"No." said the chef.
"What about the provincial capital?" asked Manager Sun.
The chef shook his head and said, "We don't have any in the capital. These salted eggs are only eaten by the nobles in the capital. They are not sold in ordinary small counties."
"That's not right." Shopkeeper Sun wondered, "This thing is only sold in Beijing. Could it be that the girl imported the goods from Beijing?" - The stall opened late today, and the regular customers were getting impatient.
"Are you getting carried away? Jin Kee has already sold two pots!"
Shen Chuan said sullenly.
Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Huh? Why are you here today?"
"Just passing by." Shen Chuan said.
"Oh." Su Xiaoxiao wrapped five egg yolk pastries and handed them to the lady in front of her. "Your snack, one hundred coins."
Egg yolk pastry is expensive, ten cents more expensive than wife cake and chestnut cake.
"Here, the list." Shen Chuan casually handed her the list he had carried with him all the way.
Su Xiaoxiao was surprised: "You came all the way here to give me the list? Actually, there is no need. After we finish the business here, we will go to the academy to get it ourselves."
Shen Chuan said unhappily: "I told you I was just passing by and brought it to you!"
Su Xiaoxiao asked, "You are a little angry today. Did you have a quarrel with the dean again?"
Shen Chuan was touched by what he had said and sighed, "He insisted that I go to the city to study after the spring, but I don't want to go!"
This is the Shen family's family affair, and Su Xiaoxiao has no right to interfere.
"Here you go." Su Xiaoxiao gave him a family portrait of a snack, "This is for you, no charge."
"What?" Shen Chuan asked.
"To comfort you." Su Xiaoxiao said seriously.
Shen Chuan: “…”
Shen Chuan coughed lightly: "I am a grown man, do I need a little girl like you to comfort me? Here!"
He threw a small piece of silver to Su Xiaoxiao, "No need to change it, I'm happy today!"
He wants to ruin his father's fortune!
Lose a lot! After losing all his money, Mr. Shen walked away in a swagger.
Su Xiaoxiao handed the silver to Su Ergou and asked him to keep it: "Do you understand?"
Su Ergou shook his head in surprise.
I don't understand, I don't understand, why her sister didn't want money, but Mr. Shen gave her more money? Su Xiaoxiao patted him on the shoulder: "Learn slowly."
The flow of people on the street was obviously much less than in the previous few days. In addition, they arrived too late, and many customers waited for a long time without being served, thinking that they would not be opening the stall today.
"Sister, sales are a bit slow today." Su Ergou said.
"It's okay. It's normal to have ups and downs in business." Su Xiaoxiao has a good attitude. Maybe it's because the fat man is broad-minded and he is not in a hurry at all.
The money she had on hand, not counting the money she earned from the snack and braised food business, included 45 taels from selling recipes, and 30 taels from the consultation fee given by Mr. Xiang. So she didn't have to worry about going hungry in the short term.
However, business always needs to be expanded slowly. If she wants to expand the production scale, she will have to invest more capital.
In addition, the house is old.
This house was built when Chen and Old Man Su got married. More than ten years have passed, and the walls are cracked, the roof is wrinkled, and it leaks wind and rain.
She plans to put house building on the agenda after the spring.
With this calculation, the money earned will have to be spent before it can even warm up to the present.
Just as he was thinking about it, Shopkeeper Sun walked over to Jinji leisurely with his hands behind his back.
"Hey, Miss Su, you're here to set up a stall again."
He came up to the two of them, glanced at the snacks on Su Xiaoxiao's tray, and said with a smile, "Business isn't very good today."
Su Ergou was not happy with the shopkeeper Sun who was forcing them to buy the formula: "Why are you here again? I'm warning you, I don't have any formula to sell to you! I won't sell it to you in the future!"
"I'm not here to buy the formula, I'm here to ask for your money back!"
Su Ergou knows all too well the tricks of extortion.
Shopkeeper Sun took out a paper recipe from his wide sleeves, waved it in front of Su Xiaoxiao, and said, "You sold me a fake recipe! Even if we bring the case to the government, you are still in the wrong!"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "I said it myself, you wrote it yourself, unless you wrote it wrong, there will be no problem with the formula."
Shopkeeper Sun said, "But the snacks I made according to your recipe taste different from the ones you sell!"
Su Xiaoxiao looked puzzled: "Really?"
Shopkeeper Sun waved behind him, and a waiter came running over carrying a plate of egg yolk pastry.
"Try it yourself!"
Shopkeeper Sun said.
Su Xiaoxiao broke open the egg yolk pastry and said, "No need to taste it, it's definitely different from what I made."
Shopkeeper Sun said coldly: "You admitted it!"
Su Xiaoxiao said, "But I also followed the recipe strictly. It's not the recipe that's the problem. You bought the wrong ingredients. Don't blame me!"
Shopkeeper Sun gritted his teeth secretly. This girl is really not easy to scare...
An ordinary person would have panicked and lost his mind if questioned by him like that, but this girl was unusually calm.
Is she really a teenage village girl?
Su Xiaoxiao said sternly, "Shopkeeper Sun, we are open to do business. If you are really willing to learn from me, I can do you a favor. If you want to blackmail me, I advise you to give up! I sold you the formula not because I am afraid of you. I set up a stall in front of your Jinji and indeed stole some of your business. We see each other every day, so it's not too much. I just regard it as a good relationship. But try to bully us again!"
In business negotiations, one must be thick-skinned and have strong aura.
It doesn’t matter whether you have it or not, it’s enough to make people believe that you have it.
This was the experience that Shopkeeper Sun had acquired after working for decades, but he never expected that it could be easily mastered by a little girl.
It must be said that Shopkeeper Sun now really has a new respect for Su Xiaoxiao.
Of course, with a hint of gnashing of teeth.
Shopkeeper Sun said with a fake smile: "Okay, as long as you are willing to tell me where you bought your ingredients, I will believe you."
Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows: "Is this your attitude when asking for help?"
Su Ergou: Why does it sound like what my brother-in-law said?
Shopkeeper Sun: “…”
Shopkeeper Sun laughed exaggeratedly and asked, "Excuse me, Miss Su, where do you buy your salted egg yolks?"
Don’t tell him it’s from the capital. If this girl has supply from the capital, would she still worry that he will cut off the flour supply to the town?
Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "Oh, you mean that one, I made it myself."
Shopkeeper Sun was startled: "You made it yourself?"
Su Xiaoxiao spread her hands: "Yeah, you can't do it? It's not that difficult."
Shopkeeper Sun almost vomited blood.
What do you mean it’s not that difficult? If all the chefs in the town hear what you said, they will all come and beat you to death!
Su Xiaoxiao said generously, "Since we have worked together before, if you want the salted egg recipe, I can sell it to you at a low price."
Jinji sells dim sum, not ingredients. Who the hell wants a salted egg recipe? According to that, do they have to grind their own flour, fry their own sesame oil, plant their own star anise, and dry their own peppercorns? Then they can buy the recipes for sugar and official salt, and they'll be done.
Well, then death is not far away.
In short, Jin Kee does not make its own ingredients.
Shopkeeper Sun said reluctantly, "I don't want the recipe, but if you have extra salted eggs, you can sell them to me."
Su Xiaoxiao sighed: "Alas, although the method of making salted eggs is not difficult, it is very troublesome. I only made a few, and they are not enough for myself. How can I sell more to you?"
Shopkeeper Sun gritted his teeth and said, "The price is negotiable!"
(End of this chapter)