Chapter 64063. Give Zhou Yi a good meal
In short, Mengluo was completely fooled.
After finishing the meal and paying the bill, Meng Luo asked someone to send the chili peppers on the boat over for Zhou Yi to use for experiments. He also happily gave Lei Li two silver notes of one hundred taels as a deposit.
A silver note of one hundred taels.
Still two.
This was not the first time Lei Li had seen silver notes. Sometimes when he delivered medicinal materials to Doctor Cao, whenever he saw the ladies or sons of wealthy families coming to buy tonics such as ginseng and sweet peony root, he would take out silver notes from his purse embroidered with gold thread patterns.
But it was the first time that Lei Li had touched a silver note, and it was a denomination of one hundred taels. Even if he and Zhou Yi broke the contract and took their parents away to another place, these two hundred taels plus their savings would be enough for their family to live for twenty or thirty years.
The kind that doesn't make any money but still has food and drink.
and……
Given Master Mengluo's naive and soft-hearted nature, he might not necessarily report them to the police for wanted arrest. At most, he would sigh and say that he didn't know people well enough.
Lei Li looked at the banknotes again and again, feeling so happy that he wanted to sing a song. He had earned so much money without spending a penny, just by talking. It really made him want to...
"You're not planning to abscond with the money, are you?"
Zhou Yi hesitated and spoke.
Lei Li glanced at him lightly, "Don't worry, I won't abandon you even if I run away. After all, your household registration is still in my house... I can't bear to part with you either."
The dark eyes lightly swept over Zhou Yi's lower body, with a frivolous smile and some familiar aftertaste, which made Zhou Yi's ears red.
"I'm telling you something serious..."
"I'm talking about business."
Lei Li was not in the right but he was confident. If the shop was not still open at noon and temporary worker Zhang Daqiang was likely to push the door in at any time, he really wanted to push Zhou Yi down to try a new position.
You will get bored if you always stick to the same kind. Trying a few different ones will help you get pregnant better.
“…”
Zhou Yi pursed his lips in embarrassment, then said with a guilty conscience, "Just now you only told Meng Luo about the benefits of the chili pepper business. Why didn't you tell him about the risks?"
Lei Li raised an eyebrow and asked him, "What risk?"
"For example, the people of Xiling Prefecture tend to prefer light flavors, and the people of Zhongchuan Prefecture may not like spicy food either. Chili peppers are not well accepted by the people, so fast food restaurants cannot survive."
Zhou Yi said, "If we open a spicy restaurant, we might be squeezed out by other restaurants and face a public opinion war... that is, rumors will spread among the people."
"There are rumors that chili peppers are poisonous and harmful to humans. After all, spiciness is a painful sensation, and some people are indeed allergic to chili peppers."
"This kind of business war is not uncommon. We can find Meng Luo as our backer, so other restaurants must have some supporters behind them. Maybe they are even more powerful than the Meng family rice shop."
"If we want to monopolize the market and our business is booming, it's inevitable that we'll eat into other people's cakes."
Lei Li noticed a few new terms, one of which sounded delicious. "What's cake? The kind of egg cake you get at Zhenji?"
"No, it's a Western pastry...it's a little different from traditional desserts."
Zhou Yi explained, "It uses eggs, sugar, and wheat flour as the main ingredients, and milk, water, and yeast as auxiliary ingredients. After stirring, mixing, and baking, it becomes a sponge-like snack."
"This sponge-like substance is called a cake base. Then, we use milk to make cream, spread it on the base, draw some patterns, and then decorate it with fruit..."
Zhou Yi paused, realizing that the topic had changed, and frowned slightly. "Let's talk about Mengluo's problem first. If we don't break down these details with him and explain the risks, his money and energy will probably be wasted."
"Just fight, I'm the best at water skipping, let Master Mengluo have a go too."
Lei Li told a little joke, but seeing Zhou Yi was still serious, he said nonchalantly, "You don't really think Master Meng would let Meng Luo do such a big business with two ordinary people, do you?"
"At most, we can only invest a few thousand taels of silver. For such a big rice merchant, this amount of money is probably not as big as the splash I made. If we encounter a big problem or meet someone we can't afford to offend, Master Meng will definitely not let Meng Luo play with us anymore."
"If you don't want to play, then don't play."
Lei Li shrugged. "It's not our money that's being lost anyway. We might even make a lot. Master Mengluo is so gullible. Wouldn't it be nice for him to suffer a little and fall flat on his face?"
"Didn't you say that? No one succeeds easily. How can you see the rainbow without going through the storm?"
Zhou Yi was stunned. He felt that what Lei Li said made sense, but also seemed a little strange... Wasn't this a scam?!
That's not right either.
Lei Li does have the idea of doing something practical, but he just lets things take their own course. If it succeeds, it succeeds; if it doesn't, then forget it.
The same goes for the attitude towards Mengluo.
Although I fooled you and told you that you can make money, I didn't say that you will definitely not lose money. You can believe it if you want to, or forget it if you don't.
...Meng Luo would definitely not believe that Lei Li said so much just to save money and get a few of his peppers for free.
Zhou Yi hesitated to speak.
