deal."
Just as Su Luo was about to take Yi Huanhao and Yan Chuan back, Yan Chuan raised his little head and looked at Nangong Qing, saying, "Uncle just said that he would give all the pastries on the table to my sister and me. Does Uncle mean what he said?"
Nangong Qing was taken aback for a moment; this kid was quite clever: "Of course!"
"Thank you. My sister and I just ate. Can we pack these to take home?"
Nangong Qing nodded to Axu, who then wrapped all the pastries in paper and had Yanchuan and Yihuan carry them back.
"Madam Su, it's already afternoon. How about we have Ah Xu take you there?"
Nangong Qing spoke up, thinking that Uncle Li must have already gone back by now. Why not let Axu take her back? In any case, they would only have more time to spend together in the future.
"Thank you for your trouble, but I still need to buy some more things. Let's meet at the county gate."
Since there's a carriage, Su Luo might as well buy some more things to take back with her.
After leaving Fumanlou, Su Luo asked Yan Chuan, "Chuan Chuan, why did you cheat them out of their pastries?"
Yan Chuan lowered his head, and Yi Huan hurriedly explained to Su Luo, "Mother, brother did nothing wrong. This pastry is what we deserve. That uncle tried to trick us with the pastry. He kept asking me about my brother and mother, but we didn't say anything."
Inquire about her?
Su Luo didn't think too much about it. After all, she was a stranger to them, so it was normal for them to ask about her.
However, Yan Chuan's personality of never letting himself suffer a loss is exactly the same as hers.
"This time it will be considered a exception, but it will not happen again."
Yan Chuan then looked up and smiled, knowing that his mother was no longer angry with him: "Thank you, Mother."
Su Luo went back to Ji'an Hall and bought star anise, cinnamon, dried tangerine peel, and other herbs from Doctor Du.
I bought some vegetables, ten pounds of pork, two fish, and two jugs of wine to take home.
All the things they bought before were in Ah Xu's carriage; now they just need to go and meet up with Ah Xu.
Ah Xu's carriage wasn't particularly luxurious, but it was considered top-notch in Yongle County. Compared to riding in an oxcart, the ride in the horse-drawn carriage was much less bumpy.
Upon returning to Changping Village, a large crowd suddenly gathered around.
"Come quick, look! There's a horse-drawn carriage..."
"Whose relative is this? They can even afford a horse-drawn carriage."
"I've never heard of anyone having such a wealthy relative. Our village hasn't seen a single horse-drawn carriage in a hundred or two hundred years. It's truly a rare sight."
Chen Xique also stopped by the roadside. A gentle breeze stirred the carriage curtain, and she actually saw that bitch Su Luo sitting in the carriage. The person driving the carriage had a heroic and imposing air about him. Just by looking at his aura, you could tell that this person was either rich or noble.
"Su Luo, stop right there!" Chen Xique chased after them, banging on the carriage.
"Su Luo, you bitch, you..."
Ah Xu stopped the carriage. Su Luo lifted the curtain and looked at Chen Xique with a cold expression: "How I am, watch your words, or don't blame me for being impolite."
Upon realizing that Su Luo possessed a snake, Chen Xique's arrogance subsided somewhat. However, Su Luo's intention to use a poisonous snake to kill her was something she could never forgive.
"Magpie, stop fooling around. Go home and see how your parents are doing."
Chen Mengqing came over and pulled Chen Xique away a bit, then looked at Su Luo and said, "Sister-in-law, Xique is being immature. I'll talk to her properly when we get back."
Chen Mengqing looks like Chen Dazhi; he is tall and thin, with an intellectual appearance.
Su Luo told A Xu to continue walking towards the kiln at the end of the village, ignoring Chen Mengqing and the other person.
"Brother, what are you doing? Can't you see that your sister is being bullied by that bitch Su Luo? You're not even helping me."
Chen Xique kept slapping Chen Mengqing with both hands, acting just like a shrew.
“Chen Xique, that’s enough. Don’t you know what you and your mother have done to that family all these years? I don’t care about you, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know.”
Although Chen Mengqing couldn't help Su Luo's family much, he wouldn't harm them either. After all, he was supposed to be the one to go when they were conscripted, but his parents forced his grandfather to let Chen Huaixu go and die in his place.
"Chen Mengqing, Su Luo almost killed my parents and me, and you're still protecting them. What use are you to our family?"
Chen Mengqing was carrying two packets of herbs. Chen Xique said that his parents were so badly injured by sodium sulfide that they couldn't get out of bed, and he had taken leave to come back.
"Are you leaving or not? If you're not leaving, I'll leave on my own."
Chen Mengqing went home on her own, no longer looking at the shrewish Chen Xique.
At the end of the village, the carriage couldn't go directly to the kiln entrance, so Ah Xu tied up the horse and helped Su Luo carry the things back.
It took about ten meters of walking along a narrow path to reach the gate of the tile kiln.
Upon smelling Yan Chuan and Yi Huan's scent, Shi Tou and Hua Hua immediately barked excitedly, the two dogs jumping and frolicking around the fence gate.
"Grandma, we're back."
Yan Chuan and Yi Huan called out to their grandmother as soon as they entered the door.
"You're back." Zhao Ruyun put down the scissors in her hand. Su Luo saw that she was comparing Yan Chuan's old clothes with the fabric and cutting out a pattern for the clothes.
"Grandma, Mom took us to eat lots of delicious food today, and here's some pastry for you." Yi Huan and Yan Chuan gave all the pastries in their hands to Zhao Ruyun, and then the two of them picked up their dog to play.
Seeing that there was a man following behind Su Luo, Zhao Ruyun came over and took the things from Su Luo's hands and asked, "Luo Luo, who is this?"
"His name is A-Xu. He is a guard for the owner of Fu Man Lou. He brought us back today."
Hello, Auntie.
Ah Xu greeted him.
"Alright, alright, come in quickly. You're carrying so many things, don't tire yourself out."
Only after Ah Xu put his things down could he properly look around the place.
Although he knew that Su Luo and her family lived in the kiln, when he saw it with his own eyes, he still found it hard to imagine that people could live in such a place.
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