Liu Sanniang is a spoiled child, just thought about it for a while and picked up the two of them in the carriage, and the group went to the village where Gan Mingli collected vegetables, this village is five miles away from Maple Village, not particularly far, and there are many people in it who are connected with Maple Village, the lotus root to be dug today is by the river, and their village has a lotus belt more than two miles long along the river, so it is called Lotus Village.

Although it is the season of late autumn and early winter, the people who want to go down to the river to touch the lotus root are only wearing thin clothes, and the sun is still good today, the sun is shining warmly, and it is not so cold if you move again. In addition to Liu Sanniang by the river, there are people from other places who know that Lotus Village is digging lotus root today and came to buy lotus root.

Liu Sanniang first wanted to see if the lotus root was good, and now she didn't say it, and asked the person who served the vegetables before asking how to collect the lotus, this river lotus root is the communist product of the village. Liu Sanniang asked her to find Li Zheng and say that she wanted a lot.

Li Zheng knew that the Gan family was collecting vegetables in the village, Liu Sanniang said that he wanted to buy lotus root, he smiled and said that it was good, Liu Sanniang looked at him and smiled, "There is a real price." ”

"It's not expensive to sell lotus root in our village, but if you pull it to the city, you can immediately sell it for an extra four or five wen a pound at this price." Li Zheng said, "If you want more, I can give you more than 100 catties, but there is one thing I want you to promise me first." ”

"It's not a difficult thing, you see that you have collected vegetables in our village for a while, and you are still satisfied with the quality and price of this dish." Rizheng said. "The people in the village originally only opened enough vegetable soil for their own family to eat, but next year they want to open one or two more vegetable soils, and there must be a place to ask for these kinds of vegetables."

Liu Sanniang said, "The two villages are so close, why did you come to your village to collect vegetables, I want to come to Lizheng and know, I can't wait to buy from you, but after all, my family is from Maple Village, and I can't collect the vegetables in my own village, I don't know how much you can get out of this variety, I'm afraid I won't have such a stomach to eat." ”

"When your eldest man came to the village to buy, he said that the vegetables grown in our village are different from those grown in your village, and we will still grow these vegetables next year, and we will not clash with your village." Rizheng said. "It's hard to dig food in this field, and you can get a penny."

"You think so much about the name of the village, the people of Lotus Village are really blessed." Liu Sanniang said. "I can't promise you anything now, I still have to go back and discuss this matter with the owner, but I can guarantee that the Gan family will not cut off the purchase in Lotus Village, more or less, always come to buy some."

Rizheng said yes.

When Liu Sanniang and Li Zheng were talking, Gan Mingli took Gan 11 and 12 to the river to see people digging lotus roots, there were still many people watching the excitement on the riverside, there were only some residual lotus branches on the river, Gan Xiaotang raised his eyes and couldn't see the edge, "There are so many lotuses, how beautiful it should be in summer." ”

"yes. I haven't seen it yet. Gan Mingli said, "I will bring you here to see the lotus flowers this time next year." ”

"Third brother, is this river the same as the river in our village?" Gan Xiaotang asked why there were no lotus flowers by the river in their village.

"This river is not the same river as yours." Someone next to him laughed and said, "The upstream is the same, and the flow direction is also different." ”

"Besides, the lotus flowers in our village are lotus seeds scattered by earlier generations, and they have spread so much year after year, but they are not brought from the river."

Gan Xiaotang pulled Gan Mingli's sleeve and said, "Then the lotus seeds scattered in the river in our village can also have such a long lotus?" ”

"Then when the third brother earns money, the third brother will buy lotus seeds and throw them into the river, and there will be such a long lotus." Gan Mingli said.

When others heard it, they laughed. "The kid is so big, there are lotus flowers by the river in your village, but there are three or two scattered plants, and they can't become the climate, do you know how much seed and how much money is needed to raise such a big lotus? When you have the money to plant such a large lotus flower, the little lady will be a grandmother. ”

"Being a grandmother is also my sister, the third brother will plant it for you slowly, and you can always grow it." Gan Mingli said.

Gan Xiaotang nodded, "I also like to raise one or two plants in the water tank." ”

Newly dug up lotus root, rinse it with water and break it to eat, others think the little lady is cute, break a piece of lotus root to give her to eat, Gan Xiaotang let Gan Mingli break it into three parts, the three of them ate it separately, crispy raw lotus, faint sweetness, and the lotus root silk that is still messy, Gan Xiaotang has eaten a lot of delicious things, and the third brother twelve on the riverside on the side of the river digging lotus root with a smile on the face of the muddy water to eat the lotus, particularly impressive, every early winter when the new lotus root has to be taken out to talk about it.

