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“Husband, what’s with the eldest brother?” Zhou Yuan sat next to Wei Cheng as he walked away.
“Last time, I made my grandfather some birthday peach cakes for his birthday feast. My grandfather ordered my eldest brother to ask me who made the cakes. I told him it was me.”
“Grandfather wants to buy pastries?”
“I don’t know. I reported the price to my eldest brother. I don’t know if they’ll want to buy it.”
Zhou Yuan asked curiously, “Husband, what price did you quote?”
“Fifty Wen.”
Zhou Yuan said, “Fifty wen a box, that’s not profitable!”
Wei Cheng smiled and said, “Yuan Yuan, the fifty wen your husband said is not a price for a box, but the price per piece.”
“Ah?!” Zhou Yuan was speechless.
Fifty wen each, that is too expensive!
Zhou Yuan looked at his smiling husband, and immediately felt that his husband had the nature of a profiteer!
After Wei Liang went back, he told his parents about the matter.
Father Wei and Mother Wei waited for news from their eldest son at home, thinking that they could make a fortune by cooperating with the pastry master.
Father Wei and Mother Wei made a plan. They know a lot of people in the county, and they can recommend these things to relatives and friends, and they will help recommend them to people they know around them.
It’s still a no-cost business. If the negotiation is successful, the family can earn a lot of money.
Even Wei Cheng’s sister-in-law was happy, if she makes some money, she will go to buy gold jewelry to wear. Last time at Wei Zhai’s birthday banquet, she was jealous when she saw other relatives wearing gold and silver jewelry.
The Wei family had a good plan but when Wei Liang talked to them about it, their expressions burst.
“Father and mother, is Er-ge lying and having bad intentions?” Wei Wushi said in a shrill voice. She had seen the longevity peach cakes before and was lucky enough to get a small piece. It was very delicate and delicious, and she was in disbelief that someone she knew was useless made them.
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“Boss, did you ask him clearly?” Mother Wei looked at her eldest son and asked anxiously.
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Mother Wei said angrily, “That’s too less- didn’t you tell your second brother that we would be responsible for recommending customers while he makes the pastries? We can also cooperate with your second brother instead of just earning the discount.”
Only then did Wei Liang suddenly realize his oversight.
The two elders of the Wei family stared at the eldest son with some resentment.
“Father and mother, we can ask him to teach us how to make longevity peach cakes, and we can sell them ourselves. In this way, the money will be earned by our family, and the second brother is also from our own family. If you two elder brothers tell him then he will definitely agree.” Fifty wen a piece, if she can do them herself, she’ll be earning a ton of money.
Wei Wushi can’t wait to order Wei Cheng to teach her immediately.
Father Wei, Mother Wei, and Wei Liang were both stunned. Mother Wei and Wei Liang also felt that this method was good, but Father Wei disagreed.
“Let’s not fight for what they have. The second child is separated from us, although he can teach us how to make the pastry, fifty wen a piece seems high, so the cost should also be as high. The second child is honest, and he doesn’t know how to make money. If we make the price too high, then there would be fewer sales” Father Wei then said to Mother Wei, “You, you are not ignorant of the situation of the second child’s family yet you can still steal your son’s only livelihood!”
Wei Liang thought about seeing his Er-ge’s stall just now, it had no customers so he felt that what his father said was reasonable, and told his family about the stall. Father Wei gave them all a look, he was right- Mother Wei didn’t say anything. After all, he is also her son so it’s not easy to deprive her son of his only livelihood.
Wei Wushi wanted to but she couldn’t do it without their help.
Father Wei asked Wei Liang to go to the inner county and answer his grandfather’s question.
Wei Cheng didn’t know about this matter yet.
After the lunch market was over, he faced another matter.
Someone wants to buy his coleslaw recipe.
This person was wearing a long robe, and he was dressed like a middle-aged man. He had the impression that this person came here every day for the past few days. It turned out that he was here for inspection as he came up with ideas for his family’s recipe.
This person introduced himself as the steward of the vegetable market in the inner city. He opened a grocery store in the vegetable market. He liked the recipe and wanted to buy it and open a store in the vegetable market.
After buying the recipe, Wei Cheng can still do business in the outer city- he also hinted that he had a backer in the inner county.
“Steward Chen, I know well why you are here. It is also an honor for me that you have taken a fancy to my recipe.” Wei Cheng said in an official tone, “Both parties must have sincerity when doing business. To tell you the truth, I will sell you the recipe in a compromise if you have the ability to make the original recipe taste better. This is suitable for dine-in restaurants, and if I sell the recipe to big restaurants in the inner county, they will definitely rush for it.” This guy may have a backer but it is also easy for him to get other backers.
Wei Cheng now has no backer and no connections. If the other party forces him to sell then he has to sell it. This kind of person is the most difficult to deal with. There are backers who support him and people who have their own schemes.
After all, the king of hell loves villains.
Steward Chen was a little surprised. He had asked someone to inquire about Wei Cheng’s family background. The inner county’s Wei Zhai can be counted as this country guy’s backer. If the relationship between the two is good, he will give Wei Zhai some face- his eldest grandson is most likely to be admitted to Juren so he must not be offended.
