Chapter 20: The Selling Six
Zhou Heng shook his head and took Zhu Dayong into the yard. The sweet fragrance of osmanthus can be smelled as soon as he came in.
Boss Xue walked out of the kitchen with a huge basin in her arms, filled with glutinous rice lotus roots. When he saw Zhou Heng coming in, he showed a silly smile at Zhou Heng, wiped his hand and followed Zhou Heng to the wing room.
"You have finished the diagnosis and treatment. Zhu Changli has someone to prepare bath water for you. You can have a meal after taking a shower. I will organize the tools and take your things out of the city tomorrow morning!"
Seeing Boss Xue's sudden and enthusiastic look, Zhou Heng shook his body and couldn't help but take a step back towards the wing room.
"If you have so many things, just ask someone to come and sell them. After selling them, you will decide how much you can make every day according to the daily sales volume. It will gradually increase. If you do too much, it will be a waste. The glutinous rice and honey are expensive!"
Boss Xue kept nodding, "Don't worry, Hu Laosan in the village has a horse shop in the west of the city. The patriarch has already told me that a few smart people will be queued up tomorrow and wait for news at Hu Laosan's horse shop. Then I will give me some lotus roots. I will ask them to sell them first and then go back to the village to teach the aunts how to make them."
When Zhou Heng heard this, he was completely worried. This guy really had a honest and honest face, and his stomach suddenly became colorful.
"How many pieces, count, and how much honey we make should be based on the quantity, and we should not waste it, and we should not lack it. In that way, there will be a difference in taste. As for the price, just be a string of five cents and a twelve cents."
Boss Xue calculated by her fingers and kept muttering.
"Leave ten pieces for Mr. Zhu, and contains 220 glutinous rice lotus roots in the basin. Just calculated by twelve cents per piece, these can be sold for 2,640 cents, and one thousand cents is one tael of silver."
Boss Xue became more and more frightened. He quickly looked at the door. Seeing that the door was closed tightly, he walked towards Zhou Heng and lowered his voice.
"Can you sell for so much money?"
Zhou Heng glanced at him, "It's a step to make it. The key is to sell it. Do you think about how to sell it?"
Boss Xue shook his head guiltily, "I don't know!"
“Try it!”
When Boss Xue saw Zhou Heng say these two words, he stopped talking. He blinked his eyes and thought for a moment that he seemed to understand Zhou Heng’s intention.
"You mean, like in a small kitchen, cut the lotus root into small pieces and give it to others to taste, and you will buy it on your own initiative as long as you have eaten it?"
Zhou Heng nodded, "Don't be too stingy. It will be white if you cut it into small pieces. At one time, you give someone half a piece or a large piece. If you eat it delicious, he will be embarrassed not to buy it or buy less?"
Boss Xue stared at Zhou Heng with his eyes shining. This theory was novel, but if he had tasted it so delicious, he would pay for it.
Besides, the price is so low. A glutinous rice lotus is really not expensive. Last time I brought a pack of snacks to Mingyu, it costs twenty-two cents. The key is that this glutinous rice lotus is not as delicious as this.
Zhou Heng continued: "Tomorrow, no matter whether you can sell it all, all the people who sell it at the end of the day will withdraw, and the same will be true on the second day, making people feel that if you don't buy it, you will be gone. Furthermore, how much each person pays and how much money he sells, you have to count it. The wages will be distributed according to sales volume. If you sell more, you will earn more, so as not to make up the numbers. Can you record it?"
Boss Xue nodded, frowned slightly and looked at Zhou Heng, with a bitter look on his face.
"Or why do you write it down for me?"
The next morning, people gradually came and went in the market.
A lot of people gathered in a courtyard in Ma City on West Street. Boss Xue, standing among them, held a plate with lotus leaves on it, and a few glutinous rice lotus roots had been cut into several slices, carrying shiny osmanthus nectar on it, and the fragrance was instantly filled with fragrance.
"Don't yell, listen to me, I've recorded what I said just now. There are six of you, and each of you can divide it into thirty-four ones. This is sold normally. You can get two more. This is for tasting. If you sell them all, you will naturally earn more than those who can't sell them. If there is one that can't be sold, we'll change people tomorrow. If you can't say much nonsense, you can use bamboo sticks to try it yourself!"
