Exile at the beginning: I rule the world by drawing cards

Chapter 65 New Business

There was a light rain in the morning of the second day, and the weather became completely cool.

When Qin Mengshang opened his eyes, there was no one on the bed.She lowered her head and looked at the quilt on her body. She didn't remember whether she was covered with a quilt last night, so she tied her clothes and got up.

Today he had to deliver goods to Changxing Restaurant. After a quick breakfast, Qin Mengshang took Lu Ximing to the town together. Zhou Lingqi saw them off at the entrance of the village and then went to the river embankment.

Qianfeng Village had suffered a loss at the hands of the county government before and did not dare to take action easily. Other small villages were also worried that the court was determined to suppress the bandits, so they hid in the village and did not dare to go out.

Without the water bandits, there are more cargo ships plying on the Xunjiang River.Where there are cargo ships, there are merchants. Today is not a market, there are many people.

Sun Dawang drove the bullock cart forward slowly through the crowd, and it took him a long time to stop in front of Changxing Restaurant.

Shopkeeper Liang told the waiter to wait at the door early in the morning. When he saw people coming, he hurriedly called two waiters to come over and move things.

"Boss Qin, you are finally here. The shopkeeper has been talking about you for several days!"

Since Changxing Restaurant launched its membership system, its income has quadrupled!Shopkeeper Liang couldn't close his mouth with laughter every day, hoping that Qin Mengshang would come quickly.

Qin Mengshang glanced at the store and did not see Shopkeeper Liang. "Shopkeeper Liang is not here today?"

"Yes, but the shopkeeper is still busy at the moment. You go in and sit down first. He will be here shortly."

The waiter led Qin Mengshang and his party into the small courtyard at the back, served them tea before leaving.

In the past, deliveries were made in the front lobby, but today they were invited to the backyard. Qin Mengshang's intuition told him that something happened.But she is not a talkative person, so she will not ask unless others tell her.

This was the first time for Sun Dawang to enter Changxing Restaurant, and he couldn't let go of his patchwork clothes.

Following Lu Ximing's example, he carefully sipped the tea, then grinned: "It turns out that people in the city love to drink this stuff. Why do I think it's not as delicious as the well water in the village?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing and was about to change his words when he heard Qin Mengshang say: "The well water in the village is groundwater, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a sweet aftertaste. Tea contains theophylline, which has its own astringent taste. , people who don’t often drink tea will naturally not be used to it.”

Sun Dawang nodded as if he understood: "No wonder the tea leaves on the mountain are so bitter to eat."

Every year around Qingming Festival, the tea trees on the mountain will grow milky white or tender green tea petals.He ate it once, but it tasted astringent and didn't fill his stomach. No one ate it except the children in the village who picked it as snacks.

Qin Mengshang was not a tea drinker either, so he took a sip of tea and didn't touch it again.

After not sitting for long, shopkeeper Liang strode across the moon cave door with wind at his feet, his face rosy and a thin layer of sweat accumulated on his forehead.

As soon as he came up, he said to Qin Mengshang solemnly: "Boss Qin, it is written in our contract that we will provide at least thirty kilograms of konjac every month. If you are too busy alone, I can give you more money." , you can also send people to Sanjiang Village to collect goods, but you must not run out of goods!"

These inexplicable words made Qin Mengshang a little confused: "What happened to Shopkeeper Liang?"

"No!" Shopkeeper Liang denied it without even thinking.

Qin Mengshang's expression became even weirder. It was strange that he was not in trouble.

Shopkeeper Liang's eyes flashed, and he coughed twice unnaturally: "Boss Qin, let's go take a look at the goods first."

When it comes to business, Qin Mengshang will naturally not refuse.This time I made 120 kilograms of konjac. I kept two pieces for cooking at home and sold the rest to Changxing Restaurant.

The weather is getting colder, and everyone likes to eat something hot and filling, so cold dishes are not easy to sell.Finally, the money was settled, a total of four taels of silver.

"Boss Qin, you must remember our agreement. Whether I can take first place this year depends on you!"

"First?"

Shopkeeper Liang realized that he had spilled the beans and smiled guiltily: "Yes, yes. You came here early in the morning. Have you eaten? Why don't you stay and have a meal before leaving?"

He didn't say it clearly, but Qin Mengshang could guess something.There is more than just this one Changxing restaurant, most of them are competing among their peers.However, she had something to do later and had no time to eat, so she declined.

Before leaving, shopkeeper Liang Qian warned Wan that she must remember to bring more konjac next time.

Qin Mengshang nodded in agreement.

The next delivery is scheduled for the first day of October.Now the konjac seedlings in the ground have emerged, and by October, the first batch of planted konjacs will begin to bear fruit.If you save good seeds this year, you can plant a second batch next spring.

After leaving Changxing Restaurant, Sun Dawang had to go to the city for shopping, so he made an appointment with Qin Meng Shang to meet at the city gate.

Once the popularity of water bandits passed, there were more and more stalls in the town.The couple who originally sold cold noodles were also there, but business was not very good. It took a long time before someone came over to ask.

Cold noodles and cold skin are hard to sell after summer.Although the couple sold it cheaply, it was cool in the morning, and most of the vendors in the town came from the Xunjiang River where the autumn dew was heavy. Of course they wanted to eat something hot when they went ashore.Compared with cold noodles, wontons and plain noodles are much easier to sell at this time.

Lu Ximing glanced over there and asked, "Sister, didn't you say we wanted to do a new business? What is it for?"

"Well, let's make rice balls."

She had previously thought about selling braised large intestine, but braised food was expensive and troublesome to make.People in the town live in poverty. The prices are too high and no one buys them. The prices are too low and no one can make money.Besides, a butcher only slaughters one pig every day, so it is definitely not possible to specialize in this business.After much thought, it was better to sell rice balls.Rice balls are quick to make and can be sold with other foods.Rice costs ten cents per pound, and one pound of rice can cook about four bowls of rice. The cost alone is lower than braised rice.

Lu Ximing had eaten rice balls once before, which Qin Mengshang made with leftover rice.

Although it doesn't taste as good as the braised pork, it is very filling. You can eat a palm-sized rice ball and work all morning without feeling hungry.What's more, not everyone can afford white rice at this time. Just by hearing the name rice balls, you know it has something to do with rice.

"Sister, when will we start?"

"tomorrow."

She came to town today just to buy ingredients.

The most basic ingredient for making onigiri is rice. If you want to do business, of course you have to be willing to invest capital.Qin Mengshang went to the grain store and bought fifty kilograms of rice in one go.There is no need to worry about waste, the rice can be stored, and besides doing business, you can also eat it at home.

In addition to rice, the standard ingredients for rice balls are puff pastry and courgette.We have courgettes at home, but the key is the fried dough sticks, which are actually fried dough sticks.It's not difficult to fry fried dough sticks, but it takes a little oil, but you still have to have what you need.

He gritted his teeth and bought another ten kilograms of oil and twenty kilograms of white flour. The total cost was a small amount of silver.Qin Mengshang felt a little pain in his body, but only by investing in business can he earn income.

　It’s autumn, let’s change our business
　　
　
(End of this chapter)