t/n: bonus chapters thanks to Hammy from Ko-Fi, hope you like it
Several shopkeepers of multiple restaurants in their street came to the door and pressured Wei Cheng together. When they opened their mouths, they said they wanted to buy all the recipes from the stall with a generous offer of twenty taels.
Why did two separate groups of people decide to cause him trouble on the same day?!
“My recipes are not for sale!”
Offering to buy all of those recipes for a mere twenty taels? Did they think he was an ignorant country boy, or someone who is just that easy to bully?
When these several shopkeepers were flatly rejected by Wei Cheng, they suddenly felt that Wei Cheng did not appreciate their good intentions.
An ordinary country man dared to stand up in front of them.
“Boss Wei, if you won’t sell the recipes, don’t even think about opening the stall. If you still want to do business in this area, you’d better sell the recipes to us obediently.”
Wei Cheng didn’t bother to talk to them, so he said directly, “I’ve already sold the recipes to Tai Fu Luo, you guys are a little late, if you want to buy the recipes then go to Tai Fu Luo.”
Several shopkeepers looked at each other, doubting his words- it couldn’t be Tai Fu Luo, the largest restaurant in the county.
One of the shopkeepers slapped the table with his hands as he spoke angrily, “Wei Cheng, don’t think that by scaring us, we’ll be fooled so easily, just be sensible and sell us the recipes.”
A shopkeeper sitting and drinking tea said leisurely, “Wei Cheng, we don’t even have the ability to get in touch with Tai Fu Luo, how can you, a mere countryman, have the ability to get in touch with Tai Fu Luo. You have a good ability in lying- but remember this, you can still do business in Nanshan county if you offend us but if you offend Tai Fu Luo then you will have no hope in this life.”
Another chubby shopkeeper said, “You just started doing business in the county town, you must not know how deep the water runs in the county town. Now your stall has only been open for two months, but when other people notice it, there won’t even be a discussion regarding the sale of recipes, they’ll outright steal it. Instead of losing the recipes at that time we are still here telling you in a nice voice that it is not easy to do business as a countryman, and we are not evil people, so we will pay the price to buy the recipes in your family. We are also doing this for your sake.”
The shopkeeper who patted the table said forcefully, “I will add another ten taels for you to sell the recipes, otherwise you will not be able to do business anywhere in the county. For the recipes, 30 taels is already big enough of an offer for you. You won’t find anyone else willing to offer such a price.”
Wei Cheng looked at these shopkeepers as if he were looking at performing clowns- they were all smart people, how could they say such a stupid thing? They even thought about buying the recipes in his hand and saying it was for his own sake, he was a powerless person, how could he dare use Tai Fu Luo as a shield, this is undoubtedly asking for an early death.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Wei Cheng did not continue to pretend to be snakes with these people, lest his IQ be lowered.
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“You really sold the recipe to Tai Fu Luo? Why is your stall still open? Otherwise, I would really believe your nonsense.” One of the shopkeepers looked at him.
Wei Cheng told them directly, “My family’s small business is not something Tai Fu Luo doesn’t take seriously, so I sold the recipes to Tai Fu Luo and made a condition, and the other party agreed. My family’s business will stay as it was and Tai Fu Luo promised to allow me to continue to expand my business in the outer county.”
“Is there such a thing?”
Several shopkeepers didn’t believe it even more.
Wei Cheng didn’t care whether they believed it or not, “The shopkeepers are not in a hurry, why don’t you go and investigate first, anyway, you all have my details, I can’t escape your eyes.”
“If shopkeepers still don’t believe it after finding out, I still have a sales contract signed with Tai Fu Luo.”
Whether they believe him or not, the shopkeepers must be cautious, and they must first investigate clearly. If it was true, they would avoid offending Tai Fu Luo. If he was trying to deceive them, they would have a way to bring down Wei Cheng.
Wei Cheng happily walked out of the restaurant.
He clicked his tongue in his heart- he’d been here for a long time, but he wasn’t even offered a cup of tea, so stingy.
Looking at the wine shop, he really dislikes this kind of hospitality, and he will not come when they invite him in the future.
Fortunately, the recipes was sold to Tai Fu Lou earlier, otherwise he would suffer a loss.
Thirty taels to buy all the recipes is about the same as sending money to beggars, it was obvious his stall earns more than this amount in a month.
Selling it to Tai Fu Lou at a low price was also in order to get a backer.
Now they do indeed have a relationship, but his backer has not yet been secured.
It was better to go home and write out the cooperation plan, otherwise the backer will be gone.
