HLnovel Chapter 20 Custom-made Iron Pot
Chapter 20 Custom-made Iron Pot
Before Liu San Niang and Lu Tao could speak, the shopkeeper exclaimed, "Our young master is looking for you everywhere! The five catties of bean curd skin you just left are all sold out. It's not enough. Hurry up and bring another five catties."
The young master called from the doorway, "Xiao Niu, stop dawdling and hurry up and take the things into the kitchen."
Liu San Niang put down her carrying pole and gave five bundles of bean curd sheets to the calf.
She deliberately tied each pound together with thin vines, making it very convenient to carry now.
The young calf rushed back to the restaurant before the young master arrived.
"Haha, this thing you made is selling very well."
"Hahaha." The young master was very pleased.
Because the restaurant has new dishes, many people come to try them, and as a result, other dishes also sell a lot.
Several dishes made with bean curd sheets also sold very well.
Previously, a plate of four meatballs cost twenty coins.
Now, wrap a few sheets of bean curd skin around the filling to make eight bean curd skin meat rolls, and sell them for thirty-five coins.
The extra few sheets of bean curd skin weighed less than half an ounce, and the cost was only about three coins.
As the little girl said, fried tofu skin is added to the soup, costing two coins to produce, but it's sold for ten coins.
They made a lot of money.
The key is that the customers had a good experience after eating there.
Today, most of the customers ordered several other dishes after finishing one type of dish made with fried tofu skin.
It's added to the soup; one serving wasn't enough, so we wanted more.
The most popular dish is cabbage stew, because it warms you up after eating it.
"Ladies, I'm willing to have you supply me, but the price..."
"One hundred and twenty coins is still a bit expensive. I wonder... could you possibly lower the price a little?"
After thinking it over for a while, the young master got straight to the point.
Liu San Niang and Lu Tao looked troubled and couldn't help but look at Tian Tian.
The young master also looked over...
Tian Tian pondered...
The original plan was to quote 100 coins, but then negotiate the price down to 80 coins.
The young master has now lowered the price to one hundred coins, which has exceeded their expectations.
But they couldn't appear too happy, lest the young master regret it and feel he hadn't bargained enough.
So, Tian Tian pretended to be hesitant, "This..."
Her behavior made Liu San Niang and Lu Tao nervous.
“Sweetie…” Lu Tao secretly observed the young master’s expression, afraid that he would change his mind.
"How about this?" The young master pointed to the entrance of the restaurant where people were coming and going. "Young lady, do you see that?"
Tian Tian looked in the direction he was pointing...
"Look at what they do."
Tian Tian observed carefully...
She noticed that the people coming in and out of the restaurant didn't seem to be ordinary people living in the county.
He seems more like... a businessman?
"You noticed?" The young master raised an eyebrow slightly when he saw Tian Tian.
"Are they itinerant merchants?" Tian Tian asked.
The young master gave a thumbs up, "This young lady has good eyesight."
"Yes, they are itinerant merchants."
"The reason why our Yunzhou Prefecture is so bustling is because it is located on the only road for people coming from the south and north, and going from the east and west."
"Baishi County is under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou Prefecture, so it is naturally not bad either."
“If these merchants find the food delicious, they will definitely want to sell it. When that happens, our restaurant will recommend them to you, which will also bring you business.”
"How about you sell it to me for 100 coins a pound, and to them for 120 coins a pound?"
“That won’t do.” Tian Tian waved her hand. “I’ll sell it to you for a hundred coins, and sell it to them… for a hundred coins as well.”
"They're traveling merchants; they need a lot. How can we charge them even higher prices?"
Upon hearing this, the young master knew that Tian Tian had agreed.
"May I ask which village you live in? How will we find you then?"
"Go to...Qingliu Village, and find Liu Sanniang!"
"Qingliu Village, Liu Sanniang. Okay, I've got it."
*
After lunch, Fulai Restaurant did a tally.
At lunchtime, they actually sold over nine jin of bean curd sheets.
The restaurant's total revenue increased by twenty taels compared to before.
"Young master, I heard from the guests that they're coming again tonight, and they're bringing their friends along." The waiters were also delighted.
A portion of their wages fluctuates based on the restaurant's monthly earnings.
The more money the restaurant makes, the higher their wages will be.
"Young lady, how much stock do you have left?"
"There are still twelve jin left."
"I'll take them all." The young master called over the shopkeeper and asked him to settle the bill.
He then turned to Tian Tian and asked, "Will the goods be supplied normally tomorrow?"
"Judging from the current situation, we may need even more tomorrow."
Liu San Niang looked at Lu Tao; the two of them had only managed to produce twenty-two catties after three and a half days.
More tomorrow...
That's definitely too late.
"We can't guarantee that," Tian Tian said. "Time is too tight."
“We’ll go back to the village right now and start working. We’ll work all night, deliver it once tomorrow morning, and then deliver it again in the afternoon.”
I'm happy to make an extra trip just to earn money.
Liu San Niang and Lu Tao nodded in agreement.
"Alright." The young master took the silver from the shopkeeper. "Here are two taels of silver and two hundred copper coins."
Tian Tian accepted it, saying, "Thank you, young master."
The young master suddenly straightened his expression and bowed slightly. "Young lady, are you sure only our Fulai Restaurant has this?"
Tian Tian nodded firmly, "I'm sure."
"Little Niu, get a few big meat patties for these two ladies."
"Pack a few more, so you don't waste time cooking tonight. Hurry up and make me some tofu skin."
*
Holding the silver and carrying the meat pies, Liu San Niang and Lu Tao couldn't wait to walk towards the city gate.
They wanted to hurry back and make bean curd sheets.
"Mother, Auntie," Tian Tian called out to them.
"We still need to go to the blacksmith's shop."
Liu San Niang and Lu Tao were puzzled. "Didn't we just go there?"
"Mom, Auntie, the pots we ordered aren't enough at all," Tian Tian reminded them.
"This is just the beginning. If those merchants also place orders, we won't have enough time to finish them."
"Yes, yes, yes." Liu San Niang's mind raced, and she realized that made sense.
"Then let's order a few more pots."
The group was full of energy. Da Ya and Tian Jinghe didn't quite understand, but they were happy to run along.
"Shopkeeper, we just ordered eight pots..."
Before Tian Tian could finish speaking, the blacksmith shopkeeper quickly interjected, "You don't want it anymore? Then the deposit is non-refundable."
"No," Tian Tian quickly waved her hand, "Let's add a few more."
"Add six more, making a total of fourteen."
The shopkeeper calculated, "That's a total of two taels and five hundred and twenty cash. We'll need to pay an additional six hundred cash as a deposit."
"no problem."
Tian Tian gave him a small piece of silver, worth one tael.
The shopkeeper weighed it on a small scale and gave her four hundred coins in change.
"Come pick up eight in three days, and six more in five days," he wrote to Tian Tian.
Once outside the shop, everyone had the same goal: to run towards the city gate.
"Hey, sister-in-law, Tian Tian..." Liu San Niang suddenly called out to Lu Tao and Tian Tian.
She looked towards the city gate...