Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 116 Hot Sales

They were both stunned for a moment, and Ye Jiayao handed him the box beside her: "Here, this is it. It looks very precious. I am embarrassed to accept it."

Xia Chunyu opened it and looked at it, then said, "This box is too rotten, it doesn't match the Ruyi. I'll get you a better one tomorrow."

Ye Jiayao said, "I was afraid I might break it, so I found this box temporarily."

"Please keep it. This thing is indeed precious. There is only one like this in the whole Huai Song." Xia Chunyu said with a smile.

"I will keep it well, but what if a thief comes to the house?" Ye Jiayao said worriedly. She now has two treasures, one is the prince's calligraphy, the other is the jade ruyi, uh, no, there is another one, the food guide she compiled herself, which is also a treasure, plus the silver she has on hand, a little less, a total of more than 600 taels, but it is all her belongings, her first pot of gold.

There were no safes these days, and the house was not hers, so she could just build a secret cabinet or something.

"This is not difficult. Uncle Jiang and Jiang Li are both experts in mechanical devices. Let them find a way for you." Xia Chunyu said.

Ye Jiayao's eyes lit up. That's right! Let them build a mechanism so that anyone who comes to steal will be able to release poison mist or shoot hidden arrows.

"It's your turn to speak." Ye Jiayao got back to the point.

Xia Chunyu pretended to be dumbfounded: "Say...what?"

Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't tell me that you asked the Helian family to invite Minister Mu because you have a close relationship with him."

Xia Chunyu twitched his lips. He couldn't hide this matter, so he said, "The maid Li was driven out of the house by your stepmother. She knew a lot of things. You were betrayed, and Wei Liujiang was also involved. Moreover, your second sister is very strong-willed, vain, and likes to show off. She would naturally not let go of such a good opportunity to show off, so she set up this trap."

In order not to make her sad, Xia Chunyu still kept some of the inside story.

Ye Jiayao felt mixed emotions. It must have taken a lot of effort to find a servant who was kicked out of the Ye family in Yangzhou! It seemed that they had started preparing for it a long time ago.

She didn't ask him to help her, but he did it on his own initiative and kept it a secret from her. It would take her a long time to get justice on her own.

"Then... you also arranged for Li's disappearance?" Ye Jiayao said with almost certainty. Given Chunyu's relationship with the palace, it would be easy to get someone out without anyone noticing.

Xia Chunyu looked at her quietly, his smile becoming more profound: "The best is yet to come, just wait and see!"

The next day, the hottest topic in Jinling City was Tianshangju’s snow skin ice cream mooncakes.

The snow skin mooncakes made their debut last night and immediately caused a sensation. No one had ever seen such a novel and delicious dessert. Everyone at the table only got one, and it was a small one at that, which was not satisfying at all. When I told everyone about it at home, it aroused the appetite of my family members and they all urged me to buy some quickly.

So early in the morning, some people came to Tianshangju to inquire. Ye Jiayao simply wrote a notice and posted it at the door.

Each snow skin mooncake costs five taels of silver, and each person is limited to purchase five. Sale starts at noon every day and is on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, since snow skin mooncakes need to be refrigerated, if you don’t have a portable refrigeration jar at home, our store sells one for twenty taels of silver.

Strangely enough, when she came in the morning, Shopkeeper Li told her to sell the ice jar herself and gave her a suggested price of twenty taels of silver.

Ye Jiayao was moved. Lao Li is a good man after all!
"Five taels each, are you robbing me?"

"It's so expensive. My two months' salary is gone in one go."

"There are so many rich people these days, and we poor people are lucky to have a bowl of rice to fill our stomachs."

"Damn, there's a purchase limit. Will I die if I make a few more?"

"You are a fool if you don't know how to make money..."

"What do you know? This is called rare goods."

"What do you mean by 'ju'? It's us errand boys who are unlucky. We've been exhausted by an iced drink, and now they've brought out mooncakes. I guess we should line up before dawn."

"It's too late to come before daybreak. I'll pack up and stay here tonight."

A large group of people gathered in front of Tianshangju, talking about it. Some were complaining about the high price, some were complaining about the trouble, but no one left. They simply found a shady place to sit and wait, fearing that if they left, they would be unable to get in line. It seemed that they had received orders from their master and must buy it.

In the kitchen, mooncakes are being made in full swing.

"Li Yao, there are a lot of objections to the purchase restriction outside?" Manager Qian saw that the situation outside was very good, so he ran in and asked.

Ye Jiayao said as she pressed the mold: "The purchase limit is just a gimmick. Generally, the people who come to buy are wealthy families. Five will definitely not be enough? They have to queue up again. The harder it is to buy this thing, the more worthwhile they think it is."

Manager Qian chuckled and said, "That makes sense, but I don't think five hundred will be enough."

"Then we can only wait until tomorrow."

She only made so much ice cream filling and couldn't make any changes at the last minute. Moreover, ice cream was her secret magic weapon, so she only made it at home at night and asked Jiang Li to deliver it to her when it was ready.

Sure enough, the five hundred snowy mooncakes were sold out in less than two quarters of an hour, with seventy or eighty of the iced mooncakes sold. Those who tried to queue up again could not get a spot at all and had to go back in disgrace.

