pastoral fragrance

Chapter 331 Watermelon Juice
It is midsummer now, and the peaches, plums, grapes, and watermelons on the slopes are all ripe.The red, green and green ones hang heavily on the treetops, which are particularly eye-catching.

At this time, it was the busy season for Qiulin's family.Not only must the fruit be picked from the slope and washed, but also finished or semi-finished products must be made and bought in the workshop or the pastry shop of my uncle’s house.Once these fruits are picked from the tree, they must be made as soon as possible, otherwise the fruits will be spoiled after three to five days.

Some of the freshly picked peaches are taken directly to the workshop, and when others buy lotus leaf chicken, sour bamboo shoots and spicy cabbage, they will give two peaches as gifts.The rest are made of dried peaches.The taste of plums is relatively green. Every household has this stuff and it can't be bought for a lot of money. It is usually eaten by the family.Grapes can be made into wine and raisins. As for watermelon, this autumn Lin plans to use a grinder to grind watermelon juice like corn juice, and take it to the town to buy as juice.

There are also two tea shops in the town, and the things they sell are very expensive.A bowl of chilled sugar water costs three renminbi. If you pour a spoonful of honey-soaked loquat and honey-soaked mulberries in it, and add some green beans, raisins, and peanuts, the price will increase from ten renminbi to 25 renminbi. Money does not wait.

Her watermelon juice costs two cents a bowl, it tastes much better than sugar water, definitely better than sugar water!

On the second day after picking the watermelons, Qiulin asked someone to pull two large buckets of water from the well, then poured them into a basin, and put twenty watermelons in it to freeze.The water just out of the well is very cold, perfect for freezing watermelons!The next day, Qiulin asked someone to cut the watermelon, peel it, grind the juice out with a stone mill, and put it into a wooden barrel.

Then the ground watermelon juice is directly transported to the workshop in the town and the pastry shop of my uncle's house.When the watermelon juice was transported to the town, it was still a little cold.There are wells in the workshops and pastry shops, and the watermelon juice is put in the well water, and after a while, the watermelon juice is almost frozen.

Today’s watermelon juice is not for sale, just like the last time I made Shaqima, the watermelon juice in the first few days was given away, and everyone who bought something in the shop gave a bowl of watermelon juice to drink until While supplies last.

After delivering the watermelon juice, Qiulin stayed in the workshop for a while to see how the watermelon juice was doing.

At this moment, someone came to buy a lotus leaf chicken. The shopkeeper Murong Yunfan sent over looked that he had been in business for many years, and he was very flexible in his speech.I only heard the shopkeeper say: "Brother Wu, we have a new product in our workshop today, I will ask Xiaoer to serve you a bowl for you to try."

This Xu family workshop often buys this and gives that away, and this surname Wu is used to it.But when I heard that it was a fresh product, I couldn't help opening my eyes wide, with a curious look on my face, "Oh, look at the mystery that the shopkeeper said, what is it?"

While the two were talking, Xiao Er had already scooped up a bowl of calmed watermelon juice from the inner room, holding it with both hands to give the uncle surnamed Wu a taste.At first, the surname Wu saw that the thing was red and didn't know what it was. Under the enthusiastic encouragement of the shopkeeper, he reluctantly moved to his mouth and took a few sips, smacking and tasting the taste. "Isn't this watermelon? Hey, why did you squeeze it into juice? It's good to drink like this. It's chilled, and it's cold, not bad!" The man tasted the taste, and took two more gulps. .

This is the hot weather, drink a few sips of this iced watermelon juice, feel refreshed all over!
The shopkeeper cheerfully said: "Hehe, not bad. After the watermelon is squeezed, you don't need to chew it bit by bit, and you don't need to spit out the watermelon seeds. Isn't it a big saving?"

Qiulin could tell that this surnamed Wu was also a regular customer of the workshop, and he really heard him ask at this moment: "How much does a bowl of watermelon juice sell for you?" Try it, everyone, and wait for the reputation to spread before it starts selling.He is a regular customer here, so he naturally knows some tricks.

The shopkeeper still smiled, "It's not expensive, you can buy a big bowl for only two cents. These watermelon juices are all squeezed out on the same day, and then transported from Luoshui Village. They are very fresh and authentic. Two pennies are not expensive!"

At this moment, the surname Wu Yigulu drank a bowl of watermelon juice to the bottom, and then returned the bowl to the shopkeeper.He wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said: "It's not expensive, but there are also watermelon sold on the street, and there are also first-planted ones in other people's homes. If there is no stone mill in every family, can't you just grind it yourself? "

Qiulin knew that this person surnamed Wu was saying that watermelon juice has no technical content, as long as there is watermelon and a millstone, everyone can make it!Now she turned her head to the shopkeeper in the workshop to see how he would respond.

