Chapter 141 Chapter 141 Jinjiang First Release
Chai Xingyu's tone was anxious and his eyes were urgent. Lin Chuntao curled her lips and smiled.
"How does it feel? Do you like the taste?"
Chai Xingyu listened to Lin Chuntao's slow tone and breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that Lin Chuntao had cooperated with him, so he didn't have to worry about her selling the sauce to other families. Otherwise, he would be even more anxious.
"I like it. This sauce tastes better when dipped directly into steamed buns than the previous spicy sauce. Sister, to be honest, I'm not sure which of these two sauces will sell better in the future."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "I think each has its own merits and focuses. For soup, the spicy sauce is definitely more suitable, and for dipping steamed buns with rice, this is definitely the one I have now. As long as everyone likes it, they will definitely buy it."
Chai Xingyu: "That's the truth."
Lin Chuntao said: "The name is
"It's called Lin's Spicy Sauce. It won't be available for at least twenty to ten days," Lin Chuntao said. Chai Xingyu said, "Today is the twenty-fourth, so it should be at least the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. It's good to have new products in the twelfth lunar month. By then, it's almost Chinese New Year, and that's when everyone needs to buy sauces. After the New Year, everyone's busy with spring farming. I think this sauce would be perfect to take home with rice."
Lin Chuntao nodded and said, "It's a bit more expensive than the spicy sauce. This oil is not cheap. I'm tentatively setting it at twenty cents per pound. What do you think?"
Chai Xingyu thought for a moment and said, "Let's set it at twenty-two cents."
This soybean oil is not cheap. He saw that the sauce was oily and thought that he could save lard by using this sauce to mix with rice. Chai Xingyu felt that everyone should be able to accept this price.
If the price could be raised, Lin Chuntao had no objection, so she asked Chai Xingyu.
"How many kilograms do you plan to make for the new product? I'll start making it when I get home."
Chai Xingyu pondered for a moment and said, "Let's make about four jars for the first time." Lin Chuntao nodded. Four jars would cost just over a thousand yuan, and this sauce would be easier to preserve than the previous one.
Lin Chuntao came today and settled last month's bill, decided on the new sauces, and calculated the bill. The accountant also took the advance payment for the two sauces for next month.
The advance payment for the two kinds of sauces was one hundred taels, plus the monthly payment, Lin Chuntao felt that the silver box was heavy.
She came in a mule cart and on the way back she exchanged two large iron pots from the system.
After returning to the village, Lin Chuntao prepared to start recruiting people in the village. The work was not difficult, but it had to be done cleanly and carefully, and it had to be done for a long time. A lot of sauce was needed, and she couldn't work today and rest tomorrow, otherwise she wouldn't be able to finish the work.
Before recruiting people, Lin Chuntao called Aunt Guizhi and Grandma together to discuss paying wages once every two weeks or a month. In the future, as there will be more people, paying wages every day will be more messy and there will be more work to do. It would be more convenient to change to recording attendance and paying wages once a month.
Lin Chuntao expressed her thoughts and added, "If your family is in urgent need of money, you can come to Meng Yun to collect it in advance."
After hearing what Lin Chuntao said, Grandma and Aunt Guizhi agreed immediately.
They also saved the daily wages they took home, but the payment was changed from daily to once a month. Given Lin Chuntao's personality, it was impossible for her to refuse to pay everyone. Besides, if they needed money urgently, not to mention the wages they earned, even when Aunt Guizhi took Lin Shuilian to the clinic without any money, Lin Chuntao would have given it to them directly.
They agreed readily. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Thank you, Grandma and the aunts."
After everything was discussed, Lin Chuntao went to the drying yard after lunch.
After lunch, many people were turning over corn in the drying yard. Lin Chuntao announced the need for recruitment, and many women in the village were very excited.
Seeing everyone's excitement, Lin Chuntao said loudly, "I'll only look for a few this time. If you are not chosen, don't be unhappy. In addition to looking for people today, I have something else to tell you."
"The corn and beans I planted this year are both new varieties, and I think the harvest is pretty good. If anyone is interested in planting them, you can come to my house and see Madam Meng to register and get the seeds."
"One more thing. I'm harvesting chili peppers. If you want to grow chili peppers to sell, you can come and register with Madam Meng. I'll get the chili seedlings out in a few days, and you can come and get them to plant. I also have tomatoes, leeks, and cabbages. You can also plant more and I'll harvest them."
After Lin Chuntao finished speaking, everyone watching in the drying yard was stunned. Everyone looked at each other. Lin Chuntao only said that they were going to register to receive seeds, and did not mention the money.
A villager planted beans and corn so late that everyone thought she would harvest a pile of corn straw this year and no grain at all.
Who would have thought that her corn and bean sprouts grew so well. The seedlings were not very lush, but the beans were abundant. Before she even harvested them, some people in the village said that her bean sprouts had too many small beans, and seemed different from those grown by everyone else.
