Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 908 - 897: The Partial Grandmother of the Transmigrated Female Protagonist

Chapter 908: Chapter 897: The Partial Grandmother of the Transmigrated Female Protagonist

"Brother, please take me to the county town, I promise I won’t run around." Yang Xiudan pleaded with an upturned face. She had already made the MSG but couldn’t find a chance to go to the county, so now that her brother was going, how could she not follow?

"I’m going to deliver vegetables, not to play. Be good, and I’ll bring you some candied haws when I get back." Yang Shuliang coaxed her.

But Yang Xiudan wasn’t truly a little child, how could she fall for a candied haw?

She said coquettishly, "Brother, I’m begging you, I promise I won’t cause trouble."

Yang Shuliang was troubled for a while, but ultimately couldn’t resist his sister’s pleas, and decided to take her along.

Yang Xiudan carefully packed the "MSG" she had roasted and ground over the days into a bamboo tube, and then set off with her brother.

Since rebuilding the house required money, and they still needed to send Yang Shuliang to study, plus some of the money from the division that day was taken by the Yao Family, Yang Yuqin and Yao Xue Mei not only farmed, but also cultivated a relatively large vegetable plot.

In the past, when Yang Yuqin worked in the county town, he got to know a restaurant owner who offered slightly cheaper vegetable prices than others. So, the vegetables today were for delivery to the restaurant.

Growing vegetables these days was labor-intensive, with insects needing to be caught one by one, but vegetable prices were low. Especially since their family offered lower prices than others, Yang Xiudan despised earning such meager money. So for this reason, she was determined to sell at a good price and change her parents’ views of her.

She had already tested the MSG, whether in stir-fried dishes or in soups, it could elevate the taste to a new level. Her father even remarked these days that her mother’s cooking skills had improved!

As her brother delivered the vegetables to the kitchen, Yang Xiudan glanced around before approaching the shopkeeper: "Boss, it seems like the crowd at the opposite place is louder than yours."

This struck a nerve with the shopkeeper. Clearly, he opened his restaurant first, but just because the place opposite hired some disciple of an Imperial Chef, his business plummeted. If not for some old customers sticking around and his cheaper prices, he might have had to close down long ago.

So hearing a child say his business was bad, the shopkeeper wasn’t pleased, "What do you know, child? Get out of here."

Yang Xiudan seemed not to hear him and mysteriously took out a bamboo tube, "Boss, the stuff in here can enhance the freshness and fragrance of dishes manifold even with a little use. Would you like to try it?"

"How can there be such good stuff in the world? It’s not nice to fool people, little girl. Hurry up and leave, or I’ll have to be rude."

"It’s just a try, who knows, it might be a way out?" Yang Xiudan confidently said, "Boss, if you miss this chance, there won’t be a next one. Don’t regret it!"

The boss hesitated a bit but eventually took it, "If it doesn’t work, I won’t accept your vegetables anymore."

"Boss, just try it. Remember, use other seasonings as usual."

The boss took the MSG to the kitchen. The chef sniffed it first, frowning slightly.

The boss asked nervously, "Can you smell anything strange? Is there anything harmful?"

"It smells like it’s made from fish and shellfish, should be harmless. I’ll try to make two dishes. If it really is as amazing as claimed, perhaps our restaurant can have a resurgence."

With no customers around, the chef soon made one dish and one soup. The dish was simple stir-fried loofah, and the soup was inexpensive vegetable tofu soup. In short, they couldn’t bear to waste costly ingredients.

But even with the simplest dish and soup, the result amazed both the boss and the chef. The dish and soup gained an extra freshness, tastier than usual.

"Sis, what are you waiting for? We should get going." Yang Shuliang, after delivering the vegetables, saw his sister reluctant to leave and got a bit anxious.

Yang Xiudan remained relaxed, "Brother, just wait a bit more, the result is coming soon."

"Result? What result?"

Just then, the shopkeeper came out holding Yang Xiudan’s bamboo tube, barely containing the joy on his face.

Seeing this, Yang Xiudan knew it had worked, and with raised brows, she asked, "Boss, how’s that? Does it taste much better?"

"Just like the little friend said, it’s indeed much better. How much are you selling this recipe for?" The boss smiled warmly, the term "little friend" shortening the distance between him and Yang Xiudan, showing his business acumen by not minding reputation.

Yang Xiudan didn’t mind this either. Seeing he only asked about the recipe, she silently cursed him as cunning. But selling the recipe promised more money, and she didn’t intend to rely on selling MSG, so a one-time sale was fine.

"This is MSG; it elevates the deliciousness of any dish. It’s something that can revive a failing restaurant. How much are you willing to offer?"

The shopkeeper, sensing the maturity in Yang Xiudan’s words, felt there must be someone backing this little girl and abandoned thoughts of underpaying. He named a reasonable price, "How about twenty taels? It’s not a low price; it could buy two acres of top-quality paddy field. Give me the recipe, and let’s sign a contract, ensuring you won’t sell to anyone else."

Yang Xiudan sneered inwardly: just twenty taels for her recipe? Did he think she was easy to push around?

What she didn’t know was that twenty taels were quite a sum. In these times, a family could live frugally for a year on less than five silver taels — it was four or five years of expenses for an ordinary household.

However, Yang Xiudan thought that maybe she’d have more dealings with this boss in the future and decided to take a step back: "Thirty silver taels, and I won’t sell the recipe to others, but you can’t stop me from using it myself. Boss, if you miss today, there won’t be a tomorrow. Consider that if your business picks up with this MSG, you might recoup in half a month."

Half a month? Business wasn’t that easy. The shopkeeper inwardly muttered curses, but seeing the bustling opposite restaurant, he gritted his teeth and nodded, "Alright, but I need your family elders to sign the contract."

"This is my brother, he’s going to study and take the Imperial Examination. It’s too much trouble to have my parents come over. Let me and my brother sign it. You know our family, we won’t cheat you."

After seeing Yang Shuliang, the boss nodded in agreement. He knew this boy was as steady as his father, so Yang Shuliang unwittingly vouched for his sister.

Looking at the thirty taels of silver presented by the boss to his sister, Yang Shuliang was astonished. Only after leaving the restaurant did he nervously say, "Sister, your recipe sold for thirty taels? Let’s hurry and hide it, so it won’t get stolen."

"Hmm." Yang Xiudan patted her chest proudly, "They can’t steal it. Brother, we’re rich now, let’s buy some meat to eat." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Heaven knows how long she had been craving meat!