"Okay." The waiter took the money and left.
Seeing his mother spend so much money, Chen Dabao felt sorry for her again. He shouted in disapproval, "Mom, we are here to sell meat to make money, why are you spending so much money?"
Chen Ahfu whispered, "We have to try the restaurant's food first. If the restaurant's spiced braised pork is not as good as ours, then we can sell the house."
"Then just ordering braised pork is enough, why do we need Kung Pao diced pork?" Chen Dabao said again.
This little stingy guy. Chen Ahfu explained, "Mom wants to see the cooking skills of ancient times... Oh, this restaurant."
The dishes came. The five-spice braised pork was still more like braised pork, lacking the special braised flavor. The Gong Bao pork cubes were cooked quite authentically, and Chen Ahfu felt that they were about the same level as his own. Gong Bao pork cubes were a favorite home-cooked dish of Liu Xudong in his previous life. Chen Yanyan put a lot of effort into learning this dish and became very good at it.
This restaurant is not the best in the county, and Chen Afu dare not despise the ancient food culture. It seems that selling recipes is almost not feasible except for braised food.
Both of them were starving, so they finished all the dishes except the vegetarian soup.
After they finished their meal, Chen Ahfu said to the waiter, "I want to meet your shopkeeper."
The waiter had a good nose and had already smelled the special fragrance coming from their baskets, so he knew something about it.
He asked them to wait and went upstairs. After a while, he came back and invited them into a room on the third floor. After entering the room, Chen Ahfu pinched her left palm. She wanted to summon Jin Yanzi back. She had always worn a bamboo hat when eating before, and it was not good to wear a bamboo hat while talking to others.
The layout of the room was like an office, with desks and cabinets. A young man in his twenties wearing a satin robe sat in front of the desk, and a slightly fat man in his forties stood on the side. The two were stunned when they saw Chen Afu. They didn't expect that there was such an outstanding young lady in this county. Although she was dressed in plain clothes, she was eye-catching. In addition to her delicate eyebrows and eyes, she also had a unique charm.
The middle-aged man said, "I am Shopkeeper Xu. What do you want from me, young lady?"
Chen Afu said, "Our family has a secret recipe for braised food passed down from our ancestors. Because our family is poor and we have an emergency, we want to sell this secret recipe." As he said this, he opened the cloth on the basket.
Shopkeeper Xu and the young man had already smelled the special aroma. They tore off a little bit of the braised meat and put it into their mouths to taste it carefully. They both said, "Well, it's good. It has a more special aroma than the five-spice braised meat. The pig intestines are even more delicious when braised like this."
The young man asked, "How much do you want to sell it for?"
Shopkeeper Xu then introduced, "This is Uncle Yang, the owner of our restaurant."
Chen Ahfu called out, "Uncle Yang," and then said, "Now my father is ill and my brother's leg is lame, and my family is in urgent need of money, so I came here to sell this ancestral secret recipe. I heard that Xile Restaurant has fair prices and a good reputation, and will not bully ordinary people like us, so I came here. Uncle Yang, just give it as you see fit, and if the price is right, we will sell it to you."
The price in her mind was fifty taels of silver. If it was higher than this price, she would sell it, if it was lower than this price, she would not sell it. This thing could be kept secret, unlike the button, which was easy for people to learn once it was revealed.
Uncle Yang hesitated for a moment and winked at Shopkeeper Xu. Shopkeeper Xu said, "Although this braised dish is good, it is not much different from the five-spice braised meat in our store. How about this, I'll give you a fair price, forty taels of silver, how about that?"
This price did not reach Chen Afu's psychological price, but the difference was not too big, which showed that they were not the type of store that bullied customers. If there was a chance, they could continue to cooperate.
Chen Afu thought so in his heart, but shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell it at this price. Sorry to bother you." After that, he took Dabao's hand and walked towards the door.
Uncle Yang opened his big fan and laughed, "Young lady, you are still impatient. All business must allow bargaining. If you don't agree, you can bargain. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? How about I add another ten taels, fifty taels?" Seeing that Chen Ahfu stopped talking, he said, "Add another five taels, this is already the most."
Shopkeeper Xu was stunned, thinking to himself that the master was a very stable person, why did he raise the price so much all of a sudden?
Fifty-five taels, a little bit more than the expected target, Chen Ahfu was quite satisfied. He smiled and said, "Okay, deal."
It seemed that even the birds outside the window were celebrating Chen Ahfu's success in business, chirping. One of them was a golden swallow, standing on a branch outside the window with several other birds.
It was already very impatient, and chirped, "You are the one who has so many things to do. You can't do without me. I'm going to find you another bodyguard."
Shopkeeper Xu first drafted an agreement, which also included the classic clause that the house could not be sold to other people. Chen Ahfu had no objection, and she and Shopkeeper Xu signed and put their fingerprints on it.
Chen Afu wanted to take Dabao to the kitchen, but Yang Mingyuan said with a smile, "Let the child stay here, the kitchen is too messy."
Seeing that Mr. Yang had clear eyes and didn't look like a bad guy, and that Jin Yanzi was guarding the window, Chen Ahfu agreed to let Chen Dabao play here. He also whispered to him, "Stay here and don't go anywhere. Don't be naughty, and your mother will come back to find you in a while."
Chen Dabao nodded and said, "Don't worry, mom. Dabao knows."
Chen Ahfu went to the kitchen to check out their seasonings, and then quietly told Shopkeeper Xu about the extra Chinese herbs. Shopkeeper Xu was still a little surprised, and went to buy them himself.
The process of frying the marinade is the same as that of the restaurant chef, except that a few more Chinese medicinal herbs are added. Chen Ahfu watched the chef stew the meat well and the taste was the same, so she could be considered to have brought out a good apprentice.
When she returned to the hut, she saw Chen Dabao and two other children having fun with Huihui, and Grandpa Yang was watching with great interest.
Without Qiqi and Jinyanzi, Huihui became the protagonist of course, laughing and talking with his mouth wide open, shouting "Grandpa, mom, Dabao, pee" all at once, making everyone laugh.
Chen Dabao saw Chen Afu, stood up and greeted him, "Mom, this is brother Yang Chao, and this is sister Yang Qian, they both like Huihui."
The two children, the boy was about five years old, and the girl was about four years old. They were both wearing silk clothes, and they had delicate features and looked somewhat like Grandpa Yang. They raised their heads and politely called out to Chen Ahfu, "Auntie."
Chen Ahfu blushed. She hadn't married yet. She smiled and said, "Just call me Aunt Chen."
The two children called out again, "Aunt Chen."
Shopkeeper Xu brought a plate of freshly braised meat to Uncle Yang, who tasted it and nodded, and asked a few children to eat some. The boy kept saying it was delicious and didn't want to tease Huihui anymore, so he stood in front of the table and ate the braised meat.
Yang Mingyuan stood up, took out five ten-liang silver ingots and one five-liang silver ingot from the cabinet and gave them to Chen Ahfu. He smiled and said, "If Miss Chen has a good prescription in the future, please come to our restaurant again."
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