Seeing her husband's serious expression, Mrs. Liu couldn't help but ask, "What happened today?"
"Mom, a man selling buns came to the dock outside the city today. Not only do he have a wide variety of buns, but they are also cheaper than ours!" Daya couldn't help but answer.
We haven't had a few days of fun yet, and someone's already competing for us! Liu was worried that someone else might take over her tofu bun business, so she asked anxiously, "Should we also sell them for one penny?"
Wu was listening to their conversation in the courtyard and said disapprovingly, "Look, Dalang and his friends have sold all their buns today, and there are no more left. Don't panic!"
In fact, Wu had anticipated this matter. Making buns did not require much technical skills. She knew there were two bun shops in Rongcheng. There was a market at the wharf outside the city, so it was understandable that people went there to sell buns.
Even so, Liu was still unsure. Thinking of the second daughter who usually had the most ideas, Liu said to her daughter, "Go find your sister and ask her if she has any ideas!"
When Li Yan heard about this, she agreed with Mrs. Wu and decided not to lower the price.
"Don't worry, auntie. The tofu buns that guy just sold won't taste better than ours in a short time! Just go and sell them as usual!" Li Yan replied.
"Should we follow their example and make more buns with other fillings to sell?" asked Mrs. Liu.
Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "If my aunt is busy enough, I can definitely add some vegetarian buns!"
There's no such thing as making money that's too much to handle. It's much better than farming. Liu quickly said, "I can handle it, I can handle it. Second girl, can you help me think of some fillings?"
This is cheap, and the best stuffing is what we already have at home, so we don't have to spend money to buy it. Li Yan thought for a while and asked, "Did my grandma pickle a lot of sour beans and cabbage last year?"
Liu quickly responded, "Yes, yes, they're all in the cellar!"
Li Yan smiled and said, "Then Auntie, just add these two kinds of fillings to the buns. Although tofu buns taste good, you'll get tired of eating them every day. It's no wonder that customers will decrease over time!"
In fact, Li Yan has many ways to prepare bun fillings in her mind, such as buns with soy sauce and pork filling, mushroom and chicken filling, barbecued pork filling, red bean paste filling, and egg and shrimp filling.
However, these buns are obviously not suitable for selling at the dock.
With Li Yan's suggestion, the matter was settled. The next day, Liu still kneaded 20 kilograms of flour. Ten kilograms were used to wrap tofu filling, and the other ten kilograms were used to wrap buns with sour beans and sauerkraut fillings!
With the addition of two new cheap vegetarian buns, Li Dalang’s stall welcomed wave after wave of customers coming to buy at noon!
This made Li Dalang feel more at ease. At least according to this model, he would have no problem selling the buns. Although the profit was not as much as in the previous two days, Li Dalang felt very satisfied.
On this day, Li Yan also came to the city. She first went to Piaoxianglou to look for the shopkeeper Qian.
When Li Yan walked into Piaoxianglou, it was still early and there were not many guests in the lobby.
When Li Jianmin saw his cousin coming in, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Why are you here today, sister? Are you looking for the shopkeeper?" After saying that, he turned around and went to look for someone.
Li Yan grabbed her cousin and said, "Brother, don't worry. I want to ask you about something first!"
Li Jianmin stopped and waited for his cousin's next words.
Li Yan leaned close to Li Jianmin's ear and whispered, "Brother, do you know that there's a market being built outside the city?"
Li Jianmin nodded. The guests who came to their restaurant to eat had already talked about this matter. Now everyone in Rongcheng, from the eighty-year-old old man to the toddler, knew about it!
"It's like this, big brother. After this market is built, I will open a shop there. I want you to come and see the shop. What do you think?" Li Yan asked.
Li Jianmin was stunned for a moment, then reacted after a long while and pointed at himself: "You want me to go to the shop?"
Li Yan nodded solemnly: "Yes!"
Li Jianmin waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, I'm just a waiter in a restaurant, how can I take care of a shop? Don't delay your business later!"
"Brother, do you think highly of my small food shop?" Li Yan asked back.
When Li Jianmin heard his cousin say this, he quickly said, "Second sister, what are you talking about? I'm just afraid that I won't do it well and will delay your business!"
"Brother, don't belittle yourself. I still think you are the most suitable person!" Li Yan said firmly.
Li Jianmin was very pleased to hear Li Yan's affirmation, and then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you on this matter, but I still need to tell Shopkeeper Qian in advance!"
"Don't worry about this, big brother. I'll discuss this with you first, and then I'll go find Shopkeeper Qian!"
As luck would have it, the two were talking in the lobby when Shopkeeper Qian came out of the private room. Seeing them talking, he hurried forward and said, "Miss Li, it's been a while since you've been to our Piaoxiang Tower. Come on, let's go to the private room for some tea!"
Li Yan smiled and said, "I've been busy with spring plowing at home lately, so I haven't been to the city much. I came here today just to discuss something with Manager Qian!"
When Shopkeeper Qian heard this, he immediately became excited. Could this girl have some new recipe to sell him? Shopkeeper Qian was very excited and immediately took Li Yan to the box.
After the tea was served, Li Yan didn't hesitate and said straight to the point, "I'm sure Shopkeeper Qian has heard about the market being built outside the city! I'll be frank with you. When the market is finished, I'm going to open a food shop there. I came here today to apologize to you, Shopkeeper. When the shop is finished, I'd like my cousin to help look after it!"
These words really shocked Manager Qian. He had only heard that a market was going to be built outside the city, and that the market was planned to be built by the county magistrate. As for who provided the funds, he had no idea!
Logically speaking, since such an important event happened in Rongcheng, their Qian family should have been involved no matter what. However, until today, he still had not found out which business was involved.
Fortunately, the news I got was that no business in Rongcheng was involved. Otherwise, as the shopkeeper who had developed power in Rongcheng for many years, wouldn't I be in trouble if I missed this opportunity?
Now, Shopkeeper Qian doesn’t care at all that his young man is going to be cornered. He just wants to know how to get a shop in the market over there!
Shopkeeper Qian's eyes lit up, and he asked earnestly, "Miss Li, how did you manage to acquire that shop over there? Are there any other shops for sale in that market?"
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