Chapter 48: Getting More Prosperous
Ye Caiping said: "I have a better plan."
"How about this, we make the spicy hot pot and deliver it to your restaurant every day. We'll make as much as you need."
Shopkeeper Lin frowned, as there were other merchants who provided them with food in the same way.
But they have more than one Baiweilou restaurant in this town, they have more than 20 branches in other states and counties.
He wanted to make Hu La Tang a specialty of Baiweilou.
If this thing succeeds, not only will he receive a generous reward, but he might even be able to move up to become the chief manager of the entire Yue'an County.
Even if Ye Caiping could supply them with goods, it would only be limited to Dashu Town, and the profits would be limited.
Ye Caiping said, "Shopkeeper, what do you think?"
Shopkeeper Lin smiled and said, "Young lady, why don't we go to Baiweilou for a meal and sit down and have a good chat."
Ye Caiping is also a seasoned businessman, and knows his tactics, so she points it out directly:
"Are we going to discuss the supply or the recipe? If it's the supply, we can sit here and talk, but as for the recipe, forget it. I won't sell it to you no matter how much it's worth."
Shopkeeper Lin's smile froze on his face. Just from a few words, he knew that the woman in front of him was not easy to fool.
He frowned and said, "Young lady, I'll give you one hundred taels!"
For ordinary farmers, one hundred taels is a huge sum of money that they dare not even think about and can never earn in their entire life!
Old Lady Ye and Jin'er Huan'er already took a breath and couldn't help but be moved.
Shopkeeper Lin noticed the changes in the expressions of the three people, and his eyes flickered:
"We can sign a contract. After you buy the recipe, we will only sell it at lunch and dinner. You can set up a stall at the morning market. But after you sell the recipe to us, you can't sell it to anyone else."
Old Mrs. Ye was very excited when she heard this. If they could continue to set up the stall, they could continue to make money!
If I sell the prescription, wouldn't the one hundred taels be given away for free?
She secretly tugged at Ye Caiping's sleeve.
Ye Caiping slapped her hand away and looked at Shopkeeper Lin: "I'm sorry, I can't sell the house."
Shopkeeper Lin couldn't laugh anymore: "We can negotiate the price. How about you make an offer?"
"I won't sell it for even 10,000 taels."
Shopkeeper Lin choked. Ten thousand taels? His bottom line is three hundred taels!
And what did she just say? Not even selling it for 10,000? Why doesn't she go to heaven!
Shopkeeper Lin was a well-respected person in the town, but now he was treated so humiliatingly by a small vendor, no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't stand it:
"We don't have to have the recipe. Baiweilou has many chefs with keen palates. They can taste any recipe. By then, Baiweilou will develop a better recipe, and your business will also be affected. Don't regret it then."
Old Mrs. Ye was a little frightened and looked at Ye Caiping.
Ye Caiping said calmly: "If I am really shocked by your new recipe, I will admit defeat sincerely."
Shopkeeper Lin didn't expect this young lady to be so stubborn, so he walked away in anger.
It’s just Hu La Tang, he just couldn’t believe that a great restaurant like Baiweilou couldn’t develop their own recipe.
Old Lady Ye looked worried: "Cai Ping... that's one hundred taels! If you had this one hundred taels, you would be rich!"
"Besides, we can continue to set up stalls and earn several hundred coins a day."
Ye Caiping said: "Selling a house contract is not that simple, there must be a lot of restrictions. Even if I am allowed to continue to set up a stall, I can only do it in Dashu Town. I can't open a store, I can't leave the town, then I really can only set up a stall."
Old Mrs. Ye didn't understand: "It's also good to set up a stall, the business is so good..."
Ye Huan'er said softly, "Grandma, if Baiweilou also sells spicy soup, then customers will have a choice."
"In the past, customers would come in the morning just to drink our soup. Now that Baiweilou also sells it, customers will think that they don't have to eat it in the morning, they can also eat it at noon or in the evening. Customers will take half of it."
Ye Caiping was stunned and looked at Ye Huaner.
This girl is only nine years old, yet she is so sharp at such a young age.
Old Lady Ye seemed to understand, but she still sighed: "That's what I said... but setting up a stall is not a long-term solution. Look at the current situation... maybe one day I won't be able to sell anything."
"But one hundred taels is different. That's real money in your hands. If the business is less after selling the prescription, you can sell less and you can relax a little."
Seeing the regretful look on Old Lady Ye's face, Ye Caiping didn't blame her.
How far-sighted can you expect an ordinary village woman to be?
Ye Caiping said, "It's already been decided. I won't sell my wife. After the spicy soup, I have other plans."
After listening to this, Old Lady Ye regretted having said too much.
Both the business and the recipe belong to my daughter, and I shouldn't interfere too much.
Besides, my daughter is becoming more and more opinionated and successful, so I just need to listen to her.
There were only two buckets of spicy soup today, and after they were sold out it was not yet noon, so Ye Caiping asked Bajin to take them back.
After entering the village, Ye Caiping heard the villagers on the roadside discussing something.
There is a story about Li Xiucai from Lijia Village. On the second day after his stepdaughter came into the house, he went up the mountain to dig ginseng, which shocked several nearby villages.
"That ginseng is sixty years old, and it was sold for two hundred taels of silver. Wow! That's amazing!"
"How can she be so lucky! I heard that even the most cunning Mrs. Li rubbed her step-granddaughter's face and praised her as a lucky little star."
"These two seem to be very close to each other. When Caiping was at the Li family before, she was never nice to her two granddaughters. She..."
Having said that, he suddenly stopped talking.
Ye Bajin was driving a ox cart passing by, and Ye Caiping and others were on the cart.
All those who were talking excitedly just now looked at Ye Caiping and her daughter with sympathy.
Back then, Caiping was the most beautiful girl in the area, and she married into the family with a clean record.
As a result, she was disliked and even divorced. The two daughters were also from the Li family, but they were not treated well.
The woman that Li Xiucai married later was not only married before, but also had two children, but she was treated like a treasure.
Alas, comparing yourself with others will only make you angry!
Not until the ox cart had gone far away did the aunts begin chattering again, their words full of sympathy.
However, there was a discordant voice: "Even if Li Xiucai's new daughter-in-law has been married before, she is still a daughter of a wealthy family."
"Those two burdens are even more promising. The boy is a good candidate for study, and the girl is a lucky star. She earned two hundred taels for the family when she got married. If I were in their place, I would love them too."
"Cai Ping is quite promising. Her Hu La Tang business is booming!" an aunt retorted.
"No matter how good the business is, how much can you earn? The cost is so high, and the meat and oil are used as if they are free, so that it tastes good. If you can earn a few dozen coins a day, you'll be very lucky."
"Even if you work for a hundred years, you can't earn two hundred taels of silver. So, the stepdaughter of the Li family is still promising!"
When the aunts who defended Ye Caiping heard this, they were unable to refute it.
I have to say, the Li family is really about to take off!
With fame and wealth, things are becoming more and more prosperous!
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