Chapter 303 - 303 A Thousand Silver
303 A Thousand Silver
Xue Sifu replied, “Fried rice noodles and pork broth rice noodles. The sweet and sour rice noodles are also selling well.”
Shopkeeper Qiao glanced at the stove and saw that the four claypots were already boiling. They belonged to someone else. “I’ll have a bowl of fried rice noodles please.”
“Alright, please wait a moment.” Xue Sifu immediately went to cook the rice noodles.
At this moment, Jiang Yue and Xue Xiao looked at each other and firmly believed that Shopkeeper Qiao must have come for a reason. Even if he didn’t say it now, he would definitely say it later.
The dried rice noodles softened after soaking in cold water. Xue Sifu only needed to stir-fry and then add some side ingredients. Soon, a bowl of fragrant fried rice noodles was placed in front of Shopkeeper Qiao.
Shopkeeper Qiao took out a pair of clean chopsticks from the bamboo tube on the table before slowly tasting the food.
He didn’t have a big mouthful with the first bite, he took small bites to savor each flavor.
However, the taste was indeed different from the noodle shops on the other side. It was exceptionally delicious! Shopkeeper Qiao’s eyes lit up. With the next bite, he ate a lot more.
By the time Shopkeeper Qiao finished his fried rice noodles, the rice noodles had also been sold out. The people who came to eat the rice noodles had also finished their food, leaving only a few people at the table conversing with each other.
Only Shopkeeper Qiao was left at his table. When Xue Sifu saw that he had finished eating, he hurriedly cleared away the bowls and chopsticks in front of him, soaking them in a wooden basin at the side.
He then wiped the table clean before hurriedly bringing his two precious children to sit down at the same table as Shopkeeper Qiao. He obviously knew that Shopkeeper Qiao had something to say.
Seeing Xue Sifu like this, Shopkeeper Qiao was somewhat surprised, as if he hadn’t expected Xue Sifu to be so smart.
However, when he thought about how this was Xue Yan’s brother, he felt at ease and assured. After all, Xue Yan was a publicly acknowledged child prodigy in the entire Shengming Academy.
He had met Sifu and Erfu, as well as his father. However, they were not as bright as this brother, Sifu. The rest looked honest and simple.
Clearly, it still depended on the person, and every one was different.
Since he could pick up social cues, Shopkeeper Qiao did not beat around the bush. He smiled and said, “I’m sure you can tell why I’m here today.”
“You don’t have to beat around the bush,” Sifu said.
Shopkeeper Qiao nodded and looked around the stall with a smile. “I’m from Lakshmi Restaurant, and I’ve heard about your rice noodles more than once these past few days. There were even customers who came to Lakshmi Restaurant to eat and asked if we had these rice noodles. I just happened to hear from one of my waiters that Xue Yan and Jiang Yue were promoting the so-called rice noodles at the fork, so I came to take a look. I wanted to ask if you were willing to sell the recipe for the rice noodles to Lakshmi Restaurant. Lakshmi Restaurant is willing to pay a thousand silver for it”.
In this regard, Shopkeeper Qiao’s business sense was very on point. He was very optimistic about this rice noodle. In addition, this rice noodle stall was owned by Xue Yan’s family, and the two children were personally overseeing it. This made him even more optimistic about it.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Xue Xiao looked at Sifu. Whether the thousand silver was a little or a lot, whether Sifu sold it or not, they didn’t care about this matter. They would let Sifu make the decision.
This was the business that Sifu was in charge of.
Seeing Jiang Yue and Xue Yan like this, Shopkeeper Qiao understood that Xue Sifu was the one making the decision and hopefully looked at him.
Xue Sifu smiled and said, “Thank you for thinking so highly of me, Shopkeeper Qiao. If your restaurant buys the recipe, it’s just a matter of food. If you don’t buy it, it won’t affect your restaurant. We are in different businesses. If we go to your restaurant to eat, we don’t even have ten silver in our money bags. We’ll feel guilty if we go.”