Chapter 66 Chapter 66 Jealousy
Chen Guangfa thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll ask the boss for you, but I can't guarantee she'll agree."
Jiang Xi quickly thanked him: "I'm very grateful to Chef Chen for introducing us."
The owner of Shiquanzhai is not in the town at the moment. She also opened a restaurant in the city. Because she needs to be busy with both, she only comes to Changfeng Town on Mondays and Tuesdays every week.
"Please wait until Tuesday to come. The boss has a meeting with us on Monday and won't have time to receive you."
Jiang Xi thanked him again: "Okay, okay, thank you, Chef Chen."
Although the cooperation has not been concluded yet, Jiang Xi still said goodbye to Zhou Jiangang with a smile. As long as she finds an opportunity, she will try every means to achieve cooperation. It doesn't matter if the boss is not around, so that she can prepare better for this cooperation.
Jiang Xi silently calculated in his mind that Wu Youli had just started his own stall so he ordered less, about two to three hundred servings a day.
She and Xie Xiaoju's stall can sell about two hundred copies a day.
If the security guard works harder, it shouldn't be a problem to sell fifty or so servings a day. Zhou Jiangang should be able to sell around a hundred servings a day. As for Qian Lili, we can calculate based on the minimum base number, which is thirty to fifty servings a day.
Overall, Jiang Xi sells about 600 to 700 servings of braised pork every day. This is just the beginning. If the whole stall runs smoothly, he can make at least 300 yuan a day, and he will be able to buy the store soon.
After reviewing the entire business, Jiang Xi was in a good mood, but it was not the time to completely relax.
Now that the business has been established, all aspects need to be kept up with. Jiang Xi has already made plans for the production. If Wu Yaqin cannot handle it alone, she can ask Chen Xiu Lian to help. Jiang Xi also pays Chen Xiu Lian a salary, so the two of them should be able to handle it for the time being.
As for the supply of raw materials, Jiang Xi must of course insist on quality. Since the demand is large, the raw materials must also be in sufficient supply. Jiang Xi went to Liu Daqiang's house again.
Before Jiang Xi reached Liu Daqiang's house, he was stopped by an old woman.
The old woman looked fierce and asked mysteriously, "Are you here to buy chickens from Liu Daqiang's house?"
Jiang Xi felt that the old woman had a problem: "Why do you ask that?"
Jiang Xi didn't play by the rules, and the old woman became anxious: "I'm just reminding you kindly that you can't buy her chicken."
Jiang Xi listened to Xiufen's story. Because Xiufen was born with a disability, her family regarded her as an ominous person. After being abandoned, she suffered a lot of contempt. She finally had a peaceful life, but she could not avoid the gossip of some nosy people, saying that she was destined to be lonely and would bring bad luck to those around her.
Xiufen felt very inferior because of this and rarely went out.
Jiang Xi thought of this matter when the old woman started talking. These people are really omnipresent and have nothing to do.
Jiang Xi looked coldly at the old woman who was still expressing her passion.
The old woman didn't notice Jiang Xi's expression and continued, "I'm telling you, that woman is evil. Eating her chicken will bring bad luck. I have a relative who bought her chicken, and her child broke his leg after eating it. You're still young, and you have to believe some things. So, I advise you not to touch that kind of thing, otherwise it will be too late to regret it!"
Jiang Xi remained calm. This old woman suddenly jumped out not just to slander Xiufen. She pretended to ask: "It's really scary when you say that, but I'm in a hurry to buy it. What should I do now?"
The old woman rolled her eyes and said, "If you want to buy chicken, come to my house. I have a lot of chickens, and they are all growing well. I can give you a discount."
Jiang Xi realized that they were trying to steal her business. She said coldly, "I'll buy chicken from whoever I want. You don't have to worry about that."
After saying that, he passed the old woman and walked towards Liu Daqiang's house.
The old woman who was left there glared at Jiang Xi's back fiercely. These days, she saw this girl going to Liu Daqiang's house to buy chickens. Sometimes Liu Daqiang would deliver them to her, and she would buy many chickens a day.
The old woman was jealous. Who was so good as to buy so many chickens in a day? In the past, others bought her chickens, but now they bypassed her and bought Liu Daqiang's chickens.
Would anyone dare to buy Liu Daqiang's chickens? Xiufen had heard rumors that the old woman also owned chickens. Both families raised chickens, but Xiufen's chickens were better than the old woman's. At first, everyone was willing to buy Xiufen's chickens.
But later, the old woman heard Xiufen's life story from someone, and she deliberately spread it, adding some exaggeration to it, and even made up some lies so that people who wanted to buy chickens would not dare to buy them from Xiufen's house.
Because of this, she took away a lot of Xiufen's business, but those individual customers would only buy one or two at most a month, and there was no such thing as Jiang Xi who would buy so many every day. The old woman had been jealous for a long time and wanted to take a bite of this piece of fat meat, but she didn't expect Jiang Xi to be unmoved.
