Chapter 64 Breakfast Stall
The man selling medicinal herbs at the stall was an old man. He didn't know how to greet people, so he just put a straw mat on the ground and placed a few medicinal herbs on it. Then he sat behind the stall, watching the customers coming and going, and thinking that if people saw the medicinal herbs, they would buy them.
Su Erya was stunned and said, "This is medicinal herbs. Why doesn't he go to the pharmacy in town to sell them?"
Su Erya's voice was neither too loud nor too soft. The old man heard it and said in a simple and honest way, "Young lady, we live in Houshan Village, which is far away from the town. We only have so many herbs. The pharmacy in town can only sell them for a few cents per kilogram. It's better for us to come to Beimai Village to attend the market. If we meet someone who knows the goods, we can sell them for more money."
Su Erya felt a little embarrassed because she felt that she was heard.
Shen Yueyao squatted down and looked at the medicinal herbs. They were all wild and some of them were of some age.
"Old man, how much do you sell these herbs for?"
The old man said, "Young lady, I see you know your stuff with these herbs. Please give them to me as you see fit."
Su Erya asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid that others will just give you a few coins to buy your herbs?"
The old man said, "Normally, if people know the value of the herbs, they will pay tens or even hundreds of coins for them."
For farmers, dozens or hundreds of coins are not a small amount of money.
Besides, these medicinal herbs were just dug up in the mountains by chance, and there are only a few of them, not a large quantity.
The pharmacies in town buy medicinal herbs by weight, and only the good ones are sold by tael.
But sometimes when you take some medicinal herbs to a pharmacy, the owner may be very picky and may not accept them.
It would take him a whole day to go to the town and back, so it would be better for him to come to Beimai Village, carry a shoulder pole, and it would only take him a morning to go there and back.
Shen Yueyao asked a few questions while looking at the medicinal herbs, and only then did she realize that Houshan Village was far away from Beimai Village.
And you have to climb two big mountains.
Moreover, if they were very precious medicinal herbs, he knew that these herbs were not common.
In this comparison, Shen Yueyao felt that Liuhe Village was relatively close to the town.
Shen Yueyao bought two medicinal herbs and gave one or two taels of silver.
The old man's hands trembled with gratitude.
He knew a little about medicinal herbs and had been selling them for many years, but no one had ever given him one or two taels of silver just for two herbs.
Su Erya felt a little distressed, it was just one or two taels of silver.
After they walked out, Shen Yueyao said, "If you want to buy these two herbs at the pharmacy in town, it will cost seven or eight taels of silver."
Su Erya said, "That person just now said that even if we take the herbs to the pharmacy in town, the pharmacy might not accept them. They'll just pick and choose and charge by the kilogram. That's too much profit, isn't it?"
Shen Yueyao said, "Most people don't understand medicinal herbs, so they don't know what's going on in this industry, not even the prices. Besides, ordinary farmers don't have many channels and can only sell to pharmacies. The pharmacy owner says the price is what he charges. There are two pharmacies in town, and they're probably in collusion."
The price of collecting medicinal materials is equivalent to a monopoly.
Only then did Su Erya understand the ins and outs of it. No wonder even an ordinary medicine was so expensive.
Obviously, seeing a doctor is not that expensive, but the medicine is expensive.
Looking at Su Erya's depressed look, he said, "Don't think too much."
"This is how the world works. Few people know how to treat illnesses. Ordinary people who want to learn medicine and herbs still need a master to guide them. But not everyone can teach you medicine. It's different from learning carpentry. Medical skills require years of accumulation."
Su Erya nodded.
They went to buy some pork.
Pigs are slaughtered every time there is a market in the village, and the pork is fresh and cheap.
Su Erya was a little excited. "Aunt, pork at the market is two cents cheaper per pound than in town."
Shen Yueyao was also very happy. She didn't expect that everything in the market was so cheap.
Shen Yueyao thought it would be a good idea to come every time she went to the market, one way was to set up a stall to sell things, and the other was to buy something.
