Chapter 54: Settle down in the salt shop
Although he pondered about his grandmother's abnormality in his heart, Tian Tian still smiled and nodded: "Okay, then which side shall we go to first?" ”
"Let's go to Dexing Street first, it just so happens that your cousin-in-law's shop is over there, and your aunt asked me to bring them some home-made pickles, saying that I brought them here last time, and your cousin-in-law loves to eat them." I was afraid that it would delay time after a while, so I went to insurance first. ”
Tian Tian glanced at the package in Li's hand, no wonder he saw Li in and out of the kitchen early in the morning, daring to bring pickles to his in-laws, but ...... Then the An family can be regarded as a wealthy family in this Qingyuan Town, will they look down on the pickles brought out of this poor village?
Tian Tian is really skeptical about this, maybe people are just talking about superficial glamorous words, and when you send things over, it is not necessary to turn your head and throw them away, you know, this pickle is a must-have on the Tian family's breakfast table.
Following Li Shi slowly walking on Dexing Street, Tian Tian looked east and west, his eyes kept rolling and thinking, and Li looked at her excited appearance, and only when she was a child, it was rare to come to the town to be so happy, but I didn't know that Tian Tian had been making up his mind in his heart, if the bean sprouts were to be made out in the future, where would they be sold, and ...... If you come to the town to sell it, you will inevitably have to rush to the morning market.
Not to mention whether the business will be good in the future, and then develop to the point that it can be sold every day, just the morning market, it is more difficult to toss, after all, it will take nearly an hour to rush from home to the county, so how early do you have to get up?
Tian Tian's eyes rolled, and his heart said that he could make up his mind from Anjia!
So, her mind flew to Anjiapu all of a sudden, and she didn't look east and west, but restrained her mind and followed Li's together, seeing that her granddaughter was no longer interested in the small traders around, Li took her and Mu Qinghan straight to Anjiapu.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a long dragon appeared in front of Tian Tian's eyes, saying that it was a long dragon, but it was true, looking at it from Tian Tian's side, it was almost impossible to see the end, if it weren't for the big shop from a distance, and the hot stamping plaque printed with the four big characters of Anjia Salt Shop, Tian Tian would not know that these people in line were all people from the surrounding villages, taking advantage of the market to buy salt.
"...... Is this Anjia's salt selling so well? ”
"Isn't it? There is such a Qingyuan town for hundreds of miles around, and there are so many villages of all sizes around it, no matter how poor every family is, they have to eat salt, can their business be bad? ”
"But is this the only one in this town who sells salt?"
"Of course not, but their family is the largest after all, and there will never be a shortage of catties or two, the most important thing is that they often hold activities, look at the poor family, will give more salt, this shop has started from the ancestors, the years have passed, and the reputation is better than other small shops, so, like when rushing to the market, there are more people queuing up to buy salt."
Tian Tian nodded as if she didn't understand, she couldn't help but doubt, in fact, the salt merchants in this town may all be Anjia's branches, saying that they are branches, maybe it is a commercial means, on the surface, Anjia's salt is the best, and the price is affordable and fair, other people's salt is not as good as theirs, plus it is a time-honored brand, this comparison gap will naturally come out, if other shops are really not gunmen, the bosses of other houses can be willing to see Anjia's business booming like this?
"I'm really sorry folks, there has been a problem with the cargo ship recently, this salt has always been in short supply, and this is sold out again......"
Tian Tian was wondering in his heart whether this An family was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and there was a sound full of anger from the end of the long dragon, listening to the other party's voice, about forty or fifty years old, Tian Tian followed Li and walked up quickly, only then did he see this person clearly, the clothes on his body were made of fine silk, and the two mustaches on the side of his mouth were very similar to the type of people who played in TV as housekeepers or bookkeepers.
"I said Steward Liu, look at this matter, the big guys have been waiting here for a long time, and there is really no salt in this warehouse?"
Well, sure enough, it's the housekeeper!
However, Tian Tian seemed to see a hint of cunning in Steward Liu's eyes? More and more, she felt that her suspicions could be valid.
"It's true, but if you wait for another three or five days at most, this cargo ship should arrive, and then there will be truckloads of salt delivered, everyone rest assured."
"Alas...... Then we can only go to another store to buy some first. ”
"I'm really sorry for everyone, those villagers before, we only sold them according to the amount, but I was afraid that the villagers behind would not be able to buy it, but this is not enough or not enough......"
After that, Steward Liu also wiped the sweat on his forehead, Tian Tian was far away, he just pouted, and he didn't know if it was real sweat or fake sweat, this kind of person who was a housekeeper in a big family, which one was not a top person? Fine!
Seeing that everyone gradually dispersed, they went to other shops to buy salt, and the price of salt in those shops seemed to be a little higher than that of the An family, Tian Tian had paid attention to these along the way, and she couldn't help but feel that this was a way for the An family to make money.
Look at Steward Liu with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she feels even more, this kind of surface shortage is actually a trick to take the opportunity to let peers raise the price and sell the goods, it is not difficult to see, but the reputation of this Anjia salt shop, that is leveraged, who would doubt it?
