Chapter 5 Steamed buns are hot and opponents panic
"Shopkeeper Du, I heard that the business is good today. I wonder if this inn should continue to rent? Can I give the house money?"
In Yunlai Inn, Mr. Tian was straight to the point, and Du Shaoqing let him into the house, "Old Tian, I'm really short of money, I'm thinking..."
"Why? You still can't afford such a good business? Well, ten taels of silver!" Mr. Tian interrupted violently.
"What, what ten taels of silver?" Du Shaoqing was stunned.
Mr. Tian said disdainfully: "Hmph, if you want to continue renting this inn, you don't have ten taels of silver for a year! It doesn't matter if you don't have money now. Make a note and add 10% of the profit a year."
What a good guy, is this old man taking advantage of the situation? Du Shaoqing cursed in his heart, "Ten taels of silver?" How much does it cost? It is equivalent to 40,000 yuan in later generations. He really dares to open his mouth. You must know that when he bought this house, he only had twenty taels of silver.
It is obvious that Old Man Tian saw that the steamed bun business was booming and deliberately asked for a price everywhere.
"But I heard that Huang Shengcai had to spend five taels of silver to rent..." Du Shaoqing retorted.
"Fifteen taels!"
You... Du Shaoqing is almost gone wild. This old man is so cruel. The price will rise if he disagrees? If it weren't for this house passed down by my ancestors, I really wanted to go up and kick this vampire.
"If you get it, ten taels are ten taels, but I don't have cash, so I can only give you a document."
"I'm talking about fifteen liang, are you deaf in your ears?"
"Just ten taels. If you increase the price like this, we should not be able to say it. Even if you can afford it, you will not agree. You would rather not have the ancestral home and move out of Luoxia Town from now on, so that we can live wherever we go." Du Shaoqing said angrily.
Mr. Tian stared at Du Shaoqing for a moment and felt that this was not like the nerd before. How could he be so courageous? After a long time, he finally compromised and said: "The deadline is three months! If you can't take out three months, I will sell this house to Huang Shengcai. I believe he is absolutely interested."
Three months? Du Shaoqing almost exclaimed, but this guy threatened himself with a house? But in the end he could only suppress his anger and nodded: "Three months is three months. In three months, I must take this old house back!"
"Hmph, I have to be willing to sell it!" He snorted coldly and walked away, his stomach was already filled with laughter.
When he returned to the kitchen and discussed with Uncle San, Du San exclaimed: "Ten taels? Is his surname Tian crazy about money? Is this the best person in Luoxia Town or the first vampire? And Huang Shengcai, they are not joining forces to cheat us, are they willing to rent it here for five taels of silver?
I just calculated the calculations. Now our steamed bun business is very good. The net profit of a day is nearly two cents of silver (200 cents of copper coins). You can earn six taels of silver a month, and ten taels of silver in three months is acceptable. If it were put before, we would not earn these ten taels of silver in a year."
As Uncle Du San said, steamed buns seem cheap, but in fact they are profitable in this small town. They earn six taels of silver a month and spread it. I am afraid that no one in the town will not be envious, even Shengcai Restaurant.
"Yes, now that the steamed bun business has started, Uncle San will not go to the mountains to hunt in the future. After all, wolf, insect, tiger and leopard are very dangerous in the mountains." Du Shaoqing advised.
"Haha, I'm used to life in the mountains and forests, and I can't lose it for the time being. You brothers and you two, plus your third aunt, are enough. I'd better go into the mountains and run more and earn more back. Seeing that Shaoming grew up, he will marry a wife in the future."
Knowing that he could not persuade him, Du Shaoqing had to give up.
Although it was the first day of opening, the steamed buns were hotter than Du Shaoqing expected. Three hundred were not enough. They were sold out in the morning. After many people took them home, their families tasted them and said they were delicious. Who has no three or five people, and the steamed buns are soft and easy to digest. One person or two people will eat them casually and they will disappear. Therefore, sales quickly increased, and the richer the more people buy.
At the same time, the news that the Du family's Mantou business was booming also reached the town's rival Shengcai Restaurant.
"Shopkeeper, have you heard of it? The Du family's noodle pancake stall was not closed. Instead, it made something called steamed bun today. People in the town are rushing to buy it, saying it is a hundred times better than coarse pancake." A guy hurriedly ran to Huang Shengcai who was settled the accounts and said.
Huang Shengcai's subordinate paused, his eyebrows frowned, and then snorted coldly: "One hundred times? What nonsense? Go and work hard.
The Du family? Do you still want to be reborn? Humph, it’s just a noodle pancake stall, it’s not enough to worry about it. My Shengcai Restaurant is a big business, so I don’t have to worry about it. I bought the Yunlai Inn the next day, where can they still have business to do?”
The guy wanted to refute a few more words, but seeing that the shopkeeper was a little impatient, he had to shake his head and go to the kitchen to work.
At noon, a guest came to the inn, who was one of the few regular customers in the inn. Boss Hu, a fur merchant in Chang'an. Because the town is not big, there is only Yunlai Inn, so Boss Hu lives here every time.
"Shopkeeper Du, business is booming. I'll open a room for me soon. It's the same rule. I've been rushing to the road yesterday. When it's time to dinner, Lao Hu is already hungry. I'm putting down my luggage and I'm going to rush to the restaurant in the town for dinner."
Hearing the sound, Du Shaoqing came out from behind, and Du Sanye followed him out. The furry person was the superior of the hunters.
"Oh, Master Du San is here too. I saw that the noodle cake stall at your door is good. Many people are waiting to buy noodle cakes." Boss Hu said hello skillfully.
"TOEFL, TOEFL, we don't sell noodles, but instead sell steamed buns. Today is the first day to open. Boss Hu must try it later." As he said that, Master Du San went out and brought a steamed bun at the noodles stall.
"Ha, this thing is fresh, I have never seen it before. I tried it and it almost made me starve."
At this time, Du Shaoqing had already packed Boss Hu's room and put down his luggage.
"Well? This thing is really extraordinary, delicious, hundreds of times better than that cake. It's good and good. How can I sell it? I'll bring a few of them to the restaurant for dinner. With this, the staple food in the restaurant seems difficult to swallow.
Really, I don’t know why the shopkeeper Du fired his good cooking master, otherwise it would be great if I, Lao Hu, had a meal here."
As he spoke, Boss Hu went out to the noodle pancake stall, bought six white flour steamed buns at once, and took them to Shengcai Restaurant in the town. Boss Hu shouted: "My man, come cooked glutinous rice (bakery) and stewed pork. Come on soon, you're almost hungry."
When Huang Shengcai saw that he was also an old customer, he smiled and greeted him, "Boss Hu, business is booming. Huh? What are you holding in your hand?"
"What? Don't you know? This is a thing called steamed bun I bought at the door of Yunlai Inn. Hey, it's very sweet and delicious. I think this thing is definitely a great choice for your wine and food. I'll bring it to eat."
Hum? Huang Shengcai's heart moved. Is this a steamed bun? The guy said it was OK, and the customer said it was OK. It was really delicious?
The diners eating in the restaurant also heard it, "Hey, Boss Hu has a good idea, why didn't I expect it? No, I went to buy two steamed buns and came back to have a side dish. When I ate at home in the morning, I felt it was amazing and I thought it was just a single meal."
Chapter completed!