HLnovel Chapter 49 Takes a Look at Kraft Paper
Chapter 49 Takes a Look at Kraft Paper
That day, Tian Tian brought all the dried bean curd sheets from her home to the shop.
I took out a piece of kraft paper and tried packing it.
A brown paper bag can hold exactly two pounds of bean curd sheets.
Two desiccants are placed in each package.
Sealing is also simple; no sealing machine is needed. Just use modern methods like paste—it's quick and easy!
The day has come to supply goods to Manager Chen of Ganzhou!
Five hundred brown paper bags were stacked under the eaves in the backyard.
Shopkeeper Chen picked up a brown paper bag with interest, "This..."
"This is..."
“This is a paper bag,” Tian Tian explained. “Manager Chen, this bag contains two jin of bean curd sheets. In addition to the bean curd sheets, there are two small bags inside, which are for absorbing moisture. They are not edible, so you must tell the customers.”
The delivery was in a bit of a rush, and Tian Tian had actually already planned to have a few seals made.
For example, you could engrave the words "tofu skin" on it, and then engrave a note saying the inner pouch is not for use...
Shopkeeper Chen nodded, but his gaze remained fixed on the paper bag.
Tian Tian used to have all sorts of bags in her life, but in this era...
Things were always wrapped in oil paper; there were simply no bags this convenient.
"Miss Tian, you are truly... intelligent!" Manager Chen gave Tian Tian a thumbs up.
He thought he would need to use a bamboo basket to carry things, but to his surprise, the little girl had already solved the problem.
Shopkeeper Chen held the paper bag in his hands; it felt very solid. "The young lady really put her heart into this."
“These paper bags... sell well for us, and customers also need to store them.”
"That's great, that's great."
"Hey, miss, do you still have any paper bags like these?"
None of the oil paper he had ever seen was as thick as this paper bag!
It can break if you're not careful.
If those precious medicinal herbs and exquisite pastries... were all packaged in paper bags like these...
"Yes, I do." Tian Tian went into the shop and took out an unused paper bag.
"This is what it looks like when it's useless..."
Thin...
"Just stretch it out..."
It can be opened up to hold a lot of things.
Manager Chen took it and began to caress and rub it repeatedly...
Finally, he stared at Tian Tian with longing in his eyes, "Miss, could you sell me some of these paper bags?"
Tian Tian was taken aback. He wanted to buy this?
"I...I can pay ten coins each," Shopkeeper Chen said, spreading out both palms...
Tian Tian was tempted; she still owed Qian Fulai 150 taels of silver...
Subconsciously, she paused, then said, "I still have five hundred."
"I'll take them all!" Manager Chen immediately took out his silver.
"Last time I gave an eleven-tael deposit, this is the payment for the goods, seventy-nine taels, and this is... five taels for the paper bags."
Tian Tian took the silver...
Good heavens!
One coin could buy four and a half paper bags, but they were being sold for ten coins each!
"Manager Chen, let me help you load the paper bags onto the car."
"Manager Chen, please."
Tian Tian is incredibly obsequious!
I was overjoyed!
They escorted Manager Chen directly to the main road, still reluctant to part with him.
"Manager Chen, if you need anything in the future, please send someone. My shop is here. If I'm not here, go to Qingliu Village to find Tian Tian."
Shopkeeper Chen had walked quite a distance before Tian Tian turned back, still feeling unsatisfied.
Turning around, I saw Chu Wang, with Xiao Si standing next to him.
Xiao Si was holding Chu Qian's hand...
Tian Tian glanced at Chu Wang, who angrily turned and went back into the restaurant.
She walked to a roadside vendor and bought a bag of maltose.
He walked to the front of the restaurant and tossed it to Xiao Si.
Xiao Si understood immediately, quickly took out a piece of candy and stuffed it into Chu Qian's mouth, then put the rest in his pocket.
Chu Qian's mouth was stuffed full, and it tasted sweet. He wanted to laugh but was afraid the candy would fall out, which made him look incredibly cute.
"Miss Tian!"
Qian Fulai, holding up the hem of his coat, tiptoed out of the alley.
"Miss Tian, hurry, hurry, hurry."
"Come with me, come with me quickly."
Tian Tian smiled calmly at Chu Qian before turning to Qian Fulai, "What's wrong, young master?"
Xiao Si secretly glanced into the restaurant, then squatted down and said to Chu Qian, "Young Master, that lady just now is your aunt."
“She is your mother’s sister, just like... Yao Yao is your sister.”
"Don't listen to what your second uncle says in the future. Your mother loves you very much."
Chu Qian watched Tian Tian's retreating figure, feeling a sweet warmth in his heart.
This older sister is his aunt...
His mother loved him very much, and his aunt loved him too.
Qian Fulai gestured exaggeratedly, "Oh dear, several restaurant managers have come in, all wanting to order bean curd sheets."
"I made some inquiries, and it adds up to at least five or six thousand catties."
"I was worried you'd go back."
Tian Tian said, "Why so fast? Today is the day to deliver the goods to Manager Chen."
Qian Fulai did the math and said, "That's right, I had forgotten about it."
As they were talking, they arrived at Fulai Restaurant.
"At this time of year, the chefs in the restaurant wouldn't even have started cooking yet, look at them now..."
Qian Fulai grinned.
The restaurant was packed with people, and there were even more people waiting outside.
The staff were so busy they barely had time to breathe, and the calls for more food were constant.
"Let's go upstairs."
Several of the shopkeepers this time come from Jiangzhou and Cangzhou, which are south of Yunzhou and very close to Yunzhou.
They thought they would take two or three hundred catties back to try selling it first, and if it sold well, they would order more.
There is also one from Duanzhou, west of Ganzhou, which requires 500 jin.
The largest order came from Hanzhou in the far north, which directly ordered two thousand catties.
A total of 6,000 jin were ordered.
The four aunties originally hired from Liushu Village could make 100 jin of bean curd sheets a day.
There are now at least four aunties working in the shop.
Based on this calculation, 6,000 jin can be produced in a month.
All the supply contracts I have will be ready to be delivered by the middle of next month.
Therefore, she set the delivery date for the farthest city, Hanzhou, at the very beginning, so that he could return to Hanzhou before the New Year.
Next came Duanzhou, then Jiangzhou and Cangzhou.
They live close to Yunzhou and come here every month to pick up goods, which is convenient for them.
These shopkeepers are friends who came together to place orders, so as long as it doesn't delay things, they don't mind if it's early or late.
The deposit was 108 taels... I still had more than 80 taels in my pocket, which was enough for the shop.
However... Tian Tian was not in a hurry to return Qian Fulai.
She also had her own plans...
"Young master, don't forget to keep an eye on the farmland in the suburbs for me."
"It doesn't matter if the location is a little far away or remote, as long as they are connected as much as possible."
Qian Fulai watched her put the supply contract and silver into her bosom and sighed helplessly, "I've been keeping an eye on things for you."
But there isn't one...
Tian Tian looked up, "Not even wasteland?"
Qian Fulai frowned. "Wasteland? It's very troublesome to cultivate wasteland."
Tian Tian raised her hand to pat her chest, but the silver in her arms pierced her hand. She gritted her teeth, rubbed her hands to relieve the pain.
"I'm not afraid of trouble!!"