CHAPTER 29: CHAPTER 29: SAUSAGE RECIPE

"Comrade, I haven’t had the chance to thank you for last time."

Su Xiaoxiao turned around in surprise and saw the girl behind her, frozen for a moment. She then realized that this girl was the one who was harassed by the sleazy guy last time.

Chen Nan met her gaze, and a faint blush appeared on her fair face, looking quite adorable.

Su Xiaoxiao had always had a soft spot for cute girls.

She immediately smiled and greeted, "Hello."

Just as she finished speaking, her face suddenly turned green. Damn, who was so inconsiderate to fart in the carriage?

Chen Nan also smelled it. She pulled out two pink handkerchiefs from her bag, handed one to her, and motioned for her to cover her mouth and nose.

The light soap scent on the handkerchief quickly dispersed the nauseating smell, and Su Xiaoxiao finally felt a bit alive.

Once the smell dissipated, she looked at Chen Nan with gratitude: "Phew, thank you."

Chen Nan saw her eyes bright and shining, and happily curled her lips: "Hello, I’m Chen Nan. You didn’t tell me your name last time?"

In the swaying carriage, Su Xiaoxiao struggled to extend her hand to her: "Hello, Su Xiaoxiao."

Two girls of similar age quickly got into a lively conversation.

Upon learning that Su Xiaoxiao was going to make copies, Chen Nan enthusiastically took her to a print shop.

After making copies, Su Xiaoxiao was ready to head back, but Chen Nan insisted on inviting her to the state-run restaurant for a meal.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t refuse, so she followed Chen Nan.

They ordered their food and waited for it to arrive. Su Xiaoxiao noticed a middle-aged man sitting at the neighboring table.

In front of the man was a plate of sliced sausages and a dish of stir-fried peanuts.

He took a sip of alcohol and tossed a peanut into his mouth, closing his eyes in enjoyment; he was clearly a drunk.

Just as Su Xiaoxiao was about to look away, she saw the man pick up a chopstick of sausage. After chewing twice, his brows furrowed, and he spat out the stuff angrily, grabbing the waiter serving the dishes.

"What’s this taste in your sausage? It’s so disgusting!"

The waiter just glanced at him blandly and said, "If you don’t like it, why not order something else?"

Saying that, she picked up the plate and started to serve the next table.

Liang Guofu, however, persisted in grabbing her arm: "It’s disgusting, a waste of good meat. Get your manager out here."

The waitress sized him up with disdain: "Such a trivial matter doesn’t warrant calling our manager. If you don’t want to eat, then don’t."

With that, she shrugged off his hand and started to leave.

Liang Guofu still clutched the waitress’s arm persistently: "What’s with your attitude?"

The waitress rolled her eyes, her voice sharp: "If you don’t let go, I’ll scream harassment."

Harassment was enough to get shot in those days, so Liang Guofu reluctantly let go upon hearing that.

The waitress walked away triumphantly, only to collide head-on with a smartly dressed middle-aged woman: "Are you blind? Didn’t you see I was serving food?"

Right after the scolding, she realized the woman before her was actually the restaurant manager. Her expression changed instantly: "Manager Yang, I’m sorry, I didn’t see it was you."

Yang Ling scanned the waitress sternly and then walked over to Liang Guofu, apologizing: "I’m sorry, Comrade, our restaurant’s sausage is only available in this flavor. If it’s really unacceptable, we can offer you another meat dish instead."

Saying this, she turned to the previously arrogant waitress: "Hurry up and apologize to this comrade."

Having gone through this incident, Liang Guofu had lost his appetite. He stood up and said, "No need to change, just refund it for me."

After getting his refund, he turned and left.

As he passed by the two, Su Xiaoxiao heard him muttering to himself: "I’ve tried several places, and each one’s sausages taste worse than the last."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao immediately perked up her ears cautiously.

She had a delicious sausage recipe.

Liang Guofu was from the meat processing plant in Lin City. Recently, after the old master craftsman retired due to illness, the factory’s sausages had been criticized by the public for tasting bad. Even a few state-run restaurants that used to order from them had returned their goods.

The factory’s leadership held a meeting and decided to send a few people to search the nearby counties for a better sausage recipe, even if it meant paying a high price.

Unexpectedly, after visiting several places in recent days, all the sausages had disappointing tastes.

Thinking about the backlogged sausages in the warehouse gave him a headache.

As he walked out with a frown, he heard a clear and pleasant female voice behind him.

"Hello, comrade, are you looking for a sausage recipe?"

Liang Guofu halted and looked cautiously at the young girl in front of him.

She seemed to be only seventeen or eighteen, far from looking like an experienced master craftsman.

The hope that had just risen in his heart dissipated instantly.

"I’m sorry, no need, thank you."

There was no way Su Xiaoxiao would let a business opportunity slip away. She quickly pulled a small piece of sausage from her bag: "This is a sausage made from my family’s ancestral recipe, would you like to try it first?"

Looking at the tempting sausage, Liang Guofu hesitated for a moment but still accepted it.

Cautiously taking a bite, he quickly took another big bite, his eyes lighting up instantly. The sausage was the best he’d ever tasted.

His previously downcast mood became excited: "Young comrade, can you sell me this sausage recipe?"

That’s exactly what Su Xiaoxiao wanted to hear.

She pretended to think for a moment and nodded: "I can sell you the recipe, but I have a condition."

Saying this, she deliberately left some suspense.

Liang Guofu had finally found such a delicious sausage recipe, how could he let it slip away? He immediately agreed: "Fine, as long as it’s not an excessive demand, we can accept it."

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "I want to hold some technical shares."

Upon hearing this, the smile on Liang Guofu’s face froze instantly. In all his years, it was the first time he had heard of an individual wanting to invest in a company.

Currently, enterprises were state-owned. Individual shareholding was akin to pushing capitalism, right?

How could he agree to that? Even if he did, it wouldn’t pass through the higher-ups.

Su Xiaoxiao thought he didn’t understand, so she immediately explained: "I don’t want any money for the sausage recipe, but I want to exchange it for a certain amount of shares."

Hearing this, Liang Guofu’s frown deepened. Although he was reluctant to part with the delicious sausage recipe, he couldn’t agree to such a request.

He hesitated, glancing at the sausage in his hand, then spoke: "Comrade Su, I’m sorry, it’s impossible for me to agree to that request. Could you propose another one?"

Su Xiaoxiao had anticipated his refusal, and her real goal wasn’t that anyway.

After all, with the theme of a public ownership-dominated economy, her idea was nothing more than a fantasy.

But by first offering an almost impossible condition, the subsequent conditions would seem relatively easier to accept.

Thinking of this, she curled the corners of her lips and spoke.