Ye Caiping and the others were all stunned when they heard the voice.
"You want the goods?" Ye Huan'er was pleasantly surprised.
Ye Daquan, Tie Niu's wife, and the others were also taken aback before becoming excited.
"Is this... Manager Lin of Baiweilou?" Ye Caiping asked.
Standing outside the workshop was a short, stout man, none other than Manager Lin of Baiweilou Restaurant. He led a carriage over, accompanied by two servants.
"Yes, it's me. Are you not welcome?" Manager Lin had already walked up to Ye Caiping.
"No, I would be more than happy to have you grace us with your presence!"
"Hmph!" Manager Lin snorted smugly, finally getting his revenge for all the humiliation he had suffered at her hands before.
Manager Lin's arrival surprised Ye Caiping, who had expected that the restaurants in the prefectural or county towns would arrive first.
After all, those restaurants get more stock, so they can test it more thoroughly.
Baiweilou had never placed an order with her. She only gave Manager Lin a packet of seasonings weighing one or two jin. She had originally planned to send them some more after Ye Yong's wedding.
Who would have thought they would be the first to come and order the goods?
“This is our boss!” Manager Lin suddenly said.
A servant lifted the carriage curtain.
A man in his thirties stepped out of the carriage. He had handsome eyes and well-defined eyebrows, and a refined appearance. He wore a dark blue brocade robe and carried a jade-shaped folding fan. He was both neat and composed.
"Hello, Madam Ye. I am Su Hen, the owner of Baiwei Restaurant." Su Hen cupped his hands in greeting to Ye Caiping.
Su Hen looked at Ye Caiping with some surprise.
He had already heard about Ye Caiping from Manager Lin.
It is truly remarkable that an ordinary peasant woman could go from setting up a stall to opening a workshop.
Ye Caiping quickly returned the greeting.
Ye Caiping was quite excited. Even the boss had come in person. It was a big deal!
"If Baiweilou needs goods, Master Su can just send Manager Lin directly. Why bother you to make the trip yourself?" Ye Caiping said politely.
"I happened to be in this prefectural city on business. The shopkeeper here sent me some ingredients, and after trying them, I found them quite novel. So I decided to come here in person."
Ye Caiping asked, "How much stock does Mr. Su plan to order?"
How many kilograms do you have here?
"About three thousand catties."
Su Hen tapped his folding fan on the base of his thumb and said casually, "Then I'll take three thousand catties."
Ye Caiping's eyes immediately lit up, and she smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits. Unexpected yet perfectly reasonable: "Boss Su, you certainly have great courage!"
Su Hen smiled and said, "Madam Ye has quite the courage."
They dared to hoard so much stock when the market was still uncertain.
The two of them remained quite calm, while Ye Daquan, Jin'er, Huan'er, Tie Niu's wife, and all the other staff members were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out.
Just like that... they're all sold out?
Ye Daquan and the others were all pleasantly surprised.
Ye Xiniu, Chen Daqiang, and the others looked like they had swallowed flies—angry, ashamed, and regretful all at once.
What...did they do?
This is a job that pays thirty coins a day!
If you work for a full month, you can receive 900 coins as wages!
Such high wages are not even enough to work as a porter or waiter!
And this was a job right in their own backyard, and they still managed to lose it!
Thinking about it, Chen Daqiang and the others felt dizzy.
"The price..." Su Hen looked at Ye Caiping.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "It's lunchtime now, Mr. Su, why don't you come to my humble abode for a meal and we can chat in detail?"
"good."
Ye Caiping then looked at the employees around her: "It's time to go home, everyone! Shuisheng, you guys who are doing the moving, come back after you've eaten."
"Alright!" Zhao Shuisheng and the others happily agreed, then glared at Ye Xiniu and the others, saying, "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Chen Daqiang, his face pale, squeezed his way forward to Ye Caiping: "No, Caiping, just now..."
"There's no need to say anything more, please leave!" He said with a smile, looking at Su Hen: "Master Su, please."
Chen Daqiang wanted to chase after him, but Ye Daquan stopped him: "The wages have been settled, hurry back!"
If Ye Caiping and Su Dongjia's group hadn't been so far away, he would have punched Chen Daqiang.
"Daqiang, let's go! We don't want this lousy job!" Ye Xiniu angrily tried to pull Chen Daqiang away.
"I'll spit on you, you troublemaker! You don't care, but I do!"
Chen Daqiang roared and abruptly shook off Ye Xiniu's hand. The two men who had been making a scene with them also glared at Ye Xiniu with hatred.
It's all Ye Xiniu's fault!
But they still held onto a sliver of hope, so they didn't dare fight in the workshop and turned away angrily.
...
Ye Caiping led Su Hen and Manager Lin into her own large brick and tile house.
As Su Hen walked along, he found the houses to be unremarkable, just ordinary brick courtyards belonging to wealthy farmers.
"Please have a seat." Ye Caiping led them to the outer hall.
Su Hen and Manager Lin were taken aback by the style and patterns of the furniture.
The house is unremarkable, but the furniture is quite unique.
"Huan'er, tell your mother and Xiaoyan to kill a chicken and prepare some meat dishes," Ye Caiping said.
Ye Huan'er agreed and went into the inner courtyard.
Ye Jin'er immediately brought over the tea.
After Su Hen accepted the tea, Ye Caiping said, "Our ingredients are sold by weight, 120 coins per pound. Since you need a lot, I'll give you a 2-coin discount."
Su Hen raised an eyebrow: "10 coins. Madam Ye knows our Baiweilou Restaurant. We have branches all over the Great Zhou Dynasty. If this spicy soup sells well, we can get tens of thousands of catties a month."
“Hmm.” Ye Caiping nodded. “But Su Dongjia also knows that at 120 per catty, there’s not much profit to be made from pepper and cardamom. I can only offer a discount of 5 coins at most, making it 115 per catty.”
Su Hen didn't hesitate for long and nodded: "Okay, let's do it this way!"
Ye Caiping was in a good mood: "After the meal, I had someone deliver the food to Baiweilou."
"No need, we brought a convoy a long time ago. They're all waiting outside the village. Manager Lin, go and call them over."
Manager Lin's face turned pale, and he looked very awkward: "Um... can I use the restroom first?"
Go!
Having received permission from the owner, Manager Lin smiled and looked at Ye Caiping: "May I borrow the outhouse?"
“He’s right next door, brother, could you take him under your wing?”
Ye Daquan had been squatting at the door the whole time.
Manager Lin hurriedly walked out, and when he arrived at the door, Ye Daquan quickly followed him.
Manager Lin found it strange. The outhouse was right next door, so why did someone need to lead him there? This Madam Ye was really hospitable.
"Haha, no need to trouble yourself." Manager Lin smiled at Ye Daquan and turned to go into the outhouse.
Then he was a little confused.
There was neither a chamber pot nor a dry toilet in this outhouse. The pit was white! There was only a small round hole at the bottom.
There was also a bucket of water in the corner.
How do I do this?
Thinking about it, he opened the door and saw Ye Daquan standing at the door with a look of amusement on his face.
Shopkeeper Lin smiled awkwardly: "Brother Ye, how do I use this outhouse?"
"You can just use it as a dry toilet. When you're done, just scoop up two ladles of water and flush it away."
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