Chapter 109: Sell or not
Lian Man'er and his group soon arrived at the gate of Yuelai Restaurant to read the full text. Because it was a rainy day, there were fewer customers in the restaurant than usual. Lian Man'er walked in first and told the restaurant's staff that he wanted to find Manager Wu.
"Little girl, I came quite early." The first one who came out was the middle-aged man who served Uncle Wu that day.
"Shopkeeper Wu, we are here to send peanuts. Can that Uncle Wu be here?" Lian Man'er said.
"Oh." The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment when he heard Lian Man'er call him Manager Wu, and then he returned to normal. He was the shopkeeper of the Yuelai Restaurant, surnamed Wu. He did not reveal his identity to Lian Man'er that day. However, it was not particularly strange that Lian Man'er was able to recognize him. After all, his restaurant is quite famous in the town. Lian Man'er did not know him when the child first met, but after he went home, he talked to the adults at home that it was very likely that someone among Lian Man'er's elders recognized him.
"The boss is waiting for you." Manager Wu then told Lian Man'er that day that Mr. Wu was the owner of the restaurant, living in the county, and his name was Wu Zhonglian. Manager Wu introduced Lian Man'er into a private room, and Wu Zhonglian was indeed sitting inside.
"We are delivering the goods as agreed. Let's first check the peanuts. After the scales, let's see if they are enough." After seeing each other's gifts, Lian Man'er immediately started the topic.
The restaurant's friend helped Lian Shouxin carry a few bags of peanuts in. Wu Zhonglian opened each bag and tasted it. Then he nodded and asked the guy to weigh the peanuts. The four sacks of peanuts were weighed out and 200 kilograms. This was because Lian Man'er was afraid that there would not be enough peanuts in the end, so he made a few more kilograms. When he came, he had already weighed them at home.
"Well, it's very good." Manager Wu nodded. "It's raining today. It's rare that you can really make 200 kilograms of peanuts on time."
Manager Wu said, and looked outside. It was not heavy, but it didn't stop.
"We will deliver the peanuts as agreed. Uncle Wu has already given us a hanging of money, the remaining money..." Lian Man'er smiled and did not accept what Shopkeeper Wu said.
Manager Wu laughed twice and asked Manager Wu to get the money. Two hundred kilograms of peanuts, twenty cents per kilogram. There should be four trunks in total. Lian Man'er had already given one trunk, and Manager Wu took out three trunks and handed them to Lian Man'er.
"It's still raining outside, so I don't rush to go back. Please sit down and have a cup of tea and have some snacks." Manager Wu greeted Lian Shouxin and Lian Man'er said a few times.
Lian Man'er agreed, and she could see that Wu Zhonglian had something to say.
Wu Zhonglian was very talkative, first talking to Lian Shouxin. He asked them how they had their crops this year, what kind of livelihood they were doing every day, and even Shouxin answered cautiously.
"How come these garlic peanuts have not been sold before?" asked the boss of Wu Da last.
"It's just a few children who make it work and make some pocket money." Lian Shouxin said.
"What do you think after Mr. Wu tasted our garlic peanuts?" Lian Man'er ate a small piece of dessert and suddenly spoke.
"Of course it's good, otherwise how could I buy two hundred kilograms?" Wu Zhonglian said.
"Uncle Wu bought these peanuts, and it must be not just for his own food?" Lian Man'er asked again.
"In addition to this restaurant, our boss also has some teahouses, grocery stores, roasted goods, and dry goods stores in the county and other towns." Manager Wu replied on behalf of the boss of Wuda.
In teahouses and restaurants, you can use garlic peanuts to make a dish for wine, grocery stores, fried goods and dry goods stores, and there are fried peanuts, and of course you can also sell garlic peanuts.
"Uncle Wu's business is booming. These 200 kilograms of peanuts can be sold for a few days. You can see that we can make 200 kilograms of garlic peanuts in two days. How much does Uncle Wu need? You can leave it to us for confidence." Lian Man'er said.
Wu Zhonglian wanted to buy garlic peanuts, so urgently he didn't need it. But he set the time limit, and there was naturally a reason. It was nothing more than to see if they had the ability to make enough garlic peanuts in a short period of time, and keep the taste exactly the same, without deviation. The boss of Wuhan University tried every bag of peanuts himself, probably to make sure of this matter.
Now Lianman'er delivers the goods on time, and the production capacity and quality of garlic peanuts are guaranteed, so a long-term supply relationship can be established next.
Although it is a bit troublesome to make garlic peanuts, you can earn 8 cents per catty. In the eyes of rural people, firewood does not cost money. Among the seasonings, the most garlic is garlic, which is produced by oneself, while other seasonings do not use much. It can be said that the cost is very low, but it only uses more manpower. Lian Man'er's family has discussed it and thinks that this money can be earned for a long time.
The boss of Wuda and the shopkeeper Wu quickly exchanged a wink.
