Chunxi and her friends were very helpful and made and sold cookies and cakes the next day.
I would get up in the middle of the night to make everything, package it at home, and deliver it directly to the braised meat stall at the entrance of the college. I would set up a table next to the stall so that one person could take care of it.
Cookies and cream puffs are priced at 30 wen a box. Pork floss biscuits and pork floss cake rolls, which contain pork floss, are priced at 50 wen a box.
Although the price seemed a bit high, milk was still a precious commodity in that era, and these snacks were made with a lot of milk and cream. In addition, the tools were outdated and the labor costs were quite high. After all the calculations, the profit was not much.
Fortunately, most of the students who can study in the college are not short of money, and they are willing to spend money as long as the food is delicious.
On the first day, due to lack of tools, we had to rely on manual whipping of cream and egg whites. The quantity was not large, and after a short while, there were only a few boxes left.
Some students didn't buy it in the morning, so they saw their classmates eating it in the college. They shamelessly tried a little and came out to ask about it at noon.
Chen Feng could only tell them that there was no more today and he would make more to sell tomorrow.
After the stall owner came back and told Tian An, Tian An immediately asked Liu Duoduo to order twice as much milk. Fortunately, the tools that Chen Qiang had ordered before were already ready. Although they were not as good as electric ones, they could get twice the result with half the effort.
The next day, we doubled the quantity. Thanks to the previous day's preparation, they sold out quickly. Many people, worried they'd arrive too late and miss out, asked classmates who arrived earlier to bring them for them, or had the waiters line up in advance.
The smarter ones placed their orders directly, leaving their addresses for delivery. Liu Hui thought this was a great idea! The next day, he brought pen and paper to promote the product to the customers.
After that, they received a lot of orders every day. The girls got up in the middle of the night to prepare the quantity to be sold at the stall, and then started to rush the orders during the day. Then in the afternoon, after Chen Feng and Deng Yuan came back, they started to deliver them to each household.
It didn't take long for these snacks to become popular, and the orders kept increasing. The little girls were so tired that they almost fell asleep while standing.
Tian An could only ask Chen Qiang to go to the farm and pick up a few skillful aunts to help. They could earn thirty cents a day, and nine hundred cents a month, which was a very good income in this winter when people couldn't even leave the house.
After all the household matters were arranged, Granny Qin went to Tian An and said, "Girl, while you have some free time, you should start studying your piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, tea art, and etiquette."
This time, Tian An didn't refuse and started learning from Granny Qin that very day. It wasn't that she wanted to learn, but rather that when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Learning these things in Jinning County wasn't very useful before, but things were different in the capital.
Just like the last time Xiao Lao San came, strictly speaking, she was rude. There were a lot of high-ranking officials in the capital, and she didn't want to offend anyone or be laughed at because of a courtesy.
After the New Year, she still had to attend Gu Jinyan's coming-of-age ceremony. The Gu family was an old, established family in the capital, and they attached great importance to etiquette. Gu Jinyan was also the eldest daughter, so the ceremony would definitely be grand, and she couldn't bring shame to her sisters.
Moreover, she still owed Zhao Yiming a purse. If she didn't practice needlework well, how could she have the nerve to show it off if her embroidery was not good looking?
And there is the zither. She spent several hundred taels to buy a zither, originally for Zhao Yiming to practice, but she didn't expect that Zhao Yiming's piano skills would be so good just by learning in the academy. He is simply a genius!
If Zhao Yiming couldn't use it, wouldn't the hundreds of taels be wasted? She could only enjoy it herself. For the sake of those hundreds of taels, she had to learn to play the qin well.
That day, Tian An had just finished embroidering a piece of grass when she saw Chen Qiang coming from the outer courtyard with a sour face.
"What's wrong? You look so ugly." Tian An put down the embroidery frame and said.
Chen Qiang said angrily, "Just now, the housekeepers of several neighboring houses came to our house to complain about us, saying that we have been cooking all day and the aroma has spread into their yard, disturbing their young masters and young ladies and making it difficult for them to concentrate on their studies.
But how can we be blamed for this? We can’t stop people from doing business! "
Tian An was also at a loss for words after hearing this. Isn't this the legendary kid next door crying because of envy?
Jokes aside, the problem still needs to be solved.
Tian An thought for a moment and said, "Pack up some of the biscuits, cakes, and braised meats in your home and personally deliver them to the neighboring houses. Tell them that a neighbor is worse than a distant relative, and invite them to try some. If they need anything in the future, they can get a 20% discount on everything they buy."
"Then we are at a disadvantage!" Chen Qiang said with a bitter face.
Tian An waved his hand at him, "Suffer a small loss to gain a big advantage! You will know it later."
Then she continued to pick up the embroidery frame and work hard. She must embroider a beautiful flower today.
Once she was more skilled, she could start embroidering a purse for Zhao Yiming. She'd embroider a ginkgo leaf! The shape was simple and wouldn't easily fall apart, and it looked good on men too. It symbolized having you in this life, and having apricots for three lifetimes.
Although he had doubts in his mind, Chen Qiang still prepared things according to Tian An's instructions and visited him in person.
Seeing his sincere attitude, those people didn't want to make things difficult for him and politely accepted the gifts.
Hearing that we could get discounts on things in the future made me even happier. It just so happened that two restaurants were hosting guests in the next two days and ordered a lot of braised meat and cakes on the spot.
Holding the deposit in his hand, Chen Qiang suddenly understood what Tian An meant by "suffering a small loss to gain a big profit." The two orders they received today were much more than the goods they had already delivered. After deducting the costs, they could make a lot of money. And since they were in an alley, they didn't need a carriage; they could just carry the goods across.
With this experience, when the twelfth lunar month came and the vegetables on the farm were ripe, Chen Qiang asked Tian An for permission and then sent some vegetables to several families in the neighborhood.
It was the time of the year when there was not much food left, and the emerald green vegetables immediately attracted the attention of the housekeepers. After asking the price, they asked Chen Qiang to wait and hurried to ask the master for instructions.
After returning, he immediately ordered a month's supply of vegetables. When Chen Qiang received a large order, he immediately sent a small basket of strawberries to each family and also gave each housekeeper an extra small box.
Their eyes twitched as they watched, "How do you grow these vegetables and fruits? Many wealthy families can't even grow them, and even if they do, the quality is not good enough for their own consumption. But you not only grow them, but you grow them so well and you can even sell them."
Chen Qiang only said modestly: "The master's family is a farming and reading family, so they are more proficient in agriculture and sericulture."
Everyone complained in their hearts! I don’t believe you! Who doesn’t have two people who can farm?
But no matter how much we complain, the facts are in front of us. We can't cheat in this kind of thing!
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