Chapter 82: Making Money is Not Easy
Jiang Tangtang was speechless about this guy who wanted to buy a house right away. Even if she sold him the recipe, could he make it?
Even if I built an oven, I couldn't produce food of the same quality as hers!
She smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I don't sell my house."
A hint of disappointment flashed across Shopkeeper Pu's eyes, and he quickly added, "Then how does the young lady want to cooperate with us?"
"If the shopkeeper likes the food I cook, I'd like to deliver it to the teahouse regularly."
Shopkeeper Pu asked, "How are you going to sell these cakes, young lady?"
Jiang Tangtang thought about the price of a plate of cakes at the teahouse that day and said, "This egg yolk cake is one tael of silver per box, and there are ten in a box."
"This is too expensive!" If the egg yolk pastry was not so delicious, Shopkeeper Pu would have wanted to kick Jiang Tangtang out. He had never seen such a cruel and bold girl.
"Shopkeeper, not only do the ingredients of my pastries use the most honest ingredients, but they are also very time-consuming to make. This price is really just the cost price. If you think the egg yolk pastries are too expensive, you can take a look at my snacks. They are much cheaper."
Jiang Tangtang quoted the prices of snacks such as glutinous rice noodles and cat ears one by one.
Compared to egg yolk pastries, these snacks were indeed much cheaper. But only relative to egg yolk pastries, and Shopkeeper Pu still felt they were too expensive.
A serving of glutinous rice noodles cost a hundred coins. He could only fill two plates with the size of a serving. Although selling them for a hundred coins a plate was still profitable, merchants were all about maximizing profits.
He still prefers to buy the recipe and ingredients and have his own chef make it.
Jiang Tangtang saw what he was thinking and stood up and said, "If you are the shopkeeper, then I will go to another store to have a look."
These snacks may not be considered as such in modern times, but in this era, they are all fresh food, and Jiang Tangtang does not intend to sell them at a low price.
Seeing Jiang Tangtang stood up and was about to leave without any hesitation, Shopkeeper Pu panicked and said hurriedly, "Wait, how much food did you bring? Sell me some first, I'll take it to the teahouse and try to sell it. If it sells well, I'll buy more from you."
Jiang Tangtang said, "We only made three boxes of egg yolk pastries. We need more snacks like glutinous rice sticks and cat ears."
"Then give me three boxes of egg yolk pastries and ten servings of each kind of snacks," said Shopkeeper Pu.
"Okay!"
The egg yolk pastry had already been packed in a food box. In order to prevent the egg yolk pastry from being broken in the donkey cart, Jiang Tangtang placed the box in the donkey cart just for show, and the food box that actually contained the egg yolk pastry was placed in the space.
Jiang Tangtang opened the food box and saw the egg yolk pastries inside were neatly arranged, looking very nice.
"Boss, I'll leave this lunch box here for now and come back to get it next time."
Shopkeeper Pu was calculating in his mind, thinking of asking the chef of the teahouse to try making Jiang Tangtang's pastries first. If it worked, he would make them himself in the future. If not, he would ask Jiang Tangtang to place an order again.
Of course I agreed.
Jiang Tangtang made more than three boxes of egg yolk pastry. After leaving the teahouse, Jiang Tangtang asked Lu Shili to drive the ox cart and went to several teahouses and restaurants.
Perhaps because they had never experienced this kind of cooperation model, everyone was more conservative like Manager Pu and did not sign a long-term contract with Jiang Tangtang.
But they kept some egg yolk pastries and snacks, saying they would try to sell them in the shop first.
In one morning, all the egg yolk pastries and various snacks that Jiang Tangtang brought were sold out, earning a total of fifteen taels of silver.
Looking at the pitiful fifteen taels of silver in his hand, Jiang Tangtang felt tired. Although the food business had a fast turnover, it was all hard-earned money.
Selling fruit is still the fastest way to make money! Especially for a rich and generous young master like Song Muci.
Unfortunately, in order to cover her vest, she could only sigh.
"Sister-in-law, let me try next time we talk about business!" When Lu Shili heard Jiang Tangtang sigh, he felt like a huge stone was pressing on his heart.
He is so useless. He came to the county town with his sister-in-law, but he couldn't help at all.
The burden of supporting the family fell on her, a woman.
"Okay!" Jiang Tangtang suppressed her inner sigh and got down to business. "Let's go to the market and buy some things to take back."
Salted egg yolks are used to make egg yolk pastry.
The egg yolks she uses to make egg yolk pastries now are all the stock from the farm house she used to have.
But I guess it can only be used one or two more times.
If you want to keep the egg yolk pastry business going, you have to pickle the salted egg yolks yourself.
When they arrived at the market, Jiang Tangtang asked about the price of duck eggs, and then with a wave of his hand, he bought all the duck eggs in the market.
I bought duck eggs, and then went to buy flour, pork, oil paper and other ingredients needed for cooking.
In a short while, most of the fifteen taels of silver were spent.
Jiang Tangtang sighed in her heart again, spending money like water. Whether in ancient times or modern times, making money is not easy.
The tiger prawns sold at the market looked very attractive, and she wanted to buy some to satisfy her craving.
But thinking that most of the money she earned today had been spent in a blink of an eye, and the workers' wages were still waiting to be paid, Jiang Tangtang temporarily suppressed her desire for food. After buying things, she drove the ox cart back home with Lu Shili.
Su Shi had already looked towards the intersection countless times today, her neck tilted. Seeing her eldest daughter-in-law and second son return, she hurried over to greet them. "How's business going? Is business good?"
"Sister-in-law is so amazing. She sells all the cakes to the big teahouses and restaurants in the county..." Lu Shili smiled and told Jiang Tangtang about her business trip to the city today, his eyes full of admiration.
When Su heard that the business was going well, she felt relieved and helped the two of them move the things off the donkey cart.
Looking at the baskets of duck eggs, my mouth opened wide, "How did you buy so many duck eggs?"
"Mom, I need them to make pastries." Jiang Tangtang explained, "These duck eggs need to be pickled first. In case you run out later, I'll buy a few more at a time."
When Su heard that it was for business, her mouth dropped, "When will you go to the city again?"
Jiang Tangtang said, "No rush! Let's talk about it in three to five days."
"Huh?" Su asked in confusion, "This business has just started, shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot?"
Jiang Tangtang said: "No need, let them worry for a while first."
This was a nonsensical question, and Su Shi didn't understand it either. However, seeing the fatigue between her daughter-in-law's brows, she sensibly didn't ask any more questions and said directly: "That's good, take a few days off, but don't exhaust yourself."
Jiang Tangtang has no time to rest.
First, he asked his family to carefully wash several baskets of duck eggs. Then he dug some yellow mud, added a certain proportion of salt and water to make a yellow mud sauce specifically for pickling salted eggs, and pickled the duck eggs.
The salted eggs were pickled, but it was already dark, so the pork had to be left there and cleaned up tomorrow.
In the evening, He Qiuniang and Hu Dangui returned from clearing the wasteland. Seeing Jiang Tangtang, they were both excited and said, "Madam, the vegetable seeds you planted for us have sprouted."
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