My 1995 Small Farm.

"Sauce packet?"

Liang Yuemin took a deep breath, somewhat dazed, "It smells even better than Master Kong's."

"Did you bring these sauces with you when you came?"

"No, I asked someone for two bowls of beef soup this morning, and I made it myself at home with chili sauce."

Chen Ling made up a story on the spot, then laughed and said, "Brother Yuemin, you know that Master Kong made his fortune with his braised beef noodles. Even Uni-President, which entered the mainland market many years earlier, is no match for him."

The secret lies in the sauce packet.

"Hey, you know a lot. Are you planning to start a business?"

Liang Yuemin's eyes lit up, and his face became expectant.

"No, what business do I run? I read the newspaper too."

Chen Ling was also a bit hungry. He picked up two mouthfuls of instant noodles and said, "This sauce is only a semi-finished product. If we add our local yellow beef and experiment with the seasoning combinations a few more times, once it's flavorful, then it will be a real braised beef noodle soup."

Since Master Kong came to the mainland from Taiwan in 1992, Master Kong Braised Beef Noodles has swept across the country, directly conquering many northern cities.

The reason lies in the fact that, in addition to basic seasonings, they also have other ingredients.

There's also a sauce packet with a braised beef flavor.

It's not that other competitors don't want to do it.

Like Yu Bangjin's, and Han Chuang's small instant noodle workshop in Huangni Town.

Do they not want to use sauce packets?

No.

We still lack the technology and an outstanding formula.

Moreover, higher costs mean higher selling prices.

Even if it costs a few cents more.

For example, if the price is increased from 50 cents to 80 cents, sales will not pick up in some county towns.

Therefore, these types of businesses can only use basic seasoning packets, relying on low prices and large quantities to gain an advantage.

Therefore, development is limited to the local city and cannot extend beyond the province.

They even compete with small workshops in the countryside for business, and sometimes they can't even win.

"Also, Yuemin, do you know that a few years ago instant noodles were used as military rations and traded for fighter jets with the Russians?"

"Oh, you know that? You even know about this?"

Liang Yuemin was surprised and looked at his cousin, whom he had never had the chance to acknowledge, with even greater admiration.

After all, this kind of thing isn't reported in the newspapers.

I don't know who my cousin heard it from.

"That's not important. What's important is that the Russians thought our instant noodles were too spicy and wanted to return them, so we changed them to seafood flavor, right?"

Why is Master Kong's braised beef noodles so popular in many northern cities?

It's precisely because they studied the tastes of most parts of northern China that they were able to create the braised sauce packet.

We can just copy what they do.

What Chen Ling said is true.

"Huh? That's right, Fugui, you've really given me another idea..."

Liang Yuemin seemed to have thought a lot about instant noodles, then stroked his chin and pondered for a while: "Instant noodles and beverages are actually quite similar, with strong regional characteristics. Now, it's like 'warlords rising up,' with bandits everywhere, each firmly holding onto their own province..."

This has resulted in their products being unable to exit the market, and foreign products also finding it difficult to enter.

For example, the cola they prepared themselves.

In various regions, there are different cola brands such as Tianfu Cola and Yinmei Cola, produced according to the local province, competing with foreign brands like Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

The instant noodle market is in complete chaos.

Some small workshops in rural areas go directly from village to village, selling instant noodles without packaging bags, and exchanging them for grain.

One pound of wheat can be exchanged for so much.

If this guy can switch instant noodles like this, how are other companies supposed to sell them?

"Therefore, the braised beef sauce packet from Master Kong, and the seafood-flavored seasoning packet from before, are all very instructive. We should adjust them according to popular tastes..."

At this point, Liang Yuemin looked at Chen Ling and smiled, "This matter still depends on you, Fugui."

You're good at food and drinks, so I think you could also be a good fit for our beverages.

Then there will be instant noodles, drinks...

"Just use your family's 'Wealthy Manor' name; that way it'll be a whole series, wouldn't that be great?"

Liang Yuemin still wanted Chen Ling to join.

