Shopkeeper Wu of the restaurant was in a dilemma.
He knew in his heart that once this kind of noodles was launched, it would become a specialty of the restaurant, and he would have something to say when promoting it to the nobles.
When recommending to distinguished guests, you can say that it is fish rather than fish, and it is noodles rather than noodles. This cannot be replaced by ordinary seafood. The different flavor of pasta, just a bowl of "Yuhuan Noodles" will make the restaurant seem to have improved its quality. few. Let the guests from out of town have a try. Even bowls of noodles are available in various varieties. Don't think that their county restaurant doesn't have delicious food.
On the other hand, I was very hesitant because it was too expensive. One hundred cents can buy a broiler chicken. At the price of pork wholesale in their restaurant, one hundred cents can also buy five kilograms of high-quality pork.
But one hundred yuan only buys a pound of noodles. How many bowls of noodles can one pound of noodles make? For male guests, two bowls are required, while for female guests, only three bowls are enough.
Their purchase price is so expensive, how much should they sell a bowl to the distinguished customers to make a profit, and not make the distinguished customers feel that they are being taken advantage of?
"Ninety cents." In the end, Shopkeeper Wu still didn’t want to give up the opportunity of “signature noodles”. The county's wealth level is relatively good compared to surrounding counties, but it is extremely polarized. Those who have a way will become extremely rich, while the people at the bottom will also be extremely poor. This situation is especially obvious in border cities.
The jade ring noodles sold by this couple only target the wealthy consumer group.
Poor people can't imagine it, but shopkeeper Wu is very clear-minded. For the rich, as long as it tastes good, it's worth it. The rich will even spend dozens or hundreds of taels of silver on the fruits and vegetables they want to eat. The road is used for transportation. This is a serious illness in the eyes of ordinary people. Why are you so greedy? The fruits and vegetables themselves are not worth a few dollars, but so much money has to be wasted on the transportation road. It is not appropriate and cost-effective at all. But the rich don't think that way, and they think differently.
Then I’m sure I won’t be stingy about spending a hundred cents on a bowl of noodles I’ve never seen before to try something new.
In view of this, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and New Year's Day are coming soon. Rich families in other places will return to their hometowns one after another to visit their parents or worship their ancestors. In short, it is nothing more than spending a few taels of silver first. He still has some courage when it comes to testing the waters by purchasing goods.
In addition, shopkeeper Wu also remembered what his boss said the day before, telling him to store more grain, vegetables and meat recently for emergencies.
He asked the owner why. After all, the grain stored in the restaurant was always purchased from the villages below after the autumn harvest. Even the salt was purchased at the beginning of spring when it was cheapest. It was enough to last until after the New Year.
If you still want to store a lot of food now, the farmers in the following villages have no food left and can only buy it from the shops.
Once you go to a store, the cost of food and salt will be too high compared to before, and vegetable prices cannot be raised at any time, let alone reduce the amount of dishes to save costs, which will affect your credibility in the minds of regular customers.
After his explanation, the boss looked a little hesitant at the time, and it seemed that he was not very confident, so he just said vaguely that it would be better to prepare more. The higher the purchase price, the higher the price, just in case of emergencies. Share the cost and earn less. Then the boss went to Xicheng today to check into an inn, so he was not in the restaurant.
Therefore, shopkeeper Wu suggested to Mrs. Xu when she first started selling the noodles, saying that Yuhuan noodles were too expensive. Once the restaurant cooperated, it would not just be a one-time deal, but the noodles would be ordered for a long time. He hoped that Mrs. Xu would come again tomorrow while the owner was here.
Unfortunately, this couple, especially the little old lady, seemed a bit awesome. He said he was leaving tomorrow and would not come back if he had no time. You were not sure whether you would buy it or not. If you don’t buy it, you would have to go to the next store and wait for the money to be used urgently.
Shopkeeper Wu was speechless. Is this the attitude of selling goods? Where does that inexplicable sense of superiority come from from the little old lady, who is obviously wearing a patchwork.
