Chapter 163: Promoting Seeds

During the rest day, Yun You took Yun Shu to this Ruyi Restaurant.

Yun You said with a smile, "I heard this restaurant was opened by the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess has so many strange and curious things, and I also heard the dishes here are all very novel."

Yun Shu became interested as well and went to Ruyi Restaurant with his father.

But looking at the menu, Yun You was stunned.

He had not tasted a single one of these dishes and had no idea what they tasted like.

Yun Shu took the menu: "Then I will order at random."

"Cold tossed century eggs, cold tossed cucumber, boiled pork slices, hot and sour shredded potatoes, corn stir-fried shrimp, and let's have a tomato egg drop soup."

Xiao Shi hurriedly noted it down and went to write the order.

Yun You muttered in a low voice: "They are all things I haven't eaten, but the prices are fair."

After waiting for quite a while, the dishes were brought out one by one.

Yun You was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden; every time a dish was brought up, he would exclaim in surprise.

"This, is this corn? Can you actually shell the corn kernels to stir-fry them?"

"What is this red thing? I've never encountered it before; can this thing actually be eaten?"

"What is this thin, narrow thing? Why does it look so strange?"

"This century egg is all black; can it be eaten?"

"And what is this oily green crunchy piece?"

Yun You had many questions.

Yun Shu then said: "They can all be eaten. This is a century egg; it looks ugly but tastes quite good. The red garnish is chili, which can enhance the flavor..."

Yun Shu introduced these dishes to his father one by one.

Yun You widened his eyes, picked up a chopstick full of food, and his eyes lit up when he ate it.

Yun You was puzzled: "This is your first time here too, right? How do you know how to eat these dishes?"

Yun Shu's chopsticks trembled, but he said without changing his expression: "His Highness has kept me for meals a few times, and I have eaten these things."

Yun You then stopped doubting.

The father and son finished the entire table full of dishes and returned home feeling satisfied.

Yun You said happily: "We can come often in the future; the food at this restaurant tastes excellent."

It was just that neither of them expected that this was their first and also their last time eating at Ruyi Restaurant.

It was only because it had just opened for two days that business wasn't that good; later, business was booming, and it was impossible to squeeze in.

In the teahouse, everyone had lost the mood to listen to storytelling; everyone was discussing Ruyi Restaurant.

Yan Ning disguised herself and came to the teahouse to see how the reputation of Ruyi Restaurant was.

"Oh my, I didn't manage to grab a seat at Ruyi Restaurant again today. Business is too booming. I don't know why the shopkeeper doesn't raise the prices of the food. It's been several days, and I just couldn't grab a seat."

"Isn't that so? I've only eaten there once. I saw that they use strange new vegetables inside, like that cucumber, century egg, and tomato. We had never even seen those before."

The people in the teahouse began to sigh.

Yan Ning whispered to the guard beside her: "Go help promote the seeds at the Grocery Store."

At this moment, Wei Wu stepped forward: "Don't you all know yet that you can buy the seeds for these vegetables at Xiangyun Grocery Store?"

Everyone's gaze converged on Wei Wu.

Wei Wu then said with a smile: "I saw it when I went to buy toilet paper this morning. They even have some tomatoes and cucumbers for sale inside, and there are century eggs too. If you go early, you might be able to grab some."

At this time, a few people in the teahouse left quietly.

At this time, someone asked Wei Wu: "Can those seeds really grow those vegetables we haven't seen before?"

Wei Wu straightened his back, and instead of answering, he asked: "Do you still not trust Xiangyun Grocery Store?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

There were also people who wanted to go grab seeds right now.

But there were still people who questioned: "Even if they grow, so what? We don't know the recipes, so we still won't be able to eat food as delicious as that at Ruyi Restaurant."

Wei Wu continued: "I almost forgot, the Grocery Store sells cookbooks. They contain all kinds of preparation methods, and the taste is no worse than Ruyi Restaurant."

Everyone was silent for two or three seconds.

Afterwards, they left at high speed, swarming toward Xiangyun Grocery Store.

After Wei Wu returned, he said happily: "Your Highness, your subordinate has already taken care of it."

Yan Ning's lips curled upward, "Finally, those seeds have been dealt with. It's just a pity that those buying the seeds are all from wealthy families; not a single one of the farmers in the countryside received any."

Wei Wu comforted her: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry."

Yan Ning thought that was true; it was better than having no one interested before.

These seeds still need to be promoted slowly.

Now, the first step has already been taken.

At this moment, a crowd of people was standing in Xiangyun Grocery Store, and it was chaotic.

Some people even came to blows over a cookbook.

The Manager raised his voice: "Don't grab, don't grab! In any case, they haven't been grown yet, so there's no need to rush to grab them."

"In a few days, we will print another thousand copies, so everyone doesn't need to worry."

After these words came out, the originally noisy crowd quieted down.

Someone even took a rough look at the cookbook, "My god, it actually contains the recipes for hot and sour shredded potatoes and boiled pork slices!"

"And corn pork rib soup; aren't these the signature dishes of the Ruyi Restaurant next door?"

"Selling the recipes directly isn't good, right? The business of the shop next door..."

The Manager thought to himself that the restaurant next door was originally created by the Crown Princess to promote the new seeds.

But this could not be told to the customers.

The Manager said, "You don't need to worry about these things; it won't affect the business of the shop next door."

The few people who snatched up the recipes went home satisfied; they didn't have the other dishes, but they did have the Potato.

They could go back and make some Hot and Sour Shredded Potatoes.

Wait...

Hot and Sour Shredded Potatoes seem to require chili peppers!

A group of people swallowed their saliva and immediately went home to plant the Seed they had snatched.

Those new varieties of Seed were snatched up, and some people, unwilling to have come for nothing, simply bought the improved Seed instead.

They always felt that with the same ingredients, the food at the Ruyi Restaurant next door just tasted better.

Many people guessed that the Ruyi Restaurant used vegetables grown from improved Seed.

The next day, Yan Ning came to the Grocery Store again and discovered that the Seed shelves were all empty; not only the new Seed, but the improved Seed had also been sold out.

Yan Ning said, "When you have time, go to the Imperial Farm and have Steward Feng and the others bring the Seed over to sell once they have cultivated it."

The Manager hurriedly agreed.

What surprised Yan Ning a little was hearing the Manager mention that farmers near the Capital had said they also wanted to come and buy Seed, and even said that next time there was Seed, it must be reserved for them.

The farmers near the Capital all had money; they could make straw paper and ink to sell to the students in the Capital.

Everyone had silver in their hands, and the Seed was not considered expensive to them, so many farmers were willing to buy it.

It was just a pity that the quantity of Seed was limited, and to buy more, they would have to wait another few months.

Quite a few people even specifically left five copper coins as a deposit, just to be able to buy these Seed in the future.

There were also people who sighed from time to time.

Back then, the Seed was so cheap and no one snatched it up; why didn't they buy it!