Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Worrying in vain
He said 30 kilograms right off the bat, which was really a surprise!
Jiang Heng: No problem, 10% off, total price is 810 yuan. However, I can't deliver to your door, so you need to come to my stall to pick it up.
Because they were not familiar with each other, Jiang Heng did not ask in detail why the customer wanted so much at once, and gave a direct quote.
But the other party seemed very excited. After quickly transferring the money, he sent several messages:
Lao Zhang from Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: "Boss Jiang, your food is pricey, but it's really delicious! My vegetarian dishes are very affordable. The spinach was actually a bit more expensive than I expected. I wasn't planning on buying it, but Lao Qiao strongly recommended it. I bought 10 pounds this morning, and the customers love it!"
[Mr. Zhang at Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: I divided a pound of spinach into three plates, each for 12 yuan. From the time I sold the first plate to the last, it took less than 40 minutes, and even with so many customers adding to their orders, I was completely sold out!]
[Mr. Zhang from Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: By the way, Mr. Jiang, how long can you keep supplying spinach like this? Don't let it disappear in a few days like the lettuce?]
In the rest room of the hot pot restaurant, Lao Zhang was eagerly waiting for a reply.
She also realized that Boss Jiang's lettuce was priced this way to boost sales. The price of subsequent vegetables would be roughly the same as, or even higher than, spinach, so wouldn't the quantity be much higher? Otherwise, if sales were strong, the vegetables would be wasted.
However, a few seconds later, the other party replied——
[Jiang Heng: ...To be honest, the yield is even lower than lettuce.]
At least she planted almost 300 square meters of lettuce, but only 100 square meters of spinach.
[Mr. Zhang from Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: (miserable smile jpg)]
Old Zhang almost burst into tears.
In fact, she also joined the ordering ranks after the lettuce had been on sale for three days, but she had previously added Jiang Peng's number and contacted her unilaterally. She had not originally planned to buy spinach.
Their store has always been a low-margin, high-volume business, relying entirely on old customers.
Old customers who keep coming back don’t like change.
She felt that she could not afford to order any of the items on the Jiang family stall except lettuce. Fortunately, lettuce was cheap, and the store had a few more customers. However, after just a few days, the lettuce was gone, and after two more days of interruption, business slowed down again, and then spinach popped up.
Thirty-one kilograms is really expensive for their store.
She couldn't sell it for a few more dollars, but if it was too expensive, it would not be in line with the overall pricing, and she was afraid of being criticized by customers.
Until the pressure of declining customer flow again, and the words of old classmate Qiao Bo: "Believe me, customers are actually not that sensitive to price when they eat high-quality and delicious food. Look, before Boss Jiang, was there anyone here selling mushrooms so expensive? When I first wanted to buy her mushrooms, I wanted to recommend them to stores in the provincial capital and act as a middleman. I always felt that the consumption level here couldn't keep up. She thought my purchase price was too low, so she set up her own stall. What happened? She sold out her mushrooms in an hour every day, earning thousands of dollars, and most of her customers are repeat customers..."
She decided to give it a try.
This is the first vegetable in her store that costs more than ten yuan.
Compared to those hot pot and barbecue restaurants, her prices for vegetarian dishes are basically five or six yuan, which may fluctuate slightly according to the market price at the time, but the fluctuation is not big, because her purchase price is mostly a few cents, and occasionally it is a little more expensive but only one or two yuan. She focuses on small profits but quick turnover, which is why she couldn't make up her mind at the beginning.
However, when I actually did it, I found that it seemed... it was indeed the case!
Because it was a new dish and the price was quite high, she even specifically recommended it. Fearing that it might cause offence, she only mentioned it briefly during the service. Many old customers would follow her words and say, "Then give me one."
Of course, some people would be surprised by the price, but after she explained the inspection report of the vegetables and the actual selling price, no one said anything, and many surprised customers were even willing to try one.
Old Zhang knew very well how much of this was to support her.
