The dried persimmons and preserved fruits have basically been processed. We just need to wait for the persimmons to continue to frost naturally, and the hawthorns can be sold after being dried in the sun.
Pei Shaorong was going to take the prepared dried goods such as wild walnuts, pine nuts and chestnuts to the town to sell. After asking Mo Xiaobao about the purchase price at the town's grocery store, Pei Shaorong decided to take the trouble to sell them himself.
According to the selling price in the town, these nuts are worth about 10 to 15 cents depending on their quality and variety, but the purchase price does not exceed 10 cents at most.
According to the boss, their dried goods are made with salt, which makes them taste better than the original flavor and of good quality. The price can be a little higher than the original purchase price, which is 10 cents for walnuts, 8 cents for pine nuts, and 6 cents for chestnuts.
This price is indeed one cent higher than the general purchase price per catty, but Pei Shaorong is not very satisfied. The difference between the purchase price and the selling price is about 5 cents.
It would be fine if I were like the villagers who had fields and other things to do, but the thing I have the most now is time. Why should I earn less 5 cents?
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Five cents may not be much, but hundreds of five cents added up will add up to a lot.
Moreover, because he had to continue drying the hawthorns and watching over the frost level of the persimmons, he couldn't take his previously planned honeymoon for the time being, and since his family didn't farm, he had a lot of time on his hands.
Pei Shaorong planned to wait until the persimmon cakes and hawthorn preserves were ready, and then take them to the county town to sell on his honeymoon. The price would definitely be much higher than selling them in town!
Now it is less than two months away from the Chinese New Year, and every household has begun to gradually prepare for the New Year. This is the habit of the people here, so there are a lot of people visiting the town every day during this period.
Although there are only a few people in the town at ordinary times, you should know that there are many large and small villages radiating from Yueyang Town.
Don't think that there were fewer people in ancient times because of backwardness. In an era without family planning, having children was like playing. Most couples had two or three children. It was very rare for a couple to have only one child like Aunt Qin's family.
Therefore, since there are many people in this town, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell the things. He and Mo Xiaobao are at home with nothing to do anyway, so of course they have to find a way to make money.
Not to mention that Abao is thinking about raising a son in the future, he also has to work hard for his family's future. Just like Abao said, they have to raise a baby!
Although he didn't know how much money it cost to raise a child in ancient times, Pei Shaorong had the impression that raising a child in modern times was definitely a huge burden. What would he do if his son became a spendthrift like he was in the past?
After discussing it carefully with Mo Xiaobao, he actually did most of the talking and Mo Xiaobao nodded. In the end, they planned to continue setting up stalls and operating as small vendors in the town before the persimmon cakes and preserved fruits were ready.
By the time the Chinese New Year comes, the persimmon cakes and preserved fruits are almost ready, and then we go to the county town for our honeymoon!
In addition to selling the prepared nuts, Pei Shaorong plans to change from selling barbecued skewers to selling hot pot skewers, as the weather is starting to get cold.
He had thought about this before. It was a bit unrealistic to sell hot pot directly. The cost of store workers was too high, and there was limited space for hot pot ingredients, which could not support opening a hot pot restaurant.
So Pei Shaorong decided to sell hot pot skewers. He would put the skewered meat and vegetables in the pot and cook them warm. When customers came, they would pay and take the food and the transaction would be completed. It was more convenient than selling barbecue skewers!
After making the plan, Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao began to prepare. In fact, there was not much to prepare, just a pot and the tools for setting up the stall.
Pei Shaorong still planned to use the meat in his own space and the leftovers from hunting in the mountains. Vegetables were easier to deal with. There were so many people growing them in the village, and the price was very cheap, so he could just buy some.
As soon as the things were ready, Pei Shaorong went to talk to a few thugs who mainly collected protection fees, to prevent them from coming to overturn his business. The principle that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake is the same everywhere.
After finishing all the preparations, Pei Shaorong set up his stall at the entrance of Yueyang Town. With people coming and going, there was definitely no shortage of business!
Although it is called a roadside stall, Pei Shaorong still built a windproof shed like other tea stalls. The weather is starting to get cold, and it would be very uncomfortable to set up a stall in the open air.
At the door of his shed, Pei Shaorong still hung a wooden sign with the big words "Earth Pei Family Store" written on it.
His roadside stall was really shabby, and it seemed a bit exaggerated to call it a store. However, Pei Shaorong felt that since he sold dried goods and hot pot skewers, and also bought some small items like tea eggs, it could be considered a store.
The reason why the word "Earth" is added is of course because of the brand effect. When he was selling kebabs before, everyone called him "Earth's" kebabs...
The types of food in the hot pot skewers prepared by Pei Shaorong were actually very few, unlike the modern ones that have all kinds of meat, seafood and vegetables.
There was no shortage of things in his space, but the problem was that many things were not available in ancient times. As for meat, he only got pork, pig offal, pheasant, rabbit and other common ones here.
For example, Pei Shaorong would never dare to take out things like beef and seafood. Nowadays, cows and donkeys are precious livestock. Even if the government doesn't care about you, if other people knew that you killed young and strong cows and ate their meat, you would be hated!
