After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Chapter 163: Can we cooperate on your mushroom business?

Early the next morning, Jiang Xiaohe gathered everyone together and took them to a shop in the town.

"There are several rooms in the back that can be lived in. Usually when we are at work, if it is too late, we can stay in the backyard."

Everybody nodded. It was the first time for Wang Dayi and his friends to come to this shop. They felt a little curious and looked around: "This shop is not cheap, right?" There are two floors.

Wang Qiuxia nodded: "That's right. Buying this house has emptied our family's savings. Fortunately, we still have the mushroom business."

A group of people sighed when they heard her say this.

Jiang Xiaohe distributed work clothes to everyone. Chen Xiuqun took them and said jokingly, "You haven't started working yet, and you're already getting clothes."

This made everyone laugh.

Jiang Xiaohe explained: "We wear the same clothes to distinguish ourselves from the guests."

Everyone nodded.

He took the newly made pots and pans and gave everyone some training on how to operate them. Everyone followed him and learned from him. The shop was bustling for a while.

Jiang Xiaohe added, "When the time comes, let Hongwa serve the hot pot. Da Niu and Daya will be in charge of serving the dishes. Mother, Second Aunt, and Great Aunt will prepare the dishes. Leave the hot pot base to me."

"What about washing the dishes?"

She had forgotten about it: "I'll recruit someone else when the time comes."

Wang Qiuxia shook her head: "We don't have much money left. Your second aunt and eldest aunt can prepare the food. I'll wash the dishes."

Yes.

In this way, after another busy day, everyone finally took a break.

The next day, Zeng Hua asked, "When will this shop open?"

"It's almost time. Mother calculated the date to be April 13th, which is three days away. You can use these two days to familiarize yourself with your work."

During the past three days, Jiang Xiaohe began to cook hot pot base non-stop in the store. She opened the door every day, and the fragrance spread throughout the street. Many businessmen who didn't understand passed by and asked for food. Jiang Xiaohe just smiled and said that the store had not opened yet, and asked them to come again when it opened. Everyone was very disappointed.

Meng Hetang also heard others mention it in the restaurant, and he could smell that smell every day when he went from his home to the restaurant. Thinking that this must be Jiang Xiaohe's food, he made a special trip to find out more.

When Jiang Xiaohe heard that he was coming, she gave the spatula to Wang Qiuxia and came out to greet him.

"I thought Boss Meng would never speak to me again in this life."

Meng Hetang was a little embarrassed: "My wife is really good at joking."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled but said nothing.

Meng Hetang was a little embarrassed, and then he said: "I smell that the food is delicious, how about continuing to cooperate with me? It can also save a lot of manpower and material resources, right?"

"Boss Meng, don't you think it's a little too late for you to say these things? Didn't you see that I have hung up the red silk outside?" Jiang Xiaohe poured him a cup of tea.

Meng Hetang shook his head: "Actually, after all, my wife still doesn't believe me."

Jiang Xiaohe said bluntly: "Boss Meng, what you said is too serious. I opened a food store because I wanted to have a long-term livelihood for my family. It is difficult for us farmers to make a living."

"Don't you still have a mushroom business?"

"To be honest, the mushroom business doesn't make a lot of money. Boss Meng has been running a restaurant for so many years. He knows more about the profits of the food business than I do, right?"

Meng Hetang smiled awkwardly, closed his folding fan, and thought to himself: "Since we can't do this food business, can we do your mushroom business together?"

Jiang Xiaohe raised her teacup slightly towards Meng Hetang, and said without refusing, "How does Boss Meng want to cooperate?"

"You sell the recipe to me and I will produce it. Your mushroom business is just a small one, but if I let Meng do it, I can sell it to more distant places."

As soon as she said this, Jiang Xiaohe became interested.

Meng Hetang saw the light in her eyes and immediately asked, "What do you think?"

"Of course we can cooperate, but how about the distribution of the money?"

Meng Hetang immediately said, "How about we split it 20/80, you take 20/80, after all, you only provide a prescription, and I have to invest manpower and material resources."

Jiang Xiaohe thought about it and felt that the profit share was actually very suitable, and it was a long-term business that would make more money than selling mushrooms. Moreover, if she cooperated with Meng Hetang, she would no longer have to worry about making mushroom bags and selling mushrooms, as she could leave it to him.

Can....

"How about 37?" She still wanted to bargain.

this.....

Meng Hetang was also calculating in his mind. He was silent for a long time before he said, "I can obey you, madam, but I have a condition."

"Boss Meng, please speak."

"If you want to start a business or have any ideas in the future, can you consider cooperating with Meng first?"

"Boss Meng, what you said is..."

Meng Hetang was a little anxious: "Look, look, you asked me to be honest, but you don't even agree to my request?"

Jiang Xiaohe was a little speechless, but couldn't help laughing: "Okay, just do as Boss Meng says."

With her words, Meng Hetang finally agreed: "Then do as my wife said, 30% and 70%. I will draw up a contract later and we will sign it."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded and sent her to the door. Meng Hetang looked at the red silk plaque hanging above the door and asked, "When will the business open, Madam?"

"Just tomorrow."

Meng Hetang smiled and said, "Your fragrance fills the entire street. I'm afraid your business will be booming tomorrow."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled slightly, then bowed and said, "Then I'll take advantage of Boss Meng's good words."

Meng Hetang bowed slightly and left.

After seeing that everyone had left, Wang Qiuxia came out from the kitchen and asked, "What is Boss Meng doing here?"

Jiang Xiaohe smiled slightly: "Come to do business with us."

While walking towards the kitchen, he repeated to Wang Qiuxia what Meng Hetang had said.

"That's good. Otherwise, when we're busy in town, your father will have to deal with the mushroom business and farm. I'm really worried that he won't be able to handle it. But fortunately, your grandparents are here too, and they can help take care of Chuan'er."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded: "I think so too. Let's wait until the shop is open for a while and becomes stable, then everything will be fine."

Wang Qiuxia nodded.

That afternoon, all of them wiped all the tables and chairs in the shop, and mopped the bluestone bricks on the floor several times with the mop made by Jiang Xiaohe.

That night, Jiang Xiaohe used the prepared ingredients to make a hotpot for everyone to experience.

Everyone was eating it and said: "How come it tastes better than during the Chinese New Year."

"I added two more spices to this hot pot, so it tastes more fragrant." But if we could find sesame seeds and grind sesame oil in this era, this hot pot would taste even better!

After this hotpot meal, everyone is more confident about the opening tomorrow.

After dinner, everyone stayed in the backyard to avoid having to make another trip tomorrow.