Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

Now the old man offers a price of one hundred taels because he sincerely wants to buy it. One hundred taels is already a sky-high price in the countryside. Such an opportunity is hard to come by. If you miss it, it will be gone. If you buy this recipe again in the future, you may not be able to sell it at such a price.

"Okay, let's sign the contract."

"Uncle Zhang, can I make a request?"

"You say." As long as it is reasonable, he can satisfy it.

"I'll sell you this recipe for one hundred taels, but I can also make this pastry here, okay?"

"Okay. But there's one thing to add. You can't disclose this recipe to anyone else. Only your family can make it. No one else can make it. If you disclose it, you have to pay liquidated damages." Zhang Wuji nodded.

"That's natural." Xia Yingying nodded. "But if someone figures it out, it won't be my responsibility."

"Yes." Zhang Wuji drafted the document.

After a while, the document was ready and Zhang Wuji handed it to Xia Yingying.

"Take a look at this to see if there's anything wrong with it. If you have any conditions, you can tell us. We can discuss it."

Xia Yingying only recognized a few of the words on the document, so she handed it to Lu Haoran.

"Read it to me and I'll see if I've missed anything."

Lu Haoran took the document and began to read it in a rhythmic manner.

Zhang Wuji was not at all surprised that Xia Yingying was illiterate.

Here, literacy is something only rich people can do, and no family is willing to send their daughter to school to learn to read and write.

After Xia Yingying confirmed that there were no mistakes or omissions, she asked Lu Haoran to sign on her behalf and put her fingerprints on it.

The document was made in duplicate, and after Zhang Wuji signed and confirmed it, he handed one of them to Xia Yingying.

Xia Yingying put away the documents. She had not yet decided where to put the cakes, so she asked, "Uncle Zhang, do you want these cakes?"

"Yes, why not?" Zhang Wuji said with a smile while holding the document.

"I counted these cakes yesterday. You just need to give me five taels of silver in total. If you are not sure, you can count them again." Xia Yingying calculated the price and gave a discount.

"No need, Madam Xia, I trust you. Do you want copper coins or silver notes?"

It's not surprising that Zhang Wuji asked this question, because in the countryside, only a few people use silver, and the majority use copper coins.

"Do you have any banknotes?" Xia Yingying asked.

It would be better if it could be exchanged for silver notes, which are easy to carry. Silver and copper coins are heavy and can easily be targeted by thieves, bandits and robbers, which is not safe at all.

"Yes, wait a moment, ma'am."

Zhang Wuji readily took out a silver note of 100 taels and gave it to Xia Yingying. He also packed a few packages of cakes from their store for her.

Xia Yingying put the cakes that Zhang Wuji sent her in the backpack, turned around and stuffed the banknotes into the lining of her dress.

Then, Xia Yingying read out the steps and ingredients for making the steamed cake and asked Zhang Wuji to write it down.

The steps of the pastry recipe are clear, but there are countless troubles in making it. Xia Yingying is needed to come and teach step by step.

When Zhang Wuji mentioned this, Xia Yingying immediately nodded and agreed.

"Okay, then I'll come over tomorrow. I have something else to do today. I can't teach you." Xia Yingying explained.

"Okay, you can come tomorrow, take care, madam." Zhang Wuji did not force her to stay.

Zhang Wuji sent Xia Yingying and Lu Haoran out the door.

Lu Haoran was holding a basket of pastries, but it was empty.

She didn't dare keep the large banknote in her purse close to her body, so she hid it in her inner pocket.

Now the big basket of cakes was solved, but the other cakes they brought were not solved.

So Xia Yingying and Lu Haoran went to the market to find Song Ruyi, Lu Yuwei, Lu Haojie and others.

When they first arrived at the market, they saw a long line, which was Song Ruyi's pastry stall.

Opposite Song Ruyi was Li Cuihua's stall. There were also people buying at her stall, but not as many as at Song Ruyi's.

The main reason is that the cakes sold there are cheap. Although the taste and texture are not good, for country people, it is a happy thing to be able to buy several cakes with ten yuan.

Song Ruyi was busy making pastries, Lu Yuwei was collecting money, and Lu Haojie was helping.

Lu Yurou was placed in a small basket. She was very well behaved and didn't make any noise. She looked at her brothers and sisters with her round, watery eyes as they were busy, spitting out some bubbles of milk from time to time and making babbling sounds. She was very cute.

Xia Yingying took two steps at a time and came to the stall: "Mom, we are back."

Song Ruyi raised her head and looked at Xia Yingying's backpack worriedly, and saw that it was empty. She then looked at Lu Haoran's basket, which was also empty.

"Yingying, did you really sell them all!?" Song Ruyi asked in surprise, with an excited tone.

There were so many cakes that she felt she wouldn't be able to sell them all even if she sold them here for a whole day. How could she actually sell them all? Her Yingying was really capable.

"Yes, mother."

Xia Yingying couldn't wait to share the joy of selling the recipe, but now was not a good time. She shared some of Song Ruyi's work and focused on making cakes.

With the addition of Xia Yingying and Lu Haoran, the work at the pastry stall, which was originally bustling, became a lot easier.

The cakes Xia Yingying sold today included double skin milk, steamed cakes and pumpkin cakes. The only cake she sold at the cake shop was steamed cakes.

Song Ruyi was responsible for steaming cakes, Xia Yingying was responsible for pumpkin cakes, Lu Haojie was responsible for double skin milk, and Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei collected the money.

This time, when selling double skin milk tea, Xia Yingying cut bamboo to make bamboo tubes to store the double skin milk tea, and she did not raise the price.

The prices here are relatively low, a bowl of noodles is only seven or eight cents, and with her and the number of people buying, there would definitely be even fewer people, so she didn't raise the price. Bamboo is cheap, so it didn't cost much.

This time the double skin milk sold much better than last time, most of the pumpkin cakes were sold, and almost two-thirds of the steamed cakes were sold.

It was almost lunchtime and there were still some pastries left.

There were three bamboo tubes of double skin milk, more than twenty pumpkin cakes, and more than thirty steamed cakes left.

This sales volume is already very ideal, and Li Cuihua still has a lot left.

"Mom, let's eat first and then come back to sell." Xia Yingying suggested.

"Yingying, take the children to eat first. I'll stay at the stall for a while and then go eat." Song Ruyi shook her head.

Xia Yingying knew that Song Ruyi was reluctant to leave the stall, worried that someone would come to buy cakes when she left, so she agreed and said, "Okay, mother, I'll take your place later."

"No need, Yingying, just pack it up and bring it over to me."

I can't let Yingying eat too fast because I'm worried about her. Why bother so much when Yingying finishes eating?

"Okay. What would you like to eat, mother?"

"Noodles will do. You can have something delicious with the kids."

Noodles are cheap, and Yingying earns money with difficulty, so she can't eat and drink as much as she wants.

"Then I'll take the kids over to eat noodles first, and I'll ask the boss lady to bring it to you later." Xia Yingying's original plan to go to the restaurant was stopped.

Since Song Ruyi wanted to eat noodles, she felt embarrassed to take the children to a big meal, so they all ate noodles.

"Boss lady, give me five bowls of mixed noodles."

As soon as I sat down after ordering the food, I heard someone shouting something outside.

The proprietress asked someone, and that person said something in a low voice, but Xia Yingying didn't hear it clearly.

The proprietress said to the people sitting in front of the stall with an excited look on her face: "Sorry, dear guests, I have something to go out for. Please wait for me for a while."