Mooncake sales were booming, and the number of customers who came to eat there also increased dramatically. The restaurant was fully booked at noon, and the private rooms at night and even the rooms for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow were all booked. Everyone came here because of its reputation. Almost overnight, Tianshangju became the most popular restaurant in Jinling City, far surpassing Fu Ji and Xiang Yi Lou. And Li Yao also became a hot figure.

After work in the evening, Manager Li called Ye Jiayao over.

First, the bill was settled. Five hundred mooncakes, 30%, one and a half taels each, seven hundred and twenty-five taels of silver. Seventy-six ice jars, ten taels each, all the profit went to her, another seven hundred and sixty taels. All together, it was one thousand four hundred and eighty-five taels.

Ye Jiayao was amazed. Wow, this is what it means to make a fortune every day!
Seeing this data, Shopkeeper Li was jealous and said with a sad face: "Li Yao, you are going to make a fortune. Your income in one day is more than the income of the restaurant in several days. However, this is also your ability, you deserve it."

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "Boss, can you not look so gloomy? You earn more than me. I only take 30%, but you take 70%. After deducting 10% of the cost, you still have to take 60%. The mooncakes alone cost 3,000 taels today, and there is also the banquet? I heard from Manager Qian that even the private room for the day after tomorrow has been booked. You are making a fortune every day, and you, a rich man, envy me?"

Shopkeeper Li was in tears. How could he have known what kind of ice skin mooncakes Li Yao would make? How could he have known that ice skin mooncakes would be so popular? Now, the restaurant had just been sold and the God of Wealth was squatting on the roof and scattering silver. He counted the silver until his hands cramped and the accountant's abacus was almost broken. In the end, none of it was his.

Now he is regretting so much that his intestines are turning black and blue, and he can't say anything about his pain!

Shopkeeper Li smiled bitterly and said, "How about this? We can settle the bill every three days and have the accountant exchange it for silver bills for you."

"No problem, I don't care." Ye Jiayao said casually.

It would be better to wait a few days until Jiang Li helps her build the safe.

Shopkeeper Li handed over a few more lists: "These are five families who are here to invite you to prepare a banquet today. I don't think the schedules conflict, but I'm afraid it will be very hard for you to make mooncakes during this period."

Ye Jiayao took the list and looked at it. Wow, they were all high-ranking officials. Among them was someone from the family of Left Prime Minister Su, who was also celebrating his wife's birthday. Ye Jiayao couldn't help but think of the well-known and mysterious Su Su, Zhao Qixuan's lover. Since his mother was having a birthday, shouldn't her son show up?
"The price I offer you is three hundred taels and four hundred taels," said Shopkeeper Li.

Ye Jiayao put the list away: "Okay, there's money to be made, so why worry about working hard?"

"Manager Li, if there is nothing else, I'll leave first." Ye Jiayao bowed and said goodbye.

She went to the kitchen and got an ice jar, as she had to give a gift!
After leaving Tianshangju, Ye Jiayao saw Chunyu's carriage parked under a willow tree thirty meters away diagonally opposite.

Just as I was about to walk over, I heard someone shouting, "Yaoyao."

Uh...is it Xiaojing?

"Why are you here?" Ye Jiayao was depressed.

Helian Jing jumped off the horse, with a vibrant smile on his face: "I came to find you!"

Isn't this nonsense? Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes and glanced at the carriage anxiously. It seemed that she would not be able to ride in the carriage today.

"Yaoyao, I brought you the money for the mooncakes. Here, one thousand one hundred taels, please count it."

Ye Jiayao took it and put it in her pocket without even looking at it: "No need to order."

"Huh? Are there mooncakes in here?" Helian Jing saw the ice jar in her hand and was about to lift the lid.

Ye Jiayao quickly dodged: "This is what I want to give to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"It's okay to eat one." Helian Jing teased her deliberately.

"Come tomorrow if you want to eat them. I'll make you a few more." Ye Jiayao guarded the ice jar tightly. There were ten of them in it, perfect. It would be bad if one was missing.

"Look how anxious you are. I'm just joking with you. Are you going to the Prince's Mansion now? I'll take you there!" Helian Jing said.

"No, I can go by myself."

"Do you know him in the Prince's Mansion?"

Uh...she really doesn't know him, but she can ask!
"Let's go, let's go. I'll take you and we'll be there in a short ride on horseback." Helian Jing said.

Riding a horse? Ye Jiayao glanced at the carriage again. Riding on the same horse with Xiao Jing right under Chunyu's nose, he was probably going to get mad again.

"I don't like riding horses, let's go on foot! Walk a hundred steps after a meal, and you will live to be ninety-nine."

"Haha, it's more than a hundred steps to the Prince's Mansion, but if you want to go, I'll go with you." Helian Jing snatched the Bingjian from her hand and held the horse with one hand.

Ye Jiayao had no choice but to follow.

Xia Chunyu saw it clearly from the carriage and was unhappy. He had been waiting here for more than half an hour. He finally waited for someone to come out, but was intercepted by Xiao Jing halfway, and he couldn't go and snatch her back. He was furious. The matter of the Ye family had to be settled quickly so that she could resume her status as the eldest daughter of the Ye family. Otherwise, he couldn't sleep well.

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