In Liang Hongyu's words, this is a family matter, which is better than doing it with outsiders.

And Chen Ling and the others can rest assured.

"A series..."

Chen Ling frowned slightly. He wasn't thinking about how much money he would make, but rather that this series might be beneficial for promoting local yellow beef in the future.

Pickled vegetables and chili sauce can also be made this way.

Liang Yuemin's continued enthusiasm was unbearable for him.

I just mentioned instant noodles.

He couldn't wait to bring me on board, and even used the name of his own farm to name it.

This guy is being way too nice to him.

but……

Before he could think much about it, Liu Yinhuan brought the chubby boy in.

The chubby boy had grown quite a bit taller since we last saw him. As soon as he saw Chen Ling, he rushed over, jumping and bouncing around.

"Uncle, Uncle, you've finally come to see me! You don't know, I'm on summer vacation, but my mom still makes me go to so many classes, so I haven't been able to come to your house to play."

"By the way, my Bai Bai has grown so much now. I'll take you to see her at home."

"..."

"Xiaoming, stop fooling around. Your uncle is talking to your father."

Chen Ling doesn't usually come to the company; if she does, it's definitely because she has something else on her mind.

"It's alright, I've already finished talking."

Liang Yuemin smiled and said, "Xiaoming, come here quickly. Your uncle made a new kind of instant noodles. The sauce is delicious. Come and make a bowl with your mother and try it."

"Okay, I'm actually hungry, hehe."

He seemed very happy that Chen Ling had come.

Young children, once they've heard about him or learned about him, can't help but admire him.

"No need, one bowl is enough for the two of us, we can't eat more."

Liu Yinhuan stopped them from the side.

Locally produced instant noodles have a unique feature: they are characterized by large portions and affordability, with the noodle cake being about an inch thicker than those from other regions.

The dough is three fingers thick.

One packet is enough to make an average person feel about 70% full; after drinking some noodle soup, they'll feel bloated immediately. If a woman and a child share one packet, they can still eat something else.

Otherwise, even one bag per person would be too much to handle.

"Here, let Uncle tear it open for you."

Chen Ling tore open the red packaging. The pancake was so big that she had to break it into pieces before she could soak it all in the bowl.

Break the dough into several pieces.

Put in the only powdered seasoning packet.

Then add the sauce packet.

Soon the aroma wafted out.

"Uncle, what is this?"

"These are pickled green beans, sour green beans."

"Huh, can green beans be soaked in this too? Ah, it's so sour, Uncle, I can't eat it."

"Fugui, you've prepared quite a lot. Let me try some too. Hmm, it's sour and a little sweet, with the refreshing taste of green beans. Not bad."

"Not just pickled cowpeas, pickled cabbage is fine too, but we didn't bring any. These pickled vegetables were brought over from the village to sell."

……

I spent the afternoon with Liang Yuemin.

I wasn't supposed to stay this long; I was just going to have a meal and then go back to rest.

Unexpectedly, Sun Yanhong came looking for her in a great hurry.

She said Yu Bangjin didn't think much of the pickled vegetable factory, but she did, and so on.

Liang Yuemin also knew that the crayfish restaurant run by this woman came from Chen Ling, so he said he wanted to use Chen Ling's Fugui Villa as the name.

As for more specific details about instant noodles, those details certainly won't be revealed.

So Sun Yanhong didn't react at first when she heard it.

She hadn't figured out the key information, but she just wanted to be tightly bound to Chen Ling.

So changing her name suited her perfectly.

She immediately decided to change the name of her shop in the city to this.

You can't make decisions when you're in a partnership with someone.

He also said, "Actually, I used this name to deceive people before. Many of them asked around and thought it was some famous place, but they had no idea it was in a remote mountain valley."

Liang Yuemin was surprised to hear this: "What a coincidence! Boss Sun had foresight."

After a final discussion.

The pickled vegetables were settled. Sun Yanhong joined in and they opened a small restaurant next to the crayfish restaurant in the city. After the flood, they would sell crayfish under the name of "crayfish".