After that, I didn't need her to recommend anything anymore.
After finishing their meal, the guests couldn't wait to place their orders.
Not enough!
The price of twelve servings is a bit expensive compared to other vegetarian dishes in the restaurant.
But the problem is that this price is still relatively modest compared to the hot pot restaurants on the market. If all the dishes were priced like this in her restaurant, she would lose a lot of money. Fortunately, it is just this one dish, and she just wants to attract customers. The operating costs will be mainly recovered from other dishes. In addition, the taste is so good, and since customers come out to eat, they will not be too stingy.
Add order!
Crazy order addition!
Ten pounds of spinach were divided into three plates because the dish was fluffy, which made thirty portions.
Sold out in less than an hour!
Lao Zhang was almost moved to tears, and couldn't wait to contact Jiang Heng.
It turned out that the expensive spinach was not as profitable as the lettuce.
Whose drainage is done like this?
She was about to cry.
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Jiang Heng really wanted to laugh.
In fact, she had no idea. Her only thought was that the crops were all in the fields and would not rot for a while. There were only so many of them. If she could sell 20 to 30 kilograms a day, she would be able to sell them all in ten days. There was no need to rush.
Who would have thought that a hot pot restaurant would suddenly appear.
That’s true.
The price of vegetarian dishes in hot pot restaurants should be more expensive than what she sells.
I still remember yesterday, Children's Day, when Jiang Peng complained about taking Xiaoxiao to a hot pot restaurant. The little brat insisted on ordering baby cabbage, a plate of 11 or 12 pieces of baby cabbage, which cost 15 yuan! It wasn't as delicious as the spinach she grew, so she asked her to grow her own baby cabbage. After eating her baby cabbage, the little brat definitely didn't want to eat anyone else's again.
If you want to eat spinach, hot pot restaurants may be the most suitable choice, and spinach hot pot is also very suitable.
happy!
Jiang Heng looked at the other messages again, replied to all the messages that needed to be replied to one by one, and then called Zhou Yun to help, harvesting an additional 30 kilograms of spinach and packing them in bags.
At noon, Zhou Yun was still wondering whether Jiang Heng had suffered a Waterloo in the spinach business this time.
After waking up from a nap, I received so many orders.
Then think about the approximate yield of that 100 square meter spinach field.
Zhou Yun: "...worrying for nothing!"
Don't rush, the order will come!
These 100 square meters are definitely not enough to sell.
Otherwise, people can make money by selling vegetables? !
At five o'clock, everything was packed up and Jiang Heng set off with a cart of vegetables.
I haven't set up a stall for several days and I miss it very much.
Before leaving, she specifically mentioned the approximate time in the group chat. When she arrived at 5:30, familiar customers were already waiting there. When they saw her coming, they automatically lined up and greeted her, "Boss Jiang is finally back!"
"What have you been up to? Your face is so red, it must be good news!"
Jiang Heng parked the car and immediately started moving the baskets, chatting with the guests: "It's a good thing, I bought a few sheep and pigs."
"Wow!" Wang Miaoyuan, who reacted quickly, immediately said, "Do we have meat to eat in a few months?!"
Meat? !
In the team, the beautiful big golden retriever became energetic and stopped sitting. He took two steps forward with eager eyes, tilted his head out of the team, and looked over there longingly.
That two-legged beast always brings a lot of delicious food!
Is there meat this time?!
I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!
Xia Yun: “…”
Speechlessly rubbed the dog girl's head: "No meat today!"
"Awoo~" The big golden retriever sat down again in disappointment, and no longer hit its owner's feet with its tail.
Jiang Heng caught a glimpse of it, her eyes full of smiles: "Yes, it will definitely be sold by the end of the year, everyone please support us."
"I'm looking forward to it now."
"Boss, you're awesome! Keep it up! Why are there only a few? We have almost 200 people in the group now, there's simply not enough to go around!"
"Yes, yes, boss, would you like to buy some more?"
