"It's small, but my nine-zi rice dumpling means 'neutral son'. The more children you have, the more blessings you will have. If I give you milk, would you buy it?" Song Qiu asked.
After listening to these words, Old Yuan looked at the nine small rice dumplings in a series. Not to mention, his thoughts suddenly changed.
The more children you have, the more blessing you will have. A prosperous family, who doesn’t wish for that?
Let's talk about her. When she was young, she also hoped to have more children. Unfortunately, her husband left early. Later, she also hoped to have more children with her son and daughter-in-law, and the family was lively.
Unfortunately, my son also left early.
Now, the daughter-in-law is gone, leaving only her and her granddaughter. Although it is not bad, it is still a little deserted after all.
I don’t think so sometimes, but every year during the Chinese New Year, I really feel it.
Therefore, who wouldn’t want to have more children, more blessings, and a prosperous population?
Based on this meaning, she thought, she would definitely buy it.
Nowadays, there are many people who are unable to have children, want to have children, and burn incense and worship Buddha everywhere.
If there was a food hawking shop with the connotation of having more children and more blessings, people would definitely buy it.
In this way, Mr. Yuan gained a little more confidence in this food.
But Song Qiu seemed to insist on making her confident, and then said: "This rice dumpling also has the meaning of 'accomplishing fame'! I have heard from Lihua that there will be a grand opening in the house in August this year.
Let's take the provincial examination. There are many talented people waiting for the next exam to get the fame! Who do you think doesn't want to take this 'accomplishment'?"
Sure enough, when Old Yuan heard this, his eyes lit up even more.
Then there was a look of relief on his face, thinking in his heart that my granddaughter is still smart.
Song Qiu was still talking, "Besides, I don't ask for more children, more blessings, a prosperous family, or fame. My rice dumplings are so delicious. No one has ever tasted them like this. They are passed down to ten people."
It’s true that people will definitely buy it.”
"What's more, who doesn't want these things in life? There are always relatives and friends who don't need it. When the time comes, I will come up with another gimmick of giving away rice dumplings to relatives and friends. The rice dumplings that have won the fame can still be given to future generations.
A friend gives it to a classmate, you give it to me and I give it to you, how can it be left alone?"
"Don't say what we don't know, just say what we know. Uncle Pumpkin next door has been trying to become a scholar for many years but he still failed. After hearing about my fame and success, don't you want to buy and eat it in order to become a scholar?"
He also has brother Zhang Song who is waiting to take the Tongsheng test!"
"So, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell the milk, and prepare for the worst. If you can't sell it well, we will work hard and stop after selling the capital. It's just a waste of time. If people don't work hard, they won't be able to sell it."
If you try, you will never succeed. If you want to make money and make a fortune, you can't be hesitant."
It was the first time that Old Yuan heard her granddaughter speak so many words at once, and she was still coherent. At this time, she looked very different from before, as if something was shining on her body.
Old Yuan was stunned for a moment.
Song Qiu came back to her senses, and when she saw the expression on her face, she couldn't help but feel a twitch in her heart. Oops, if she talks too much, her secret will be exposed.
Just when she was worried, she saw that her eyes were red with joy, "Buddha bless you, Nai's Aqiu is always different, don't worry, Nai believes in you, no matter whether you can make money or not, Nai believes in you, just let go
It's up to you how to do it."
Song Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled broadly, "Hey! Don't worry, I won't let you down!"
Old Yuan pursed her lips and nodded, but she was thinking in her heart, how good her Aqiu was, and she would not be disappointed in her, no matter what.
She is her only granddaughter, her only bloodline.
The grandfather and grandson had this paused conversation, and then got back into business again, even more seriously.
Song Qiu continued to make the nine-zi rice dumplings, and Old Yuan continued to make the big rice dumplings. After half an hour, all the soaked glutinous rice was used up, and the mottled bamboo shells were almost the same.
Looking at the rice dumplings filled to the brim in two large wooden basins, Song Qiu smiled with satisfaction.
Half of the glutinous rice weighs about fifteen pounds, plus one pound of mung beans, one pound of red beans, and one pound of red dates. I haven’t counted the number of rice dumplings made, but I only estimate that there are hundreds of them.
Among them, there are about 60 or 70 large rice dumplings made of 2 taels of glutinous rice each, plus red bean and mung bean fillings.
The rest are all small rice dumplings. With less than one or two pieces of glutinous rice filling, I made about a hundred or dozens of them. They were all strung into nine skewers, which made a total of twenty-six skewers.
Woolen cloth.
The rice dumplings were all wrapped, and it was still early now. Song Qiu planned to go to the town tomorrow to sell them first, but there was no need to cook them so early. He got up in the middle of the night and cooked them. After they were cooked, they were hot and he took them to the town.
It's probably still a little warm when we get there, which is just right.
So for now, let’s set the price for the rice dumplings.
Let’s first calculate the cost of the individual materials. Fifteen kilograms of glutinous rice costs one hundred and fifty cents. The large rice dumplings cost almost eight kilograms. Adding in the five cents for one catty of red beans and one catty of mung beans, the total cost is eighty cents.
The material cost of Wuwen.
With eighty-five Wen, a total of seventy-four large rice dumplings were made.
As for Xiaozongzi, seven kilograms of glutinous rice costs seventy cents, and one kilogram of red dates costs twenty-five cents, which is ninety-five cents.
For ninety-five cents, I made twenty-six strings of nine-zi rice dumplings.
Plus the manpower to pick up the bamboo shells, the Tao Shen to make the rice dumplings, the firewood to cook the rice dumplings, and the rickshaw stall fee to haul them to the town to sell them.
Song Qiu made a rough estimate, and discussed with Lao Yuan for a long time the price that most people could accept, and finally settled on the price.
A big rice dumpling costs three cents a piece, and all seventy-four large rice dumplings are sold out, which can be sold for two hundred and twenty-two cents. After excluding the capital, there are still one hundred and thirty-seven cents left. These are used to offset labor costs, and they make a profit.
As for the nine rice dumplings in a bunch to seek good luck, Song Qiu finally settled on a bunch of ten cents, which was perfect, equivalent to one small rice dumpling for one cent. Twenty-six bunches equaled two hundred and sixty cents, excluding ninety-five cents.
Wen’s capital is still 165.
In other words, if they sold out a total of 180 fen, they would make a net profit of 302 fen.
It’s all hard-earned money after working so hard for so many days.
After calculating this amount, Old Yuan smacked his lips and said, "If this thing is really easy to sell, it will be better than picking up more than 20 kilograms of gallinopsis fungi!"
If they can sell it every day, they can save a few taels of silver a month!
Just thinking about it made Old Yuan feel his heart beating like thunder.
Because he had to carry so many rice dumplings to town tomorrow, Song Qiu simply told Mr. Yuan that he could pack a five-pound ox cart tomorrow. Anyway, his ox cart could only carry ten kilograms of rice dumplings plus stuff.
Personally, that is ten cents.
When the time comes, their rice dumplings will be soaked in water, which will not be inconvenient to others. It only costs ten pennies.
As soon as Old Yuan heard this, he went to Zhou's house to talk about it.
When they came back, the grandfather and grandson had dinner early and went to bed as soon as the sun set.