After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

"Brother Xu is an open-minded person. I will not hide anything from you. This recipe is a secret recipe passed down from my ancestors. If my family was not in urgent need of money, I would never sell my cooking skills. But I have never sold a recipe before. I wonder how much this is worth? Please give me a fair price. If it is suitable, we will not raise the price!"

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Xu raised the importance of this recipe in his mind, but the specific price would depend on the actual sales of these dishes. Ever since the county magistrate's wife bought the restaurant, she had handed it over to him to run, and he only presented the account book to the county magistrate's wife for review every month. However, the sales have been dismal in recent months, and he was embarrassed to keep submitting account books that were almost losing money. This recipe is an opportunity for the restaurant to revive.

Manager Xu thought about it again and again and said, "Why don't I pay you a deposit of 100 taels first? Please come to my restaurant tomorrow to teach the chef and take a look at the performance of these dishes tomorrow. If it succeeds, I will give you the balance of 100 taels. If it fails, I will buy your recipe for 100 taels of silver."

Bai Qingyun knew that this was the biggest concession made by Shopkeeper Xu. After all, in the past, when people talked about fish, they would just avoid it when they smelled the fishy smell. What's more, now it's cooked and served on the table. In addition, these dishes are not difficult to make. Anyone who has eaten them can go back and copy one or two. Bai Qingyun nodded slightly to Grandma Bai.

Grandma Bai agreed to the condition, and the two sides discussed the details and signed the contract. Shopkeeper Xu specially and considerately took out a fifty-liang silver note and five ten-liang silver ingots.

After the recipe was decided, Grandma Bai took Bai's mother and Bai Qingyun to the cloth shop. The family had not bought new cloth to make new clothes for a long time. Today they had some money, so it was a good time to buy some cloth. This was also the reason why Bai's mother came to the town. All the needlework in the house was done by Bai's mother, so she came to personally select some that she liked.

Bai's mother picked a lot, three pieces of cloth each for her parents-in-law, her husband and herself. Two pieces of linen clothes were made because they would wear out quickly when doing farm work, so she bought two pieces for changing and washing. One piece of cotton cloth was made into ready-made clothes for visiting relatives and friends. She also bought three pieces of cotton cloth for each of her third brothers and the boy, but in different colors.

I took special care of Bai Qingyun's clothes. The little girl was young, just seven years old, and she was also at the age of loving beauty, so I picked some pink and tender colors that young girls liked. The cloth shopkeeper was a woman in her thirties. In this era, there were fewer restrictions on women, and it was common for women to open shops. The capital even had female officials. The most respected female official was the female tutor in the imperial city, who specialized in teaching royal women.

The shopkeeper also has a daughter who is about the same age as Bai Qingyun. When she sees Bai Qingyun, she will naturally be more friendly. In addition, the Bai family has selected a lot of cloth at one time, so he is considered a distinguished guest of the shop.

"We have ready-made clothes in the store, ranging from newborn babies to the elderly, especially some clothes for little girls. They are selling especially well recently. Madam, you must take a look!" The shopkeeper saw that Madam Bai had bought a lot of cloth, which still required a lot of effort to make, so he asked considerately.

Bai's mother dotes on her daughter. Seeing her daughter sick for many years, she always subconsciously dotes on her daughter more. After hearing about it, she agreed to go and see the next second.

The clothes are made of thin cotton cloth, which is not like silk. Ordinary people can afford it if they spoil their children. The shopkeeper also saw this and deliberately reduced the cost of this kind of clothes. The color is turquoise, which looks energetic in summer and is quite popular among little girls. Bai Qingyun really likes it. Before Bai's mother said anything, Bai's grandmother saw her granddaughter's fairy-like appearance and decided to buy a turquoise green dress for her to wear, and also bought a sky blue one of similar style for her granddaughter to change.

The shopkeeper was happy. A piece of hemp cloth cost 200 wen, and a piece of cotton cloth cost 600 wen. The cloth alone cost the Bai family nearly two taels of silver. Add to that the two ready-made clothes, and the shopkeeper was so happy that he rounded off the remainder and gave some needlework and cloth as a bonus, earning three taels of silver in total.

Grandma Bai and Mother Bai were also happy. Seeing their granddaughter (daughter) dressed like a little fairy, they became happier and happier the more they looked.

There were too many things for three women to carry. Bai Qingyun didn't want to show off her space outside, so she rented a cart from the store. Following the shopkeeper into the backyard of the store, she saw many cloth bags placed in the corner. The bags were all open, revealing the cotton inside.

"Boss, has the cotton been harvested so soon this year?"

"Of course not that fast. This is last year's cotton. It rained heavily a few days ago and the warehouse leaked, soaking a lot of cloth. I've been busy these two days, dealing with the precious cloth first, and I haven't had time to deal with these cottons yet. It's not winter yet, and cotton is not easy to sell. I can only pile it here first."

Bai Qingyun's eyes turned: "How much cotton do you have in total?"

"These are the leftovers from last year's sale. There are five big bags in total. They are all here. If you need them, little girl, I'll take some out and sell them to you at a lower price. The cotton from last year was only sold to poor families at the end of the year to help them through the winter. The price was not expensive."

"The shopkeeper has to dry the cotton to keep it until winter. If I buy all of it, it will save the shopkeeper a lot of trouble. Can you give me a discount?"

The female shopkeeper seemed to be unresponsive. She glanced at the two adults beside Bai Qingyun and was relieved when she saw them both nodded. She felt relieved that the little girl was not joking with her, but was seriously negotiating business with her. She felt closer to the little girl. At such a young age, she was able to bargain with the merchants with ease. In time, she would definitely be a girl who could stand on her own.

The shopkeeper had a plan in mind, so he bought the cotton at a price two cents higher than the purchase price per pound, and just filled the cart. Bai Qingyun couldn't bear to see his mother pushing the heavy cart in the hot weather, so he put the cart and the things on it into the space in an empty alley, and then everyone went to meet Bai's father with ease.

When they arrived at the entrance of the school, Father Bai came out with his three sons. As they had attended school for a few days before and had a good foundation, they passed the assessment smoothly. After paying the tuition, Father Bai could bring his three children to school directly tomorrow.

It was lunch time when the group met. No one was particular and just went to a small restaurant and each ordered a big bowl of noodles, which they ate with crispy cakes and enjoyed with relish.

In order to save time, the family split into two groups for lunch. The three brothers of the Bai family would go to school tomorrow, and they needed to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Grandma Bai gave three ingots of ten taels of silver to Bai's father. The pens, ink, paper and inkstone were not cheap, and thirty taels of silver were needed to buy all three children, so there would not be much left.

Grandma Bai, Mother Bai and Bai Qingyun went to the grain store in the town. Bai Qingyun had been thinking about buying seeds. It was a waste to leave the land in the space empty.