Chapter 200 Tasting Dim Sum
The round-faced waiter immediately responded in a crisp voice. He liked such efficient customers.
Ye Mingzhu and the other three stood up and waited at the door for a moment before a round-faced waiter came out and said, "Hey guys, there's one nearby. Let's go check it out now."
The round-faced waiter showed them a shop not far from the city gate. There was still a sign selling sesame cakes, but no one came in or out.
"This shop used to sell sesame cakes, and business was pretty good. But the owner's son got into trouble and needed money, so he planned to sell the shop to raise the money. There's a small courtyard inside, and there are three rooms."
The round-faced guy took the three of them in to check it out.
The shop outside was a large one, with dark walls and roof. If it was bought, the whole shop would need to be cleaned and painted. There were some miscellaneous items piled up in the backyard, making the whole yard look a little small. An old woman was scolding her daughter-in-law, and she stopped when she saw someone coming to the door.
The owner of the house followed behind the few people, carefully introducing the house with a look of reluctance on his face.
For some reason, Ye Mingzhu suddenly remembered the woman who raised chickens at home when she bought the house. She really didn't like this kind of messy house.
Moreover, the shop in front and the room in the back were a bit too small, and she was not very satisfied with it. When she heard the price quoted by the landlord, four hundred and fifty taels, she knew it was a bit high.
Even if this shop is close to the city gate, it cannot charge such a high price. Otherwise, they would have to sell sesame cakes for many years to be able to afford such a shop.
The round-faced clerk had seen countless customers and knew that Ye Mingzhu was not interested in this shop. Without trying to persuade her, he immediately took her to the next one.
In one morning, the round-faced clerk took them to see four shops, all of which had front shops and back yards. Some were big, some were small, some were close to the city gate, some were close to residential areas, and some were close to wealthy areas.
Ye Mingzhu finally chose a shop near the county government office.
The round-faced waiter was a little surprised: "Sir, there aren't many food stalls around here. If you plan to sell snacks, I'm afraid they won't be very popular."
Ye Mingzhu smiled and said, "I want this one. Go and negotiate the price."
Jiang Hongyu followed the waiter to negotiate the price. Ye Mingzhu and Ruan Linlin stood outside, watching the occasional people passing by.
"Boss, did you choose this place because there are many alleys here?" Ruan Linlin roughly guessed Ye Mingzhu's thoughts.
"Yes, if you look from here, there are several alleys nearby, and each alley has many residents. Those who live near the county government office are either rich or noble. Think about it, what do the customers who usually buy snacks wear?"
Not all businesses have to be opened at the city gate. Dim sum is not something that ordinary people eat. At least she hasn't seen people in Yuanshan Village eat much of it. Even people in the town don't buy it every day. Even if this is a county town, no one eats dim sum as a meal, so only people with a wealthy family will buy it.
After returning home, she will tell Aunt Mo to make the appearance of the dim sum more refined. Aunt Mo's dim sum tastes good, but the appearance is a bit simple. If they are more refined, they will probably sell much better.
The shop she chose was not far from the county government office, but it was still some distance away, which allowed her to avoid being visited by scoundrels while not attracting the attention of any important figures.
She planned to wait until the shop opened, then have Xiaowu show up and occasionally have someone send some snacks to the county government office.
When everyone knows that the county magistrate likes this shop’s dim sum, will they still worry that the dim sum won’t sell well?
But she couldn't say these words to Ruan Linlin now. After all, it concerned the county magistrate. Some things would only be known after they were done.
While the two of them were talking outside, Jiang Hongyu and the round-faced clerk had already come out of the shop.
Jiang Hongyu's expression was unnoticeable, but the round-faced waiter's face was all smiles. He bowed to Jiang Hongyu and said, "Congratulations, sir. The county government office is not far away. Why don't you come with us to transfer the ownership?"
Jiang Hongyu looked at the county government office not far away and nodded.
The round-faced clerk immediately called the original owner of the house and wanted to go to the county government office together.
Ye Mingzhu handed the basket to Jiang Hongyu: "Give this basket of snacks to Uncle Yan. Sister Linlin and I will go shopping around here."
Jiang Hongyu took the basket and looked around: "Then don't go far, stay here, I'll come find you when I'm done."
Ye Mingzhu smiled and said, "Go and give Uncle Yan some snacks. Uncle Yan will let you go immediately. We'll go shopping for an hour and then come back to find you."
After she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and handed a bag to Jiang Hongyu, which contained a few gold leaves.
Jiang Hongyu took the purse and felt it, wanting to say that he had some money on him, but Ye Mingzhu had already turned around and waved her hand: "We'll leave first."
Jiang Hongyu had no choice but to put away his purse and call the landlord and the broker to go to the county government office together.
Ruan Linlin followed Ye Mingzhu for a distance before saying, "Why didn't you ask how much the shop was selling for?"
Ye Mingzhu was checking out the nearby alleys. Upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "Brother Yu has already decided to buy the shop, so why should I ask the price? The most important thing is that I believe Brother Yu won't pay too much."
Even if she buys it at a high price, she doesn't have to worry, because she has money in her space, and she can spread the price of the house to buy snacks in the future.
"Let's go to the shop in the city and buy some snacks. When we go back today, we can give them to Aunt Mo to try. We'll try to make our shop's specialty snacks."
Ye Mingzhu decided to buy more snacks, but before that she went to the money shop to exchange the gold leaves in the space for silver notes and silver ingots, and also exchanged them for some small change.
Ruan Linlin didn't follow her in, but waited for her at the door.
After Ye Mingzhu exchanged the silver and money, she took Ruan Linlin to buy snacks.
She had money in her hands and was not worried. She asked her employees to pack up all the snacks that sold well.
Originally, the waiter was a little unhappy because they ordered a small quantity, but they wanted so many varieties that in the end, the waiter couldn't stop smiling. He happily packed the snacks for them and even rounded off the change, so he only charged them twelve taels of silver.
When Ruan Linlin saw Ye Mingzhu bought a large backpack, her eyelids twitched. When she accompanied her to buy things from one shop to another, she was trembling.
Seeing that she had already bought nearly fifty taels of silver worth of snacks, she couldn't help but advise: "Boss, aren't you buying too many snacks?"
Ye Mingzhu wiped the sweat from her forehead and explained, "If we want to run a successful dim sum shop, we have to innovate. Unlike other shops, I only buy a wide variety of products, but in small quantities. Let's go back and everyone can try them. The extra ones will be shared with the people in the farm as a reward for everyone's hard work during this period."
Ruan Linlin touched her stomach and said with a wry smile, "But Boss, I can't eat anymore."
As long as it was a shop that allowed tasting, Ye Mingzhu would stare at the waiter and try a little of each. She was forced to be a guinea pig for the tasting. After trying a few shops, she could no longer taste anything and her mouth felt too sweet.
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