The business was concluded and Cheng Wanwan was in a good mood.
But when he turned around, he saw the four sons laughing and looking very unhappy.
Zhao Dashan hesitated for a while and said: "Mom, we can just sell it ourselves. It doesn't matter if it's hard work. I can run a stall by myself."
Zhao Ergou also said: "It is equivalent to giving free money to that shopkeeper Chen."
Cheng Wanwan laughed, these silly sons would rather endure hardship themselves than give money to others for free.
But sometimes, only through business cooperation can we expand the market and make it easier for ourselves.
She asked: "Our family can harvest at least twenty kilograms of lanterns a day. Can anyone tell me how many kilograms of seeds we have after peeling them?"
The four sons lowered their heads in unison and clasped their fingers.
Zhao Ergou's condition was slightly better. He quickly calculated the result: "Mom, it's almost six pounds."
"Then let me ask another question." Cheng Wanwan continued, "How many kilograms of ice powder seeds were used in these three buckets of ice powder?"
"I know!" Zhao Dashan said quickly, "A little more than two kilograms."
"If six pounds of ice powder seeds a day are made into ice powder, that would be nine barrels. Can the five of us sell them all?" Cheng Wanwan looked at the four children in front of him, "Sometimes, it is necessary Relying on the strength of others, this is not called giving money to others for free, this is called win-win cooperation. If he can make money, we can also make more money, do you understand?"
Zhao Sidan blinked: "I seem to understand."
Zhao Ergou clapped his fingers and counted over and over again, and finally said after a long time: "If all nine buckets of ice powder are sold at two cents a bowl, then we can make more than one or two cents a day..."
He couldn't figure out how much it was.
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "If we sell ice powder in this way, we won't need the whole family to come to town to set up a stall in the future."
She walked down the street with her sons.
In the past two days in Hekou Town, she had already figured out the situation here. There were seven or eight large and small restaurants. The largest restaurant was Zuixian Tower. As soon as she walked to the door of Zuixian Tower, she saw the restaurant that she wanted to buy from her. When the shopkeeper walked away, his face was very serious. If she hadn't been worried that the shopkeeper would cause trouble, she would not have thought of taking the road of cooperation.
Cheng Wanwan followed the businessman's style and smiled at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper of Zuixian Tower, whose surname was Yang, sneered. Within an hour, the sister-in-law regretted it. It was impossible for him to give out five taels of silver, only three taels at most.
When shopkeeper Yang was thinking about how to lower the price, he saw Cheng Wanwan pause in his footsteps, turn around and walk towards Jixiang Restaurant, the second largest restaurant opposite Zuixian Tower.
He stood up suddenly.
Could this sister-in-law want to sell the recipe to the shopkeeper of Jixiang Restaurant?
Jixiang Restaurant has always been beaten by Zuixian Tower. If they get the ice powder recipe, they will be tied for first place with Zuixian Tower.
Shopkeeper Yang immediately rushed out to call someone, but it was still a step too late. Cheng Wanwan had already walked into Jixiang Restaurant with his four sons.
It was past lunch time, and there was no one in the restaurant. The shopkeeper and the waiter were standing nearby chatting. When they saw an aunt in patched clothes walking over with four sons also wearing patched clothes, the waiter showed a smile on his face. A hint of disgust.
Shopkeeper Zhou said casually: "Go and ask this lady if she wants tea."
He was used to the fact that beggars often came to the door of the restaurant asking for tea and leftover food.
The waiter walked over and asked. Cheng Wanwan took a look at the menu. The prices were similar to those at the stalls outside. They cost ten cents a bowl.
Two months ago, a bowl of noodles cost about six cents. The year was not good, the price of food increased, and everything related to food increased, but the wages did not rise. Just say that the people carrying goods on the dock outside were only two cents. A few months ago, I could earn thirty to fifty cents a day. In this severe drought, there is not much work to do in the fields. All the men in the village have come out to carry goods, and wages have also been reduced. A day's work only costs twenty cents. , it will be gone after just two bowls of noodles. Of course, these sellers are not willing to eat expensive noodles.
Cheng Wanwan ordered five bowls of plain soup noodles, and the waiter was a little surprised. He didn't expect someone with such shabby clothes to be willing to spend fifty cents to eat noodles.
The waiter informed the kitchen to make noodles. At this time, another table of customers came to the lobby, all dressed in silk and satin. The shopkeeper personally came forward to receive them and led them to the private room on the second floor. After coming out of the private room, the shopkeeper stood behind Orders came from the kitchen door: "Eight treasure duck, assorted chicken, five delicacies, braised lion's head... and a pot of wine."
Cheng Wanwan swallowed hard every time the shopkeeper reported a dish name.
She casually calculated that this table of dishes cost at least three taels of silver.
She is still too poor to order such expensive dishes, so she still has to work hard to make money so that one day she can eat whatever she wants.
The four boys around him were also swallowing saliva.
They lowered their heads and ate the plain noodles. In fact, the noodles were delicious, and the noodle soup was also delicious. They were not satisfied with the noodles, and dared to fantasize about eating lion heads...
But what exactly is a lion’s head? Can a lion’s head be cut off and made into a dish?
The four boys racked their brains and couldn't imagine what kind of dish this was.
The mother and son finished their lunch quickly. Cheng Wanwan counted out fifty copper coins and walked to the counter to pay.
The shopkeeper was busy calculating accounts. When he saw her coming, he stopped what he was doing, counted the copper coins, and then said with a smile: "I won't give it away if I take my time."
Cheng Wanwan didn't leave, she said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zhou, have you ever heard of ice powder?"
Shopkeeper Zhou’s fingers paused. Of course he had heard of ice powder. It started to pop up in Hekou Town three to five days ago. Some customers even asked him to have a bowl of ice powder after they came in. He has been busy and hasn’t found time to go there yet. Look what this ice powder is.
Cheng Wanwan took out a bowl of crushed ice powder from the barrel. Because it was broken and shapeless, it didn't look good, but the taste didn't change.
She pushed the bowl of ice powder over: "Shopkeeper Zhou can give it a try. If it works, let's talk about cooperating in selling ice powder. If it doesn't work, then I have to find shopkeeper Yang in Zuixian Building across the street."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhou's eyes suddenly widened.
Zuixian Tower is a huge mountain lying in front of him. His goal in this life is to surpass Zuixian Tower and become the number one restaurant in Hekou Town.
But Jixiang Restaurant is their family's ancestral property, and Zuixian Restaurant is a chain, opened from Huzhou, so he always feels that he will never be able to achieve his goal in his life.
Forget it if you can't achieve it, how can you be left further behind by Zuixian Tower?
Shopkeeper Zhou took a sip of ice powder, strengthened his idea, and said: "Ice powder recipe, eight taels of silver, can it be done?"
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
Why are these restaurant owners always thinking about buying a wife?
Seeing her expression of embarrassment, shopkeeper Zhou increased the price: "How about ten taels of silver? Ten taels is not enough. For twelve taels, this is the highest price I can give."
"Shop Manager Zhou, why don't we change our thinking."
