C42 Want to Sign a Contract

"The village chief didn't tell him that the tofu recipe has been sold to Young Master Liu. Our village has already signed a contract and is only going to work?"

"He said it, but that Cripple Feng was very unreasonable, not listening to him at all. He even threatened to smash our village's tofu workshop to pieces." It was because he said it was useless that she was worried about Cripple Feng.

Shen Jingli thought, that Cripple Feng most likely had a backer, otherwise he would not be so unreasonable as to not even give face to the Liu Family. He laughed softly, knowing that he would get the tofu recipe out sooner or later. However, he was not happy about being threatened in front of his house.

Sister-in-law Chen did not say anything. SShe thought that he was scared, and anxiously said: "Shen, don't worry, the village head has already led the villagers to find their village head. He will definitely not let us villagers suffer a loss."

Sister-in-law Chen scolded Cripple Feng in her heart, but she was still worried. Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, if the people really were relatives of the county magistrate, they would not be able to get anything good from them.

Shen Jingli did not want the Sister-in-law Chen to be so worried. In his opinion, the tofu recipe would be announced sooner or later, there was no need to risk it all and hold onto Shen Jingli's hand.

"Then give it to them." In any case, he didn't hope to make money by making tofu. If others wanted to learn, then they would learn.

"How can this be? This is our village's unique secret recipe. " Sister-in-law Chen shook her head. They were all rich because of selling tofu, how could they hand over the important secret recipe to him?

Shen Jingli saw through the Sister-in-law Chen's thoughts immediately and waved her hand towards Lee Qi. "Lee Qi, go to the kitchen and take out the bean curd milk that has been opened since this morning."

Lee Qi, who was standing at the side, rushed back to the stove, picked up a few pieces of tofu milk and placed it in a bowl, then brought it out.

The Sister-in-law Chen looked at the plate of rotten milk on the table in puzzlement, and asked: "Shen, what do you mean by that, ah?"

This small piece of food smelled quite good, but no one knew what it tasted like.

Shen Jingli did not say much, but took out a pair of clean chopsticks and gave it to Sister-in-law Chen: "Sister-in-law Chen, try it."

Under Shen Jingli's gaze, Sister-in-law Chen tasted the rotten milk, and her eyes immediately lit up, looking at Shen Jingli in disbelief, "Shen, what is this?"

"This is curd milk, made from tofu." Nanny Jin brewed some tea and gave Shen Jingli a cup of warm water. He took a sip and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about others stealing our business, as long as we don't suffer any losses."

Not knowing the background of the enemy, Shen Jingli did not dare to act too rashly. He was afraid that if he tried to take the risk, it would bring about trouble for Liu Hsingzu and Mu Chen. The fatty was his friend and he helped him so much, he could not be an ungrateful ingrate.

Sister-in-law Chen knew Shen Jingli's considerations were afraid of offending the county magistrate and causing trouble for the village, but she was not convinced of this at all.

"But sister-in-law isn't convinced. They got lucky like that?" For the sake of harmony in the countryside, they had already purchased their beans at a high price. Why were they still not satisfied?

Sister-in-law Chen was a very generous person, she naturally couldn't understand the playfulness in others' hearts, and could only feel a chill in her heart.

"It can't be cheap." Shen Jingli gave a faint smile. Once the recipe was given out, the price would definitely fall if more people went to make tofu. At that time, it would depend on one's ability to earn money.

Sister-in-law Chen did not understand these methods, but hearing Shen Jingli say so, his heart inexplicably calmed down.

"After the tofu recipe is handed over, our tofu workshop will sell it to the savory workshop." Shen Jingli moved the cushions on his waist, suddenly, he thought of a new way of earning money. In his previous life, as a furniture designer, his favorite way to make furniture was to design all sorts of furniture, and he was very sensitive to patterns.

Thinking of this, Shen Jingli couldn't help but feel pleased. After going to the Ancient Era, he really could find a sense of accomplishment.

"Fine, the business is very good. We work tirelessly every day to make tofu, and the supply is still a bit taxing." Thinking of this, Sister-in-law Chen no longer had any objections to handing over the tofu recipe.

"Then I'll have to trouble sister-in-law to inform the Village Chief about this matter. After this matter is resolved, I will invite the Village Head and his wife over to my place."

Shen Jingli stood up to send her off, scaring the Sister-in-law Chen into a state of panic. He did not know what to do, and anxiously said: "Shen, you were pregnant, so there's no need to send me off.

Nanny Jin also rushed over to protect Shen Jingli as if he really knew how to break it.

"Sister-in-law, I'm just pregnant. I can't move." What's going on with these people? The way he looked like he would break into pieces if he moved a little more was really annoying. At this time, Shen Jingli still didn't know how dangerous it was to have twins, he only felt that they were too common.

"Shen, you must pay more attention to your body. Don't be too tired." "The twins gave birth to children, and that was a few times inside the gates of hell. It's so much more difficult than having a child by a woman."

"That's right, Mistress should definitely pay attention to her body." Nanny Jin also agreed from the side. She had been a servant for so many years, and had seen and knew many things.

Shen Jingli had never seen it before, so he naturally did not think much of it. After nodding and accepting it, he let Lee Qi send it over to the Sister-in-law Chen, while he herself ordered the Nanny Jin to cut up some wild vegetables and feed it to the chickens. Xinmei followed behind him like a small follower.

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When Sister-in-law Chen arrived at the village entrance, she was grabbing onto the village head's neck, and cursed loudly: "If your Da Ping Village does not hand over today's tofu recipes, I will complain to the county magistrate and let him dispatch his soldiers to destroy your entire village."

