Chapter 117 The first delivery
The cut tofu was neatly stacked on the grate in the iron pot. The water under the grate was boiling and steaming.
Mrs. Wang held a kitchen knife and walked behind a row of women, checking everyone's tofu-cutting movements one by one.
"Mrs. Wang, you didn't cut it evenly enough. The last piece was too small."
Mrs. Wang wiped the sweat on her head with her sleeves, and with a self-conscious smile on her face, she bent down and said, "I know, I must pay attention to the next piece, I must pay attention to it."
She was very frustrated. She had been cooking for a lifetime, but her hands shook inexplicably when cutting tofu.
Mrs. Wang took a deep breath at the tofu that had just been placed on the table, and gestured with her hands on the tofu for a long time before she dared to cut it.
Seeing Mrs. Wang nodding, Mrs. Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Suxue saw the scene in front of the house through the window hole in the thatched house. She couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering. She was glared at by Mrs. Wang. She hurriedly touched her nose, pretending to be nonchalant, lowered her head and continued to tidy up.
Condiments in front of you.
Well, Mrs. Wang’s spirit of striving for excellence and strictly controlling quality is worth advocating.
This seasoning has already been prepared. Now you just need to wrap the seasoning with clean linen cloth and tie it into seasoning bags.
As soon as Dasheng and the others bought the seasoning, Suxue and Wang Zeran hid in the corner of the thatched house and prepared the seasoning according to the portion of the standard seasoning bag.
Before dark, Zhao Laosan went to Mashun's house again and brought back the remaining tofu.
Mrs. Wang and the women took the tofu and steamed it in pots and braised it in pots without stopping until midnight.
In the early morning, Mrs. Wang divided and packaged the dried tofu according to the order quantity, and then went to wake up Suxue. She was going to the city to deliver the goods.
The first time he went to deliver goods, Zhang Fu was waiting in front of the thatched shed early.
Wang Zeran had also woken up a long time ago, watching Zhang Fu push the wheelbarrow and Suxue out of the yard, sitting alone on the ground in a daze, unhappy.
After Suxue went out with Zhang Fu, she went to Ma Shun's house first and left fifteen kilograms of dried tofu for Ma Yi before entering the city with Ma Li.
The first stop for their delivery was Jixiang Restaurant.
As soon as Suxue entered the backyard of the restaurant, Chef Ma waved to her with a smile, "Suxue, come here quickly."
Chef Ma decisively left the people waiting in front to receive the goods, first collected the dried tofu and tofu from Suxue and others, and then urged the waiters to go to the accounting office in the front lobby to settle the payment.
Suxue happily took the first amount of money from selling dried tofu from the waiter. After thinking about it, she gave it to Zhang Fu.
Although it is absolutely safe to leave the space, it can easily make people suspicious.
After finishing the work here, Chef Ma took Suxue to the small kitchen, took out a bag of things and handed them to her, and said cheerfully: "You can take these things back and eat them for fun."
Suxue looked at the paper bag, which was full of snacks, including oil and salt beans, various snacks, and a few pieces of maltose.
"Put it away quickly. Uncle Zhang, I made this specially for you. Take it home as a snack."
This was really treating her like a child. Suxue smiled and rolled her eyes and accepted it without politeness.
Seeing that Suxue liked it, Chef Ma was also very happy, "Suxue, your little tips for removing fish odor have brought many diners to me. I cooked fish all day yesterday, and the supply was almost in short supply.
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Suxue said: "The main reason is that you are good at cooking. Even if other chefs know this trick, they still won't make dishes that are not their signature."
Chef Zhang was even happier. This little girl's words made people feel comfortable.
Before leaving, Chef Zhang did not forget to remind Suxue: "I will also send you dried tofu tomorrow."
After leaving Jixiang Restaurant, Suxue and Zhang Fu accompanied Ma Li to Xinglong Inn to deliver tofu.
Today, Ma Li only got the tofu money for that day. Manager He found a reason to postpone the settlement of the debt owed for the past few days.
