Chapter Twenty-Four: Waterloo

Song Minjing's situation, Xia Youzhi didn't know.

She is busy at home at the moment, preparing for the lo-mei to set up a stall in the town tomorrow.

This brine is more delicious the more you boil.

As long as you do it right, you can keep it forever.

After she finished making a phone call in town, she went to the vegetable market in the east of the city.

I learned about the price of pork, and by the way, even chickens and ducks also learned about it.

Although she doesn't make roast duck and white-cut chicken yet, she does have ideas for incorporating.

After all, customers are only interested if they keep producing new things.

The pork knuckle sold in the town costs three yuan a catty, and Grandma Liu usually sells it for two yuan and five.

The pork knuckle in the town is five cents more expensive per catty than Grandma Liu's!

This is still the reserve price she inquired about.

However, Grandma Liu also asked for it, so she took it back.

After all, a pork knuckle also has two or three catties.

Let the rural people pay a few yuan to buy a pork knuckle, it must be reluctant.

But fortunately, the marinated pork knuckle absorbs water and is more weighty.

Xia Youzhi was secretly glad that he had let Grandma Liu keep two big elbows and ten catties of fat intestines.

Fat intestines aren't worth much.

Now people don't like to eat pigs in the water, the town sells eight cents, and Grandma Liu sells six cents.

I think it's also to take care of the villagers.

Thinking about it this way, I will still order the ingredients at Grandma Liu in the future.

When Xia Mu walked into the kitchen, she saw Xia Youzhi adding fire to the pot.

It's a little late to get back from town today, and it's five o'clock when I get home.

Fortunately, when Aunt Liu brought the meat today, she happened to come back from the field.

Taking advantage of the free space, she cleaned up the fat intestines.

Otherwise, Xia is really busy now.

"Have you told your grandfather Gu about tomorrow's car?" Xia Mu asked.

"Well, it's all done."

The first thing Xia Youzhi did after he came back was to inform Grandpa Gu.

Tomorrow is a market, and there are a lot of people.

Although he was in a hurry, thinking that he didn't have many days left in his summer vacation life, Xia Youzhi decided to start working tomorrow.

"I'll go with you tomorrow, or I'm afraid you won't be busy." Xia Mu said with a smile.

Although I don't know if I can sell it tomorrow, my daughter will definitely not be so tired if I go by myself.

Xia Youzhi nodded.

Xia Mu goes, it must be the best.

If she is not available, then she will have to ask her cousin Jinglan to help.

After all, she is still very confident in her lo-mei.

"What, do you really want to sell pork knuckles for four yuan a catty?" Xia Mu was still a little worried, "This pig's elbow is only three yuan a catty,

Your Grandma Liu is only selling for two pieces of five, and so is the braised fat sausage, and if you want to sell it for one piece of five, I'm afraid it's a bit expensive. ”

Hearing Xia's mother's worries, Xia Youzhi smiled.

She understood Xia Mu's worries, but she didn't plan to explain too much, and she would see tomorrow.

She sells it to people who live in town.

There are many families in the town who have opened shops, and their income is not low.

The income of a month is almost 100 yuan, and the good 200 yuan is normal.

Xia Mu didn't know about these situations.

But I was in business in my last life, so I naturally have a clear heart.

So this pork knuckle sells for four yuan, which is not expensive at all, and she still wants to sell it at a high price, but the market is not easy to control, so she sells it for four yuan first.

As for the villagers who went to the market, Xia Youzhi was not included in the scope of precise customers.

After all, in the countryside, the income is low, and even pork is reluctant to buy.

"Mom, don't worry. Let's sell it first, if it doesn't work, let's stop doing it. Xia Youzhi comforted.

Seeing that Xia Youzhi could listen to her words, Xia's mother was relieved a lot.

Xia Youzhi took the opportunity to change the topic and talked about the situation he called today.

"Really? Teacher Yan really said that? A smile was piled up on Xia Mu's face.

"Well, so my brother went to Beijing University, that's no problem at all, the notice didn't come down so quickly." Xia Youzhi added.

"That's good, that's good." Mother Xia folded her hands and looked out the door, "This is really the blessing of the ancestors, tomorrow I will kill the chicken and sacrifice the ancestors." ”

Xia Youzhi hurriedly stopped.

"Mom, the notice hasn't arrived yet, don't make such a noise first, so as not to make any mess. Wait for the notice to come down, and then worship.

Besides, didn't you say you'd help me set up a stall tomorrow? ”

"Yes, you're right, you can't make a noise about your eldest brother. Fortunately, you reminded Mom, okay, Mom will help you sell lo-mei tomorrow. Xia Mu couldn't hold back her smile.

Although she knew that she couldn't say it, she was still very excited in her heart.

Xia Youzhi nodded.

Tomorrow, she's going to start earning.

When I think about it, I feel very excited.

……

When they woke up the next morning, the mother and daughter smiled when they saw each other's dark circles.

Both of them were so excited that they couldn't sleep last night.

It's just that the excitement is different.

I got my things ready, and it just happened that Grandpa Gu arrived in a hurry.

It was about half past eight, and the ox cart was about an hour to the town.

It was just right at half-past nine.

On the day of the market, most of the people from the nearby villages go to the market, and everyone goes there early to avoid being exposed to the sun.

Grandpa Gu helped carry the two aluminum pots to the car.

This is what Xia Youzhi specially bought yesterday, one for fat sausages and the other for pork knuckles.