At this moment, the shopkeeper blinked his eyes, and said very cleverly: "Brother Ang is very right, but it's just that you can buy watermelons on the street for a penny and a catty, and you have to buy all of a watermelon to make it." Huh? After you buy it, you have to grind it hard. What a lot of effort! In fact, this watermelon can’t grind a few bowls of watermelon juice, and it’s so laborious. It’s better to come to the workshop to buy it! Brother Ang, do you think this is the reason? ?”

Qiu Lin couldn't help but nodded when he heard what he said.This shopkeeper is flexible in handling things and is also very clever, no wonder Murong Yunfan would find him to be the shopkeeper.On the other hand, in her own family, although there are quite a few servants now, and she has specially trained and promoted Heizi Maozi Yangzi and the others, but compared with this shopkeeper, the gap is not the slightest bit.

The person surnamed Wu thought about it seriously, isn't that what he told the shopkeeper? "That's right, instead of trying to find anything good, it's better to buy it directly. This watermelon juice is better than sugar water, and the price is even cheaper than it!"

The shopkeeper of the workshop nodded, "Hehe, since Brother Ang thinks it's good, he should do more publicity for our workshop. You bought lotus leaf chicken today. In addition to giving you sour bamboo shoots, I will also give you some A peach." The shopkeeper took out some green-skinned and red-skinned peaches from the counter, the size of which was about the size of a fist.

When the surname Wu saw these peaches, he was so happy from ear to ear.This peach is big and pointed and red, so it must be a good variety.He smiled and took the peaches from the shopkeeper, and praised: "This peach is not bad, shopkeeper. I just admire your honesty and the delicious food in the workshop, so I come to take care of your business often. If other businessmen If you are as honest as you are, then that's fine."

The surname Wu expressed Qiulin's heartfelt feelings. She looked at it for a while, and felt that the shopkeeper was really upright, not as treacherous and cunning as other businessmen, and the customers were naturally willing to deal with him more.Qiulin thought about sending Heizimaozi to the workshop to run errands with Liu Ruixue and learn a few tricks from him when heizimaozi was free in the future.

After politely sending the guest surnamed Wu away, Liu Ruixue turned her head and saw Qiulin sizing him up with a smile. Liu Ruixue is only 22 years old now, and she blushed soon after being stared at by a girl as big as Qiulin up.At this moment, it is no longer as crisp as it was when facing the guests just now, and said: "My little boss, why are you staring at me like this?"

Liu Ruixue knew that this little boss's strength was one of the objects of his admiration, so he always had a kind of respect for her.Now being looked at by Qiulin like this, Liu Ruixue felt shy and flattered at the same time.

Qiulin smiled, "Brother Shen, you have your own way of doing business, and I'm learning from you."

Liu Ruixue just felt ashamed on her face, Xiaodong's family is already a very powerful person, so why learn from him? "Don't laugh at me, little boss..."

"Where is the joke? Today I finally understand why the business of the workshop is so good. With Brother Shen's three-inch tongue, can this business not be good? Brother Shen, I am complimenting you!" Qiu Lin felt that Liu Ruixue's business was ingenious. If he did business like this, would the business be bad?
It’s just that many businessmen are mercenary, spoofing, shoddy, etc. After customers have been cheated once, they will naturally not go again.It's rare to see someone as honest as Liu Ruixue. People like to deal with straightforward and honest people, so naturally more customers go to the workshop.In addition, the workshop likes to give away this and that to customers, and will give away free gifts when new products are launched, and more customers will come to patronize.

After Liu Ruixue praised Qiulin, she blushed even more and shyly, not knowing what to say.Seeing that there were customers coming again, Qiulin hurriedly reminded Liu Ruixue, "Brother Shen, there are customers coming, so I won't disturb your business."

Qiulin found that when Liu Ruixue was doing business, he was very good at grasping the psychology of customers, and he spoke clearly and logically; but when he was not doing business, his speech was not so mellow. material.

Coming out of the workshop, it was already noon, the sun was shining on the top of the head, and the strong sunlight hit the cheeks and the back of the hands, making it very hot and scorching.I just felt dry mouth for a while.

Qiulin was about to let Xiaoqing go to buy sugar water to drink, when he saw a person walking towards him, Qiulin took a closer look, it was not Murong Yunfan.

This is the only time Qiulin didn't see Murong Yunfan in Qingfeng Building, and he couldn't react in his mind for a while. "Mr. Murong, why are you here to go shopping?" After Qiulin asked, he felt a little stupid for asking, why can't people come to the street? Asking this question... Qiulin felt embarrassed , Hehe giggled.

Seeing Qiulin's familiar smile, Murong Yunfan's restless mood miraculously calmed down.Seeing Qiulin, I even felt a feeling of joy in my heart.Murong Yunfan was a little unsure why this was so, he just slightly curled the corners of his mouth, making him look less indifferent and unattainable. "Why, can't I go shopping?" Murong Yunfan's voice sounded cool, and there was an imperceptible trill in his tone.

Qiulin bit her own tongue, blaming herself for speaking fast!She smiled awkwardly, "Hey, what do I mean? It's just that I've never seen you on the street, so I just find it strange."

(End of this chapter)