Chapter 35: The arrival of bacon sparks a buying frenzy

Lin Xi's home.

As soon as Dai Laner and her son Ge Liyang entered the door, they felt the difference from the inside out.

Lin Xi's home is spacious, bright and tidy. Looking around the house, there is no vegetable garden at all.

Dai Lan'er was puzzled, "Sister, where is your vegetable garden?"

"Where are the vegetable fields?" Lin Xi smiled and turned to Ge Liyang and said, "There are fish in my paddy fields. Do you want to go catch some fish?"

Kids of this age don’t have much else to think about. When they hear that they can catch fish, they immediately become excited.

Xiao Yongyan took the children to catch fish.

Dai Lan'er could see that Lin Xi deliberately sent Yang'er away, but she didn't know what important thing she wanted to say.

Lin Xi did not reveal her purpose right away, but instead became concerned about Dai Lan'er's family affairs, "Does your man always beat you like this?"

After all, it was a family scandal, and Dai Lan'er was too embarrassed to say too much.

"Let me tell you the truth," Lin Xi said, "I went to the Dai family before, just to ask you to be my cook. Your father is very worried about you. I heard from Li Yun that he wanted to beat the man up several times."

Lin Xi pretended to be relaxed, but Dai Laner burst into tears when she heard her family's concern for her.

Once the tears start, there is no way to stop them.

Lin Xi knew that she had been living in such a depressing atmosphere. Now that she finally had a chance to vent, she would definitely not be able to stop for a while, so she just let her cry quietly. After she finished crying, she would probably feel better.

From Dai Lan'er's tearful narration, Lin Xi roughly understood that Dai Lan'er's man was named Ge Xuecai. When they got married, the man was still an ambitious and promising young man. But later, the two elders of the Ge family died in an accident, and the brothers divided the family.

Ge Xuecai was so sad that he became addicted to gambling. He spent every day in the gambling house and lost a lot of money.

When he felt depressed, he would go drinking, and when he came back he would beat and scold Dai Lan'er.

Dai Laner couldn't stand living like this, but what else could she do as she had a son.

"Sister, have you ever thought about breaking up?" Lin Xi asked tentatively.

"This is my fate. I am a person with a miserable life." Dai Laner sighed.

Lin Xi immediately understood that for Dai Lan'er, there was no thought of separation in her mind at all. No matter how life went on, she had to move on.

This is an idea that has been formed over a long period of time and it cannot be changed by just a few words.

Lin Xi didn't want to change Dai Lan'er's mind immediately, so she asked about her sister Dai Jin'er's situation instead.

Compared to Dai Lan'er, although Dai Jin'er's family is poor, he and his wife are in harmony, and his brothers are united, so he lives a much better life than Dai Lan'er.

Dai Laner felt somewhat relieved that her sister was like this.

"Sister, you said that when we come over, we just need to help you cook some dishes? Aren't you planning to open a restaurant?" Dai Lan'er still had some doubts about Lin Xi's plan.

"Not for now. There are a lot of things to prepare for opening a restaurant, and it's very tiring." Lin Xi said.

A long time ago, Lin Xi had investigated and found that opening a restaurant is indeed the first choice for many people's business venture, but cooking is extremely tiring, and one has to get up early and go to bed late every day.

After going to the vegetable wholesale market several times with the company canteen, Lin Xi gave up the idea of ​​opening a restaurant. She had to get up in the middle of the night to buy vegetables, then wash and cut them, cook and plate them, wash dishes and pots. She couldn't stand the whole process.

Rather than suffering from this hardship, she might as well sell some bacon. She didn't plan to become rich, she just wanted to live as well as possible.

"Sister, please go and talk to her about my younger sister." Lin Xi said.

"That's no problem." Dai Lan'er calmed down a lot and agreed immediately.

Dai Lan'er made a special trip to Dai Jin'er's house to tell her about this. Dai Jin'er's family was very supportive, which was in stark contrast to Dai Lan'er's family.

After deciding on the chef, Lin Xi thought about opening the bacon shop and the school enrollment on the same day, but Xiao Yongyan said that things were not fully prepared yet, so it was not suitable to start enrollment for the time being.

Linxi's store is named Lin Ji, and currently it mainly sells bacon.

As for the house next door, with the introduction of the landlord, they finalized the lease with the original owner and rented it for fifteen taels a year.

On the first day of opening, Linxi set off firecrackers all over the county in order to create a bigger scene.

Dozens of people were arranged to post leaflets and carry out publicity in various places.

There was no one in the town who didn't like to watch the fun, and soon a large crowd of onlookers gathered in front of Lin's restaurant.

Seeing that the meat sold by Lin Xi looked strange, someone couldn't help but ask, "Boss, your meat is so black, is it really edible?"

Lin Xi explained with a smile, "Of course you can eat it. The black layer on the outside is just heat. Just wash it off when you eat it. As for whether it tastes good or not, you will know after trying it."

The tasting was free and a long line formed in front of the store.

The simplest way to cook bacon is to steam it. In addition, it also has a unique flavor when used for stir-frying or making soup.

The steamed bacon is crystal clear in color, like a glass gem. When you take a bite, the aroma of various spices spreads in your mouth.

When Lin Xi was making the bacon, he deliberately controlled the heat, so the smoked taste was not strong and would not cover up the fatness of the bacon itself.

Eating meat has been a relatively luxurious thing these days, but now just take a bite of this white rice, it’s so delicious.

The first customer who tried the food turned around and asked, "Boss, how much do you sell this bacon for?"

"One hundred coins per pound." Lin Xi said.

When the price was announced, everyone was shocked. It was too expensive, one pound of meat cost one hundred coins.

Then, Lin Xi continued, "Don't think it's expensive. Bacon can be stored for a long time. You can buy it and eat it for several months without any problems. Just add a little bit every time you cook and it will be very fragrant."

After hearing this, everyone felt that it was worth buying the bacon, and one hundred coins didn't seem that expensive.

"Everyone, rest assured. The pork is all raised at home. We never use sick pigs." Lin Xi paused and showed his trump card. "The pork you buy comes with my receipt. If you have any questions, feel free to come to me for a refund."

There are many meat sellers in town, but none of them will give you a refund if you buy meat from them.

"Little boss, are you serious? If it doesn't taste good, will you really give it back?"

Lin Xi nodded vigorously, "Of course I will return it, and give each of you a written document. At worst, you can sue me at the government."

This made everyone laugh. Who would really sue someone to the authorities for such a small amount of money? However, since Lin Xi dared to say so, it meant that she must have the confidence to do so.

For a time, the bacon business was booming.

If it’s not good, you can get your money back, so people can buy it without any worries.

Lin Xi only prepared a total of 100 kilograms of goods, but he sold 68 kilograms today, earning 6 taels and 800 wen.

Dai Lan'er was shocked by the speed at which money was made. As a farmer, they worked hard for a whole year but only earned a few taels of silver, and they had to live frugally to save the money.

But here in Linxi, making money is like playing, it's effortless at all.