He could only pretend to grit his teeth and make up his mind: "But Zuo, you didn't bring much in the basket. Seeing that you didn't bring much, I'll keep all the ninety cents per pound, so I won't bargain any more. This is what I can offer My utmost sincerity, if it sells well, please leave me an address where I can contact you, and I will make a decision if it is not sold."
Not only did Mrs. Xu not listen to Shopkeeper Wu's deception, but she had already started to pack her basket and planned to leave to sell at the next restaurant.
Shopkeeper Wu thought he had heard it wrong, but he never expected that the price would be the same. Moreover, the grandfather and grandson, whose clothes and temperaments were extremely inconsistent, even said something like this: "Even if you give me a hundred yuan, you can't buy the jade ring noodles." I’ll sell you all of it, let alone ninety cents.”
That means you are thinking of something beautiful.
Congratulations to Shopkeeper Wu for guessing correctly. Mrs. Xu really complained about this in her heart.
She would also like to save a few kilograms to sell in the real big restaurants in Fucheng. The bigger the city, the more dignitaries and dignitaries there will be.
The reason why Mrs. Xu went to the county town to do sales was because she had too little money in her pocket.
When villagers asked Liu Laozhu to help carry goods, they had to pay in cash. Mrs. Xu thought she couldn't give Liu Laozhu credit, right? What's more, outside, no one knew Liu Laozhu's noble surname. Liu Laozhu had to spend money to buy whatever he wanted. Liu Laozhu didn't have much money in his pocket. She looked like she could no longer hold on.
And this opportunity to go out is really rare. I want to buy a lot of things, but how can I make money if I don’t buy more? How can the family survive the winter without buying food and clothing? I always felt that the 20 taels of silver earned by bringing "San You" out was not enough.
Besides, once the money is gone, the family will feel uneasy if they don’t have any money left. What if someone comes to ask for an account? Not to mention that you have to leave a lot of copper coins to make change for people in the Ming Dynasty. You must always prepare this change. That's enough.
This is why she sells condoms and noodles at the same time. Even her granddaughter feels uneasy. She is still thinking about making soap and selling it back home to make money while traveling.
Mrs. Xu was very anxious to exchange the spot goods for silver taels. After all, Liu Laozhu had just arrived in the county and started wholesale of rapeseed oil, soybean oil and lard. She would give out at least five taels of silver tonight. The more cash she has, the more willing she will be to buy more things without delaying her shopping. Otherwise, to be honest, she wouldn't be so anxious to buy takeout noodles.
It took a total of hard work to make forty-five kilograms of noodles.
"Wait a minute." Shopkeeper Wu chased him out. He was extremely depressed. He didn't expect that the grandfather and grandson were really gone. They were not just pretending to scare him. If he didn't shout, he would go to the restaurant on the next street.
"Okay, okay, one hundred cents. I admit it. I don't know how old you are. I call you aunt. Auntie, how can you talk about business like this? You won't give me a cent, and you won't sell me the whole sentence. I won't say a word." It's nice to hear. It's hard to say whether this Yuhuan Noodles can be sold well, but your attitude is quite good, and you still want to go to the other side. You go out and ask around, and I know that some dignitaries in our restaurant can afford a bowl of noodles for 180 yuan. , change the restaurant, do they have such distinguished customers?"
When Mrs. Xu heard that she wanted to buy it, she turned around and flattered with a smile: "That's why I went straight to your house. To be honest with the shopkeeper, I have a friend who used to be the shopkeeper at Yuelai Restaurant."
"Your surname is Liu?" Shopkeeper Wu actually knows Liu Laozhu's eldest brother. A while ago, he heard that the owner of Yuelai Restaurant wanted to invite him back, but he heard that he took his son to work alone somewhere, and he didn't know. came back.
As the same shopkeeper and a colleague, he was very angry for shopkeeper Liu when he heard the news.
I didn't have to work hard for Yuelai for more than ten years, and my boss just resigned and came back as soon as I invited him back. They also have self-respect as shopkeepers.
"Yes, it's him.
Logically speaking, it would be better to go to Yuelai Restaurant based on his reputation. If you have someone you know, you won't have to prepare noodles, garnishes, chopped green onion, salt, and firewood yourself.
