A jar of jam costing only one or two cents was too expensive, so he simply raised the price.
He can earn five cents of silver from selling a jar of jam without any cost. If this business continues, the owner will definitely be rich in rewards.
Another hour passed, and the peak of households coming to buy had passed, but Liuweizhai's passion fruit jam still hadn't sold a single jar.
Shopkeeper Zhong sat behind the counter and looked at the customers entering the store from time to time.
At this hour of the day, there were already very few customers entering the store. Although he was confident about the passion fruit jam, he would be lying if he said he was not impatient.
This situation made him lose his appetite even during lunch.
It's almost Shenshi. This is the time of day in summer when people are most drowsy. Shopkeeper Zhong usually goes to the back hall to squint for a while. Today he just sat motionless behind the counter.
The clerks in the store all knew the reason for his abnormality today, but they didn't know what to say.
I just hope that I can sell one or two jars of jam today, so that shopkeeper Zhong won't be like this, and they won't be so cautious in their work.
"Look, there's a sign here, Passion Jam. Is it the Passion Jam we drank at Mrs. Fang's house?"
"It should be so. Didn't Mrs. Fang say that? This passion fruit is a new thing. She also met it at Liuweizhai before. Although she bought it at Zhengji Grocery Store, the person from Zhengji also said that she wanted to buy it.
For passion fruit jam, come to Liuweizhai.”
"Then let's go in quickly. The smell is really memorable. I see that Mrs. Fang's face is indeed rosier today than before. Maybe the passion fruit jam really has that magical effect."
About a quarter of an hour later, the entrance of Liuweizhai suddenly became lively.
Shopkeeper Zhong jumped up from his chair and walked quickly to the door.
They were several ladies and their servants whom he was relatively familiar with.
"Are you ladies looking for passion fruit jam?" Shopkeeper Zhong said with a smile on his face.
"Do you have any here?" One of the ladies, who looked younger, immediately answered.
"Yes, yes. The ladies arrived just in time. I didn't take out the jam that just arrived today. I didn't even take it out in the morning. I was just waiting for the ladies to come."
"Ladies, please come inside."
Shopkeeper Zhong's mood suddenly flew into the sky, and he couldn't see the same state at all.
A group of people were brought to the shop by shopkeeper Zhong.
"Liu Zi, hurry up and make some fruit tea for the ladies." As soon as he entered the store, the shopkeeper ordered the waiters below to make some passion fruit tea. He felt that Song Chen's trick was quite high.
Moreover, the guests who came now were different from those in the morning. They were all business owners who were not short of money. When he listened to their words, he clearly came here for the passion fruit jam.
Give them another drink at this time, and the business will be settled.
The jam is ready-made, just make it with warm water, and Liuzi quickly brought the fruit tea.
The ladies looked at the golden fruit tea in the white tea cups, and were extremely sure that this was the passion fruit tea they drank from Mrs. Fang before.
"Shopkeeper Zhong, our Jia family can be regarded as regular customers of your Liuweizhai. Why do you only send it to that Fang family first when you have such good things?"
A lady took a sip gracefully and turned to look at shopkeeper Zhong with a smile.
Yesterday, Mrs. Fang sent someone to send a message to their house, saying that everyone was invited to gather at Fang's house today. They had not had much interest in it before. After all, people would have such gatherings every once in a while.
By relying on their friends in the back house to connect with various families, they were going to participate even if they were reluctant, but they didn't want to have such a surprise this time.
Mrs. Fang also gained the envy of everyone because of her passion fruit tea, which can be said to have earned her a lot of face.
No, now the ladies from Liuweizhai started to attack Shopkeeper Zhong because they didn't take the opportunity.
Shopkeeper Zhong suddenly felt aggrieved when he heard what the lady said, "Mrs. Jia, you have really wronged me. I just concluded this business with others yesterday. Today is the first day of our Liuweizhai.
The government hasn't sent it yet, and we haven't had time to notify them yet."
Sending it to various prefectures or sending people to go from prefecture to prefecture to promote it were the only options that Shopkeeper Zhong had thought of.
"Then why did Mrs. Fang get the passion fruit jam first?"
"To be honest, madams, Mrs. Fang and the others happened to be in the store when the passion fruit jam was delivered that day. You all also know that Mrs. Fang and the others did not buy their jam from our Liuweizhai."
Shopkeeper Zhong is not afraid to tell the story of the passion jam. Song Chen has signed an exclusive agreement with him anyway.
After he said this, the ladies stopped making things difficult for him.
"This passion fruit jam is really strange. I'll take two jars back to my mother-in-law to try."
He took two cans first without asking about the price. Shopkeeper Zhong was naturally happy and took two cans himself and placed them in front of the lady.