Boss Xue had a loud voice. When he shouted, everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Seeing that there was still a taste, they stared at the plate in Boss Xue's hand. He held the plate with one hand and said.
"Look carefully. This glutinous rice lotus is very soft and glutinous. Don't think about using a bamboo stick to insert it. It will fall off before you bite it. It's okay to fall on the ground. There are medicinal materials in this glutinous rice lotus. If it falls on brocade clothes, it will not be washed. Don't eat and lose money if you don't sell it. Seeing that there are no two sticks and poke it slantedly, Ergouzi, this is for you!"
The boy named Ergouzi reached out to rub his clothes on his waist, then took the glutinous rice lotus handed over by Boss Xue, opened his mouth and took a small bite.
The smell instantly exploded in his mouth. Ergouzi stared at Boss Xue with wide eyes.
"Brother Xue, this is what you made, it's so delicious!"
The remaining five people got a portion. Seeing that Ergouzi was eating sweetly, they all tasted it carefully. As expected, the taste was not blown, and they kept giving thumbs up.
An older man sighed and sighed:
"I didn't expect that our Lingshan Village would actually rely on the help of Mr. Zhou's stupid grandson. This lotus root has grown in the lake for generations. Who has touched it? When we grabbed it, we would eat it. But it was so delicious that it made into glutinous rice roots. God opened his eyes. This fire is good, it's good to burn it!"
Ergouzi also grinned, "What's the point of burning good luck!"
Mr. Xue's face turned black and he looked at the two of them with his feet on the butt.
"Stop talking sarcastic here. Our barn and wing room have not been built and repaired yet, and it is still very prosperous. Please sell it quickly. Remember to return to the market until the time is over, and then allocate the production quantity tomorrow and there are still people in hand."
The six people took their share, wearing lotus leaves on their heads as hats, and carrying handfuls of lotus leaves on their backs, and they all drove away in small carts or carrying baskets.
Boss Xue did not delay and drove a donkey cart out of the city quickly and returned to Lingshan Village to tell the head of the Xue family what happened in Qingping County.
The confrontation in the court was not ignored, and the head of the Xue family had a new understanding of Zhou Heng.
As for the profit sharing of glutinous rice lotus, the head of the Xue family didn't care much. This was originally a supporter for the villagers, and the principal was paid by the other party. It was very reasonable to divide the profit by 50% of the cost. Seeing that the head of the clan agreed, Boss Xue breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, the head of the Xue family told Boss Xue to open a stove in the ancestral hall, and let the women in the village learn how to make osmanthus glutinous rice lotus roots together.
Of course, the osmanthus nectar is made, and all they need to learn is the process and heat.
Two hours later, the first pot came out. Compared with the glutinous rice lotus brought back by Boss Xue, the taste was completely fine. Boss Xue asked everyone to stop.
"Grandpa, Zhou Xiaolangjun said that this glutinous rice lotus is best made the night before and sold the next morning. It is cool and sweet, and it tastes better. I left the first batch of ingredients first. As for the osmanthus honey, I will bring it back regularly, and there are also more lotus roots that are thicker and rounder so that the glutinous rice can be poured in."
Speaking of this, Boss Xue paused and took out a drawing. There was a young man carrying a basket on it. The apron and the cloth on the basket were embroidered with characters, with white cloud patterns on the edges, which were simple and elegant. This was temporarily drawn by Zhou Heng.
"This is a headscarf and apron. Zhou Xiaolangjun said that it is best for people who go out of our village to wear it uniformly, with the five words "Lingshan glutinous rice lotus root" embroidered on it, so that others can not imitate it. As for lotus leaves and lotus flowers, just carry them directly when you leave in the morning. With this thing, lotus roots will be very easy to sell."
The head of the Xue family had no objection and quickly ordered everyone to perform their duties and pack up the auxiliary materials. All the personnel went to collect lotus roots. If they were unable to move, they would prepare the blue cloth on the picture and start to slaughter embroidery. Seeing the trouble, several women took action together and soon saw it.
Boss Xue saw that the sky was almost the same, and hurried back to the horse.
At this time, there were still two moments left. As soon as I jumped out of the donkey cart and entered the courtyard, I saw six people gathering together.
Chapter completed!