Manager Cheng ate heartily, because the bowl was small and he hadn't had enough!
However, knowing that the food was only for him to try and that they had only made this much, he felt embarrassed to ask Gu Nian to make more.
"I wonder what ingredients these three dishes are made of?" Manager Cheng asked, wiping his mouth before getting down to business.
“Old Cheng, all three dishes contain pork offal, including large intestine, small intestine, and pig stomach. The intestines were definitely cleaned thoroughly; in this freezing weather, my two daughters and my older brother and sister-in-law’s two daughters went to the river to wash them. Doesn’t it taste completely different from what you imagined?” Cai Xiaolian added.
Gu Nian greatly admired the couple who had started living together halfway through their lives. In the short time it took her to cook a meal, she had gone from Manager Cheng to Old Cheng.
"Is there a trick to cleaning this?" Manager Cheng's shrewd eyes gleamed.
"Of course! So, how much does Lao Cheng plan to price these three dishes? We're so familiar with each other, the price isn't really important. Apart from intestines and stomach, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys can all be made into delicious dishes," Cai Xiaolian said with a smile.
Manager Cheng shrugged. "Since you've put it that way, isn't price important?"
If I don't give you a satisfactory price, why would I tell you how to prepare the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys?
"Oh, by the way, Lao Cheng, I have another cooperation method here, even more perfect. Of course, I just don't know if you can make that decision?" Cai Xiaolian continued, not giving Manager Cheng a chance to name a price.
Gu Xin's eyes lit up. Here it comes! Her mother is about to demonstrate her secrets to making big money. She must study hard!
"Oh? Tell me, sister-in-law. I need to hear your offer before I know if I can make this decision." Manager Cheng swallowed back the price he was about to make and asked instead.
"Cooperation! Not just buying and selling recipes or formulas, but a direct partnership where we share the restaurant's profits. That way, any new dishes my family comes up with will be supplied to the restaurant immediately. Of course, we won't ask for much profit. I just want a long-term, stable income. After all, I have men in my family who need to study, and I need to prepare dowries for my two daughters. We need to make a living!" Cai Xiaolian's face showed the hardships of life.
After Cai Xiaolian finished speaking, Manager Cheng fell into deep thought.
Gu Xin stared nervously at Manager Cheng. She understood her mother's meaning: if Manager Cheng agreed, their family would have a long-term income. But could they really agree to that? She felt it was unlikely, yet she trusted her mother. She was extremely conflicted.
Gu Nian, however, was thinking that her mother was the one who truly had a time-travel farming script. She transmigrated and became a married woman with a husband who, though a bit older, was both scholarly and martial, with limitless potential. Buying recipes, partnering with restaurants—would she open a rouge shop next? Drawing flower patterns, opening an embroidery shop? And the man rising through the ranks, receiving an imperial decree?
Gu Shouxin: My dear mother, you really dare to think big! Very good, I like women who dare to think big and act big!
"Profit sharing? Well, Brother Gu, Sister-in-law, I really can't make that decision. But you can tell me the specific cooperation methods. For example, what percentage of profit do you want? Can you guarantee the restaurant's business? How many new dishes can be added each month? And can these new dishes be continuously produced?" After pondering for a long time, Manager Cheng finally spoke and raised a few questions.
Gu Xin's big eyes immediately turned to her mother, waiting very seriously for her mother's answer.
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