Milk is essential for making taro balls; otherwise, the flavor will be greatly diminished.
Ordinary milk has a fishy and unpleasant smell and is difficult to swallow, but the milk that Ganli brought out was fragrant, delicious, and had no strange smell at all.
The landlord thought back carefully and confirmed that none of the recipes Ganli had taught him were about deodorizing milk. He then remembered that Ganli had told him that she wanted to talk about secret recipes and business when she came, and he immediately understood what business she meant.
Seeing that he had finally thought of this, Gan Li smiled and nodded generously:
"This milk is a good thing. It can be used to make taro balls and other snacks. You will definitely not lose money if you do this business with me, boss."
At that moment, the chef who had just been learning how to make taro balls from Ganli spoke up: "Could we add it to the pastries?"
Ganli looked at him and nodded approvingly: "Of course! Milk has a rich flavor, and adding it to pastries gives them a unique taste. This is not difficult. As expected of an experienced chef with many years of experience, your mind is really sharp."
She subtly flattered him, making the cook very happy.
After saying this, Ganli turned to her employer and asked, "Employer, what do you think?"
The owner shook his head with a wry smile: "Manager Gan, when you said you would return a secret recipe to me, did you already have this business deal in mind?"
Gan Li smiled slyly, without denying her employer's words.
When the owner saw that this was indeed the case, he couldn't help but be amazed.
He had only met Gan Li twice, but those two encounters completely changed his opinion of this supposedly incompetent person!
Her mind was full of novel ideas. Just from the few iced drink recipes she gave him for free, which revolved around grass jelly, he knew that she had more than just the taro ball recipes that she could use to make money.
The reason this one was chosen is because milk must be added to it.
And since she had the method to deal with the milk's off-odor, if I wanted to do business with these taro balls, I would have to do business with her in the milk business.
Gan Li's skill is so amazing, she can see three steps ahead without a doubt, if not ten! How could an ordinary fool be so good? She was clearly hiding her true abilities before, wasn't she?
The landlord silently complained to himself, but even though he knew Gan Li's plan, he couldn't help but fall into her 'trap'.
The owner already had a plan in mind and asked Gan Li, "So, Manager Gan, how do you plan to sell this milk?"
Ganli had already planned this out. She searched the kitchen and finally her eyes fell on a bucket, which was about ten liters of milk.
Ten liters of milk can make fifty bowls of taro balls. At a price of ten coins per bowl, you can earn five coins.
The other ingredients for these taro balls aren't expensive either; all the miscellaneous ingredients added together cost about a penny.
With three coins left, it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to ask for one coin, would it?
Having made up her mind, she pointed to the bucket and said to the shopkeeper, "A bucket this size costs one tael of silver, and we'll deliver it to you."
Upon hearing this, the owner quickly calculated in his mind that the profit of one tael of silver per barrel of milk was indeed not expensive. Even if they did not raise the price when they sold it later, the profit would still be considerable.
After careful calculation, the owner finally agreed to Ganli's proposal and then discussed the issue of ice.
This method will eventually have to be made public, but before that, Ganli can still use it to earn some money. However, since she intends to develop her employer's connections, she didn't set the price too high and finally settled on five qian of silver per barrel.
The two agreed on the price and the quantity, and agreed to deliver two buckets of ice and five buckets of milk to Baifulai every day, which is one tael and five mace of silver per day.
After everything was agreed upon, the employer requested that a written agreement be drawn up.
"Manager Gan, you have to promise me that no matter who you sell to in the future, this milk will be given priority to Baifulai."
As long as she sells the milk, she can make money. What difference does it make who she sells it to?
Ganli readily agreed, and the two immediately signed a contract, initially for one month, totaling forty-five taels of silver, with a deposit of fifteen taels paid upfront.
Before leaving, the landlord mentioned the 250 taels of silver that the Gan family still owed: "That was originally because the secret recipe was leaked, and I was so angry that I deliberately used it to make things difficult for Old Gan."
He smiled sheepishly, then waved his hand and said heartily:
"Now that Manager Gan has returned the prescription, the two hundred and fifty taels of silver he gave me before is enough to make up for these losses. I am too embarrassed to ask for the remaining two hundred and fifty taels."
Ganli quickly declined upon hearing this, but the employer's attitude was very firm:
"Manager Gan, if you consider me a friend, please don't refuse anymore! By the way, from now on, please don't call me 'Master' anymore, that's too formal! If you don't mind, just call me Old Sun!"
He even wanted to invite Old Man Gan to come back to work at Baifulai and continue to be his head chef.
Unable to refuse such hospitality, Gan Li had no choice but to agree. However, regarding Old Man Gan's return to Bai Fu Lou, she said:
“I’ll ask my dad. It’s his own business, and I can’t make the decision for him.”
"That's natural!"
...
After bidding farewell to Old Sun, the Gan family went to the backyard to catch the carriage. It wasn't until they had driven the carriage two streets away that Gan Mingli came out of his daze.
"Is this matter... truly resolved now?"
Gan Mingyi was so excited that he didn't know what to say, he could only nod excitedly.
Sweet as ever, a smug smile played on her lips as she said in a crisp voice:
"Won't this be resolved? Uncles, you, your grandparents, your aunts, your brothers and sisters—you won't have to worry about being sold anymore!"
Everyone says that being debt-free is a blessing, and the Gan brothers had only heard about it before. But after experiencing it firsthand, they realized how wonderful that feeling is.
After leaving Baifulai, Gan Mingli's smile never faded, and Gan Mingyi's grin almost stretched to his ears.
Seeing them happy made Ganli happy too—she had finally repaid some of the debt the original owner had owed!
However, Gan Mingli was happy for a while, but then he became worried again:
"The matter has been resolved, but the recipe for the taro balls has also been given out."
Originally, the younger sister could have supported herself and Tian Tian with this recipe, but now she is doing it for them... Gan Mingli looked at Gan Li with a look full of guilt.
"Yes!" Gan Mingyi's lips twitched back, clearly having thought of the same problem. He frowned and said with a worried expression:
"Even without this, we could still sell popsicles. But little sister, I heard you tell the owner that you wanted to donate the ice-making recipe to the imperial court..."
"If everyone makes popsicles in the future, won't this method stop making money?"
Sweet little face wrinkled up, and she looked at her mother with a worried expression.
A pall of gloom instantly descended upon the car!
Unable to bear the atmosphere, Ganli quickly revealed some of her plans:
"Actually, even if we don't give the recipe for the taro balls to the owner, we won't be doing this business for long anyway. I already have other plans."
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