Chapter 41: Someone Wants to Buy the Recipe

Tang Feng quickly prepared lunch.

He invited Su Xiaoli to sit down at the dining table.

“After you eat, I’ll go deliver food to my parents,” Tang Feng said, and after finishing his sentence, he left the house with the already packed meals.

Soon, he arrived at the supermarket.

Because it was the end of the workday, the supermarket was bustling with people.

Tang Feng greeted his parents, placed the food down, and returned home.

“Old Tang, what is Little Feng delivering?” a customer, about the same age as Tang Long, asked with a smile.

“He made food for us,” Tang Long answered truthfully.

“Really? Your Little Feng is so sensible! My good-for-nothing son, let alone cooking, needs to be called to eat,” the customer sighed.

Tang Long didn’t say anything, just chuckled.

At this moment, he was overjoyed.

For parents, nothing is more pleasing than hearing others praise their children.

By this time, Tang Feng had also returned home.

He found the chopsticks on the table untouched.

“I asked you to eat first when I left, didn’t I?” Tang Feng sat down opposite her.

“You weren’t here; I didn’t have much appetite by myself,” Su Xiaoli answered.

“You! Hurry up and eat! It won’t taste good once it cools down,” Tang Feng urged while putting a piece of fish into her bowl with his chopsticks.

Su Xiaoli happily began to eat.

After finishing the meal, Tang Feng started to clean up the dining table.

Su Xiaoli offered to help.

“I can do it myself! You go sit on the sofa and rest for a while,” Tang Feng said with a smile.

“It’s okay,” Su Xiaoli shook her head and said, “We can finish up together and then rest together.”

Seeing her insist, Tang Feng didn’t say anything more.

After cleaning up the dining table, they sat down on the sofa.

Tang Feng turned on the TV and asked, “What channel do you want to watch?”

“Any channel is fine,” Su Xiaoli answered.

She didn’t care what they watched as long as she could be with Tang Feng.

Tang Feng flipped through several channels.

Finally, he settled on Dongshan TV station.

At this time, Dongshan TV station didn’t seem that outdated.

Although advertisements for excavators and fertilizers had started appearing, they weren’t as rampant as they would become later.

The TV drama being broadcasted starred Su Youpeng, Gao Yuanyuan, and Jia Jingwen in “The Heaven Sword and Dragon Su.”

Tang Feng really liked this TV drama.

Especially the scene where Su Youpeng’s character, Zhang Wuji, battles the six major sects, which was vivid in his memory.

“How about this one?” Tang Feng consulted with her.

“Okay,” Su Xiaoli agreed.

When Su Xiaoli became engrossed in the show, Tang Feng, pretending to be nonchalant, gently wrapped his arm around her waist.

After a while, Su Xiaoli felt something was off.

When she saw what Tang Feng was doing, she couldn’t help but glare at him.

Tang Feng just smiled slightly and didn’t withdraw his hand.

He knew very well that Su Xiaoli wasn’t really angry.

If he backed down now, he probably wouldn’t get such a chance again soon.

Sure enough, Su Xiaoli didn’t continue to fuss about it and focused on watching the TV drama.

Tang Feng’s thoughts were all on Su Xiaoli.

He could feel her warmth.

He even had the urge to hug her tightly!

However, he ultimately controlled himself.

After all, his behavior towards Su Xiaoli was already somewhat excessive.

He couldn’t push too far, lest he upset her, which could have serious consequences.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Around two o’clock, he got up to prepare the ingredients for his food stall in the evening.

Seeing this, Su Xiaoli immediately turned off the TV and went over to help.

After the gluten was prepared, they threaded it onto skewers while chatting.

This life was filled with simplicity and warmth.

By 5:30 p.m., Tang Feng and Su Xiaoli arrived at the same stall as the day before.

Many customers were already waiting there.

After all, some customers didn’t manage to buy anything the previous night.

Tang Feng quickly got busy.

Three hours passed quickly.

The prepared gluten was sold out.

“Young man, your grilled gluten is really delicious! I want to ask, are you willing to sell your recipe? If so, I’d like to buy it,” a middle-aged man, who appeared to be around forty, negotiated with Tang Feng.

“How much are you willing to pay?” Tang Feng asked.

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and then extended two fingers.

“Two thousand?” Tang Feng guessed.

“No,” the middle-aged man shook his head, saying, “I’m talking about twenty thousand.”

Hearing this figure, Tang Feng was visibly stunned.

After all, twenty thousand was not a small sum at the time.

“How about it? If you agree, we can sign the contract right away,” the middle-aged man was somewhat impatient.

“A contract? You want to buy the recipe outright?” Tang Feng asked.

“Exactly!” the middle-aged man nodded and said, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t offer such a high price.”

“Let me think about it overnight and give you an answer tomorrow, okay?” Tang Feng negotiated.

“Okay! This is my phone number. Call me when you’ve decided,” the man agreed.

Then, he left.

“Tang Feng, are you really planning to sell the grilled gluten recipe?” Su Xiaoli asked.

“Yes,” Tang Feng nodded and said, “This recipe isn’t exactly a secret. My original plan was to sell the recipe for a few thousand, but who knew someone would be willing to pay twenty thousand.”

“Maybe he thinks your business is so booming that he can quickly earn back the twenty thousand,” Su Xiaoli guessed.

“The grilled gluten I make is just the most ordinary kind. It mainly caught the attention of customers who hadn’t seen it before. I guess it won’t be long before many grilled gluten stalls appear at the night market. Twenty thousand isn’t that easy to earn,” Tang Feng replied.

“In that case, why didn’t you agree to him right away?” Su Xiaoli was very puzzled.

“Because I still plan to set up my stall tomorrow night,” Tang Feng answered.

“Do you still need to set up a stall if you have twenty thousand?” Su Xiaoli wondered.

“Yes. There’s still some gluten flour at home; it can’t go to waste,” Tang Feng found an excuse.

Of course, his real intention was to complete three days of vending to successfully earn system reward points.

After all, for him, points were much more important than money.

Seeing him say this, Su Xiaoli didn’t pursue the matter further.

After everything was packed up, Tang Feng first took Su Xiaoli home.

Then, he returned to his own home.

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