The Daily Life of the Husband and Wife Selling Dog Food Through Time Traveling

What can you do at the tea shop?Naturally, he wanted to buy and sell tea. Jiang Ning smiled and said, "We want to buy tea."

The guy rubbed his face, muttered something dissatisfied, and then said in a rough voice: "What tea do you want?"

Han Zhiyuan asked: "Is there any new tea this year?"

"Yo ho!" The guy couldn't help but sneered, and said in a novel tone: "New tea? Now who knows how to know, this year's spring drought has just passed, where did you get the new tea? Where did you come from, run away Are you here to buy new tea?"

As he spoke, he knocked on the counter impatiently, and warned: "To tell you the truth, everyone in this store is—"

"Chen Xiaosi!" A voice came from the slant, and immediately stopped him in a low voice. At this time, a middle-aged man with a mustache and a sallow complexion came out from the back hall, and a pair of triangular eyes shone with delicate light. He glared at the guy viciously, and then smiled and said earnestly to the two of them: "This guy just came yesterday, and he doesn't understand other things, so he just likes to be silly. Please don't worry about it."

After he finished speaking, he slashed at the guy with his eyes and scolded: "You don't have any winks, why don't you go and pour tea for the guests?"

Then he apologized to the two with a smile and said, "Please sit down, please, sit down."

Jiang and Ning thanked each other naturally, and the middle-aged man said: "My surname is Wu, and I am in charge of the tea shop. I wonder what kind of new tea you two want to buy?"

Han Zhiyuan frowned, and said hesitantly: "Didn't that guy just say that you don't have this year's new tea? Why did you come here again?"

Hearing this, Manager Wu laughed loudly, cupped his hands and apologized and said, "I'm really sorry, the two guests. This guy was recruited only a few days ago, and he doesn't know much about the situation of the tea shop. Open your mouth." He will talk nonsense, and I will reprimand him later, there must be this new tea, if the guest officer does not believe it, I will go get it and show it to the two of you."

Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan looked at each other and said with a smile, "Then Lao Wu will be in charge."

Manager Wu chuckled, his triangular eyes narrowed, his mustache trembled, and he said again and again: "It should be, it should be." After finishing speaking, he asked the two of them to wait a while, and went to get tea in the back hall.

With a smile on the corner of Han Zhiyuan's lips, his expression remained unchanged, and he also said in a low voice: "It's probably a habitual offender who repeats the old trick. Zeng Ji Tea Shop is really unscrupulous."

Jiang Ning took it for granted, and within a few words, Manager Wu came back with several small wooden boxes in his hand. He opened them one by one for them to check, and introduced: "This is the Dragon Well before Yuqian, and Maojian before Mingqian. , as well as the excellent Junshan Yinzhen and Xinyang Maojian, which are new teas this year. I am not boasting. We have remembered that the tea shop has been in business for decades, and there is no tea that we don’t have! If you want to buy tea, Coming here is the right place.”

Jiang Ning also took advantage of the opportunity to carefully look at the tea leaves one by one, touched and twisted them, and picked up a little bit to the tip of his nose to smell it. He looked very professional, and finally let go of his hand, and said slowly: "We want There is a bit too much tea, is the new tea from your tea shop enough?"

When Guanshi Wu heard this, he was immediately elated, and his face was wrinkled with a smile. He thought he had caught a big fish, and hurriedly replied: "Of course it is enough, of course it is enough. Naturally, this guest officer does not need to worry. Zeng Ji tea shops are everywhere. There are more than a dozen tea shops in Jiangnan. If we don’t have enough tea shops, we can naturally go to other tea shops. Besides, our shopkeeper just went to buy new tea today, and it will take a few days for new tea to arrive. "

"So that's how it is," Jiang Ning clapped his hands and said with a smile, "In this way, we need a lot of tea leaves. If you want to be in charge, you can't make the decision. Since your shopkeeper is not here right now, let's come back another day."

Hearing this, Manager Wu choked suddenly, rolled his eyeballs, and said with a pleasant smile: "Of course, where does the guest official live, can you leave your name? When our shopkeeper comes back, I can report it .”

Jiang Ning smiled and declined, "You don't need to leave your first and last name. Let's come back in a few days."

Seeing that they were unwilling, Manager Wu had no other choice but to respectfully send these two "big customers" out of the tea shop.

Before the two of them had time to leave, they heard Steward Wu scolding in a low voice from behind: "What are you talking about? Sitting in the back and wearing a hat, the hozen really takes himself seriously? If you don't care about it, get out of here." !"

In Liangshui Alley in the west of the city, Zhang Gonggong was humming an unknown tune while drying his beloved tea leaves leisurely in the courtyard. His movements were extremely gentle and cautious, as if he were treating a child. Suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door, and his hands kept moving. He raised his voice and asked, "Who is it?"

Jiang Ning's smiling voice came from outside the yard: "Mr. Zhang, we are here to visit."

"Oh, it's you, here you are." Mr. Zhang quickly put down the tea leaves and opened the courtyard door. It was indeed Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan outside. The two greeted him with a smile before entering the courtyard.

Jiang Ning looked at the situation in the yard and asked in surprise, "Mr. Zhang is drying tea?"