Lian Man'er immediately realized that these two people had other plans.
"I don't know how the peanuts were dried in such weather?" Manager Wu asked inadvertently.
"This..." Lian Shouxin was about to answer.
Lian Man'er quickly coughed. Lian Shouxin turned his head and saw Lian Man'er wink at him. He lowered his head and pretended to drink tea, and swallowed the words below.
"Haha, can't you say this?" Manager Wu said to Lian Man'er with a smile.
"There is nothing to say, we won't say it, but tomorrow, Manager Wu can find out." Lian Man'er smiled.
Manager Wu showed an awkward look on his face.
"In our town, we were the first to sell this garlic peanuts. Later, those were learned from us. Apart from the recipe for garlic peanuts, we didn't hide anything else. How to dry peanuts on rainy days is easy to learn and make," Lian Man'er said again.
Manager Wu's face looked a little better.
"We rural people don't have much thought. Just say it readily if Mr. Wu has anything to say." Lian Man'er glanced at Wu Zhonglian and said.
Wu Zhonglian laughed haha.
"The little girl is a cheerful person, so I'll just say it. You garlic peanuts are good. My roasted shop plans to trade garlic peanuts. Because this is the first one you started, I can't bear to steal your livelihood. Why don't you sell that recipe to me at one time? You can buy a few acres of land when you go back, and you don't have to work so hard in the future."
Lian Man'er smiled in her heart. It seemed that Wu Zhonglian had planned to ask for her prescription from the beginning. The requirement to make 200 kilograms of garlic peanuts in those two days was to examine the production capacity and quality of garlic peanuts to see if they could be made in large quantities. If Lian Man'er failed to deliver the goods on time, would Wu Zhonglian's punishment be to ask for the prescription?
Now Lian Man'er has sent garlic peanuts on time. Wu Zhonglian has been able to confirm that garlic peanuts can be made in large quantities and are not limited to the weather. Wu Zhonglian wants to buy a recipe for garlic peanuts, but he refuses to pay more. He said that he can't bear to steal their livelihood. If Wu Zhonglian can make better garlic peanuts in his own shop, will he still pay attention to them?
The boss of Wuhan University looked cheerful, but his mind was very meticulous. If Lian Man'er was an ordinary rural girl, he might have been coaxed by him and sold him the recipe for garlic and peanuts for a few dollars.
"Uncle Wu, I am not the only one selling these garlic peanuts at the market. Every family says that their first one is, why do you buy my one?" Lian Man'er asked.
After they sold these garlic peanuts several times, some people learned to make them and sold them at the market, including people from Sanshiliyingzi. However, the garlic peanuts they made were not as delicious as Man'er, and the taste always changed. Without patent protection, everyone was a small business deal, and even Man'er could not be sold by others.
"Of course, it's the best taste I made at home, and the taste is always the same, right?" Lian Man'er answered this question himself.
Lian Man'er said nothing, so the boss of Wuhan University had to nod.
This is the fact. It’s just that Wu Zhonglian wanted to buy Lian Man'er’s prescription, but he wanted to lower the price. Of course, he would not take the initiative to say this. Now that Lian Man'er said it himself, he had to nod.
"Those families learned my family. The method of making is similar, but there is no prescription for us... That day, Uncle Wu and I made an agreement to buy seasonings. Maybe someone who is interested learned to buy them, but I dare say that he still doesn't deserve our taste." Lian Man'er looked at Manager Wu and smiled.
Lian Man'er and the others only sell 20 to 30 kilograms of garlic peanuts. If they want to make 200 kilograms at a time, they must buy new seasonings. Lian Man'er did not conceal the procedures for making garlic peanuts, but they had been paying attention to the seasonings they used to make to make sure no one could figure out which seasonings she used, and would not know what the seasonings were.
If you want to make large quantities of garlic peanuts, you must have a fixed prescription, otherwise each batch of peanuts will taste different and you will not be able to form a brand.
"The little girl is very smart." Wu Zhonglian said with a smile.
"Our family is still counting on making money, so of course we have to be careful. More and more people love to eat garlic peanuts. Even if we only sell 1,000 pounds a year, we can earn eight taels of silver in a year, 20 years is 160 taels, and 40 years is 320 taels. Our Lian family garlic peanuts have been passed down from generation to generation, so our descendants will not have to worry about food and clothing." Lian Man'er said deliberately.
Wu Zhonglian was a little surprised when he heard Lian Man'er say this. Although this little girl is young, her knowledge is already extraordinary. She has made a few key points clear in just a few words. She understands the important value of her prescription very well. It seems that the idea of getting a bargain is not working.
"The little girl is thinking well, but in the past few decades, how can other people's families not be able to make garlic peanuts that are better than yours?" The boss of Wuda laughed. "It's better to sell it to me now. If you get cash, there will be many benefits immediately. Girl, how much do you want for this recipe?"
Chapter completed!