Chapter 47 The Best of Both Worlds
"You two can keep it and eat it." He declined.
"Aunt, please accept it." Zhuang Qingning continued to push the money into He's hand and said, "You made clothes and shoes for us, but you didn't ask for money or tofu. How can I have the nerve to ask you to make clothes for me again in the future?"
Seeing Zhuang Qingning's insistence, He thought that they were making a living now, so she had no choice but to stop refusing and accepted it: "Then I will accept it shamelessly..."
He took the tofu but did not leave immediately. Instead, she smiled awkwardly for a while, looking around with an embarrassed look.
"Aunt, do you have anything else to ask me?" Zhuang Qingning noticed something and asked.
"It's a little bit..." He was still a little hesitant, and finally seemed to have made up her mind. She bit her lip and said, "I just want to discuss something with you."
"Aunt, if you have something to say, just tell me directly." Zhuang Qingning brought a small stool that she had just bought and asked He to sit down. "Aunt, please sit down and talk slowly."
After sitting down, He's nervousness seemed to have lessened. She just cleared her throat and said, "You have rented the tofu shop of Sister Wen and are grinding tofu now. I think your tofu tastes good and your business in town is also good. This is a good thing. I am happy for you two."
"But in our village, since Sister Wen's tofu shop stopped grinding tofu, there is no one grinding tofu anymore. If you want to buy tofu, you either have to go to the town or to the neighboring village, which is really troublesome."
"I see that you and Sui Yatou can only go to town to buy tofu, and you can't take care of all the things in the village, so I want to discuss it with you. Before you go to town to sell tofu on weekdays, you can leave some tofu at home, and your uncle and I will help sell it in the village."
"I'm not busy at home during the slack season, and my child is growing up, so I want to do something to supplement the family income. I see that your tofu business is doing well, so I want to sell the tofu from you in the village to see if I can make some money."
"Secondly, since the tofu mill is already open, grinding less is grinding, grinding more is grinding anyway, so you might as well grind more. I usually sell it in the village. If we can't sell it all in the village, I'll let your uncle carry the basket and sell it from street to street. This will help you sell more, and you can earn more..."
"But after all, I am thinking about making money for my family. If you think it is feasible, let's try it. If you think it is not suitable, it's okay. Just pretend that your aunt didn't mention it."
After all, He was eager to use other people's affairs to make money for her own family. She felt very embarrassed and her eyes were full of embarrassment when she spoke.
Zhuang Qingning blinked.
Before He came, she was still thinking about how to expand the sales of tofu. What He said gave her an idea.
It can not only expand sales, but also allow those who treat her well to get some rewards. Why not do it? "Auntie."
Zhuang Qingning smiled instead: "To be honest, my tofu business is doing pretty well in town. Seeing this situation, I am also thinking about whether I can make more money. I am also thinking about selling some tofu in the village."
"It's just that there are only Qingsui and I at home, and we can only take care of one side. Right now we can only barely handle the business in town, and we really can't take care of selling tofu in the village. Originally, I was thinking about where to find a reliable and hardworking person to help me sell tofu, and it happened that you, aunt, are here."
"Hardworking and reliable, isn't that what you and your family are all about?" Zhuang Qingning continued, "Aunt brought up this idea today and it really agrees with what I am thinking. How about starting from tomorrow, your family will help me sell tofu."
"Okay, okay." Seeing that Zhuang Qingning also had the same idea and agreed straightforwardly, He nodded hurriedly: "Let's start tomorrow. Don't worry, your uncle and I will make sure that the tofu is sold well."
"I'm relieved when you work with uncle."
Zhuang Qingning narrowed his eyes in a smile and discussed the specific details of selling tofu this generation with He.
For example, the price must be the same as the price she sells in the town, not too cheap, the daily quantity cannot be too large, it is best to sell it according to the shortage, and there are also some small tips in selling tofu.
After the discussion was almost over, He saw that it was getting late, so she asked the Zhuang Qingning sister to rest for a while and she went home in the dark.
Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui had been tending to the vegetable garden for a while, and now they felt a little tired after talking for such a long time, so they went to bed and took a nap for a while.
As for He, she quickly walked into the house.
"You're back so late?" Zhuang Yonghe was weaving straw sandals in the yard under the moonlight. When he saw He come back, he asked the children to set the table and scoop up porridge for dinner.
"I thought you had already finished your meal." He smiled and said, "Ms. Ning gave me a piece of tofu, but it's too troublesome to fry it now. If you can't make it, just pick some green onions and mix it with cold sauce."
"Okay." Zhuang Yonghe nodded and called his eldest son into the kitchen to help He clean up.
Zhuang Yonghe and He had four children, all sons, no daughters. Since there was no caring little one to do the work like helping their mother in the kitchen, the sons had to act as the daughters and do the work that women do.
Fortunately, the eldest son Zhuang Mingliang is honest and kind. He doesn't care about this. He is filial to his parents and always rushes to do many odd jobs.
The green and tender white scallions mixed with tofu were served on the table, along with home-pickled vegetables, spinach mixed with vermicelli that was growing vigorously in the field, cornmeal porridge, and cornmeal and sweet potato flour steamed buns. It was quite a feast.
"How's the discussion with Miss Ning going?" Zhuang Yonghe asked after taking a bite of the steamed bread.
"You might not believe me if I tell you." He laughed. "When I told Ning about this, she said she was also thinking about finding an honest and reliable person to help her sell tofu in the village. We happened to ask her, so we decided to sell the tofu Ning grinds in the village starting tomorrow."
"That's great." Zhuang Yonghe grinned, "I was originally worried that Miss Ning would not agree, and that would make me look shameless."
"Yes, that's what I said." He said, "It's just that Miss Ning said that we have to control the quantity. We are just starting out, so we shouldn't sell too much. Starting tomorrow, we'll start by selling 40 kilograms and see how it goes."
"And we don't have to pay for the capital first. We just need to give Ning a bill every day after we sell tofu. The price of tofu is one cent per pound, two cents for two and a half pounds. We take 20% of the money and give 80% to Ning."
Forty pounds of tofu can be sold for more than thirty cents, and at 20%, it would be six or seven cents. Zhuang Yonghe made straw sandals and bamboo baskets during the slack season at home, and he only earned an extra four or five cents a day. Selling tofu made much more money than making straw sandals.
Moreover, this is just the beginning. If he works harder in the future, goes from street to street, visits more villages, it won't be a problem to sell more tofu.
Thanks to the cute "Jin Lingshan" for the reward, thank you for your support~ (End of this chapter)
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