Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me-Chapter 264 - 263: Growth Through Adversity (3 More)

After providing Li Qingshui with 4,300 Liuyue Su, Xu Niannian still had 5,700 left.

She had thought that she could last for a while longer, but unexpectedly, Li Qingshui came to get more goods in less than two days.

Xu Niannian was instantly astonished, "Sister Qingshui, are they selling that fast in the shops in town?"

Xu Niannian couldn’t believe it, how was that possible.

Given the consumption level of the town, it was inconceivable to sell 500 a day; after all, besides one shop that only ordered 300, the rest had placed orders in the five to six hundred range.

Even if her Liuyue Su were that delicious, it was impossible to sell so many all at once, given the foot traffic and average consumption level.

Li Qingshui let out a "hey," smiling, "Where is your mind wandering to, it’s not the shops in town, but my family’s shop and the three shops in the suburbs. Plus, I found another partner shop in another direction in the suburbs. Didn’t you say that we don’t need to control the quantity? Just like that, the stock provided the other day is already sold out, and they are hurrying me to come up and get more goods."

Hearing this, Xu Niannian felt a bit relieved; so that was the situation.

If every shop in town really sold over 500 Liuyue Su in a day, she would have been overly excited.

With 5,700 Liuyue Su remaining, Xu Niannian directly said, "Sister Qingshui, I still have 5,700 here, see if you can take them all."

"Sure, of course, I can."

Hearing that Xu Niannian had 5,700 ready Liuyue Su, Li Qingshui couldn’t be happier.

Although the four shops in the suburbs couldn’t take that many, she could take them back to her shop to keep, since the products wouldn’t spoil.

Moreover, Li Qingshui had made a fair amount of money following Xu Niannian during this period, so she wasn’t short of capital to stock up, thus she agreed cheerfully.

Li Qingshui smiled, "Niannian, looks like the market for Liuyue Su has opened up, right?"

As soon as Xu Niannian heard this, she knew what she was hinting at, "Sister Qingshui, are you talking about the mung bean cakes?"

"I just mentioned it and you already knew, clever."

Li Qingshui cut to the chase, "I always thought the mung bean cakes were quite good. With the long summer here in Nancheng, if the mung bean cakes were introduced in the summer, they’re sure to sell better than Liuyue Su, what do you think?"

Xu Niannian had indeed been considering this issue, but the process of making mung bean cakes was more complicated, and there was no cream available for sale, let alone frosting.

She would have to do these things herself.

Even if she didn’t do it herself, she would have to hire workers.

After thinking it over, Xu Niannian decided to proceed steadily, and besides, Liuyue Su would definitely require a large investment now.

The market was already half-opened; Xu Niannian definitely wouldn’t be satisfied with just the small county of Nancheng County.

Because Liuyue Su started on a high note and was priced high, relying on just a small county wouldn’t make much money.

She had to expand outward.

This was what she had recently been planning.

After getting her certificate with Jin Yu, she would start taking action; the most important thing now was to begin the preliminary preparations.

At the very least, she had to let go of the things she should let go.

It wasn’t about not caring but entrusting the tasks to capable people.

For example, for the Butter Sauce and the Basic Secret Recipe, she had to teach Chen Xiaorou and Du Wenwen first.

So, after thinking it through, Xu Niannian still said to Li Qingshui, "Sister Qingshui, there’s no rush with the mung bean cakes. I have other matters to arrange."

Upon hearing this, although Li Qingshui felt it was a pity, she didn’t say anything else and could only sigh helplessly, "Okay, I know you’re a very busy person, so I won’t bother you with this issue for now."

After appeasing Li Qingshui, Xu Niannian planned to start teaching Du Wenwen and Chen Xiaorou to make Butter Sauce and the Basic Secret Recipe.

Chen Xiaorou was thrilled when she found out Xu Niannian was going to teach her how to make Butter Sauce and the Basic Secret Recipe.

However, apart from her own family, Xu Niannian didn’t like to mix personal feelings with business.

In business, even though she had come to appreciate Chen Xiaorou as a person over this time, when it came to the secret recipe, Xu Niannian couldn’t afford to be careless.

Especially before the patent law was announced, she dared not entrust the secret recipe to anyone without safeguards.

So before teaching Chen Xiaorou, Xu Niannian deliberately signed a contract with her.

She required Chen Xiaorou to guarantee to work for her for ten years and not to disclose the secret recipe; otherwise, she would be liable for a penalty of five hundred thousand.

