Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang asked Zhao Chunhua to discuss business with Manager Hong. Zhao Chunhua was not nervous at all, but was extremely excited.

She loves doing this kind of thing.

Manager Hong was not unhappy because Chen Lang asked a woman to discuss business with him. He did not discriminate against women because the boss of Tianshangju was their daughter.

As for why Chen Lang asked Zhao Chunhua to be responsible for the final negotiations, the reason is very simple.

He wanted to distance himself from the tofu shop as much as possible. The current emperor was already cleaning up the Shang Party. When the Shilin Party completely controlled the cabinet, the identity requirements for future academic examinations would only become stricter.

Scholars who have been involved in business will either not be qualified or be disqualified.

Although Chen Lang has Xiao Yu's endorsement, to put it bluntly, Xiao Yu is not Chen Lang's backer. If someone is determined to make a fuss about Chen Lang's business dealings, Xiao Yu will most likely not care.

The interests of both parties have been exhausted by the matter of "Song of Peach Blossom Cottage".

As for Zhu Sui'an, the pacification envoy of Qinzhou Road, he is Chen Lang's last trump card. If used in matters such as academic qualifications, it would be like using an atomic bomb to kill a mosquito.

Chen Lang would only do this if he was crazy.

However, because of Li Xiuzhi's personality, there is no chance that she will be able to negotiate business with Manager Hong.

Even if we finally reach an agreement, it would probably be no different from giving it away for free.

The most suitable person for this family is Zhao Chunhua.

Zhao Chunhua did not disappoint Chen Lang's expectations. It took her less than a meal to negotiate a supply agreement with Manager Hong.

Except for the sesame cakes, all other raw materials are braised by the tofu shop and then sent to Tianshangju. Among them, pig intestines are the most expensive, fifty cents per catty, while pig hearts and lungs are the cheapest, ten cents per catty.

The remaining pig stomach and pig liver are priced at a uniform rate of twenty-five cents.

Compared to tofu, this supply agreement can be said to be a real lucrative business.

Because the pig offal in the market is all packaged, each pound costs only one cent. If you are thick-skinned, you can even directly ask the pork vendor for a pound or two.

Of course, as tofu shops increase their purchasing power, pork vendors in the vegetable market will certainly gradually increase the selling price of pork offal.

Let Zhao Chunhua worry about how to maintain high profits after pork vendors raise their prices.

As for why the tofu shop does not sell braised steamed buns and fried liver, but chooses to cooperate with Tianshangju, on the one hand, it is because Chen Lang has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with Manager Hong. On the other hand, providing raw materials is much safer and relatively easier than directly doing catering.

What's more, if Doufufang starts to operate as a catering terminal, it will become a rival of Tianshangju, and the previous cooperative relationship between the two parties will disappear.

Even if Manager Hong doesn't fight with the tofu shop because of their past friendship, Zuixianju will not let the tofu shop go.

Zuixianju was able to recover from the huge incident it caused. Now it is in a standoff with Tianshangju. If he attacks Tofu Shop, it will collapse in a few days.

Therefore, it is better to let Tianshangju and Zuixianju compete for the catering terminal market, and Doufufang can just be a raw material supplier and sit back and relax.

After Manager Hong left, everyone in the tofu shop became busy. Chen Lang took Li Xiaohu and Xiaoqi with him, carrying a backpack and picking up an axe, and walked out of the city.

Li Xiaohu and Xiaoqi were both very curious.

The last time I went outside the city, I made Qinggangzi jelly, which solved the food problem for the victims.

I wonder what good things he will come up with this time when he goes out of the city.

It was still the woods outside the city. Chen Lang searched in it for a long time and finally stopped in front of a tree.

"Finally found it." Chen Lang said breathlessly, holding onto the tree trunk.

Li Xiaohu glanced at the tree branch and said, "Brother-in-law, can camphor trees be eaten?"

Chen Lang said: "You can't eat it, it's used to make medicine."

"Xiao Qi, start."

Xiao Qi understood immediately, took off his backpack, and quickly jumped up the tree. He sat on a branch and asked loudly, "Boss, what do you want?"

Chen Lang said: "Leaves!"

"okay!"

Xiaoqi found branches with abundant leaves, broke them off and threw them on the ground.

Chen Lang handed the axe to Li Xiaohu and asked him to chop some ash tree branches.

The oak tree is quite strong and cannot be easily broken by hand; an axe is required.

After Chen Lang filled a basket with camphor tree leaves and bark, Li Xiaohu also cut almost a basket of ash tree branches.

After returning to the county town, Chen Lang asked Xiao Qi to buy mugwort leaves, mint leaves, patchouli leaves, scutellaria leaves, broomrape leaves and wild chrysanthemums.

I took these things back to the tofu shop, built an earthen stove in the backyard, and while burning the charcoal from the camphor tree, I also dried all the leaves, including the bark of the camphor tree.

In fact, the best way is to dry it in the sun, but Chen Lang doesn’t have that much time now, and God is not giving him face. Although the heavy rain has stopped, the weather is still gloomy. The people in Nanhe County have not seen the sun for almost a month.

Use cyperus starch and mugwort water to make a binder, grind all the dried leaves into powder, and knead them into a ball repeatedly like dough.

Find a piece of bamboo, make small holes on it, stuff the dough you just kneaded into it, squeeze it out through the small holes, and spiral it into shape.

Xiao Qi looked at this strange thing and asked curiously, "Boss, what is this?"

Chen Lang said: "Mosquito coils are used to repel mosquitoes."

Xiao Qi stared: "Can this repel mosquitoes?"

Chen Lang said: "After it is dried in the shade, you will know its power."

That night, Chen Lang took the first plate of mosquito coils that had been dried and shaped and came to the corner of the yard.

There are mosquitoes everywhere here.

Even if you use mugwort to fumigate, it will only work in the first half of the night, they will still appear in the second half.

Chen Lang lit the mosquito coil and placed it where there were the most mosquitoes.

After a cup of tea, the mosquitoes lying on the courtyard wall began to fall down like drunkards.

Everyone in the tofu shop was stunned.

No one expected that such a small gadget would be so effective in repelling mosquitoes!

And judging by the burning speed, this thing can last at least most of the night, which means that in the future, you don’t have to get up in the middle of the night to swatt mosquitoes, and you can have a good sleep!