Farming with Taobao - C47

Chapter 47 The Road to Well-Being (23)

The fact that the red oil curd was popular at the Li Family dining table had undoubtedly deeply enlightened Li Yannian. The next day at noon, when she was delivering chicken soup to Auntie Li’s family, she conveniently brought a few pieces of tofu milk in a small bowl. It could be considered as a preliminary “market investigation”, since Auntie Li and Uncle Li had eaten more than a few years of salt than them. If they had agreed on this, then Li Yannian planned to include the red oil curd in his blueprint for his future career.

When she went there, the Li family was eating, but when he saw her left hand holding a bowl and right hand holding a bowl, the Auntie Li cried out in alarm. She quickly stood up to receive the food, and when she clearly saw what was inside, she could not help but say: “You brat, why are you being so courteous, aiya, this chicken, which family did you buy, and how much did you sell it for, don’t you get tricked by others.”

Li Yannian first greeted the Uncle Li, then giggled and said: “Aunt, you are nagging again, I’ve already bought it, if it’s expensive, I won’t be able to negotiate anyways.”

The Auntie Li tilted his head and wanted to say something, but Li Yannian hurriedly surrendered, “I bought it from the Widow Hu at the head of the village. It wasn’t expensive, it only cost me 26 gold coins. “I’ll consider it cheaper if you’re just a country bumpkin.”

Auntie Li picked up the chicken leg with her chopsticks and shook her head: “Pfft, this Widow Hu, doesn’t know the situation when bullying your child. Just with this little chicken leg, it’s already not bad to have three catties of meat. It can’t be sold for 30 gold coins. ”

Seeing that she did not finish her sentence, Uncle Li knocked the bowl with his chopsticks: “Alright, alright, it’s about time.”

He then said to Li Yannian: “Oh, red beans, next time you want to buy chicken, tell your wife to buy it, so she doesn’t have to be so long-winded when eating it.”

Li Yannian covered her mouth and laughed, she finally remembered the reason she came here for and immediately pointed at the red oil curd: “Uncle, Aunt, I made this moldy tofu myself, you guys try it, see if it suits you.”

“You made it yourself?” The Auntie Li looked at Li Yannian suspiciously. After all, even though the person who brought the moon up was living in his house, he didn’t see her messing things up like this.

Li Yannian had already made her preparations long ago: “I made a jar before and I even forgot to put it on the stove. I only remembered to move home later on and it looked better now.

When the Auntie Li heard her words, she did not think too much into it. Carefully, she put a small piece of bright red tofu milk into her mouth, and her eyes immediately lit up.

“Red Bean, your cooking skills are really too good. We often make moldy tofu when we have money, but we can’t make you taste so good. Why is it so spicy, yet so moist?”

Hehe … Li Yannian was unable to answer this question, so she immediately changed the topic: “Aunt, then I’ll sell it in the shop. Someone should buy it, right?”

Auntie Li originally wanted to ask her for advice on how to make the moldy tofu taste so good, but she knew that she was planning on doing so for money, so she felt embarrassed to ask again. After thinking for a bit, she said, “I don’t know about that, why don’t we go to the restaurant next time we go to town and ask them about it, and about the soy sauce restaurant? I don’t know if they would accept it or not. “However, Hong Dou, let me remind you. Our place is a small place after all, and we don’t have much money on hand. There aren’t many people here who would like to buy soy sauce and food.”

Uncle Li, who had been quietly listening to the two talk, suddenly spoke: “I think we should go to the town to ask. We might as well go to Du Jia Village to take a look. There are a lot of merchants there, maybe we can find a way.”

Du Jia Village … Li Yannian blinked her eyes, then smiled at the two of them: “Thank you Uncle and Aunt, then I’ll ask my brother again when we get back to the villa. My family is still waiting for me to eat dinner. Uncle, Aunt, I’ll be going back first. You guys eat, and I’ll come back for the bowls and bowls in one night. ”

Auntie Li sent him out the door, and coincidentally met his eyes when he turned around. He shook his head and smiled helplessly: “These kids really love to mess around.”

He was still deep in his heart, not saying a word. This Li family girl, wasn’t she a bit too arrogant? She was even different than a village girl. Looking at her, it seemed that she was going to be the same in the future.

