Chapter 56: Are we going to do something new?
Lin Shiqi is a food short video anchor, but she sometimes also does live broadcasts to sell goods. Naturally, her eloquence is first-class. She is only afraid that no one will come. If people come, she is not afraid of not being able to sell the goods.
Zhou Lang didn't say anything, but his figure and appearance were very eye-catching, and he was the leader in attracting traffic.
After a while, all the hundreds of kilograms of bean sprouts on Lin Shiqi and her friends' ox cart were sold out.
Five cents per pound.
There were gifts for purchase and a total of more than two taels of silver.
Most of them were small coins, and the purse was very heavy to carry.
At the very end, when they were about to close the stall, a waiter from a restaurant came and wanted to buy some bean sprouts from their restaurant, but they were all sold out.
The young man felt very sorry and asked them if they would come tomorrow.
Lin Shiqi hurriedly said, "Come! Why not? We come here every day..."
"Yes, I'll come back tomorrow to buy it."
The restaurant business is not doing well nowadays. Several major restaurants are secretly competing with each other in terms of dishes. They all want to try out any new dishes and introduce different tastes and flavors to attract old customers.
All the customers left, and Lin Shiqi and his wife packed up the ox cart.
While planning to stroll around the market to get a feel for the market, I discovered a tofu shop next door. The owner there was glaring at Lin Shiqi and the others.
He was still cursing faintly, "It's so unlucky, where did this country bumpkin come from? He has no manners. What kind of bean sprouts are they selling? They're so cheap, it's really something for low-class people to eat, and yet so many people are buying them..."
"You don't know the etiquette and you're stealing other people's business..."
Lin Shiqi looked up.
Huang Ji Tofu Shop.
This market is a street, and all the big stores have storefronts. Only people like Lin Shiqi who come from the countryside to do small business will spend two cents to rent a mobile stall.
Lin Shiqi thought that it was obvious that this person was scolding them.
However, she is thick-skinned.
Didn't take it seriously.
People in the same business have always been enemies. When they set up stalls here, they really stole some other people's business.
Tofu and bean sprouts are both soy products.
People bought bean sprouts from their store and their budget was running out, and those who originally wanted to buy tofu might not buy it.
So she didn't go up to argue with anyone.
Instead, he went to buy a piece of tofu with confidence, "Sorry, we are new here and have disturbed your store."
As the saying goes, don't hit someone who smiles at you.
People just looked up and gave her the business.
There is also a sign with the price clearly marked on it.
Tender tofu costs ten cents per pound, and old tofu costs twelve cents.
This price is not cheap!
Lin Shiqi bought one pound of each.
Place it on the ox cart.
The two packed up the bullock cart and walked around the market, finally stopping at a pancake stall.
The scones here must be an inherited craft, especially fresh and fragrant, and served with hot milk, which is very comfortable.
The scones were not big, about the size of a palm, but full of fillings. They cost one penny each, and Lin Shiqi ate six of them before he was full.
Zhou Lang ate ten.
A bowl of hot milk cost five cents and it also contained sugar. Lin Shiqi drank two bowls.
Zhou Lang ordered a bowl.
After eating and drinking, Lin Shiqi went to find a herbal medicine store and asked about the prices of precious herbs such as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum.
Some people in her family are involved in the artificial cultivation of dried Ganoderma lucidum. She will not sell it unless it is absolutely necessary, because there is not much.
The price of ginseng in the herbal medicine shop made Lin Shiqi shocked. She worked hard to soak bean sprouts and earned only a little bit, not even enough to buy a little bit.
She took out a palm-sized piece of purple Ganoderma lucidum and said that she accidentally dug it up and dried it. The shopkeeper smelled it and said that it looked big and the medicinal smell was not particularly strong. It must have grown in a place with thin spiritual energy. He gave her two taels of silver...
The smell of the medicine was not very strong, and I gave her two taels of silver!
Not bad either.
It's better than her hard work selling bean sprouts.
It’s a pity that she can’t grow Ganoderma lucidum.
If we can grow artificial Ganoderma lucidum, we will make a fortune.
What she had was just an ordinary home in the Love Lock, not some spiritual and blessed land in the immortal cultivation novels where plants would grow quickly once planted in it.
It’s better to keep your feet on the ground and start a small business to support yourself.
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When Lin Shiqi went to visit the Herb Hall, there happened to be a bookstore next door, so Zhou Lang went in and read for a while.
After Lin Shiqi finished shopping, the two packed up and went home.
When they returned to Huang Ji Tofu Shop, they saw people starting to line up to buy tofu.
As soon as they left, the tofu shop's business picked up.
Lin Shiqi smiled.
The last thing they did was to buy beans.
Buy beans at the grain store.
After leaving the market, I found a big grain store.
There are all varieties of beans inside, including mung beans, soybeans and black beans.
Generally speaking, soybeans are the cheapest.
Lin Shiqi bought two taels of silver worth of soybeans, filling up half an ox cart.
If Mrs. Zhou knew about this, she would definitely ask her if she bought too much. How many years would it take to soak so many bean sprouts?
Originally, bean sprouts were only good because of their novel name and simple principle. Before long, someone would surely imitate and sell their product. The profit margin was already slim, and with more people selling it, this business would become difficult to do.
Zhou Lang glanced at her calmly, "Are you planning something new?"
Lin Shiqi smiled with his eyebrows curved.
"You dog Zhou Lang, that's great! You can even guess what I'm thinking! Can you guess what new thing I'm going to do?"
Zhou Lang casually said, "Selling tofu! Otherwise, why would you buy two pieces of tofu from them?"
"Hahaha, yes, I just want to make tofu. Bean sprouts have too little profit, a long growth cycle, and are easy to imitate. But tofu is different. Tofu requires a recipe. That Huang Ji Tofu Shop was impacted by our business at the beginning and suffered a little loss. After we left, their tofu business picked up again, which shows that the market is still quite large."
You definitely can’t use so many beans to soak bean sprouts, but you can use them to make tofu.
Zhou Lang said, "The quality of that tofu is not very good. I guess the recipe is not very good."
Lin Shiqi hummed a few times, "Yes, yes, that's what I thought. When the time comes, the tofu I make will be of better quality than theirs, and I'm sure it will be sold well."
The two pieces of tofu were tender and yellow, and the soup was watery.
Old tofu smells astringent, so it must taste bad.
Lin Shiqi had made tofu before and even filmed a short video on how to make tofu, which received over a million likes.
She is confident that the tofu she makes is definitely much better than the one made by Huang Ji Tofu Shop.
Zhou Lang said, "It's OK to make tofu and sell it, but do you know why there are so few shops selling tofu in the county?"
This time, Lin Shiqi was asked about it.
"If you don't tell me, I'll find it strange too. Why is that?"
Zhou Lang replied, "Because the country of Dayu has a strict hierarchy, with nobles, scholars and commoners, and the rest are the poor. Most of the good things are in the hands of nobles, scholars and commoners. For example, recipes like tofu will not be circulated to the poor, so there are fewer of them."
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