"Sister, you have excellent cooking skills. I wonder if you would be interested in staying at our Tongfu Restaurant?"
I know your husband's family lives deep in the mountains of Chijia'ao.
It really wouldn't be appropriate for you to come down the mountain!
But if you come over, I will give you accommodation.
How about I give you five taels of silver a month?
In her restaurant, an ordinary cook would only earn one or two taels of silver a month.
Even a master chef like Qi Paoding only earned eight taels of silver per month.
Not to mention her head maid, who only received two taels a month.
She decided to give him the five taels after careful consideration.
It's safe to say that it's quite high!
How many families can't even save up enough in a year to make as much as she earns in a month?
If Chi Qiao were still the original Zhou Sanya, she would definitely have happily agreed to the offer of five taels of silver a month.
Even if they don't provide accommodation, it's fine.
But she wasn't!
In her opinion, five taels a month was pitifully little.
Putting everything else aside, any one of the things in her room could be sold for tens or hundreds of taels of silver.
Moreover, she knows more than just one or two recipes.
Xiaoyu's cooking skills were taught by her.
Therefore, except for a few dishes, her cooking skills are arguably much better than Xiaoyu's.
If she were truly desperate for money, she would only sell things, not work for someone else.
Therefore, upon hearing these words from Zheng County Magistrate's wife, she was not afraid that the other party would become angry, and instead directly refused.
"I am honored by your kind words, Madam. I am already old enough to have children and grandchildren, and with the weather being so extreme, I really do not want to leave my hometown."
An occasional trip to the city is enough.
I'm only here to sell recipes.
I wonder what Madam's opinion is on the three hundred taels I mentioned earlier?
Of course, that's my bottom line.
If the price is lower than this, then I don't think there's any point in continuing the negotiation!
Zheng County Magistrate's wife is a magnanimous person.
Hearing this, she was not angry at all, but instead said directly: "Sister, my husband's surname is Zheng, and my maiden name is Qiao."
Stop calling me "Madam" all the time, or just call me Sister Qiao.
Thanks to you today, I got to taste such delicious food.
It's okay if it's inconvenient for you to come here as a cook.
If you have time to come over and can cook a dish that our restaurant doesn't have, and the taste is acceptable to both Chef Qi and Manager Cheng, then I will give you thirty taels.
As for the secret ingredients you mentioned, plus that dish, which costs three hundred taels, I need to think about that carefully.
Don't worry, I'll only need to think about it for a quarter of an hour at most.
In 25 minutes, whether it works out or not, I will have Manager Cheng give you an answer.
If it works out, I'll have him give you the documents and the money directly.
Of course, I heard you say before that you wanted to use the money to buy other supplies, which I suppose is food.
I have quite a few!
If you want to exchange it for grain, I can give you some at the market price.
What do you think?
Chi Qiao was surprised to find that the county magistrate's wife was quite easy to talk to.
Knowing that Qin Mu was still in another private room, dining with a group of officials, she felt much more confident.
"Good! If it works out, I want to exchange one hundred taels for grain."
I want anything, no matter what kind it is, as long as it's edible and safe for people to eat.
"Also, if the Qiao family's daughter has any other connections, like those in general stores or fabric shops, that would be even better if she could help me buy some things."
"Alright, this is no big deal. You can go now, let me think about it!"
Chi Qiaohan left first.
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