Chapter 63 Door-to-Door Sales
Unlike the gloomy clouds and landslides in Shili Village, except for the outsiders setting up stalls on the streets of the county town, there is not much impact of the early collection of next year's rent and taxes in Qiyang County.
Maybe, but only to some people, at least she couldn't see it on the main street of the county town right now.
Sang Luo was short of money, so she brought all the goods she could today, including a few blocks of two kinds of tofu.
Naturally, what she brought the most was sour jujube cake, well, also known as crystal jerky.
So Sang Luo’s first target was the dim sum shop.
She walked up and down the main street twice. There were three dim sum shops in total. One of them seemed to be of higher quality in terms of decoration, while the other two were relatively affordable.
Sang Luo thought about it and mustered up the courage to enter the one that looked the most expensive. Although she felt that the probability of such a shop selling things made outside was extremely low, she still wanted to give it a try. In case it succeeded, she could sell it at a slightly higher price. If not, there would be no loss.
She brought a lot of things today, and she was carrying a pair of baskets on her shoulders. She was wearing an old coarse cloth dress, which seemed a bit out of place in this shop.
The shopkeeper was a round-faced woman. When she saw Sang Luo's appearance, there was nothing unusual on her face. Her smile and enthusiasm were just right, not more or less.
"What do you want to buy, ma'am?"
Sang Luo put the basket in a corner of the shop and took a quick look at the various snacks in the exquisite boxes on the counter.
There are many varieties. Some of them can be seen what they are made of and you can roughly guess how they are made. Some of them have extremely delicate patterns and look like flowers from a distance. With Sang Luo's level of skill, she can never tell how they are made.
She only took a glance at it, then turned her gaze back to the female shopkeeper. Based on her original memory and the upbringing of the women of the Dagan Dynasty, she greeted the shopkeeper graciously and said, "Excuse me, shopkeeper. I made a snack with my own recipe. I wonder if you could sell it for me?"
The female shopkeeper raised her eyebrows: "Selling on behalf of others?"
She smiled and shook her head: "Our Yongfengzhai is a time-honored brand. We don't sell prepared food."
Sang Luo had expected this, so she was not disappointed. She opened the jar in the basket, took out a piece of sour jujube cake and handed it over, saying with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you don't sell it on my behalf. It's fate that I got into Guibao Store. The shopkeeper can have a taste of my crystal dried fruit."
The female shopkeeper's eyes fell on the piece of dessert called Crystal Preserved Jelly that Sang Luo handed over. The color was translucent and quite beautiful, which was in line with the name.
After looking at the snacks, her eyes naturally moved to the hand that handed the snacks. Unlike most farmers, the girl's knuckles were slender and well-proportioned. She didn't look like someone who had been doing rough labor since childhood. Her nails must have been trimmed quite diligently, and they were round, beautiful, clean and spotless.
The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, madam."
She reached out to take the crystal jerky handed to her by Sang Luo, and took a closer look. It was a round piece. Although the color was beautiful, the appearance was not good. She tore the crystal jerky open. The color inside was even better than the outer layer. She couldn't tell what material it was made of, but it looked very appetizing.
The shopkeeper took a small piece of it and tasted the sweet and sour taste so instantly that she started to saliva.
"Is this an appetizer?"
Sang Luo smiled and nodded: "Indeed, it has the effect of not only stimulating appetite and strengthening the spleen, but also nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Of course, this is just food, and the taste is the first priority, and the efficacy is just icing on the cake."
The female shopkeeper raised her eyebrows again and said, "You can read and write."
As far as she knew, some aristocratic families would pass down some prescriptions to their descendants. She looked at Sang Luo and thought that she would not be a descendant of a famous family whose fortunes had fallen on hard times.
Of course, it was just a thought. She tasted it carefully. After a long while, she still couldn't figure out what it was made of. However, this thing was really good, a delicious food suitable for all ages. Now that she came across it, it would be a pity to miss it.
"My dear, our shop does not sell outside food. I wonder if you are willing to sell this recipe?"
Sang Luo frowned. Although she was a little curious about the price the other party would offer for a prescription, she had no intention of making a one-time deal and blocking her future path.
Then he shook his head and said, "The recipe is a treasured possession of my family and cannot be sold. However, if Guibaohao is willing to cooperate, I can make this crystal dried meat smooth and neat, which can ensure the appearance of the product."
The female shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head.
Sang Luo smiled and didn't force it. She thanked him and left, then turned around to pick up the basket.
She left so abruptly that the female shopkeeper felt a little uneasy.
She glanced at the things in Sang Luo's basket. There were three jars of the same type that the crystal jerky was taken out of just now. These were all crystal jerky.
Seeing that Sang Luo obviously brought this thing to the county to find an agent to sell it, she started to think about it.
Yongfengzhai has been able to operate in Qiyang County for so many years and has always been the number one, being the preferred shop for the prominent families in the county to buy dim sum. The key is that they can crush the other two dim sum shops in all aspects, including variety, craftsmanship, taste, packaging and service.
She tasted the crystal preserved food and found it absolutely popular. If the crystal preserved food went out of this door and entered the doors of any of the other two restaurants, then Yongfengzhai would not be able to make anything of the same kind that could surpass the crystal preserved food.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly called Sang Luo and said, "Young lady, although our shop does not sell on behalf of others, can you sell these to me? When the boss comes back, I will let him taste them and we can talk about it later, how about that?"
