The Ace Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl Chapter 1318: Shu Yu: Our Costs Are High

Roasting lon seeds isn’t exactly a technical job, like peanuts, chestnuts, waterlon seeds, and other roasted goods have similarities in their preparation. So it’s not really a secret recipe, no need to avoid people.

Especially for soone like Ren Huai, whose family runs a business in nuts and preserved fruits.

But Shu Yu’s five-spice flavor isn’t found elsewhere, she uses a lot of ingredients, generous portions, and the proportions are carefully researched and tested, which is why the lon seeds taste good and sll wonderful.

Naturally, this aspect is not sothing outsiders should know.

Thus, when Luo Chun saw Shu Yu bringing guests in, she put away the more private parts, only letting people do routine tasks.

Ren Huai knew well enough not to insist on seeing.

Both he and Shu Yu understood that this visit was mainly to check the environnt and the atmosphere of the staff at work.

Ren Huai wanted to use these two points to be sowhat picky and seize the chance to negotiate the price down, but clearly, he was now at a loss for words.

He looked at the staff wearing sothing on their faces and asked in confusion, "Why are they covering their faces like this?"

Shu Yu explained with a smile, "It’s not exactly covering their faces, just covering the mouth. Everyone’s working, it’s inevitable to talk. Sotis when raising their voices, there might be saliva, so it’s just to prevent saliva from falling on the lon seeds."

Shu Yu didn’t wear a mask, since the weather wasn’t really hot yet, wearing a mask could keep them warm. But once it gets hot, wearing a mask would be torture.

Nowadays in many places that sell cooked food, the staff wear transparent plastic food masks. But there’s no plastic in this era, so Shu Yu thought and thought, and temporarily used bamboo slats instead. She figured she might switch to sothing better in the future.

Actually, lon seeds have shells, so it’s not necessary to go to such lengths.

But Shu Yu also sold lon seed kernels here, even though the lon seeds should be cracked open by oneself for their soul. Yet for many of today’s aristocratic ladies, this act is sowhat inelegant, making lon seed kernels a good choice.

Ren Huai hadn’t expected her to consider this far, as he looked at the mask, he beca thoughtful.

However, the next mont, he heard Shu Yu sighing, "Young Master Ren, you can see, the lon seeds in our shop are clean and high-quality. We put in a lot of effort for this, which leads to a lot of expenses. Not to ntion the lon seeds themselves, look at these shoe covers, these masks, these clothes, all prepared by the workshop itself. To treat the staff kindly, we use good things for them as well. This cost, well, it just went up."

Ren Huai’s eyelids suddenly twitched upon hearing this and laughed awkwardly, "Monarch Lu Xiang is a conscientious boss."

"Yes, I see everyone having tough lives and working hard in earnest. As for , I can’t help with anything else but to think of ways to help improve their lives, so their families can live better. Only then can they work without worries, right? But I can’t openly raise their wages, as other workshops might not be happy if there’s too big a difference. After considering, I can only occasionally give them rewards, and during festivals, distribute so good things. But doing so raises the costs again."

Ren Huai, "..."

Steward Xu silently hung his head; he didn’t even have the chance to speak up and try to press the price, what to do?

He quietly glanced at Ren Huai, seeing that he also seed unable to respond, secretly heaved a sigh of relief.