Su Cai was looking for paper and pen as she spoke. She knew that when it came to cooking, the most important thing was that the food tasted good. She was definitely not as good as Qingqing in this area and had to rely on her. Since she had to rely on her, she had to share the profits and couldn't let her work in vain.

Yi Qingqing didn't expect that she and Li Mengxue would have to go into partnership with her sister-in-law before their food processing company was even started.

If you think about it carefully, what's wrong with that?

Master Wen was still alive, and it was fine for her to learn what he taught her to satisfy her own appetite, but it was not a good idea to use it to do business and make money.

But there are many things to explore from the imperial chefs. That is the culinary knowledge condensed from the imperial chefs of all generations in the Forbidden City’s imperial kitchen!

The imperial chefs did not start working in the palace. Most of them were selected from famous local chefs. They can cook almost all major cuisines.

Not only can she cook, but she can also make pastries, preserved fruits, roasted nuts, wine, etc., as long as it is edible, and each imperial chef has his own unique recipe. The essence of their knowledge combined together makes her the teacher of the imperial chef course.

There are so many things that can be turned into cash. Just for braised dishes, she can find many kinds for different taste preferences.

There is absolutely no problem in giving out some, but if the partnership requires dividing the shares, she will have to be more careful. However, if she only provides the recipe, splitting it in half is a bit too much.

"Sister-in-law, let's put it this way. No matter how big your food business is, I will provide you with secret recipe support. I will invest my technology in you and take 10% of the sales profit of the products made from my secret recipe. How about that?"

Yi Qingqing initially only planned to help her sister-in-law get started. As her mother said, brothers should settle accounts clearly. Helping others is a good intention, but helping for too long will lead to bad intentions. She was also afraid that if she got involved too much in the future, there would be problems. So she planned to help her sister-in-law get started, make some money to buy a house. That way, even if the business didn't do well later, she would not be poor with the house.

But her sister-in-law offered to give her half of the profits, which showed that she was sincere and not the kind of person who would take advantage of a small opportunity. If she had shares, she would have put in more effort.

"No, 10% is too little. No matter who you give your recipe to, it will make money. If you are willing to give it to us, we can't let you suffer any loss!" Su Cai still has this bottom line.

"Fifty percent is too much. I won't feel at ease even if I take it! Besides, if I ask someone else, who would be willing to give me the shares after getting the recipe? I don't have the time and energy to do this," said Yi Qingqing.

The two of them pushed and pushed for a long time, and finally compromised and changed it to give her 25% profit.

If only the recipe is offered, this share is considered very conscientious, but it is not a big bargain. As time goes by, things that can maintain unique competitiveness become more valuable. Yi Qingqing promised to give the recipe to him at this price in the future. As time goes by, this promise becomes more valuable.

Yi Qingqing accepted it, and then she told her sister-in-law about her general planned route.

"Sister-in-law, let's start by making vegetarian stews to accumulate capital. We'll tentatively decide on stewed kelp. The main reason is that these two raw materials are easy to get in the rural fishing villages in Nanping. The price is also cheap. You can buy them with money. In addition, dried kelp has a longer shelf life and is more convenient to store.

Use this to accumulate some capital first, and then you can make braised eggs. You should be able to collect some in the countryside.

When there are more individual businesses in the market in the future, the problem of raw materials will be easier to solve. We can also make braised tofu, braised peanuts, braised lotus root, various braised meats, etc., and introduce new products step by step to expand the scale. I have the recipes here.

As for the spices, I can help you find a way when the demand is not that large in the initial stage, and you can change it at any time if you find other suppliers later."

Yi Qingqing actually wanted to find Li Mengxue to buy spices. Apart from her, she probably wouldn't be able to buy such a complete range of spices anywhere else. Moreover, the spices were of good quality and low price. The amount needed would not be large in the initial stage, so she could just send them back when the time came. After getting through these two years, it would be good when there were more spices circulating in the market.

In fact, she could also purchase raw materials from Li Mengxue, but the quantity needed was too large and transportation was also a problem.

The business hasn't started yet, and my sister-in-law and her family can't risk moving to the capital for this, so we still have to start with Nanping to find the raw materials.

There are several small fishing villages near the coast west of Nanping, and she remembered that her sister-in-law's mother's family was from a fishing village, so maybe they were related.

Dried kelp is not valuable these days, so it has a low starting cost and is most suitable for accumulating a number of original customers.

There are many families raising chickens in the countryside, but each family has a quota, and the number is extremely limited. However, as long as they raise chickens, they will definitely have some eggs saved, and it is no problem to spend money to collect them, but the cost is a little high. When she started doing this, she was afraid that her sister-in-law would invest too much of her capital, and it would be bad if something went wrong.

Although Yi Qingqing is very confident in her braised food recipes, the food industry is highly competitive. If someone uses shady tricks and the problem is not resolved properly, there may be accidents. So it is better to invest less at the beginning, make some money first, and protect the capital first.

Thinking of this, Yi Qingqing told her sister-in-law some things to pay attention to when cooking, imagined many unfavorable situations, and tried her best to help her avoid risks.

Su Cai nodded repeatedly after listening to her. She also borrowed a notebook and pen from Yi Qingqing and wrote down everything she said very carefully.

Yun Guyuan gave her three cups of tea before Yi Qingqing finished, "That's about it. I'll try to get some dried kelp and marinade ingredients back. I'll try to teach you how to make a few marinated dishes during the New Year. The key is still in the proportions of the marinade ingredients, which is very easy."

"Thank you, Qingqing, now I have a much better idea after you told me this today," said Su Cai.

"You're welcome. We are a family, and I also have shares! I hope you can use my prescription to make your business very successful, so that I can make money without doing anything!" Yi Qingqing smiled.

She was really happy! Although it was a bit embarrassing to say this, it was a great thing to have one more good leek in her field!

My sister-in-law looks reliable at first glance!

Not only can her family make money, but she can also get dividends without doing anything. It's killing two birds with one stone. There is nothing better than this!

She wished she had more leeks like this!

"Haha, making money while lying down? That's really interesting!" Su Cai laughed.

"Hehe, I learned all of this from Mengxue. She always has some very vivid and interesting new words," Yi Qingqing said without blushing or beating her heart. It was another day to thank Comrade Da Jinhua, who made a huge contribution to hiding her identity as a supporting actress.

Li Mengxue, who had just closed the shop and got off work, sneezed loudly and muttered in confusion, "Who is scolding me?"