Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 21 Huge profits from the shabu-shabu business

The Tatar boy took the steamed bun from Erlang's little fat hand, picked up the chubby Erlang, and let him sit on his lap.

Qin Liu was so frightened that he choked on the steamed bun and coughed violently.

Erlang clapped his little hands and laughed: "Mom, stupid! Mom, stupid!" After saying that, he imitated Qin Liu and covered his mouth and coughed, making a milky sound.

Old Man Li, Old Man Lou, and Da Lang also laughed.

Qin Liu choked to tears, but he still saw the Tatar boy looking at him with a half-smile.

She realized with dismay that she was the only one afraid of the Tartar.

After eating, Old Man Lou and the Tatar boy put away the dishes and chopsticks.

When Qin Liu was free, he simply went out to buy ingredients on the street, and bought some cloth and cotton to make suitable clothes for each of the two new guys.

When I was going out, I saw old man Lou and the Tatar boy scrubbing and cleaning the shop.

Qin Liu nodded secretly, this old man Lou is really good.

Their Yanzilou usually doesn't open until noon, and the morning is usually spent preparing ingredients for business.

Qin Liu asked people to get the copper hot pot customized from Xuan Mansion.

Qin Liu prepared some shabu-shabu dishes.It's just that it's winter and there's not much vegetable supply.

Qin Liu bought some dried mushrooms, fungus, etc.She stored some cabbage and radishes in the cellar at home, and bought some dried yuba and mutton, and that was it.

When she returned to the store, she saw a Tatar boy with unruly messy hair opening the door and twitching his forehead a few times.

She still couldn't help but said: "Go and comb your hair."

The Tatar boy said nothing.

She put the dishes in the cellar, and when she came to the east wing, she saw a Tatar boy combing his hair with water. Unfortunately, his hair seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time and he couldn't comb it out at all.

Qin Liu went back to his room, took the osmanthus oil he used for hair care and handed it to the Tatar boy: "Use this to apply it, then comb it through with a comb, tie it on the top of your head and tie it with a hairpin." He also gave him a hairpin. Wooden hairpin.

When it opened at noon, a customer actually followed the recommendation and ordered shabu-shabu.

The customer, who is in the cloth business, was full of praise for the shabu-shabu: "The best thing is the knife skills! The mutton is cut as thin as cicadas and tastes great!"

Qin Liu felt mixed after hearing this.

She made a rough arrangement for the work in the store, and left the reception and cleaning work in the lobby to Old Man Lou.

The old man is kind and proactive, so he is the most suitable person to greet people and send them off.

She is mainly responsible for preparing meals in the kitchen.

The Tatar boy actually used up all her bottle of osmanthus oil. His hair was neatly styled, but the strong fragrance of osmanthus could be smelled from far away.

Qin Liu simply arranged for the Tatar boy to do some chores in the east wing, such as cutting meat, washing vegetables, washing dishes, etc.

She didn't expect that the boy's knife skills were so good, and he could actually cut the mutton that wasn't frozen into thin slices!
The cascading effect of shabu-shabu is very strong. If one customer asks for it, another customer will also want it after seeing it.

Qin Liu only prepared four copper pots, and the supply exceeded demand.

The price per customer of hot pot is much higher than that of dumplings and noodles. The price for a table of customers is between [-] and [-] yuan.

Qin Liu also slowly came to his senses - these customers were businessmen who were doing business in Xuanfu and planned to return to their hometown for the New Year.

After a year of hard work, now that I have money in my hands, I don't want to wrong myself on the ice and snow on the way home, so it's natural to reward myself with delicious food.

What's more, the hot pot in this store really tastes good, the price is fair and affordable, the ingredients are abundant, and the meat is fresh.

After a day's business, Qin Liu took stock and found that his income was more than 6000 yuan, which was several times higher than the previous day when he had barely managed [-] yuan!
Qin Liu is overjoyed!She quickly optimized and adjusted the shabu-shabu product line.

First of all, the store had wine, and many customers asked for it. Unfortunately, she had not thought about this before, and there was no stock in the store.

In addition to mutton, she also added beef, tripe and other dishes.

In modern society, tripe is the star dish of shabu-shabu, but in ancient times it was a discarded item - it was made from the stomach of a cow.

Qin Liu is a fan of hairy belly in modern society and likes the crispy taste.

When she went to the butcher to buy beef, she simply asked the butcher to sell her the stomach of the cow that was about to be discarded.

The butcher didn't expect that anyone would want this, and he was so happy that he couldn't help but smile.

The treatment of hairy belly is more complicated. It needs to be scalded with hot water to remove the black film on the inner surface.

After cleaning, cut into pieces of suitable size and place them on the crushed ice cubes on the porcelain plate. It looks tall and tall.

The porcelain plate was custom-made by the owner of the porcelain kiln. It has a special shape and the edges are curled like petals, which is eye-catching.

Because the hairy tripe was scarce, Qin Liu simply set a high price - only a few pieces were placed on a plate, and the price was sold for a high price of [-] yuan.

Some customers who like to try new things will order and try it, and they will be full of praise after tasting it.

On the first day, Maodu brought Qin Liu an income of [-] yuan!

Qin Liu could only lament that the consumption capacity of this town was limited. It took several days for the butcher to kill a cow. The tripe could not bring her a stable and sustainable income every day.

Over the past month, Yanzilou's business has become more and more prosperous.

Qin Liu took stock and found that Yanzilou had made more than 120 taels of silver!
She was jumping with excitement!

This money is much better than the dumpling shop!
But she calmed down quickly.She also knew from the chats of passing merchants that due to the wanton destruction of the Tatar soldiers, the earthen fort not far away from them suffered heavy losses, and many post stations and inns were burned down.

It's winter now, and it's inconvenient to start construction, so many pedestrians rest in Shabaozi Town.

If the construction of the civil fort is completed, her store may not be so profitable.

They complained that there was no decent inn in Shapuzi Town. If the inn could serve horses like a post station, the journey would be much more convenient.

When Qin Liu heard this, he had an idea and quickly went to find Ma Ang: "Brother Ma, can you help me buy the vacant land across the street?"

There used to be homes and shops in that open space, but after being set on fire by the Tatars, it is still a dark ruin.

Ma Ang was stunned for a moment before agreeing.

He didn't expect that Yanzilou, whose business was tepid, would make her money again so quickly.

When they first built the house, they were short of money to buy the tiles. They really couldn't come up with it, so they went to the doctor to borrow a thousand yuan to make ends meet. He also knew that building the house had used up all her savings.

This girl is really good at making money.

However, Qin Liu understood that the customers she served were basically the wealthy businessmen who passed by and had great spending power.

These customers have no official status, cannot live in the inn, and have nowhere to stay in the freezing weather. It is easy for them to engage in revenge consumption.

If she built an inn across the street and solved the accommodation, horse drinking, and catering needs of these customers in one stop, she might earn more.

When Ma Ang handed the land deed to Qin Liu, he mentioned by the way: "I will get married in ten days, and I will borrow your shop to hold a banquet then."

Qin Liu smiled sincerely and said: "That's natural. As for the recipe, I'm thinking of arranging it this way..."

Most of the guests Ma Ang invited were generals and soldiers from their military camp. Qin Liu's idea was to arrange a copper pot for each table to cook the meat, and then buy seven sheep and have the butcher prepare them and deliver them.

(End of this chapter)