Traveling through farming with the system, I cooked delicious food in ancient times

Pear Blossom Town, inside the grocery store.

Shopkeeper Tao saw Mao Xi coming to the store and stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Miss Miao Xi, long time no see. How is business these days?"

After chatting with shopkeeper Tao, Mao Xi asked him about the style of the wooden food box.

"Shopkeeper Tao, you have a small food box that can hold two to four fruit cakes for guests to take away. It doesn't need to be too big, but the box must be sturdy and delicate."

Shopkeeper Tao took two kinds of food boxes, one was a food box that could hold two fruit cakes and cost one penny each, and the other was a four-compartment food box and cost two cents each.

"Miss Miao Xi, if you order a large quantity, I can give you a better discount."

Ma Xi said that there is no need for large quantities of food boxes yet, so he bought fifty food boxes of each type.

"Does Shopkeeper Tao have the goods in stock?"

"Yes, there are fifty pieces of each size. I'll ask the clerk to wrap them up for you. Next time, if you order more than a hundred pieces, I'll give you half the price!" Shopkeeper Tao continued to sell.

As soon as Ma Xi returned to the store carrying two large bags of food boxes, she heard a noise coming from the coffee room.

On weekdays, Luda was there grinding beans and selling coffee and tea to traveling merchants passing by.

She came to the coffee room in the inner room. At the takeout window, an old shopkeeper was arguing with Luda.

"Brother Luda, what's going on?"

Lu Da stepped forward and informed Mao Xi that the old man was the owner of Sifangguan Inn. The inn was diagonally opposite Liuxiang Snacks and near Nanquemen.

The shop owners felt that the two tables, chairs and parasols on the high wooden platform outside Liuxiang Snacks were affecting the traffic of vehicles and horses, causing the road to be unsmooth.

Before the high platform was renovated, Mao Xi used to sell breakfast at three tables.

In the past, when the breakfast shop was full, I had never seen this shop come here to ask why it couldn't be changed into tables and chairs for drinking tea and coffee.

Mao Xi was puzzled, wondering if the store owner thought Liuxiang Snacks had taken away his business?

She stood in the store and explained to You Dianjia outside the window: "You Dianjia, the tables and chairs I changed here are specially designed for people passing by to get food. They will not stay long and will not affect the traffic. !”

Cursing, the shopkeeper put away the two umbrellas at the door and shouted, "I won't do it if I say no. A few days ago, I saw passing cars and horses parked here for a long time. This street is already narrow. If you park your horse at the door, it will affect the entry and exit of my Sifang Pavilion guests' carriages and horses."

Luda was dissatisfied and confronted the store owner: "Yesterday that person was a traveler passing through Lihua Town. He just came to my store to buy a cup of coffee. He didn't stay long and left the city very quickly. There was no such thing as blocking the road as you said. Just say it."

"What do you mean by not staying too long? I've observed that your coffee requires grinding beans and brewing them. It's much slower than making tea!"

Seeing that their argument didn't stop, Zhang Xiucai stepped forward to rescue Mao Xi.

He walked to the door, came to the peripheral tables and chairs, and said to You Dianjia: "You Dianjia, harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth! The people who come to buy tea and fruit cakes from us are indeed traveling merchants passing by our shop.

They just took a break to drink tea temporarily and did not enter the store. We had to set up tables and chairs for them to sit outside the store! This person who is in a hurry will leave Lihua Town that day and will not affect the traffic of this street. "

After hearing this, You Dianjia put down his umbrella and his expression softened a little.

Mao Xi took the opportunity and said, "Yeah, don't be angry, You Dianjia. We can discuss anything if you want. Let's have tea inside." After saying that, he invited You Dianjia into the store.

Zhang Xiucai pulled Mu Xi aside and whispered a few words. Mu Xi nodded with a smile, finally understanding why You Dianjia came to cause trouble.

After two cups of tea, the shop owner came out of the tea room with a smile.

"Hahaha! It's a pleasure to cooperate with you, Miss Miao Xi. I'll take my leave now!"

Mao Xi asked Xiaoqing to bring a take-out food box.

"Tianjia Yu, this is our fruit cake and egg yolk cake. You can try it first and go slowly!"

Lou Laner patted Zhang Xiucai on the shoulder and asked, "What did you say to Ah Shu? That old man could actually walk out with a smile."

Zhang Xiucai pointed to the take-out food box and said: "It seems that he is going to do business with the millet shopkeeper. How can he not be happy if he can make money?"

Ma Xi returned to the checkout counter and said to Xiucai: "Zhang Xiucai, your method is indeed effective. That shopkeeper You really thought we were stealing business from his inn, so he came here to cause trouble."

"Shopkeeper, what did you promise him just now? It shouldn't be just to introduce the diners of our restaurant, right?" Zhang Xiucai asked.

Lu Da came to the outer hall and said to the scholar: "Mao Xi said that in the future, as long as passers-by come to buy tea or coffee from me, I will recommend them to rest in Sifang Pavilion. If they really want to leave the town that day, then It doesn’t count as taking away his business.”

Ma Xi: "I also told him that when passers-by go to his shop, they can only drink a cup of tea at most, and they can't make much money. I made the egg yolk cakes into gift boxes, sold them to him at a price lower than the market price, and placed them everywhere. He can make more money by selling them in the museum.

Moreover, the fruit gift boxes in my store will be sold in limited quantities and the price will be increased in the future. If those travelers from other places cannot buy it in my store, they will also recommend them to buy it in their Sifangguan. Isn’t it equivalent to soliciting customers for them? "

Lou Laner clapped her hands and exclaimed: "This is a good idea. We can make money together and benefit each other. No wonder the old man smiled so happily."

Mao Xi called Xiaoqing over and ordered her to wash and dry the food boxes she bought, and then put the shop's name on them.

"Making fruit is time-consuming and labor-intensive. After that, we sold a limited number of fruit cakes a day. We sold 20 pieces of take-out fruit cakes a day."

Xiaoqing held up two different food boxes and asked, "Are the two compartments and the four compartments the same?"

“The two-frame ones are for egg yolk cakes, priced at 30 Wen per box; the four-frame ones are for four-season fruit cakes, including green dumplings, lotus cakes, osmanthus cakes, and sober-up ice (plum blossom jelly), and are priced at 40 Wen per box.

The unit price of fruit cakes in the store is 8 cents each except for green dumplings and sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, which cost 15 cents each; other fruits cost cents each. Zhang Xiucai, please change the price for me and add it to the menu. "

"Shopkeeper, do you want to write down the limited quantity?" Zhang Xiucai asked.

"For now, let's not write it down. We will sell it for two days. We will tell the outside world that each type is limited to twenty copies. We will make statistics in these days and then set a limited number. Xiaoqing, when the food boxes are used up, go to the grocery store to find shopkeeper Tao to restock. "

Mao Xi took some more red paper and gave it to Zhang Xiucai: "Zhang Xiucai, your handwriting is beautiful. It's up to you to write the name of the sign on the food box. Just write the four characters 'Liu Xiang Snacks'."

The scholar took the paper and started writing.

Lu Da admired the scholar and said, "You scholars are still good at talking. I just had a quarrel with that old man You and I was about to start a fight.

Lou Laner suddenly remembered the dispute with the old woman Zou, and said to Shu Xi: "Ah Shu, maybe the scholar can talk to the old woman about the slope that was just demolished in your yard. I believe that with his three inches A good tongue can definitely get things done.”

Mao Xi thought it was feasible, so he turned to Xiucai and said, "Zhang Xiucai, come to my house for dinner tonight. I have something to ask of you!"