Chapter 29 Talking about business
After returning home, Wang Dayi returned the donkey cart. Because of a commotion, he came back a little late. The food in the morning was not good. Yang Xu quickly started cooking.
Without making any new tricks, I just cooked a pot of rice. Then I cooked half a pot of braised pork. Since there was no soy sauce, Yang Xu used a wild vegetable juice, which had no flavor, but it was still good for the color.
The braised pork was very rotten, and a little bit of sugar was added to it. The soup was so thick that it became thick.
I simply fried wild vegetables and mushrooms and made a big bowl. That's almost it.
The braised pork was very popular, and Yang Xu also poured soup on top of everyone's rice. The soup mixed with the rice was particularly fragrant!
Tianbao burped after eating, so Yang Xu didn't let him wash the dishes this time. He just let him go for a walk outside to digest, and then went to the room to take a nap. After all, he got up very early in the morning.
Yang Xu cleaned up the kitchen and planned to sleep for a while before going to pick hawthorns.
Back in the room, Wang Dayi took out the bag of silver. Two were fifty taels, two were twenty taels. The silver ingots were heavy, which was particularly pleasing.
Yang Xu happily took it into the space. Now they have hundreds of taels of silver.
"Brother Dayi, will you be in trouble if you beat that group of people today?"
Tomorrow they will go to town to sell candied haws, and they wonder if they will encounter that group looking for trouble.
"No, those people are not extremely bad people, and the gangster leader is not a bad person. When we saw it today, they only smashed the stalls, but did not hurt anyone. Later..."
Wang Dayi didn't know how to describe Wang Hu. He was good at bullying people, but he had a bottom line and didn't hurt anyone. Moreover, he seemed to have a weak mind.
Yang Xu nodded. Later, that person insisted on dragging Brother Dayi into their gang. Actually, thinking about it, it was a bit funny.
"In the afternoon, Tianbao and I will pick hawthorns. Brother Dayi can go check out the traps and other things. Just come home with us later."
Wang Dayi nodded, and the two of them planned to sleep for a while.
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In the afternoon, Yang Xu and three others went to pick hawthorns. Wang Dayi sent them to the place. They first went to see the traps and other things.
Last time, he simply set up a trap, and Wang Dayi didn't expect anything to happen.
When we got there, there was an unexpected surprise: a deer.
Wang Dayi took the deer, rearranged the trap, and put in a little diluted spiritual spring.
The deer we met last time were hard to come by, so we can't put too many spiritual springs in there, otherwise it wouldn't be a good thing.
Firstly, there are rules for hunting. Don’t go too much, you can’t kill them all, and you have to stop in moderation. Secondly, it’s just luck that you get one. If you keep getting one, it’s suspicious.
Yang Xu and Tianbao picked a lot of hawthorns. Basically, they picked down all the ripe ones.
Yang Xu bought a lot of candies. She planned to make some of them in the afternoon and let Wang Dayi sell them tomorrow morning. Then she continued to make them at home, and then went to sell them in the afternoon.
Yang Xu looked at these hawthorn trees and estimated that they could only be sold for a few days.
When Wang Dayi came back, Yang Xu asked him to move some back first. Each of the three of them took a little of the rest.
After returning home, Yang Xu asked Tianbao to go back to the house and read a book. It was enough for her and Wang Dayi to work alone.
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In the evening, Yang Xu steamed steamed buns. There was a lot of braised pork cooked at noon, but there was still a lot left. Yang Xu stir-fried some pickled vegetables and cooked a pot of porridge for dinner.
"Aren't my sister and I going tomorrow morning?" Tianbao asked.
"Well, I'll let your brother Dayi go alone tomorrow, and we'll make some more at home. Brother Dayi will come back later and have lunch, and then take them over to sell them in the afternoon."
There is no need for all three of us to go, so Brother Dayi alone is enough. Anyway, once we get started, there is no need to shout, everyone almost knows it.
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Early the next morning, Yang Xu got up early and cooked a large bowl of rice for Wang Dayi, as well as a plate of pickles. Wang Dayi ate before going out. The breakfast in town was really not good, so he might as well eat some at home.
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Dayi arrived on the street, several people saw him and gathered around him.
"Brother is really here. Get me two bunches quickly. I didn't buy any yesterday because the brat at home made a fuss for a long time."
Wang Dayi smiled and gave him two bunches.
As expected, the business was still very good, and there was no need to shout. Everyone, including regular customers and those who hadn't bought anything yesterday, came over and bought one or two bunches.
"Eh? Why is there no red bean paste? My girl loves red bean paste." A woman asked.
"Bean paste is made from a kind of bean. The beans are rare. We ran out of them yesterday and don't have them at home anymore. So we don't make bean paste stuffing." Wang Dayi explained.
There were not many red beans in the first place, so Xuer left a few bunches filled with red bean paste for herself, but the rest were all sold out yesterday. Not only are there none today, but there probably won’t be any in the future either. After all, the red beans were only planted not long ago.
The woman was upset and complained a few words.
"Don't you have to sell the beans? Why don't you buy some?"
"It's picked from the mountains. I made the stuffing after tasting it at home. There aren't many of them, and there's no place to buy them."
"Okay, then bring me a sticky rice one!"
The woman paid the money and took it away.
People came to buy them one after another, and some regular customers asked about candied haws with bean paste filling. Wang Dayi explained them all.
It was sold out quickly, and Wang Dayi planned to go home.
"Hey, wait a minute, little brother." A young boy stopped Wang Dayi.
"What's the matter with you?"
"I'm from Xiang Cake Shop. Our shopkeeper wants to talk to me about some business. I wonder if I can move over."
Wang Dayi was confused, Xiang Cake Shop? The largest pastry shop in the town. Wang Dayi had bought sweet-scented osmanthus cake there before.
Wang Dayi nodded and went with the boy.
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"Shopkeeper, here we come." The waiter shouted.
A middle-aged man came out and asked Wang Dayi to sit down with a smile.
"I am the shopkeeper of Xiang Cake Shop, and my surname is Zhang. I wonder what your surname is?"
"My surname is Wang. I wonder what shopkeeper Zhang wants from me?"
"My brother seems to be a cheerful person, so I'll tell you the truth. My pastry shop has been open for decades, and I have a wide variety of pastries. I just don't know where the candied haws he sells comes from?"
Wang Dayi's expression didn't change. He had already guessed that they were talking about candied haws.
"I don't want to hide it from the shopkeeper. This was my wife's whimsical idea. I coaxed my younger brother to cook it. It tasted pretty good, so I sold it in the town to make some money."
"So that's it. My wife is really ingenious. I also tasted it and it's really good. I invited my brother here this time because I want to talk about a business deal."
"Shopkeeper, please tell me."
"I also know that the little brother is not from the town, and it must be troublesome to go back and forth. Since the little brother wants to make some money, I wonder if the little brother is willing to sell the recipe to me. In this way, I will not only make money, but also
Save a lot of trouble."
Shopkeeper Zhang smiled and continued: "Of course, this buyer's money will definitely satisfy me. I wonder what I think?"
"I understand, but this is what my wife wants to eat. I should discuss it with her. If the shopkeeper doesn't mind, I will come over in the afternoon. How about we discuss it in detail with the shopkeeper?"
Chapter completed!