He doesn’t know how to use a brush, so he got a charcoal pen to write. Wei Cheng immediately used a charcoal pen to write the cooperation plan after returning home. It doesn’t matter if the writing is good or not, as long as it is clean.
He spent a few days writing out the cooperation plan.
After he finished writing the plan, Wei Cheng wanted to do something else. He had been feeling unhappy recently so he decided to take a vacation.
“Ah, a vacation?”
Zhou Yuan looked at his husband in a daze.
The stall was doing so well, why did he want to take a vacation instead of making money?
“Yes, a vacation, Yuan Yuan, since the opening of the stall we have been working so hard every day, our family is not short of money now, shouldn’t we take a few days off?”
“Husband, is there something wrong with your body?” Zhou Yuan reached out his hand to touch Wei Cheng’s forehead in concern, “You’ll be fine as long as you don’t have a fever.” In his countryside mindset, as long as one doesn’t have a fever then they’re just talking nonsense.
How could his family be exhausted?
Wei Cheng took Zhou Yuan’s hand that had reached out for his forehead and wrapped it in his hand as he pulled him to his side to sit down.
“Yuan Yuan, making money is not just all I did, your husband is very busy at the stall, and he also has to worry about writing plans at night, don’t you feel sorry for me?” Wei Cheng stared at his wife, trying to let him know of his hard work.
The most important thing is that he had been busy for a few days and didn’t have time to make out with his wife. He was already unhappy, but missing his wife’s lips made it even worse.
Zhou Yuan thought that his husband was indeed busy every day and had to write something at night. He didn’t know anything about cooperation plans and couldn’t help. These days, his husband went to bed very late and had to get up early every day. He definitely felt distressed for him.
However, the business at the stall is booming every day, so they are busy in the morning and noon, and what they do is not as hard as other people’s hard work. The money they earn every day is an amount that countrymen won’t believe. Wouldn’t it be hypocritical to take a break? .
“How about this, husband, you rest at home, while Wei Lei, Aunt Yang and I go to open the stall?”
When Wei Cheng heard this, he directly objected, “No, you are my husband, and I want to make money to support you. If you want to go to the stall to help, I would have hired someone to come help open the stall. Now, if you go, then it’s even more impossible for me to rest at home as a husband- as your husband, I don’t want you to work harder.”
Zhou Yuan was very upset in his heart, and leaned on Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng did not forget to stretch out his arms to hug him tightly while speaking, “In short, if you don’t rest, I won’t rest either. It doesn’t matter what else you say.”
“Okay, let’s rest then.”
Wei Cheng, who still wanted to chatter, looked down at his wife who was in his arms after hearing him, “You’re agreeing?”
Wei Cheng felt that since he met his wife, he had to keep nagging at him and he had lost his composure.
“I agree. You said that money can always be earned. The family is not short of money. It’s okay to rest for a few days.” His husband loves him, and he loves his husband. How can he reject his good intentions?
The wife agreed so Wei Cheng dragged him to rest.
The next day, a notice was issued at the stall that they were going to take a vacation, which instantly attracted customers.
Wei Cheng doesn’t care how they reacted, he can’t live without rest.
Then he took the cooperation plan to Tai Fu Luo and threw it directly to Steward Quan, he then patted his back and left without caring at all. He didn’t care whether that certain person would see it or not.
Steward Quan was very surprised by Wei Cheng’s action, and reported it to his young master. His young master also felt that he couldn’t figure out why Wei Cheng made such a move. Looking at the cooperation plan, the writing was really ugly, and even when he paid close attention to Wei Cheng’s movements, he did not comment on anything.
In fact, it was just that Wei Cheng was stimulated by those who came to find fault with him one by one. At this point, the worst thing to happen was that he couldn’t secure his backer, so he’ll sell the recipes and go back to the countryside to buy land as a landlord to live a pastoral life. Why should he deal with these people? If the other party wants to cooperate, they will cooperate.
Anyway, the details of the cooperation are all written in the plan- how to cooperate, the assembly line after opening the factory, and the usage of the names of the sauces, are all listed one by one, except for the recipe.
Now he can finally go back to his vacation.
As for the supply to Steward Chen, there are still helpers coming in the early morning, and he had discussed with Aunt Yang about the cleaning of vegetables at noon. He plans to transfer them to her house for a price.
The supply of goods to the shopkeeper has not been suspended, and the shopkeeper is asked to pick up the goods at home in the morning.
For the remainder of their time, he’ll have a good vacation with his wife.
Thank You for the new chapter (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
Why are there so many self-entitled people, ugh!!