Chapter 71 Talking Business with Baiweilou
Wang Qiu felt relieved after hearing this.
She waved her hand: "No matter how beautiful the clothes are, they still depend on who is wearing them. It's fine as long as they fit. This is the leftover fabric from the clothes. I can make a purse, a handkerchief, or something else."
Li Wanyue thanked him and went to the kitchen to get six preserved eggs and put them in Wang Qiu's basket.
"Hey, what are you doing? You guys can keep it and eat it." Wang Qi quickly refused.
People have already given her a lot of nice cloth strips, which she made into head flowers for her child. Her daughter has been very happy these past two days and there is no way she would accept any more gifts.
"Sister-in-law, take it. It's freshly made. Please help me taste it. If it tastes good, I will sell it in town."
"Okay, thanks girl."
"Sister-in-law, when the time comes, peel the shell, cut it into small pieces, and add minced ginger and seasonings to adjust the taste. You can also chop it up and mix it with the porridge when you cook it. It tastes very good."
Wang Qiu smiled and nodded: "Then I will cook a dish tonight to try."
After a few words of idle chat, Wang Qiu left with the basket.
Li Wanyue and Zhao Suying cleaned the kitchen.
At this time, a horse-drawn carriage slowly came into Daohua Village.
There had never been a horse-drawn carriage coming to Daohua Village before, and it instantly attracted a lot of people's attention.
Some people followed the carriage, and finally the carriage stopped in front of Li Youshan's house.
A well-dressed middle-aged man got off the carriage.
He walked forward and knocked on the door first: "Excuse me, is this Li Youshan's home?"
Zhao Suying heard the noise and walked out of the kitchen. Seeing Li Youshan also came out, she went back to the kitchen.
Li Youshan took two quick steps and looked at the strange middle-aged man: "I'm Li Youshan, who are you?"
The man bowed and said, "Brother Li, I am the owner of Baiweilou in the county town. Coincidentally, my last name is also Li. I have something to discuss with you, Brother Li."
Li Youshan quickly made a gesture of invitation: "Manager Li, please come in."
As soon as the man raised his hand, the driver immediately took out two jars of wine and two servings of snacks from the carriage, put the things in the main room, and retreated to the yard.
Li Youshan and others entered the yard and closed the gate.
In the main hall, Li Youshan said, "Boss, you are too polite. We don't even know each other. I can't accept your gift without merit."
Shopkeeper Li smiled and replied, "Brother Li, this is my first visit, and I just want to give you a small token of my appreciation. I hope you don't mind."
Li Youshan waved his hands hurriedly.
Zhao Suying brought a bowl of sugar water and placed it on the table next to Shopkeeper Li: "Shopkeeper, I don't have anything good to treat you at home, so don't be disgusted."
"No, no."
After thanking him, Shopkeeper Li got straight to the point: "Brother Li, let me be frank. I heard that Zuixianju has a new dish a few days ago. I asked someone to find out that it was the spring bamboo shoots provided by your family. This time I came here to discuss matters related to spring bamboo shoots."
"Manager Li, my daughter came up with this idea for bamboo shoots. You should talk to her."
After Li Youshan finished speaking, he asked Zhao Suying to go to the backyard and call Li Wanyue over.
Shopkeeper Li didn't expect that a girl would be in charge of the business.
After a while, he saw a beautiful girl in light blue clothes walking in. His eyes lit up instantly: "Girl, so this is your home?"
Li Wanyue was also stunned. Isn't this the owner of Baiweilou?
"It turns out to be Shopkeeper Li." Li Wanyue greeted with a smile.
"It's really fate. We know each other. You shouldn't doubt me anymore." Shopkeeper Li breathed a sigh of relief.
I was originally carrying their Baiweilou badge to prove my identity, but now it’s easier.
"Of course." Li Wanyue sat aside and said directly: "I wonder how the shopkeeper wants to cooperate?"
