He Zifeng's business has been good these days. Not only is their braised food selling well, but Qiu Yu's soybean stewed pig's trotters also has repeat customers. Many people get up early just to have this bite.
Pig's trotters are cheap, but no one except them would put so much thought into matching them. Ten pig's trotters are sold every day, and the soybeans are given away. As long as everyone eats them, there is no bad thing.
This stall can save seven taels of silver in one day, twenty-one taels in three days, plus the previous eight taels of silver, there are twenty-nine taels of silver.
After asking around, a small two-story shop with a backyard in the county costs two hundred taels of silver. If you buy this, you will have one or two silver dollars per month in rent, which can be left to your children in the future.
As soon as I closed the stall today, I saw the waiter from the shop who always buys their sauce-flavored pancakes bringing a man in his forties over.
"Brother He, this belongs to our shopkeeper." The waiter comes to buy every day and is familiar with them.
He Zifeng said: "Nice to meet you."
Seeing that he was neither humble nor arrogant, the shopkeeper was very satisfied and said, "I have eaten your sauce-flavored pancakes, and they are very good. The sauced pig's trotters also taste good. Can you make sauced big bones?" He said, "Really. To be honest, my family is all about meat. I like to eat hand-made meat, but braised meat is not enough to satisfy my taste. I once heard from a Hu man that there is a kind of big bone in sauce in the north, which is very enjoyable to eat."
Qiu Yu said: "I can make it." His father used to like to eat big bones with soy sauce, and big bones are cheap.
It's okay if the shopkeeper doesn't mention it, but Qiu Yu is a bit greedy when he mentions it.
The shopkeeper said: "I want to order thirty kilograms from you. If I can sell it, I'll sell it in the store. If it can't be sold out, I'll take it home to eat." Most of the shopkeepers in their inn come from the north and south to do business. Recently, the waiters have given Many customers talked about buying Jiangxiang Pancakes, and some even introduced new customers to him.
The shopkeeper tasted the sweetness and wanted to make another special dish. The inn will definitely become more popular. He had a cook who had been working in the store for many years and it was not appropriate to fire him, so he remembered He Zifeng's braised food. I heard that He Zifeng couldn't sell enough. There is no point in having less in the store. I remembered the soy sauce bone that Hu Shang mentioned before, so I came over to ask.
The shopkeeper said: "Look how much it costs per pound. I'm going to sell it now and make a small profit. If it's suitable, I'll keep it all year round."
Qiu Yu calculated that the big bones cost about three cents per catty, plus the cost of materials and firewood, and said: "Fifty cents per catty will do." The things they set up in the stalls couldn't sell at high prices, and the same things were sold in the store. You can make about twice as much money by changing your identity.
The shopkeeper said: "It's done." In order to show sincerity for the first cooperation, he also gave half of the money in advance. Full payment was given directly.
The two of them were finally able to close the stall after the shopkeeper left. Qiu Yu said, "Let's order a big iron pot." The previous pot was obviously not enough.
He Zifeng hurriedly went to the blacksmith to order an iron pot as big as his. It would have to be made with sixty kilograms of pig iron. The labor cost plus the pig iron would be two taels of silver, and it would take at least half a month to make it.
He Zifeng followed the rules and gave him a deposit of one or two silver coins before leaving.
Qiu Yu bought fifty kilograms of big bones and various kinds of pig meat. They went to the oil shop and carried two barrels of oil. The weight when they came back was about the same as when they came.
Qiu Yu felt sorry for He Zifeng and said, "How about we rent a carriage." They come to the county every day. The journey was too long and there were too many things. He Zifeng never let him get tired, but Qiu Yu couldn't stand it anymore. I heard He Zifeng say before that you can rent horses with just one mouth. Gouzi's father rented it.
If you have horses, you can at least shorten the journey time by half, so you can sleep a little longer in the morning.
He Zifeng thought it was a good idea and temporarily stored the things in the car in the backyard he rented.
The two of them originally wanted to go walking alone, but when they asked for directions, the other party thought they were walking alone.
Take them to the cattle and horse market.
There are many big horses in the horse shop, and there are also cattle sellers. Cows can plow fields in the countryside. If a family can raise cows, they will definitely be rich.
There are also some retail investors who sell their own cattle or horses.
There are more people selling than buying!
As soon as He Zifeng and the others arrived, they were enthusiastically grabbed by a man from the horse dealer: "Brother, we have all kinds of horses, come and take a look."
The two of them followed and took a look, and sure enough, some of the horses were very handsome. Some even didn't press the saddles and reins, and the horses looked unruly.
The seller said that there are wealthy businessmen who like this kind of wild horse and tame it themselves.
He Zifeng asked about the price, which ranged from forty taels to one thousand taels.
He Zifeng spent one tael to set the pot, but the innkeeper gave him one or two half of the full amount, leaving them with twenty-nine-nine-five taels of silver. Asked if the horses here could be rented. The seller realized that He Zifeng had found the wrong place, but the whole day had passed and the place hadn't opened yet. He said he couldn't rent it out, but let him see a donkey, which he could buy for ten taels of silver, and a mule, which cost almost thirty taels for a better mule to have the same endurance as a horse.
The quality of the horses in the county is undoubtedly the best among the horse dealers. The horses I own look thin and weak, and they don't look like they can work.
Knowing that he was looking for the wrong place, He Zifeng could go to Yaxing to rent, but he changed his mind after coming here.
After all, the rented horse is not his own. Now that he is here, it is God's will.
He Zifeng looked at a tall grey and white horse in the corner. The other horses were all placed in one room. There is an exception here, it is a separate room. But his bloodline is pure and his bones are very good. At first glance, he is the offspring of a good horse.
"How much does this horse cost?" He Zifeng asked.
When the horse dealer saw the horse, there was a look of love and hate on his face, and he said, "If you want it, just thirty taels."
"never mind." Before He Zifeng asked, the man from the horse dealer said: "I won't hide it from you. I collected this horse from a young man. The price I received was thirty taels of silver. I didn't know that he ate me in the middle. There are so many good materials, but these don't count. This one-year-old pony had such a strong temper that several horsemen were kicked and injured. "The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, and I paid a lot of money for the medicine to the customer.
I originally wanted to make a lot of money on this horse, but I ended up losing everything. After hearing about it, no one in the county wanted the horse. Even if those people from other counties fall in love, they can't take him away. A good horse turned out to be a hot potato.
He Zifeng heard this and said, "Let me give it a try." He then approached the horse and gently touched its head. Wan Hai changed his temper this time. The whole village knelt in front of He Donglai, saying that even though his mother was away, he recognized He Donglai as his father and would be filial to him for the rest of his life.
This is considered an important promise, which shows that he has really changed his mind.
He Zifeng said: "I don't care what he does, as long as he doesn't make any trouble in the future!"
When Wan Hai came back, everyone in the village was judging his words and deeds. Anyway, he really learned a lesson this time and set himself low in everything.
The author has something to say: The exchange rate in the article: one thousand copper coins is equal to one tael of silver!
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