Liu Sanniang finally ordered two hundred catties of lotus root, she first pulled fifty catties away, and the rest was divided into three times to get it, Li is selling new lotus root to 12 pounds, Liu Sanniang asked for 200 pounds, less than two is 10 pounds, go back to the car Gan Mingli said, "The city is now selling the new lotus root to sell eighteen, twenty pounds a catty, this in and out, we earn half of it." ”

"Your mother won't agree to sell it for that expensive." Liu Sanniang said, "By the way, tomorrow I want your eldest brother to ask the second uncle, how much does Fucheng lotus root sell for a catty, if it can be sold for twenty-five wen a catty, we will pull it to Fucheng to sell, anyway, the ship is loaded." ”

"That's more profitable." Gan Mingli said.

Zou Xiaoxi came back and asked the purchase price of the lotus root, and gave the money to Liu Sanniang, she fetched water to wash the lotus root, only washing the lotus root that will be sold tomorrow, and the lotus root that is not sold is still wrapped in mud, soaked in a basin of water and then put in a cool place, which can be kept for more than a month.

Gan Mingli was still worried about what Liu Sanniang said, so he went to ask Zou Xiaoxi how much she was going to sell for this lotus root, "Sell it for 16 wen a catty." Zou Xiaoxi said, "Each person can only buy two sections, and you can't buy more." ”

"People even sell 18 wen for mud and water, why do you only sell 16 wen for your clean cleaning?" Gan Mingli didn't understand.

"The lotus root in Lotus Village is dug out, and we are not the only ones who sell it, the price of lotus root in the city will come down tomorrow, we don't need to fight for that one or two articles, but we open our mouths to be the real price, leave an impression on others, and know that we don't play false in business." Zou Xiaoxi wants this lotus root to be attractive, each person is limited to two sections, and if you want to buy more, you can buy it according to 20 wen a catty.

Gan Mingli didn't understand, he went to tell the eldest brother, but the eldest brother said that his mother was right, that is, the difference in price that he understood could make people understand that the Ganjia vegetable shop was preferential, and when this idea was aggravated day after day, he would never go elsewhere to buy vegetables.

"Then big brother, how much does it cost you to give lotus root to your customers?" Gan Mingli asked. After Gamboli sent half a month's dishes to the Zhou family, Steward Guo finally relented and gave him an order, as well as the old lady's house at the beginning, he was carefully matched with others, at the beginning with five kinds of vegetables, two kinds of fish, one pound of lean pork and beef, and then there were eggs that could not be beaten, and then he figured out the preferences of the old lady's family, so he changed it to three kinds of less and fine vegetables, only one kind of fish was sent each time, but it was enough to be two catties, the porter said that they did not pay attention to the dishes when eating, salty and some oily underwater rice and hungry, so add two kinds of pickles, a pound of pork belly, Eggs are not sent every day, and the eggs are sent for ten days at a time, and then ask for the remaining number of eggs when they are delivered on the eighth day, and adjust the number of eggs sent next time.

The old lady was very satisfied with his food, not to mention the daily money, and occasionally when she went to deliver food, she would give some snacks to Gamble to eat, and also introduced him to business.

Because of the old lady's recommendation, the two nearby families also ordered dishes in his place, and the two families asked for more, Gambori went to Fucheng every morning to send meat, and when he came back, he sent the dishes of these four families, and the vegetables and meat added up to a hundred catties, and he basically knew tomorrow's dishes when he delivered the dishes, and then went to prepare the dishes in the afternoon, and the day was also full.

"I'm counting eighteen cents a pound." Gambury said. "Zhou Yuan's foreign family counts as twenty wen a catty." Zhou Yuanwai still has to calculate the oil and water for Steward Guo, and twenty wen a pound is also the market price, he is not expensive, the vegetables and meat for the Zhou family are carefully selected, neat and large, and he is not sorry to sell more.

I think that when Steward Guo refused to respond, he also invited the handyman of the Zhou family to eat braised vegetables, and the handyman went to the kitchen to inquire for him, saying that the kitchen people were very satisfied with the dishes he sent, and asked Steward Guo to replace all the dishes you sent on the first day.