It’s two cents cheaper per pound, and if you buy more, it will be a lot cheaper.
The pork sold here is mainly from pigs slaughtered in the village, and is sold immediately when the market opens.
Fresh and cheap.
Shen Yueyao bought more than 20 kilograms at once.
One reason is that I plan to make more meat sauce, and the other is that I am going to my mother's house tomorrow, so naturally I have to buy some things to bring with me.
Shen Yueyao bought some snacks to take with her tomorrow.
After buying the things, the two went home.
After working all afternoon, she decided not to set up a stall the next day. Shen Yueyao went to the town early in the morning and took Feng Qiuhe's ox cart. The two of them went to Xinghua Village together.
After getting on the ox cart, Feng Qiuhe excitedly said to Shen Yueyao while driving the ox cart: "Yueyao, I heard what you said last time. These few days we will push the cart to set up a stall and sell things with a family. She will sell cakes and we will sell tofu pudding. Not to mention that it is more profitable than tofu, a bowl of tofu pudding, after seasoning, is just like a bowl of soup. It sells for ten cents and there are quite a few people buying it..."
Feng Qiuhe was very grateful to Shen Yueyao, and pulled Shen Yueyao aside to talk about these things incessantly.
"Plus, one pound of tofu pudding can make three large bowls, so it makes more money than selling a pound of tofu."
"Now that the weather is warmer, there's a wharf to the east. It's gradually opening up, and many people are eating breakfast. We push a cart to sell tofu pudding, and we don't have a fixed location. With so many people eating breakfast, we make more money these days than selling tofu."
"Also at noon, we go to sell tofu skin. As you said, we tell everyone that tofu skin can be stir-fried. We think it tastes good when we stir-fry it at home."
"My parents-in-law said they hadn't expected tofu skin to be so delicious when stir-fried after years of making it."
Feng Qiuhe held Shen Yueyao's hand and was very happy.
"By the way, I also brought two kilograms of tofu. Take it to your parents."
"How can this be possible?"
Two pounds of tofu is not cheap.
Feng Qiuhe asked Shen Yueyao to take it, "You take it, you can stay at your mother's house for lunch, it's a good opportunity to add a dish."
"If you have cabbage, just stew it with tofu."
"I don't know how to thank you. My child's father said that he might find a way to open a breakfast stall in the future."
Shen Yueyao said: "I just mentioned it briefly. The main thing is that you believe in me and you can do it, so you took action so quickly."
"You can't procrastinate when doing business. If you think it's feasible, set up a stall and start doing business. The sooner you start, the sooner you can make money."
Shen Yueyao nodded. It was indeed true. In fact, it was also because Feng Qiuhe was diligent and efficient in his work.
The two of them were talking when they arrived at Xinghua Village at noon.
Xinghua Village is very close to Xiliu Town. It is a large village with flat roads and many people.
The village streets are wide and many people have apricot trees planted in front of their houses.
The sun was shining brightly, and some elderly people in the village sat under the trees with stools, basking in the sun and chatting.
It's nothing but gossip about the Dudong and Li families.
They are all trivial family matters.
However, what everyone discussed most that day was the Shen family's affairs.
"Back then, the eldest and second sons wanted to split up the family because the third son of the Shen family and his wife rented a shop to open a noodle shop. But now, look at what's going on. The noodle shop can't even continue to operate. I don't know what to do with the money I invested. I have to pay the rent every month, and I have to spend money on buying noodles..."
"The third son's wife is a skilled cook. Her Yangchun noodles are really delicious. Their business used to be pretty good. It was because there was a noodle shop across the street from their shop. That couple came from out of town and opened a ramen shop. Many customers went to the ramen shop to eat noodles, so the third son's noodle shop became deserted..."
People in the village speak loudly and are not afraid of being heard by others. After all, no one in the village can hide what is happening. In less than half a day, the whole village will know about it.
Shen Yueyao was sitting on the ox cart when she heard these words.
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