The Wang family, or later, Wang Lixian and his brother-in-law Wang Qingwen, could pickle vegetables and make chili sauce if they wanted, and then send them over.

Then I won't have to worry about selling it.

As I said before, pickled vegetables are a minor matter.

It would be just as good to hand it over to Liu Jiancheng to sell.

Sun Yanhong came here to express her stance.

Just as she said at the beginning, Chen Ling was willing to continue the business even if it meant losing money.

This woman has the guts to back it up.

However, despite this.

I stopped getting involved in Liang Yuemin's instant noodle business and didn't bring it up again.

All Chen Ling needs to do is provide some sauce packet recipes and a name like 'Fugui Manor', and then they'll split the profits.

"This is messed up..."

"Fugui Mountain Villa Coke? Fugui Mountain Villa Instant Noodles?"

"Tsk tsk, it doesn't sound good."

On her way home, Chen Ling still felt awkward about the name.

However, he wasn't very interested in pickled vegetables, chili sauce, or even instant noodles.

What I care about most is the beef and cats/dogs in the back. Only when they are given this name do I feel I can accept it.

……

Back home, I didn't rest. I called Zhao Dahai's car and went to deliver some things to Shanmao's house.

The group ate fruit and chatted about dogs.

They then talked about visiting the tiger in the provincial capital the next day.

As they talked, seeing the night breeze blowing and the night sky so beautiful, they suddenly got excited. Taking advantage of the darkness, they pushed out their motorcycle, opened the dog cage, and drove all the way to the forest farm and orchard on the outskirts of the city to let the dogs roam.

Of course, they didn't go too far that night, and when they saw lights, they didn't just head straight for them.

So they didn't run into the group of fighting dogs.

After returning, he called Wang Qingwen and others, who had gotten enough sleep, to come out for dinner.

Tonight, I'm being hosted at Zhao Dahai's house.

This fat guy often freeloads at Chen Ling's and Wang Jusheng's houses. Now that a whole group of people are here, he has to show his appreciation.

The city's popular roast chicken and braised beef are on display.

They prepared a large table of fine food and wine, and ate and drank right there in the small courtyard outside his building.

At the dinner table, when they talked about how the pickled vegetables and chili sauce had been taken care of, there was no need to bother building a factory anymore, and Sun Yanhong came over to collect them directly.

Give her whatever amount you have.

Everyone was happy to hear that.

Zhao Dahai, being a big talker, took advantage of the excitement to shout that Sun Yanhong had taken the initiative to ask Chen Ling to take over this matter, and that he couldn't refuse her. Judging from her attitude, if this woman were ten years younger, Chen Ling's backyard would definitely be in trouble.

After saying that, he saw Chen Ling's dumbfounded look and realized that he had forgotten that his brother-in-law was there. He had been talking nonsense all day long. He was sobered up instantly and quickly slapped himself twice.

The atmosphere was so lively, and everyone was someone I knew well. Once we started drinking, it was pretty much like hanging out with a bunch of friends.

At first, Wang Qingwen didn't realize anything was wrong. He only realized it when he saw Zhao Dahai slapping himself in the face with a guilty expression. He quickly said it was nothing and then, with a smile, told Zhao Dahai to punish himself with a drink if he really couldn't take it anymore.

They quickly moved on with laughter and chatter.

But deep down, he also thought that his brother-in-law was doing exceptionally well. If it were someone else, they would probably be having affairs with other women by now.

……

In short, Chen Ling sometimes doesn't take making money and doing business very seriously, and things actually go quite smoothly for him, with not many setbacks.

However, some things that I cared about, such as visiting the two tigers, Afu and Ashou, came up unexpectedly and I couldn't go.

The next morning, his father-in-law called several times in a row, and Chen Ling only answered the phone after he returned from buying breakfast.

It's said that my second brother-in-law got into some trouble in the Miao village and was being held there and not allowed to leave.

The father-in-law rushed over from Fenglei Town, but neither Chen Ling nor Wang Qingwen were home.

So he had no choice but to run to the county town early in the morning to call Chen Ling, hoping to find someone he knew or think of another way.