He has found out about the relationship between the two families so he knows that Wei Zhai will not support him for this matter.
Steward Chen thought that if he said a few words, the countryman would give him the recipe. On the contrary, the other party was not timid at all and did not react like an ignorant man from the countryside.
His expression was calm and at ease.
Steward Chen is a knowledgeable and smooth person, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to secure his position as the steward of the vegetable market. He also knows that he can’t offend others wantonly, lest in the future this person really catches the eye of a strong backer and finds him to settle accounts- the gains outweigh the losses.
“I don’t know what Boss Wei’s options are?”
“Steward Chen, you’ve flattered me. How can I be a boss in front of you? If Mr. Chen is trustworthy then I will come up with a plan and you can see if it suits you.”
“Please do say.”
“We will sell the sauces, and I’ll let you know how to make the coleslaw. The most important thing in making it is the sauce, you can mix it however you want later. But I won’t include meat dishes in the sale as you can make them yourself. The meat dishes at our stall are our craftmanship and not for sale.”
“Boss Wei, this is absolutely not acceptable!” He prefers meat dishes, and the crispy pork is even more his favorite so he buys them back every time.
“Steward Chen, please listen, and don’t be impatient. There is another plan. We’ll be in charge of making a batch of vegetarian dishes and meat dishes. The sauce will be mixed by us, and you can come to pick up the goods every morning.”
Steward Chen laughed angrily, “Boss Wei, this is more beneficial to you. Wouldn’t it be better for me to buy the recipe? Meat dishes are your craft, and I can also buy them as recipes. I believe Boss Wei will agree.”
Wei Cheng was not afraid of pressure from Steward Chen’s words and said with a smile, “I said earlier, even if you can make the same food, there will definitely be more versions in the future. The food that we can make is definitely not worse than coleslaw. In the future, if there are new recipes, we can follow our cooperative price.”
Steward Chen raised his eyebrows, “I can still buy the recipe.”
Wei Cheng smiled at him.
Steward Chen remembered what he said at the beginning- he immediately understood Wei Cheng’s meaning and thought to himself: The person in front of him has been strategizing and controlling the rhythm from the beginning, he has no intention of selling the recipe at all. If the other party truly finds a backer then he couldn’t threaten anyone.
Steward Chen finally compromised and let Wei Cheng supply the goods. He arranged for someone to come to learn and pick up the goods five days later.
The two parties signed a contract- the county government was still somewhat fair- they made two copies. Steward Chen would inform the supply quantity one day in advance.
After sending the steward away, he went to the stall first to see if the stall had already closed. The things were packed, but people were still waiting for him.
His wife looked relieved when he saw him, Wei Cheng walked over and asked concerned, “Yuan Yuan, what’s wrong?”
Zhou Yuan pointed to the man who was squatting at the foot of the wall and stood up when he saw Wei Cheng, “Husband, this peddler asked if he could sell the coleslaw from our stall.”
The peddler immediately walked forward, bent down, and clasped his palms together nervously, “Boss Wei, this younger one is Wu Da, from Wujia Village, and I wanted to sell some coleslaw. I won’t steal your business, I will take some and sell them in the back alleys of the outer county.”
Back alleys are the most remote and narrow alley houses, dedicated to those working manually for a living.
Wei Cheng agreed.
He will prepare in advance how much he needs every day, and he can just pick them up at the stall.
The peddler thanked him excitedly.
“If other peddlers want to get the goods, they can only get vegetarian dishes.”
“Yes, there are several friends around me who are all salesmen.”
“My only request is that the selling price must be the same as the stall, and if it is violated, the sale will be prohibited.”
It was originally one of his planned business routes so it was a given that Wei Cheng would agree to the peddler to take the goods.
If there are peddlers who sell in the streets and alleys then the market will open up even more.
Thanks for the update
Sneaky
Wei Cheng is so cunning is kinda scary lol
I’m dying to see Li Shuiqing and Wei Lei’s wedding lol
Thank you for the updates!!!!
dw that’s just his business mind~
I’m excited to see them get married as well!
Thanks for all the chapters!
Thanks for the chapters <3
I have a question for anyone who knows; if you separate from the family, you still give money? You still need to be filial, and do what they tell you to? I thought separation meant they truly had nothing to do with each other in the future.
Separated from family means cut off contact in modern times. They have nothing to do with each other and Wei Cheng isn’t obligated to give them anything, but if he wants to give them money he can.
Well, Wei chengs family is probably tryna guilt trip him into doing things for them, idk
Thank you very much. I wondered because there was a mention of “he had given money already to the parents what did his brother his brother want with him” that made me wonder. Which made me think that he HAD to still give money even after separation or they would come make trouble for him. I am glad though that they don’t realize his business is actually good this soon into it.
I dont know why I typed his brother twice 🙄 we need an edit button. Lol
In a few stories, I read that there is still some filial piety, like giving some money (once a year at least) to the elderly parents, if they live elsewhere. But that’s the only obligation.
this story getting better each time honestly
I’m not fit to be a business person, I didn’t understand what Wei Cheng was talking about at all 😵💫
don’t worry, me too😂
Thank you for the chapter!
thank you for the chapter! ❤️
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)