Chapter 59: Don’t sell the secret recipe

All ten families brought some water and handed it over to Yang Lizheng, who then proceeded to distribute it.

Zhang Liangtian felt ashamed as he realized that Mrs. Xu’s family had brought out more water than his own.

Yang Lizheng didn’t mind the quantities; he understood that whether the contribution was large or small, it was given with goodwill.

He addressed everyone in the village, saying, “Everyone knows the situation now.

This water was saved by Dashan, Su Yatou, and the Zhang family from their own mouths. They paid for this water. I hope you all remember their kindness.”

“There isn’t much water available. If you still have water at home, please don’t come here to take more. If I find out, don’t expect anyone to help you in the future.”

The strong woman in the crowd was taken aback by this announcement.

She began to withdraw from the group, but her mother-in-law grabbed her arm. “Why are you quitting?”

“Mom, Li Zheng said that if they find out, they won’t be allowed to help in the future,” she replied.

“Are you stupid? Even if he says he won’t help, he will. We are all from the same village. If something really happens, do you think he can bear to not help you?”

When the strong woman heard this, she realized her mother-in-law made a valid point.

“I know,” she said, sneaking back into the queue, ready to take advantage of the situation.

Yang Lizheng continued, “There is very little water now; it’s not enough to divide it twice, so we will only divide it once.

Tomorrow morning, we need to find more water along the way. How the allocated water is distributed is up to you. You can help, but it won’t be forever.”

Yang Lizheng understood this well, and everyone felt disappointed upon hearing they could only receive water once, but they also recognized it was reasonable.

Given that there was only so much water for ten households, it was clear that they couldn’t provide for everyone every day.

Yang Lizheng divides the water based on the number of people in each family. If there’s more water, naturally there will be less for each family.

Every household is very careful when receiving water.

When it was Da Zhuang’s turn, Aunt Wang from the crowd shouted, “Da Zhuang, are you ashamed? Your water has been brought out, why are you still collecting water here?”

After being exposed on the spot, Da Zhuang was ashamed and angry, “What are you talking about? I’ve run out of water.”

“Run out? I just saw Da Zhuang scooping up a ladle of water and showing off.”

“I saw it too.”

Da Zhuang’s mother argued again, but it was useless, and her face turned red with anger.

Yang Lizheng snorted coldly, “Hurry up and don’t cause trouble here.”

Others also spoke out to drive her away.

It’s a good thing to lose one point. Naturally, I don’t want people like this to get points.

The strong mother-in-law ran back in despair. When she came back, her mother-in-law spat at her angrily and cursed, “Useless thing.”

“Mom, how can you blame me for this.”

Every household’s water supply was not much. The little water we got was only enough for the family for two days, and that was without cooking, so we were very economical.

A fire was lit at night, but few households boiled water for cooking.

Wan Sanye leaned against the big tree, smelling the aroma of rice in the pot, and his stomach growled unsatisfactorily.

“You guys are pretty good here.” Mr. Wan San said.

“The third grandfather is naturally good.”

Whether it’s in terms of management or how to behave, they are truly worthy of being learned from by younger generations.

“It’s a pity that I’m old. If I were a few dozen years younger, I might be able to make some achievements in such troubled times.”

The times have restricted the growth of many people, and the third grandfather is one of them.

Su Yin glanced at him in surprise, “The evaluation is so high. If my third grandfather heard it, he would be very happy.”

Mr. Wan Sanye smiled at her, “You’re not a bad girl, no worse than your third grandfather.”

“Thank you, Thank you.” Su Yin accepted his compliment with a smile.

This girl is really thick-skinned. Even ten little girls can’t compare to her.

“Gurgling”…

Mr. Wan San’s stomach was rumbling again.

Su Baozhu smiled and served him a full bowl of porridge. There was some minced meat in it, and the minced meat was filled with dried meat.

After Mr. Wan San cooled the porridge, he took a slow sip. He thought it was an ordinary bowl of porridge, but he didn’t expect it to taste surprisingly good. There seemed to be several flavors in it that he had never tasted before.

He drank sip after sip, until the bottom of the bowl of meat porridge was reached.

“Did you add anything else to your porridge?”

Su Baozhu, who was cooking tonight, quickly shook her head, “No, it’s just porridge cooked with dried meat.”

“That’s not right, there’s a lot of flavor in this porridge. It’s very novel.”

“Oh, that should be Yinyin’s dried meat.”

“Can you give me a piece of dried meat?” Wan Sanye said in interest.

Su Baozhu took out a piece of dried meat from her little cloth bag.

Master Wan San took a brief sip.

Yes, that’s the smell.

He looked at Su Yin curiously and asked, “How are you pickling this dried meat?”

Anyone else might have said that, but Su Yin was not stupid. Something that could be noticed by the big businessman Wan Sanye must be valuable.

“This is my family’s ancestral secret method, and it is not passed down to others.”

Mr. Wan San knew not to take advantage of this little fox.

“Are you interested in selling the secret recipe? The price I gave is very fair.”

Before Su Yin could speak, Su Baozhu asked curiously: “How much?”

Wan Sanye raised his hands.

“Fifty taels?” Su Baozhu asked with shining eyes.

When Su’s mother heard this number, she was also very interested and wished they could make a deal immediately.

Fifty taels, that’s a full fifty taels, which can build three nice houses and buy a lot of good land.

Facing the two of them, Wan Sanye wanted to say yes, but it happened that people with power were hard to fool.

“Five hundred taels.” Wan Sanye reported the price.

Su’s mother: “Su Baozhu:” The price of five hundred taels is indeed very fair, but Su Yin didn’t take it seriously.

“I’m not interested, I won’t sell it.”

Mr. Wan San didn’t seem anxious, but Mother Su on the side was anxious. Just as she was about to say something, Su Baozhu stopped her and gave her a wink, telling her to calm down.

The amount of five hundred taels was not enough even if they were sold.

If they had five hundred taels, they would not have to worry about food and clothing in the future.

Although Su Baozhu was very moved, she was not stupid.

The fat man can offer this price, which means that the formula is worth this price, but Yinyin disagrees, which only means that the value is higher than five hundred taels.

In such a short period of time, Su Baozhu figured out the key, so he didn’t panic and quietly waited for the negotiation between the two of them.

“You girl can’t bear any loss, but this time I offer five hundred taels, which is the maximum limit.”

“I know that the price you offer is high. However, I plan to do this myself after I stabilize my business. A long-term business is suitable for us.”

Wan Sanye thought that this girl still had fifty thousand taels of silver, which was enough for her to start this business, so he stopped persuading her.

This girl has great ideas.

In a magnificent house in Wuzhou, several men in colorful clothes were surrounding a landscape painting made of silk.

“Is this a treasure map?!”