Of course, old cows are an exception, but old beef is not delicious, not to mention seafood. Linjiang Village is very far away from the sea, and many people don’t even know what the sea is.
Therefore, Pei Shaorong only dared to enjoy those things secretly with Mo Xiaobao, selling common and normal things here, implementing the policy of making money and living a long life in a low-key manner!
The eggs for the tea eggs are from his own space. Pei Shaorong also collected pheasant, wild duck and bird eggs before and prepared to use them for his own consumption.
Although the ancient food is not as rich as the modern one, it is surrounded by greenery. It can eat more nutritious local pork, local eggs, and all the pollution-free ancient local products. Pei Shaorong certainly doesn't care about the artificial feed cultivated in his own space...
Tea eggs are called tea eggs, but they are actually braised eggs. Tea is so expensive that Pei Shaorong can't bear to buy them. The ones in his own space are absolutely top-quality at the moment, and they must not be wasted!
As soon as the sky began to turn pale, villagers from the villages near Yueyang Town went to the town to attend the market, and Pei Shaorong's roadside grocery stall also opened.
The aroma of the hot pot spread from far away. He not only made spicy hot pot, but also light hot pot to cater to everyone's taste.
Villagers usually stay in the village and don't come to the town, so going to the town to attend the market is a lively and rare event, especially for women, men and children.
Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, even more people are coming to the town. During these holidays, everyone is most willing to spend money. Many people who smell the food have gathered in front of Pei Shaorong's hot pot skewers before they even enter the town, just like the first time he sold barbecue skewers, so rare!
"It smells so good! What is this? How much does the boss sell it for?" Everyone rushed to sniff, as if they would be able to taste it if they smelled it for a while longer.
"Hot pot skewers! Meat skewers for one cent, vegetables for two cents..."
"...Boss, give me two skewers of meat and two cents of vegetables!"
The onlookers hesitated for a moment and immediately decided to eat it. The price was not particularly expensive, mainly because the smell was so delicious. Looking at the oil floating in the pot, the price was worth it.
As soon as the business opened, Pei Shaorong began to feel happy. He smiled at Mo Xiaobao next to him and started selling hot pot skewers skillfully. He was already very familiar with being a street vendor.
Before coming to the town, Pei Shaorong had already discussed with Mo Xiaobao that he would sell small snacks such as hot pot skewers and tea eggs, while Mo Xiaobao would be in charge of selling mountain products.
The hot pot food business has opened, and Mo Xiaobao's mountain products have also started to be sold. Their dried nuts with salt are not available in the town yet. They taste good and the price is about the same as the original ones, so there is no worry about not being able to sell them.
Mo Xiaobao is sometimes silly, but most of the time that happens in front of Pei Shaorong. In other aspects, he is quite shrewd, especially when it comes to money. There is no child living in a poor family who is not sensitive.
The aunties and grandmas who come to buy things are good at bargaining, and Mo Xiaobao is no pushover. He can defeat them with just a few words and even successfully coax the aunties and grandmas into happily buying his dry goods. He is quite like his father, a stingy man who never suffers a loss!
Pei Shaorong's business was also good. There was no need to bargain. Each person bought a little, just three or four cents. But there were so many people, and he was so busy that he was dizzy.
Business was very good on the first day of opening. Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao were a couple who worked like crazy and didn't feel tired at all. They didn't close up their stall and go home until it was almost dark.
Aunt Qin and Brother Lin’s peanuts are also ready. Because many ingredients are incomplete, the taste is not as good as modern ones, but it is not bad either. It is much better than the boiled and fried peanuts in the town, and it looks good too.
Unlike Pei Shaorong's family, who had no land and little work to do, their two families directly put the peanuts in Pei Shaorong's shed for consignment, charging two cents a day for the consignment fee. When they were free, they would come to Pei Shaorong to help.
Old Man Mo was the same. When he saw Aunt Qin and her family put their things at Pei Shaorong's place, he also moved Peanuts over.
Then, from time to time, he would get some tea eggs and hotpot skewers from his brother and son-in-law, with a big smile on his face. He loved to take advantage of these little things, and it was his personality that he couldn't change.
While setting up a small stall in the town, Pei Shaorong selected several common fruit seeds in the space and started to cultivate seedlings.
These seeds are all postmodern fruits with excellent genetic development and maturity. The fruits grown from them are definitely not comparable to the ancient fruits.
It would take more than a day or two to make a fortune by growing fruits. He didn't have any mature fruit trees that could be transplanted directly, so he could only grow them all from seeds and seedlings.
It is okay for herbaceous vine fruits such as watermelon, strawberry, and tomato to mature in a short time, but fruits of tree varieties such as apples, pears, and lychees take a long time to mature.
It is said that it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. You can imagine how slowly this tree grows.
However, Pei Shaorong is not someone who gives up easily. He is basically going to take root here for the rest of his life, so he can slowly cultivate it over a few years.
Fortunately, the fruits of this melon and herb vine grow fast, so I can use them to make money. Well, the future is still very bright and beautiful!
Before the New Year, when every household was preparing for the New Year, Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao got up early and went to town late every day, making money pouring into their pockets, and their lives were prosperous...
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