Upon hearing this, Jiang Jingyi lowered his eyes somewhat embarrassed.
"Alright, your father will be back once his business is sorted out," Jiang Hua comforted him, then placed a piece of vegetable on his plate.
"Mm." Jiang Jingyi nodded obediently.
"Master Shen, is there something you need today?" Jiang Hua asked bluntly.
"Ye Shaoling is here," Shen Qingchuan said.
"Who?" Jiang Hua asked, puzzled.
“The owner of Guangfulou is Ye Shaoling,” Shen Qingchuan explained.
"You've already arrived in Qing Shi Town?" Jiang Hua asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My men found out they came to Qing Shi Town, but they disappeared before entering the town. They were probably hunted down by their enemies," Shen Qingchuan said, taking a sip of tea.
Jiang Hua looked at Shen Qingchuan thoughtfully.
"Don't look at me like that. This has nothing to do with the Shen family." Shen Qingchuan met Jiang Hua's gaze and immediately realized that she thought he was the one who did the harm to Ye Shaoling.
"The Ye family has been acting arrogantly and recklessly in the capital these past two years, which has naturally offended many people."
For some reason, Jiang Hua thought of Lin Shuyan. Could the two of them run into each other? According to what the system said before, Ye Shaoling, the owner of Guangfu Restaurant, fell in love with Lin Shuyan at first sight.
"You need to keep an eye on Guangfulou recently. I'll also arrange for someone to keep an eye on it."
"Okay," Jiang Hua nodded in response.
"Miss Jiang, these are the four recipes you gave me. I had the kitchen make the dishes according to your recipes. Please try them and see if there's anything that needs improvement." Shen Qingchuan changed the subject.
Jiang Hua glanced at the dishes on the table, while Jiang Jingyi beside her was already eating slowly and methodically.
"The taste is good, but the cooking time is a bit lacking. We should pay more attention to that," Jiang Hua commented after tasting each item.
After lunch, Manager Bai prepared tea and brought it up.
"By the way, Mr. Shen, do you have any vacant shops in Qing Shi Town?" Jiang Hua asked, taking a sip of tea.
"What kind of business does Miss Jiang intend to conduct? May I join?" Shen Qingchuan asked.
"I'm planning to sell a new food item, and ideally, the shop should have enough space to set up five or six long tables," Jiang Hua stated her requirements.
"What I can ask of Master Shen already includes your share," Jiang Hua added.
"After I finish making it in a few days, you can come and try it."
"Okay." Shen Qingchuan nodded and then called in Manager Bai, who was guarding outside the door.
"Boss, the shop you want is available. It's not far from our street, at the beginning of East Street. I just bought it two months ago," Manager Bai said after thinking for a moment.
"Then take Miss Jiang over to have a look later. When Miss Jiang takes over the shop, the Shen family will also have a share in the business," Shen Qingchuan instructed Manager Bai.
"Yes, Mr. Shen." Manager Bai nodded.
“Miss Jiang, if you ever want to go see the shop, just let me know, and I’ll personally take you there.”
"Okay, thank you very much, Master Shen and Manager Bai," Jiang Hua said with a smile.
"Miss Jiang, do you need the Shen family to make arrangements for the people in the shop?" Shen Qingchuan asked again.
"No need, Master Shen, I'll arrange the helpers at the shop," Jiang Hua said.
"If the shop opens and business is good, and Mr. Shen decides to open a branch after tasting the food sold there, you can send your people over to learn."
"A branch? Is Miss Jiang always this confident?" Shen Qingchuan said with a light laugh.
“It’s fine for Mr. Shen to decide based on the situation at that time. I’m also thinking of buying this shop from you,” Jiang Hua then said.
"Miss Jiang, do you mean you want to buy the shop I own?" Shen Qingchuan asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Didn't we agree before that you'd include me in any future business ventures you undertake?"
"Well, I have to produce some results to convince Mr. Shen to cooperate with me willingly, not just talk the talk, or cooperate with me because of Jiang Xingzhou's reputation," Jiang Hua said slowly.
"You know?" Shen Qingchuan blurted out.
“I knew from the beginning, otherwise you would have agreed to my offer of a 40/60 split without saying much,” Jiang Hua replied.
"I'd like to take a look at that shop. If it's suitable, I'd appreciate it if Mr. Shen could name a price for it."
“Since Miss Jiang has been so frank, the Shen family isn’t one to make a losing deal. So, as you just said, if I want to open a branch later, we can discuss cooperation then,” Shen Qingchuan said directly.
"OK."
Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Hua came down from the private room on the second floor, left Jiang Jingyi with Aunt Liu, and then followed Manager Bai to the shop they had just mentioned to check on the situation.
"Miss Jiang, this is it." Manager Bai led Jiang Hua to a shop and opened the tightly closed door.
Just as Manager Bai said, it's not far from Mingyue Tower, only about 500 meters away.
"This shop used to be a food stall, and it also had a backyard with three rooms, a well, and a small kitchen."
Manager Bai said as he led Jiang Hua inside.
“The family that lived here before could live here directly if Miss Jiang buys this place to open a shop, without having to travel back and forth between the village and the town.”
Manager Bai's suggestion was good; Jiang Hua was indeed satisfied with the shop.
"Shopkeeper, how much silver will it cost to buy this shop?" Jiang Hua asked.
"Miss Jiang, our boss has instructed us to give you the original price we paid, three hundred and twenty taels of silver, rounded down to three hundred taels," said Manager Bai.
"Alright, Manager Bai, may I bring the money to you tomorrow?"
Jiang Hua estimated that she didn't have enough silver on her, and she didn't want to touch the silver notes left by Jiang Xingzhou.
However, there are still ginsengs in the space. Tomorrow, we can dig them out and sell them at Mingdetang.
"Yes, Miss Jiang," Manager Bai nodded in agreement.
"Huahua, are we buying so many chicken feet today?"
After leaving Mingyue Tower, the group went to the chicken stall, but there weren't as many chicken feet as yesterday.
Aunt Liu estimated that it weighed about 80 jin (40 catties).
"Okay, I'll take them all," Jiang Hua replied, and bought ten more slaughtered chickens from the stall owner.
"Jiang Hua, why did you buy so many chickens?" Liu Tianming asked, somewhat puzzled.
“These are all ready to be sent to Mingyue Tower,” Jiang Hua explained.
"Miss Jiang, please take this basket back with you and bring it back to me tomorrow."
Over time, the chicken vendor and Jiang Hua became acquainted. Now that Jiang Hua had bought ten chickens, the vendor gave her the basket since she had nothing to carry them.
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