Dressed as the heroine of the farming novel and the best relative

Chapter 59 Pig Raising
"It just so happens that we have collected more fresh vegetables from the village this time, and we will prepare some new dishes today." When Goldman Sachs and Xiang Xi arrived at the shop, they smelled the strong fragrance.

"Gao Quan, what are you doing?" Xiang Xi strode over and saw a pot of vegetable meatballs that had just been fried on the iron pan. They were golden and had some kind of jam sprinkled on them.

There are many customers queuing up to buy food in the shop.

Seeing Xiang Xi, they all took the initiative to say hello.

"Mrs. Xiang, you and your wife are finally here. Let's start making fried fish balls. Xiaoquan said that today I will buy fried fish balls and give them vegetable balls. How can I give them as gifts?"

"Yes, how much do you buy and how much do you get for free?"

"The vegetable meatballs are also delicious."

The woman next to me laughed and said, "If you use so much oil to fry it, how can it not be delicious?"

In fact, Xiang Xi and the others use flax oil and lard, but lard is getting more and more expensive. Because of the soap, they can only resort to flax oil for frying. Fortunately, it is more suitable for frying food.

"Hey, stop talking. I'm so hungry this morning. Let's start selling."

Gao Quan was inevitably in a hurry under everyone's urging, and subconsciously looked to Xiang Xi and others for help.

Goldman Sachs took the initiative to walk over and took over the work from his hands, "I'll do it. You can help everyone load it and just do the cashiering."

Gao Quan breathed a sigh of relief, but was still wondering why the customer was so anxious. He had never seen such a lively shop in the town before.

This is also thanks to the cheap and delicious food in the shop.

Xiang Xi said loudly from the side, "Don't worry, everyone, buy three fish balls and get one vegetable ball for free. The more you buy, the more you will get."

"Do you want sweet sauce or sweet and sour sauce?"

"Is this jam okay?"

Gao Quan was so busy that his feet never touched the ground.

Although there are not many customers this time, a steady stream of customers are attracted. Fried food is much more attractive than boiled food, not to mention it is cheaper.

In fact, the profits of fried goods are very high. After discussing with Goldman Sachs, Xiang Xi decided that it would be enough to earn two cents per serving. Small profits but quick turnover was also taken into account the limited consumption level of the people in the town.

As for those rich people, they have already bought the best fish balls and took them home to cook, or they just order a table of dishes in the shop, which is not just about eating fish balls.

When ordinary people buy fish balls, they don’t even bother to go home to eat them.

It will be cold when I get back.

If you buy it, you can eat it on the spot without having to sit in the shop.

There is an alley next to the shop, which does not encroach on the official road, so it is very convenient.

Xiang Xi was cooking for the customers in the shop and asked, "Have you heard about the recent soap sales?"

When Manager Wang heard this, he smiled and asked, "Have you heard about it, too? Madam boss? I heard that it came from Fucheng and the county. Our family also bought some. Madam, young ladies and young men all like to use it. It is indeed much more fragrant than before." , it’s just expensive.”

Even if the landowner Wang's family has a large number of people, just consuming soap will cost several taels of silver a month, and not everyone can afford it.

Besides, Xiang Xi's shop has a lot of customers every day, but the number is also limited. It can sell about five or six taels of silver every day, and after deducting the cost, there are only two or three taels left.

It can entertain one or two hundred guests every day, including almost all the rich and wealthy families in the town. The main reason is that the chefs in the town have average cooking skills. In the restaurants in the county, only those few dishes taste good. If it is for It is obviously impossible to sell a few dishes in the county.

Now the food sold in their shop tastes good.

Isn't it just right?

It's not far away, and the taste is pretty good. You can buy it just a few steps away.

Besides, the price is also cheap, and ordinary people are reluctant to eat it, but for these wealthy households, the price is almost the same as what they eat at home.You don’t have to cook it yourself, it tastes pretty good.

No one would be a fool not to eat out.

Originally there were not that many customers at the beginning.

But Xiang Xi had a sudden idea and came up with a lot of dishes that could be ordered directly, so there were more customers.

Xiang Xi was thoughtful.

She asked, "Should the sales in Fucheng be better?"

"It's easier to sell in Fucheng. I heard that it's not called soap there anymore, it's called scented soap, and it has different colors and flavors." Shopkeeper Qian thought about his visit to relatives in Fucheng a few days ago and saw the discussions among the wealthy people. Envious, he sighed, "I don't know what that thing is made of. It feels comfortable to the touch, can foam, and can be cleaned even after washing."

Xiang Xi asked curiously, "Isn't there anyone who knows how to do it?"

"Inquiry, why don't you inquire? Even the Xie family in Fucheng has to find a backer. There are so many powerful people there. Anyway, so far, I haven't heard anyone say that they have found out."

"Don't you ever want to go over and inquire about the raw materials?"

Xiang Xi asked tentatively.

You know, such a large output requires a lot of raw materials. If you want to hide it, you may not be able to. At most, you don’t know the detailed formula.

"I asked about it. Why didn't I ask about it? I heard that the Liu family in Fucheng arranged for people to ask. It turned out that honey was used. Honey is scarce. This is one of the reasons why the soap is so expensive." Shopkeeper Qian obviously didn't listen in Fucheng. Less news.

Other shopkeepers also asked curiously, "Is it really made of honey?"

"Anyway, this is what is said outside. How can I know whether it is true or false?"

"If the Liu family really finds out the secret recipe, the price probably won't come down. They have many connections and can sell it to other state capitals."

Xiang Xi touched her chin. She was sure that the soap she just bought was made of lard.

Even though some soaps are made of beeswax, the main ingredient is not honey.

This thing requires a lot of grease anyway.

In an era when most people did not have much oil and water, using oil to make soap was a bit luxurious. No wonder it could only be sold to wealthy families. The most important thing was that she had long discovered that the price of pork in the town had increased, and it must be related to the soap.

It’s just that everyone hasn’t thought of coming here yet.

But you can’t really hide it for long.

Rich people will definitely not be willing to use inferior soap after using soap.

The price of pork next year is likely to rise accordingly.

An idea came to Xiang Xi's mind.

When the shop was finished and it was past noon, the last customer was sent away. Goldman Sachs asked Xiang Xi and Gao Quan to rest first while he cooked a bowl of noodles and made pancakes to eat.

Xiang Xi sat comfortably on the stool, waiting for the meal to be served, already thinking about it.

After Goldman finished cooking the noodles, she hurriedly got up and went over to bring them to the dinner table. While eating, she said, "Mr., let's buy some piglets and raise them. The village has made some money this year. Let's see who wants to raise them together."

"A live piglet is thirty cents a pound, and a pig is nine hundred cents. It is estimated that every household can afford two, and you can earn it by sharing fish balls in two or three months."

"Raising pigs?" Goldman Sachs looked at her and asked, "Why did you think of this?"

"I have considered that it will be difficult to preserve fish balls after spring, and the summer is even hotter, so they can only be sold in winter. In the remaining half of the year, in addition to work in the fields, I can also find some other work. This is the best way to raise pigs. It’s a good deal, the price of pork has increased several times this year, and I’m afraid it will increase even more next year, so it’s a good opportunity.”

(End of this chapter)