bayedsolid Chapter 216
Chapter 216
"Your restaurant also wants to order melons?"
As he said this, Zhong Ruyi's eyes unconsciously glanced at Shopkeeper Ding again and again.
The general meaning is, even if you don’t want it, there are still people who want it.
Shopkeeper Ding was also secretly delighted that he had acted quickly, otherwise he would have missed it.
The buyer pushed aside the waiter and said eagerly, "Yes, Miss Zhong, how many melons can you supply to us in a day?"
Now Zhong Ruyi was in a dilemma. Her family had only planted two or three hundred trees, which was barely enough to supply two restaurants. She also wanted to sell them in the convenience store on Anning Street.
but.
There are a lot of melons in the space, so you can sell them when the time comes.
"It's like this. You see, Shopkeeper Ding is here too. He also came to order melons from us. We agreed to give him 20 melons every day, and he sent people to pick them. You see, your restaurant..."
What I want to say is, how about you do the same as Manxianglou? Ask someone to come and choose, and pack the raw and cooked food yourself.
When the purchasing agent heard that Manxianglou had also been booked, he of course agreed without hesitation. He was familiar with Shopkeeper Ding and even nodded and greeted him.
He rubbed his hands and smiled innocently, "Then how should the price be calculated?"
Zhong Ruyi glanced at him and thought that this man was a purchasing agent for the restaurant. Could he be trying to make some money? His young man was still there.
"The price I give to Manxianglou is 200 coins for large ones that are over 20 jin, and 100 coins for those under 20 jin."
Of course the prices at both places are the same. You can't give you a lower price at Manxianglou and a higher price at Shiweige, right?
The buyer did some calculation in his mind. If there were twenty melons a day, and they were all big ones, that would be four taels of silver. So, how much price should he quote?
He glanced at the young man calmly, and seeing that he was in a daze, he thought that since this guy had just arrived, he should be easy to bribe. As long as he gave him a little benefit and asked him not to tell the price, he could get more kickbacks.
After discussing the cooperation between the two restaurants, Zhong Ruyi took his people back to his home.
On the way, she whispered to Chen Dongzhi, "I didn't expect that it was just a temporary failure in the morning. In the afternoon, we sold a lot of melons. Do you think we are amazing?"
Chen Dongzhi was naturally happy to praise her, and he slightly bent the corners of his lips and imitated her whispering, "You are great, I am great too, we are all great."
What the two thought was a secret conversation was actually overheard by Shopkeeper Ding and his two companions who were following behind them.
Especially Shopkeeper Ding, his expression was speechless. He had already noticed that something was wrong with these two people.
How could an unengaged couple walk so intimately?
Even if they are engaged, they should avoid risks. People like them are really rare.
When they got home, Zhong Ruyi invited them to have dinner at home. Manager Ding waved his hand and said, "Forget it. It will be dark after dinner. I'd better not stay any longer. I'll come again next time if I have the chance."
He drank two cups of tea, chatted with Mr. Zhong for a few words, and then stood up and said goodbye.
As soon as Manager Ding left, the purchasing agents and waiters from Shiwei Pavilion also asked to go back. Zhong Ruyi did not force them to stay and sent them away.
As soon as I returned to the yard, the door was knocked again. It was Aunt Wu, Aunt Zhao and others who came, with warm smiles on their faces.
Just after we sat down and said a few words, more people came, it was Aunt Tian and others.
After talking for such a long time, it seems that the Zhong family is about to have dinner. We can't ask so many people to stay for dinner, right?
Aunt Zhao glanced at the others and spoke first, "Ruyi, I heard that the managers of two restaurants came to buy melons today, right?"
Zhong Ruyi nodded, knowing why they were there.
"Yes, it has been decided. We will send them twenty melons every day from now on."
When the visitors heard her say that she sold forty melons a day, they couldn't help but exclaim.
Most of the people who set up stalls today picked a dozen to sell, and earned more than two taels in the morning. Some even made almost four taels.
This is just one day. If it were like this every day in the future, I wouldn’t dare to imagine it.
Some people present had been frightened by Zhong Ruyi's words that if they had too many seeds and couldn't sell them, they would have to smash their hands.
Now that they have earned several taels of silver just from selling melons in the morning, they are starting to get excited again.
Even if Zhong Ruyi could see through their thoughts, she would not try to persuade them a second time. After all, she had made it clear at the beginning, and it was difficult to persuade a damned ghost with kind words.
Wang Laizi spoke up first, "Ruyi, we would like to ask if you can help sell our melons to the restaurant, so that we don't have to take them to town to sell."
When the others heard what Wang Laizi had said, they also started talking about it.
"Yes, Ruyi, you see, if we take it to the town to sell it, the price is the same, and if the restaurant comes to buy it, the price is also the same, so it's better not to make this trip and let the restaurant buy it directly."
"That's right, but we don't grow many. How about this? I'll give you a penny for every melon I grow, Ruyi?"
Zhong Ruyi had originally planned to collect the money directly from the villagers, but he didn't expect them to come to his house and make the claim so soon.
As for accepting a one-penny kickback from her for every melon she gave me, that's not necessary. It's just something that happens conveniently, so there's no need to talk about money.
She agreed with a smile.
The next day, the people sent by Manxianglou and Shiweige to pull melons went directly to the melon field. Zhong Laosan led them there.
During this period, if anyone comes to Lagua, they will look for Zhong Laosan. This is the task assigned to him by Zhong Ruyi. Anyway, the wheat has been harvested, so he doesn't go up the mountain to hunt.
During this period, something else happened. The thief who stole the melons was caught. He was Tian Laoer from Aunt Tian's family.
Originally, no one knew that some of the watermelons grown by Aunt Tian's eldest daughter-in-law were stolen. She was so angry that she saw a row of footprints leading directly to Tian Laoer's house. What was there to be unclear about? She pushed open the door and went in. There was a row of watermelons inside, including hers and other people's.
Why was she so sure? Because Tian Laoer was too lazy. The last time Zhong Ruyi gave people seedlings, Tian Laoer was not present, and he didn't want them when she took them home to plant. He was one of the few people in the village who didn't grow watermelons.
She went to find Aunt Tian and told her about it, and said frankly that if Aunt Tian didn't handle the matter properly, she would tell the village chief.
Originally, she just wanted Tian Laoer to return the melons he stole from her, and she didn't care about the rest.
But she didn't expect that Aunt Tian would get so angry this time. She went straight to the village chief to explain the situation, and also went to Tian Laoer's house to dig out all the money he had earned from the melons that he had stolen and sold.
It just so happened that Tian Laoer was not at home. It was said that he had gone out to steal melons from someone's melon field. When he came back, he found that all the money and melons in his house were gone.
The village chief sent someone to call him over and asked him if he recognized it. Tian Laoer looked at his father and mother's red eyes, and in the end he did not deny it, but just lowered his head and said nothing.
It was not clear how many melons were stolen from the Zhong family, but in the end Tian Laoer paid all the money from the sales to those families, and the Zhong family received three taels of silver in return.