In fact, it’s not that Jiang Qiufang and his friends’ braised dishes are not delicious. The taste of their braised dishes is not much different from that of Jiang Ning and his friends.
But they really didn't know how to choose a location. They chose a village in the city, which most people couldn't afford. Moreover, their prices were extremely high. They were just selling pig offal without any meat, and they set the price at 70 cents per pound. With that much money, why would people eat pig offal? They would have eaten pork instead.
You have to know that the meat dishes sold by Jiang Ning and his colleagues at the country market at 60 cents per pound were priced at this price only when they included chicken legs and pork belly.
Jiang Qiufang and Li Ergou came to the city intending to do something big. They bought a lot of ingredients from the supply and marketing cooperative to stew and sell. Unfortunately, their business was not very good, so a lot of it was wasted.
"Brother Ergou, this isn't going to work. We have to find a way out."
"I remember Mom told me that Brother Jianguo had mentioned to others that Jiang Ning and his friends were setting up a stall in the city. Why don't we go there too? Their braised dishes taste similar, so there will definitely be people who will buy ours. So you can go there quietly tomorrow to take a look, and I'll go with you to ask around."
After hearing what Jiang Qiufang said, Li Ergou thought about it and decided to try his luck. So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. This is the only way now."
The two men acted immediately and came to the city fully armed the next afternoon to inquire about how Jiang Ning and his team were doing in business.
They arrived here at three o'clock. There were not many people setting up stalls at that time. The two of them waited for an hour and a half before Jiang Ning and his friends came to the stall and started setting up the stall.
"Are they here to do business? Can they make money? No wonder they can only make ends meet. It would be a relief if they don't starve to death." Jiang Qiufang said with disdain.
"It seems to me that their business is not much better than ours. We only sell a little bit after the whole day. I guess they are doing even worse than us if they set up their stalls now." Li Ergou looked happy.
Jiang Qiufang: "Then do we still need to watch? I think they are just like that."
Li Ergou: "Anyway, I'm not setting up a stall today, so I don't have anything to do when I go back. Since I'm here, I'll just see what time they close. I guess how much they can sell? Judging from the way they look, they probably make a lot of braised dishes."
Jiang Qiufang thought about it and decided that since she was already out, she might as well take another look. It wouldn’t hurt to take a look.
Soon at five o'clock, the workers all went off work.
They saw that there were always many people at Jiang Ning and Chen Yan's stalls. One person came after another to buy something, and they were so busy that they could not keep up.
"Brother, why is the braised food business so good?" Jiang Qiufang asked Old Man Wan, who was standing next to the sweet potato vendor wearing a washed-out work suit.
Old Man Wan looked them up and down without saying anything, just nodded.
Jiang Qiufang and Li Ergou looked at Old Man Wan who was silent, and knew they couldn't get anything out of him, so they stopped asking him.
They walked over to a more secluded flower bed nearby and sat down, staring intently at their stall.
Soon, within an hour, Jiang Ning and his team sold out all their braised dishes. However, many people still hadn't bought any. Those who hadn't bought any said, "Boss Jiang, Boss Chen, you need to make more braised dishes. You only made this little, so we can't buy any."
Jiang Ning and Chen Yan smiled and agreed, "Okay, okay, no problem."
Jiang Qiufang and Li Ergou were both shocked. Is there really such a way to do business? Selling braised dishes and being urged to make more?
This was the first time they saw it.
"Brother Ergou, their business here is so good, why don't we come here too? Otherwise we won't make a penny."
"It's definitely coming. It just depends on how it comes."
"How do I get here? Isn't it just about moving the stall over here? Is there anything else to it?" Jiang Qiufang looked confused.
"Isn't our marinade theirs? When the taste is the same, they will all know it, right?" Li Ergou said a little panicked.
"What's the big deal? We didn't steal or rob, so what are we afraid of? Even if we find out that the brine is theirs, so what? Wasn't it Brother Jianguo who sold it to us? What's there to be afraid of? We can even use our relationship to take over their business. Wouldn't we make more money that way?" Jiang Qiufang looked very proud.
Li Ergou thought so too. "Yes, that's right. Let's get ready and move the stall here the day after tomorrow."
After the inspection, the two returned home satisfied.
"Jiang Ning, when you were selling braised dishes here just now, I noticed two people secretly staring at you. And my father told me that these two people were secretly asking about your business situation."
As soon as Jiang Qiufang and Li Ergou left, Wan Zhifang came to Jiang Ning's stall and said.
"I guess she saw your business was so good, so she wanted to set up a stall here like Sister Zhang and compete with you. However, the braised food business here is not so good now. After all, after trying your braised food, I never want to eat other people's braised food again. The taste can't compare to yours."
"Who cares? I can't stop others from setting up a braised food stall. It's not like Chen Yan and I are the only ones setting up a stall here."
She didn't take this matter to heart. Now Jiang Ning's mind was all about how to make more braised dishes to sell and make more money. After all, who doesn't want to make more money?
It has been three months since they left home after the Chinese New Year. Jiang Ning and Chen Yan have both earned ten thousand yuan and have become millionaires.
If it were in the countryside, the villagers would send big red flowers to express congratulations.
But she and Chen Yan don't care about these, they just want to make more money.
In this way, she was one step closer to returning home.
Of course, some people saw Jiang Ning making so much money selling braised dishes at a stall, so they also set up stalls here. However, the food they made was not as good as Jiang Ning's, and the price was the same, so everyone was willing to buy at Jiang Ning's stall. Not only was the food delicious, but it was also very hygienic and clean.
Many people set up stalls here for only a few days before moving to other places. They really couldn't compete and had to move away.
Soon Jiang Qiufang and Li Ergou moved their stall over. Based on what they saw at Jiang Ning's stall the day before, the first thing they did was to change the prices to the same.
Now they have no meat coupons so they can only sell pig offal, and also changed the price to 35 cents per pound for meat dishes and 20 cents per pound for vegetables.
Both people are full of confidence.
At 4:30, before Jiang Ning even approached her stall, she saw two familiar figures across from hers. She patted Chen Yan and pointed ahead, signaling him to look. "Chen Yan, am I dazzled? Why do I think I see my cheap cousin and her husband?"
He looked in the direction of Jiang Ning's finger. Chen Yan looked carefully, then nodded and said, "You're not mistaken, it's them."
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