Chapter 836: Chapter 836 Acting Shamelessly_1
“But it’s already been taken up by Jigui House.” Qiao Xiaomai’s expression showed her difficulty.
“But miss, you said last time that if there were any new recipes, you would definitely not forget about Zuixian Building.” Shopkeeper Zhou looked at Qiao Xiaomai’s innocent face, trying hard to maintain the smile on his.
No matter how bitter the heart, one must still smile on the face!
Qiao Xiaomai, with an innocent face, “But this is a toy, not a recipe.”
The smile on his face stiffened, then as if someone had sliced him, a crack appeared, quickly spreading across his entire face.
He couldn’t keep the smile on his face anymore.
The bitterness in his heart climbed up to his face with his blood.
Last time, he spent two thousand taels buying the mooncake recipe from Qiao Xiaomai. The Zuixian Building fell a step behind Jigui House; by the time his mooncakes came out, the novelty had worn off for everyone.
Without that novelty, only those who really liked mooncakes would buy them.
Thankfully, this snack was a bit different from the ones before and came with a story, so the business did not boom, but they still sold.
It also retained some customers for the Zuixian Building.
Whatever Jigui House had, Zuixian Building had too, albeit a bit slower to market. To outsiders, although the Zuixian House was a step behind, it wasn’t left too far behind.
In this circumstance, he endured another round of criticism.
Then he steeled his heart and sent people to guard the town entrance every day, keeping an eye on Qiao Xiaomai as soon as she entered Bailu Town.
He couldn’t let Qiao Xiaomai make secret deals with Jigui House again!
So this time, as soon as Qiao Xiaomai and Tong Sanlang stepped out of Jigui House, he rushed over immediately, stopping them on the street to discuss business.
Faced with the criticism from above, he wasn’t considering his own dignity anymore.
But now that he was throwing his face away, it was still no use.
Qiao Xiaomai was clearly being obstinate.
How could he have known that Qiao Xiaomai knew other things, so at the time, he had emphasized the recipes, the food recipes.
Now, Qiao Xiaomai was taking advantage of the loophole in his words, ready to play stubborn.
Anything from Qiao Xiaomai’s hands was bound to be extraordinary; even if Qiao Xiaomai herself said it wasn’t worth much, that statement needed to be heavily discounted.
This toy must be very valuable!
“Miss Qiao, can you really not business with my Zuixian Building? I can give you a good deal,” Shopkeeper Zhou pleaded with Qiao Xiaomai, his expression earnest, his words heartfelt.
Qiao Xiaomai shook her head, “I’ve already signed a contract with Shopkeeper He, I can’t collaborate with Zuixian Building anymore.”
“Oh right, there’s also another new idea I mentioned to Shopkeeper He just now, and later Shopkeeper He is going to follow me back to have a look at that new thing.”
She mentioned the deal about the firebed along with it to prevent Shopkeeper Zhou from bothering her again.
A sledgehammer, it was definitely a sledgehammer.
Those light words from Qiao Xiaomai, when they fell into his ears, smashed him until he saw stars.
One new gadget wasn’t enough; there had to be another new idea.
With both ideas combined, how much could Jigui House earn from this wave?
The market is only so big, if Jigui House earns more, then his Zuixian Building was bound to lose.
Qiao Xiaomai, sitting in the ox cart, saw the look on Shopkeeper Zhou’s face, as if he was about to spit blood, and silently lit a candle for him in her heart.
But her mouth offered an explanation, “Shopkeeper Zhou, this isn’t food, so it shouldn’t affect your Zuixian Building’s business.”
Shopkeeper Zhou couldn’t help raising his hand to rub his chest.
[My condition isn’t great today, probably won’t update…]