Chapter 140

140 She Understands Me

“It’s all thanks to these people protecting our country on the border that we can live a stable life now. Now that they’re injured and have nowhere to go, I’ll help as many as I can! In the future, if my business grows bigger and I need more people, you can also use them. Anyway, I’ll still say the same thing. As long as their character is reliable, I’ll use them!” Li Xiaoran looked at Luo Cheng and said seriously.

Luo Cheng felt a lump in his throat.

Because he never knew that he had married such a good wife.

In the past, Luo Cheng had thought of arranging for the injured soldiers to work elsewhere.

However, those people were unwilling. They either despised this or that.

Luo Han had once wanted to help, but he wasn’t good at running a business. He could only send these disabled soldiers to the shop run by the Luo family.

Even so, those crippled soldiers could only barely survive in the Luo family.

Luo Cheng had also secretly gone to watch and saw others bullying them.

In a fit of anger, Luo Cheng wanted Luo Han to deal with those people, but the Luo family was very dissatisfied with him.

In the end, Luo Cheng took them away and started a business, then settled them down.

However, Luo Cheng was only one person after all. There was a limit to how much he could help with.

Now that he saw that Li Xiaoran didn’t reject those injured soldiers, Luo Cheng suddenly felt that Li Xiaoran understood him very well.

“Wife, thank you. I thank you on their behalf!” Luo Cheng said in the end.

Seeing Luo Cheng like this, Li Xiaoran reached out and held his hand.

“Fool, there’s no need to thank me! We should be the ones thanking them! They protected us in the past. Now that they’re injured, it’s our turn to protect them!”

Luo Cheng nodded and remembered Li Xiaoran’s understanding and support.

“Alright, then it’s settled! Next, I have something to say! How did you arrange for Ziyang?” Li Xiaoran patted Luo Cheng’s hand and said something else.

Luo Cheng restrained his emotions and thought for a moment before saying, “I haven’t thought about Ziyang! The reason I let him stay at home is to let him guard my parents-in-law. After all, we’ll be going out to do things often in the future, so we still need someone to look after the house. Do you have any plans?”

“I didn’t think about it before. After all, Ziyang is your brother. I didn’t know what you guys planned to do, so I didn’t consider him! Besides, I think we should ask Ziyang what he likes to do!” Li Xiaoran said.

Luo Cheng thought for a moment and finally said, “I’ll ask Ziyang about this tomorrow! Anyway, his first priority is to protect our family and do some other tasks along the way.”

“Alright, then ask Ziyang what he thinks!” Li Xiaoran nodded and said, “I wonder what you want to tell me?”

Seeing that Li Xiaoran was done, Luo Cheng started talking about his side.

“I want to open a wine shop. Then, open some wine shops in the entire dynasty and even the surrounding countries. I think the spicy braised food you make is extremely tasty. I wonder if you can give me this recipe?”

“My spicy braise was prepared for your wine shop anyway. Just use it! However, since you want to open a chain store, this spicy braise formula is very important. At least, we can’t let others learn it. Otherwise, we will have much less of an advantage!” Li Xiaoran immediately hit the nail on the head.

“That’s indeed the case. I wonder if you have any solutions?” Luo Cheng asked.

“Actually, it’s simple! The formula is in our hands. We just have to grind all the condiments of our spicy braised food into powder and put them in the gauze bags! Every branch only needs to send these bags over, so others won’t be able to steal our formula,” Li Xiaoran said.

“What if someone steals our condiments?” Luo Cheng asked when thinking of a possibility.

Li Xiaoran pondered for a moment and said, “Actually, it’s very difficult to completely keep the formula. Some people will follow the trend after eating our food. As long as our taste is special enough, we won’t be afraid of others replicating it. Actually, a good pot of spicy braised pork doesn’t just require a special formula. It also needs years of braising experience, and the more braised it is, the better the taste. After every braising, the gravy has to be processed before it can be used again. Every time we use it, we need to continue adding fresh seasonings to continue braising. So we just have to preserve the taste!”

Luo Cheng understood what Li Xiaoran meant and fell into deep thought.

“Besides, husband, these dishes aren’t the only things that should be sold in the wine shop. Your wine is also very important. Therefore, when the two are combined, I think we will definitely do better than others. As long as we have good wine and keep innovating, we won’t be afraid that our business will be snatched away by others!” Li Xiaoran said.

After being persuaded by Li Xiaoran, Luo Cheng understood.

That was indeed the case in business. Being imitated was inevitable.

When new dishes were served in restaurants, other chefs would secretly learn the recipe.

As long as the food and wine in their wine shop tasted good enough, they weren’t afraid of others stealing their business!

“You’re right! I was too narrow-minded!”

“By the way, I might be busy with the wine brewing and the wine shop for the next period of time. I’ll leave early and return late everyday. I might not come back at night! If there’s anything that can’t be resolved at home, go straight to Ziyang. He will resolve it. If Ziyang can’t resolve it, he will also inform me! Don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything!” Luo Cheng remembered what he was going to do next and told Li Xiaoran first.

“Alright, I’ll remember it!” Li Xiaoran nodded.

After talking about serious matters, Li Xiaoran was a little sleepy.

They lay on the bed together and slept afterward.

Li Yan, who had been sent to the medical center in town by Li Zhan, looked happily at the man who was talking to the doctor not far away.

She really didn’t expect that before she could look for Li Xiaoran’s husband in her previous life, he would come knocking on her door.

At this moment, she couldn’t care less about the pain in her shoulder from the dog bite. She was focused on how to get to know him.

However, when she saw the other party’s troubled expression, Li Yan felt dejected again.

At this moment, she had no money or reishi mushroom. How could she help him?

If she couldn’t help this person, how could she attract his attention and get him to marry her?