The old woman spat in the direction of Liu Daqiang's house, thinking that if she got involved with that unlucky man, she would be in trouble sooner or later.
The door of Liu Daqiang's house was open, and Jiang Xi walked straight in.
Liu Daqiang's yard is completely different from before. There used to be some pig-slaughtering tools in the yard, but now it is filled with chicken coops.
There are four or five chicken coops in the small yard. The chickens in each coop grow differently. One cage even contains more than a dozen fluffy chicks. The chicks are scrambling to eat wild vegetables mixed with corn. They look very cute and will probably be very delicious when they grow up.
Liu Daqiang was holding a chicken and preparing to kill it, while Xiufen was helping him. Their son sat on a wooden bench and watched his father kill the chicken without blinking.
Xiufen stood up quickly when she saw Jiang Xi coming: "You're here, come and sit down, please don't mind if the yard is a bit messy."
Jiang Xi smiled and said, "It's okay. I just came here to take a quick look. You don't need to greet me. Just go about your business."
Liu Daqiang was holding a chicken in his hand. He saw Jiang Xi smiling at him. His pork stall had not been open these days.
Because Jiang Xi's chicken was in high demand, Xiufen raised a lot more chickens, and she couldn't handle it all by herself. Furthermore, every chicken had to be prepared, and with so many chickens to be slaughtered every day, Liu Daqiang didn't have time to set up shop.
But he was cheerful every day. He was happy to do something with his wife. After all, he was not very interested in selling pork. It was all about making money. Instead of setting up a stall by himself, it was better to make money with his wife.
Jiang Xi observed the chickens in the yard and counted them silently in his mind. There were currently dozens of chickens in the yard that could be slaughtered directly. Because Jiang Xi needed them every day, Xiufen and the others also increased the number of chickens.
These chickens may just be enough to supply the needs of two small stalls, but they will not be enough to meet the needs of future stores and other sales channels.
Jiang Xi said to Xiufen, "I came by to see you today and tell you that I need to increase my orders later, so you may need to raise more chickens."
Xiufen was very surprised to hear Jiang Xi say that she wanted to increase the number of orders, because Jiang Xi not only sold all the chickens that she couldn't sell before, but also raised many extra chickens. She made a lot of money from selling these chickens during this period. She didn't expect that Jiang Xi would increase the number of orders again.
Xiufen used to always feel inferior because she was born with a disability and no one was willing to buy the chickens she raised. Now, not only are there people willing to buy them, but she also has more chickens than she can sell. This has also made Xiufen a lot more lively.
Xiufen's voice was louder than ever: "How many more do you need? I'll take care of as many as you need!"
Jiang Xi thought for a moment and said, "Just raise another twenty. I'll let you know if there are any changes later."
Xiufen nodded hurriedly, and Liu Daqiang couldn't help but smile. For the first time, he felt that this small yard was a bit small. Even if he raised so many chickens, they would not be enough to sell. It was really a sweet trouble.
After finishing his business, Jiang Xi recalled what had just happened: "Just before I came here, an old woman stopped me and told me not to buy your chicken. She also said some unpleasant things. I thought she was a little strange."
Liu Daqiang was furious when he heard this: "Who the hell is stopping you? Tell me, I want to confront her!"
Xiufen didn't care about anything else and hurried to comfort Liu Daqiang: "Don't be angry, we still have a lot of things to do, don't pay attention to those irrelevant people."
Xiufen is already very satisfied with her current life. It is better to have less trouble than more. People have the right to speak their mind, so let them say whatever they want.
In the past, Xiufen would have been anxious and angry, and maybe even cried sadly, but now she had no time to think about those things. Raising these chickens required her to be busy from morning to night every day, mixing feed for the chickens, killing chickens and processing the chicken meat, and hatching some more chicks to raise. Xiufen's head was filled with these things, so naturally she didn't take those sour words seriously.
Liu Daqiang didn't want Xiufen to feel wronged. "Which old woman was gossiping about you just now? Tell me, I'll go find her. I want to ask her why she said that about my wife."
Jiang Xi remembered the old woman's appearance, but he didn't know who she was exactly. He shook his head and said, "She pulled me aside and said these words. I just came to remind you. I'm not familiar with the people living here, so I don't know who she is."
Liu Daqiang plopped down on his chair, panting heavily. "Those chatterboxes have nothing to do every day, only gossiping about the neighbors and the Li family. They're not good people!"
Xiufen kept trying to calm Liu Daqiang down: "Don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry over those people. Let's just raise chickens and make money. We shouldn't bother with them."
Liu Daqiang was still furious: "You are just too nice, so those people are taking advantage of you. I am still here, and they dare to spread such gossip. Do they think I, Liu Daqiang, am just breathing for nothing?"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Liu Daqiang, Xiufen had no choice but to look at Jiang Xi for help.
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