Tian Tian turned her head to see the salt shop of a few ordinary people standing not far away, her eyes were full of sympathy, and when she retracted her gaze, she inadvertently saw Mu Qinghan's tightly knit brow, and couldn't help touching him with her elbow, and then asked, "What do you think?" Sad. ”
Li didn't notice the abnormality of the two of them, but walked towards Steward Liu while the people were scattered, and Mu Qinghan whispered in Tian Tian's ear: "This is an family...... It is impossible to run out of salt. ”
"Oh? Why? ”
Tian Tian's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became interested, it seems that he is not the only one who thinks so?
"At first glance, this Anjia salt shop is the largest salt shop in the town, if they don't have any salt to sell, there will be other small shops?"
"Didn't people say it, it's sold out, most of those shops are not doing well, and there are still leftovers."
Tian Tian pretended not to believe it and refuted Mu Qinghan's words, she actually wanted to see if this child who grew up in a businessman's house in the capital, even if he was only nine years old, to see if things were so shrewd and transparent.
"If the business is not good, why don't the An family take advantage of their lack of salt to collect their salt? Then sell it yourself, I believe that no boss will refuse the opportunity to sell all the private salt, and the salt is sold out in order to settle down, and then raise a few pennies to earn this little profit, whether it is a small profit or good luck, how many businessmen will not count? ”
Seeing Tian Tian's eyes squinting slightly, with a smile that seemed to be not smiling, Mu Qinghan thought that she didn't believe it, and then said: "Besides, if the family wants to try their luck, does the family want to try their luck?" Also, didn't you notice that the price of each of their shops is different? With such a price comparison, who doesn't buy the lowest price? And the lowest price is five cents more expensive than the salt in Anjia's shop! ”
"Then why doesn't he directly monopolize it!"
"Monopoly?"
"Well, I mean, why didn't he just take these small shops and make them an industry in the name of the An family, so that everyone wouldn't have to wait in line in one place for so long to buy salt."
"Huh...... If it were you, would you like to go to a big shop where things are good and don't raise the price casually, or would you rather go to a big landlord who has cut off the wealth of other small bosses? ”
Poof, rich man! Mu Qinghan, don't look at you as a scholar, this is not civilized at all when it hurts people, but this is indeed true, this method of killing two birds with one stone is really good, it not only lays a good reputation for Anjia's shop, but also makes such a sum of money from time to time.
At this moment, Tian Tian not only affirmed the thoughts in her heart, but also admired Mu Qinghan's observation, the reason why she doubted the way of hype in the An family was because she had been in modern times for a long time, and seeing this situation, she would inevitably have an extra eye in her heart, and Mu Qinghan was completely determined by his personal analysis and observation, it seemed that ...... This Mu Qinghan's father has worked him, he can already see through these doorways at a young age, if he starts a business in the future, how many people can take advantage of him?
"Now believe it!"
"If you believe it, you are so powerful, you can see so many ways!"
"That's, don't look at who I am!"
Stinky fart kid, praise you and you'll your tail!
Looking at Mu Qinghan's smug appearance, Tian Tian also laughed, and the two of them walked behind Li while laughing, just when they heard Li say hello to Steward Liu: "Steward Liu, can you please tell your boss, will I bring something to them?" ”
"Yo! This is the mother's wife, please come in......"
Tian Tian almost burst out laughing when she heard this greeting, she couldn't help but see her embarrassment, so she lowered her head slightly, followed behind the Li family, and Steward Yu Liu turned into a door and entered the backstage of An's shop.
After walking through a long corridor, a few doors appeared in his sight, Steward Liu pushed one open, and ordered someone to bring tea, and then said to Li with a smile: "Mrs. Mother, wait a minute, I'll go and call the master over." ”
"I'm tired of Steward Liu."
Tian Tian opened the package in Mu Qinghan's hand, picked two sesame cakes and drank water while eating, tossing along the way, she was thirsty and hungry, because she was excited in the morning, she drank half a bowl of porridge, and got motion sickness, and now her stomach is already hungry.
As soon as he drank the water and swallowed the food in his mouth, the light in front of him dimmed, Tian Tian raised his eyes and saw that it was a young man, wearing a white satin robe hanging on his thin and tall figure, the close-fitting cut and good workmanship made him look more mentally handsome, of course, if he didn't have that smile on his face that he thought he was perfect, but was actually pretending and forced, Tian Tian would feel that this person's first impression on her was very good.
The person who came stood at the door for a while, and then put away the folding fan in his hand, Tian Tian saw it, and secretly stuck out his tongue, okay, there is another essential item for the second ancestor, the folding fan!
After the other party put the folding fan on his waist and inserted it, he stepped forward and walked towards Tian Tian with a smile, his foothold was between the Li family and Tian Tian, and Tian Tian did not shy away from looking at him so straightly, wanting to see what this thing wanted to do?
I saw him turn left at a forty-five-degree angle, immediately faced the Li family, and then bent over and called very politely: "Just now I saw Steward Liu hurriedly running to my father's study, I guessed if it was a distinguished guest, come and see, it turned out to be grandma, you are here!" ”