During the days of harvesting beans, she called Lin Jiaye and others to help harvest together. They ran back and forth in the village many times a day. Everyone was envious of the beans hanging on the bean sprouts.
And there is the corn. Lin Chuntao's uncle and his family came to help harvest it. Looking at the corn they carried back makes people drool. With the same land, it seems that Lin Chuntao's harvest is more than two or three times theirs.
Some families were thinking about going to Lin Chuntao to ask about buying some seeds next year, but before they went, Lin Chuntao spoke up first.
Soon someone couldn't wait to ask, "Chun Tao, are these seeds you mentioned free?"
Lin Chuntao looked at the man who asked the question. She originally wanted to give everyone seeds for free. She planted more than 40 kilograms of corn seeds this year. She planted corn for all the 50 or so households in the village. In fact, other families did not plant so much corn. She did not care if she exchanged more or less through the system.
But then I thought about it, corn and soybeans are both food, and I'm afraid of people's greed and evil nature. Not only will people not cherish things they get for free, they may also think that she has bad intentions.
She doesn't ask for anything in return, but she definitely doesn't want to create any grudges.
So after thinking it over again, I decided not to give it away for free. I will just lend the seeds to everyone and return them when the harvest is good.
She said, "Uncle Si, there are so many people in our village who need seeds for free. I can't afford it. Everyone should register to receive seeds. When the harvest comes next year, you can just give me back as many kilograms as you receive."
"It's the same with corn and soybeans, and the chili seedlings are free and don't need to be returned."
Upon hearing that they had to return it, the person asking the question was a little disappointed and muttered, "From the way you sounded, I thought they were going to be given to everyone for free."
“What if the harvest is less than the seeds?”
This rhetorical question left Lin Chuntao speechless. She said, "I'm not forcing you to come to me for seeds to plant. I can't guarantee that your harvest will be good. I'm saying this for those who want to plant. It's your choice."
"Those of you who are worried can continue to plant the previous ones. Those who want to try can come to me."
After these words were spoken, the people around him laughed and teased Lin Sihuang, who was asking the question, and Lin Sihuang's face turned red.
In fact, most people don’t have such a cunning idea, and still think that Lin Chuntao has provided them with convenience.
Lin Jiahui has been collecting peppers and soybeans everywhere recently. Although the corn and soybean seeds need to be returned, the pepper seedlings can be obtained for free. Buying seedlings costs a lot of money, so this is considered a pie in the sky.
Lin Chuntao first told these things to Lin Cunzheng, and only now told the villagers.
Seeing the villagers happy and imagining that everyone in the village would have a good harvest and be rich in the future, Lin Cunzheng was filled with excitement.
Not long after Lin Chuntao returned home, the women from the village came one after another. They chatted with each other. Lin Chuntao only kept six. She prepared some vegetable seeds. Those who were chosen stayed. Those who were not chosen were disappointed. Lin Chuntao gave them a bag of vegetable seeds, which instantly diluted their disappointment and they went back happily.
Because there were more people, Lin Chuntao set the working hours. If the working hours had to be extended during busy periods, everyone would be charged. Since they were all villagers, setting rules in advance would reduce ambiguous conflicts in the future.
Lin Chuntao was busy making new sauces, so she went to see her aunt-in-law and asked her to help with growing pepper seedlings.
Ever since it was announced that people could register to receive corn seeds, people from the village came to Meng Yun one after another to register. Lin Chuntao and Meng Yun had discussed the number of seeds to be planted per acre, so when people came, they would tell them how many acres they planned to plant. Meng Yun would calculate the weight of the seeds for them, and they could register first and then come to receive them after the Chinese New Year.
Lin Chuntao took some time to go and see the shop decoration, and after coming back, she looked at the opening date of the shop.
It just happened to be the first day of the twelfth lunar month.
Lin Chuntao bought some paper and cut it into small pieces. Pei Ying also carved a seal for her. Lin Chuntao took Lin Chunxing and the others to press the seal. She didn't get any discount coupons to avoid the trouble of explaining. She just got a few cents coupons. With this coupon, you can use it to eat for a few cents. It was simple, clear and easy to understand. Lin Chuntao also got coupons for trying new products.
There is a date on it, and Lin Chuntao also stamped it with a seal.
After preparing these things, Lin Chuntao went to the county town to make a shop sign and also made two price signs for the dishes. One was placed horizontally in the shop, and the other was hung vertically at the door of the shop.
The sign was made quickly and was completed in two days.
Lin Chuntao took the sign to ask Yu Meixi and the others to hang it up. Coincidentally, they had just finished their work and were cleaning up, so Lin Chuntao paid the balance.
After all these things were done, Lin Chuntao asked Lin Chunxing and others to start distributing coupons. Lin Chunxing distributed them at the market, and Xu Sheng distributed them at Sifang Street, and also promoted the opening time in advance.
