A few days later, Manager Huang came to the Cheng family again to pick up the rabbit, and also brought Ruyi a "contract".
"Madam Cheng, our cooperation has been very pleasant lately. Your rabbits are incredibly tender and juicy, a rare and top-quality ingredient. With the support of our restaurant's brand, connections, and our chef's superb skills, our rabbit dishes are simply in high demand!"
Manager Huang wore a perfectly standard smile that revealed eight teeth, and began to launch into a long, eloquent speech.
"You have no idea how many people have come from all over the country just to taste this delicacy that is so rare to behold! Our restaurant's orders are already booked for two or three months in advance. I believe that in the near future, we will definitely be able to make this rabbit meat a famous dish and make it a signature dish of Huaishan County and even Chongzhou!"
Cheng Ruyi: Blow, I'll watch you blow quietly...
Seeing that the other party was only giving him a faint smile, Manager Huang knew that she wasn't interested in such formalities, so he changed his approach and went straight to the point: "Ahem, Madam Cheng, I wonder if you have any intention of cooperating with us long-term?"
Signing a long-term cooperation contract is a good thing for both parties, and Ruyi naturally wouldn't refuse.
The price has increased slightly from before, to 55 wen per catty, but the Cheng family's rabbits can only be sold to their Zhiwei Restaurant. Of course, they can be given to relatives and friends or eaten by themselves, but they cannot be used for other commercial purposes.
This sounds like the Cheng family is at a disadvantage, but Ruyi plans to only sell mixed-breed rabbits in the future, so it's still barely a good deal.
If they find out, she'll just sell the rabbits as two different breeds at different prices. She'll definitely not continue selling the purebred spirit rabbits cheaply.
After discussion, the two agreed to a one-year term for the time being.
Actually, Manager Huang wasn't too satisfied with signing a one-year contract, but he knew the current state of affairs was uncertain, and it was hard to say what things would be like a few years from now, so he had no choice but to agree.
In addition, Ruyi added that the contract could be terminated at any time in case of unforeseen circumstances. In other words, as long as the Cheng family has rabbits and can sell them to them, the Cheng family will abide by the contract. However, if external factors cause the Cheng family to not have rabbits to sell or not be able to sell them, Zhiweiguan cannot blame the Cheng family for this.
After thinking for a moment, Manager Huang roughly understood what the other party meant and nodded in agreement.
The agreement is made in duplicate, and after each party affixes their fingerprint, it becomes effective. Currently, the laws of Dai Viet do not stipulate that commercial contracts require an official seal; the buyer and seller can simply sign them themselves.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you, Manager Huang!" Cheng Ruyi was in a good mood after signing the contract.
"Hehehe, it's a pleasure doing business with you, Madam Cheng!"
Manager Huang was naturally very happy, but then he suddenly remembered something, and with a serious expression, he leaned closer to Cheng Ruyi and whispered a reminder: "Madam Cheng, the rabbit meat is very popular lately. It's true what I just said, that many people come from all over to try and buy it. So it's likely that some people will start looking for it. There have been a lot of unfamiliar faces around the restaurant recently. They can't find out anything about the restaurant, so they might try to find out where you are. Please be careful!"
Unexpectedly, even this small rabbit meat business could cause such a great deal of trouble to investigate. After seeing Manager Huang off, Cheng Ruyi also told her family about the news.
Everyone knows that rabbits are very profitable these days, so it's not surprising that some people are envious and jealous. As a result, they all said they would be more careful, and Lin Xiaoman also decided not to take her son out for a walk for the time being.
Whether it was because Manager Huang's words were blessed or not, that very evening, an uninvited guest visited the Cheng family.
At midnight, Cheng Ruyi had just finished her daily light-footed kung fu practice, which involved jumping around on her rooftop. She was sitting on the eaves, gazing at the starry sky and contemplating life, when she faintly heard footsteps approaching from afar.
So she immediately hid carefully and peeked out. A few seconds later, she saw several furtive figures at the well outside the back door. However, since the system did not give any mission notification, she figured there was probably no danger.
Sure enough, after the group reached the wall of the Cheng family compound, they simply climbed over it and peered inside, showing no intention of coming in.
Fortunately, after Manager Huang's warning, they temporarily moved all the rabbit cages in the yard to the warehouse tonight. At this moment, the light was dim, and from the outside, all that could be seen was a large pile of wood in the yard. Everything seemed very ordinary and normal.
Cheng Ruyi had been hiding in the shadows, watching intently. She was thinking that if these people dared to climb over the wall, she would immediately pick up a red thorn bush and smash it over them!
Unexpectedly, the lights in the yard suddenly turned on, and then someone opened the door and came out.
Upon seeing this, the people who were perched on the wall immediately jumped down from the wall and hurriedly left. Some of them even tripped and fell, clumsily.
After watching them leave the alley, Cheng Ruyi carefully jumped into the backyard, pretending to have just come out of the outhouse. When she saw the figures in the yard, she deliberately feigned surprise, "Aunt Cui? Xiaoman? Why are you out? Are you going to the outhouse too?"
Yes, there was more than one person in the courtyard. Besides Xu Cui, there was also Lin Xiaoman, who even came out earlier than Xu Cui.
"No, what's wrong? Ruyi, does your stomach hurt? Did you eat something wrong?" Xu Cui replied sleepily while yawning. "I think I just heard a sound, and I thought something was wrong with the rabbits, so I came out to check."
After hearing Xu Cui's words, Lin Xiaoman immediately nodded to indicate that she felt the same way. "Me too, me too! I vaguely heard some footsteps, which was quite frightening. I remembered what you said this morning, so I came out to check it out."
After several months of rooftop jumping practice, Cheng Ruyi can now land silently, but at least she doesn't make a very noticeable sound. Except for the occasional sound when she accidentally breaks a roof tile, no one in the house can detect it.
Those people were clearly ordinary people with no fighting skills whatsoever; their footsteps and breathing were not concealed and were particularly noticeable in the still of the night.
Besides, Cheng Ruyi was already outside, and Xu Cui was sleeping near the window. Since their bodies had changed, their senses were more sensitive than others, so it was not surprising that they could detect the sound immediately.
As for Lin Xiaoman, the three of them slept together, with Xiaoman sleeping on the innermost side. However, she could hear "footsteps" and came out earlier than Xu Cui. This means that her five senses, or hearing, were definitely more sensitive than Ruyi and Xu Cui.
Is this the direction of Xiaoman's physical changes?
The three of them then walked around the house a few times but found nothing wrong, so they went back to their room to sleep.
In the following days, Cheng Ruyi deliberately stayed up late every night, but no one came again. It seemed that her house was safe for the time being. In any case, the matter was over.
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