Chapter 41: On the right track
Early in the morning, just after getting clean, Jia cleaned up and practiced Tai Chi twice in his yard, feeling a little hot before it ended, and then took the bread for breakfast to his teacher's house.
His parents had gone to the town to sell bread, and they had started preparing bread the afternoon before until the evening, and the next day they set out when it was just dawn and could see the way, and after selling bread in the town, they would come back at noon, and start making bread for the next day in the afternoon.
Jiayi's family prepares the next day's bread according to the sales of the day, making sure that the bread will be sold out in the morning and go home at noon. In this way, it does not affect the preparation of the next day's sales, and secondly, it also ensures that the bread is the freshest every day, and also plays a certain effect of hunger marketing, resulting in a phenomenon that needs to be rushed to buy. Every day, there is a queue in front of Erica's stall to buy bread.
It's been almost two months since the first time I went to the street to sell bread, and my family's business is slowly getting on track, and bread sales are gradually stabilizing.
In the beginning, there was not enough bread to sell every day, and at the peak, nearly 300 loaves of bread were sold a day, and the open space in front of the tavern could not be lined up. The street near the city gate was crowded and affected the traffic, so it was much better to go to the pharmacy in Maca to sell it.
The wheat at home was soon insufficient, and grinding and sifting flour was particularly time-consuming, and the family had to make it and roast it, so the family was too busy at all. Later, the flour was all ready-made flour bought directly from the grain store, and the flour was bought directly after the bread was sold. When I returned, I started making the next day's bread, not only for retail, but also for the lord's family and the tavernkeeper.
Jia Yi was very glad that he had a carriage on credit when he met the eldest young master at that time, and now it is much more convenient, and it seems that it will not take a year to repay the money in the carriage.
Kneading flour is the most tiring, Gary has to knead a lot of flour every day, and he is almost practicing into a unicorn arm.
For a moment, Jia Yi wanted to knead the dough with his feet. I remember watching a movie by Zhang Yi Mou, in which Gong Li sells twist flowers, which is noodles kneaded with his feet. Later, she entered a twist factory, which kneaded dough with a machine, but an operation error, the fingers of the workers who operated the machine kneading dough were crushed, and then, the twist factory was replaced by Gong Li kneading dough with her feet.
Of course, he just thought about it for a moment and did not put it into practice. If the bread buyers knew that they kneaded dough with their feet, they would be beaten to death! The regular customers who often come to buy bread are at least well-off, and there are not no powerful people in the town. Although the magnates of a town are a little low.
Because of the gimmick of the bread supplier in the Lord's Mansion, there is nothing to trouble you with. If someone is really looking for trouble, Jiayi and they really don't have much to do. Fortunately, after getting acquainted with the sheriff in the town, he could be regarded as having a little relationship of his own. If there is any small trouble, it will trouble the lord's mansion, and the favor will be used too quickly, and their family and the lord's mansion will not have any affection.
Because bread is selling so well, merchants with conditions have also begun to learn to make it. The strong aroma of wine is the best hint, they directly use ale to ferment, and it is really made, although it is not as good as Jiayi's own hair, but at least it is also fermented bread. In order to mislead the merchants who learned from them, he deliberately added a little ale to the bread, and also bought ale wine in the tavern and brought it home in a carriage to let people see it.
In this way, the other businessmen didn't know that Jiayi's bread was so good because of the old noodles they used. Another important point is the fermentation temperature, and a warm place can be more conducive to yeast fermentation. Jiayi and they all put hot water in a pot and put the bread in it to ferment at the residual temperature. Lacking these two points, other merchants can only prolong the fermentation time, and the hair is not as good as Jiayi's family.
After some merchants launched their own fermented bread, although it was not as delicious as Jiayi's family, it was sold cheaply and attracted some customers. However, rich people are still buying Jiayi's bread, which is indeed more delicious, and secondly, it is also to maintain their B level. If you eat the same thing as everyone else, how can you show your dignity?
Now, there aren't many old-fashioned breads for sale in the town, and it won't be long before old-fashioned bread is phased out. Now there are only a few companies that sell new sourdough bread, and when more people sell it, it is time to start a price war until a reasonable profit is maintained.
Jiayi's current bread sales are not as crazy as they were at the beginning, with a maximum of about 100 sales per day, and it can be expected that there may be further declines in the future. There are only so many wealthy families in the town, and the rest are more price-sensitive, even if it is a little bit of a difference. The calculation is so, and it is much better than the estimated daily sales of 30 units at the beginning.
When sales decrease, the bread prepared by Jiayi's family will also be reduced, ensuring that it can be sold out in the morning. When someone asks why there is less and less bread, they will reply that it is to ensure that the bread is the freshest every day, and for the sake of the customer.
One good thing is that the reputation of Jiayi's family's best bread has finally been established, and now everyone in the town knows that the best bread still has to go to Erica's stall - now, Erica is mainly responsible for selling bread, and Gary is responsible for doing the work and moving things.
Moreover, in addition to being softer, the bread of the Jia family has another advantage that people have not yet discovered. By the time the caravans came in the fall, the advantage was manifested.
The family's business is on the right track, and Jia Yi finally has time to start learning from Yao Lao. Yao Lao still has a lot of complaints about this, but he also knows that for this kind of family, making money is indeed a very important thing. The reason why Gary and the others sent Jiayi as a student was mainly to be able to have a skill to make money. Only the solution of food and clothing can be talked about the pursuit.
After having breakfast with Jiayi, Yao Lao Xian continued the literacy course, although Jiayi already knew the basic spelling, but many words could not be written. You must first know how to read, then you must be proficient in writing, and grammar is also very necessary. But in terms of grammar, Yao Lao is also a half-ass.
After learning more than 10 new words, Yao Lao took Jiayi to continue to learn how to distinguish medicine and make medicines. Although this process is relatively boring, Jia Yi does not feel annoyed, and he feels like learning Chinese medicine, which makes him feel that he is still on earth, but he has changed positions.
Jia Yi is very curious about Yao Lao's past, and I heard the eldest prince say that Yao Lao once went out on an adventure, is there any thrilling story?
After studying for a while, during the break in the "recess", Jia Yi asked his teacher: "Teacher, last time I was in the town, I heard the lord's eldest son say that you once went out on an adventure, is it true?"
When Yao Lao heard this, he showed a look of reminiscence, and said: "Adventure, yes, I went out on an adventure a long time ago, and my pharmacist skills were learned at that time, and I also learned some simple medical skills. ”
"Ah, really, Senseichi, can you tell me about it?" said Kaichi with an expectant look.
"You want to know that?"
"yes, I want to know what it's like out there, further away!"
"Outside, it's not a big deal..."