After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy
Chapter 25: Bamboo Shoot Incident
Li Xiaoxiao and Bai were delighted to hear what Huang Bo said. Li Xiaoxiao immediately agreed to what Zhao had asked and took the one or two taels of silver from Huang Bo.
"Don't worry, uncle. We guarantee that the pickled bamboo shoots we make for you are of good quality. It just takes a little longer to make, about a week."
When he heard that it would take a week, Uncle Huang didn't say anything. He just said okay and asked his servant to bring the jar over later. Then he left with the things.
Li Xiaoxiao, Bai Shi, and the others continued to sell dried bamboo shoots at their stalls. People tend to follow the crowd, and when they saw the housekeepers of wealthy families coming to Li Xiaoxiao to buy dried bamboo shoots, they wanted to buy some too. Soon, the fifty kilograms of dried bamboo shoots they brought were sold out.
Even Aunt Chen's 30 kilograms of dried bamboo shoots next door were sold out, making her so happy that she almost danced with joy.
Meanwhile, the Dafang family on the other side of the market sold low-quality, blackened bamboo shoots. Although they were cheaper than Li Xiaoxiao and the others, selling only fifteen wen per jin (approximately 150g), few people bought. By the end of the market, they had only sold two or three jin (approximately 150g), earning thirty or forty wen. Initially, they were quite happy; after all, they hadn't seen any money in a while, and earning a few dozen wen in one morning was a lot.
But when the two men walked to the street corner and heard people next to them talking about how popular Li Xiaoxiao and his friends' dried bamboo shoots were in the morning, they suddenly felt that the few dozen coins in their hands were not worth much.
Li Jiang was so angry that he slapped Li Fangshi in the face. "It's all because of you, bitch. You don't know how to learn. Look at the dried bamboo shoots you dried. They're pitch black."
Li Fang was slapped for no reason and felt very aggrieved. But looking at Li Jiang's ugly face, she didn't dare to say anything. She could only curse Li Xiaoxiao's family in her heart.
Besides, Li Xiaoxiao's family was very happy to see that the dried bamboo shoots were sold out so quickly. Li Xiaoxiao asked Bai to take Li Fang and Li Linlin to the market and buy some meat and other things. She stayed at the stall and waited for Huang Bo to deliver the jars. Li Xiaoxiao also asked Bai to buy a few medium-sized jars so that she could soak more bamboo shoots. Seeing that she had made so much money today, Bai reluctantly agreed.
Li Xiaoxiao sat down beside the stall, looking around boredly. At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed rather elegantly stopped in front of her. "Excuse me, young lady, do you sell dried bamboo shoots here?" the middle-aged man asked.
"Uncle, you are late. Our dried bamboo shoots have been sold out because of their good quality." Li Xiaoxiao said while praising her dried bamboo shoots.
After hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, the middle-aged man also felt that he had arrived too late. "Miss, I am the owner of Xiangmanlou in town. My last name is Zhao. I wonder if you still have any dried bamboo shoots in stock. I would like to order some."
Hearing that someone wanted to buy dried bamboo shoots from him, Li Xiaoxiao hurriedly greeted him. "Hello, Shopkeeper Zhao, I have some at home, but not much left, probably only a few dozen kilograms. How many would you like?"
"We want to order around 80 jin first. Since Xiang Man Lou has branches in other places, if the customer response is great, we may need to order more later."
This was a big deal. Li Xiaoxiao was already very happy. "Manager Zhao, how about this? I'll go back and add up all the dried bamboo shoots from our family and our neighbors and send them to you when I have 80 kilograms. But don't worry, the quality of our neighbors' bamboo shoots is the same as ours, and I taught them how to process them."
After hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, Shopkeeper Zhao felt relieved. The two agreed that Li Xiaoxiao would deliver the goods directly to Xiangmanlou tomorrow and then settle the money on the spot. After saying this, Shopkeeper Zhao left.
Li Xiaoxiao waited there for a short while before Lin Yuanwai's servant arrived in a horse-drawn carriage with ten jars. Considering that it would be difficult for Li Xiaoxiao's family to carry so many jars back, Uncle Huang specifically instructed the servant to send them home and teach them the way. He could then ask the servant to bring them back after seven days when the pickled bamboo shoots were ready.
Li Xiaoxiao was naturally very grateful to Uncle Huang. After buying all the three things for Bai's mother, she took Aunt Chen with her and returned to the village in a carriage. Horse carriages were different. They were faster than ox carts. It usually took half an hour to walk to the place, but it took less than a quarter of an hour to get there in a carriage. Li Xiaoxiao thought, it's better to have money. When I make some money, I will buy a carriage.
No matter what they thought, after they arrived at Li Xiaoxiao's house, the carriage stopped outside the yard. The servant helped move the jar into the yard and drove away in the carriage.
Aunt Chen, however, was about to go back after chatting with the Bai family for a while when Li Xiaoxiao hurriedly stopped her. "Auntie, do you have any extra dried bamboo shoots at home? Today, while I was waiting for the old man to deliver the jars at the market, I ran into Shopkeeper Zhao from Xiang Man Lou. He ordered 80 kilograms of dried bamboo shoots from me and agreed to deliver them to the restaurant tomorrow. I just checked and we have about 50 kilograms left. If you have any left, please bring them over and sell them to Xiang Man Lou together. This way, we can save ourselves the trouble of setting up a stall."
After hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, Aunt Chen was shocked. She thought Li Xiaoxiao was really capable, even being able to do business with a big restaurant. "Xiaoxiao, I should have 20 or 30 kilograms of food at home. So, I'll go back and weigh out 30 kilograms. Tomorrow morning, I'll ask your brother Tiezhu to borrow the village chief's ox cart, and I'll take it to town with you."
Aunt Chen was really grateful to Li Xiaoxiao. She had earned one or two taels of silver from the two times she followed Li Xiaoxiao's family to sell dried bamboo shoots. For a farmer, one or two taels of silver was enough for a family to eat and drink for a year.
"Auntie, this is great. I was wondering how to get all these dried bamboo shoots to town! You've solved my problem. Thank you, Auntie. By the way, Manager Zhao from Xiangmanlou said he will definitely need more dried bamboo shoots later. We should pick more now while we still have them."
"Okay, I'll listen to Xiaoxiao." After saying that, Aunt Chen went home happily. During lunch, Aunt Chen told her family the news, and everyone in the family was very happy.
Aunt Chen also reminded them, "It is a blessing for us that the Xiaoxiao family is willing to teach us how to dry bamboo shoots. If they have any difficulties in the future, we must help them."
Uncle Li and Li Tiezhu all nodded in agreement. After dinner, Aunt Chen weighed out thirty kilograms of dried bamboo shoots and packed them in a cloth bag.
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