Mr. Zhang chuckled, then picked up the bamboo basket, continued his previous actions, and replied, "Didn't it rain a few days ago? I'm afraid the tea leaves you brought will become damp. Take advantage of the good weather today and take them out." Sunshine."

He meticulously spread the tea leaves evenly, placed them in the sunniest place in the yard, nodded with satisfaction, and showed off to the two of them like children: "How is it? Is this tea fragrant?"

When it comes to his tea, Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan are naturally very supportive.

Zhang Gong smiled so much that his back molars were exposed, and happily went to make tea again. The three of them sat down in the yard as usual and drank a round of tea before Jiang Ning mentioned the purpose of this visit.

Mr. Zhang was slightly taken aback when he heard this, paused while holding the tea bowl, and said, "Do you want to sell tea?"

Han Zhiyuan nodded and said, "That's what I mean, so I want to ask you about some tea-related matters."

"You have found the right person." Zhang Gong took a sip of tea, sighed contentedly, put down the tea bowl, and said, "Old man, although I am not in business, I can pat my chest and say that the whole Yuezhou No one in the city knows better than me."

Jiang Ning smiled and complimented at the right time: "Mr. Zhang is a master in the matter of tea, and no one can match him. We know this, and we would like to hear more about it."

Zhang Gong said with a smile: "If you dare to listen to the old man and me, this trip will guarantee that you will only make money and not lose money! When it comes to drinking tea, tea drinking is prevalent in this area of ​​the south of the Yangtze River, but in terms of liking, it is not as good as it is." People from the north, especially in the imperial city of Beijing, from high-ranking officials to ordinary people, there is no one who does not drink tea. It is better to go without food for three days than to drink tea for one day. .”

He picked up the teapot and poured it for a round, and continued: "But the tea in the north is far inferior to the tea in the south. The tea in the north is bitter and has no tea fragrance. It always has an earthy smell when you drink it, and it is rougher than the tea in the south. Making tea is not as good as making tea, and the tea in Jiangnan is different. I think you have all drank it. The tea here is the most common variety, and it is worse than the one from the north. Not to mention the top-quality tea, which has a pure taste and a long-lasting fragrance. , This is one of the reasons why I decided to go back to Yuezhou back then."

Speaking of this, Zhang Gong laughed again: "Especially this year, due to the spring drought in the south, although the quantity of tea is less, the quality is much higher than in previous years. As long as you have a way to sell the tea here to the north, to be exaggerated, I'm afraid it's a bucket of tea and a bucket of gold, and there are some good tea lovers who are willing to sell."

What Mr. Zhang said was very tempting, but Jiang Ning thought of another question, he hesitated: "Shipping out?"

Seeing that he was not confused, but instead saw the crux of the problem, Mr. Zhang clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "That's right. I think you all know that I once remembered that this evil wolf has occupied Yuezhou for dozens of years. How could it be possible for people to be caught in it so easily?" Grab food from your own mouth?"

Jiang Ning thought for a while and said, "Didn't any other tea shop try to operate in Yuezhou before?"

Zhang Gong shook his head and replied: "It's not that there is no such thing, but within half a year, you will lose all your money. I remember being ruthless and able to lower the price, whether it is to lower the price of tea farmers or myself. If you can't If you sell it in time, it will be a loss if you leave it for one more day. Zeng Ji is not afraid. I think you have heard that their old tea is sold as new tea, while other tea shops have no way to continue, so they have to withdraw from Yuezhou. Over time. , and no one wants to come to Yuezhou to do tea business.”

Han Zhiyuan frowned and said, "Where did you remember such a great skill?"

Mr. Zhang thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "You don't know. I once remembered that Zeng He'an, the current owner, is the niece of the Master of the Water Transportation Department. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. They colluded with officials and businessmen. Zeng and An have to control It is easy to transport the tea in the water transport."

Knowing this relationship, both of them were silent, Jiang Ning thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Since the water transportation is not available, why can't we change the land transportation?"

Hearing this, Mr. Zhang asked back: "If the land transportation is changed, how do you calculate the cost? And if there is heavy rain on the road, how do you calculate the loss?"

Jiang Ning pondered for a moment, and said, "If it is possible to transfer from land to water transportation, I wonder if it is feasible? Zeng Ji can control the water transportation of Yuezhou City, can he also control the water transportation of the entire Jiangnan?"

Han Zhiyuan nodded: "That's true. We only need to transport the tea out of Yuezhou City by land to other places, and then convert it to water transport. Zeng Ji must be beyond his reach."

Hearing what the two said, Zhang Gong said with a smile: "Maybe we can try this! If it doesn't work, we will try another way."

Afterwards, Mr. Zhang paused, and then said: "Speaking of which, I once knew a big tea merchant. I have exchanged letters over the years. I entrust him to deliver all the good tea here. He often buys tea from Jiangnan. Tea is also a person who loves tea, and it is considered fair to do business on weekdays. If you need it, I can write a letter to introduce him to you."

The two were naturally overjoyed. This time even the sales problem was solved, and they thanked Mr. Zhang solemnly. Mr. Zhang waved his hands and said with a smile: "They are not outsiders, so why be polite? If you can think of me, a bad old man, you are already Very rare."

Jiang Ning, Han Zhiyuan discussed with Zhang Gong for a long time, and seeing the sky getting dark, the two of them bid farewell and returned happily.