Since the last time we gave out braised eggs on August 15th, many shops in the county have followed suit.
This time, Lin Chunxing and her colleagues distributed coupons, saying that these coupons could be used as redemption for money. Many people who received the coupons looked at them as if they were fools, as if to say, these are clearly pieces of paper, how can they be used as redemption for money?
Xu Sheng explained, "This isn't money, but when you come to our shop with this to eat, we'll give you a discount of three cents on a sixteen-cent meal. This is a new deal we've just opened, so we're giving it to everyone. It's valid from the first to the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, but not on the sixth."
After Xu Sheng explained, those who received the coupons were still skeptical. He smiled and said, "We are Lin's Soup Noodle Shop. We will open on the first day of the twelfth lunar month. We are located on Sifang Street. You will know when you come."
The passerby took the ticket and thought, so to speak, I'll find out when I go and see it.
But within two days, many people got the coupon and everyone was discussing it enthusiastically. Some believed it and some didn't. Those who believed it talked about the braised eggs they had eaten for free on August 15th. They thought it was another new trick of the shopkeeper. They heard that there was a new flavor. It was only two or three cents cheaper, but it was still money, so they might as well join in the fun and try it.
And everyone got a different coupon. Some got two cents, some got three, some got four, and some even got free samples of stinky tofu noodle soup or Zhuangyuan noodle soup! You could just bring this piece of paper and try it.
Everyone was curious about whether they could eat for free, what the stinky tofu noodle soup tasted like, and what the Zhuangyuan noodle soup was!
Could it be the soup noodles that the top scholar had eaten?
Because of this speculation, some people in the county town even paid a high price to buy free sample coupons of Zhuangyuan Soup Noodles, just because they had a scholar at home and wanted to bring good luck.
Lin Chuntao didn't get many free tasting coupons, only eight for each item.
But just these few pieces of paper left many food business owners dumbfounded.
Such a small noodle shop has created such a big fuss. Some people are eager to try and learn, while others just watch quietly to see what is going on.
When opening on the first day of the new year, all utensils and ingredients are prepared in advance.
Lin Chuntao had already told Aunt Guizhi and asked Uncle Dashan to help make a lot of bamboo trays, which would be convenient for serving food to guests, as well as small bamboo plates for side dishes. Uncle Dashan was very skillful and the small plates he made were smooth and exquisite.
On the twenty-ninth day of the winter month, Lin Chunxing went to the market to set up a stall as usual. Lin Chuntao took Lin Chunhe to the shop to get some charcoal, trays and plates. After putting the things away, she took Lin Chunhe to the grocery store to buy pots, pans, and utensils.
In the shop, the tables and chairs have already been neatly placed, and the stove has been renovated. A row of small stoves were built in the front for cooking soup and noodles, and a large stove in the back is also convenient for boiling soup and stewing. The kitchen is built with bricks and a sliding bamboo board is made on top that can be folded. After the soup and noodles are cooked, the person who serves the food can take them away directly from the outside.
The backyard wall was re-cut and a door was installed. Three rooms were left in the backyard, one for dry goods storage, and the other two for living and storing things.
Lin Chunhe sighed as she cleaned up, "Sister, after Sister Yu and the others renovated it, this yard feels so much bigger."
Lin Chuntao smiled.
"Because they have planned out all the available space. For example, the backyard was very large before, but it was empty and not used."
The two sisters chatted as they put all the pots, pans, and utensils away.
The fire will be lit tomorrow, and after that the two sisters will lock the door and leave.
Early in the morning on the 30th day of the winter month, the market had closed. Lin Chuntao wrote a sign and put it there. Lin Chunxing also came to the shop to prepare ingredients for tomorrow.
When it was time to look through the books, Lin Chuntao lit the stove and cooked a pot of sugared eggs. Everyone scooped two and ate them. Lin Chuntao also inserted a few rice ears above each door and hung some golden corn and peppers at the gate.
After finishing all the work, Lin Chunxing was left in the shop, and Lin Chuntao took Xu Sheng and Xu Huan to the butcher shop. The pig's head and pig's trotters had to be braised today so that they could be sold when the shop opened tomorrow.
There were also minced meat, stinky tofu, vegetables, etc. that would be needed tomorrow. Fen Lin Chuntao went to greet the shopkeeper and told him that they would need a lot tomorrow, so she asked him to deliver them.
The shopkeeper had heard that they were going to open a shop a long time ago. Now that the opening date had come, more orders for noodles came in. The shopkeeper congratulated Lin Chuntao again and again.
Lin Chuntao smiled and thanked him. She had just moved in today, and it would be important for her to get along well with her neighbors in the future. She bought two snacks and returned to the shop to get two jars of sauce, one of which was the spicy sauce she had used before, and the other was freshly made. She took a small bamboo basket and took Lin Chunxing to the door to say hello.
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