She Became A Downfall Noble Lady
Chapter 131 - 130 Price

Chapter 131: Chapter 130 Price

At this moment, Nanny Jin was in the hall of the snack shop, having just received the note Ye Xinyan had handed over, while the boy from the cattle farm was eagerly inhaling the aroma of the butter cake, waiting for Nanny Jin to respond.

Nanny Jin glanced at the note in her hand, then at Qi Ershun, who was tidying up the tables and stools.

Last night Ye Zi mentioned that today would be a busy day, needing to send Qi Jia to the main house to be looked after by Lady Xu for the day. By the looks of it, Lady Han must have kicked up a fuss again when Qi Jia was sent over, no?

Well, it’s just as well. Without dealing with Lady Han once and for all, peace won’t likely come in the future.

No sooner had Shopkeeper He stepped into the casual snack shop than he laughed heartily from afar, "My boy wasn’t wrong, Nanny; here truly are new desserts, and just by the aroma, one can tell it’s out of the ordinary."

Unperturbed, Nanny Jin slipped the note into her sleeve and smiled, "Coincidentally, I was just thinking of finding Shopkeeper He, and here you are."

Nanny Jin’s words were not just polite small talk. Now that the butter cake was made, to sell it well, it would have to be promoted at Great Crane House for the best effect. As a fast-food-style casual snack shop like theirs, they could only enjoy the fruits of victory once butter cake became a hot seller at Great Crane House.

Shopkeeper He bowed repeatedly to Nanny Jin, "It’s bold of me, indeed; being in the food business, I care greatly about the scent of foods. So here I am, drawn by the aroma."

His eyes trailed to the back of the hall as he spoke and asked, "This scent is quite unique and far-reaching. Is it the aroma from your new dessert?"

Nanny Jin gestured with her hand toward the kitchen for Shopkeeper He, "This is a butter cake newly made by Ye Zi here in our little shop for the first time. Shopkeeper He, come in and have a taste."

As Nanny Jin ushered Shopkeeper He, about to enter the back hall, she instructed Ercheng to take care of the boy who had brought the message, "Ercheng, pour the lad a cup of tea, and get him a couple of desserts to sit and rest a bit."

On the usual worktop in the kitchen for making cakes and dairy desserts lay a freshly baked cake, glistening with oil and a light golden hue. Despite its enticing golden-brown color, the cake was not dry or hard, but still soft and fluffy.

Shopkeeper He immediately noticed what set this cake apart, "Nanny, this... it’s still a cake, right? But it looks so different from the usual!"

Nanny Jin stepped forward with a smile, cut off a small corner, placed it on a plate, and pushed it towards Shopkeeper He, "The raw materials for making this cake are not easy to come by, so I can only let you taste a small corner. The price of this cake is quite high, you see. Try the flavor, and see if it could be introduced at Great Crane House."

Shopkeeper He picked up the plate and looked again at the specially made flat plate on the worktop, now missing a corner, and carefully forked a small piece into his mouth.

As soon as the cake entered his mouth, Shopkeeper He’s eyes widened suddenly, and with a slight chew, the cake began to melt in his mouth.

"What ingredient have you added here?" Shopkeeper He, after savoring the cake in his mouth for a long time before swallowing, asked urgently.

Nanny Jin said with a smile, "Shopkeeper He, you indeed have hit upon the key point. The ingredient added to this cake is quite rare."

"What is it?" Shopkeeper He asked eagerly.

"Ye Zi calls it butter, which is fat extracted from cow’s milk. It is in very small quantities, where you skim a bowl out of a large bucket of cow’s milk, and approximately enough to make one or two cakes like this one."

...Butter? I’ve never heard of it.

Shopkeeper He exclaimed in disbelief, "There’s oil in cow’s milk, too?" Then, recalling how sometimes tiny spots of oil appeared in cooked milk, he wondered, "How can you extract those little specks of oil? How much cow’s milk would that take?"

Nanny Jin smiled and remained silent.

Shopkeeper He slapped his forehead, laughing, "Look at me, getting so excited that I’m blurting out everything. Like this, Nanny, today’s cake can be sent to Great Crane House, priced as per your snack shop herel; you name the price, and it’s settled."

Nanny Jin waved her hand, "That won’t be necessary, as your Great Crane House also needs to have customers sample this new-style cake so that they’ll be willing to spend silver on such an expensive food. Let’s stick to the usual practice, with the first cake still free for tasting. How it’s given out is all up to Shopkeeper He to arrange. As for the price..."

Nanny Jin weighed her words, "The butter extracted from cow’s milk is very expensive. For making the cake, apart from the eggs used, it’s this rare butter that is used to dilute and mix the flour; not a single drop of water is added, hence why the cake is so delicious. Such a butter cake is priced at ten taels of silver; what do you think, is that appropriate?"

If it were any ordinary food, ten taels of silver for one would be outrageously expensive. But...