But when I went to the city to inquire about it, I heard that Yingshui Hall here is the most famous one.
Come all the way to see you. You can push the windows on the third floor to see the river. There is also a big boat specially built on the river for dining in summer. Oh, when the weather is warm, the breeze blows and the side dishes and wine are drank. It is very beautiful. I knew this was the place where good things were sold, so I came to the right restaurant. "
Mrs. Xu mentioned green onion and firewood, which made shopkeeper Wu a little embarrassed.
He is not stingy, but every few days there are people who recommend themselves to "sell recipes". Everyone tries their hand at the oil, salt, seasonings and side dishes from his kitchen, but he can't afford it. Isn't this a disaster?
"I didn't expect you to have unique skills."
"Understood." A person relies on his clothes and his horse relies on his saddle. Dressed like this, he looks like he doesn't have enough to eat. How can he cook a good meal?
Mrs. Xu took out thirty-five portions of fish noodles from the basket and placed them on the table.
She named it Yuhuan Noodles, but she couldn't just call it Yukao. That would be silly and she was worried that others wouldn't know it was made of fish meat and would beat it into mud.
Even if you taste it, you will know that it is all made of fish, but that cannot be straightforward. She named her Xu Yuhuan, which sounded so nice.
Mrs. Xu’s noodles are well packaged, but her granddaughter can’t help but pay more attention to these small details.
Unlike most noodle sellers who stack all the noodles together and wrap them in a piece of cloth, making the noodles sticky and messy, the main reason is that she doesn’t have any extra white soft cloth at home.
In the absence of plastic bags or packaging boxes, Xu Tianxin collected a lot of old loofahs from various houses in the village based on the teachings of his family and grandma in the live broadcast room. He used the pulp of the loofahs to make pieces of round drawer cloth and sewed the two pieces together.
When Xu Tianxin was sewing, he felt that it looked like he was sewing two pieces of instant noodles.
Use such a drawer cloth to wrap a pound of noodles in the middle.
Each pound is divided into portions for easy access and storage.
During the production, Xu Tianxin made many steamer cloths in one go. He also used old loofah flesh to make many tea coasters, soup pot mats, loofah dishcloths and bath cloths and gave them to people in the village who were close friends with his grandmother.
The white loofah must be given something.
Xu Tianxin thought that even if the villagers provided raw materials, she could not make soap for everyone for free. At present, she had to rely on selling this small craft to make money. But things like steamer drawer cloths and other small things that come and go, she is happy to make for everyone for free. This is called what comes and goes.
And since the success of making soap, Xu Tianxin has even thought about cutting loofahs into various shapes, planning to make transparent handmade soap, and hiding loofahs of various shapes in the soap core, which will look good.
At that time, she will ask her grandma to sell various soaps to the brothel, which will become a buying line. She will go back to Fucheng to buy some more medicinal materials. She will also make Qibai ointment, red date ointment, Qixiang Nenrong powder and hair care products.
Grandma had just dragged her to a rouge and gouache shop on the way, saying that she would use the money from the sale to buy her face and hair wipes. She declined again, not because she didn't want to look beautiful, but because she didn't want to buy such expensive ready-made products.
Because of the beauty recipe, the family members in the live broadcast room have already copied it in the comment area, so Xu Tianxin plans to make it himself. This time when he goes to the city, he will prepare all the raw materials, and then use his own face, those two "moles" and hair to test it. If it is really effective, you can also sell beauty creams, hair care products, and even fragrant pills and body lotions to brothels.
It can be seen that Xu Tianxin is really anxious to make more money.
Xu Tianxin knew that breaking up a family was worth tens of thousands of dollars. Grandma had just taken over the Xu family, and it was difficult to provide food and clothing for a large family while also struggling to make money for food and clothing.
But she couldn't wait to buy books, including Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases, Qian Jin Yifang, Shen Nong's Materia Medica and other books. She couldn't bear to ask her grandma for luxuries like books with her palms turned up, and she didn't want to bother the kind lady in the live broadcast room to help her read the classic quotations from the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic in the comment area. She wanted to rely on her own savings to buy books.
