Chapter 14: Contract concluded! Buy, buy, buy!
Shopkeeper Wang was taken aback when he heard this and asked uncertainly, "Niece Zhizhi, if you think there's anything wrong, feel free to tell us. The price can still be negotiated."
When Qin Zhizhi heard that Shopkeeper Wang had misunderstood, she smiled and explained, "Uncle Wang, you misunderstood. I meant that you gave too much silver."
"Too much?" This time it was Shopkeeper Wang's turn to be surprised.
"I'll charge you fifty taels per dish, but I can only accept payment for three dishes. The other two will be Zhizhi's gifts to Uncle Wang."
Shopkeeper Wang didn't expect the little girl to be so sincere, and he smiled even more happily. He knew that Qin Zhizhi was trying to show goodwill to him, and he was happy to accept this kindness.
"Just do as niece Zhizhi said."
"Uncle Wang, I use secret seasonings in my cooking, and I won't sell this recipe." Qin Zhizhi felt that this matter should be made clear in advance.
"Hahaha, niece Zhizhi, Uncle Wang understands. We'll calculate the cost of the seasoning separately. What do you think is the appropriate price, niece Zhizhi?"
Shopkeeper Wang is willing to do business with Qin Zhizhi, as the girl is a very opinionated person.
"Uncle Wang, one tael of silver per bottle. You can buy as much as you need." Qin Zhizhi's price was reasonable, and Shopkeeper Wang nodded readily.
The two quickly signed the contract, and Qin Zhizhi guaranteed that the menu she gave today would not be sold to other restaurants.
Manager Wang paid the money and both parties were very satisfied.
Qin Zhizhi and Manager Wang walked out together. Li and Qin Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief. They were very anxious outside.
"Master Zhang, take niece Zhizhi to the kitchen."
Chef Zhang was very happy, knowing that the shopkeeper had bought the recipe. "Hey, Miss Zhizhi, please come this way."
"Thank you, Master Zhang." Qin Zhizhi had a good impression of Master Zhang.
"Aunt has to wait for Zhizhi for a while. Zhizhi is going to the kitchen for a while." Qin Zhizhi was afraid that Li would get anxious waiting, so she explained to her.
Mrs. Li was smart. She immediately understood that her niece had reached a deal with the restaurant and nodded to Qin Zhizhi.
Qin Zhizhi went to the kitchen and carefully explained to Chef Zhang the precautions for each dish and instructed Chef Zhang to make each dish again.
Qin Zhizhi tasted it carefully and found it was almost the same as what she made. She thought it would get better with more practice.
Finally, he left some secret seasoning for Master Zhang before leaving the kitchen.
Before leaving the restaurant, Qin Zhizhi specifically asked the shopkeeper to help her exchange some small change and copper coins.
Thinking that the restaurant needed fish, Qin Zhizhi asked Shopkeeper Wang, "Uncle Wang, we have a lot of fish in Qinjia Village. I wonder if Shopkeeper Wang can use some?"
"The restaurant will be launching a new menu tomorrow. Why don't you come take a look at it, niece Zhizhi? And send some fish over too. How about four cents a pound?"
"How much does Manager Wang need?" Qin Zhizhi understood what Manager Wang meant. He probably wanted her to help.
"How about Niece Zhizhi help estimate how much fish my restaurant can sell tomorrow and send me that much?"
Qin Zhizhi thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then Zhizhi will agree."
Seeing the little girl's confident look, Shopkeeper Wang felt more at ease.
Before leaving, Qin Zhizhi asked about the store's customer flow and daily revenue, and had a rough idea in mind.
After saying goodbye to Shopkeeper Wang and Qin Qinglin, Qin Zhizhi took Li to go shopping.
"Aunt, is there still time for us to go buy some things now?" Qin Zhizhi was afraid of missing the ox cart that would take us back to the village.
"Zhizhi, there is still one hour before the ox cart returns." Li remembered the time clearly.
When she heard that there was only one hour left, Qin Zhizhi calculated in her mind.
I’m afraid I can’t buy everything today, so I’ll go buy pork and flour first. When I make money, I’ll have to prepare dumplings and meat buns.