Before he traveled through time, he was a law-abiding veteran. Now, he looks a bit like an accomplice of a bandit, the kind who does all the housework without getting paid.
"Why think so much?"
Lei Li glanced at him, carefully folded the banknotes, and put them in the inner pocket of his clothes. "The Meng family is so powerful, how can they be ruined by two small people like us?"
"Just be at peace...just do your business. Anyway, you've got the chili peppers you've been craving. Make a spicy dish tonight and completely win over Master Mengluo."
"……All right."
Zhou Yi thought about it again and again, and finally nodded.
He could think of these risks. No matter how naive Meng Luo was, he was still the son of a large enterprise, and he was accompanied by a shrewd mustache manager. He should be well aware of these problems, right?
——No.
Meng Luo felt that he had finally negotiated a big deal, and was afraid that the shopkeeper with the mustache would nag him again and say bad things about Lei Li and Zhou Yi.
Meng Luo really thinks Lei Li is a good person and Zhou Yi cooks delicious food. He doesn't want to listen to the shopkeeper with a mustache slandering them. Moreover, such a cost-effective and novel model will definitely make a lot of money.
I never thought there was such a thing as risk.
The biggest risk for Young Master Mengluo when he goes out is that he is easily cheated. He is unlucky enough to meet Lei Li, who loves to cheat people the most.
Mengluo only stayed in the county town for three days. After receiving enough new rice, he was ready to set sail with his fleet.
Before leaving, he went to Lei Ji Fast Food Restaurant and said that he would come back after he returned to Zhongchuan Prefecture City and asked his father and brother for enough silver and people.
In Mengluo's guess, such a big business would cost at least tens of thousands of taels, right?
After all, the prices in the capital city are not cheap. Renting a restaurant in a good location costs several hundred taels a year, and buying one would cost several thousand or even tens of thousands of taels.
There is also storefront decoration, labor, food ingredients, freight... all of which cost money.
"My husband and I are waiting for good news from Master Mengluo. But good wine is always better than wine brewing. Master Mengluo can come back when he is more prepared."
Lei Li coaxed and deceived Meng Luo, and sent him away with a smile. Then he forgot about the matter and took Zhou Yi back to the house to study for his studies.
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Lei Li has been in a very good mood these past two days.
He made a lot of money and the business in the store was booming. Zhou Yi was also very obedient. He would kiss him when he wanted and take off his clothes when he wanted. Even with his ears red as hell, he would still do what Lei Li said.
He is completely different from before when he used to find all kinds of excuses to procrastinate.
Lei Li ate very well.
Very good in every sense of the word.
Zhou Yi, on the other hand, was in a bit of a bad situation, because Lei Li had very sharp teeth and loved to bite people. He liked to gnaw on Zhou Yi and leave marks everywhere.
Zhou Yi's back was scratched by Lei Li, leaving many bloody marks and blood scabs, which looked quite shocking.
Lei Li hummed a tune that didn't form a complete song, and applied crushed herbs on Zhou Yi's back. This was to stop bleeding and promote healing. He couldn't get a new injury before the old one healed, right?
To be recycled.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi's skin was wheat-colored, and the bite marks were not very clear. Unless you looked closely, you would not be able to see them.
Lei Li's skin is a cold white, just like his mother Liu Xiaocao. He does a lot of farm work and won't get tanned even if he is exposed to the sun for a few days. Even if he gets tanned, he can quickly whiten it back.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi doesn't like to bite people. Sometimes he can't control his emotions, and the little marks left were under his collar and were perfectly covered.
Otherwise, in this ancient time when everything was lacking, Zhou Yi wouldn't know what to use to cover up the hickey.
Rouge is fine.
But it's too expensive.
Lei Li would definitely not give any money. He would rather bear the kiss mark and be teased by outsiders. Moreover, if that person said something too harsh, Lei Li might even put a sack on him and beat him in the middle of the night.
Lei Li always does what he says.
For example, the shopkeeper with a mustache was always sarcastic. Lei Li and Zhang Daqiang disliked him. The two of them made a plan behind Zhou Yi's back and found a dark and windy night to put a sack on the shopkeeper with a mustache and beat him up.
After beating the guy, Lei Li came back and lay carelessly in Zhou Yi's arms, saying with a smile that her husband had not slept yet, and gave Zhou Yi a full meal.
Time flies and it is August.
Sanli Village has already planted the autumn seedlings. Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er are in the village and have not come to the county town.
Because he made a lot of money, Lei Li was generous for once. He didn't plan to go back to the village to renovate the new house. Instead, he bought a house in the county town and brought his parents over.
Even if their parents were reluctant to leave the village and didn't want to come over, Lei Li and Zhou Yi still had to live there. They couldn't just sleep on the floor in that cramped room all the time.
In addition to the house, there are also furniture.
Lei Dashan is a carpenter. In order to save money, he wanted to make a whole set by himself, but when Lei Li thought about his father's old age, he went to find another carpenter to do it.
Lei Li also asked Zhu Zhuer's husband to buy a house because he was familiar with the carpentry business and he was the one who hired the carpenter.
Finally, Lei Li bought a small house close to the port. It only had an inner room and a small yard. However, there was a well in the yard, so it was convenient to get water, but the price was a bit higher.
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