Although the carriage was fast, it was very bumpy. All they had to transport were pottery bowls, pots, and stoves, and half of them were broken in the carriage all the way there.

Moreover, it would be difficult for a carriage to pull so many people, so Lin Xiaoman asked Lin Erhu to borrow a cart from Lin Daqiang's house.

Tear off the outer bag of the hot pot base ingredients, cut them into pieces and put them in jars, so that they are convenient to use.

I also brought the iron pots and oil cans I use at home, which are useful when frying ingredients.

As for the ingredients, I brought some mushrooms from home. By the way, I have two jars at home, so I brought one to use first. I went to the county town to look at the rest before buying them.

Lin Xiaoman pushed the fully loaded cart and drove Lin Erhu towards the county seat.

When they left the village, they saw Mrs. Lin sitting on the carriage heading to the county town. The two siblings turned their heads and pushed the carriage past her.

Mrs. Lin was so angry that she wanted to curse, but she was so shocked by their car that she forgot to curse, "What are you going to do with so many pots and pans?"

Lin Xiaoman walked along the road, and Lin Erhu sat in the car to protect him. It was much smoother than a carriage, and it didn't matter if it bumped occasionally.

Not long after, the carriage in which Mrs. Lin was riding passed by. Mrs. Lin scolded the Lin Xiaoman siblings who were walking: "You little white-eyed wolf, you don't even know how to call someone after seeing your own mother?"

Before Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu opened their mouths, the handlebars shouted, and the old horses spread their hooves and ran forward.

Mrs. Lin, who was sitting at the outermost position, was shaken and almost escaped from the carriage. She quickly grabbed the bench she was sitting on.

When they wanted to curse again, the carriage had already swept away, leaving only a small shadow of Lin Xiaoman and his sister.

Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu had smiles in their eyes, Uncle Shi was really a good person.

It was late in the morning when I arrived in the city. I bought some chickens on the way and had them killed and chopped.

I bought a few Chinese cabbages and a basket of baby cabbages, and a basket of radishes. I saw a tofu seller and bought two plates, and asked someone to help deliver them to the store. When I left the city in the evening, they would send the tofu plates back.

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But there are really not many side dishes available. It’s not like there where you can find all the dishes you want. She has never heard of most of them.

I bought two wooden buckets for washing vegetables and a large basket for draining water on the roadside. When I passed by a carpenter's shop, I bought some scrap wood boards left over from making furniture, and also bought a large handful of wooden chopsticks.

When I arrived at the shop, there were already people waiting outside. Seeing the two siblings coming, the man immediately came forward and said, "Little shopkeeper, you are here."

Seeing that he was in his thirties, his clothes were not the silk and satin commonly worn by rich people, but they were clean and tidy, and he saw an eager joy on his face. Lin Xiaoman guessed that he was here to inquire about the clam oil business.
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"Uncle, is something wrong?"

The man smiled and said: "I am the shopkeeper of Feng Ji Rouge Shop in front of me. I heard yesterday that you sell clam oil here. I am very interested in trying it. I wonder if the two shopkeepers are willing to cooperate?"

While Lin Xiaoman was moving the things from the car into the shop, he asked Shopkeeper Feng: "I wonder how Shopkeeper Feng wants to cooperate?"

Shopkeeper Feng saw that she was not like ordinary country people, who hid her money-making business and even showed her willingness to cooperate. He smiled and said: "First of all, I have to ask the shopkeeper, how much clam oil do you still have?"

, If we can cooperate for a long time, we have our own way of long-term cooperation. If we cannot cooperate for a long time, there is also a saying that we cannot cooperate for a long time."

"Well, let's talk about it then!"

Hearing what Lin Xiaoman said, Shopkeeper Feng knew for sure that it all depends on his sincerity. If he is sincere, the clam oil business will be a long-term one.

"I have three methods of cooperation here. Listen to me, little shopkeeper. One is that I buy your recipe, and the shopkeeper will no longer be able to make a living from it. The other is that the clam oil you make can only be sold to us, Feng.

Then we, Feng Ji, will take out the food. The third is that we cooperate and the points will be calculated at the end of the month..."

Before Shopkeeper Feng finished speaking, Lin Xiaoman asked: "The second method, how much does Shopkeeper Feng want to buy our clam oil?"

Shopkeeper Feng was a little regretful. He actually wanted to buy the recipe they had and make it himself. Although he spent a lot of money at one time, he also saw that the clam oil business would only get better in the future. In addition to the county, they also

You can sell the clam oil elsewhere. As long as you get the recipe, their Feng Ji Rouge Shop will become famous all over the country.

But they didn't want to sell their goods, and he was afraid that the negotiation would fail if he tried to persuade them. It would be nice to get all the goods they had.

"You sell a box of clam oil for five cents, and I have to make some money from you when I buy the goods. How about I give you three cents for a box? As long as you can make it, we, Feng Ji, will accept it no matter how much you make. Compared with a small business like yours,

The sales volume of the shop, we Feng Ji can sell much more."

Lin Xiaoman shook his head, "What we sell now are small boxes of clam oil. You said it's okay to charge three cents per box. We have bigger boxes in hand, but we can't count them at three cents."

"Have you brought the bigger box?"

"I haven't brought it yet. I have to wait for a few days." Lin Xiaoman shook his head. They haven't shipped it yet.

"Then you have to wait until you see the goods before setting the price with the shopkeeper. But I can take the goods you have in hand first."

Lin Xiaoman called to Lin Erhu who was moving things, "Erhu, show the clam oil we brought to Shopkeeper Feng."

Lin Erhu kept listening with his ears pricked up. His sister asked him to get it, so he immediately brought the basket over and said, "Shopkeeper Feng, they are all here. Do you want to take them all away today?"

Shopkeeper Feng took a look. It was exactly the kind he had seen yesterday. He picked up a box and opened it. He could smell a faint fragrance. It was different from any rouge he had smelled before, but it smelled indescribably good.<

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"Yes, I have collected all the goods today. When the next batch of goods arrives, after seeing the goods, how about I go to the government office with you to sign the deed?"

"Okay, from now on we will give all the goods to Shopkeeper Feng. As long as Shopkeeper Feng is willing to accept it, we will not sell it."

Lin Xiaoman nodded. Their clam oil only sells it fresh, so there are so many people buying it. But the county is so big, and only those are willing to buy it. When the sales are full, although they can still sell it, they will definitely not be able to sell it.

It will sell as well as it has these days.

Rather than holding on to a small business, it is better to give this business away. The cost is not high anyway, and the more they sell, the more they earn.

After seeing Shopkeeper Feng off, the siblings calculated the money in their hands and found that they had bought so many ingredients today, and they were only a little over 200 Wen short of the 3,000 Wen needed to buy the pot.

Lin Xiaoman asked Lin Erhu to wash the vegetables she bought, while she boiled a pot of water and put some chickens in it to blanch.

Someone from a few shops nearby came over and asked her what she was going to do. Lin Xiaoman smiled, "I'm going to make spicy hot pot. It's a skill passed down from my mother. I have to ask my uncles and aunts to support me."

Some people wonder: "What is spicy?"

There are no chili peppers here yet, Lin Xiaoman patiently explained, "Spicy is a flavor that is stir-fried with chili peppers from other countries and Sichuan peppercorns. My uncles will know after they taste it."
Chapter completed!