Our Family's Daughter Has Grown Up (2)
"Madam Li, what is the meaning of this? Yesterday, we agreed the split would be you all fifty-five, and I take forty-five, how come now it's sixty for you, and forty for me?" Du Xiao Li placed the paper onto the table, and looked to Li Xue Qing asking.
"It's like this, Xiao Li, after I'd gone back, I calculated with your brother Li and discovered that with this split, our Li family winery's profits are meager. That's why, we had no choice but to adjust the ratio higher." Li Xue Qing explained. "Look, even if the winery's equipment, raw materials, and also workers are set aside, our currently existing sales channel is also considered our asset. Furthermore, buying(bribing) relations isn't a small amount either."
"But our profit shares are all based on after those initial costs are eliminated." Du Xiao Li said.
"But we still have to invest energy and effort, our side getting a little more is also reasonable." Li Xu Quan said.
His words were somewhat harsh. Looks like he was unwilling to discuss more with her. After all, in Zhou county, they can be considered a large family, and this county magistrate was also the Li family's in-law. If Sun Zheng doesn't know Du Xiao Li, then they can completely just take the recipe by force. Right now, sitting here and discussing with her was already considered giving her face!
"If you want to divide like this, it's also doable, but in the future, if I want to buy wine, you all have to give me a discount. Moreover, the few types of fruit wine that I point out, those wine you can only produce according to the amount I decide." Du Xiao Li somewhat reluctantly said.
"Produce according to the amount you decide? If you only let us produce a little bit, wouldn't the winery suffer a loss?" Li Xu Quan said with a frown.
"Don't worry, since my profits are also tied to the winery, I definitely won't let the winery suffer!" Du Xiao Li said, "As the saying goes, 'the rarer something is, the greater its value'. If all of it becomes mass produced wine, then the winery's grade will be reduced."
As soon as Li Xue Qing heard, her two eyes lit up. She was smarter than Li Xu Quan, so hearing Du Xiao Li say this, she immediately understood her meaning, "Fine, we'll just do as you say! Look and see if there's still any other objections."
The two sides stayed in the private room and discussed for about four hours. At noon, they ordered some dishes, and after eating lunch, continued discussing, all the way until the two sides were both satisfied. Finally, they let Manager Xu draft two copies of the contract on paper.
After it was done, Du Xiao Li carefully looked it over. Feeling that it was pretty good, she signed her own name on there, and also stamped her fingerprint. Li Xue Qing also wrote her own full name and stamped her fingerprint on there.
"Alright, let's head to the magistrate office to find my brother-in-law for a notarization, and this matter will thus be settled." Seeing that the matter was finally finalized, Li Xue Qing let out a long sigh of relief.
"Wait." Just then, Leng Er, who'd been quiet the whole time, suddenly spoke.
"What's wrong?"
Everyone all looked to Leng Er in confusion.
Leng Er took out a small seal and said, "My family's young master said, after you've drafted the agreement, he will also be a witness."
With that said, he just stamped the seal onto the spot for the witness on the two contracts.
Li Xue Qing didn't know Han Ming Yi's identity, but as a citizen of Feng Ming, when she saw the name stamped onto the contract, she entirely blanked! "This, this is......." fifth prince!?
Leng Er interrupted her words, "My family's young master said, he's only going to be a secondary witness, the main witness is still Sir Sun."
"Since that's the case, let's go look for my brother-in-law." She could tell, Leng Er had purposefully stopped her words. It should be because Du Xiao Li still doesn't know Han Ming Yi's identity.
Soon after, the party arrived at the county magistrate office. After they found Sun Zheng, they explained the situation to him.
Sun Zheng had already heard about Li Xue Qing wanting to buy Du Xiao Li's recipe from Li Xue Mei, but he didn't know about them working together. After listening to them explain, he gladly became a witness for them.
He took out his official seal, and just when he was about to apply it, he was startled by the name under the witness section. The seal in his hand unable to go down.
Last time, because of Er laizi's matter, he'd already met Leng Er once, and knew he was someone by the fifth prince's side. But unexpectedly the fifth prince actually came to be a witness!