Uncle Li took a big bite out of the bowl but did not say a word. Only then did Auntie Li realize that there was only a small piece of tofu left in the bowl.

Naturally, Li Yannian hadn’t seen the bustle of Auntie Li and Uncle Li fighting over food since a long time ago. Otherwise, she would have been able to cover her mouth and laugh merrily for a while. The trip to the woman’s house made her even more certain that modern foods with rich seasonings had a market in ancient times where the taste was poor and the taste buds lacked stimulation. Furthermore, the market was quite vast, but she didn’t have the means to promote it yet.

For a moment, she thought of the Gu family, especially the Gu family’s third young master, Gu Mingyuan. With the Gu family’s network of contacts and the business road, if he could work with them, he would naturally be able to save a lot of effort. The more he involved himself with the Gu family, the sooner the other party would find out about his secret. Li Yannian didn’t trust the Gu family, so she naturally didn’t dare take the risk.

He decided to open up the small restaurant first. If he couldn’t eat all the dishes in one bite and became rich, he would have to do it step by step.

He really did get what he wanted. Two days later, Zhang Bao, who had just come to have a glass of wine, came back with the good news that he had finally found a suitable store.

“This shop was originally used to making storehouses. The cloth shop at the front turned over to the owner and separated one shop into two. They rented out each other and no longer traded cloth anymore. The two families were both small businesses and didn’t need such a large warehouse, so they had to leave it empty. The landlord was asking around and wondered if anyone wanted the warehouse in his possession. “I saw that the place was rather large and was in a suitable location. I’ve asked the landlord about it, so there’s no rush to cook. The windows on the street have been taken down and we can change the place into a shop.

Zhang Bao had long known that there was such a warehouse near the shallow water dock, and he was familiar with the landlord as well. It turned out that the shopkeeper who rented his store for cloth business often came to the manor to stock up, so naturally, he could hear the commotion in the town. However, because he was selfish, he felt that his niece was an outsider who was only interested in finding a place for Li Yannian to do business. However, due to the fact that he wanted to find a place for Li Yannian to shop, he felt angry.

However, this kind of good store with a price ratio had long been taken away by others. Generally, land deeds were signed for three to five years, or even ten years, because those who did business had to be old customers. If they moved, the old customers wouldn’t be able to find a new store, and the customer would lose more than half of their source. As long as there were no accidents, Old Pu Zi would not easily take over the business.

So Dabao went back and forth in the town, running a hundred times inside and out, but still couldn’t find a satisfactory store. He guessed that he was probably going to take off the Du Family’s own clothes, so he got interested. He asked Zhang Bao what kind of shop he was going to open, and seemingly inadvertently brought up several times the warehouse that had been empty for a long time.

The landlord originally wanted to say that since they were familiar with each other, if there was a need to stock up in the warehouse, he would take care of his own business first. However, he didn’t expect Da Bao to ask him if he could change the storehouse into a restaurant for food.

The landlord was completely stunned. Cooking food? Not far away from that land was the shallow water pier where the Gu and Du Families’ goods were coming in and out. All day long, the only people that could be seen were those who carried bags to unload the goods.

However, it was not a good place to stay empty all the time. When he rented the cloth shop, seven to eight taels of silver had been transferred into his account every year. This time, it was a year and a half. Although he had previously rented the entire shop into two separate rooms, each year he would receive six more silver taels. However, when calculating the gains and losses, the businessmen subconsciously took the new profits for granted.

He immediately made up his mind. Whatever Da Bao said, he would do. No matter what he wanted to change the warehouse into, as long as it was not empty, he would have no objections even if Da Bao changed his mind and wanted to open a bathhouse there.

The landlord was afraid that Zhang Bao would be unwilling, so he lowered the rent. There were almost three hundred square meters of storage room, and it only cost Zhang Bao six taels of silver a year.

Facing such a low rent, Zhang Bao was still tempted.

After calculating for the better part of a month, that his nieces had already moved into his new home, he was really unable to find another store. After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Bao came over and divulged this news to Li Yannian.

