Chen Fuxi was still a little unsure, "But Dad, do we still have money?"
Chen Dawei: "Yes! There are still several hundred taels left. We've collected them all from the nearby villages!"
Chen Dawei subconsciously assumed that Lin Jinyue had gone to a more distant village to collect snails, so he increased his investment.
His son, Chen Fuxi, had a bad feeling, but...
Listening to Dad should be the right thing to do, right?
*
Lin Jinyue's snail business will be suspended for two days.
On the third day, a large batch of porcelain vases was finally delivered to Lin Jinyue's shop.
Lin Jinyue carried the seasonings they had made yesterday to their stall in Shawan County in a wooden bucket. The stall's lease still had three days left, so it was a good time to see how well it was selling.
If sales are good, Lin Jinyue will consider whether to rent the teahouse that Master Hu owns in Shawan County.
It's been three days since they opened for business, but there are still quite a few people waiting here.
As soon as she arrived, they all crowded around and asked, "Little shopkeeper, why haven't you been selling for so long?"
Lin Jinyue said with a smile, "Some people are jealous of our snail business. They deliberately bought up the snails from the surrounding area and sold them at an exorbitant price. I didn't want to raise the price, so I didn't come to sell them."
"How could we not sell it? We'd still buy it even if the price went up! It's so delicious, a little more money means we'd save time queuing."
The person who said that clearly has plenty of money and only cares about that kind of food.
Liu also secretly told Lin Jinyue that this person used to get up before dawn to queue up.
Lin Jinyue smiled and said, "From now on, we won't sell snails anymore. From now on, we..."
Before he could finish speaking, the people in line erupted in uproar.
"Oh, how can I not sell them? Although takoyaki is delicious, I just really love snails."
"No way! I just want to eat a snail!"
"You absolutely can't stop selling the snails! If I don't eat a serving every day, I can't sleep at night."
"Oh, my mother is ninety years old, and I don't know how many days she has left to live. She loves this dish so much. Tell me, if we stop selling it, how will my mother live?"
Lin Jinyue watched them chattering away, as if they couldn't survive without her, this little snail.
Lin Jinyue was amused by them and said, "Let me finish. Although I don't sell snails anymore, I can tell you how to cook them. Snails aren't expensive, and they're everywhere in the fields and countryside. I even saw someone bringing snails here to sell earlier."
Lin Jinyue also told them how to raise snails: just place them on the ridges of the fields and they will multiply into a large number.
Then, Lin Jinyue took out the seasonings they were going to sell. "Uncles, aunts and uncles, look, this is the sauce for making snails. One pound of snails uses one capful of the sauce. One bottle of seasoning costs 110 coins and can make ten servings of stir-fried snails. This seasoning can be kept for a month without spoiling."
They would need thirty coins to buy ten servings of stir-fried snails, but the seasonings would only cost one hundred and ten coins.
How much do snails cost?
Those who could do math immediately shouted, "Give me ten bottles!"
He's determined to eat his fill!
Lin Jinyue quickly stopped them, saying, "Each person can only buy two bottles a day, otherwise we won't have enough to sell. And this bottle... this bottle costs ten coins. Next time you bring an empty bottle to fill with chili oil, I'll charge you ten coins less."
Unexpectedly, the dozen or so buckets they made, which took more than three hours to prepare yesterday, sold out immediately.
There were still quite a few people waiting behind.
Lin Jinyue said apologetically, "I'll come again tomorrow. I have a good memory, so I'll definitely sell to those of you who didn't manage to get one first."
These people are really something, they won't let Lin Jinyue leave.
They tried to make themselves known to Lin Jinyue one by one.
For three consecutive days, Lin Jinyue's snail business was booming.
There's never enough to go around.
Lin Jinyue really didn't know why they bought so many. Could they even use them all?
So he stopped his regular customer, who came every day without fail to buy two bottles, and asked, "Uncle Wu, you buy so many every day, can you finish them all?"
Uncle Wu said with a smile, "Of course we'll use it all up! Your sauce is really good. It's not just good for stir-frying snails, but it also makes meat and seafood taste especially delicious. My family is big, and we still think two bottles a day isn't enough!"
Lin Jinyue smiled and said, "Okay, then you can buy three bottles every day from now on."
Uncle Wu was delighted and bought another bottle.
Lin Jinyue reminded these regular customers: "This stall will expire in three days. After that, you can buy from Yunheji Snack Shop or Yunheji Tea House on Fu'an Street."
The customers who were about to leave suddenly perked up: "What? Is there some new trick up their sleeve?"
Lin Jinyue nodded: "Yes, we will add a few more new dishes."
They have everything there: cold-cooked rabbit, cold drinks, takoyaki, and all kinds of fruit tea and fruit wine.
But main dishes don't have that chance.
We couldn't find a suitable chef right away, and training would take some time.
Teahouses are great! They sell all kinds of fruit teas and wines; it's simple and profitable.
Lin Jinyue can also write storybooks and have storytellers read them; she was a novelist in her previous life.
Thinking about it this way, the teahouse seems to be quite profitable.
Lin Jinyue visited the teahouse a few days ago. It wasn't particularly large, but it had three floors. The tables, chairs, and benches inside were all ready-made, and there was a large stage in the middle for the storyteller to tell stories.
The kitchen in the back is also spacious, with eight large pots and many counters and shelves, so she doesn't need to spend any extra money to buy these.
The courtyard wasn't big, but it had several rooms. From now on, the women would live there, and the men could make do with the rooms they had rented before.
Lin Jinyue became more and more satisfied with what she saw.
It's really a good deal for Master Hu to charge her fifteen taels of silver a month in rent.
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