His fifth concubine was the older sister of the Cripple Feng. When they heard that he was very pretty, spoke very agilely, and was the favorite of the county magistrate, he was the most favored of the six concubines. He was the biggest among the six concubines, and the Da Ping Village villagers, who had originally wanted to fight the Cripple Feng head on, became listless the moment they heard the name of the county magistrate.

"Damn old man, you better not refuse a toast and eat a forfeit. The Lord Magistrate has chosen your village's tofu, that is your honor. "

Alright, now I understand. It's not just the Feng Family Village that is envious of them and wants to make money from making tofu, even the magistrate wants to make a profit from this. Since ancient times, people and officials did not have a good ending.

"If you don't believe me, I'll ask the county magistrate to come here tomorrow. Let's see if you can give it to me!"

When she went to war with her master, this Cripple Feng had already snuck into their village and wanted to molest her. Fortunately, she was chased out by a few of the village elders, and now, she was using the name of the County Magistrate to show off her might.

"Cripple Feng, what sh * t are you spitting out? When did we ever say we wouldn't give you a prescription? The people from our Da Ping Village aren't as shameless as you. "

Sister-in-law Chen squeezed into the crowd, pulling at the anxious Aunt Lee, and whispered a string of words into her ear. frowned at the words she had just said, feeling a lot of unwillingness, but the situation had escalated to such a point that they couldn't help but think about it.

Aunt Lee looked at Sister-in-law Chen, seeing her unwillingness, she turned around to discuss with the Village Chief.

"You two old bastards, what are you muttering about? "Hurry up and hand over the prescription." Cripple Feng was not patient, seeing that the Aunt Lee was secretly discussing with the village head, he immediately became annoyed.

Aunt Lee was not a gentle person to begin with, when she heard Cripple Feng's words, she immediately became angry, and shouted towards Cripple Feng with a displeased tone: "Cripple Feng, don't be too shameless, you think you can do whatever you want with the county magistrate, there is no reason to fear anything, there is still a royal law in this world, you will be punished sooner or later."

Cripple Feng laughed, what retribution? The Cripple Feng did not believe this.

"We can give you the tofu recipe, but we need to sign a contract with you. In the future, you will never be able to find trouble with our village again."

The Village Head mentioned that he wanted to sign the contract just in case. What if they had another way to earn money, and these people came to threaten and force him?

Actually, after Shen Jingli had shared the prescription with the villagers, he had thought that the nearby villagers would also covet their prescription. He had thought that if they came to him and asked sincerely, he would definitely give them one.

When they first heard that the people from the Da Ping Village were willing to give them the tofu recipe, the other villagers were very happy. However, when they heard that the villagers wanted to sign the contract, they knew that they had infuriated them.

Standing among the villagers of Feng Village was a beautiful lady dressed in very enchanting clothes. She twisted her waist and walked out, then said to the village chief, "I say, Village Chief Li, what do you mean by this? It's just a small matter, why would you sign such a contract? Do you not believe us? "

The woman was covered in a thick layer of powder. As she spoke, the trembling powder slowly fell off. It was as ugly as it could be, even though she didn't feel it.

"Right, I don't believe you." Village Chief Li did not give her any face at all. Just based on the fact that the Feng Family was urging the villagers to cause trouble at Da Ping Village, he could not wait to have them kicked out.

"You guys slowly think about it. After signing the contract, you can come to our tofu workshop to watch at any time. If you don't sign, then please go back."

"Damn old man, does your village not want to farm this year?" Cripple Feng never thought that Village Chief Li would be so stubborn.

Village Chief Li lit up a cigarette and started smoking, he looked coldly at Cripple Feng, does this man really think he is a fool? Cripple Feng usually liked to do wicked things. If he really handed the prescription over without any conditions, he would not have built a dam and given them water to farm.

After all, he had been the village head for many years. How could he not see through this?

"If I gave you the prescription, would you come to the dam to let the water out?" He's stupid, and he thinks others are as stupid as he is.

Hearing the Village Chief's words, the villagers of Da Ping Village stared at Cripple Feng fiercely. This Cripple Feng was truly wicked.

"Old Feng, it was all your fault. You can't blame me for everything." Village Chief Li was very dissatisfied with the Feng Family Village for doing such a thing.

That was why he followed the Cripple Feng to do such a thing. However, since things had already come to this point, he had no way of turning back, so he tried to curry favor with him, "Old Li, how about we offer a silver tael for our village and treat it as us buying this recipe?"

"Can't." Originally, he wanted to take the tofu recipe to show respect to the county magistrate so that he could arrange a job for him in the courthouse, not to let these useless villagers earn money. He threw Village Chief Li onto the ground, "This recipe can only be given to me, I want to present it to the county magistrate. In the future, none of you are allowed to make tofu."

Not only was the people from Da Ping Village glaring at him, even the people from Feng Family Village wanted to chase him away. Normally, the Cripple Feng was involved in some wicked things, but no matter what, their sister was a concubine to the county magistrate. With a relative from the official family, who could control him so he could only keep his eyes open and his eyes closed.

"That's right. This tofu recipe must first be submitted to the county magistrate. Only after he approves can you lowly commoners make tofu to buy tofu." The one who spoke was the enchanting woman from before. She was the wife of the Cripple Feng, and was from the neighboring town's He Village. She had a restless face, and would play around with any man whenever she saw one.

Bullshit, if the county magistrate were to approve it, then it would be hell for him. Everyone despised him in their hearts, this Cripple Feng family was truly shameless.

A few villages were in an uproar, and in the end, under the strong request of Village Chief Li, they signed a peace treaty, and due to Cripple Feng's obscene influence, they could only give him a prescription.

After discussing this matter, the Sister-in-law Chen led Village Chief Li and his wife to Shen Jingli's home.