Chapter 110: The Little Merchant
The little merchant thought that this shaved ice would be very expensive, but he didn't expect it to be only five taels of silver, and he didn't feel very distressed when he took out five taels.
"Then give me a try?"
Hearing that this small businessman was willing to spend money to try, Xu Jiao instantly smiled like a flower.
She is not short of money, and she likes the satisfaction of being recognized by others every time she creates something.
"Then you come and sit inside." Xu Jiao led him to the inside position and sat down, and went to the backyard to prepare the shaved ice, in fact, he asked the vigorous one or two three inside to work hard to shovel ice for her.
The little businessman watched her go to the backyard to prepare, and pressed the stool under his buttocks.
This stool is so strange, it's still soft, how is it made?
He has been very curious since he was a child, and at that time, the people in the village were honest and farming, so he was curious about the outside world, so he had to follow the merchant out.
The merchant went south and north, and he also saw a lot of things together, and then he was unwilling to be just a small merchant, so he used the channels he knew about the purchase over the years to slowly become bigger.
In fact, it is to sell the specialties here to that side and make a profit in the middle.
It was the first time he had sat on such a stool, it was very novel and very comfortable.
The small businessman couldn't help but think that if he made a batch of such stools and sold them, he thought that those who had assets would be very willing to buy them.
Xu Jiao instructed Dali No. 1 to crush the ice hammer in the backyard, and Dali No. 2 and No. 3 were responsible for chiseling the ice non-stop, chiseling until it was crushed, forming a special taste.
Such a piece of shaved ice, Xu Jiao put it into a high-legged glass bowl, this bowl is also specially made by Ding Rong, and now they are becoming more and more proficient in the manufacture of glass, and recently they are contacting a variety of new and strange shapes, more complex colors and even patterns.
This tall glass bowl is also mixed with some new ideas, the handle of the handshake looks transparent, and when it is illuminated by the light, you can see the bright blue light.
This glittering blue light has been turning into thousands of silk threads, surrounding the bottom of the bowl above, as if there are blue flowers that want to bloom.
Xu Jiao is also full of praise for their creativity, using this kind of tall glass bowl to hold her shaved ice is really suitable and beautiful.
Xu Jiao filled the shaved ice in a bowl and took out the ingredients from the cabinet next to her, syrup.
She opted for lychee-flavored syrup, which is also her favorite flavor.
The lychee-flavored syrup is pink, and it instantly dyes the shaved ice to the same color, which is particularly beautiful.
It's a pity that this guest is a man, and if it was a woman, maybe he wouldn't be willing to eat.
Xu Jiao picked three cute gummy bears and sprinkled them, and added two cloud-shaped marshmallows.
That's fine, too much decoration, but it's not good-looking.
Xu Jiao brought out such a cup of shaved ice and handed it to the guests, and a small spoon was placed on the plate on the table in advance.
The little merchant looked at what he saw in shock, this was another commodity he had never seen before, what was the origin of this shop?
Although he was not a rich man, he did have a wide range of knowledge, and it was indeed surprising that there were several things in a row today that he had never seen before.
"This, just dig and eat it?" The small merchant asked.
Xu Jiao nodded: "Just eat it directly, everything on it is edible, don't worry." ”
The little merchant couldn't believe it, especially the two clouds, which looked like they were made of cotton, and the gummy bears, and he couldn't tell what they were made of.
He gritted his teeth and scooped up a bite of shaved ice to eat first.
The smell of lychee combined with the coolness of the shaved ice instantly amazed his entire mouth, and the little merchant felt that his scalp was numb.
With his first attempt, he bravely reached for the cloud marshmallow.
Sweet, with a faint milky fragrance, and most importantly, this special taste, soft and glutinous, so delicious.
Since it's so delicious, the rest should be good.
He had now completely let go of his suspicions about what was in front of him and took a bite of the gummies.
This one is sweet and sour, and this one is more elastic than the previous one, and he likes it so much.
The little merchant forgot to eat the shaved ice, and soon he ate all the things in front of him.
Maybe the shaved ice was too amazing, and he didn't find the utensils for the shaved ice until now, the tall glass bowl.
What is this again? A bowl made of glass for this bowl of ice?
The little merchant began to reflect on whether he had been away from Zhongxiang for too long, which led to the opening of such a magical shop here, and he did not know until now.
The little merchant paid five taels of silver and was ready to go.
Xu Jiao hurriedly stopped him: "Why don't you buy some salt and go back to eat?" Buy a few catties of third-class salt, haven't you ever eaten it? ”
He smiled bitterly, after so many years of traveling outside the north and south, he still knew the price of salt, and none of the three kinds of salt he could afford.
"Boss, salt may be too expensive, I can't come up with so much money, and my money has to be used to support my wife, children, and the elderly......"
Xu Jiao interrupted him and asked in surprise, "You can't get two hundred dollars?" ”
"What? Two hundred texts? ”
"That's right." Xu Jiao pointed to the third-class salt and said: "This one catty only sells for two hundred Wen, I recommended it to you because you haven't eaten it for so long, do you think I want to kill you?" ”
The small businessman was first surprised, and then a wave of ecstasy surged, after all, he had been away for so many years, and he still had this business sense.
"Boss, do you have a high yield of salt, see if I can cooperate with you and go out to sell."
It's really too profitable, and he can't help it.
Xu Jiao shook her head, it was not that she was unwilling to cooperate with the caravan, but the person in front of her obviously couldn't take out a large amount of money, and what he wanted to earn was definitely the difference in the price of third-class salt.
But from the beginning of salt production, she decided to only make money for snowflake salt and second-class salt, and no matter which country the third-class salt was sold to, the price was not allowed to increase.
"I'm sorry, we have cooperated with caravans before, but I have made a rule that we are not allowed to make money on third-class salt, and wherever third-class salt is sold, it must be at this price."
It's really that the people are too bitter, and the long-term intake of those salts on weekdays is even harmful and toxic to the body. So she won't give in to this matter, and she doesn't want to make concessions.
The little merchant was visibly stunned, and then asked the price of the other two kinds of salt, and then he fell silent.
In the end, he carried two catties of third-class salt and went home, because he had just been hit, he came home in the dust, did not say a word, put the salt on the table, and sat down in silence.
The children are playing outside like crazy, and his wife is at home to keep the house.
Seeing that he was tired and didn't speak, his wife was not in a hurry, it seemed that she had long been used to him like this.
After two quarters of an hour, his wife brought two or three side dishes that she often cooked.
"Eat, eat and wash up and rest, you must be tired this time, I'll ask them to come back tomorrow morning to disturb you when the children come back."
The little merchant raised his head, although he was tired, he still picked up his chopsticks, and every time he came back, his wife would cook these dishes for him to eat, and after each meal, he could feel much more at ease, and he would not think about those unhappy things.