Reborn 1980, Mountains Have Spirits, I Have Fields

Chapter 34 Selling Vegetables
After the morning class, Xie Hang took Ling Mei to Yuntao Hotel.

Xie Genbao personally cooked a table of small dishes. Fujian is close to the sea, and the seafood is delicious and cheap.A few plates of raw marinated cold cuts, a whole pot of steamed swimming crab, his specialty garlic pork ribs, and two seasonal vegetarian dishes.The cost of this table is not low.

"Student Xiao, please sit down." Xie Genbao entertained the little guest with a smile. "Aren't you hungry after studying for a long time? Try our restaurant's cooking skills first."

With a smile on his face, he observed Ling Mei secretly.The more I looked at the little girl, the more amazed I became.

The little boy who was obviously the same age as his son was still a poor girl in the mountain village, but she was calm and generous, and she was more sophisticated than him.

Ling Mei thanked her for not mentioning it.After tasting the delicious food, she accurately commented on the advantages and disadvantages of each dish. Hearing Xie Genbao nod repeatedly, he even forgot his surprise: Which lady is this from?Such a tricky mouth?

Fragrant tea was served after the meal, and the two began to discuss business in earnest.

"Uncle Xie. There are two grades of vegetables in my family." Lingmei drank tea, and asked Genbao to spray tea.

The dishes are of high grade, how about two more?

"The vegetables and fruits I gave to Aunt Qin are the best vegetables and fruits in my family. Usually they are kept for personal use and as gifts. As for ordinary-grade vegetables, my father sells them in the town every week, and now they have formed a regular customer base. It’s priceless.”

Xie Hang stared at his old classmate dumbfounded: Oh my God, Xiao Lingmei is usually so quiet, but when she starts a business, is she so talkative?
Xie Genbao nodded calmly: "It's like this. Can I ask how much your vegetable field produces?"

"There are two acres of vegetable land at home." Lingmei also counted the production capacity in the space. "The total output value in a year can reach five thousand catties."

Xie Genbao said with a puff: "Five, five thousand catties?!"

Lingmei smiled: "We have just improved vegetable seeds this spring, learned advanced scientific planting methods, and replaced high-quality pesticides with less toxic residues. Therefore, the production in the past month or so has increased by one-third compared with the same period last year. One, and the taste of the dishes is getting better and better.”

Xie Genbao was dizzy when he heard it: "So that's how it is."

"I want to ask Uncle Xie, how many vegetables does your restaurant need every day?"

Xie Genbao regained his energy and said cautiously: "It depends on the vegetables. Choi sum always costs two hundred catties a day, and other vegetables are about a hundred catties. But your tomatoes are very good. We will take as much as we have."

Ling Mei said yes.No problem, but the price needs to be negotiated.

"Uncle Xie is Xie Hang's father, and Xie Hang and I are in the same class. The price of vegetables is called that, I can give you a discount."

Xie Genbao nodded frequently: "Student Xiao is generous."

Ling Mei said again: "As I said just now, the dishes I gave to my aunt yesterday are the most expensive. My family never sells them. If you order for a long time, the price will be double that of the same variety outside."

Choi Sum costs seven cents a catty now, double that would cost four cents.

Tomatoes cost [-] cents a catty, and double that is [-] cents.

Seeing Xie Genbao's heartbroken expression, Lingmei smiled and said, "It's indeed expensive, but you have tasted our dishes. It's worth it even if you give it to the Great Hall of the People. You can also have a high-quality menu in the restaurant, and the price is extra."

Xie Genbao: Why does this little girl have so many goofs?Great Hall of the People, boutique menu?How could she figure it out?
"What about your ordinary dishes?" He moved his buttocks, "I haven't tried it yet."

"I'll bring you a basket of vegetables tomorrow morning. Please meet me at the school gate."

"Okay. It's refreshing to talk about business with classmate Xiao."

"As for the price, you are paying the wholesale price. Don't worry, it will always be cheaper than the market price."

"Okay, okay." Xie Genbao didn't dare to underestimate Lingmei anymore. After talking about the dishes, he asked cautiously, "Then—where's the fish?"

