Chapter 40: Selling Tea Eggs
Therefore, the thighs that should be hugged still have to be hugged, and the younger brother is still young, and he will inevitably have to be taken care of by his uncles when he goes to study in the future.
So, the next day, Ning Xueer bought a few baskets of eggs from the system and sent them to her grandfather's house. At this time, the whole family's face improved, and Ning Xueer Mali boiled a few pots of tea eggs and gave them to the neighbors in the old neighborhood, and the neighbors were very happy about this, and they shouted that they would buy and eat them in the future.
After playing the advertisement, Ning Xue'er discussed the pricing with the two uncles again, the price of a raw egg is three cents, plus condiments, firewood money, and a tea egg sells for about eight cents.
Get the price right, and the business is done. But except for the first day, the neighbors came to buy a few eggs and left, and the next few days were bleak, but fortunately, the weather has been cold recently, and the eggs can be put away, but it is not a way to go on like this.
For this reason, Ning Xueer visited several neighbors, and the neighbors were full of praise for the taste of tea eggs, but when it came to the price, everyone was silent.
Ning Xue'er thought about it for a while, and probably knew the reason, it was estimated that the price was set too high, and the neighbors were not happy, after all, it only costs three cents to buy a raw egg, and the boiled egg is the same, and the cost is less. So the neighbors would rather cook their own tea than buy tea eggs. After all, these days, it is not easy for every family to live.
The sales were not smooth, so Ning Xueer had to think of something else. She thought that all the residents living in this alley were permanent residents, and they had pots at home, and starting their own fire not only saved money but also sanitation, not a new thing, who would buy it and eat it?
So, why don't you try it in a different place? Ning Xue'er thought of a place, the dock.
As a water town, Gusu Mansion is very developed in shipping, so the wharf is always crowded with people. Is it feasible to go there and sell tea eggs to traders and tourists from other places?
Ning Xue'er thought about it and decided to give it a try. So, she neatly went to the dock to find Foreman Cai, who liked Ning Xueer very much, and gave her a stall without saying a word, and the rent was halved. It was reduced from 100 wen a day to 50 wen a day.
After negotiating with Foreman Cai, Ning Xueer immediately used a board cart to pull the stove, and the tea and eggs went to the dock and began to set up a stall to do business.
This time, she put the stall in the most prosperous part of the dock, although it was just an inconspicuous small stall, but Ning Xue'er was already very content.
Next to Ning Xue'er's stall is an uncle who sells xiaolongbao, it is said that the uncle has been selling steamed buns here for three years, and the business is very good. After setting up the stall, Ning Xue'er made a fire to heat the tea eggs, and when the tea eggs were slightly hot, Ning Xue'er took one first and gave it to the uncle to try it.
The uncle took a bite and nodded incessantly: "The little girl has good skills." Ning Xue'er's eyebrows were crooked, full of anticipation.
However, an afternoon has passed, and her tea eggs are still unattended, except for when she first came, the old man next to her ate one, and none of the tea eggs in that pot were moved, which made Ning Xue'er very discouraged, could it be that she was really wrong? She shouldn't have come to sell tea eggs, she wasted an afternoon and fifty dollars today.
When the stall was closed at night, Ning Xue'er's face was very bad, and her whole person was wilted, if it weren't for her uncle Zhang Mingxiu to help close the stall, she would probably have thrown away the pot of tea eggs. The old man next to him saw everything in his eyes, he silently put away the stall, and said to Ning Xue'er when he left: "Little girl, it's like this when I first opened, when I first came three years ago, I didn't have any business in the first month, but my old man has a good mentality, gritted his teeth and insisted, isn't it bitter and sweet after a few months, you look at now, I have also accumulated a group of old customers." ”
The old man's words gave Ning Xue'er a little hope, didn't this just start, how could it be that the business was booming and sold until it was out of stock? After all, everyone has never tasted tea eggs, so how can you ask everyone to pay for them?
On the way back, Ning Xue'er sat on the cart thoughtfully. That night, she did not return home, but stayed at her grandfather's house.
The next day, when the sky was bright, Ning Xue'er was resurrected with full blood, got up to make tea eggs, and secretly swore in her heart that she must make word of mouth!
After boiling the tea eggs, Zhang Mingxiu used a board car to send the stove, tea eggs and Ning Xue'er to the dock, unloaded the goods, set up a stall, and Ning Xue'er started to do business.
The old man next door has also arrived, and his first basket of xiaolongbao has been steamed, just waiting for someone to come.
On the dock in the early morning, the cold wind gusted, and people couldn't help but wrap their clothes tightly. Ning Xue'er sat and roasted her hands by the fire, but she didn't feel cold. Idle and bored, she chatted with the old man next to her, it turned out that the old man's son found an errand in the county government, the old man came to his son three years ago, in order to help his son marry a wife and have children to buy a house, he had to work hard, day and night in this dock to sell buns.
The sun gradually crosses the horizon, and the rising sun is like a big fireball, bringing a touch of warmth to the early risers.