After Li Yannian quietly listened to everything, she asked, “Uncle, since it’s okay to watch, then let’s go to town together in the afternoon. Do you know the landlord? Can you trust me? If we decide to rent his house, then we must write a land deed for him. If we change the house and don’t come over later on, it would be best if we can extend the signature a bit longer so that his business won’t get too hot and he’s jealous, so he wants to increase the rent. ”

Zhang Bao laughed bitterly in his heart, in a place like that, no matter how good the business was, Three Coins would never become popular. It was still a lot of losses, and he did not want to sign a contract, it would be best if the one year short contract was not more than three years.

When Li Yannian saw his expression, she knew that Zhang Bao was still not confident about what he was going to do, and that human values could not be changed easily either. She did not waste any more words, and quickly ate her lunch at home, leaving Mao Dou to look after Zhao Xu at home. Then, and Black Bean followed Zhang Bao to look at the shops in the town.

The landlord was waiting for the good news from Dabao. When he heard that he was going to bring his family to see the place, he was so excited that he took the key and brought someone to the dock.

He had a feeling in his heart that it was time to rent out the warehouse that he had been suppressing for a year and a half. Two days ago, he had specially called his wife to clean the house, cleaning it clean of all the accumulated dust. Then, people really came to take a look.

The moment Li Yannian saw this warehouse, she made a decision: she would be here. The place was big, so the rent was also suitable. Even if the restaurant became closed later on, they could make a chicken hair shop after a change. A single coin a night would make a poor person willing to sleep.

She looked at Black Bean, then nodded at Zhang Bao.

Since his niece had already made up her mind, Zhang Bao had no other choice. He immediately said to the landlord, “We are going to do a food business here. At that time, we will definitely have to set up a few more stoves in the house, and we will also have to tear down this wall on the street. I have told you all of this before. “Old Fang, you can say for sure that the rent of six taels of silver a year will be written into the lease agreement. If you are willing, we will go find a Chinese person to handle the formalities and write the documents and seal them according to your hand.”

The landlord was extremely happy, but he did not show it on his face. He rubbed his hands together and said, “Of course, we’ve already agreed on this. We should be the first to be honest.”

He thought that he was smiling humorously, but when he saw that Zhang Bao’s face did not look like he was smiling at all, his heart skipped a beat and he suddenly felt blessed.

“However, there is one thing that I have to mention, Brother Zhang. Don’t worry about me. If you were to use this place as a storeroom to store things, I wouldn’t have said anything. You have your own methods, and I, Old Fang, am unable to read your Heavenly Book. If you are willing to rent it, then I am willing to give it up. But if you keep doing this, if you don’t do it in a year or two, and this shop ends up doing it again and again, and I have to build walls and paint white walls, that would be a waste of effort, wouldn’t it? “You know that I’m renting this house to you. I really didn’t earn much money from it. So you also know how much I’m renting …”

Now that things had come to this point, if Zhang Bao still couldn’t tell what was going on, then he would really be confused. He could only continue, “I understand. You have your troubles, how long do you think you should sign this lease?”

When the landlord heard this, he felt that something wasn’t right. This Zhang Ye clearly didn’t know what was going on. Wasn’t he just messing around? Thus, he steeled his heart and opened his mouth to speak for ten years.

“Ten years?!” Zhang Bao was both shocked and astonished. His mouth opened widely, and when Fang saw his expression, his previous speculation was confirmed.

This time, it hit right into Li Yannian’s heart, and she immediately laughed: “Uncle, let’s say ten years, what we are doing is a long-term business, and the landlord is also straightforward and efficient, it just so happens that.”

The landlord took advantage of the situation and said happily, “Little girl, you’re right. Brother Zhang, it would be better if you signed a long business contract for a longer time, so that I don’t increase the rent midway.”

Zhang Bao’s heart was filled with hatred. You want to increase the rent in this crappy place? Dream on!

No matter how unhappy he was, the lease was still written under the witness of the middleman, Li Yannian immediately paid the rent for the first three years, and the two families agreed that after the three years were over, the landlord would come to collect the rent once a year, and surnamed Fang even specially stressed that during this period of time, regardless of whether Zhang Bao could continue doing business, he would still need to collect the annual rent.

A lease was written down. Both sides had checked on each other and pressed their fingers on it. This was the result. However, the difference between the two families was too great. Renting a house was a bargain that had taken ten years, yet their faces were filled with distress. The renter was abnormally overjoyed over the long contract, looking as if he had picked up a treasure.

The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed in puzzlement. Strange things happened every year, so he wasn’t surprised at all.