Two pairs of earrings, plus the repair fee, a total of five hundred Wen, nearly a jar of shrimp paste income is gone, Jiang Wanbai checked the fluttering jewelry in his hand, and sighed helplessly, still too poor.

Out of the jewelry store, Jiang Wanbai decided to go to see how Tian Lao Er and Wang's shrimp paste were selling. After crossing two streets and coming to the gate of the market, she was just about to go inside, when she heard someone next to her calling her, "Mother, you are here, we are about to look for you!" ”

Jiang Wanbai turned around, only to see Tian Lao Er pushing the wheelbarrow to stand there, and there was a man from the Wang family standing next to him, the man was about forty years old, wearing a brown straight dress, his figure was a little thin, his eyes were bright, and he was a shrewd person at first glance.

At this time, these three people had already come to Jiang Wanbai, and the strange man took the lead in giving a salute and said, "This is the old lady, I am the shopkeeper of the North and South grocery stores, my surname is Zheng, you can call me the shopkeeper Zheng." I'm here today because I want to discuss something with you, and I don't know if it's convenient for you. ”

"It turns out that Shopkeeper Zheng, I'm fine now, you can tell me anything." Jiang Wanbai responded while guessing the intention of this shopkeeper Zheng.

Shopkeeper Zheng was overjoyed, looked at the side, and found that there was a small restaurant next to it, so he pointed to the restaurant and said, "It's too chaotic on this street, why don't we go inside and talk?" ”

Jiang Wanbai naturally had no opinion, so she took Tian Lao Er and Zhang's family, and followed the shopkeeper Zheng into the restaurant next to him.

As soon as the four of them entered the restaurant, the guy from the restaurant immediately greeted them, "How many people, what do you want to eat?" ”

"What do you have here?" Shopkeeper Zheng asked Jiang Wanbai and them all to sit down, and then asked. His posture is about to be east at a glance.

"We mainly sell mutton here, mutton soup, haggis soup, flatbread, mutton buns, dumplings, and small cold dishes." As soon as the guy saw the shopkeeper Zheng's dress, he knew that he must be a big customer, so he took care of him very diligently.

Shopkeeper Zheng frowned, this mutton has a mutton smell, which is not everyone's habit of eating, "It actually sells mutton to eat." After speaking, he asked Jiang Wanbai and them, "Are you used to eating mutton?" If we can't get used to it, we'll change it. ”

Jiang Wanbai's eyes lit up when she heard that so much mutton was eaten, and she quickly nodded, "The habit of eating." After speaking, she asked Tian Lao Er and Wang, "What about you?" ”

Tian Lao Er nodded hurriedly, "We also have the habit of eating." ”

Shopkeeper Zheng smiled at this time, "Whatever you want to eat, you can order it, I have a treat today." ”

"That's embarrassing." Jiang Wanbai said politely.

"You're welcome, I'll have a few more to rely on in a moment. But even if it's okay, we can sit here together, it's fate, isn't it worth a meal? What's more, this meal is not a delicacy of the mountains and seas. ”

The shopkeeper Zheng spoke very comfortably, and he was a sociable person at first glance.

Jiang Wanbai didn't agree immediately, as the saying goes, if she can't agree to it for a while, wouldn't it be embarrassing, so she said: "You just said that there was something, and I haven't figured out what the hell is going on, so it's better for us to finish talking and then eat." ”

Shopkeeper Zheng also knew what Jiang Wanbai meant, so he asked the guy to serve a pot of tea, and then he glanced at Jiang Wanbai and them, and said, "Have you heard of our North and South grocery stores?" ”

Jiang Wanbai really didn't have any concept of this north-south grocery store, so she looked at Tian Laoer, who immediately took over the conversation and said to the shopkeeper Zheng: "Who doesn't know the north-south grocery store, the largest grocery store in our town, the things in it are complete and cheap." Oh, and there's a lot of new stuff out there! ”

Shopkeeper Zheng smiled, "Everyone loves it, but I don't dare to say anything else in our grocery store, this goods, I dare to guarantee, only what you can't say, nothing we don't have." North, south, north, south, from south to north, all goods are in the store. ”

Shopkeeper Zheng said this very angrily, and then changed his words, "However, recently there is something that we don't have in our grocery store, do you know what it is?" ”

Having said this, Jiang Wanbai still didn't understand what he meant, "Zizhi sauce?" ”

"That's right, it's Zizhi sauce. In the past two days, from time to time, some guests have asked us if we have Zizhi sauce, and said that if we don't have it, what is it called a 'north and south' grocery store, or simply a 'incomplete' grocery store.