"Sir Sun, is there a problem?" Seeing Sun Zheng's hesitant look, Du Xiao Li asked.
Leng Er and Li Xue Qing were both fully aware of the reason, and hearing Du Xiao Li's question, Li Xue Qing was further certain that Du Xiao Li was unaware of Han Ming Yi's identity.
"Since there's already a witness on here, there's no need for me to also be a witness, right?" You must be joking, with the fifth prince's seal on there, where would he still have the guts to stamp his own on top?!
"Big brother Yi said he's only going to be a secondary witness, the main witness should still be Sir Sun. Furthermore, big brother Yi is also considered my side's witness. If it's just him, it's hard to avoid feeling somewhat unfair in the future. So Sir Sun can just be Madam Li side's witness." Du Xiao Li explained.
Sun Zheng looked to Leng Er, seeing that he didn't have any unusual expressions, finally stamped his own seal down. However, although he is the main witness, he still had his seal stamped below Han Ming Yi's personal seal.
"Alright, now that everything is all taken care of, in the future, we are partners." Du Xiao Li had her copy put away into her little satchel and lightly patted it.
"Yes, in the future, we are partners." Li Xue Qing also said with a smile. "How about this, since it's already rather late today, regarding the specifics of the winery, let's find some other time to discuss."
"Okay. Then we'll take our leave first." Du Xiao Li waved her hand at Sun Zheng and Madam Li, bid her farewell, and lead Leng Er and Luo Qi away.
After Du Xiao Li and the others left, Sun Zheng said, "Since you all already found the fifth prince to be a witness, why come to look for me? Do you want to end my career!"
"Brother-in-law, I didn't know beforehand either!" Li Xue Qing also felt somewhat wronged, but since Leng Er already said it like that, could they still dare to disobey?!
"Sigh, forget it, since fifth prince is a witness now, in the future, you better strictly abide by the contract. Otherwise, we'll all have to suffer the consequences!" Sun Zheng warned them.
What all the Li family has done before in the dark, it's not like he didn't know, but those methods better not be used on Du Xiao Li, else everyone will all be done for!
"I know. However, fortunately, when this contract was drawn up, it's still considered fair." Li Xue Qing rejoiced. "Actually, with the fifth prince as the witness, for us, there are still advantages. At least, we've gained another big tree."
"Whether or not he's a big tree, it's still hard to say as of now. Anyways, right now, don't spread the news of the fifth prince being the witness out." Sun Zheng said with a serious expression.
"Brother-in-law, did something happen?" Li Xu Quan asked.
Sun Zheng didn't say anything, only letting out a heavy sigh. He waved his hand, letting Li Xue Qing and the others leave.
Now that the matter was settled, Du Xiao Li brought Luo Qi and Leng Er to go buy a lot of ingredients, planning to go back and celebrate. Of course, she also didn't forget to go find Du Xiu Heng to tell him about today's matter. She also bought quite a bit of cooked food to give him and Zhang Rui.
When they returned to Du village, it was already in the evening. Leng Er and the others had the ingredients unloaded. Du Xiao Li had everyone help out, making for them a whole table of delicious food. Everyone was perfectly contented as they ate.
However, Han Ming Yi could only watched them eat, because that day he'd taken the mature 'five color' fruit. It's said that eating that fruit can cure his twitching disease, but after eating it, he can't eat anything spicy or greasy. So when everyone was pigging out, he could only drink the white rice porridge before him, while constantly shooting cold daggers towards that merry bunch.
However, luckily Du Xiao Li had fixed him two small dishes according to his conditions, else he would only have white rice porridge to eat.
"Grandpa Niu, is that five color fruit really that miraculous and can cure big brother Yi's illness?" Du Xiao Li looked to Niu Jing asking, as she gnawed on a chicken feet.
"Yes. This five color fruit is praised as a godly fruit. No matter what kind of aliments the body has, it can cure it all." Niu Jing said.
Today, they finally had the matured five color fruit fed to Han Ming Yi. The big rock in his heart can finally be put to rest. Just, this way, the day of their departure is near.
Seeing Niu Jing that certain, Du Xiao Li thought to herself, 'This world actually has such an OP medical ingredient, this is too incredible!'
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