flstandardbreds Chapter 117: Old Fox? A Share of the Pie
Chapter 117: Old Fox? A Share of the Pie
The shop has been very busy these days, with people coming here to eat the ice jelly. The ice jelly seeds she brought from the village have been almost used up.
Over at Yunlai Restaurant, the restaurant was bustling for a while thanks to the milk tea recipe and ice-making method. But in the past two days, people kept coming to ask, "Boss, do you have any big bugs or ice jelly?" The shopkeeper quickly asked someone to inquire, and only then did he find out that it was his old acquaintance Yao Qingnian who made it.
He quickly got in a carriage and went to Yao Qingnian's shop in person: "Miss Yao, you are so mean. You have such a good thing and you hide it and sell it secretly."
"Boss, you have a very sharp nose. You found me here so quickly. I haven't even put this thing online for two days, but you already smelled it." Yao Qingnian smiled. He was really an old fox. He came here so quickly. She took him to the backyard and served him a portion of ice jelly and crayfish.
The owner of Yunlai Restaurant is surnamed Wan, who is a good businessman. Under his management over the years, the restaurant has always been leading in Anding County.
Shopkeeper Wan was peeling lobsters and eating ice jelly with great relish. He was anxious because although he had the recipe for ice and milk tea, people kept coming to ask for big bugs and ice jelly. With these two things, the restaurant's business would be able to reach a new level.
"Miss Yao, you can't enjoy this good thing alone."
Yao Qingnian was eating an apple sweetly. The fruit cost fifty taels each, but she ate it so casually.
"I've only had this product out for a few days, so I have to try and see if it sells well. I was thinking of informing you later, and luckily, you're here. OK, OK." She knew that her crayfish and ice jelly would definitely not escape the eyes of Shopkeeper Wan, and she had to give him a share of the recipe no matter what.
"If you have any requests, just tell me." Shopkeeper Wan was amazed to see her eating such an expensive apple without even blinking.
"I spent a lot of time researching this ice jelly, and this big insect, I overcame all difficulties to make it so popular today. As usual, I won't play around much. Is 10% profit not too much?" Shopkeeper Wan stroked his beard. He had already prepared himself mentally when he came here. Last time he reported this to his boss, the boss waved his hand and told him to be on good terms with Yao Qingnian no matter what. But the 10% profit of this milk tea is already very high, plus these two things...
"Miss Yao, let's discuss this. Your 10% profit is too big for us to bear. How about this? I'll give you 20% of the profit from these two things, but this is only feasible in Anding County?"
Yao Qingnian thought seriously, the things in Yunlai Restaurant were so expensive, he only needed to provide a recipe and the money would be in his hands, plus he could get braised food and green rice balls, plus a 10% profit from milk tea, which was also considerable. The profit from milk tea was shared by all the shops in Yunlai Restaurant.
She is not greedy, and she will have new products in the future. Every 10% or 10% will add up to a lot.
"Okay! But I only provide the recipe. You can get the ingredients yourself. You can also get them from me. Just pay me some hard work fee."
"Of course. I wonder what the ingredients of Miss Yao's ice jelly are? Can you buy it outside?"
"I don't know if they sell it outside. You should call it Magnolia or Stomachache Fruit? I picked it in our village, and I also bought the crayfish."
"Magnolia? Crayfish? Never heard of it." It's no wonder that Manager Wan has never heard of them. These things have not been discovered to be edible before.
"I buy lobsters every day and I can share some with you. But I have to select the jelly fruits after buying them, dig them out and dry them in the sun, which is quite laborious."
"Okay, let's go, it's all easy to do. Go tell our Master Xu the method first. I'll take as much raw materials as you have."
Master Xu is an employee of Yunlai Restaurant. It would be great if we could give these recipes to him and have him write down the prescriptions and pass them on.
Crayfish has become very popular, and some people in Anding County have been scrambling to imitate it. However, no matter how much they imitate, they can't reach the taste of Qingnian Food House. Yao Qingnian's secret lies in beer, but she only has enough beer for her own shop. The best way now is to use rice wine instead. The process of brewing beer is complicated, and Yao Qingnian doesn't have the time now.
When they arrived at the back kitchen of Yunlai Restaurant, Master Xu greeted her enthusiastically as if she had seen some treasure: "Miss Yao, do you have any new recipes?"
"Ice jelly and crayfish. I brought two good things today."
Yao Qingnian took out the materials he brought with him.
"Okay, I tried the method you mentioned last time, adding herbs to dishes. The lamb and other dishes tasted really different after adding herbs. Only you could come up with such a method."
Yao Qingnian told Master Xu the process of making ice jelly. As for the crayfish, she made it according to her own method, allowing Master Xu to express himself freely as long as it tasted good.
After Yao Qingnian left, Manager Wan wrote down the matter and had someone deliver the letter and the recipe to his boss. He then sat leisurely and ate a bowl of ice jelly, thinking to himself, "With Yao Qingnian, my restaurant's business will definitely be the best by the end of the year. Haha, let's see if those old guys in the capital can still laugh by then."
Yao Qingnian returned to the village and told the villagers about the purchase of the stomachache fruit. The villagers were in an uproar again. They had not caught all the big bugs yet, and now the stomachache fruit came. She was really the God of Wealth for the villagers. Now the villagers did not have to go out to find work and could make money in the village.
"Wife Huaijin, this stomachache fruit is poisonous and can't be eaten. What are you doing here?"
"Of course it is useful, aunties and sisters, listen to me, I also have requirements for this fruit. I only want the female fruit. You can see that the tip of the female fruit is protruding, and the male fruit is flat." Yao Qingnian took out two fruits and compared them.
"The purchase price of this fruit is one cent for two catties. If it is dug out and dried, it is fifty cents per catty."
As soon as this was said, the villagers were all delighted. Fifty cents, my goodness! If stomachaches can be seen everywhere, then they will be rich.
"Yao Qingnian, are you playing a trick on us? This stuff, dug out, is fifty cents per pound?" Widow Wang came over and asked. Is this woman really rich and has nothing to lose?
"Well, if you don't believe me, forget it! Anyway, I'm here, how can I run away?"
After hearing what Yao Qingnian said, Widow Wang ran away in a flash. Everyone reacted and hurried to inform their families to pick the "stomachache fruit".