Chapter 258 - 258 Discussion
258 Discussion
“Zhao Zhan, don’t joke around. Although I know that her pickled vegetables are delicious, they can only be compared with the rest of the villagers at most. There’s no way you can make money with this, the people outside have eaten so many good things. Who would like our pickled vegetables?”
“It’s not like it’s anything valuable. Every family can make some for themselves. No one will go out of their way to make it.”
Zhao Zhan recalled that when he was in Huai County, he had made this dish when he saw the back kitchen of the inn stocked with pickled vegetables and fish. However, the taste of the pickled vegetables completely overshadowed the freshness of the fish itself.
Even the color of the soup was not as appetizing as the one they just had.
However, Gu Xiaoyu’s pickled vegetables did not have such a problem.
The dish was different from steamed meat noodles. As long as it was sold in large quantities, it would be easy for people to learn it. It wasn’t something spicy, so more people would be able to eat it.
There was no point in monopolizing it.
He wanted to use this dish and the tofu to quickly make his business famous.
“Hear me out.” Zhao Zhan briefly explained his thoughts, “I’ll pay for the capital, and you can be responsible for controlling the taste of the pickled vegetables. Is this pickled vegetable-curing technique a secret you learned that can’t be spread to outsiders?”
“No way, it’s not. I just figured it out myself.” Gu Xiaoyu shook her head. “There’s nothing special about it compared to others. If there’s anything special, it’s that I’m a little cleaner when I do it and I keep a close eye on it.”
“You can run the workshop while I hire quick and agile people to help you around,” Zhao Zhan thought for a moment and added, “Let’s try to share our knowledge and take care of others who have difficulties in life.”
“What about widows?”
As soon as Gu Xiaoyu finished speaking, Yang Maozhong smacked her on the back. She looked embarrassed, but she could not hold back her thoughts. “It’s harder to raise two sons, okay?”
“Just treat it as giving them a way out.”
“We’ll treat her the same as long as she can pass the trial.”
“Alright,” Gu Xiaoyu’s face lit up, “Since you’ve said so, I know what to do. Don’t worry, leave this to me. When do we start work?”
“I’ll come back to tell you about it within the next three days. If you’re free these few days, you can think about the procedures for pickled vegetables in your mind. What do you need, how many ingredients do you need for a jar of pickled vegetables? Think about it so that you can control the ingredients when the time comes.”
Business was business.
Zhao Zhan also didn’t want to wait for the workshop to open and then have someone secretly take things from the workshop and go home. It was one thing to find reliable people, but it was another to be bound by rules.
“Now that you’ve said that, I’m a little confused. I usually just do it at home, but now that it’s serious, I’m a little confused about what to do.”
“I’ll leave this matter to you, you know what to do best. Don’t worry. I’ll be back.”
“Ah, sure.”
After Zhao Zhan finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the residence. Yue Jiaojiao sat in the pavilion in the backyard and found a place with the best sunlight. She sat lazily on the rocking chair, basking in the sun and reading a novel.
Chengfeng was lying next to her, wagging his tail and hitting the floor from time to time.
Zhao Zhan, who had just entered the backyard, saw this scene and his footsteps became lighter. He slowly walked to Yue Jiaojiao’s side and gently said, “Do you want to take a walk in the mountains?”
When Yue Jiaojiao heard the voice, she raised her head and saw Zhao Zhan. The stubble on his chin had not been shaved off yet, which made him look more mature and charming.