Transmigration: The Peasant Gourmet Chef (穿越之农妇食娘)

Chapter 23 (2)

Seeing Li Hehua's return, the couple greeted her with a smile and said, "Chef Li, we have thought about it upon returning and decided to still invite you to arrange the banquet for our house. The price is as you said, eight wens per table."

Gu Da and his wife thought that eight wens per table were too expensive which is three wens more expensive than Zhou Laogen's. After the banquet is done, there will be an extra sixty wen to pay, which is not a small amount of money. Because of this, they want to go to Zhou Laogen. Even if he has a bad temper and is quite difficult to serve, they just need to be patient and it will pass.

However, as soon as they came back to discuss it with their sons, none of them agreed with it. The eldest son said, "Although Zhou Laogen charged less money, his attitude is really annoying. Who doesn't know that he needed to be invited three times before he agreed and every time someone goes there, they need to bring good things? Those things alone are more than sixty wen right?"

Their second son agreed with this and said, "Indeed father, Zhou Laogen was too arrogant every time we see him. Let's not invite him and be rubbed with his arrogance. Anyway, it's not like our family can't afford that extra sixty wens."

When several of his children said this, Gu Da's thoughts gradually changed. He feels that what they said is very reasonable and he is also embarrassed to set aside his face to beg Zhou Laogen. In that case, let's go and invite this Chef Li.

So today, the husband and wife came to invite Li Hehua again.

Li Hehua didn't say much. Since people came to invite her again, she naturally agreed, "That's fine, I'll do it for you. When is the specific day for the occasion? How many tables are there in total? Is it a two-day reception or a day?"

Gu Da replied, "The day is set for the first day of the next month. We will have twenty tables and it will be done for a day. We can simply cook and eat the first day's meal at home and the banquet will be on the next day. We'll be bothering you."

(TN: If I remember it right, the marriage here happens for two days where the first day is like the meeting of relatives and 2nd day is the official event.)

Li Hehua likes this arrangement, which means she only needs to go at the time of the banquet and come back. If she leaves early and returns late, she only needs to delay for one day.

Li Hehua nodded and said, "Alright. I will rush over there early in the morning that day. I will look at the ingredients that you buy. I'll set the menu and discuss it with you."

The couple nodded their heads in agreement and then left the He family.

Cao Simei was listening the whole time. When she saw them leave, she said, "The first day of the next month is just a few days away. Today is twenty-five."

That is to say, there are still five days left. However, this has no effect on Li Hehua. The only impact of it on her is that her work of selling pastries will be delayed. If she doesn't sell them, she will not be able to earn the money from pastries.

She originally planned for Cao Simei to sell the pastries alone when she go to the banquet, but she changed her mind now. If this change can be realized or not however needs to be discussed with Cao Simei.

And so, after dinner that day, Li Hehua said her new idea to Cao Simei. "Da jie, I originally planned to let you sell the pastries alone whenever I go for a banquet and wait for me to come back to sell pastries with you. But now, I have a new idea. I want to tell you and see if you and Da ge can agree.

Cao Simei and He Da listened attentively.

Li Hehua said, "I was thinking when I go to the banquet, can I ask the children to help and sell the pastries? I will pay the children just like you, a wen for four pieces. See if it works?