northernbook Chapter 291 Let’s Go Sell the Pot
Chapter 291 Let’s Go Sell the Pot
Zhao Xiuwan looked at Qu Wanning. It had been a while since she last saw him, but Qu Wanning's eyes and temperament were different.
Zhao Xiuwan was familiar with Qu Wanning before, after all, they were both concubines in the palace, and she would meet him every day when she went to the Queen's Palace to pay respects. It was just that Qu Wanning was exquisite and noble before, but her eyes were not as confident as now.
Now she looked at herself with sharp eyes.
It was completely different from his previous look, and now he had some of Su Jixiang's sharpness.
It is true that birds of a feather flock together!
"Okay, I won't be polite with you anymore." Zhao Xiuwan said, "You also know the imperial envoy's wife Zheng Wenxiu."
"I've met you twice." Qu Wanning said calmly, "Of course I'm not as good as you."
"Indeed." Zhao Xiuwan did not hide it. Qu Wanning and Su Jixiang were able to run such a big restaurant. One was the wife of a military advisor and the other was the wife of a general. Even if she didn't go to the imperial envoy to get close to him, it was impossible for her not to know that she had been very close to him recently.
"I didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but since we are all from Dongdu, I want to remind you and your sister that they are sent by the emperor. Even if you think you can cover the sky with one hand in Mangcheng, the sky is not bigger than the emperor of Dongdu. You are disrespectful to the imperial angel, which means you are disrespectful to the one in Dongdu. Don't say I am not righteous. Now the imperial angel and his wife have complained. I think you should be more humble." After Zhao Xiuwan finished speaking, she looked Qu Wanning up and down, "I came here today not only for this matter, but also to ask for advice on something."
"Just tell me." Qu Wanning said.
"Will you transfer the recipe of your steam pot chicken?" Zhao Xiuwan asked after a pause. "And the pot, to be honest, you made so much money with it. Now all the restaurants and bars in Mangcheng are imitating your steam pot. It won't take long before the pot for your steam pot chicken will be made by pottery. By then, it won't be a secret anymore. Why not sell the recipe to me before they can imitate it? I'm willing to pay a good price!"
When Qu Wanning heard this, he immediately laughed out of anger.
"Zhao Xiuwan, you are so shameless now!" Qu Wanning pinched her waist and said, "Who gave you the courage? You want to buy it with money? Look at the state of my Caidiexuan, how much money can you pay to buy the formula?"
"Qu Wanning! I know you can't make the decision!" Zhao Xiuwan was not afraid of Qu Wanning at all when she heard it. "Why don't you go and call Su Jixiang out and see what she says. And don't show off in front of me. Don't you see what the situation is now? This Mangcheng will soon not be dominated by one family! You and Su Jixiang will not be the most famous ladies in Mangcheng. Now Zheng Wenxiu is here, and her background is more profound than yours! The imperial envoy is also the nephew of the queen mother, and now the cousin of His Majesty! You'd better restrain yourself!"
"Zhao Xiuwan, you are as stupid as ever!" Qu Wanning sneered, "I admit that this store was opened by Jixiang and I, so I can't make all the decisions! But it's not your turn to come to my store and make decisions and talk nonsense."
"Who said my sister can't have full authority?" The door curtain fluttered and Su Jixiang walked in with the curtain closed.
She had just gone to check the students' cooking assessments, cultural courses, and math scores. Lu Shui had just told her about Zhao Xiuwan, so she came straight here.
As soon as she came over, she heard Zhao Xiuwan threatening Qu Wanning, how could she tolerate that?
"My sister is the one who makes the decision." Su Jixiang came in and glanced at Zhao Xiuwan. "If she says to sell, then sell. If she says not to sell, then don't sell. She can sell this prescription to whoever she wants. Madam Qian, you are now the distinguished guest of the imperial envoy. Are you speaking on behalf of the imperial envoy? Did the imperial envoy and his wife ask you to come and ask for this recipe? I don't know that an imperial envoy hasn't finished his own work yet, but he is thinking about stealing other people's recipes! I would like to ask my general to submit a petition to ask His Majesty, how can we, as military dependents, just want to open a small shop to make some money and be an eyesore to the imperial envoy and his wife!"
When Zhao Xiuwan heard Su Jixiang's distorted interpretation and implicated the relationship on Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu, she suddenly felt a little panicked.
She really wanted to use the reputation of those two people to ask for the recipe, but those two people didn't know anything about this matter. If Su Jixiang really pestered her, things would be bad. Neither Wei Ling nor Su Jixiang was reasonable. If the matter really got to His Majesty, who knew what would go wrong.
She was determined to get close to Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu. If she failed at the outset, it would be difficult to deal with her in the future.
"The general's wife is so arrogant! I am so depressed by all these big hats!" Zhao Xiuwan laughed immediately. "The imperial envoy and his wife are new here, how can they know what Caidiexuan is? This is not what they meant!"
"So you are just using someone else's skills to gain a bigger reputation?" Su Jixiang revealed Zhao Xiuwan's thoughts and smiled faintly, "Originally, given your husband's relationship with my general and Wanning's military advisor, if he wanted the formula, he should just tell us directly. We can give it to your husband without charging a penny, but you chose to find another way instead of following your husband's path, which is also very interesting."
Zhao Xiuwan's face turned red and white after hearing what Su Jixiang said.
She knew that Su Jixiang was warning her. After all, Qian Feng was still Wei Ling's subordinate and had a good relationship with Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng. If she insisted on following the Imperial Envoy's path, where would her husband be placed!
"I just came to remind you. It's also for my husband's sake." Zhao Xiuwan said with a face-saving look, "It's getting late, and my Hongyun Tower will also be open for night business. It's inconvenient for me to stay any longer, so I'm leaving. Please, ladies!" After saying that, she bowed hurriedly and hurried out.
Su Jixiang and Qu Wanning watched Zhao Xiuwan leave. Qu Wanning then spat, "Bah! How shameless! She actually said that!" She turned to look at Su Jixiang, "But she does have a point. I've heard that many restaurants and hotels are looking for people to copy our steam boilers. It's only a matter of time before they make one. We should think of a way to deal with it sooner rather than later."
"It doesn't matter. Haven't we considered this before?" Su Jixiang said with a smile, "We have made a batch of extra steam pots. Now we can sell them! I plan to make the recipe of our steam pot chicken public to the people of Mangcheng when the new Caidiexuan Bakery launches new products. Let's sell the pots!"