Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 23 The First Pot of Gold ([-])

Seeing that the buddy was gone, Du Xiaoyu lowered his head and picked up the dried incense with chopsticks.

One, two, three, four... There are still 45 pieces in total, ten cents each, including the previous promise of getting one free for every five pieces bought, it can still be sold for four hundred yuan, and the income is about the same as Du Huanghua embroidered for a month. Du Xiaoyu is quite satisfied with this. After all, the cost of dried incense is low, and they will be made and sold in the future. What's more, there is still a business waiting for Wangyuelou!
"What if the shopkeeper wants to do something later?" Du Xiaoyu asked Du Wenyuan in a low voice.

"It depends." Du Wenyuan said concisely.

As if he didn't say anything, Du Xiaoyu made an estimate on his own. If the shopkeeper insisted on prescriptions instead of just buying goods, the price would have to be raised a bit. This is equivalent to buying out other people's money. Suitable?She thought about her heart pounding, 50 taels!That is definitely a huge sum of money, if father and mother saw it, they would not be able to close their mouths with laughter!

Hmph, what is the little money that Mr. Liu paid back?You can buy ten acres of fertile land!
The more she thought about it, the happier she became, the corners of her mouth curled up.

Sure enough, the guy came again, didn't talk nonsense at the moment, and directly took out four hundred Wen to buy all the remaining dried incense.

Wangyue Tower is located in the busiest center of Feixian Town. Du Xiaoyu has seen it before. It is indeed magnificent. It is two stories high. There are golden and red lanterns hanging under the eaves on each floor. It is difficult for people not to see it. .The diners who came in and out were also dressed in silk and satin, and there was no one dressed like them, so they also attracted some attention.

The man didn't want people to see them, so he led them to the inner room through the side door.

"Master, someone brought it." He was respectful.

There was only an old man of half a century sitting in the room, with a square face, a short beard, a rosaceous nose, and a red face. He looked very serious at first, but he immediately laughed when he saw them, "Please sit down, please sit down," he said He glared at the guy, "Aren't you going to move the chair? Go out and let someone serve tea in a while, order good tea, don't neglect the guests!"

The guy naturally obeyed, and went out to order tea later.

"Are you three siblings?" The man smiled and said, "You're welcome, sit down."

The three sat down after saluting.

Relying on being a child, Du Xiaoyu said immediately, "What's your last name, shopkeeper?"

"The old man's surname is Mao." The man's full name was Mao Zong, and he said with a smile, "Little girl is lively, do you like sweets?" He pointed to the two small plates beside him, which contained fruit and melon snacks, which were very colorful. tempting.

Du Xiaoyu didn't want to care about the fact that he always likes to coax children with candies. Later, when he wanted to know himself and the enemy, and win every battle, he had to understand what kind of snacks there are in this era, so he ran up and grabbed a few and put them in his pocket. She will save it until she goes back to study it slowly, anyway, what kind of face does a child want, she feels more and more the advantages of being small, and being naughty can be easily forgiven.

Du Wenyuan glanced at her, and apologized to Mao Zong, "My sister doesn't understand etiquette, and shopkeeper Mao laughed at her."

Mao Zong caressed his short beard, "It's okay, the old man asked her to take it, if I really like it, I can take it all."

Du Xiaoyu really wanted to take it, maybe he could sell it for some money in the village, but the thought of earning money from those little brats made him drool.

"The shopkeeper Mao called us here this time, it must be about dried incense." Du Wenyuan started the conversation.

"Okay, talk quickly, the old man likes you like this." Mao Zong was thinking about how to speak, but he didn't expect the other party to bring it up first, thinking that it was just three little kids who wanted to use the method of Xianggan to return it. Isn't it very simple?The big deal is to spend some money to buy it. For such a poor person, it is estimated that if you give five taels of silver, you will be happy to find the southeast and northwest.

"Have shopkeeper Mao tried these dried incense?" Du Wenyuan asked.

Mao Zong smiled, "I tried one piece, my cousin bought five pieces from you just now."

It turned out that the young man was this man's cousin. Du Xiaoyu was speechless, saying that he bought it to honor his parents, but it turned out that he went to honor his cousin!

"Does shopkeeper Mao want to buy from us?" Du Wenyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Our dried incense is indeed suitable for use in restaurants. It can not only be eaten braised, but also fried with various dishes. If shopkeeper Mao bought it , which is equivalent to launching a variety of new recipes for diners to try, which is absolutely unavailable in other restaurants."

Mao Zong's face changed a little, the young man spoke out his thoughts perfectly, he was indeed amazed after eating the dried fragrant, and he also thought that it could be used in many kinds of dishes.The reason why some businessmen are successful lies in their unique vision. He just saw the value of dried incense, but this young man also saw it!
"Although I thought about it this way, this dried incense is a bit ordinary after all, that is, it is flavored by spices. If it weren't for my Wangyue Tower, I am afraid that no one would be willing to eat it at this price."

Du Wenyuan listened with a smile, "Feixian Town is more than just a restaurant in Wangyuelou. I heard that Baifulou's business is also very good."

