"Well..." the chef thought for a moment, "I've already called you Master, could you waive this fee?"
Although he is now the head chef of the inn, his monthly salary is only a little over one tael of silver.
Fifty taels of silver was his wages for several years.
Furthermore, he genuinely felt that spending fifty taels of silver on a recipe for fresh ingredients was not worthwhile.
"What do you think?" Qiu Yan asked in return.
She chuckled to herself, realizing that her simple act of borrowing a kitchen had attracted a cunning chef.
"I don't think there's such a thing as a free lunch." The chef forced a smile, thinking to himself, "This girl is quite clever."
However, do her family know that she wants to sell her family's secret recipe?
He felt that Qiu Yan was too young and inexperienced.
Qiu Yan: "Let alone not having money, even if I had money, I wouldn't open a wonton shop. If I were to open one, I would open a restaurant."
Of course, she just casually mentioned opening a restaurant.
She started the wonton shop because she had no capital, but more importantly, because she wanted to find a way out for her aunt.
After all, my aunt had done this before, so she was very familiar with it.
Qiu Yan now believes that if she's going to do business, she should do it on a big scale so that she can make money quickly.
Once the world is at peace, she plans to open a pharmacy in Shangjin.
"Open a restaurant?" The chef's eyes suddenly lit up. So, they looked down on small shops.
"I heard that the owner of Shuangxi Restaurant is laying off his workers and going home to retire. Do you think you're interested?"
Qiu Yan and the others gave him the impression of having extraordinary bearing, unlike people who were poor.
Therefore, he believed that Qiu Yan was feigning poverty.
Furthermore, merchants are always careful with their money when they travel and don't stay in expensive inns.
Also, one should not flaunt one's wealth.
"Shuangxi Tower!" Qiu Yan suddenly became interested.
The mortal enemy of Xingyue Tower.
She asked, "Where?"
"It's on the main street, about three blocks from here. Shall I show you around?" the chef asked tentatively.
Qiu Yan thought for a moment, then said, "Never mind."
All her money is in Baiyang.
"Why did you give up again?" The chef said dejectedly. "It seems like it can be bought for three hundred taels of silver."
In an attempt to persuade Qiu Yan, the chef began to talk incessantly.
"This price is more than ten times cheaper than before. If our homeland were still here... sigh, young lady, are you really not going to reconsider?"
He was originally an old man from Shuangxilou.
This shabby little inn has a good flow of customers, but they are all ordinary people, so they don't make much money.
He longed to return to the restaurant he used to work at.
"Is it really only three hundred taels of silver?" Qiu Yan was tempted.
It's likely that anyone in business would be tempted.
After thinking for a moment, Qiu Yan touched the hairpin in her hair.
This is a hairpin that Gu Qian gave her; it should be worth quite a bit of money.
No, no, no, if Gu Qian found out that she had pawned the hairpin he gave her, he would probably be furious.
Furthermore, she genuinely couldn't bear to part with it.
"If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself," the chef said.
"Why is it so cheap?" Putting aside the business, the shop itself shouldn't be selling for only three hundred taels.
This is unusual.
"The Shuangxi Tower was a relic left by a prince of the previous dynasty, and ordinary people didn't really want it. But because the country was destroyed, the Shuangxi Tower lost its original owner and was taken over by officials from the Northern Qi who were sent there."
From then on, these people lost their jobs. And indeed, no matter where he went afterward, he remained frustrated and unsuccessful.
Qiu Yan had already thought of this; this Shuangxi Tower must belong to Qin Feng.
"But does it belong to the Prefect of Qin County?"
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