Hearing Zhao Zhuo's ridiculous words, Zhao's mother relieved her heart and knew that Zhao Zhuo had indeed not encountered anything.

Then, Mother Zhao asked curiously:

"Then why are you getting up so early?"

Zhao Zhuo replied:

"Inspect the market."

Hearing the words of inspecting the market, Zhao's mother was completely relieved.

"That's fine, if there is anything to do, you must tell your family in time, don't hide it and don't tell us. Alright, let's eat quickly, and then leave after breakfast."

For this kind of care, Zhao Zhuo hurriedly agreed.

As she spoke, Mother Zhao brought the porridge to the table, and then asked casually:

"By the way, where are you going to inspect the market?"

Zhao Zhuo drank porridge and said casually:

"Oh, go to the market."

"Go to the wet market... Inspect the market ???"

When Mother Zhao heard this, her expression suddenly became strange again.

Indeed, whoever hears this cannot help but be confused.

How can anyone get up early in the morning to go to the vegetable market to investigate? This is a bit outrageous.

Suddenly, Zhao Mu's expression became a little complicated again.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhuo had to explain to Zhao's mother with a wry smile:

"I'm going to open a hot pot restaurant, so I thought I'd go to the vegetable market in the morning to see the prices of various ingredients, so that I could know what to expect!"

"A hot pot restaurant? People all run restaurants, so how can anyone open a hot pot restaurant?"

"So, your son just wants to think about what others can't think of, and do what others can't do, so that he can make money."

After some explanation, Zhao Zhuo's mouth was dry, and Zhao's mother reluctantly believed that Zhao Zhuo finally came out of home and came to the vegetable market.

After coming to the vegetable market, Zhao Zhuo first came to the stall of beef and mutton.

To make a hot pot restaurant, beef and mutton are naturally the top priority, how many people eat hot pot, first look at the quality of beef and mutton. If a hot pot restaurant wants to be truly recognized, beef and mutton are the first priority.

"Boss, how much is this beef?"

The boss said enthusiastically:

"Five dollars a pound, where do you want to cut, what part do you want?"

Zhao Zhuo looked at it, the beef stall in front of him was the kind of on-site cutting mode, and the boss had already divided the whole cow into different parts, and it was clear what parts he wanted.

Zhao Zhuo pointed to the commonly used parts of the hot pot, such as the upper brain, hanging dragon, and spoon kernel, and asked the price, and found that they were all at a uniform price of five yuan.

After asking, Zhao Zhuo knew what to expect.

According to this price, the cost is not expensive, and a suitable selling price can be set according to this. Moreover, this is still the price of retail sales, and it stands to reason that the price will be cheaper if the quantity is large.

So, Zhao Zhuo asked:

"Boss, if I buy a lot of beef, can the price of your beef be cheaper?"

Hearing this, the boss couldn't help asking:

"How much do you want to buy?"

Zhao Zhuo replied lightly:

"Normally, you have to have a few heads."

Hearing the quantifier head, the boss waved his hand again and again in surprise:

"That's an exaggeration, not that much. I only kill a cow here for two or three days, where can I find you a lot of several cows a day?"

Hearing that there was only one cow in two or three days, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but be a little disappointed:

"I'm afraid it won't work, I'd better look for it again."

Hearing Zhao Zhuo finish talking and looking for it, the boss couldn't help but say:

"Young man, it's not me bragging to you, our family is already the one with the highest sales volume in the entire vegetable market, and the beef of other families is not as much as mine."

Hearing the boss's words, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help frowning:

"Why is there so little beef?"

Zhao Zhuo really didn't expect that the first step of the hot pot restaurant would be so unsuccessful, and the problem was not the price of beef, but

It's the amount of beef.

Hearing Zhao Zhuo's question, the boss was a little puzzled:

"We've always been like that. On the one hand, what can be sold every day is almost a fixed amount, and on the other hand, if you want to ask for more, it doesn't have it, after all, there are so many cattle, you can't still work, so kill and eat meat."

Hearing the word ploughing cattle, Zhao Zhuo suddenly realized that he seemed to have ignored an important issue all along, that is, the source of beef!

In this era, there is almost no large-scale beef cattle breeding, and the beef that can be eaten in the market is all cultivated cattle that cannot work or die accidentally!

This is also the reason why there is so little beef in the market.

What's more, this kind of beef is very old, stewed or stuffed and eaten, and can't be used to make hot pot at all!

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuo suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly.

He thought that no one thought of opening a hot pot restaurant at that time, but now it seems that it is probably not that no one has thought of this way, but that the reality is difficult to support a hot pot restaurant, let alone a chain hot pot restaurant.

Zhao Zhuo tried and asked again:

"Boss, can you think of a way?"

The boss is also helpless:

"You want so much meat, I'm sure I'd love to do your business. But that's the reality, and I really can't help it."

Having said that, it seems that the boss is indeed out of the question, so Zhao Zhuo had to give up.

Leaving this beef stall, Zhao Zhuo went to the stall selling mutton and asked.

Zhao Zhuo didn't ask about the price directly this time, and came up and asked:

"Boss, how much mutton is there?"

When the owner of the butcher stall heard this, he smiled and said:

"I'm lucky to have two sheep today, and the mutton is enough!"

Hearing that there were two sheep in one stall, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but be a little happy.

After all, if the supply of beef is not guaranteed, it is no problem to have enough supply of mutton, just need to change the signature to shabu mutton, and this is more in line with the appetite of Fengtian people.

Zhao Zhuo asked:

"Can you guarantee a supply of one sheep a day?" qs

Hearing such a big business, the boss did not show a happy expression, but a helpless face, a bit like the beef stall owner just now.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhuo chuckled in his heart.

Sure enough, the boss smiled bitterly and said:

"There's no way to guarantee a sheep a day."

Zhao Zhuo frowned and asked:

"Why? Aren't there two sheep in one day today?"

The boss nodded:

"Yes, there are two sheep today, but I can't guarantee that there will be two sheep every day.

Actually, before today, I hadn't had lamb here for two days. It's just that I was lucky today, so there are only two of them."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo understood.

It turned out that because the scale of breeding was too small, it could not form a stable supply chain at all.

After asking the most important beef and mutton, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help frowning.

According to the current situation, if this problem is not solved, it will be empty talk to come to the hot pot restaurant or something.