Chef Liu exclaimed in admiration and couldn't resist picking up another piece.
"I didn't expect that this chicken would taste so good when it's cold. I was worried that it would be affected when it got cold, but now it seems that I was completely overthinking it. It's delicious!"
After chewing for a while, Chef Song commented, "The chicken is tender and soft. Was the skin fried? After stewing, the skin is slightly wrinkled and very flavorful!"
Pei Yuezhi thought to herself, "These two chefs are quite skilled. They were able to analyze and understand the cooking method after just tasting one piece."
Huang Yunying and Cheng Shi weren't professionals, but they could still taste the deliciousness of the braised chicken. While the two chefs were talking, they ate several more pieces.
"Moon Sister, I've truly witnessed your skill. This is so much better than our shop's signature dish," Huang Yunying exclaimed, full of praise.
When Cheng Shi heard his wife say this, he naturally agreed wholeheartedly: "Madam is right, using this as a signboard is the most appropriate thing to do."
Looking at his two chefs with delighted expressions, he knew that the recipes were almost certainly going to be sold.
"Old Liu, go and call your apprentice over here, let him try it too," Cheng Shi instructed. "And go outside and call two more waiters in."
"Don't mind me, girl. When opening a shop, we still need to consider everyone's tastes."
Pei Yuezhi quickly said it was nothing, thinking to herself: This boss is quite cautious and meticulous in his work, but I am very confident that no matter how many people taste it, it will be difficult to hide its fragrance.
It wasn't very big. A little while later, three more people came in; they must have been the apprentices and the shop assistants.
I must have told them on the way here. After greeting them when we came in, we each took a bite.
Unsurprisingly, all three nodded repeatedly, exclaiming how delicious it was.
The apprentice even told his master, "Master, this is the best chicken I've ever eaten."
"You brat, did your master's cooking not taste good?"
"That depends on how you compete," the apprentice muttered under his breath.
Seeing this, Cheng Shi laughed and said, "Alright, you can all go out and get busy. Sister, I need to discuss this with my wife first. You two can have some tea here and wait a moment."
After everyone else left, only Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan remained in the room. The couple needed to discuss things, and so did everyone else.
"Yuanyuan, how much do you think is appropriate for us? Should we stick with the fifty taels we agreed on before?" Pei Yuezhi asked.
Liu Yuanyuan replied, "I don't really know either. Neither of us original owners have any memories of this, and my mother-in-law doesn't know anything about it either."
"I think that's about right. Let's decide on these for now and see what they say later."
Not long after, Cheng Shi and his wife Huang Yunying returned.
As soon as they entered the house, Huang Yunying said with a smile, "Sister Yuezhi, we've made up our minds. We'll take the menu, but we still need to see what your prices are in mind."
Oh no, I'm supposed to speak first! I was thinking they'd say a number, and I'd raise it a little higher. Why am I being asked to speak first?
Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan exchanged a glance, both of them looking somewhat flustered.
After a moment's thought, Pei Yuezhi spoke hesitantly, "Five..."
Huang Yunying was a little surprised: "Girl, this is a bit too much. To be honest, our store isn't particularly wealthy. How about this, I'll give you a number, and you two can see if it's acceptable?"
Pei Yuezhi nodded. She really didn't know that the recipe was worth more than fifty taels. She didn't expect that the recipe wasn't as valuable as she had imagined.
However, Huang Yunying's next words gave Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan a huge fright.
"Five hundred taels is too much, how about three hundred?"
"Business hasn't been good these past few years, and I don't have much spare money. I know your recipe is very valuable, but all the ingredients need to be fresh chicken, and Chef Liu also said that a lot of spices are needed, which costs a lot of money. Miss, do you think you can give me a discount?"
Huang Yunying bargained a little shyly.
Pei Yuezhi and her companion were still preoccupied with the price, wondering if fifty taels was a bit too much. Unexpectedly, the other party directly quoted three hundred taels. Luckily, they hadn't said it earlier, or they would have lost a lot of money.
Seeing that Pei Yuezhi and the other person remained silent, Huang Yunying became a little uneasy. She exchanged a glance with Cheng Shi and then said, "How about three hundred and fifty taels?"
"Any more, girl, that really won't do. If we add any more, we might miss out on this recipe. Sigh," Cheng Shi said with a sigh.
"Yueyue, this is a huge windfall," Liu Yuanyuan whispered in Pei Yuezhi's ear.
Pei Yuezhi also came to her senses: "Then it's three hundred and fifty. Let's just consider it making friends. If we develop any other recipes in the future, we'll come to you first."
"That's great! I knew you were a straightforward person! But there are some things we need to discuss first," Huang Yunying said happily.
"Once we buy this dish, you can't sell it to anyone else. We've bought it outright."
Pei Yuezhi agreed: "Of course, don't worry."
Since the recipes are mostly kept secret, it's normal for them to be more expensive, but I didn't expect them to be this high.
The price sounds outrageous, but Pei Yuezhi also knows that although Qingquanlou is not as busy as before, it can still earn a few dozen taels a day.
So it's not too bad to earn back those 350 taels.
The money I earned today, plus my previous savings, amounts to five hundred taels.
It's hard to believe that I've only been here for about two months, and things are getting better so fast, it's like I'm flying.
After handing over the recipe and saying goodbye to Cheng Shi and Huang Yunying, Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan went back.
As soon as they stepped outside, Pei Yuezhi's composure vanished: "Yuanyuan, my goodness! This recipe can actually sell for so much money! If we wait until their business picks up and then research other recipes with inexpensive ingredients, wouldn't we be able to sell them for even more money?"
Liu Yuanyuan was also excited: "I really didn't expect this. I thought fifty taels was a lot. After all, fifty taels is enough for an ordinary family to live on for four or five years."
"Yeah, that's why I didn't dare to think about it at all. But thankfully, we didn't say it out loud, or we would have really lost out."
"Yueyue, do you think they'll think it's too expensive?"
"I can't be. They themselves said that our recipe is quite valuable."
"Two ladies," Huang Yunying called out from the entrance of Qingquan Tower.
Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan paused in their tracks: Oh no, could it be that they think it's too expensive?
Seeing that the two of them had stopped, Huang Yunying continued, "Thank you so much for today. I'm definitely going to be friends with you two!"
"We are very happy to meet Sister Yunying today."
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