She also deliberately sealed it with plastic film.

The braised pork that has been soaked overnight is even more fragrant after being heated in the morning.

Xia Youzhi sliced the pork knuckle, and the large intestine was also cut into a small section.

It looks clean and tidy.

When the three of them arrived at the Chengdong vegetable market in the town, there were not many people rushing to the market.

But the position at the entrance of the vegetable market has been occupied.

There is a rule in the town that villagers from nearby villages are allowed to sell some of their own agricultural products at the entrance of the market every time there is a market.

In this way, you don't have to pay the rent, and you can help the people.

Regarding this policy, Xia Youzhi praised it when he heard it.

I heard that the town secretary came up with it.

When she saw that the door was already full, Xia Mu couldn't help but be a little anxious, "Anyway, what can I do, there is no place left, we should go out early." ”

"It's okay, Mom. Let's go take a spot. Xia Youzhi comforted.

Finally found a remote location at the end.

Selling food, it is best to be next to the vegetable market, so that there is a large flow of people.

Most of the people who come to the market to buy groceries come by bicycle, and only push their carts into the market when they arrive at the market gate.

Far from the entrance of the market, there is really no chance.

The truth is really the same as Xia Youzhi thought.

"So, what do you say?" Xia Mu was a little anxious.

From 10 o'clock, more people began to visit the market, but none of them stopped at their stalls.

The market is full of people and cars, and the dust is relatively large.

In order to keep the food clean, Xia Youzhi did not open the lid.

The aluminum pot was tightly covered, and the aroma was only wafting as if it were nothing.

"It's okay, Mom. Wait, this is just the beginning. Xia Youzhi comforted.

But Xia Youzhi was already thinking of a way in his heart.

After a while, in Xia Mu's anxious mood, she finally looked forward to the first customer.

"Big sister, what is sold in your pot, why do I smell so good?" An older brother in his forties asked with a smile.

He lives in the town and has been eating since he was a child.

As soon as he passed by on his bicycle, he smelled a smell.

Riding to the gate of the vegetable market, he felt itchy in his heart, turned back again, and found it along the taste.

"Big brother, your nose is really smart, this is my family's lo-mei. It tastes good. Xia Mu hurriedly said.

"How much is a pound?" The eldest brother asked.

"Braised pork knuckle costs four yuan a catty......" Before Xia Mu finished speaking, she was interrupted by an exclamation.

"Four dollars a pound? The pork knuckle in this vegetable market is only three yuan a catty, and you sell it too expensive, right? The eldest brother took a breath when he heard this.

Turn around and push the bike to leave.

"Hey, big brother, don't go yet. You take a look at this lo-mei ...... my house first," Xia Mu shouted anxiously.

"Don't, this pork knuckle is too expensive, I can't afford it." As he spoke, he rode his bicycle.

"Sell it to you cheaper, do you want to ......," Xia Mu hurriedly shouted.

But the man had already left on his bike.

The eldest sister who sold vegetables next to her laughed and said, "Big sister, are you afraid that you are crazy about money?" Four yuan a pound of pork knuckle, who will buy it. ”

Xia Mu smiled awkwardly and sighed lightly.

Xia Youzhi on the side was watching the whole time, and there was no squeak.

She is deliberately exercising Xia Mu's sales ability.

After all, in September, I have to go to school, and in the end, I still have to rely on Xia Mu.

"Mom, you can't sell things like this." Xia Youzhi ignored the words of others, "Our thing is worth this price, this person doesn't buy it,

There is always someone who wants to buy, and catching up is not a sale. The price must not be reduced, otherwise there will always be people who want you to reduce the price. ”

They have to build market confidence, not cut prices to make a small profit for a while.

Otherwise, it will only become more and more unsellable in the future.

Because people's psychology is like this, they all want to wait for the price to drop.

Xia Mu nodded, she was also in a hurry.

You can't watch so much meat not sell, right?

"Mom, you look at the stall first. I'm going to my sister-in-law's house. If someone asks for the price, it must be according to our pricing, and it must not be sold at a low price. ”

After telling Xia Mu, Xia Youzhi left.

When he came back, he pulled the cart, followed by Ma Jinglan, who was pushing the rear of the car.

There was a coal stove on the car.

Xia Mu looked surprised and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"Zhizhi, what are you ......" Xia Mu asked suspiciously.

"Mom, you'll find out in a moment." Xia Youzhi said with a smile.

After Ma Jinglan greeted Xia Mu, she stood aside obediently.

When her cousin came to the house and said that she wanted to borrow a coal stove, she was shocked.

But she didn't ask much, borrowed the neighbor's board car, and the two of them pulled it over.

She was also curious about what her cousin was going to do.

Xia Youzhi ignored the curious eyes of the two.

I lit the coal stove and put the aluminum pot containing the pork knuckle on the coal stove and heat it over low heat.

After a while, the fragrance wafted out of the aluminum pot.

The eldest sister who was selling vegetables on the side looked surprised, "Big sister, this is too fragrant." ”

Xia Mu smiled, "This is our family's ancestral secret recipe, it is fragrant and delicious." ”

She didn't care about what she had just said.

Thinking about it, this eldest sister is also a straightforward person.

Xia Youzhi opened the pot, and the rich aroma came to his face.

The eldest sister was even more surprised, and leaned over to look into the pot.

When I saw the braised pork in this pot, my saliva was about to flow out.

It's full of color, flavor, and flavor!