57 If You Like It, Buy It!
Zhao Lanhua smiled and nodded. “Alright, I’ll distribute the twenty taels of silver. Why don’t you listen and see if you agree?”
“I’ll listen to you~” Ji Zhao smiled obediently.
Zhao Lanhua thought for a moment and glanced at Eldest Sister-in-law Shen, who was standing at the side with a smile. “Eldest wife, how much did you spend on the pork belly?”
“Mother, the current price of meat is 20 copper coins per catty. The pork belly weighs about 10 catties, which is 2,000 copper coins. It’s a total of 2 taels of silver,” Eldest Sister-in-law Shen replied honestly.
“Previously, Ah Tao borrowed the kitchen here and used eggs, flour, oil, and firewood.” Zhao Lanhua calculated carefully. “How about this? Mother will give you ten taels of silver. You can collect five taels and give the change to Ah Tao.”
“Five taels? I can’t take five taels!” Eldest Sister-in-law Shen quickly waved her hand and refused. “Besides, Ah Tao is family. Mother, I can’t accept this silver!”
“Eldest Sister-in-law, just listen to Mother and accept it!” Ji Zhao hurriedly advised. “If it weren’t for Eldest Brother’s friendship with Second Manager You, the crispy pork and dried fish I made wouldn’t have been sold at such a good price! If you don’t accept this silver, I won’t feel at ease!”
Hearing this, Zhao Lanhua narrowed her eyes in satisfaction.
Ah Tao was indeed a smart child.
“Eldest wife, keep it first!” Zhao Lanhua stuffed the ingot of silver into Eldest Sister-in-law Shen’s arms without any explanation. “Try your best to exchange the remaining five taels for copper coins.”
“Then… Alright then…”
Unable to refuse, Sister-in-law Shen could only keep the silver ingot.
During lunch, Eldest Sister-in-law Shen specially bought a roasted chicken and placed one of the drumsticks in the bowl in front of Ji Zhao.
Seeing how harmonious the sisters-in-law were, Zhao Lanhua’s eyes flickered with relief.
“Ah Tao, do you want to be a braised food chef at Hongxing Restaurant?” Eldest Sister-in-law Shen looked at Ji Zhao curiously.
Ji Zhao thought for a moment and shook her head.
“Sanlang will definitely have to study in the future. If I really go to a restaurant and become a braised food chef, I’m afraid it will have a bad impact on Sanlang in the future.”
Her husband was the future Grand Secretary!
Hence, she could not act too recklessly.
“That’s true.” Eldest Sister-in-law Shen nodded in agreement. “However, the braised food chefs in the restaurant can get six to two taels of silver every month. This salary is one of the best!”
“I’ve already thought about it. Instead of working for others, it’s better to start my own business!” Ji Zhao smiled confidently. “In the future, I’ll definitely earn a lot of money!”
“If it was in the past, I would definitely be disdainful of your words! But ever since I tasted your cooking, I think you will definitely become rich in the future!”
Eldest Sister-in-law Shen had always been quite confident in her own culinary skills.
Until she saw Ji Zhao cooking and tasted her cooking.
Only then did she understand what it meant to have a mountain beyond a mountain!
After dinner at the pastry shop, Zhao Lanhua brought Ah Tao straight to the cloth shop.
“Ah Tao, what kind of material do you like?” Zhao Lanhua held her hand and asked with an intimate smile.
Ji Zhao looked at the colorful cloth on the counter and was momentarily dazzled.
In the end, she chose a bolt of sky-blue fabric embroidered with patterns. “Mother, do you think this looks good?”
“If you like it, then buy it!” Without another word, Zhao Lanhua directly paid the bill!
At this moment, Zhao Lanhua’s image in Ji Zhao’s eyes was both cool and handsome!