We've never been called so short in the grocery store, so why don't I hurry up and find a few?

A few people, help, can you sell me some Zizhi sauce, this price, we can discuss. Shopkeeper Zheng clenched his fists and pleaded.

Tian Lao Er and the Wang family both looked at Jiang Wanbai, this kind of thing has to be decided by Jiang Wanbai.

Jiang Wanbai frowned and thought for a while, and didn't say okay, nor did she say no, but asked a seemingly unrelated question, "Shopkeeper Zheng, you said that your grocery store has groceries in the north and south, but even the grocery stores in the capital may not dare to say so, our town is still some distance from the capital, you ......"

Shopkeeper Zheng laughed, looking like he had been scratched, "Old lady, you are on the point."

Our grocery store is the same as the grocery store in the capital, and the goods are the same, because our grocery store in the north and south is not one at all, but thirty or forty large and small, all over the north and south of the Li Dynasty. After speaking, he waited to see Jiang Wanbai's surprised expression, thirty or forty families, although they didn't dare to compare with the government, but in the Li Dynasty, it was also the only one.

It turned out to be an interlocking operation, which is already a bit of a supermarket in later generations, Jiang Wanbai was a little surprised, but it was not as surprised as the shopkeeper Zheng thought, this kind of scale is not enough to see in modern times.

After being surprised, she was overjoyed, she sold shrimp paste, the most troublesome thing was the problem of the sales network, if she could catch up with this north and south grocery store......

Jiang Wanbai fell into deep thought, which made Shopkeeper Zheng a little confused about what she meant, she was too surprised, or didn't understand what he meant at all, "Old lady? ”

Jiang Wanbai came back to her senses, "Yes, my Zizhi sauce can be sold to you, but I have two conditions." ”

"What conditions." Shopkeeper Zheng sat upright and made a posture of negotiation.

"I sold some of my Zizhi sauce to the shopkeeper of Man Xiang, and I also promised him that during the year before the year, I would not sell more than one jar of Zizhi sauce in each market. So, if I sell you these purple mushroom sauces, I also hope that you can fulfill this promise for me. ”

Tian Liangdong has a great favor to Jiang Wanbai, Jiang Wanbai promised him, and he will definitely do it.

Shopkeeper Zheng frowned and did not speak.

"The Zizhi sauce at home is actually only enough to sell like this, but in fact, Shopkeeper Zheng doesn't suffer at all in doing so. Shopkeeper Zheng can sell 20 copies a day, so everyone will definitely rush to buy it, and it will not be a guest when the time comes.

And the people who buy Zizhi sauce are naturally happy, and those who can't buy it go to go, maybe they will buy something else by the way, among them, it depends on the ability of the shopkeeper Zheng. Jiang Wanbai said meaningfully.

Shopkeeper Zheng is also a smart person, he immediately thought of a lot, patted the table, and he exclaimed: "What a way!" By the way, what is the other one? ”

"The Zizhi sauce I sell has to be packed in a jar unique to my Tian family." In this way, no matter where this Zizhi sauce is sold, everyone will remember the brand Tian Ji, this is Jiang Wanbai's bottom line, if he doesn't agree to this, the rest will not be discussed.

The north and south grocery stores behind Zheng's shopkeeper were similar to Jiang Wanbai's requirements, so he naturally understood the importance of the font size, and after thinking for a while, he said, "How many Zizhi sauce do you have now?"

If it's just for me, I'll be able to make your go-to request, but if I ......, I'll probably have to ask our boss. ”

When a grocery store finds something more novel, it will generally inspect itself, such as whether it is easy to store, whether it is easy to transport, how many people to buy, etc., to see whether it is suitable for sale in other places.

If it suits, it will be sold in all stores, and if it is not suitable, it will be sold locally. Of course, there's a lot more at stake.

"As I said, this year's one is only enough for you to sell twenty cans a day, and as for next year, we won't be in a hurry to talk about it next year." Jiang Wanbai still wants to meet the owner of this grocery store, but it is not yet time, her shrimp paste needs to be recognized by more people, so she has the capital to negotiate with the owner of the grocery store.

And to do this, it is undoubtedly a good way to hand over the shrimp paste to the shopkeeper Zheng for sale.