Two big-bellied white porcelain jars are placed in front of you. They are small and cute. People who like utensils will fall in love with them when they see them.
"This little jar is really interesting. Please help me get two jars too."
"Then I'll get two cans first, too."
"Bring me five cans."
Each one decided on the quantity they wanted. The person who asked for five cans at once was known to Shopkeeper Zhong. She had many sisters-in-law in her family and they were all on good terms. She must have taken them back to give to everyone. Shopkeeper Zhong did not persuade her.
Don't buy too much at once.
Song Chen had previously told him that jam has a short shelf life, especially in hot weather, so it needs to be stored in a cool place and should be eaten as soon as possible after opening.
"Madams, a jar of this passion fruit jam costs one and a half silver. In addition to soaking in water, it can also be eaten with snacks. The taste is also very good. Madams, you can try it after you go back."
One or two halves is indeed not expensive for them. A thousand dollars can't buy happiness, right?
The ladies happily took out the money and brought back some snacks before leaving, ready to try it as the shopkeeper Zhong said.
In less than half an hour, all twenty jars of passion fruit jam today were sold out.
And by the way, they also sold a lot more snacks. Shopkeeper Zhong saw that both the shelves with passion fruit jam and the shelves with snacks were all empty, and he sat there alone and laughed.
The next day, Song Chen still only supplied twenty cans. Shopkeeper Zhong actually wanted to get twice as much, but Song Chen was not around, so shopkeeper Zheng only received twenty cans.
This made shopkeeper Zhong as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Song Chen didn't know anything about these things. Even if shopkeeper Zhong came to their house, they would still only have twenty cans a day. What's more, shopkeeper Zhong didn't even know where her family lived.
With this business, she can earn more than ten taels of silver every day. In addition, when Cang Xiuxuan came over last time, the news of her good doctor has spread throughout the village, so she can confidently and boldly start selling her proprietary Chinese medicines.
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When Mrs. Song saw her tinkering with medicinal herbs, she didn't bother her.
Song Chen and several women who helped cook went to the construction site carrying the cooled salt water. Song Chen insisted on putting salt in the water. In this season, he works hard under the sun every day and sweats too much.
A lot of salt should be added appropriately to prevent heat stroke and dehydration.
But before a few people had even taken a few steps, the bucket in Song Wang's hand hit the ground with a thud, and the full bucket of water was instantly sucked into the soil.
Several women around her were also shocked, "Oh my god, something happened!"
At this moment, there was chaos on the construction site. Song Dashan and Song He dropped the tools in their hands and ran to the other side. Zhuang Boxong's usually calm face was full of solemnity.
"Xiaochen, come on, come on, something happened at the construction site." After Song Wang realized what she was doing, she turned around and ran back. She picked up Song Chen and ran towards the construction site.
Song Chen also heard the noise and ran over there without any delay.
The shouts and screams were very noisy, and the thick dust dispersed, only to see that the place where the wood had been neatly stacked was in chaos. The pile of wood that was as high as one person had now rolled to the ground in a mess.
At the bottom, there are two people working.
"Come here, a few people, and move the wood down first." As soon as Song Chen passed by, he quickly directed everyone to lift the wood away.
"Xiaochen, I don't care about Mumu for now, we have to save people first." Seeing that she didn't save people first, Song Dashan looked at her in surprise.
"We need to save people first, but if the wood above is not moved away first and the wood below is moved, the wood above loses its support and will roll down again, causing secondary damage to the people underneath, and even even
Anyone who saves people may be injured!"
Song Chen explained and calmly ordered other workers to do their work.
Song Dashan took a look at the wood. It was exactly what Song Chen said. The top wood didn't seem to be a threat now, but once the wood below was moved, the wood above would definitely fall to pieces.
These are all pieces of wood intended to be used on beams, so smashing them down is no joke.
"Everyone, be careful and don't let yourself get hurt." Song Chen warned the other workers.
Seeing that everyone was doing what she said, she turned to Song Dashan and Song He, "Dad, hurry up and sell some high-alcohol wine and come back. Brother, go and invite Uncle Li Zheng."
Something happened on the construction site and someone was injured. It was not a small matter, so Li Zheng had to be there.
Both father and son went to do their assigned tasks, and the workers were also moving wood nervously and orderly. The panic at the beginning was gone, and everything was being done according to Song Chen's arrangements.
Song Chen looked thoughtfully at the messy wood falling on the ground.
These pieces of wood were cut down by her father from outside Jiuling Mountain. After they were brought back, her father and her brother laid them out one by one.
It has been a long time since the new house was built, and these piles of wood have been piled there in a regular manner.
How could something happen all of a sudden?
Song Chen frowned and walked around the place where the wood was originally placed, trying to find any clues.