Jiang Heng smiled and said, "That's enough, there are too many to take care of."
It just so happened that mushrooms, spinach and lettuce were all laid out.
Wang Miaoyuan, who was in the middle of the queue, sighed, "I thought the boss had been late for two days, so he would make it up to us today by getting us some crayfish."
"I thought so too, hahahaha..."
Jiang Heng spread his hands and said, "It takes a while for crayfish and fish to grow. I'll probably sell them once a week at most."
Suddenly, the people in line started to cry out like they did when they were students and learned that their physical education teacher was sick.
The golden retriever mixed in with the others and also roared, making everyone laugh.
"Can I buy it now?" the first customer in line asked. Seeing Jiang Heng's affirmative response, he immediately said, "Two pounds of spinach, six heads of lettuce! And these and these mushrooms, half a pound each."
Jiang Heng quickly pulled the bag open and began to pack and weigh the goods.
"One hundred and fifty yuan in total."
The customer paid and said in awe, "Boss, your scales are getting more and more accurate."
Take as much as you can.
Even if there is an error, it's just a little bit more.
She just skipped it.
Jiang Heng said nothing, but just silently promised to be more precise next time.
Just a little trick~
Then the next guest came over.
The familiar sound of the payment code arriving again and again makes people feel particularly at ease.
Part of the money I spent these two days was immediately returned.
After entertaining three guests, the hot pot restaurant owner, Lao Zhang, also arrived. She was a woman about the manager's age, with fair skin and rosy cheeks. Jiang Heng almost wanted to imitate the previous guests and ask, "What's the good news?" Look at her glowing face.
Lao Zhang was very enthusiastic and wanted to strike up a conversation, but Jiang Heng was too busy as there was a constant stream of guests in front of him.
The dog also pointed at the lettuce and howled.
I could only say hello briefly and go back with my bags.
Let’s get ready quickly, most of the dinner guests have arrived by now!
Jiang Heng only had time to see Lao Zhang's fighting spirit from behind before he welcomed another guest.
Spinach is selling very well today.
Although spinach was still not popular, it was no longer the first day when only three out of ten people were willing to buy some to try. Now six or seven out of ten people were willing to buy some. She originally only brought 40 kilograms of spinach, but in a short time, she had lost more than 10 kilograms.
After seeing off a few more customers, I heard a clear female voice: "Boss, give me two pounds of spinach!"
Two kilograms at a time.
But the voice was particularly unfamiliar.
And only spinach?
Jiang Heng felt a little unfamiliar with the customer. She subconsciously took a look and saw that it was indeed a stranger. She was busy with her hands and had just filled up a little over two kilograms. "A total of sixty yuan, scan the code here."
"Oh." Tu Yuqing quickly scanned the code and paid.
I couldn't help but look at the price tag next to the scan code.
The price made her heart tremble.
I haven't bought groceries here for a long time. Have they been affected by the prices in Shanghai now?
But thinking about the texture and taste of the spinach, and the fact that it's supposedly all-natural and pesticide-free, the price seems acceptable.
After she met up with her old classmate Fu Rong at noon, the two of them went to a milk tea shop to chat for a while. They mainly wanted to drink some iced milk tea to relieve the pain from eating so much chili peppers to avoid stomach discomfort.
This is how the 'outpatient doctor' treats himself.
Although they don't seem to have any stomach discomfort?
The two of them were chatting about the latest movie and were about to buy tickets, but Fu Rong had something to do at home and was called away by a phone call, so Tu Yuqing had to go to the movie alone. When they came out, it was already late and they were too lazy to eat out alone, so they were about to leave. When they passed by, they saw the owner of the hot pot restaurant taking a lot of spinach from the tricycle basket of the stall owner.
Take another look at the price of spinach above.
Tu Yuqing acted like a famous detective and confirmed that it was definitely the spinach that made her addicted at the hot pot restaurant at noon.
So what are you waiting for? Go and queue up quickly.
