Chapter 47: It’s no use following the trend without the ability
Hu Xiuxiu was chopping grass for pigs at home.
Hu Xiaosi came over quietly and lowered his voice: "Sister, Brother Yong said that he is waiting for you on the mountain where he is collecting firewood."
Hu Xiuxiu paused with the hatchet in her hand and whispered, "Go tell him not to meet again in the future."
She struggled and even fell into the water. I thought that everything would be settled after physical contact, but in the end her mother ruined it.
If she took the initiative to spread the news of her falling into the water, she was afraid that her mother would go all out and sell her out.
She is going to meet the carpenter in town the day after tomorrow, and she has to break up with Ye Yong completely.
Hu Xiaosi looked lonely and could only run out.
But after a while, he came back again: "Brother Yong said...if you don't come, he will come to find you."
"He's crazy!" After saying that, she quickly covered her mouth because the sound was too loud. Mother is making clothes in the room.
After thinking for a while, Hu Xiuxiu chopped the woodpile with her axe and said, "Xiao Si, you cut the pig grass. I'll go collect firewood."
Only by talking things out face to face can we truly break up.
"No, I'll go with you. I'll go and ask my brother to cut grass for the pigs."
After Hu Xiaosi finished speaking, he rushed into the room, left his brother to cut grass for the pigs, and followed Hu Xiuxiu up the mountain together.
Hu Xiuxiu came to the place where they usually collected firewood together.
Ye Yong is chopping wood.
Hu Xiuxiu walked over and was talking when Ye Yong told her everything.
"What did you say? Will you be able to collect enough money for the bride price within two months?" Hu Xiuxiu was confused.
"Yes. This is what my aunt promised us. She said it was compensation for us."
After experiencing everything that happened during this period, whether it was digging cassava or selling spicy soup, my aunt became more and more reliable.
Ye Yong also looked at Ye Caiping differently and became more and more convinced of her.
After Hu Xiuxiu was overjoyed, she felt a little sad: "My mother won't believe this... unless the twenty taels are placed in front of her right now."
"Besides, the day after tomorrow, I will go to town to see her. If the carpenter likes her, the marriage will be settled."
Ye Yong's face changed: "What should I do..."
Hu Xiuxiu was at a loss for a moment.
Hu Xiaosi rolled his eyes and said, "How about, Brother Yong, take your sister out to hide for a while?"
"No!" Ye Yong refused without thinking, "Those who run away will be concubines, and those who run away secretly will be lowly! Even if we come back in the future, our reputation will be ruined."
Especially Xiuxiu, as a woman, she endures thousands times more than men.
Hu Xiuxiu gritted her teeth: "What should I do......"
"However, I will go to the carpenter and explain my feelings... No, no, I have asked around, and the carpenter is narrow-minded. If I tell him this, it will make him lose face. He will tell the matchmaker or my mother about this, and my mother will sell me off."
"How about delaying it for a while? Just delay it for two months. We can collect enough money and then threaten your mother with the incident of falling into the water. With twenty taels, she will agree to our marriage." Ye Yong said.
The question is, how to delay?
"Ah, I have an idea!" Hu Xiaosi rolled his eyes and smiled, "Sister, give me twenty cents and I guarantee that the carpenter will postpone the appointment for two months."
Hu Xiuxiu frowned: "What method?"
"Give me the money first. You'll know tomorrow."
Seeing that he was keeping her in suspense, Hu Xiuxiu became so anxious that she wanted to hit him.
But among the brothers, the fourth one is the smartest and cleverest. Hu Xiuxiu nodded: "Okay, I'll give it to you when I get home."
Hu Xiuxiu still has some private matters.
After Hu Xiuxiu and Ye Yong talked it out, they felt the sky was clear.
One of them was chopping wood, while the other was bundling wood, both with smiles on their faces.
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The next morning, at four in the morning.
Ye Caiping and Old Lady Ye were getting ready to get up and were busy in the kitchen.
Old Lady Ye said, "Yesterday, there was one more spicy soup restaurant, which caused us to sell for an extra hour. How much should we make today?"
Ye Caiping thought for a moment and said, "Make one less bucket."
Old Mrs. Ye hesitated a little: "If there is one less bucket, I am afraid it will not be enough to sell."
"If we can't sell enough, we'll take a break."
After the spicy soup was ready, the four of them rode the ox cart to town again.
Sure enough, there were four more Huo La Tang stalls today, and the prices varied.
There are small bowls for three cents, and some for four cents, but anyway, it’s cheaper than theirs. This is a price war.
Ye Caiping found it funny. If you are engaging in a price war, the quality must be the same!
If you don’t have the ability, there’s no point in following the trend!
However, although those stores were just for show, they still attracted some customers. After all, everyone wants to get a bargain and try something new.
I was thinking, if the spicy soup from the restaurant we had yesterday wasn’t good, maybe the others might be good! I only have a few cents left, so I naturally want to give it a try.
Among the four new stalls, one actually had quite a lot of customers, selling a small bowl of rice for four cents.
Uncle Xu went to work as a spy for them again, and bought from the restaurant with the most customers.
Ye Caiping nodded after tasting it. This restaurant actually added pepper, which really captured the most important ingredient of Huo La Tang!
But compared with theirs, it's still far behind.
Although business was somewhat affected, the two large buckets of spicy soup were still sold out within three hours.
Customers who didn’t get to try the Huo La Tang were disappointed and had to try other restaurants.
Old Lady Ye said, "They're selling pretty fast. I should have made half a barrel earlier."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Let's do some hunger marketing and let customers try other restaurants and compare."
The four were packing up their stall when a short, fat middle-aged man came over, smiling:
"Boss, your spicy soup is really delicious. My last name is Lin, and I work at Baiweilou."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "We know Baiweilou, the most popular restaurant in Dashu Town."
Shopkeeper Lin laughed and said, "Your spicy soup... is pretty good. We at Baiweilou are quite interested in it. How about we cooperate with each other?"
Ye Caiping raised her eyebrows: "How to cooperate?"
"Well...can you sell us your recipe?" Shopkeeper Lin asked:
"Of course, after you buy the recipe, you can continue to set up the stall. I promise that we will only start selling after noon. In this way, you can sell in the morning market and we can sell in the afternoon and evening markets, and there will be no conflict."
"Sorry, I don't want to sell it." Ye Caiping refused without thinking.
Shopkeeper Lin frowned: "Wait, don't rush to refuse, I haven't given a price yet! I'll offer fifty taels!"
Ye Caiping almost spit out her tea.
Even Old Lady Ye and Jin'er were almost mad with anger.
Ye Caiping said, "Shopkeeper, you want to buy a house because of our business, right? You are also in the catering business, do you think we can't make fifty taels?"
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