Seeing Guanshi He's face, Suxue didn't go up to contact Dougan. It would be better for them not to mess with merchants who don't pay as agreed. After all, they still have refugee status.
When we arrived at Yuelai Inn, the waiter at the door led a few people directly into the side courtyard of the inn through the side door.
Shopkeeper Hua personally inspected the goods, nodded slightly with satisfaction, then settled the payment and told Suxue that she would only send thirty kilograms of dried tofu tomorrow.
Of the sixty kilograms of dried tofu delivered today, thirty kilograms were ordered by the young men I met yesterday. Shopkeeper Hua ordered the goods for the inn based on yesterday's estimate.
Suxue agreed, thinking whether she should go to other merchants to promote it tomorrow. The combined sales of these two stores were still a little small.
Suxue was thinking as she helped Zhang Fu push the empty wheelbarrow back. When she was about to reach the south gate, she suddenly heard someone calling her name from behind.
She was a little curious. She didn't know anyone in this county. Was he calling her?
Suxue turned around and saw a young man running towards her from behind and waving to her.
Only when she got closer did Suxue recognize that the person coming was the mung-eyed waiter from Yuelai Inn.
The guy ran up to the three of them and said, "Let me chase them easily." He held up his legs and gasped for air.
Suxue asked: "Little brother, what do you want from us?"
The mung-eyed waiter's breathing became smoother, then he straightened up and said, "Shopkeeper Hua wants you to go to Yuelai Inn again."
Suxue was shocked. Could there be something wrong with Dougan?
Zhang Fu couldn't help but ask: "Did you tell me what it was?"
Seeing the worried looks on the two people's faces, the mung bean-eyed clerk said in a sinister manner: "I'm here to help you, the flower shopkeeper wants to talk to you about a long-term supply contract."
Yuelai Inn did not sign a contract yesterday, it was just a verbal agreement. Suxue thought that she would wait for the trial sale of their first batch of goods before negotiating a long-term supply contract with Shopkeeper Hua. Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Hua would have to negotiate now, and Suxue
Of course you can't ask for it.
Suxue didn't care about the mung bean-eyed man's tone and followed him back to Yuelai Inn.
On the way, although the guy spoke a little awkwardly, he still answered Suxue's inquiry truthfully. Only then did the three of them understand the reason why Shopkeeper Hua was anxious to let them return.
It turned out that as soon as Suxue and the others left the inn, before Shopkeeper Hua and the others had time to put away the dried tofu, they were seen by the guests who came to the side courtyard for business. Since they had never seen such food before, they tasted a piece out of curiosity.
Unexpectedly, I fell in love with it after tasting it and bought five kilograms on the spot.
When the flower shopkeeper saw it, he quickly served a few plates for the guests staying in the hotel to taste, and immediately sold a few more kilograms.
Shopkeeper Hua was happy when she saw that dried tofu was popular with everyone, so she immediately asked her waiter to come find Suxue and the others.
Seeing Suxue and the others sitting down, Shopkeeper Hua said directly: "I came back to ask you if there is any problem with sending fifty pounds of dried tofu to Yuelai Inn every day from now on?"
The delivery volume has increased from the thirty kilograms mentioned in the morning to fifty kilograms.
After hearing the news, even Ma Li became happy.
Yesterday, Ma Shun actually collected several hundred coins from Si Sheng, and Ma Li truly felt that this dried tofu was also his Ma family's business.
Ma Li clasped his hands together, with a smile on his face that was slightly stiff due to nervousness, and turned to look at Zhang Fu and Suxue.
Zhang Fu's face was full of joy, but he had no intention of speaking.
He has been strictly following Si Sheng's instructions today. His mission is to follow Suxue and listen to Suxue in everything.
Shopkeeper Hua glanced at the three people and knew that among these people, it was this little girl who made the decision.
Suxue met Shopkeeper Shanghua's gaze, shook her head and said, "No problem."
Chapter completed!