"Aunt, let's go to the butcher shop and the rice and flour shop first."
Seeing that her niece was going, Li led the way directly. She knew that Qin Zhizhi had sold the recipe, but she didn't know how much silver she got.
In Li's opinion, selling it for ten taels of silver at most would be a big deal.
Li took Qin Zhizhi to the butcher shop she often went to every Chinese New Year.
Qin Zhizhi took a look and found the meat very fresh. It was a pig that had been slaughtered this morning. She waved her hand and asked for ten pounds of fat to make oil.
Originally, the fat meat cost ten cents per pound, but seeing that Qin Zhizhi wanted a lot, the butcher directly reduced the price to nine cents per pound, and the fat meat cost him ninety cents.
Thinking of making dumplings and buns, Qin Zhizhi asked for another five pounds of hind leg meat. This time the boss didn't give her a discount, but gave Qin Zhizhi two pork ribs as a gift.
Qin Zhizhi was afraid that she wouldn't be able to chop it when she got home, so she asked the boss to help her chop it, and the boss readily agreed.
After paying, Qin Zhizhi looked at her dumbfounded aunt and shouted with a smile, "Aunt, put down the basket quickly to put the meat in."
When she heard her niece calling her, Li finally reacted and quickly put down the backpack to get the meat. She was still a little confused.
Even the Qin family had never bought so much meat during the Chinese New Year. Li was shocked by her niece's generosity today.
After leaving the pork shop, Qin Zhizhi went to the rice, flour, grain and oil shop, and bought 20 kilograms of white flour and 30 kilograms of coarse grain flour with a wave of her hand.
Qin Zhizhi and her aunt each carried some, and originally wanted to buy some more, but they really couldn't carry it anymore, so they gave up.
The time to return to the ox cart was just right. Li was very nervous along the way, afraid that others would ask her what was in the backpack.
After returning to Qinjia Village, Qin Zhizhi went straight back to the Qin family with her aunt.
Qin Qinghui saw his third sister and aunt from afar and ran to greet them.
Qin Zhizhi had lunch at Qin's house.
After lunch, Qin Zhizhi asked Qin Qinghui to go to Gu's house to pick up Gu Jingyao and Gu Jingshu, and told Gu's mother to come to Qin's house for dinner tonight.
Mother Gu still had some handkerchiefs to embroider, so she asked the two children to go first. She planned to go over later. In this family, she was the one who did everything.
During lunch break, Qin Zhizhi called all the elders of the Qin family to her grandparents' room.
"Zhizhi, what's the matter that you called us here?" Uncle Qin Shan is a man who can't keep secrets.
"Zhizhi has something to discuss with everyone."
When everyone heard that something really happened, they looked at Qin Zhizhi nervously.
Qin Zhizhi felt like laughing when she saw everyone's nervous expressions.
She took out ten taels of silver from her purse and handed it to Mrs. Qin. "Grandma, this is the money from selling the recipes today. I'll give you ten taels to supplement the household expenses."
After Qin Zhizhi finished speaking, the Qin family was dumbfounded. Ten taels of silver was the Qin family's income for three years.
Mrs. Qin was the first to react. She said with emotion, "Zhizhi, keep this silver for yourself. When Jing Huai goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he will need silver."
"Yes, Zhizhi, put it away quickly. You will have many uses for money in the future."
Others followed suit, but no one was willing to take the silver.
"Grandma, this is for you. Mother-in-law also has some." Qin Zhizhi winked at her grandpa and grandma. The two mistakenly thought that this was what Old Master Qin meant, so they quickly put the silver away.
The others were still a little confused. It was clearly the mother who objected first, so why did she suddenly accept the money?
Boss Qin called out in confusion, "Mom."
He hoped that Mrs. Qin could explain it, but unfortunately he was disappointed.
"What mother? From now on, our whole family will listen to Zhizhi, especially you guys. Remember this."
Qin Shan was abused, and no one else dared to ask any more questions. Since his father didn't object, they didn't dare to object either.
Seeing that everyone had finally stopped worrying about the money, Qin Zhizhi started talking about another matter.
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