A time-travel story of a peasant girl getting rich

Chapter 12 Crystal Sashimi

"You're right, my girl. I'm going to take the pork rind to the city to see if anyone wants it."

"Dad, how do you want to sell it?"

"Set up a stall?"

How much can you earn from setting up a stall? I rolled my eyes.

"Let's go to the restaurant and ask. Does Dad know where the biggest restaurant in the city is?"

"I know, Fuqing Restaurant. But that restaurant is only for rich people. Will they want our pig skin?" Even in poor families, pig skin is used to wipe the pan and as oil when cooking.

"Try it! Dad, you can't tell anyone, this thing is made from pig skin."

"Got it." Lin Dashan and Wang understood it immediately. It is really simple to make jelly from pig skin. If people know that it is made from pig skin, they may be able to make it too.

"Mom, cut the remaining pork skin jelly into small pieces. Dad, I'll go with you later."

"Okay, let's go together." He was indeed nervous about going to the restaurant, and having his daughter along would give him courage.

Lin Dashan had a shoulder pole and two baskets, one for millet and the other for pork skin jelly. He jumped up and headed for the county town. After Wang saw them off, she started to get busy.

Because he was preoccupied with something, Lin Dashan walked very fast and covered the 20-mile distance in just over an hour.

"Xiaomi, look, that big restaurant is the Fuqing Restaurant. It has three floors! It's owned by the eldest branch of the Han family in our city." The Han family is the largest family in Pingyang County. The old man of the Han family was a Jinshi and a third-rank official. After retiring, he returned to Pingyang County to settle down. The old man is very good at business, and the Han family is in its heyday in Pingyang County.

It is said that their family's businesses are all over the city, and their business is booming. The eldest master of the Han family is also a well-known figure. He is a figure that everyone in Pingyang County looks up to.

Now people come to his shop to sell goods. How can Lin Dashan, a villager, not be nervous?

"Sir, please come in!"

As soon as they stepped into the door, the waiter greeted them warmly. He did not look down on them because of their clothes, and helped them take the carrying pole and basket. Lin Xiaomi nodded with satisfaction. The service attitude was good. He did not look down on them because of their poor clothes.

"Sir, please sit here. What would you like to eat?"

Lin Dashan was a little embarrassed. He was not here to eat. "I... I'm not... not here to eat!"

Aren't you here to eat? The waiter was confused. Why are you here if you don't want to eat?

Seeing his father's nervous look, Lin Xiaomi was about to speak up when he heard his father say, "We are here to sell food, fresh food that you don't have in your store!"

The waiter was dumbfounded. Selling fresh food? Selling vegetables in a restaurant?

"Excuse me, is your boss here? We have a new food we would like to show him!" Lin Xiaomi said.

"Shopkeeper!" The waiter slapped his head, "Please wait a moment!"

Lin Xiaomi raised an eyebrow. It was so smooth. There was no contempt, embarrassment or expulsion as described in the books. The service was really good.

After a while, the shopkeeper and the waiter went downstairs together.

"Brother, I heard you have some fresh food?"

"Yes, that's it." Lin Dashan lifted a corner of the basket.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw the crystal clear pork skin jelly. This food was so beautiful.

"You two, please come inside!"

He welcomed the two into a private room and asked, "Excuse me, what is this?"

"Crystal sashimi!" Lin Xiaomi spoke first.

Lin Dashan: What the hell is crystal sashimi?

"Crystal Sashimi... what a good name!" the shopkeeper exclaimed. "How do you eat this? Can I have a taste?"

He took out a plate of pork skin jelly and said, "Please help me! You can eat it directly or with some sauce."

The shopkeeper picked up a piece and savored it carefully. It tasted fresh, smooth, tender and chewy. It was a special cold dish.

He asked the waiter to bring a small dish of dipping sauce. Hmm, the taste was even better. Although it had the aroma of meat, it was smooth and not greasy. One by one, the shopkeeper ate all 15 pieces of pork skin jelly.

When he came back to his senses, the plate was empty. The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed and coughed twice.

"Brother, this food is really good, how do you sell it?" Isn't it? Not only does it look good, but the name is also nice. It sounds like something special. I don't know how the rough guy in front of me made it.

When Lin Dashan heard about the demand, he was overjoyed at first, but then he began to worry about the price. Pig skin is cheap, but there is a small amount of it, so he has to negotiate with the butcher. At most, the price is the same as the meat, 20 cents per catty of pork, and pig skin is counted as 20 cents. Yesterday, there were about 2 catties of pig skin, and their family cooked a big pot, at least or catties.

Lin Dashan gritted his teeth. After all, it was fresh food, so he couldn't sell it cheaply. "30..."

"300 wen per pound." Lin Xiaomi said calmly.

Lin Dashan: ...300 wen, my girl, do you know how much this thing costs?

Lin Xiaomi is well aware of the principle that "rare goods are valuable". The expensiveness of this pork skin jelly is not the raw materials, but the creativity. As the first person to try it, she doesn't want to sell it at a low price. Besides, her family is short of money.

How could she make a fire in such a hot day? Anyway, this was her first money-making project in ancient times, and she could not sell it at a low price.

The shopkeeper looked at Lin Xiaoyu and thought, this girl is really bold! 300 coins per catty is not expensive for their restaurant. In their restaurant, a plate of stir-fried vegetables costs 20 coins. However, seeing the shocked look on the man's face, he knew that the girl had raised the price too high.

"Little girl, isn't this price too high? How many plates can we sell from this pound? Look at the plate I just ate, it should be half a pound!"

"We give the shopkeeper a good sample of the dish, so we give him plenty of it. But for a high-end restaurant like yours, you don't want quantity for your guests, do you? Delicate, you can cut this crystal sashimi into thin slices, I believe it will be no problem to sell ten plates per pound. The cost of one plate is 30 wen, you can sell it for or wen, and there will be many people who will try it."

Shopkeeper:...

"If our restaurant wants to order it, you can't sell it to anyone else!" Seeing the shrewd look of this girl, Manager Xu knew that bargaining was impossible.

This is as it should be, isn't it the only one that's being sold? Lin Dashan was about to agree.

"That depends on how much your restaurant wants!"

Shopkeeper Xu glanced at Lin Xiaomi. He realized that this girl was the one who made the decision. "Temporarily set at 10 kilograms a day. If sales are good, we will increase the quantity."

"make a deal."

10 jin, which is 3 taels of silver a day, Lin Xiaomi was very satisfied.

"Boss, let's sign a contract."

"to make."

The contract was written. Lin Dashan was illiterate and Lin Xiaomi didn't dare to say that she could read. She glanced at it quietly and made sure there was no problem, then asked Lin Dashan to put his fingerprints on it.

"There are still three pounds of crystal sashimi in this basket. Do you want some?"

"want."

Manager Xu is a straightforward person. The main reason he is so happy is that he thinks this food will definitely bring profits to the restaurant.