Lay to win!Cannon fodder, he has become the chief assistant

Chapter 184 Mid-Autumn Festival Gift Box
Xie Rongzhao looked at his worried mother, and couldn't help sighing. If what she said was true, this stewed chicken would have to sell for 120 yuan or more to be more suitable for them.

But Liu Ruolan was timid, and always felt that she was cheating people like that. Even if she sold ninety coins, she would already make a lot of money.

"Don't worry, Auntie, Ninety Wen is still very easy to sell, and Fang Steward also said that he went outside to inquire about it, and it can't be sold too cheaply, otherwise other people's business can't be done."

A dish of salted chicken in the restaurant costs more than 100 Wen, mainly because people can eat and drink there.

They run a stewed meat shop, and they only sell takeaways, and they cannot eat in the shop, so they reluctantly set a price of [-] renminbi.

If it is cheaper, it may cause dissatisfaction with other merchants.

"Aniang, just wait at home with peace of mind. Steward Fang will come back with news later."

For the first three days, Liu Ruolan went to the shop in person and stayed for nearly two hours before coming back. Today is not a good time to go again. After all, she is an official family member, and she has to take care of Xie Xiuwen's reputation.

When it was time to set lunch at home, Fang Hu trotted all the way back.

"Don't worry, ma'am, all the ingredients in the shop are sold out today. Considering that the price has gone up, the shopkeeper doesn't make much today, which is the same as the day it opened, but it's still sold out. He also said to let I'll come back and report to you that tomorrow there will be ten more chickens and ducks."

"Okay, just do as he says."

When Liu Ruolan heard that everything was sold out, she immediately beamed with joy.

As long as she doesn't lose money.

After several days of repeated adjustments, we finally set a daily limit of [-] stewed chicken and stewed ducks, and [-] stewed pig's trotters.

In addition, other stewed dishes will be added in the follow-up. If you only sell these few items, although you can make money, the store is too leisurely, and the time is long, and it is easy for customers to get bored, and the number of customers will gradually decrease. Measured.

At present, the gross profit per day is around thirteen or forty taels of silver. After a month, the total gross profit is about 400 taels of silver.

Among them, the wages of the first four people in the store and the cost of some marinated materials have to be removed. After all this, the net profit is 360 taels a month.

This number is actually not too eye-catching in the capital, Liu Ruolan repeatedly looked at the account book, almost from ear to ear with joy.

She only spent half of the 200 taels that her husband gave her before, but now she has more than 300 taels of income, how can she be unhappy?
However, thinking about the investment in buying the shop before, the joyful energy finally subsided a little.

Xie Xiuwen also knew that the shop's business was good, and in the first month, he didn't push out any new braised vegetables, mainly because he had to wait.

"Father, did you get the box I asked you to find?"

Xie Xiuwen raised his head, and Xie Rongzhao came in with short legs.

I don't know if it's because the child grew up late, but I always feel that she hasn't grown much this year.

"Well, this is a sample. Look, if you can, the next few hundred boxes will be made according to this."

"Wow, it's so beautiful. Did Dad draw the painting on it?"

Xie Xiuwen smiled. In fact, he just sketched a few strokes casually. He didn't expect that the effect would be quite good after making it.

This is a wooden double-layer food box. On the top of the food box is a hand-carved auspicious cloud pattern. From a distance, it is a rough and shallow blessing character. The body of the food box is painted with a few simple paints. Color painted flowers or the moon coming out.

Originally, Xie Rongzhao wanted to use carvings, but it was too troublesome, it would take so many craftsmen and time to make it out, she couldn't wait.

"Father, how many of this food box can be made in a day?"

"It's not slow, but it takes a little longer for the first proofing, and it will be much faster to do it later. The engraving on the lid of this box is not slow. Two craftsmen can make about twenty of them a day."

Xie Rongzhao nodded with satisfaction: "There are still more than 20 days until the Mid-Autumn Festival, can we make a sample in the shop first?"

Xie Xiuwen tilted his head to look at her: "Aren't you afraid of making preparations too early, but someone will copy them instead?"

This is true.

Xie Rongzhao thought about it seriously: "Then let's make a few sets first, give one to Uncle Zhao and Uncle Cao, and one to Uncle Wang, what do you think?"

"My baby is smart."

Xie Xiuwen is currently on duty in the Imperial Academy, and usually eats at the Imperial Academy at noon, and there is no need to pay, and there are one or two meat dishes every day.

This day the King of Heaven came in to look for him: "Let's go, let's have dinner together."

Just as the two were about to go out, they saw Xie Lin coming over.

Although Xie Xiuwen doesn't like Xie Xiuning, that is, Xie Chen, he still has a good sense of Xie Lin.

"What a coincidence, I saw Brother Wang's back from a distance, and I was afraid that you would all leave when I came over."

Xie Xiuwen smiled, and the three of them went to eat together.

After walking a few steps, Douzi trotted over with a food box.

"Greetings to the two adults, master, this is just sent by Anmu, and it is said that the young lady ordered the new stewed vegetables today, come here to add dishes to you and a few uncles."

Xie Lin clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "I'm lucky."

Wang Jin also knew that Xie Xiuwen opened a stewed vegetable restaurant, and he had eaten there a few times before, and the taste was really good.

"Let's go."

As soon as the food box was opened, it naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Let's not talk about the contents inside, but the exquisiteness and beauty of this food box is enough to make people take a second look.

"Hey, what kind of plate is this, it's really pretty!"

"Master Hui Wang, these are special plates from the store. There are not many of them. They are all gift boxes that are going to be pushed out during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Gift box?"

Xie Lin also became interested, seeing that the top layer is a kind of exquisite three-compartment small plate, which contains various kinds of stewed vegetables, the portion is very small, and looks like a circle of plates for eating dumplings with vinegar.

"Yo, is this nine?"

"That's right, it's an auspicious number. Do you think there's anything you like?"

Wang Jin picked up the chopsticks with a smile, really impatient.

The stewed dishes on the plate on the first floor are quite novel: quail eggs, seaweed knots, lotus root slices, shiitake mushrooms, tofu, etc., exactly nine kinds, and the plate arrangement is also very careful and beautifully matched.

The bottom layer was served with big plates, but with a discerning eye, you knew it was the same set of plates as the one above.

Chickens, ducks, fish, and seeing that the fish is still covered with something, it seems that they are afraid that the fish will disperse again.

Xie Lin asked directly, and Douzi smiled and said, "Master Xie has good eyesight. This fish has been stewed for the longest time. Even the fishbone inside is soft and can be eaten directly. This is specially prepared for some old people." Yes, the fish meat is soft and tasty, and you don’t have to worry about getting stuck in your throat.”

Wang Jin urged Xie Xiuwen to move his chopsticks quickly, and he couldn't wait to pick up a piece of stewed lotus root.

"Well, this taste is really good. Dou Zi, go tell the shopkeeper, I will buy ten sets of this gift box!"

(End of this chapter)