Running with the ball in the lean years, the evil mother-in-law and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 57 Monopoly
Baitang County——

After Bai Taotao's carriage arrived in the county and delivered the goods, she took the peanuts and drove the ox cart to the largest tea house in the county.

Bafang Tea House——

The morning market has just ended, and there are only a few customers in the teahouse.

However, this does not prevent Bai Taotao from coming over to discuss business.

The waiter at the teahouse saw Bai Taotao and recognized that she was the wife of the Chen family who sells braised meat together with the small noodle stall on the main street. Then she looked at the servant following her. The servant was also holding a sack in one hand. The waiter seemed to understand. After hearing something, he immediately came over with a smile.

As soon as he came over, he smelled a fragrance, and asked curiously: "It smells so good? Did the Chen family cook something delicious?"

"My second brother has a really good nose, he can smell all this. I have a good peanut harvest at home, so I made some peanuts and thought about coming over to see if I could discuss cooperation with the teahouse."

After listening to Bai Taotao's words, the waiter looked as expected, and then smiled and said: "Then Madam Chen, please come with me, and I will take you to see our shopkeeper."

As he said this, the waiter walked sideways into the teahouse, gesturing for Bai Taotao to follow him with one hand.

Then he led Bai Taotao to the inner hall on the first floor.

In the inner hall at this time, shopkeeper Liu was calculating yesterday's accounts with an abacus.

I don't know whether it was because of problems with the accounts or because the business was not ideal. Shopkeeper Liu frowned. He was so absorbed in doing calculations that he didn't even notice when the waiter led two people in.

It was the smell that caught his attention.

"Where does the smell come from? It smells so good!" Then he looked up and realized someone had come in.

The waiter hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, this is the wife of the Chen family who cooperates with the noodle stall. I would like to come and discuss cooperation with the shopkeeper."

When he said that he was making braised meat and that he was here to discuss cooperation, shopkeeper Liu's eyes immediately lit up. Then he put down the work in his hands and stood up and signaled: "Madam Chen, please sit down quickly."

After speaking, he said to the waiter: "Go and serve a pot of good tea."

As soon as the waiter left, Shopkeeper Liu said anxiously: "Didn't Mrs. Chen's braised food business have signed a contract with Yuelai Restaurant in Fucheng? What about this visit?"

Bai Taotao smiled and said: "There are thousands of foods in the world, and the braised food business is not the only one to do. When I come to the teahouse this time, I will naturally sell food that is suitable for the teahouse."

After saying that, Bai Taotao took the two small sacks handed over by Aunt Jin, which were the samples she had prepared.

"These are the garlic-flavored peanuts and five-flavored peanuts I made. The shopkeeper will try them first."

Shopkeeper Liu looked at the peanuts in the small sack. Although they were ordinary peanuts, he was interested because he had smelled the fragrance and the name Bai Taotao reported.

Then he picked up a garlic-flavored peanut and peeled it open and tasted it.

After eating, his eyes shone, and he picked up another five-flavored peanut and tasted it before he had time to comment.

After tasting it, the first thing he said was: "How many peanuts does Mrs. Chen have of these two flavors? Our teahouse wants them all."

Bai Taotao laughed when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Liu. How many peanuts do you want? It's not easy. But now, should we talk about the price first? If the price is right, then talk about the quantity, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, look at me. I was so excited that I forgot such an important thing, which made Madam Chen laugh. So what price is Madam Chen prepared to sell these peanuts at?"

"Shopkeeper Liu has already tasted the taste, so I don't need to say more. Shopkeeper Liu also knows that the normal braised food sold in the county now is also made by me. Now this peanut is also the only one, so the price is higher. Prepare to sell it for twenty cents per catty."

She sells it to the teahouse for twenty cents per catty. Whether the teahouse sells it for fifteen cents per plate and half a catty, or sells it for twenty-five cents or thirty cents per catty, this price is completely affordable. , after all, this is no better than a small noodle stall on the roadside.

If the consumer groups are different, the pricing will naturally be different. Most people who come to teahouses to drink tea have a little money.

She doesn't feel bad about making money from rich people.

What's more, once her peanuts become popular, the price of raw peanuts will definitely rise accordingly.

Just like the pigs in the water, it went from free to three cents per pair.

She estimates that the price of these peanuts will also increase by two to three cents per catty. The current price of raw peanuts that are not dried is one cent per catty, and the price of dried peanuts is two cents per catty.

The price is already very cheap. Even if it goes up by another two or three cents, it will still be about four or five cents per pound.

So even if the price rises to this level, she can still make a profit.

Of course, ordinary people can also earn some hard-earned money from the peanuts they work so hard to grow.

After listening to Bai Taotao's quotation, shopkeeper Liu thought for a while and nodded: "The price is okay, but I have a condition."

"Shopkeeper Liu says it's okay."

"You peanut, you can only supply our teahouse in Baitang County. Of course, Mrs. Chen can do whatever you want elsewhere."

Bai Taotao had expected that Shopkeeper Liu would make this request, so she smiled and said, "Then I also have a request."

"Madam Chen, please speak."

"The price of peanuts sold in the teahouse must not exceed thirty cents per catty, otherwise the contract will be void. Of course, I will make the same demands on any party that cooperates with me."

"This..." Shopkeeper Liu hesitated.

Aunt Jin on the side said, "Actually, this is actually beneficial to the teahouse."

"Where do you start talking about this?" Shopkeeper Liu was a little confused.

He had originally thought of selling it at 20 cents per plate, so that one plate only weighed half a catty, and one catty could be sold for 40 cents.

With this price and the taste of peanuts, it is definitely affordable in a teahouse.

As a result, the price is now under control, and no matter how he sells it, he only makes a profit of ten cents.

Even though he just buys it and resells it and makes money, it still costs money to open his teahouse.

Of course, even if the profit is ten cents, he will still make a profit after removing the costs, but it will be less.

Seeing Shopkeeper Liu's puzzled look, Aunt Jin patiently explained: "We have controlled the maximum price and prevented vicious price hikes. Even if other shops in Baitang County buy from elsewhere in the future, the profit will not be as good as that of the teahouse, right? Or maybe The teahouse has become exclusive to Baitang County, and Shopkeeper Liu is not necessarily limited to teahouse retail, or can he try wholesale to other shops?"

When Aunt Jing Jin said this, shopkeeper Liu suddenly had an idea, "Look at how stupid I am, why didn't I think of this? Just now I was only thinking about how to sell to customers in the teahouse, why didn't I think of wholesale to other shops. "

The teahouse's retail sales don't matter, only wholesale can make more money.

Bai Taotao was stunned when she heard this. Just now, shopkeeper Liu mentioned monopolizing the business in Baitang County. She thought he had this in mind before mentioning it, so she quickly demanded that the maximum price be controlled.

It turns out she was overthinking it.

(End of this chapter)