Sang Luo: These???
Buy it all, is this possible?
She smiled and turned around: "Of course, to be honest, I came to the county to sell this thing once, and it was three cents and five dollars, but I was not satisfied with the price, so I wanted to find a shop to consign it to, so that the price can be higher. So, do you want all of these, sister?"
When she heard that she could sell things, the shopkeeper instantly became like a sister.
The female shopkeeper laughed and said, "I want both. Tell me what price you think is appropriate."
Sang Luo thought for a moment and said, "Three jars cost a little over 600 yuan. If you want all of them, I'll charge you 600 yuan, based on the supplier's price, one cent per jar. As for you, you can eat them yourself or sell them, and you can decide the price yourself."
The price was raised by nearly half, and Sang Luo was satisfied with it.
The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "Okay, then keep all three jars."
As he said that, he turned behind the counter, took out six strings of money and put them on the counter, then pushed Sang Luo away.
One hundred coins for a string. Sang Luo had counted money many times before, so she could roughly tell the difference. Such a big shop, well, would not cheat her out of anything. She took out her purse and put the money in it. An empty purse came out, but now it was filled to the brim.
Sang Luo's eyebrows, eyes and lips all curved up. Although this was the sour jujube cake that she had saved for quite some time, the income of 600 wen this time, plus the more than 400 wen she saved from selling tofu at home, was a big step towards 3,388 wen.
She was delighted, and the female shopkeeper was also very happy. After sending it to the boss, who had tasted it, she would think of ways to negotiate with the young lady to buy a house, or ask the dim sum chef to study what it was made of. Both were good ideas.
Couldn't Sang Luo guess that the female shopkeeper had this idea?
After she collected the money, the female shopkeeper still didn't ask her when she would come again or how to contact her. Sang Luo immediately realized what was happening. She raised her eyebrows but didn't mind.
Just figure it out. It's the ability of this old dim sum shop that has figured it out. Sang Luo doesn't have such big ambitions, nor does she think that the food she makes can never be made by others. It's fate that she can make money from sour jujubes, and it's also fate if others can make the same money with their own abilities.
It depends on fate. As long as the recipe wasn't leaked from her, there's nothing wrong with it.
Sang Luo felt very relieved. Thinking of this, and holding the heavy purse containing six hundred coins, she felt very happy.
He brought out three jars and said with a smile, "Sister, please find something to put them in. My earthenware jars are very rough and make the crystal dried meat look cheap."
The fact is that our three rough pottery jars cost her nearly a hundred coins, so she had to take them back.
The female shopkeeper had seen a lot of people, so it was natural for her to not understand. She just felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Yes, she bought crystal preserved meat, but the price of the three jars was not included.
Thinking that they were going to send the money to their employer's house, the ladies and girls simply asked someone to fetch twelve exquisite porcelain jars and told the maids in the shop to put the contents of the jars into the warehouse one by one. There were fifty yuan in one jar, and after filling the twelve porcelain jars, there were still six yuan left.
The female shopkeeper laughed and said that this was taking advantage of Sang Luo, and Sang Luo smiled and said, "Sister, please take care of me in the future."
After packing up her empty jar, she said goodbye to the female shopkeeper and left Yongfengzhai.
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At the second stop, Sang Luo entered the largest restaurant in Qiyang County.
However, this time was not as smooth as the last time at the dim sum shop. I found the back door and asked just one question when the chef who heard it kicked me out.
"It's fine if they send some wild game, but they also sent the prepared food. Anyone can make some food and sell it to the restaurant. What do you need a cook like me for?"
Sang Luo: ...
This cook is quite capable.
All right, she didn't force it and went straight to the back door of another restaurant across the street.
If I am not welcome here, I will go somewhere else. Well, if there was no food other than snacks in Yongfengzhai just now, it would be weird to push a vegetarian tripe. Otherwise, this thing would be considered a snack in the future, right?
Haven’t you seen how popular konjac is?
Although times are different, the essence of foodies should be the same.
Sang Luo thought that if she put in some effort and did some packaging, it would not be impossible to sell this thing in a dim sum shop.
Well, that’s just what I think, it would be best to sell the restaurant if possible.
While he was daydreaming, he had already arrived at the back kitchen of the restaurant. A boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen was sitting in the back washing a large basin of dishes. When he saw Sang Luo coming over, he stopped and looked at him. When their eyes met, he smiled at him. The boy was a little confused: "Who are you?"
Sang Luo learned her lesson. She put down her burden, uncovered the lotus leaf covering the ceramic basin where the konjac was placed, took a pair of chopsticks, picked up two pieces of konjac from each leaf, and placed them on the leaf. She handed them directly to the young man: "Young man, try it. I want to ask you something."
The boy was cautious at first, and thought, "Oh, it's normal to give a little benefit." But when he saw the thing in his hand, he was very greedy: "What is this?"
He put a mouthful into his mouth, chewed it, his eyes lit up, and gave a thumbs up: "This is delicious! I have to be polite, so if you want to know anything, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know."
Sang Luo smiled and said, "I want to ask you, do you think my fresh food can be sold in your restaurant?"
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