"Fish!" Lingmei smiled, making Ruyu dizzy. "I'm going to disappoint Uncle Xie. There are fish, but I caught them in the mountains. The production is definitely not enough to meet the business in your store."

Xie Genbao had expected this result earlier, and he still didn't give up even though he was disappointed: "I don't ask too much, can I just ask ten every day?"

Lingmei shook her head: "One month, the fish in the ponds in the mountain stream will be extinct."

Xie Genbao couldn't help being frustrated.Unexpectedly, Lingmei said with a smile: "But Uncle Xie, I have some good news for you."

Xie Genbao cheered up: "What?"

"My family will use the fry of these fish this year, and try the rice flower fish."

"Dao - rice flower fish?!" As a chef, Xie Genbao certainly knows the origin of rice flower fish.I couldn't help being overjoyed, "Really? Do you really want to raise rice flower fish?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he was worried again: "The rice flower fish can't be raised. The output is small. We haven't cultivated it on a large scale yet. How sure are you?"

Can the Xiao family do it?

Xiao Lingmei said confidently: "Raise in May and harvest in October. Please come and inspect the goods then."

Xie Genbao clapped the case: "Okay. You can really raise big rice flower fish, and our restaurant will cover it all!" When the time comes, braised, steamed and sliced ​​yusheng, and a themed fish feast of rice flower fish, it is no wonder that business is not booming.

A meal was enjoyed by the host and guests.

That day when Lingmei came home from school, there was a plate of sliced, dark red, and fragrant stewed large intestines on the table.

Ling Mei swallowed immediately.The original owner's grandma's century-old marinade, I haven't tasted it yet, and I already know that it deserves its reputation just by smelling it.

The large intestine was cleaned very clean and there was no peculiar smell.The entrance is soft but full of elasticity, and the mouth is full of rich and mellow marinade after a bite.

Good ones love it to death, bad ones hate it to death.Fortunately, the Xiao family likes it very much.Even if there is only a pot of stir-fried choy sum and a bowl of mustard egg drop soup on the table, everyone is still satisfied.

Ling Yun especially likes to eat vegetables recently, his body is much stronger, and he doesn't catch a cold, cough and nosebleed at all times.Ling Hui's face also rounded a bit, and he watched his height jump straight up.

Luo Guixiang felt that her face was whiter and tenderer than before, and her body was much lighter.As for Father Xiao, he didn't feel tired after working during the day, and he was alive and well at night.

After dinner, Ling Mei stopped the shopkeeper and said, "Ling Hui, it's your turn to do the dishes this week."

Ling Hui pretended not to hear, Xiao father slammed the table: "Xiao Linghui! Did you hear what your sister said?"

Ling Hui turned his head: "Father, I still have homework to finish."

"Yes." Guixiang hurriedly said, "Lingmei—let me do the washing."

Father Xiao sneered: "I see a saying in your book, 'If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world'. You don't even want to wash a bowl, so what's the use of being a good reader? A useless person with great power?"

Ling Hui gritted his teeth, and glared at Ling Mei bitterly: "Can't I wash it?"

Father Xiao smiled and reminded him coldly: "Break a bowl, and you will miss a meal."

Ling Hui stared at his father in disbelief, and Xiao's father turned to Ling Mei and said, "I'll go to town tomorrow to pick up my bicycle. I'll pick you up after school and go home together."

Ling Hui's angry face stopped, bicycle!Tomorrow he will have a bicycle!With elation, I don't even feel tired of washing dishes.

Guixiang wanted to help her son, but was stopped by Lingmei: "Don't go. I have something important to tell you."

She was so annoyed that she sat down on the stool and said angrily, "What's important for you?"

Father Xiao was also curious: "What happened?"

Ling Mei smiled at her father and said, "Father, I found a long-term regular customer for our food."

Father Xiao thought he heard it wrong: "What did you say?"

"The Yuntao restaurant in the town. You know it?" Ling Mei continued, "The chef of his family is my classmate's father. He accidentally ate my food, and he is willing to buy it for a long time. I think it is also very good, and the price It is only higher than what you sell outside, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood, so you don’t have to worry about waste.”

Xiao Dae and Gui Xiang looked at each other: Ling Mei is serious?
That's a great thing!
(End of this chapter)