Shopkeeper Li said, "Miss Li, I came to ask about spring bamboo shoots. I wonder if you can provide them to our restaurant?"
"Can."
Shopkeeper Li didn't expect her to respond so readily, and continued, "Miss Li is really straightforward, I will just say what I want to say.
In fact, our Baiweilou is not only in Anping County, we also have several stores in other states, but they are far away from us and it is inconvenient to provide ingredients.
I was thinking that we could provide the spring bamboo shoots from Baiweilou in our county town, and we could also buy the method for processing the spring bamboo shoots. Don't worry, this method will never be used in Anping County. What do you think?"
Li Wanyue lowered her eyes. Transportation was not well developed in that era. Even if it was, she currently had no way to use the bamboo shoots to do business in other states. At least she could make some money by selling them.
Moreover, this thing does not require any technical skills, and who knows, someone might figure it out one day.
She said, "Sure, I wonder what the shopkeeper will offer?"
"How about fifty taels?" Shopkeeper Li felt that the price he offered was quite good.
For the farmer, this was a considerable sum of money. The owner only told him to negotiate, but did not specify the specific price.
For the sake of his employer's interests, he naturally couldn't offer too high a price, but this price was definitely not low.
Li Youshan and Zhao Suying on the side froze for a moment. Are all these shop owners so rich?
The opening price is fifty taels.
But after the last incident with the one hundred taels, they were still relatively calm.
Shopkeeper Li thought he would see the family's shocked and delighted expressions, but he didn't expect them to be so calm.
Looking at Li Wanyue again, she lowered her eyes and said nothing, it seemed that she was not satisfied with the price.
At this moment he began to doubt his own judgment.
I didn't expect that he underestimated this girl, and suddenly felt that he shouldn't have mentioned that there were several stores in other state capitals.
It should be said that there is a branch in another county, and perhaps the girl would not raise the price.
However, Li Wanyue was wondering whether the fifty taels could be exchanged for potatoes and sweet potatoes, and how many kilograms they could get. She wanted to plant more.
Shopkeeper Li continued, "One hundred taels. If the young lady agrees, we will sign the contract. To be honest, as long as this ingredient is discovered, someone will try to process it. Maybe one day someone will figure it out, and it will not be a loss to sell it to me.
If the girl doesn't want to, then we can just talk about the supply from Anping County."
This is his bottom price, he won't offer it any higher.
Don't let the boss think that he is not doing his job well.
Baiweilou has several other stores, located in various prefectures and the capital. Although the one hundred taels is not a lot of money, he thinks it is not a low price to buy a recipe for processing spring bamboo shoots.
Li Wanyue: Hmm? She didn’t say anything and she raised it by fifty taels?
"Just do as Manager Li says." She was afraid that if she delayed a second, the manager would regret it. If she missed this opportunity, who knows if this store would still exist.
Besides, what Manager Li said is right. What if someone else knows how to deal with it one day?
Li Wanyue suppressed the corner of her mouth that wanted to rise, and continued: "Shopkeeper Li, you will definitely not lose money. There are few ingredients in this season, and spring bamboo shoots are almost free of cost. With this method, you can pass it on. Besides, Baiweilou has more than one store in Anping County. If you add up the stores, I'm afraid it won't take more than a few months to make back the money. What do you think, shopkeeper?"
Shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "That's true."
He took out two contracts that he had prepared in advance, one was about buying out the spring bamboo shoots and how to deal with them, and the other was a contract for supplying the goods to Jixianju, but the price section was left blank.
"Miss Li, take a look. Is there anything else you want to revise?"
Li Wanyue took a look and said, "No, the price I charge Zuixianju for this spring bamboo shoot is six coins per pound, and I will naturally charge you the same price. However, Shopkeeper Li, the bamboo shoots on the bamboo mountain in our village are edible from January to April every year (Lunar calendar). I have never seen other types of bamboo shoots, so I can't guarantee you."
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