I bought it and went home to cook a hot pot that’s not too spicy and enjoy it to my heart’s content!
Oh, by the way, I have to tell Fu Rong.
This kid really loves spinach in hot pot.
——
Everything went smoothly with the stall.
The quantity today is not much. I only had a little more mushrooms, more than 60 kilograms, as well as 30 kilograms of spinach and 150 heads of lettuce, and that’s it.
Mushrooms are a regular customer. Most people who come to buy vegetables will buy some. If they can’t finish eating them, they can be dried and stored for a long time.
Even if you bring a lot, they will sell out quickly.
Lettuce is still the best-selling product, the first one sold out.
Spinach came later and sold out quickly, just like the mushrooms. This was mainly because those who didn't buy the lettuce later had no choice but to choose the more expensive spinach since they still wanted to eat the vegetables from Jiang Heng's stall.
I still managed to close the stall successfully before seven o'clock.
Jiang Heng drove his tricycle home smoothly.
It wasn't too late at this time, but most of the villagers had gone to bed early or were chatting with acquaintances. There weren't many people wandering around on the streets. Jiang Heng had rarely encountered such people in the past, but why were there so many people today?
As soon as you enter the village, you feel like it is brightly lit.
Is someone coming to the village to show a movie?
Apart from festivals, as far as I can remember, the village would be most populated when movies were shown. But nowadays, does anyone still show movies?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a fire truck driving out of the village.
The headlights were blinding.
Jiang Heng quickly turned a corner and entered a small alley. She waited until the fire truck had left before returning to the main road. There were still quite a few people standing there chatting and watching. Seeing her return, they greeted her, "Xiao Heng, you're back. Are you sold out again?"
Jiang Heng also smiled and called for help.
Fortunately, her memory has improved after practicing. She couldn't recognize everything when she was reading before.
She called for help and was about to ask what they were doing when Aunt Zheng Lan smiled a bit strangely. "You just got back, didn't you know? Jiang Cheng took a few close friends up the mountain to pick mushrooms, but they got lost! They kept wandering around until it was almost dark and they still hadn't come down. Then they called the firefighters, and they came and found them..."
Jiang Heng: “???”
She was stunned for two seconds: "Huh? Lost in the mountains? They walked a long way?"
"Yeah!" Jiang Changhai also came over and whispered, "There must be no mushrooms left in the surrounding area. I guess you didn't find the patch you usually pick, so you kept going around in circles. The trees on that hill all look pretty much the same, and you didn't mark the path well, so you got lost."
Jiang Heng: “…cough!”
She didn't mean it.
But I really couldn't help it.
There are definitely no mushrooms outside, and it would be even more difficult to find the places she often goes.
Because every time she went there, she would walk for about twenty minutes. At her speed, twenty minutes would initially take half an hour. The distance was definitely not short. She had to walk more than ten kilometers on foot, and the road was bumpy and full of potholes...
"Oh, I should have been more careful." Jiang Heng sighed seriously.
"It's not just about being careful," Zheng Lan muttered, "but also about not being too greedy."
Although they denied it, the firefighters, upon rescuing them, severely reprimanded them for going up the mountain without permission. They said there were few mushrooms on the outskirts and it was very dangerous. One of the villagers couldn't help but retort, "We didn't intend to go that deep. We just wanted to pick some more expensive mushrooms. There must be a mushroom-producing area on the outskirts. Who knew we'd go inside..."
She just happened to hear it.
They must have gotten lost in order to find the place where Jiang Heng picked mushrooms!
Fortunately, they didn't find me.
Jiang Heng knew it all, but she didn't think the other party could find it. Besides, even if they did find it, it wasn't certain...that they could pick it back safely. Besides, the distance was quite far and the fresh mushrooms were very heavy. In addition, the environment there was getting better and better due to the repeated watering of spiritual rain, which naturally attracted a group of predators.
If a conflict occurs accidentally, it can be very dangerous.
