bookrebus Chapter 714 The deal cannot be done
Chapter 714 The deal cannot be done
The lights were already on, and she wandered around the street for a while before returning to the inn.
It is really tiring to travel. It is not easy whether walking or riding a horse.
When we were about to leave the next day, a waiter from Fu Man Lou came with a big bag of food and said with a smile, "Sir, this is what my boss asked us to prepare for you. He said you would be lonely and bored on your way south, and you wouldn't be able to find anything to eat in the mountains for a while, so you should take this with you on the road."
Seeing that this bag was no smaller than the one given by Manager Yang, Zhou Guo's mouth twitched, as she had not finished her own.
Fortunately, she has a big appetite, otherwise the horse might not be able to carry the food.
He took out a string of copper coins from his bosom and threw them to him, saying with a smile: "Thank you very much. You know, young master, I am very poor. You can use this string of money to buy some delicious food."
The young man hurriedly thanked him.
Zhou Guo hung the big bag on the horse's back, hung a small bag on himself, and led the horse out of the city.
After leaving the city, he rode his horse at full speed all the way and only stopped to rest at noon.
The horses drank water and ate grass, and they also ate something themselves.
I opened the bag that Manager Qin had prepared for me. Except for the cherries, everything else was almost the same.
He took out a steamed bun and a piece of braised beef in soy sauce, and started eating, taking a bite of the steamed bun and a bite of the braised beef. After he finished it, he drank a sip of water.
He ate eight steamed buns, a piece of braised beef in soy sauce, and a roast chicken in one go. After that, he took out a handful of cherries, washed them by the stream, and ate them one by one. He didn't throw away the pits he spit out, but collected them and planned to take them back to raise.
Half of the seedlings planted last year have survived and are already one foot tall. Even if only half of the remaining ones survive, when they grow up enough, they will form a large forest.
Running and resting along the way, it only took a day and a half for the fast horse to reach Ningping.
The last stop is Huaiyang.
Last autumn, the shopkeeper Huaiyang got the pine mushroom as an ingredient, which really improved the business in the building. The best business days in winter were comparable to the best business days in previous years.
When he saw Zhou Guo coming, he was so happy, "Sir, you came here today. Do you have any good news? Could it be that the pine mushrooms in the mountains have come out again?"
Zhou Guo laughed, "You know this is only available in Qiu Ri. Where do you want me to get it for you? I'm here to discuss another deal with you."
"Another case? I wonder what it is?"
Zhou Guo took out the dried goat mushrooms and dried flower mushrooms he had brought and said, "This is it. I wonder if the shopkeeper is interested in cooperating with me?"
The shopkeeper looked at the things on the table, frowned, picked them up and looked at them for a long time, then hesitated and said, "It's okay, but this thing is not like pine mushrooms. There are so many of them brought down from the mountain every year. A little bit is useless. Did you make a special trip just for this?"
That's not cost-effective. So how much money can you make from using mushrooms?
Zhou Guo shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about the measurement. Just tell me whether you want it or not. If you say yes, I can give you as much as you want. Whether it's fresh or dried, I have the goods in hand."
The shopkeeper looked at her in confusion, then looked at the two things in his hand for a while and asked, "Sir, are you talking about these two? Sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms? I'll give you as many as you want?"
Zhou Guo nodded, "These two are it. I have as many as you want. Are you willing to do this deal, boss?"
The shopkeeper didn't say anything for a long time.
After a while, he said, "If that's the case, I'll get 400 kilograms of fresh goat mushrooms first, and I'd better get dried flower mushrooms, which will also cost 400 kilograms."
I asked one more question, "Are there so many?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Of course, but why don't you ask the price first, boss?"
That’s right. The shopkeeper almost slapped his thigh. This news was so hard to believe that he forgot to ask the price. “What’s the price?”
Zhou Guo said, "The price of dried mushrooms is different from that of fresh ones. Ten kilograms of fresh mushrooms are needed to dry one kilogram of dried ones. One kilogram of fresh oyster mushrooms is 99 wen, and one kilogram of dried ones is 499 wen. One kilogram of fresh flower mushrooms is 59 wen, and one kilogram of dried ones is 299 wen."
The shopkeeper frowned, "It's much cheaper than pine mushrooms, but isn't four hundred and ninety-nine coins a pound too expensive?"
"A pound of fresh ones costs ninety-nine coins. Ten pounds of fresh ones dried in the sun costs nine hundred and ninety-nine coins. But a pound of dried ones costs only four hundred and ninety-nine coins, which is five hundred coins less. You still say it's expensive?"
"This……"
"Besides, you know, when the goat mushrooms are dried, the weight is gone, but the quantity is still there. Once they swell, how many pots of soup can you make? How many dishes can you stir-fry? You won't lose out. I think it's much more cost-effective to buy dried ones than fresh ones."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he thought it made sense and could be used to make many pots of soup.
After thinking for a while, he said, "It's like the pine mushrooms, only I have them?"
Zhou Guo shook his head, "No, I will open a shop in Huaiyang this year, but I guarantee that the goods I give you will be the best ones I have."
The shopkeeper frowned, "You're still going to open a shop in Huaiyang? Then you're going to sell pine mushrooms as well?"
Zhou Guo smiled, "Don't worry about that. I won't sell pine mushrooms. I only sell goat mushrooms, flower mushrooms, pine eggs, salted duck eggs, and some homegrown food in the shop."
Seeing that the other party was still worried, she said, "You know, although the quantity of goat mushrooms and flower mushrooms is small, they are very common. Few people don't know them. When the time comes, the villagers will go up the mountain and pick up one or two. They are reluctant to eat them and run all the way here to sell them. Maybe many families have a little bit of stock at home, and you can't be the only one doing business."
The shopkeeper opposite said in a tough tone: "What if I don't agree?"
Zhou Guo raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not here to discuss this with you. Whether you want this stuff or not, I've already opened this shop. Besides, there are more than just your restaurant in Huaiyang. I don't necessarily have to hang myself on a tree, don't you agree?"
Before he could even finish his words, the face of the person opposite him turned visibly darker.
He said to Zhou Guo, "Sir, do you mean that if the business is gone, we will become enemies? I have not been in Huaiyang for so many years for nothing. You are new here, so I advise you to be more restrained. Otherwise, I will really mean that you can't open this shop."
He pointed his finger upwards and said proudly, "There is someone above me."
She looked exactly the same as she did when she first came to see him that day.
Zhou Guo also laughed, "Yes, the worst result is that I won't open a shop in Huaiyang, but I can cut off your supply of goods. If I can't sell them, you can't sell them either. We're all done for. But, if I don't sell them in Huaiyang, I can sell them in other places. If you don't have these goods, can this business still be successful?"
The shopkeeper's hesitation has caused the restaurant to have much better business these days, and it is really related to the pine mushroom.
Zhou Guo didn't want to deal with him anymore, so he stood up and said, "It seems that the shopkeeper doesn't want it anymore. Then I wish your restaurant can return to its former glory as soon as possible, although it's a little difficult."
He said and walked out.