The happy little days of the Ye family

After shopkeeper Liang gave the money to Father Ye, he invited Father Ye to a simple and elegant room.

Father Ye was a little nervous. He had always just taken the money and left before. Why did he let him come to the house today?

Father Ye was so nervous that his palms were sweating, but he didn't show any timidity at all. He calmly pretended to be indifferent and looked at Shopkeeper Liang.

At the same time, I was also a little curious as to what important things Shopkeeper Liang wanted to discuss with him.

Shopkeeper Liang poured a cup of tea for Father Ye, and then poured a cup for himself. Shopkeeper Liang took two sips of tea before saying calmly:

"Brother Ye, I heard that the spicy duck you sell on the dock is very popular."

Father Ye panicked when he heard Shopkeeper Liang mention the spicy duck product. In the past few days, the shopkeepers of two restaurants had approached him and wanted to buy the recipe for the spicy duck product he had.

The prices offered by the two restaurants were relatively low, with Li's Restaurant offering 35 taels and Fang's Restaurant offering 40 taels.

Father Ye's braised pork stall is now on the right track, relying on regular customers on the dock and merchants from Shu, plus a few new customers, the stall's profit is basically maintained at 600 yuan a day.

Ye's father had no intention of selling his son at all. Not to mention that Ye's father had no intention of selling his son. Even if he wanted to sell his son, he would be at a huge loss at this price.

After being rejected by him, the next day two groups of sluts went to Ye's father's stall to cause trouble. Fortunately, there were police officers patrolling the pier, and they drove away the sluts soon.

Although the second-rate man was driven away, the business of the braised pork stall has still dropped a lot in the last few days.

Ye's father has been a little uneasy these days, fearing that those people will cause trouble for their family. Their family is powerless, and if they are plotting against them, they will be hard to guard against.

"Brother Ye, let me tell you what I have to say. I really want to buy your recipe for spicy duck products. The price is negotiable, and you can continue to sell spicy duck products on the dock in the future."

"I heard that a few days ago, Li's Restaurant and Fang's Restaurant both went to the pier to find you a recipe for spicy duck."

"These two families are not easy to mess with. Although the detectives on the dock stopped those second-rate scoundrels, if they want to rob or rob them forcefully, you can't stop them."

Speaking of this, Father Ye's face turned pale. Their family was indeed powerless, and this recipe was really hot to hold in their hands.

Shopkeeper Liang added some tea to Father Ye and continued: "Brother Ye, we have cooperated many times. I will not treat you badly with this recipe. I spent 60 taels of silver to buy this spicy duck recipe."

"And I guarantee that you can continue to sell spicy duck products and other spicy dishes on the pier in the future."

"But my brother has settled the score, and I'm the one who said the ugly thing. From now on, your Ye family can only sell this spicy braised pork and spicy duck products on the dock or in your own town."

Father Ye was actually a little moved. The recipe felt hot in his hand. He was also afraid that if he refused to sell the recipe, he would offend these people and the family would be in constant trouble in the future.

Moreover, their family can continue to sell spicy duck products and other spicy dishes at the dock and in the town, and it seems to have no impact on them.

Father Ye was a little confused, "Shopkeeper Liang, I would like to ask, you are all a restaurant, why do you all want my spicy duck recipe? This is at most a side dish to go with wine."

"Both Li's Restaurant and Fang's Restaurant have not come up with any new dishes in recent years. They have always been outshone by our Liang's Restaurant."

"Your spicy duck product has a rather special taste. These two restaurants are probably trying to surprise you and give it a try."

"I'm actually not that interested in spicy duck stuff like you, but I can't let the other two restaurants get this recipe."

Shopkeeper Liang just offered some money to block the way to the other two restaurants.

Father Ye asked another question, "Shopkeeper Liang, if I sell this recipe to you, will the other two restaurants come to trouble me?"

These restaurants are all very wealthy, but he is just a common man. What if they use him to vent their anger?

"Today's county magistrate is a good official. In recent years, everyone has restrained themselves a lot. At most, they just let the second-rate people on the street go to the stalls to cause trouble without daring to hurt anyone."

Shopkeeper Liang said happily: "I will help you send someone to keep an eye on the two families. If there is any trouble, I will report it to you immediately and ensure that they will sit through the jail."

Shopkeeper Liang actually hoped that they would commit trouble quickly, and it would be best to catch all these annoying guys in one go.

Father Ye thought that after those second-rate guys were driven away, they really didn't continue to come to the stall to cause trouble, so he believed Shopkeeper Liang a little.

This recipe was researched by Ye’s mother, and it was difficult for Ye’s father to make his own decision.

"Shop Manager Liang, I have to go back and discuss this matter with my family and come back tomorrow to give you an answer. What do you think?"

Shopkeeper Liang was sure that Father Ye would agree, and it didn't matter if he got the answer a day later. "No problem, I can give you an answer tomorrow."

But in the end, Shopkeeper Liang reminded me, "Although this recipe has been sold to our Liang Family Restaurant, your Ye Family can still continue to sell this spicy duck product or other spicy dishes on the dock and in your town." .”

"This matter has no impact on you at all, and there is an extra 60 taels of silver. This money is enough for you to buy a few acres of good paddy fields in the countryside, or buy a smaller shop in the town."

After Ye's father returned home, he immediately pulled Ye's mother to the house of Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye.

Father Ye told everything about Li's and Liang's restaurants trying to buy spicy duck recipes, the second-rate guy who went to the stall to cause trouble, and what the shopkeeper Wang Liang had just said about buying his son.

Mother Ye nervously pulled Father Ye over and asked, "Did those second-rate guys hurt anyone? Did you and Dong Lin get hurt? Why didn't you tell me earlier."

Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye also looked at Father Ye nervously.

"It's okay. There are several detectives patrolling the dock every day. As soon as those second-rate guys came over, they were driven away by the patrolling detectives."

"Dong Lin and I are fine. They were just bluffing to scare people and didn't dare to hurt anyone. It's just that business was not very good in the two days when we came to make trouble."

Old Mrs. Ye: "I'm just talking about why business has suddenly dropped so much in the last few days. I thought it was because all the out-of-town merchants went home to celebrate the New Year."

Mr. Ye said with a cold face: "It's better to sell this recipe. If you keep it in your hands, it will cause trouble."

Mrs. Ye on the side also nodded quickly and said: "Yes, it would be better to sell this recipe earlier."

"And didn't Shopkeeper Liang say that we can continue to sell spicy duck products and other spicy dishes at the dock and in the town? It won't have any impact."

Ye Mu also agreed with selling the recipe, "Let's sell this recipe. The recipe for the spicy duck is actually ordinary braised pork gravy plus Sichuan peppercorns and dogwood."

"This recipe is actually very simple, but people in our county rarely use Cornus officinalis as seasoning. If you just ask a merchant from Shu, you can know the secret of this recipe."

Mother Ye didn't think this was such a rare recipe, and it probably didn't take long for someone to discover that it contained dogwood.

Since the other three people also agreed that it would be better to sell the recipe, Father Ye decided to find shopkeeper Liang early tomorrow morning to sell the recipe for this spicy duck product.