Chapter 16 The gap is so big
They came to the Sifang Restaurant. Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband parked the ox cart far away and did not come near. Xu Zhichun and Aunt Zhu'er came forward with baskets and knocked on the door of the restaurant's backyard.
"Who is it?" After a long while, a waiter finally opened the door impatiently. Seeing that it was two country women, he immediately showed a look of disgust and vigilance. He looked them up without any courtesy: "Who are you? What are you doing here? We don't need women to wash dishes, vegetables and sweep the floor. We don't need to hire anyone."
Aunt Zhu'er had never been humiliated and looked down upon in front of others like this before. She was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she didn't dare to raise her head.
Xu Zhichun was also very angry. If it weren't for Zeng Xiaoyan, she would have turned around and left.
"Hey, we have two kinds of food we want to sell to the restaurant. Can we meet the owner? We want to talk to him in detail."
"You want to see the boss?" The waiter gave the two of them a mocking look, laughed mockingly, and drove them away impatiently: "We will buy whatever our restaurant needs. Who would buy from you? You're dreaming!"
"Brother——"
"No, no, just go, go, go!"
With a "bang", the guy closed the door without any hesitation.
Aunt Zhu'er's face flushed, "This man is too, too unreasonable."
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Since they refused, let's go to another one. Let's go."
She felt relieved instead.
Even if Mr. Zeng complained in the future, they would have something to say. In fact, she didn't want to do business with Sifang Restaurant. After all, Madam Zeng didn't like Zeng Xiaoyan, and there was no guarantee that there wouldn't be dirty conflicts in the future.
This is best.
Zeng Xiaoyan was also happy, "If they don't like it, then forget it!"
She was even more unhappy!
A few people went to the Lotus Restaurant again.
We are both guys, but the difference is so huge.
They successfully met the owner of the Lotus Restaurant. When Manager Tang saw the crystal clear ice jelly, his eyes lit up.
There was no shortage of brown sugar water in the restaurant, so he asked someone to prepare some. After tasting the ice jelly, he was very satisfied.
"It's refreshing, it's good. What's it called? Ice jelly, good, good, not bad. It's a good appetizer."
Since Shopkeeper Tang was satisfied with the ice jelly, he naturally looked forward to the konjac tofu and konjac noodles.
He ordered the kitchen to stir-fry the dishes quickly over high heat, one serving of vegetables and one of meat, and called the chef to taste them together.
It's a good thing.
Restaurants will not refuse new dishes that are served to them. It is not a bad thing to add more flavors. Besides, gray tofu and gray bean shreds are a good match.
Shopkeeper Tang said on the spot that tomorrow we could have ten pounds of gray tofu and gray bean shreds to try, and ten pounds of ice jelly as well.
Gray tofu costs 12 wen per pound, gray bean shreds cost 18 wen per pound, and ice jelly costs 20 wen per pound.
If sales are good tomorrow, I’ll order more later.
They were very happy and gave the two or three pounds they brought today to Manager Tang to try.
In less than half a day, the four of them, carrying heavy copper coins, found a noodle stall, ordered a bowl of meat soup noodles each, and then went home happily.
Aunt Zhu'er said hurriedly, "While it's still early, let's go dig konjac and pick lantern fruit. We can't delay the delivery to Sifang Restaurant tomorrow."
Zeng Xiaoyan also nodded quickly. "Yes, yes, let's split up. Mingliang and I will go dig konjac, and Aunt Zhu'er and Sister Zhichun will go pick the lantern fruit first. Whoever finishes first will go to help on the other side. By the way, Sister Zhichun, how much konjac do we need to dig?"
Liang Mingliang was also impatiently shouting, "Yes, yes, yes!"
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Don't worry, let's divide today's money first."
"ah?"
Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer looked at each other and thought, "Is this okay?"
I'm really looking forward to it!
Xu Zhichun first gave Liang Mingliang the ten cents for renting the ox cart, and then counted out twenty cents for him as wages, which was five cents more than the fifteen cents agreed upon earlier.
Liang Mingliang was about to decline when Xu Zhichun said with a smile, "I'm afraid we'll have to hire Third Brother Liang often in the future. Twenty cents a day, lunch included. If Third Brother Liang is willing, go. If not, that's fine too. Just tell us, and we'll hire someone else the same way. If we earn more in the future, Third Brother Liang will be paid more."
Zeng Xiaoyan laughed and said, "If I tell him I don't need to pay him, how can he not help me? Twenty cents is too much."
Liang Mingliang thought much the same. After all, who could earn twenty cents a day? He said with a smile, "Twenty cents a day is a good deal. You must hire me and not anyone else."
All three of them laughed.
That's good. Xu Zhichun was still worried that Liang Mingliang would feel unbalanced and ask for a share of the profits. She had to explain to him that although there was a deed, Liang Lizheng was not such a shameless person, so things would still end up being unpleasant.
fortunately.
Xu Zhichun chose to openly tell Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er about the recipes for ice jelly and konjac tofu right from the start, precisely because he was impressed by Liang Lizheng's character and family tradition, as well as Zeng Xiaoyan's personality. Zeng Xiaoyan wouldn't harbor any ill intentions, and neither would Aunt Zhu'er; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to stay in the village.
As for what if? Xu Zhichun had no choice.
It is impossible for her, a helpless little widow, to run her business smoothly!
You must have a reliable partner.
Otherwise, not to mention that it would be easy to be targeted and get into trouble if you sell it in the city, you would also attract jealous people in the village.
After agreeing to hire Liang Mingliang, the three women closed the door and counted and divided the money. Even Liang Mingliang was given a glare by Zeng Xiaoyan and was driven out and not allowed to watch.
Are you kidding me? This is her own money, no one is allowed to peek!
Today, there are about 40 pounds of konjac tofu and almost 10 pounds of konjac knots. After deducting the 16 cents for noodles, the 30 cents for renting the ox cart and paying Liang Mingliang's wages, there are still 752 cents left.
Xu Zhichun earned 450 coins, Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er earned 151 coins each.
The heavy copper coins were wrapped in the handkerchief, and Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer were very excited.
Although Zeng Xiaoyan still had more than ten taels of dowry, these one hundred and fifty-one coins were earned by her own hands. She earned so much by trying today, and there will be more in the future.
Aunt Zhu'er was so excited that her hands were shaking. She had never made any money before, but she didn't expect to make a fortune as soon as she opened the business.
"Over a hundred wen, that's over a hundred wen! I, I earned this much in just one day! Oh my god, I actually earned so much! Zhichun, Xiaoyan, are we, are we dreaming? Oh my god!"
Zeng Xiaoyan giggled: "Of course I'm not dreaming. We can earn even more tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Right, Sister Zhichun."
Xu Zhichun was also happy. With the original four hundred coins, she now had almost one or two taels of silver in her hand.
More on that soon.
Full of confidence.
"Let's go up the mountain."
"Oh, good!"
"Let's go!"
Muah, I'll update 2 soon.
(End of this chapter)
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