Anyway...I just wish you the best.
After understanding the situation, Jiang Heng didn't stay long and went straight back. When he turned on his phone, he saw a video sent by Jiang Peng: [Yueshan City, Zhongxing Province... Several men went deep into the forest to pick mushrooms and got lost. Fortunately, they were rescued by firefighters...]
And a full screen of:
【Haha ...
Jiang Heng had been able to hold back, but when he saw that smile, he lost it.
Jiang Heng: You know everything? Did your aunt tell you? I didn't see her among the onlookers just now.
Jiang Peng: Hahahaha, I get it. She told me as soon as the firefighters arrived and even took a bunch of videos. She left early. This group must have gone to your mushroom picking location. Luckily, it wasn't exposed. While she was there, many people asked her about the contract. Some even asked where you picked the mushrooms. She said she didn't know, and no one believed her.
[Jiang Peng: I let her go back. It's true. No one believes me when I tell the truth.]
[Jiang Peng: But you're still pretty impressive. This location should be pretty secluded, right?]
Jiang Heng raised his eyebrows and said confidently:
[Yes, it's super hidden! The chances of finding it are very small!]
[Jiang Peng: Then I feel relieved (hugging thigh jpg)]
Jiang Heng smiled, quit the chat, and started to sort out the money he had received today.
The mushrooms were about 6,600 yuan, plus the lettuce was close to 800 yuan, and the spinach was 900 yuan, so the stall income was 8,255 yuan. Including the orders for reservations and the 30 kilograms of spinach that suddenly appeared in the afternoon, the total was almost 18,000 yuan.
This income is really not low.
Jiang Heng was very satisfied. He transferred the money to his bank card and stacked up the few cashes he received and put them in a special box. He would exchange them for 100-yuan bills when he went to the bank one day to make it easier to pay salaries. After packing up, he went to sleep!
We had dinner at my uncle's wife's house, which was all beef and braised beef offal.
Braised beef with green peppers, cold beef, cold beef offal, and her favorite braised eggs. The eggs are from her own farm, and the braised eggs are full of the aroma of braised meat, which is so fragrant that it is intoxicating.
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on Monday
It rained again in the morning.
The air, which had just become hot, instantly cooled down.
Compared to those big cities where it's so hot that it's hard to breathe, the temperature in small towns, no matter how hot it is, seems to be within an acceptable range, not to mention that after the rain and the temperature dropped, some people in the vegetable selling group complained that they were too hot to leave the room yesterday, so they put on coats today.
Jiang Heng, wearing a raincoat, fed a group of hungry lambs and harvested more than two liters of goat milk. Then, he lay peacefully on the bed, petting the dog and cat.
Putting aside the busyness of the past two days, it’s been quite fun so far.
By planting, you can get vegetables and fruits of super high quality and delicious taste.
By raising sheep, you can harvest a lot of goat milk every day.
After a few days, the chicks and ducklings will grow up and you can harvest eggs and chicken every day.
There are still a bunch of grown-up piglets at the end of the year.
So exciting!
Jiang Heng was so happy that he stroked the cat a little harder. Ali, who had gradually laid down and was allowing himself to be stroked, made a small "meow" sound, which was so adorable.
It's raining and everything is wet.
Ali doesn't like this kind of weather, and today he rarely went out to have fun, so he could only end up being bullied by her.
Fortunately, there were two sticky little puppies competing for the opportunity to be petted, so that the cat didn't have to bear it all.
"Hu~" The increasingly robust tabby cat sighed like a human.
Caramel and pudding, who were being fondled comfortably, had already closed their eyes and were drowsy.
Jiang Heng took out his cell phone. It was a rare free time, so he played games for a while and then went to practice. He happened to see the message from the vegetable selling group. He remembered that he had not been notified today, so he quickly edited the notification - he couldn't go out because of the rain, and there was no reservation today.
No mushrooms, no lettuce, just spinach.
