Facing Su Qingluan's expression of "I'll just watch you act quietly", Manager Liang seemed particularly sincere.
However, he had something to ask of him, so he smiled and rubbed his hands, saying, "Miss Su, can you please spare me a moment?"
The two came to the back street, and Manager Liang took out a dark green purse embroidered with copper coin patterns from his sleeve and handed it to Su Qingluan.
Su Qingluan glanced at it and didn't answer. Instead, she asked, "What does Manager Liang mean?"
Liang Youdao still had that smiling face: "Here is a banknote for thirty taels of silver."
"Silver note?"
"That's right," Shopkeeper Liang nodded. "Once Miss Su's 'Su Frosted Fish Soup' was introduced at Hong Fu Lou, it's become a must-order dish for almost every table!"
Although I came here simply to try something new, the "Su Shuang Fish Soup" is more fragrant and mellow than the previous fish soup with a lot of spices because of the addition of lard, and it is not as spicy.
Therefore, it has won the favor of many diners who are not good at or cannot eat spicy food.
Although some customers who love spicy food still choose the original spicy fish soup in pursuit of taste bud stimulation, it cannot change the fact that the newly launched "Su Cream Fish Soup" is more popular.
"To be honest," Shopkeeper Liang said, looking at the purse in his hand with some emotion, "Young lady's fish soup is selling like hotcakes every day. It's only been eight days since you and I signed the contract, and Hongbinlou has already made nearly a hundred taels of silver from Frost and Snow Fish Soup alone!"
Although this "one hundred taels of silver" is the gross profit before deducting the cost, it is actually cheaper than the original fish soup because the use of spices is greatly reduced.
This actually shows why this fish soup is so popular.
"This is the reward that Miss Su deserves for the past eight days." As he said this, Manager Liang held the purse in both hands and handed it to Su Qingluan very cautiously.
"But according to the agreement, our profit share is paid monthly. Shopkeeper Liang took the time to come here, so it shouldn't be just to give me the profit share in advance, right?"
"Miss Su, you see clearly, that's exactly what happened."
Shopkeeper Liang finally revealed his true purpose for today: "As the saying goes, the first time is strange, the second time is familiar, and the third time is an old friend."
He said, "This is my second time dealing with Miss Su, so we are considered acquaintances. I believe that the price I negotiated with her was fair. How about..."
"Not as good as what?"
"How about you, young lady, give me the recipe for the 'new product' that you're going to sell in three days? I can give you a percentage of the profit. If you have any new recipes to sell, please give priority to our 'Hong Fu Lou', how about that?"
The last time Su Qingluan showed off her skills in the kitchen, Liang Youdao just watched for fun - although he was well versed in business, he was essentially a businessman and knew nothing about cooking.
However, after asking his restaurant's chef Xu Yuanwei, he realized that Su Qingluan's seemingly ordinary fish soup required very sophisticated knife skills, heat control, and seasoning.
"This little girl doesn't look very old, but her cooking skills are so solid. Could it be that she has been cooking since she was in her mother's womb?"
Xu Yuanwei joked like this at that time.
However, this also made Manager Liang understand how rare Su Qingluan's craftsmanship is.
However, his keen sense as a businessman told him that he must make friends with Miss Su sincerely while she is still unknown and of low status.
If we can obtain the priority right to cooperate with her, it will be beneficial to "Hongfulou" in the future.
Many years later, Manager Liang was already very old, but he still felt extremely grateful for his decision today.
Su Qingluan glanced at the purse and said calmly, "Manager Liang, please go back first."
"how……"
"Please be at ease, Manager Liang. I'll just go back and think about it a bit more. I'll give you an answer tomorrow. How's that?"
This wasn't a final word, but Boss Liang was a smart man. Hearing the hint of potential for cooperation, he quickly regained his smile and nodded, "Well, this concerns Brother Kong Fang, so naturally we have to be cautious."
But Shopkeeper Liang still handed over the purse: "Madam Su, this banknote is what you deserve. I just gave it to you a little earlier, so it's nothing."
Su Qingluan thought about the frying pan she had bought two days ago, which had instantly depleted the money the family had saved with great difficulty. She thought it would be a good idea to keep the money in her hands first, so she nodded and took the banknote.
She took out three silver bills with a face value of ten taels from her purse, verified their authenticity in front of Manager Liang, and went to "Nongmoxuan" to borrow paper and pen from Mr. Xu. She wrote two receipts for the eight-day share, and she and Manager Liang signed and sealed them respectively, and each kept a copy.
After finishing these trivial matters, Su Qingluan looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late. I have to go back too. Manager Liang, please stay."
Upon hearing this, Liang Youdao hurriedly said, "I hope you will carefully consider what I just mentioned."
Su Qingluan nodded, said goodbye to Mr. Xu, and left.
Shopkeeper Liang also bowed and said goodbye to Mr. Xu, but he couldn't help but look back before leaving.
Xu Kekuan looked at Liang Youdao with a smile and asked, "Manager Liang, do you have anything to say?"
"No, no, please don't worry, old sir." He said so, but as he turned to leave, Liang Youdao muttered in a voice that only he could hear, "Why does this old man Xu look familiar..."
Su Qingluan returned to her stall and saw that her parents had already packed up the stall and were just waiting for her.
So she quickly responded.
"Girl, does the owner of 'Hongfulou' want to see you for something?" Yang came over and asked.
Although Su Guangfu didn't say anything, his concerned gaze fell on Su Qingluan.
Su Qingluan shook her head: "It's nothing serious, we can talk about it when we get back."
No one else knew about her cooperation with "Hongfulou" to share profits except her parents and Sun Guixiang who gave her advice.
Su Qingluan was not planning to make this matter known in public.
After all, it is human nature to "hate those who have and laugh at those who don't."
She didn't think that everyone had any ill will towards her, but human hearts could not stand the test after all.
The town is full of all kinds of people. Who knows what the consequences will be if this matter gets out?
There was no conversation along the way. When Su Guangfu and his wife and Su Qingluan returned to Huaxi Village, they found that Su Xuanhe had brought his sister and was waiting at the gate of the courtyard.
In the yard diagonally opposite, Sun Guixiang was pickling vegetables. From where she was sitting, she could see the two children when she looked up.
Seeing the Su family coming back, Sun Guixiang nodded and smiled at them from a distance, then lowered her head and went back to work.
Yang turned around, took the two children's hands, lowered her head and asked, "Why aren't you playing in the yard today?"
"Actually... there is something..." Su Xuanhe glanced at Su Qingluan.
Su Qingluan raised her eyebrows when she saw this: "What? Is it related to me?"
When she heard Su Xuanhe's complete account of what happened, her expression darkened.
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