Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

Chapter 42 Low Price Scallops
A room next to the Cyclamen backyard.

Chang Pingning and her mother-in-law waited for a long time before they saw shopkeeper Zhao walking in hastily.

"The two ladies of the Guo family have been kept waiting for a long time." Shopkeeper Zhao wiped the non-existent sweat on his head and pretended to be concerned, "I wonder what happened to the two of you who specifically asked to see me by name?"

"The busier Zhao is, the better the business of Cyclamen is." Ye Xiuying complimented, "But we came to see Shopkeeper Zhao because we really have something to tell Shopkeeper Zhao. We just entered Cyclamen to deliver goods. When I was there, I also saw Sister Yuhua from our village..."

"Oh, I know about this." Shopkeeper Zhao interrupted Ye Xiuying, "Scallops are in short supply now. I heard that you two have not sent many scallops recently. Since someone else is willing to offer us cyclamen, Sea food, I agreed.

"I'm sorry for not telling you two, there was a misunderstanding. But don't worry, ladies of the Guo family, I asked you two to help us, and now Cyclamen's seafood is selling very well. The price we agreed on before will definitely not change. , the price of all the seafood collected from you is higher than that of others."

Shopkeeper Zhao hurriedly explained. After finishing speaking, he raised his feet and wanted to walk out of the house.

Chang Pingning knew that since shopkeeper Zhao acted like this, he just didn't want his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to interfere with Guo Yuhua's sending seafood to Cyclamen.Thinking of this, Chang Pingning looked at her mother-in-law in embarrassment.

Ye Xiuying's face was calm, but her eyes were fixed on shopkeeper Zhao: "We understand that it is impossible for a restaurant as big as Cyclamen to only ask our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to provide seafood. But we and Guo Yuhua have some intersections - you know the vegetable market Why did the price of sea urchin suddenly drop?”

Hearing Ye Xiuying's question, Shopkeeper Zhao stopped.

Although the price reduction of sea urchins in the wet market allowed Cyclamen to buy a large amount of sea urchins at low prices in the early days, over time, fewer customers came to the restaurant to order "sea urchin fried rice", so he once inquired about the reason for the price reduction of sea urchins. .

"I heard that several seafood stall owners were selling each other at lower prices, lowering the price of sea urchins. Madam Guo asked this today, is there any other secret?" Shopkeeper Zhao put away the pretense of being in a hurry and looked seriously. Look at Ye Xiuying.

If it was Cyclamen's "sea urchin fried rice" that other restaurants were jealous of, he wouldn't let it go lightly.

Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying didn't know that Shopkeeper Zhao had thought of more serious possibilities, but they could clearly feel that Shopkeeper Zhao was taking it seriously.

"Guo Yuhua, who came to the restaurant today to deliver scallops, is the stall owner who lowered the price of sea urchins at the market that day." Ye Xiuying said, "She is from the same village as us. I had guessed before that it was probably her who did it. And Ning Yatou went to the vegetable market for business in the past two days, and she confirmed from a stall owner in the vegetable market that the person who lowered the price of sea urchin was Sister Yuhua."

After Ye Xiuying finished speaking, she pushed Chang Pingning: "Girl Ning, tell shopkeeper Zhao the news you told me again."

Chang Pingning told Shopkeeper Zhao again what the seafood vendor at the market told her yesterday.After finishing speaking, Ye Xiuying talked about how Guo Yuhua once drove her out of the vegetable market stall by relying on low prices.

"Although Shopkeeper Zhao is willing to cooperate with Sister Yuhua, it is a matter between the two of you, and I shouldn't say anything more. But considering that Sister Yuhua was willing to lower the price in order to do one more customer's business, I I hope Shopkeeper Zhao can know what kind of person Guo Yuhua is. Of course, how you think about it depends on you."

Ye Xiuying said this as a summary of her special visit to Shopkeeper Zhao.

Chang Pingning saw the obvious hesitation shown by shopkeeper Zhao, and guessed that Aunt Yuhua must sell the goods at a lower price than the two of them in order to deliver the goods to cyclamen.

Chang Pingning looked at her mother-in-law worriedly. The restaurant owner was a businessman himself. In order for businessmen to make money, one of the ways was to reduce costs.

I wonder if Shopkeeper Zhao can be moved by their reminder.

Shopkeeper Zhao was obviously relieved. It was not a competition between other restaurants, but a grievance between country women: "Don't worry, you two. Since we have negotiated the price of seafood for you, Cyclamen will definitely not Give it to you two less." Ye Xiuying understood what shopkeeper Zhao meant, and it seemed that he didn't want to give up the low-priced scallops in Guo Yuhua's hands.

"I feel reassured by what Shopkeeper Zhao said." Ye Xiuying nodded towards Shopkeeper Zhao, "We came to you not only because we are worried about the impact on the price of our own scallops, but also because we have some old grudges with Guo Yuhua."

Since shopkeeper Zhao was unwilling to let go, Ye Xiuying didn't mind laughing at herself.

"Madam Guo is a real person." Shopkeeper Zhao laughed and praised Ye Xiuying.

The atmosphere became harmonious and harmonious for a while.

While they were talking, Chef Wang walked in angrily from outside the house.

"Old Zhao, there is something wrong with the scallops delivered today. Half the bucket is full of sand." Chef Wang said angrily. Then he saw Ye Xiuying and Chang Pingning in the room, and his expression was a little awkward for a moment.

"It's definitely not the scallops we sent." Ye Xiuying pointed to the two barrels of seafood at Chang Pingning's feet. "We found shopkeeper Zhao as soon as we arrived. There are no restaurant workers to collect the seafood yet."

Chef Wang and Shopkeeper Zhao had sarcastic expressions on their faces. Yesterday they were faced with a country woman who was willing to sell sea urchins at a low price, and they easily relented. They didn't expect that this person's first delivery of sea urchins would make such a big mistake today. .

Use sand instead of scallops?
Shopkeeper Zhao looked a little confused: "Wait a moment, you two. Brother Wang and I will go to the kitchen to handle some minor matters, and then we will come back to calculate the price of seafood today."

Ye Xiuying nodded: "Shopkeeper Zhao and Chef Wang, please."

Chang Pingning watched the two people from Cyclamen walking out of the house, smiled at her mother-in-law, and gestured: "You deserve it!" Who made shopkeeper Zhao not listen to his mother-in-law in the first place?
Ye Xiuying shook her head helplessly and pointed at the door they had closed earlier.

The two of them were in the house, with their ears pressed against the door, trying to see if they could hear anything coming from the kitchen.

Unfortunately, there were only faint yells and angry roars. After a while, clearer sounds came from the yard.

"Five cents, I want all of this bucket, otherwise you can take this bucket of scallops and sell them yourself." Shopkeeper Zhao's voice sounded.

"Six...six articles? Shopkeeper Zhao, look, it's not easy for me to carry such a bucket from the countryside." Guo Yuhua's voice was aggrieved and pitiful.

"Who knew you would bring half a bucket of sand?" Chef Wang said in a mocking voice, "Forget it, Old Zhao, my apprentices have a hard time cleaning this bucket of scallops with sand. Don't let it go to save money. The guest ate something with sand in it.”

"Five cents is five cents!" The sound of a bucket being lowered came from the yard.

"One penny. If you don't sell it, I'll take it down." Shopkeeper Zhao said in a cold voice.

Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying couldn't help laughing when they heard such a conversation in the room.Soon, the two heard footsteps approaching the room where they were, and they quickly sat back at the table.

(End of this chapter)