Historically, famous medical figures such as Sun Simiao, Ge Hong, Liu Wansu, Zhu Danxi, etc. were all self-taught. So she believed that as long as she could supply books, she had many years of medical knowledge and Grandpa Guan was at her side to give advice, identify medicines, prepare ingredients and feel the pulse, and if she studied hard for a few years, she should be able to catch up in a short time.
Once she has the skills to help her, in a context where there are very few female doctors, even if she can only treat women's diseases, she will be able to live here regardless of the troubled times and live to old age, and she will be more confident to pay for the elderly. Female single tax.
At this time, Mrs. Xu took out the jade ring noodles one by one. Seeing such packaging, shopkeeper Wu didn't say anything, but she was extremely satisfied.
I feel more and more that the temperament and clothing of this grandfather and grandson are inconsistent.
This is a very particular family.
Due to the first cooperation, shopkeeper Wu couldn't bear to inquire about privacy, so he couldn't bear to be curious.
Otherwise, he really wanted to find out: Did he come from a wealthy family and then fell into poverty, and did he eat this Yuhuan Noodle when he was rich?
However, at the moment, he has a more anxious question: "This is too little. One pound of noodles can only make two bowls. Thirty-five pounds of noodles only make a few bowls. It may be sold out as soon as it is launched. What should repeat customers ask me for?"
Mrs. Xu sighed and said: "Who doesn't want to make more money, but this time I can only sell these. I haven't explained it before, and I can't say more about the secret recipe. It's really not expensive to sell you a pound of noodles for a hundred coins, and the method is extremely cumbersome. It’s tiring, I’ve saved up for several months and worked day and night to make these. It’s full of good ingredients, I’ll give you a hundred cents, after deducting the cost, I’ll deliver it to your door, deducting travel expenses and accommodation, it’s really a hard-earned money.”
Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: Unlike a big restaurant like yours, which has so many rich customers, you must dare to ask for two taels of silver for a bowl of noodles. Even though the purchase price is expensive, the income can be doubled. Take a turn.
"To be honest with Shopkeeper Wu, I have to leave ten kilograms to sell in Fucheng. Don't worry, I don't need any more instructions from you. I won't sell it to other restaurants in the county. You are the only one in the county. This jade ring noodle is so expensive." Jin'er, even in a big city like Lian Fucheng, I only choose one, I understand. So if you pay a hundred cents per catty, it doesn't matter whether you sell fried noodles or hot soup noodles later, the designated one is worth it, and you can't sell it. You can come to me. I dare say that within a month at most, you will ask someone to send me a letter and then place an order."
Shopkeeper Wu made a joke about this. Hearing that there was only one store in a city and it could be written in the agreement, he felt a lot more at ease and could explain it to his employer later.
After signing the agreement, he motioned to Mrs. Xu to tell her her address and contact information. Shopkeeper Wu smiled and said, "Let's see if I will come find you in more than a month."
Unexpectedly, the granddaughter of this aunt had already written the address note, written with charcoal instead of a brush, and the handwriting was very neat. Shopkeeper Wu was sure that this was a descendant of a down-and-out family. Maybe he had been a high-ranking official before and was assigned here.
Mrs. Xu put away three and a half taels of money for jade ring noodles, and put aside the money to help Guan Ertu sell six cents a pound of fish scale jelly. This time, she only brought 20 pounds of fish scale jelly, and the agreement was as long as the noodles. Only when you have enough time can you start ordering, just send a message to the address.
To send a message, you can only find a passing car to the town, where you can contact Zhao Dashan's wife for the address of a bakery selling pancakes. Zhao Dashan's wife really wanted to sell cooking cakes, so instead of renting, she bought a shop. Mrs. Xu complained that they might as well sell hand cakes, pancakes, and potato shreds.
As for the fish scale jelly, you can't sell too much. Shopkeeper Wu understands that this thing is like meat skin jelly. It's not easy to store in hot weather, so you can't buy much at a time. It will be more than a month before I dare to make more reservations at the restaurant.