Baifulou is the strongest opponent of Wangyuelou. Mao Zong heard that the muscles on his cheeks twitched. Recently, a new dish has been released there and has attracted some customers. That's why he has such a strong interest in Xianggan, and this If he is also robbed by Baifulou, then his business may be affected again, but these faces cannot show it, he snorted slightly, "What is Baifulou, the old man has opened this restaurant for 50 years , it is only 20 years old.”

Speaking of the foundation, it is true that Moon Tower should be more stable, and most dignitaries would still like to come here.

Du Xiaoyu listened to the two of them arguing, and interjected, "Second brother, it's getting late, is the shopkeeper going to buy it or not, if not, let's go home!"

Du Huanghua remained silent all the time. With these two eloquent younger siblings, it was simply not her turn to play a role. She just smiled and looked at Du Xiaoyu.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Mao Zong hurriedly said, "What's the hurry, little girl?" Then he shouted, "Why haven't you served tea yet!"

The buddy came in at the sound and served tea for the four of them.

It was very fragrant, and Du Xiaoyu took a sip of it. It was really good tea, and he would never drink it on weekdays.

"I also know that Wangyue Tower is the best, otherwise I wouldn't come with my buddy." Du Wenyuan decided not to go around in circles, anyway, he has already ordered all he can order, "If the shopkeeper wants to buy incense, we sell it to others for ten dollars. One penny, buy five and get one free, but it must be cheaper to sell it to shopkeeper Mao, how about six pennies?"

This is also called cheap?Mao Zong frowned, coughed a few times, and said, "It's not easy for you small households to make these things, not to mention that the fields are often busy, how about this, how about selling this dried incense to me? It's also saved You ran away one after another, this is not meat after all, after all, the price will come down," he stretched out five fingers, understated as if he was sending a beggar, "just five taels of silver."

Five taels?Du Xiaoyu almost smashed the tea bowl on the ground!

She thought about selling it for 50 taels of silver, okay?Five taels is too cheap, right?This is a way to buy out money!
"That won't work, I won't sell it!" She slapped the table and shouted.

This little girl has a temper, Mao Zong thought.

Du Wenyuan explained, "My sister also saw that we worked hard to make these incense, so that's why."

Du Xiaoyu climbed up the pole, nodded and said, "Yes, shopkeeper, my sister and second brother are so tired that they made so much money, and you only paid five taels of silver. We only sold it for a while today. I just earned 450 Wen, if I paid out the five taels of silver every day, I would have earned it in a short while, who cares about your little silver! Don’t sell it, sister, second brother, let’s go!"

Du Wenyuan grabbed her, "Xiaoyu, the shopkeeper is right. We are busy in the fields, so how can we have so much time to make dried incense and then sell them in the town..."

"Who made him dishonest." Du Xiaoyu interrupted him, pouted and said, "He doesn't want it, there are many others who want it."

"Look, shopkeeper, our little sister is not willing to sell, and I can't beat her." Du Wenyuan said in a rather helpless tone.

Mao Zong sighed, "It's not easy for you, how about I add two or two more?"

"Add two taels?" Du Xiaoyu snorted, "50 taels, don't buy it!"

It was really a lion who opened his mouth, and Mao Zong discovered that among the three siblings, this little girl can't be underestimated!He shook his head and chuckled a few times, "50 taels? Little girl, do you know what 50 taels can do? You can buy seven or eight acres of fertile land! Is this little thing worth 50 taels? I paid so much money You might as well buy something else!"

"It's my sister talking nonsense, shopkeeper, don't mind." Du Wenyuan smoothed things over, "But Qiliang is indeed too little."

Mao Zong raised his head and looked at them carefully again. It seemed that he had miscalculated at the beginning. These three children were not easy to deal with, so he thought about it and said, "See, you really want to sell it. How about it, ten taels of silver, no more gone."

"20 taels." Du Wenyuan clearly stated the price this time, and then turned to look at Du Xiaoyu, "Is this okay, Xiaoyu?"

It was still 30 taels worse than she expected, Du Xiaoyu was dissatisfied, but seeing the hint in his eyes, she still decided to believe in Du Wenyuan's judgment, so she twisted her body very unhappy, and said in cooperation with him, "Second brother said Let’s sell it, anyway, I think it’s still rare, if he doesn’t buy it, we’ll go home, make it tomorrow and sell it in the town.”

Seeing that shopkeeper Mao didn't make a statement, Du Wenyuan picked up the package and pulled Du Xiaoyu and Du Huanghua to leave.

Mao Zong knew that this was their bottom line, so he counted and calculated. Although 20 taels was more than he thought, it was really not expensive, and if the new Xianggan was sold in restaurants, the money could be earned back quickly. , it should be said that the price is just right.He thought over and over, and finally shouted when Du Xiaoyu and the others were about to step out of the door, "Okay, I bought it!"

Four ingots of five taels of silver were quickly held in front of Du Xiaoyu, she couldn't put it down and touched it for a while, usually it was a bunch of copper coins, how could such real silver be so cute!
But after receiving the money, it is natural to tell the method of making incense. After Du Wenyuan told Mao Zong, the three of them left the restaurant happily.

(End of this chapter)