After leaving Shunkelou, Ye Caiping went to find Fatty.
Fatty Sister lives in town, not far from where she sets up her stall.
Upon seeing Ye Caiping arrive, Fatty Sister exclaimed excitedly, "Oh, what brings Boss Ye here?"
Ye Caiping smiled, went into the house, and put down two boxes of pastries: "I came to see you today to talk about the supply."
Fatty said solemnly, "I've been wanting to find you for a while. I used your seasoning packets, but the soup I made wasn't as good as the ones you supplied. But everyone outside is using the seasoning packets, and they're cheaper."
"If we use a supplier, I'm afraid we won't be able to compete with outsiders. So... miss, could you give my family a discount?"
Ye Caiping nodded.
If we don't offer them discounts, they won't supply us anymore and will use pre-packaged materials.
Whether they use pre-packaged ingredients or supply goods, Ye Caiping makes a profit.
But she wanted to keep the business, so she planned to give it to Ye Daquan and Ye Erquan.
“Okay,” Ye Caiping agreed.
The chubby woman's eyes lit up, and she smiled broadly: "Alright, let's talk in detail."
Finally, the supplier reduced the profit by half. Previously, Ye Caiping could earn 300 coins per barrel, but now she earns 180 coins per barrel, a reduction of 120 coins.
After contacting Fatty, Ye Caiping then contacted two restaurants in the town and three in the county. In the end, only Yingfu Restaurant in the county wanted to continue supplying her.
Adding Shunkelou, that makes three restaurants.
Before heading home, Ye Caiping returned to Shunkelou Restaurant to find Manager Chi and offered him a discount.
After all, she had already given discounts to the other two restaurants. If Shunkelou didn't, it would be embarrassing if Manager Chi found out.
...
That evening, Ye Caiping invited everyone from the first and second wives' households to dinner.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and the banquet was over, Ye Caiping said, "I called everyone here today to talk about the delivery."
Ms. Wei paused in her tea-serving motion. Was there no need to serve it?
She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Ye Xiniu's trouble had freed up four spaces in the workshop.
Mrs. Du picked her teeth and decided there was no need to send it off.
If you don't want to send it, then don't. Anyway, the workshop is short-staffed. It costs 30 coins a day to work in the workshop!
Ye Caiping said, "Now that I have my own workshop, I can no longer handle delivering goods to restaurants. But Shunkelou, Fatty Sister, and Yingfu Restaurant still want to supply goods."
The Du and Wei couple looked at each other in bewilderment. That was…
“What I mean is, let your eldest and second eldest brothers do this delivery business. Although we’ll give you a lot of profit, you can still make 180 coins per barrel after deducting costs.”
"What? Make it for us?" Du and Wei asked almost simultaneously.
The Ye brothers were also surprised.
Du exclaimed excitedly, "After deducting the cost of materials, we can earn 180 coins per barrel! If we split it between our two families, each family will get... how much... yes, 90 coins a day!"
Mrs. Wei smiled and said, "90 coins a day. My husband and I used to only earn 60 coins a day! Now we're earning an extra 30 coins."
Ye Caiping found it amusing: "It's not 90 coins a day. It's more than one bucket a day. The three families add up to nine buckets in the morning, noon, and evening."
"Nine...nine barrels?" Mrs. Du gasped. "Then we can earn..."
"One tael, six mace, and twenty cash a day!" Ye Huan'er thought quickly.
"Then you must earn thirty or forty taels a month?" Madam Wei stammered.
“48 taels and 6 mace,” Huan’er added. “The two families split it equally, with each family receiving 24 taels and 3 mace.”
Mrs. Du jumped up with joy, then looked at Ye Caiping in disbelief: "Delivering goods... can actually earn so much money?"
“Yes!” Ye Caiping nodded with a smile.
Lady Wei was overjoyed; she now had over 24 taels. Her younger sister had given her even more before, and before she offered discounts—it must have been over a hundred taels!
"I...am I dreaming?" Du was dizzy, then suddenly cried out, "Ouch—Ye Daquan, are you trying to kill yourself?"
"Hehe, didn't you say you were dreaming? Let me wake you up."
After Ye Daquan finished speaking, he and Ye Erquan looked at Ye Caiping with gratitude.
24 is nothing to two young women, but to them it's a huge sum of money!
For these farmers, earning an ounce or two a month is already something to be envied by people all around.
They can now earn 24 taels a month!
Grandma Ye and Grandpa Ye looked at Ye Caiping with emotion and relief.
After the initial excitement subsided, Mrs. Wei asked, "So, how do we deliver the goods?"
Previously, because there were too many goods, two oxcarts were used. Now, there are only nine barrels a day, and only one or two barrels are delivered at a time, so two oxcarts are not needed.
Moreover, Ye Bajin and Ye Sanquan are still resting. They used to be deliverymen too.
Ye Caiping said, "There are few goods now, so one oxcart will suffice. As for Bajin and Sanquan, I will arrange for them to be placed in the workshop."
Du said, "That oxcart... could we borrow yours, little sister? We can pay the rent every month."
Ye Caiping said, "I have two oxen here, which can be used to haul goods in turns, so they won't get too tired. As for renting the oxen, there's no need for that. But I have one request: you have to herd and feed the oxen for me. If I need anything, my eldest and second eldest brothers have to be my drivers."
"No problem," Ye Daquan readily agreed. "No requirements whatsoever, it's just what we should do."
The two cows have always been taken care of by the Ye brothers.
Even when they weren't delivering goods and were on vacation, Ye Daquan and Erquan would take turns taking care of them.
"Then it's settled." Ye Caiping nodded with a smile.
Du and Ye Daquan exchanged a glance before Du hesitantly spoke, "Um... actually, we have something we'd like to ask you for tonight..."
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