Chen Xiaorou signed the contract without hesitation; she was even more open-minded than Du Wenwen and more eager to sign.

Firstly, she felt that the salary Xu Niannian offered was high, so she had no reason not to continue working for her.

Secondly, she had her principles; she herself couldn’t commit the act of leaking secrets, even without Xu Niannian mentioning it.

Thirdly... with Xu Zhiqiang in her heart, she naturally did not want to go against Xu Niannian.

So, in conclusion, the 500,000 yuan breach of contract penalty, which sounded frightening, was but worthless paper to her.

The store still needed to do business, and she couldn’t let outsiders stay at home indefinitely, so after much thought, Xu Niannian decided to rent a house with a kitchen outside and taught Du Wenwen and Chen Xiaorou how to make Butter Sauce and Basic Secret Recipe broth there.

Both of them had considerable culinary skills, were very perceptive, and were also quite good at controlling the quantities of seasonings, which made Xu Niannian’s teaching very relaxed.

However, whether it was the Basic Secret Recipe broth or the Butter Sauce, both demanded meticulous cooking skills; the more delicious the dish, the more attention to detail it required.

Whether it was the control of heat or the quantities of seasoning used, even a slight deviation could result in a significant difference in flavor.

When Du Wenwen saw Xu Niannian take out the frozen creek water gel and put it into the pot, she was stunned.

Because of this addition, whether it was for Butter Sauce or Basic Secret Recipe broth, the flavor improved significantly.

Suddenly, Du Wenwen became indignant, "Didn’t you say you’d teach us all the secret recipes? Why is there a hidden secret recipe inside the secret recipe?"

She was implying the frozen block Xu Niannian had put in.

Chen Xiaorou, however, didn’t say anything; she did whatever Xu Niannian asked her to without talking back.

But when she heard Du Wenwen’s question, she instinctively looked at Xu Niannian too.

Xu Niannian curved her lips into a smile, "With your behavior, be grateful that I am willing to teach you the basic secret recipe. Don’t even dream about me revealing all my secrets to you."

"Besides, your family’s business has already improved significantly. As long as your family doesn’t try any tricks, I can guarantee you’ll never run out of Butter Sauce and Basic Secret Recipe broth. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Once again feeling personally attacked, Du Wenwen was inwardly hurt.

"Can you stop bringing up my character all the time? Wasn’t I also forced into it?"

"Being forced is no excuse. If I went out and killed someone and told the police it was because I was forced into it, do you think they’d let me go?"

Du Wenwen, "... so are you saying you’re going to mock me for the rest of my life?"

"How could I? Am I that kind of person?" Xu Niannian smiled with a tilt of her lips, "I just don’t like your previous arrogant attitude and wanted to cut you down to size a bit."

Du Wenwen, "..."

Alright, given that she had already signed a contract that stripped her of her rights and humiliated the country, a few insults from her didn’t make much difference.

However, even after adding the creek water gel, Du Wenwen and Chen Xiaorou still didn’t meet the requirements after experimenting all day.

To the average person, what they made was already very delicious, but anyone who had tasted Xu Niannian’s Butter Sauce and Basic Secret Recipe broth could tell the clear difference.

Du Wenwen had always been confident in her culinary skills; she believed that with the precise steps and seasonings provided in the recipe, it wouldn’t take her many attempts to replicate Xu Niannian’s flavors.

Reality, however, had slapped her hard in the face.

After twenty attempts, the taste still had a notable discrepancy.

This couldn’t help but make Du Wenwen feel a little discouraged.

Chen Xiaorou wasn’t discouraged at all.

She was very clear about Xu Niannian’s culinary abilities and knew she couldn’t match her, so finding that her cooking wasn’t as tasty as Xu Niannian’s felt completely normal.

So after the twentieth failure, Chen Xiaorou was still full of fighting spirit.

And cutely she said, "I’m one step closer to Niannian’s culinary skills, I’m so happy."

The fuming Du Wenwen beside her, "..."

Triple kill.

With this comparison, Du Wenwen realized that not only was there a problem with her character, but her level of consciousness wasn’t high enough.

Ah, no, how did she have a character problem?

Du Wenwen slapped her own head hard; she had been brainwashed by Xu Niannian, that malicious boss.

Xu Niannian, observing their states, had a smile in her eyes.

Thinking that with the creek water and the correct method one could succeed the first time was simply too naive.

She herself had been that naive once.

You should know that with her level of culinary skills, even she had failed several times before succeeding at making Butter Sauce.

These two still had time to practice.

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