Chapter 61 - Chapter 61 - 61: Reap What You Sow (2/2)

“The family recipe is not for sharing! But if you’re interested, you’re welcome to work here,” Chen Yu replied.

The chubby guy was stunned for a moment; he was the owner of a small shop now, after all. Coming here to work would be like becoming someone’s subordinate.

“No way! How could someone like me ever work under someone else?”

Chen Yu chuckled softly, “You should consider it. If that’s not an option, you could choose to open a new shop elsewhere.”

With that, Chen Yu returned straight to the kitchen.

The chubby man sat there, pondering for a long time, then left the shop with his two helpers.

Chu Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief, “People like Yu Ge should be driven out, can’t even manage their own business properly and then come running over here…”

Chen Yu gestured with his hand to interrupt Chu Hong.

“It hasn’t been easy for them, having worked hard to open a shop only to be run down by us! It’s normal for them to feel uneasy about it.”

At the moment, there weren’t many customers left in the shop, as their signature marinated dishes had already sold out.

The next wave of customers would come in the afternoon, during the post-work rush.

Xie Jiang, at this juncture, entered the shop briskly with two workers.

“Old Chen called a while ago, asking you to save some marinated dishes for him. Have you saved any?”

Chen Yu hurriedly served the noodles and marinated dishes he had set aside.

“You called me, how could I possibly not save some for you?”

Xie Jiang rolled up his sleeves and started devouring the food like a wolf, clearly having gone a good while without eating.

“Old Chen, these new flavors you’ve introduced are simply divine! If you ask me, you should bump up the prices, nobody would mind paying more for such tasty food.”

Chen Yu shook his head, “Fifty yuan a jin is already on the pricey side; how much higher could we go?”

Xie Jiang tapped in the air with his finger a few times.

“That’s where you fail, Old Chen, too honest! Wang’s Marinated Delights down the street, they’ve raised their price to seventy yuan a jin for meat.”

Chen Yu was slightly taken aback, as the person who had come to see him earlier seemed to be the owner of Wang’s Marinated Meat.

A long time ago, he had tried their marinated delights, and they were indeed quite good.

Moreover, their marinated dishes were famous in several nearby streets.

Chen Yu simply raised an eyebrow, after all, in business, he was not one to sympathize with his competitors.

If Wang’s Marinated Delights tasted better than his, he was afraid they might kick him right off this street.

After finishing a bowl of noodles, Xie Jiang seemed to remember something and quickly took out a list from his pocket.

“Old Chen, I found that pressure cooker you asked me to look for. Here are a few models; which one do you want? I’ll send it over tonight.”

Chen Yu hastily grabbed the list.

The pressure cookers Xie Jiang found were all very comprehensive, each one a big stainless steel pot.

The largest could even fit sixty jin of meat in one go.

If he bought several of these large pressure cookers, he could produce marinated dishes even faster.

“The biggest one, send me a few extra, to have as backups for the future.”

Xie Jiang hurriedly took out a pen and jotted something down in his notebook.

“Okay, I got it!”

Having said that, he and the two workers hurriedly finished their food and left, looking like they still had a construction project to rush off to.

At five o’clock in the afternoon, Tong Ya and Tuan Tuan bounced through the door.

“Mommy, can we go play at that place again next time? I think it was really nice.”

“Sure thing, my sweet girl!”

This conversation instantly alarmed Chen Yu.

“Tuan Tuan!” Chen Yu called Tuan Tuan over, “What did you just call Teacher Tong Ya? Is that something you can call her on a whim?”