A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 39 sold separately

Zhang Yunyue handed the chili oil she brought to Manager Dong.

Shopkeeper Dong: "Miss Zhang is amazing. Your chili oil is really good. The chef in our restaurant can't make it taste that good."

Zhang Yunyue knew that before Shopkeeper Dong ordered the mung bean jelly for his family, he must have tried to make it himself, but he definitely failed.

After all, all the spices inside have been fished out, and as long as we can't find it, we won't be able to guess it no matter how hard we try.

That’s why I dared to promote the chili oil in front of Shopkeeper Dong today.

Zhang Yunyue: "Manager Dong, if your Tianxianglou is interested in our homemade chili oil, we can make the finished product and sell it to you. You can try cooking with this chili oil, or mix it with cold dishes. The taste will definitely be even better."

Shopkeeper Dong thought for a moment and looked at Zhang Yunyue: "Miss, have you considered selling the formula? If you do, you will definitely not suffer any loss."

Zhang Yunyue shook her head: "I'm not going to sell the recipe. I want to expand the chili oil in the future. After all, as long as the chili oil is prepared properly, it can be stored for a long time."

Manager Dong also guessed that Zhang Yunyue might not agree.

"Miss Zhang, our restaurant is indeed interested in your chili oil, but I don't know how much it costs?"

Zhang Yunyue: "Shopkeeper Dong, it's like this. My chili oil is very fragrant and only costs 30 cents for half a pound. Don't worry, I'm honest."

Shopkeeper Dong lowered his head, thought for a moment, and nodded.

"Okay, Miss Zhang, as long as the quality and taste are guaranteed, I won't bargain for 30 cents. How about providing 5 kilograms tomorrow? As long as I use it well, our Tianxianglou has hundreds of restaurants in the entire Yuanqi country, and I can recommend you to our boss."

"Okay, Manager Dong, I will provide you with five kilograms tomorrow. After you use it, if you are interested, we can discuss cooperation in detail. How do you think?"

Shopkeeper Dong nodded: "Okay."

Zhang Yunyue: "Now that everything has been discussed, we'll take our leave. My father and I have to go back to the stall to work."

Shopkeeper Dong got up and saw Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's father out, and asked the accountant to settle the money for today's mung bean jelly with Zhang Yunyue.

After Zhang Yunyue took the money, she and her father left Tianxianglou and pushed the wheelbarrow towards the grocery store.

When they arrived at the grocery store, Zhang's father parked the wheelbarrow in front of the store.

Zhang Yunyue: "Thank you, uncle. Thank you so much for your wheelbarrow yesterday. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to push the things back yesterday."

Uncle Xie: "What's the big deal, Yueyue? If you need it next time, just come to Uncle Xie."

"Oh, okay, thank you uncle, I'll go back first, the stall is busy right now."

Zhang Yunyue waved to Uncle Xie, and quickly returned to the jelly stall with Zhang's father.

At this moment, more and more people started to gather in front of the stall. Zhang's mother was busy cutting and adding seasonings, while Zhang Xingyun was busy collecting money, cleaning the table and washing dishes.

Mother Zhang was relieved when she saw the two people coming back. There were only two of them here just now, and they were a little busy and confused.

"Come and help me, you guys are finally back. There are so many people here that I'm in a mess."

Seeing this, Zhang's father and Zhang Yunyue hurriedly washed their hands and started to get busy too.

Zhang Yunyue continued to add her own seasonings, and took out several bamboo tubes that she had brought with her. She then filled each bamboo tube with half a pound of chili oil and covered them with lids.

Zhang Yunyue packed several bamboo tubes with chili oil and took the opportunity to tell customers who were buying mung bean jelly that her chili oil was for sale separately.

Last night, Zhang Yunyue discussed with her family about selling her homemade chili oil. After all, she had been setting up a stall in the town for so many days, and everyone liked her chili oil very much. Some people also asked if she would sell it. So she simply started selling it.

"Oh, Miss Yueyue, your chili oil is finally available for sale. I miss it every day. The main reason is that other stores don't have chili oil. I also made it at home, but I just can't make it taste like yours, haha."

The man who was speaking was Mr. Li, the shopkeeper of the West Street Cloth Shop, and a regular customer of Zhang's mung bean jelly. He was rather straightforward in his speech and would chat with Zhang's father and Zhang Cheng every time he came to eat.

Zhang Yunyue: "Shopkeeper Li, people have been asking about this for the past few days, and I want to satisfy everyone. Would you like to have a can? 30 coins a can."

Shopkeeper Li: "Hahaha, I must have a can. I will use it to sandwich the steamed buns when I go back, and then cook a bowl of noodles. The taste is absolutely intoxicating. Here, I'll give you the money first, and I'll take it away after I finish eating the mung bean jelly."

Zhang Xingfeng took the copper coin and placed the chili oil that Zhang Yunyue had packed in a bamboo tube jar in front of Manager Li's desk.

As soon as Manager Li left, some regular customers came to eat mung bean jelly and cold noodles. Every time Zhang Yunyue finished promoting chili oil to customers and started selling it, they would buy a can to take home.

"Yueyue, I heard that you started selling chili oil?" Uncle Xie said as he walked over from a distance.

Zhang Yunyue saw Uncle Xie coming over and replied, "Uncle Xie, yes, these days everyone said the chili oil tastes good, so I wanted to buy some to go home with rice or for cooking. I saw everyone wanted to buy it, so I made some extra yesterday and planned to sell it in town today to see how it goes."

"I didn't expect everyone to be so considerate. Now, in addition to the chili oil that goes with the mung bean jelly, there are still two or three cans of chili oil left in the bamboo tube."

Uncle Xie laughed: "Haha, that's it, Uncle Xie has the remaining two cans, I'm also craving your chili oil, so I came here specially to buy it."

"Okay, Uncle Xie, these two cans of chili oil are for you."

Zhang Yunyue placed two cans of chili oil in front of Uncle Xie.

Uncle Xie handed the money to Zhang Yunyue and put two cans of chili oil in his hand.

"Yueyue, then Uncle Xie will leave first."

Zhang Yunyue looked up and said goodbye to Uncle Xie: "Well, Uncle Xie, take care, and come back when you have time."

Seeing that the chili oil was sold out early today, Zhang Yunyue decided to bring all the remaining chili oil from home tomorrow.

Because of the pre-orders from Huang Yuanwaijia and Tianxianglou today, there were not many mung bean jelly left at the stall. Fortunately, the cold noodles I brought were enough, so by noon, the mung bean jelly and cold noodles were all sold out.

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's father and several others placed all the items in front of the stall on a wheelbarrow and in a backpack, and then cleaned the stall from front to back.

Because they brought omelets with them before setting out in the morning, the four of them ate the omelets first to fill their stomachs so that they wouldn't get hungry on the way home.

After eating the omelet, Zhang Yunyue remembered that she still had to go to the blacksmith shop at the end of West Street to buy a pot, so she talked about it with Zhang's father and mother.

Father Zhang thought that Yueyue and his wife had been busy all morning and were tired, so he asked them to guard the stall, and Zhang Xingyun also waited here with the mother and daughter.