"That's not true!" Yan Yan angrily revealed his background: "He saw that our clothes were torn, he despised us as poor people, and drove us away without even looking at our things.
Later, when we were selling things on the road, he came out and kicked us out again, saying that we had robbed his customers. We are selling coconut oil, not cakes, so how can we rob your customers?"
"That's right. What they sell is different from what we are selling. How can we talk about stealing business?" Fang Shengtian asked the clerk in turn.
The waiter blushed and stamped his feet anxiously, "No, they brought a box of those rolls. I thought..."
Xiaotuanzi didn't give him a chance to finish what he said. He grabbed his two uncles and turned around to leave, "We won't sell coconut oil to them. They look down on us, and I look down on them too!"
"Hey, don't leave!" Fang Shengtian quickly stepped forward to pull him away.
Shu Mingli pushed his flailing hands away and said with a straight face: "If you have something to say, please speak it carefully and don't get involved."
Fang Shengtian retracted his arm, apologized to the three of them in a low voice, and then scolded the guy.
Shu Zhi was almost angry, so he went down the slope to reveal the matter, "I have also seen Boss Fang's sincerity. Let's do this. Next time I will share a few bottles of coconut oil and coconut milk and give them to you individually.
Send it.
The price is the same as that offered to Baiweilou. A bottle of coconut oil is three taels of silver and coconut mash is two taels. Do you think you can accept it?"
"The price is not the issue, it's the supply method... I have a different idea. How about we sign a contract. From now on, you will only sell the coconut oil and coconut paste to Wuweizhai. I will take as much as I want."
A glint flashed in Fang Shengtian's eyes, "To show my sincerity, I can also pay fifty taels of silver separately as a buyout fee. Do you think this is okay?"
He thought that if he made such an attractive offer, the country bumpkin in front of him would definitely accept it without hesitation, but he didn't expect that Shu Mingzhi would refuse it outright.
"Sorry, we can't sign the contract. Boss Fang is also open to do business. He knows the importance of credibility. We have promised Boss Baiweilou that we will supply him with goods, so we will definitely not go back on our word halfway."
Shu Mingzhi put away his usual nonchalant demeanor and said seriously: "If Boss Fang can accept the same supply method as Baiweilou, we will cooperate; if he doesn't accept it, we won't bother him."
Fang Shengtian lowered his face and looked a little scrutinized, "Is it because the money is too little? Is one hundred taels okay?"
This time Shu Mingzhi didn't say anything, he picked up Xiaotuanzi, winked at Shu Mingli, and walked out.
Shu Mingli was confused and asked him on the way: "The price is the same anyway, why don't we agree to his conditions? This way we can earn an extra hundred taels."
One hundred taels, how many coconuts do they have to pick to earn back?
Yan Yan rushed to answer: "Because we will also open a restaurant in the future. What if we sign the contract and he doesn't even let us sell it?"
No matter how much money she makes from selling coconut oil, she doesn't make money directly from selling pastries and dishes. She still knows how to do the math.
"Open a restaurant?" Shu Mingli was confused. Why didn't he know that there was such a thing?
"You will know when the time comes." Xiaotuanzi deliberately sold his relationship, and then asked Shu Mingzhi for praise, "Fourth Uncle, do you think I am right?"
Shu Mingzhi pinched her little face and smiled, "You little brain, I'm afraid you're going to become a sperm! But this is only one aspect, on the other hand it's so offending.
You now think that the boss of Baiweilou is harmless to humans and animals, just like a big fool, but how can a person who works hard in a shopping mall be a fool?
If we really piss him off for a small profit, I don't know what kind of trouble we will get into later, so there is no need, let's just sell it slowly and don't worry about making no money."
Xiaotuanzi nodded thoughtfully, "Does this mean that people should not be judged by their appearance?"
"Little one, you know quite a lot of words." Shu Mingzhi smiled and nodded her forehead, "Do you still want to eat candied haws on a stick? Fourth uncle will buy you another bunch."
Xiaotuanzi covered his head and replied crisply: "Buy a few more skewers and take them home for your brother to try."
Several people returned home and threw the dozens of taels of silver they had just earned on the table, and the family became excited again.
Old Man Shu hugged the money and kissed each one, and finally said with a big toothy smile: "This business is really profitable. If we keep this up, we will be able to build a new house in a few days!"
When the time comes, we will buy the two pieces of land at the front and back, and build about seventy or eighty houses with blue bricks, as well as doghouses and chicken coops, all of which will be built into large blue brick houses!"
Mrs. Shu shook her head in disgust, "Take your sweet dreams away first and I'll tell you a few words.
Coconut paste and coconut oil are actually the same as red dates, mung beans, etc. They are just ordinary foods. At the beginning, everyone wanted to make them fresh and easy to sell, but later on they were not necessarily the same.
So we, the whole family, can’t just rely on this to make a living, we have to find a more stable livelihood.”
Shu Mingli answered understandingly: "For example, opening a restaurant?"
"How can we have so much money to open a hammer restaurant?" Shu Mingyi asked.
When he mentioned money, he thought of his parents selling iron to save his life.
If nothing had happened to him, the family would have saved enough money to build a new house, right?
Thinking about it this way, oh, he really deserves to die!
His whole family was forced to live in a thatched house with him and suffered a lot of punishment.
With tears in his eyes, Shu Mingyi took Old Mrs. Shu's hand and said, "Mom, you don't have to worry about this matter. After finishing this work, my son will go to work in the carpenter shop in the town, even if he doesn't eat or sleep.
Let you live a good life."
Mrs. Shu: "???"
What's wrong with this kid?
The old lady pulled out her hand ruthlessly, glanced at him and said, "Ming Li is right about opening a restaurant. There happens to be a suitable restaurant on the pier that needs to be transferred. When we save enough money, let's buy that restaurant."
Old man Shu blinked his eyes in shock, held his wife's hand for a moment, and said with emotion: "Daughter-in-law, you are too good at doing important things quietly, tell me, have you almost saved enough money?"
Even if you can’t live in a new house, it’s still beautiful to be a small boss.
Mrs. Shu nodded in the expectant eyes of everyone, "Come on, it's almost enough to sell coconut oil again. If you work harder, it will be easier after this period of time."
Suddenly, there were cheers, and old man Shu jumped up from the bench excitedly, and ran out.
Old Mrs. Shu asked him what he wanted to do. The old man was so anxious that he didn't even have time to look back, "What else can he do? Go pick coconuts!"
In the past few days, the family has been running to the woods in the west every day. The layer of old coconuts that fell on the ground has almost been picked up, and there are not enough on the trees. A monkey can't do it with just a big red peach.
Old man Shu walked around the village and found a forest full of coconut trees at the east end of the village.
So the next day, Yan Yan took her coconut picking team to the east forest to pick coconuts.