"Okay, I promised." Shopkeeper Zheng really can't refuse, with this Zizhi sauce, if it works well, he can earn at least thirty percent more money every month, so that when the year closes the account, he can also get a few rewards.

Perhaps, as soon as the boss is happy, he can also promote him to a wealthy place as a shopkeeper, so that he ...... The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't wait, and he asked Jiang Wanbai: "When will you pick up the goods?" ”

"You can pick up a batch of goods tomorrow, and as for the rest, it may take a few days." Jiang Wanbai said, there is shrimp paste now, but there are only dozens of jars for shrimp paste, so she has to hurry up and order it.

"It's going to take a few days!" Shopkeeper Zheng was a little disappointed.

"Anyway, it's a duck in your hand sooner or later, what's the urgency of Shopkeeper Zheng?" Jiang Wanbai made a joke.

Shopkeeper Zheng laughed, "What's the hurry, it's not money to make trouble." ”

When he said this, Jiang Wanbai and the others also laughed, this sentence is true, if it weren't for money, who would care about this.

The shopkeeper Zheng was afraid that something would happen again, so he borrowed a pen and paper from the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and began to write the agreement.

"These five taels are considered a deposit, and tomorrow I will send someone to your house to pull the first batch of Zizhi sauce." Shopkeeper Zheng said and handed a piece of silver to Jiang Wanbai.

Jiang Wanbai was not polite, she put away the silver and the agreement, the shrimp paste she sold to the shopkeeper Zheng was twenty-eight yuan a can, if all the shrimp paste in the family was sold, it would be a considerable amount of money.

After the business was negotiated, everyone began to eat, and now, Jiang Wanbai was not so polite, and asked for two mutton buns and a bowl of mutton soup.

She ordered, others also began to order, Tian Lao Er asked for a mutton dumpling, Wang asked for mutton soup and flatbread like Zheng shopkeeper, and finally, Zheng shopkeeper asked for a few plates of side dishes.

After a while, the steaming mutton soup was served. The soup in this store is very real, a small half bowl of square-cut mutton, a large bowl of fragrant white soup, plus the taste of shallots and coriander, the mouth of the hook has to stay.

The soup is good, the buns are good, the white buns are full of soup when you bite into them, and the mutton flavor is mixed with the fragrance of wheat, which makes people can't stop mouthful.

After a while, the two buns all entered Jiang Wanbai's stomach, and the shopkeeper Zheng took a look at it and asked for another twenty buns, saying that Jiang Wanbai likes to eat, so this bun can be eaten casually, and she will take the rest back and keep it for the evening.

Jiang Wanbai was a little embarrassed, in fact, now she was very full, so she excused herself, but she couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the shopkeeper Zheng, so she could only accept it.

When everyone had eaten well and sat there drinking tea and eating, Jiang Wanbai finally asked what she was most concerned about, "Shopkeeper Zheng, you are well-informed, do you know where there is a sea near us, otherwise, the big river will also do." ”

The shrimp paste has a market, and Jiang Wanbai urgently needs a large amount of shrimp.

"The sea, the river?"

"Hmm."

Shopkeeper Zheng thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I've heard someone say that six hundred miles east from the capital, there seems to be a sea, what's the matter, where are you going?" ”

There really is, six hundred miles, this distance seems to be a bit far, Jiang Wanbai thought in her heart, and said what she had prepared a long time ago, "I have a distant relative, I haven't been in touch for many years, so I have forgotten where he lives, but I remember that he once said that he lived in a big river, or on the edge of the sea, so I asked." ”

"It turns out that this is the case, but after so many years, so far away, and there is no specific address, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find it!" Steward Zheng sighed.

"I also suddenly remembered this relative two days ago, so I asked casually, I really want to go, I don't know the place well, how easy is it." Jiang Wanbai's face was melancholy, she was worried about her shrimp paste plan.

Steward Zheng thought that Jiang Wanbai was really sad for that relative, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Otherwise, I will help you ask next time to see if my friend has any acquaintances over there." ”

"If you can, then of course it's good, it's just a little too troublesome for Shopkeeper Zheng."

"Don't bother, say a word."

The matter was finalized, the four of them drank tea for a while, and the shopkeeper Zheng left, while Jiang Wanbai took Tian Lao Er and Wang out and went straight to the market, she felt that it was too necessary to buy a cow.