Chapter 129: Mr. Gu’s Sincerity
The rest of the expenses, including the workers' wages, would cost a total of about thirty taels by the time the project was completed.
The nearest auspicious day is five days later. After preparing the rooster and offerings, the groundbreaking ceremony can be held.
The next step is to dig the foundation. First, push down the original bamboo fence, and then dig the foundation of the house to be added. It will take about ten days to dig the foundation of the wall. By then, the bricks and tiles will arrive. The roofs of the original adobe houses can be repaired, and the straw roofs can be replaced with bluestone tiles. Then the walls can be plastered.
The Su family made such a grand arrangement that they built three blue brick houses at once, which was a huge investment.
If this house is built, it will become the best house in Yangaoao except for the hunter Jiang's family.
In fact, Su Wan was also thinking that after Su Yun returned to Qinghe County and opened the restaurant, he would buy a small courtyard in the county to facilitate business.
The old house at home will have to be renovated sooner or later. As my hometown, it can’t be too shabby. When I come back after several years, it must be livable.
Su Wan was originally thinking about selling the recipe of Shaqima, and before he had planned to spread the news, Mr. Gu from the Gu family arrived.
When he visited suddenly, the Su family was busy digging the foundation. Some were helping, some were cooking, and no one expected that Mr. Gu would come.
Because of what happened with Gu Yue, it's a bit awkward to meet each other again now.
Mr. Gu brought a lot of gifts and came alone, and asked to see Su Wan alone.
In Su Wan's impression, Mr. Gu was a businessman with a good character and reputation. When Su Wan was in the Gu Mansion, he was also good to her and was considered a kind father.
Now, a big businessman like him took the initiative to come to Su Wan, it must be something related to business.
Su Wan now has two good recipes for making money. Leaving aside the recipe for Shaqima, the recipe for goat milk soap is the key to getting rich. Once it is developed in the future, the future will be immeasurable.
The Gu family doesn't run a food business, so he probably wouldn't be interested in such profits. They must be after the goat milk soap, because Gu Yue knows that the goat milk soap was made by her.
The Su family courtyard was under construction and was dusty, making it unsuitable for entertaining guests. So a small table was placed outside the courtyard, tea was poured, and Su Wan sat opposite him.
Facing a big businessman like Mr. Gu, Su Wan remained calm and composed, and his momentum remained undiminished, which surprised Mr. Gu.
Having been a father and daughter for more than ten years, he knew his adopted daughter quite well. In terms of intelligence, she was at most a little smarter than other girls. In fact, she was not very talented in business, unlike his biological daughter Gu Yue. Perhaps because she was his biological daughter, she still had some talent in business.
Moreover, Su Wan knew the recipe for goat milk soap, so why didn't he reveal it when he was at Gu's house, but suddenly mastered this technique after returning to the Su's house?
Everything about her is strange, but she is indeed Su Wan.
"Master Gu, you came here today, but do you have something to tell me? Feel free to tell me directly. As you can see, my family is busy with construction and I can't get away for the time being."
Su Wan was too lazy to say so many polite words to him and went straight to the point.
Mr. Gu nodded and looked at Su Wan carefully. He was indeed different. Except for his face, everything else had changed.
But it's better this way. He was worried that she would suffer because she was not used to rural life. Now he thinks he was worrying too much.
"We are planning to move our family to Yanzhou and will no longer be in Qinghe County. That's why Dad came to see you before leaving." He claimed to be Su Wan's father, which made Su Wan smile.
"I dare not try to climb above my station. The relationship between Mr. Gu and I as father and daughter has ended. If we continue to call each other father and daughter, I'm afraid it won't be appropriate. Besides, Madam Gu is also very opposed to it. If she knew, I'm afraid she would say that our Su family is trying to climb above our station again."
No matter what Su Wan did, once she had made up her mind, she would not linger on it, so she spoke decisively.
This made Mr. Gu very embarrassed. He was also quite fake. He said that he was thinking about Su Wan, but in fact, when the matter of the real and fake daughter came out, he chose to stay away and ignored it. He didn't even say a word to the original owner.
Now that we are at the point of profit, don’t you think it’s inappropriate to talk about these things?
"Su Wan, I was busy with business at the time and did not get involved in this matter. I also told your mother to keep you, but she insisted on having her own way..." Mr. Gu wanted to explain but was interrupted by Su Wan.
"Master Gu! If you have something else to talk to me about, please tell me directly. If you are here specifically to say goodbye to me, then I understand. You may go back."
I don't want to listen to his useless explanations, they are so hypocritical.
Since you have chosen to break up, why not do it cleanly so that everyone can feel refreshed.
Seeing that Su Wan was getting impatient, Mr. Gu stopped talking and asked someone to bring a box over.
"Wanwan, this is what happened. Last fall, a fashionable product called goat's milk soap suddenly became popular on the market. It was incredibly popular, and people praised its quality. Later, I learned that it was actually made by you. As you know, I'm a businessman, and I'm impressed by the value of your goat's milk soap. Also, considering our past friendship, I'm willing to pay a high price for the recipe and promote it. Would you consider it?"
"Oh~ How high a price can Mr. Gu offer?" Su Wan was very curious.
Seeing Master Gu making a one-sign gesture, Su Wan guessed:
"One thousand taels?"
Unexpectedly, Master Gu smiled:
"Wanwan, do you think I would come to you in person if the deal could be done for a thousand taels?"
Indeed, the Gu family was a wealthy family, the richest man in Qinghe County after all. This thousand taels of silver was only a few months' expenses for his family. What was it? Was it worth him personally going out to get it?
"That's ten thousand taels?" Su Wan said calmly.
This number, in the eyes of ordinary people, is already outrageously large, but she said it without changing her expression or heartbeat. As expected of the daughter he had taught, she is decent enough, Master Gu thought with satisfaction.
"Yes, ten thousand taels for your goat milk soap recipe. I'm thinking, if you rely on yourself and sell goat milk soap in Qinghe County, or even in Xiangzhou Prefecture, how long will it take you to earn ten thousand taels?
If you agree to sell this recipe to my Gu Family Business, I will give you a 10% dividend every year. In addition, I am willing to give you three shops in Qinghe County and a three-story house. When the time comes, you and your family can move to the county, and you can also use the shops to start other businesses. Is this sincere enough?"
Mr. Gu felt that the conditions he offered were extremely tempting.
Moreover, he added the last two conditions as a help to her because of the father-daughter relationship he and Su Wan had.
Unfortunately, Su Wan covered her lips and chuckled, and it seemed that she was not tempted.
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