"Uncle, how did you sell this bun?"
"Ten cents for four," the old man saw that there were guests, and he didn't care about chatting with Ning Xue'er, so he hurriedly put on a smiling face to greet the guests.
"So expensive? Shall I go to another place? As soon as he heard the price, the customer was scared away.
Uncle didn't pay attention to it, only smiled. Ning Xue'er next to her had an eye, she swept over the street and found that most of the food on this street was sold, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, wontons, baked cakes, noodles............... It's like having what you want to eat.
Suddenly, Ning Xue'er's heart chuckled, in fact, the business on the dock is not easy to do, after all, there are many vendors and a lot of food, so it is not easy to survive, especially for a newcomer like her, it is even more difficult.
After all, the old man still has old customers, but she doesn't have a single customer. Thinking of this, Ning Xue'er's heart was half cold again, and at this time, the system suddenly spoke, "Don't be afraid, host, I have super advanced marketing methods here for your reference." ”
Every time she heard this soft and sweet voice, Ning Xue'er's heart began to tremble, she didn't think that the system was a kind person, it just wanted to cheat the points!
"Hey, it's not right for you to think so, host, I'm also solving problems for you in time, don't worry, as soon as I make a move, I will ensure that the effect is good!" The system did not give up and continued to tempt Ning Xue'er.
Ning Xue'er hesitated for a long time, she was fighting in her heart, to agree or not to agree?
For this kind of cautious and hesitant host, the system was really speechless, and it gritted its teeth and said: "Don't worry, we won't charge points if there is no effect." ”
"Then try it!" System:...................
Then, after deducting 100 points, the system displayed a story on the electronic display.
Here's the story: When Pepsi first entered the market in the United States, sales were not ideal. Because Coca-Cola was in full swing at that time, occupying an absolute advantage, the public was used to drinking Coca-Cola, while Pepsi was unpopular. In such a situation, the CEO of Pepsi made a decision, he issued an announcement to tell the public that as long as everyone buys a bottle of Coca-Cola, they will give a bottle of Pepsi. As soon as this news came out, the whole city was boiling. And the rival Coca-Cola Company also thinks it's a good thing, after all, buy one get one free, Coca-Cola's sales will also go up. After the event lasted for a month, Pepsi announced the cancellation of the event, and by this time Pepsi had been accepted by the public and gradually occupied the market.
After reading this story, Ning Xue'er pondered for a long time, did she want to hand her opponent a ladder like Pepsi?
So, Ning Xue'er discussed with the old man next to her, and she prepared to give a tea egg to the guests to buy buns. When the old man heard this, he was so frightened that he panicked, he thought that the little girl was stupid, and if she couldn't sell it, she would already lose money, and now she would be even more at a loss if she wanted to give it away.
Ning Xue'er smiled and said generously: "Since it can't be sold, it's better to give it to someone else to taste." ”
The old man saw that the little girl insisted on sending it, so he could only nod and agree. Because of buying buns and sending eggs, the old man's business is particularly good today, everyone has the psychology of taking advantage, spending the same money, you can get an egg for nothing, who doesn't buy it?
So, there was a long queue in front of the old man's stall, and the long line attracted more people, for this reason, the old man has been busy making steamed buns, and Ning Xueer is busy collecting money, taking steamed buns, and sending tea eggs. The two of them cooperated seamlessly, and they were busy until the evening, when the crowd dispersed before the two closed the stall.
Before leaving, the old man grabbed a handful of copper coins and handed them to Ning Xue'er, but Ning Xue'er didn't shirk and accepted them directly.
This kind of activity lasted for three days, and Ning Xue'er thought that the advertisement was almost done, so she told the old man to stop giving eggs.
The old man also knew that Ning Xue'er was not easy, and in the end, he gave Ning Xue'er some copper plates as a thank you gift.
On the fourth day, when the guests learned that they no longer gave eggs when they bought steamed buns, everyone felt a little disappointed.
For three consecutive days, I ate steamed buns and eggs every day, and suddenly there were fewer eggs, which seemed to be a little unaccustomed, so some guests went to Ning Xueer to buy tea eggs after buying steamed buns. In this way, relying on the egg giving activity, Ning Xueer brought in a group of customers. Since then, other people have come to buy tea eggs one after another, and this business has been done day by day.
After more than ten days in a row, the source of customers stabilized, Ning Xueer discussed it with her uncle Zhang Mingxiu, and she decided to let her uncle go to the stall every day, and Ning Xueer only needed to go to her grandfather's house every other day to cook a few pots of tea and eggs.
Although he didn't make much money selling tea eggs, he was a stable livelihood, so Zhang Mingxiu agreed.
In this way, Ning Xue'er's life is much easier, she doesn't have to run to the town every day, and she doesn't have to go out to the stall every day against the cold wind, anyway, she told her uncle that she only needs to give her half a tael of silver every month.
Time is like an arrow, and time is like a shuttle. In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and Ning Xue'er's house has been almost built. The people in the village looked at the three spacious tiled houses, and they were all envious.