Chapter 33: Sugar Gourd Encounters Crisis
After thanking this person, Liuli inquired and went to Shunfangzhai.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a lot of people surrounding, squeezing in to take a look, there was a grass tie exactly like hers at the door, full of rock sugar gourds, which were being held high by a guy, and the other kept talking, saying that the rock sugar gourd she made was slipping smoothly.
"'The red drops in the mountains are round, and the round gourds are even sweet. Rock sugar gourd two pennies, eat to cure diseases and satisfy cravings. Shunfangzhai's latest snack - rock sugar gourd, a penny a string, come and try it, Shunfangzhai's latest snack rock sugar gourd ......"
"Huh? I remember if this rock sugar gourd was sold by a little girl in Dawan Village in the past? Why is Shunfangzhai also available today, isn't she here to sell? Ruri heard someone among the diners raise her voice and ask.
"This is our Shunfangzhai shopkeeper spent a month, the latest developed snacks, and it has nothing to do with others." Dude said.
"It's really the beginning of Dawan Village", another person also said, "I also bought Song Xiaoniang's rock sugar gourd a few years ago, isn't it the recipe you asked people to find?" ”
Huo Ji was not very happy when he heard this: "Why does this rock sugar gourd only need her to make it, and no one else is allowed to make it?" I made my own recipe and sold it, isn't it good for you to eat it? ”
"But......" The man wanted to refute something, and felt that what the man said was right.
"Dare to ask, objectively speaking, what is the price of the rock sugar gourd sold by the little lady Song?" The guy asked rhetorically.
"Two pennies a string."
"How many in a string?"
"No more, no less, exactly five."
"Our Shunfangzhai's rock sugar gourd is a penny a string, and there are six in a string, and everyone buys which one they eat well." The guy was proud: "The big guy said that this is not the reason?" ”
"Nature."
"That's right."
"Bring me a string."
"I want two strings of ...... too"
Everyone seemed to be persuaded by the guys, and they all raised their voices to buy it. Originally, as a guest, who bought someone's things cheaply, and who cares who invented this thing first?
However, Shunfangzhai's appearance really damaged the interests of Liuli.
A penny is a string, and each string has one more hawthorn than her, which is obviously suppressing Liuli.
This guy said that it was not about Liuli, but it was clear how Liuli's rock sugar gourd was and how to sell it, including the grass tie in his hand and the songs he sang on his mouth, but they were all created by Liuli.
In this era, there are no patents, and her promotional signs and advertising words are used by others, and there is no reason to make sense.
This Shunfangzhai family has a big business, how could she be shaken by a weak woman who sets up a stall?
Liuli endured the theory and didn't come forward, silently withdrew from the crowd, and even bought more oranges to go back.
The sugar gourd method is not complicated, and it is not impossible for those who want to study it.
Today is Shun Fang Zhai to do it, maybe tomorrow there will be another family to make it, the price war can not compete with them, fortunately, there are still canned oranges to sell.
It's just that there is no glass sealing in this era, and canned food is not good for long-term storage.
Moreover, with so many hawthorns hoarded in their own cellars, they can't let them rot there?
On the tenth day of the first month of February, I made some rock sugar gourds and took them to the Houpo Village Market with a piece of canned oranges.
It's just that the Shunfangzhai rock sugar gourd business is doing so well, and Liuli wants to sell rock sugar gourds by herself, and it will not be as popular as before.
Sure enough, there are many people who ask the price, and when they hear that it is a string of two pennies, they will sell a penny in the town of Shunfangzhai, and ask her if she is willing to reduce the price, Liuli is unwilling, her family has a small business, but she can't afford to fight a price war with Shunfangzhai, and the guests will leave as soon as they hear it.
However, this canned orange sells well, Liuli usually found a small bowl to come out for tasting, and many people who came to the rock sugar gourd finally bought canned oranges.
In the middle of the afternoon, the Sun family and his wife came, these two are old customers, Zhang Cui came to make trouble last time, and he also said that he was defending Liuli.
The lady of the Sun family tasted the canned oranges, and she also felt that it was delicious, so she asked Liuli to wrap two servings, glanced at the rock sugar gourd on the grass on the side, and said tentatively: "Erniang still sells this rock sugar gourd?" ”
"Yes, as before, two pennies a string." Liuli said while packing canned oranges.
This canned orange soup soup water, not as good as the rock sugar gourd, the glass is specially made of a batch of small clay jars, if it is packed and taken away, it will be more than others to pay 2 yuan more than the jar money, of course, if you can return the jar intact in the next set, 2 yuan will also be returned.
The lady of the Sun family wanted to speak and stopped, Liuli saw her hesitation, and took the initiative to speak: "I also saw it when I went to the town that day, and the rock sugar gourd of Shunfangzhai is cheaper than mine." ”
Brother Sun was puzzled: "Since Erniang knows, why hasn't the price been reduced?" ”
Liuli handed the two canned food to the Sun family and his wife, and said with a smile: "To make this rock sugar gourd, hawthorn picking, starch sugar, and bamboo skewers all need capital. That Shunfangzhai family has a big business, and it can't be compared with a small business like mine. ”
"In this way, Shun Fangzhai is also doing a loss-making business now?"
"I don't know, maybe they have other ways to save costs." Liuli Road.
In fact, Shunfangzhai sells a bunch of money, and it really doesn't make money, the purpose is to grab the market of this rock sugar gourd from Liuli's hands.
Shun Fang Zhai was originally a pastry and food business, and accidentally learned that Liuli's rock sugar gourd was very popular, so he thought about it, bought a lot of it back for his own chef to study, and didn't want to really study the method, so he also unceremoniously copied Liuli's propaganda method and began to sell rock sugar gourds.
And it was very shameless, seeing that Liuli was weak, he wanted to squeeze her down through the price and monopolize this business.
"This Shun Fangzhai is too shameless, imitating other people's food, and suppressing others with prices." Brother Sun is not stupid, and when he figured out the trick, he scolded without scruples.
"Stop talking, don't let anyone else listen." The lady of the Sun family hurriedly scolded her man.
"How? Don't call anyone to say it yet? "Brother Sun is very jealous and hateful.
The lady of the Sun family lowered her voice and said, "Do you know who this Shunfangzhai owner is?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Liuli also listened carefully, only to hear the lady of the Sun family continue: "It is Mrs. Ru of the county master, Tian's Jiaoxiang." ”
Such as Mrs., that is, the concubine room, but it is more noble than the ordinary concubine room, and she deserves to be called "Mrs."
This Tian Jiaoxiang is the concubine of the county lord, and she gave birth to a son and a daughter for the county lord, and Shunfangzhai is her industry.