“I also want to order twenty jars of this every month from my stall.”

"Mr. Lu, this stuff is great. Business at my noodle shop has improved a lot..."

"They're finally here! I'll buy some to take home! My old man loves this!"

A-Mian brought a large jar, which she used to sell for five coins a spoonful. It sold out in an instant, so she had to say, "This is very troublesome to make. Now that it's cold, it will take a month to make. I didn't make many because I thought they wouldn't sell well. Well, you can take orders though! — You need to pay a deposit."

Fortunately, A-Mian is not only literate, but also writes small characters very quickly.

She changed the prices, no longer selling by the spoonful. Instead, she sold them by the jar, with a jar of fermented bean curd sauce (with the jar) costing three hundred coins, or two hundred coins if you didn't need the jar (you could bring your own).

Manager Song glanced at the note she had written down. "Manager Lu, I said I wanted a hundred jars, how come you only wrote down ten?" Manager Song was always shrewd, and within a few days she noticed the boost this sauce had brought to the shop's business. She immediately thought of buying more and reselling it in Zhoucheng, estimating she could make one or two times her initial investment!

"I can't make that many. Besides, this jar contains a lot, enough to last for a month or two." In order to keep these people who wanted to order large quantities without thinking, A-Mian required a deposit of half of all orders, with delivery only possible the following month.

Moreover, she estimated the production volume and thought that making 100 jars a month would be very good.

If your family buys ten cans and mine buys five cans, it will be sold out very quickly.

People who can afford to open a shop are not short of money, and they usually bring jars for the first time so they can be displayed on the table.

Song Dongjia was somewhat dissatisfied. Given her relationship with A Mian, she should have sold everything to her. However, she was a shrewd and tactful person. After all, A Mian was no longer an employee in her shop. Since they were doing business on the same street, it was always better to maintain a good relationship than to have a bad one.

Besides, people no longer call Ah Mian "Little Boss Lu"; they just call her "Boss Lu".

A bunch of old foxes!

For this transaction, A-Mian received fifteen taels of silver. After delivering the goods, she would still have this much left.

After putting away the silver, even though he had been in business for so long, Lu Dongjia's heart was still pounding like a drum, and his hands and feet were even trembling a little!

As A-Mian continued to tremble, she eventually reached Song Dongjia, who pulled her aside and whispered a few words to her.

"There were too many people around just now, so it wasn't convenient to talk to you."

When Song Dongjia saw Ah Mian blinking her big, innocent, pitiful, and pure eyes, her heart softened a little. She had watched Ah Mian grow up, from when Ah Mian was still a lowly servant.

Lu Amian proposed a solution: she would provide the labor, and Song Dongjia would provide the manpower to transport the goods to Zhoucheng for sale, with the proceeds split 50/50.

"A trip to Zhoucheng would cost a lot, and we don't even know if it will sell well. Besides, Zhoucheng might also sell this, and someone will probably be able to make it in a couple of months. It's not worth it!" Boss Song bargained.

Ah Mian said, "We've known each other for so long, and this is the first time I've come to you. Otherwise, I could have you do the other way around, but I need one of your shop assistants to help me out, otherwise I really can't manage."

The two argued about the profit-sharing ratio for a long time, and finally Ah Mian said, "I'll compromise one more time, I'll give you three and you seven! Any less and it really won't be worth it."

Ah Mian had a requirement for this condition.

We need to use Song Dongjia's employees and facilities;

We need to promote the "Lu Amian Fermented Bean Curd Sauce" brand;

You need to keep a good record of how much you sell, and reconcile the accounts every month, and so on.

Song Dongjia thought these requests weren't excessive, and since A Mian was making such a concession, she was clearly remembering their friendship, so he smiled and agreed.

After Ah Mian finished talking and left, Song Dongjia sat on the pear wood chair and couldn't help but smile.

This little fox probably originally intended to split the profits 30/70 with her.

Even if Master Song were to start from scratch by buying a millstone and making fermented bean curd sauce, several months would pass, and he might not even be able to make it.

Lu Amian had no connections or influence in Zhoucheng and couldn't guarantee her safety along the way; hiring people would also be very costly.

Therefore, finding someone to collaborate with is also essential.

What's remarkable is that A-Mian was willing to make concessions, which makes Song Dongjia very hope that this cooperation can last.

When A-Mian returned to the blacksmith shop, she excitedly told everyone about it, which surprised even Meng Chijian.

"We need to buy a hundred earthenware jars, and the rest are soybeans, firewood... The cost is five or six taels of silver." Earning more than twenty taels of silver a month is what a blacksmith shop can earn in two or three months.

Mu Amian and Yin Amian have now truly become Jin Amian.

"Don't make a fuss. Save this money for your shop." Meng Chijian immediately started planning. If A Mian's fermented bean curd sauce could be sold for three months, she could earn about sixty or seventy taels. With a year's work at the blacksmith shop, if she was determined to save money, she could save about a hundred taels.

That would be enough to buy a shop. At that point, whether Ah Mian continued her business or rented it out, she would truly have no worries about food and drink.

Ah Mian pulled his arm and swayed it from side to side: "We have to have a good meal to celebrate!"

"...Okay. Tiger! Come here for a second. You watch the shop. Close it when the sun goes down. We're going to buy groceries."

When a poor person suddenly becomes rich, they feel like they can buy whatever they want at the market!

I bought a row of ribs.

People usually can't afford to buy it because they generally feel that there's not much meat, just bones, and it's not worth it.

I bought half a pound of quail eggs.

"Eating eggs from home every day is so boring, let's try some of these." Ah Mian waved her hand, very domineeringly.

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