Chapter 128 The blow of reality
Everyone leaned their heads closer and saw that there was a small piece of meat about the size of a fingernail in the center of the vegetable dumpling. It seemed like a penny a piece was really not expensive.
At that moment, some people were greedy for cheap and spent money to buy it, and others followed suit. The wild vegetable dumplings brought out by Xiong Kai also sold for high prices.
He immediately felt proud and proud, thinking about making more tomorrow and sending it to Dahe Town to ask if there were any restaurants that wanted it.
If he could sell four or five baskets a day, he would be rich.
The next day, Xiong Kaizhen asked Mo Chunxiang to make a basket full of vegetable dumplings, and sold seven or eight of them on the boat before arriving in Dahe Town.
He first went to small restaurants and asked. Each shopkeeper bought three or four, but no one offered to buy from him.
Xiong Kai was a little depressed, so he walked to another area of private houses and asked door to door. After struggling for a long time, he sold out a basket of wild vegetable dumplings.
As a result, when he came back to town on the third day, he found that various restaurants of all sizes were selling wild vegetable dumplings. Not only were they more filling than the ones he sold, but they also tasted a little better than his, and they cost just one penny each.
He was so angry that he quarreled with the shopkeeper of a restaurant on the spot, "You are too insidious, you even imitated me in selling wild vegetable dumplings!"
The shopkeeper didn't panic at all, and just said calmly: "Sir, you must have evidence when you speak. We didn't ask you the recipe of wild vegetable dumplings, and we didn't promise you anything. How could we imitate you? What's so great about this wild vegetable dumplings?" Can you make your own food?
Not to mention that my family sells it, all the restaurants and inns on this street sell it! People in the town who are more diligent can also make wild vegetables themselves, and they really make wild vegetable dumplings. Consider it unique to your family?”
Xiong Kai's face turned blue and white at times, which was really wonderful.
When the shopkeeper came in, the waiter stepped forward with sympathy on his face and whispered: "Hey! If you want to learn how to sell pot helmets, the person who sells the goods must show some real skills, like the pot helmets, who doesn't want to make it himself? But look at it This has been going on for so long, but no chef has figured out how to make this kind of business last long!”
Xiong Kai was confused, didn't understand and felt aggrieved, "That pot helmet is not an ancestral craft, so why can't it be made?"
The waiter shook his head, "I don't know about that. I just heard from our cook that the filling of Guokui is very special. You can't find the plum vegetables in the pork belly with plums and vegetables. The texture is more like dried and soaked hair." , no one knew what he looked like originally, but this alone persuaded a group of people to retreat.
And the taste, it's not just about adding salt, it's just that the other person is smart and turns things into powder, and you can tell it at all. Even if you can tell, we don't know the proportions of others, so we can't imitate it.
It's possible to imitate the onion-flavored and sweet ones, but the ones you get are not as fragrant as other people's, and it takes a lot of effort. It's not worth the effort. It's better to order them all from the Shen family.
I also heard Master Shen say that his wife made this pot helmet, which shows what a sweet and sweet person his wife is.
If you really want to do business, learn how to do it and make some food that others can't imitate. Otherwise, don't learn. Otherwise, it will ruin your family's fortune, not to mention the expense of money and effort. In the end, it will be all useless work. "
These words were like a basin of cold water, which chilled Xiong Kai's heart. His dream of getting rich was awakened at this moment, and he kept thinking about the waiter's words in his mind.
He really couldn't accept that such delicious Guokui was made by a woman he disliked.
After Shen Yi delivered the pot helmets that day, he heard the waiter at the restaurant whispering to him about the wild vegetable dumplings. He also knew that someone wanted to imitate him in selling the goods, but he just smiled and didn't comment.
When I got back, I casually mentioned the news to Su Tai.
Su Tai immediately said happily with a look on her face: "Fortunately, we took over Ma Xingteng's order. No, I have to find another way to upgrade our pot helmets so that no one else can learn from them!"
Shen Yi smiled bitterly, "Isn't this good enough now? I think it's fragrant enough!" Su Tai shook her head seriously, "It's not enough. For example, if it's sweet, it would be better if you sprinkle some black sesame seeds. If the malt sugar inside If we could replace it with brown sugar, the taste would be even better. Unfortunately, we can't get it now and have to wait until autumn.
But for those things that cannot be upgraded, we can add flavors, such as shredded cabbage and carrots, shredded sauerkraut and bamboo shoots, leeks and eggs, these are all fine. In short, we want to win all the Guokui market! "
After saying that, she went back to the house with high spirits, went to the Mu Shikong Vegetable Store, bought some vegetables, and went home to tinker with them.
Shen Yi had no other choice but to pamper her.
The final product is quite stunning.
So, when brother and sister Shen Dagou came over the next day, they found that they had three more fillings. As soon as the stuff came out of the oven, Shen Yi also let them try the taste, which was unanimously praised by the two.
When they were working next, no one said a word, the three of them were focused on pressing the dough cakes. Shen Dagou also learned the art of pasting cakes from Shen Yi, so that there were two people baking, and the speed was much faster.
The three new flavors of Guokui have been well received by diners as soon as they were launched, and some even prefer the version with pure vegetable fillings.
After all, there are many ladies from wealthy families here who worship Buddha and eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, but the vegetarian food is really not delicious.
The pot helmets with shredded cabbage, radish, and pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots immediately captured the taste buds of all those who eat fast and chant Buddha. Even people from Buddhist temples came to visit, hoping that Shen Yi could send a batch of vegetarian pot helmets to the temple on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.
Su Tai would definitely not refuse this kind of business, and she would accept it no matter how many orders came.
Shen Yi originally wanted to dissuade her, but seeing that Su Tai was enjoying it, he could only let her go.
After seeing off the last guest, the couple sat there and Su Tai finally stopped laughing.
"Brother Shen, this number is more than three times more than usual. How could this happen?" Su Tai panicked.
Shen Yi smiled bitterly and said: "I wanted to remind you a long time ago, but I couldn't get a word in at all, and I didn't mention it for fear of offending people. Now we have to get more charcoal stoves and find more people to help. Fortunately, It’s just the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. If we take this amount every day, we won’t even have to spend our days.”
Su Tai laughed embarrassedly and said coquettishly: "I was too happy and got a little carried away. I will change it next time! Like this! Go to Dongmen Village and tell my parents about our place. Regarding the situation, ask my brother if they can come over to work on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, and I’ll pay them.”
Shen Yi nodded, that was all he could do for now.
At noon the next day, Shen Yi went to Dongmen Village with snacks.
After Su Chunlin and his wife learned about Shen Yi's purpose, they immediately called Su Zhan and the three of them over and said, "Your eldest sister and brother-in-law are too busy. We need help on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Please come over and help me." Hands on, let’s go one day early.”
The three of them nodded.
Su Zhan said: "Brother-in-law, Sister Su Yan is pregnant, and Brother Song also wants to find a job. Do you think we should call him in too?"
Since the last wild boar incident, their family has become much closer to Song Yongnian. They often communicate with each other and will remember each other when good things happen.