Chapter 225: This street will only be valuable if she is here

Cheng Lesheng also did some calculations. The minimum cost of an egg was five to six cents, so he had to pay at least eight cents for an egg or salted duck egg.

He could sell them for a maximum of ten cents each. If the price was too high, it would be difficult for them to sell. After all, chicken eggs and duck eggs were relatively common items.

"I can only give eight cents each."

Aunt Ding's family all followed suit. Now that they heard that an egg could be sold for eight cents, they could hardly contain their excitement.

Wen Zhenyi looked at Cheng Lesheng and said, "Master Cheng, if you give us eight cents, how much do you plan to sell it for?"

"Ten cents each. Probably not many people would buy them in town, so I can only send them to the shops in the county town and see if they can."

"If you include shipping costs, you won't make much money."

Cheng Lesheng naturally knew that if the travel expenses were included, not only would he not make any money, he would even lose money: "No one has ever sold this thing before, so it's hard to set a price."

"How about I give you a price?"

"What's the price?"

"Eight hundred coins per jar, or one ounce of silver per jar."

Cheng Lesheng frowned: "Isn't this too expensive?"

"We can't make much for you right now, but I can provide you with a few recipes that will help you expand into the market."

"Okay, I'll try. If I can sell them for one ounce of silver a jar, I'll give you ten coins a jar."

"It's a deal."

"It's a deal."

When Cheng Lesheng returned, he also brought back a lot of salted duck eggs and preserved eggs. Although he agreed, he was still unsure because he had never sold these things to anyone before.

When he returned home, Master Cheng had already returned and was sitting on a chair in the hall drinking tea: "Where have you been?"

Cheng Lesheng smiled when he saw him: "Dad, when did you come back?"

"I just came back and asked the housekeeper that you were out."

"I'm going to Wen Girl's shop to eat for free."

Master Cheng's mouth twitched: "You bastard, go eat something delicious and don't even remember to bring me some back."

"Who said I didn't bring it for you?"

Master Cheng showed a satisfied smile on his face: "You are a kind-hearted boy. What did you bring?"

Cheng Lesheng asked the servant to bring two jars over and put them on the table: "This is what I brought for you."

When Mr. Cheng saw the two jars of pickled vegetables, the smile on his face froze instantly: "You only brought me two jars of pickled vegetables?"

“This isn’t sauerkraut.”

"If it's not sauerkraut, what is it?"

Cheng Lesheng then explained the whole story of the two jars of things.

Master Cheng frowned slightly: "Is this caused by that girl from the Wen family?"

"Well, do you want to try it? She even wrote me a recipe."

"Okay, ask the cook to make me a few dishes to try."

Cheng Lesheng asked the servant to take the recipe to the cook. He sat next to Master Cheng and said, "Dad, I'm going to do this business."

Mr. Cheng looked at him and asked, "Is there a market?"

"It's hard to say. These are all new things, and it's not certain whether they will be accepted."

"How much did you charge?"

"I'm giving her eight cents each now."

Master Cheng frowned: "This cost price is not cheap."

"It's not cheap. She asked me to sell it for eight qian of silver per jar."

“Do you think you can sell it?”

"I don't know, I want to try."

Mr. Cheng didn't rush to deny it: "Did this girl also make the lotus root powder before?"

"Well, it did make me some money."

"This girl is quite smart. As long as she has food in her hands, she can make it into something different."

Cheng Lesheng smiled and nodded: "By the way, Dad, she wants to buy the current shop. I said I would wait for you to come back and ask her."

Mr. Cheng paused for a moment while holding the teacup. "She wants to buy a shop?"

"Well, do you want to sell it?"

Mr. Cheng put down his teacup and looked towards the yard outside the hall: "Lesheng, what do you think?"

"Selling her a shop isn't a big deal. To be honest, the reason this street is so lively is because of her. If she had moved her shop that day, I'm afraid our business on this street wouldn't be so prosperous."

"You mean sell it to her."

"I'm not afraid she won't want it. I can give it to her."

Master Cheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "You are such a spendthrift."

"Dad, I'm not a spendthrift. I have other plans."

Master Cheng became interested: "What are your plans?"

"We have restaurants in this town and county, but the business is not so good. I want to ask her to help."

Master Cheng smiled and shook his head: "This girl may not agree."

"Dad, listen to me. I'm not asking her to go every day. Just one order a month is enough. We'll pay her as usual and won't interfere with her work."

Master Cheng held the lid of the tea bowl, lowered his head, and scraped the foam off the tea: "I'm afraid this girl won't agree."

“If you don’t try, how will you know?”

"What if she doesn't agree?"

"Then sell the shop to her, but only for this price?"

Master Cheng called out to the outside: "Butler."

Butler Cheng walked in from outside the hall: "Master, you are looking for me."

"How much did you pay for the Wen family's store now?"

"Master, I have to check. There are too many shops here and I can't remember them all at once."

"Go check it out now, and then tell me."

"Yes." Butler Cheng turned and left the hall.

The cook here has already made three dishes according to the recipe, and also some other dishes, and placed them on the table: "Master, you can eat now."

Mr. Cheng put down his cup, stood up and walked to the table: "I'll try what new things this girl has come up with."

Cheng Lesheng sat next to him and introduced it to him: "How does it taste?"

"This taste is quite special. Eating this preserved egg in hot weather has a unique flavor."

"She said she could make a lot of other dishes, but the ingredients are limited right now, so she only made these few."

"She intends to use these recipes to open up the market for you."

“Well, it’s a kind of food promotion.”

"Since you agreed, let's give it a try."

The housekeeper came in at this time: "Master, it has been checked."

"How many?"

"Back then, the entire street was purchased. The Wen family's shop is worth three hundred and fifty taels of silver."

“It’s cheap.”

The housekeeper's mouth twitched. This street was not originally a main street. You bought it because you didn't want Boss Wu to dominate the market.

Master Cheng looked at Cheng Lesheng and said, "If this girl doesn't agree, you can sell it to her for 350 taels."

"Don't you want to raise the price?"

"No need. She has doubled the value of the shops on my entire street." He looked at Cheng Lesheng and said, "Like you said, this street will be valuable if she is here. If she moves away, my other shops will lose money."