Probably only Mr. Zhang from the hotpot restaurant would place an order.
Sure enough, just after sending the notification, I received a private message from Lao Zhang:
[Mr. Zhang from Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: Mr. Jiang, if delivery is inconvenient for you, I can drive over and pick it up myself. The price is still the same. Is that okay?]
[Jiang Heng: The people responsible for collecting and delivering the vegetables are all having medical checkups today and are unable to pick up the goods.]
There were originally three of them, and it was raining today, and it was going to rain all day. Jiang Peng had no work to do, so he simply went to be a guide for the three people who were not familiar with the process, and he also had a physical examination. Jiang Heng wanted to get reimbursed, but Jiang Peng refused. She wanted to have the physical examination herself, and the delivery person did not need a health certificate.
[Lao Zhang from Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: It's okay, it's okay. If the boss doesn't mind, I can pick it myself. The price is still the same. If you mind, just ignore what I said.]
Jiang Heng tilted his head and thought about it.
She really doesn't mind.
The main reason is that she has a good impression of Lao Zhang.
I thought it would be difficult to sell spinach, but it turned out to be much better than expected.
It’s all thanks to Lao Zhang’s hot pot restaurant.
[Jiang Heng: If you really want to pick them yourself, you can come over, but you need to be a little more discreet.]
However, she didn't want to cause any more trouble.
[Mr. Zhang from Laoyou Hotpot Restaurant: No problem!]
Jiang Heng readily sent the address, and the other party said they would leave immediately.
It would take about half an hour to drive. The cement road in the countryside is dilapidated and difficult to drive on. It was also raining, so the speed would be reduced a bit.
After the conversation, the village chief called and told her that Jiang Jizu and his brother had already changed the land ownership, and it was clear that there was no land owned by Jiang Jizu in the area that Jiang Heng wanted to contract. Then he asked her that since the weather was good on Tuesday, how about they discuss it in the morning and try to sign the contract before noon?
Having done this, she certainly had no objection: "Okay."
The village chief then asked, "Do you think there's anything else you want to change about the price? I'd like to hear what the villagers think. If you want, you can lower it by twenty yuan."
Because of the Jiang Jizu incident, he now has no confidence.
I'm afraid that there's something wrong with it, which may cause more problems with this contract.
Jiang Heng: "No need, let's do as we discussed before."
"Okay, okay, you are such a kind young man!" The village chief was overjoyed and praised Jiang Heng a few more times before hanging up the phone.
Then a group of people named "AT" appeared.
[Jiang Quan (Branch Secretary): Notice: All villagers will go to the village committee tomorrow morning at 9:00 to discuss contracting matters...]
The large group in their village became lively.
Voice messages popped up one after another, and you knew they were talking about this without clicking on them.
Jiang Heng watched for a while and played the game again. Lao Zhang came over with his men. Worried about disturbing Jiang Heng, they were very restrained. They greeted each other and went to pick vegetables. After picking, they returned to the yard to wash off the dirt on the roots and weighed them.
This was the daily amount, so after asking Jiang Heng for permission, he picked fifty kilograms, leaving one-fifth of the originally large spinach field empty.
Because there were so many people, the spinach was picked quickly.
The whole process took no more than half an hour to finish cleaning up.
When leaving, Lao Zhang waved in a low voice: "No need to see you off, Boss Jiang. We drive very fast. Welcome to our hot pot restaurant next time, Boss Jiang."
Then he started the car and disappeared.
It's like a spy meeting.
Jiang Heng was silent for a while.
Never mind, at least I kept a low profile.
Wait till the contract is finished...
Jiang Heng thought about it and gave up the idea decisively. She decided to keep a low profile if possible and deal with it later if she couldn't.
Lao Zhang is doing well!
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Author's words: Golden Retriever Meimei (eyes suddenly light up): Meat?! The dog heard it, there's meat!!!
The contract is over! Keep going!
Fifty random red envelopes in this chapter~[heart]
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