novelaction Chapter 743 An Unpleasant Visit
Chapter 743 An Unpleasant Visit
Zhou Guo explained: "The seasonal pine mushrooms are only worth that price, I bought them at that price, and relied on my own skills to preserve them until winter, which required manpower and financial resources.
It was freezing cold in the dead of winter and the roads were already difficult to travel on. If a horse wasn't careful, it would fall into a ditch. My entire truckload of goods would be ruined. Will they bear this loss for me?
How do I calculate the financial and human resources I spent? I also bought the shop with money, and I have to support the workers. Setting up such a big stall is not a matter of a few words, it costs money! ! Who will work for you without money? Where does the money come from? If it doesn’t come from here, where can I get it?"
The old man said, "You're right. There are no fresh vegetables here in winter. All we have are pickled vegetables and dried vegetables. Rich families might be able to build a warm shed, but who among the ordinary people can afford such expenses?"
"Fresh pine mushrooms are extremely valuable at this time and can be sold at that price. At that time, even if you can get a handful of fresh radish leaves, people will buy them even if they cost several hundred coins."
Zhou Guo nodded, "That's the truth. This is what we call rare things are valuable."
If they have the ability to keep the pine mushrooms in good condition until the winter, they can make some money.
After hearing what they said, the Zhou family felt relieved. They felt more at ease with the money, as it was what they deserved.
Wu Jiang had other concerns, "Master, we still have cooperation with several restaurants. We have never sold pine mushrooms in winter in previous years. Now is the time when their pine mushrooms are in big demand. If we sell it under their noses, won't it offend people?"
Zhou Guo said: "They will definitely feel uncomfortable, but I can't starve myself just to make them comfortable, right? I didn't collect any goods to sell to them this year, but I didn't say I won't collect and sell them myself. In the business world, everyone relies on their own abilities. They will know this point better than us.
Besides, now Fu Man Lou and Bao Yue Lou have opened branches in several cities, and both of them have pine mushrooms. This is not a single business, and one more of me won’t make a difference. Besides, there are only a few, 80 kilograms a day, and once they are sold out, they are gone. For them, it is just a drizzle.”
There are not many fresh vegetables in the dead of winter, and fresh mushrooms are precious. We only sell 80 kilograms of them every day, which is not even enough for a wealthy family.
So even though they are expensive, they are sold out before noon every day.
In the first ten days of Zhou Guo's reign, he only transported ten days' supply to each place. However, within five or six days, news came from all over the country.
They said there were simply not enough goods to sell. Sometimes 80 kilograms were sold out within an hour after opening.
If you meet a wealthy family out buying, they will take all 80 kilograms. The people who come later don't buy anything, and ask if they want more every day. 80 kilograms is too little.
Zhou Guo did not allow it. "If you have too much of something, it's not rare. I calculated 80 kilograms a day, which is just right. We don't have many mushrooms. I estimate that it can last for about one and a half months.
Winter is so long, and we still have to rely on these things to sell our sheep mushrooms, flower mushrooms, and preserved eggs. We can’t sell them out in less than a month.”
This year, when it came time to harvest the mushrooms, it was already the middle and late stages of the Matsutake mushroom season. Although several villages had harvested them, they only harvested more than 10,000 kilograms.
If it's earlier next year, I estimate we can harvest 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms, which would be just right and can make up for the best-selling months.
In this way, the pine mushrooms were sold, and other things in the shop also benefited and sold more.
Several restaurant owners got the news and learned that Zhou Guo's mountain product store was also selling pine mushrooms. When they inquired about the price, they also sighed.
One pound is only 800 wen, this is simply not letting them survive.
After asking around, I learned that they only sold 80 kilograms a day and would stop selling them after they were sold out. I breathed a sigh of relief again.
Eighty kilograms is good, at least the market was not snapped up, and there is still some room for others.
Otherwise, in addition to fighting with other restaurants, they also have to fight with a mountain product shop. How can they have so much energy? Besides, Zhou Guo is not someone to be trifled with. If they force her into a corner and make her release all the goods in her hands, wouldn’t they have no business at all?
It would be better if we leave some room for maneuver.
The Zhou family now has 16 mountain product stores, including those in several counties. In winter, with the addition of pine mushrooms from several large stores, the daily income is quite a lot.
It is no exaggeration to say that he makes a fortune every day.
Zhou Guo looked at these account books and felt that if the numbers continued to rise like this, she would be unable to sleep for whole nights.
Sure enough, making money can make people happy.
But people can't be happy all the time. Now, unhappiness comes knocking on our door.
There were people kneeling on the ground in the Zhou family's yard, big and small, old and strong, all of them looked like beggars. The children were shivering with cold and their skin had turned purple.
"Boss Zhou, please be kind enough to save us. We were so blinded by greed that we always thought we could go back one day, but before we even got halfway, we were robbed and some died while others were scattered. There is really no way out."
"Boss, it doesn't matter if you don't save us. We are too old to live for many more years anyway. You have to save this child. It's a pity that such a good child has ended up in a family like ours. If you save him, I will be your slave in the next life. I will do anything you ask me to do."
Zhou Guo asked people to call all the women and children in the village. There were many of their relatives among them. He asked them to identify them. "Take a look and see if you recognize these people."
There are quite a few people I know.
When they sold their bodies, the remaining people refused to do it and left with their children when they heard that it was a life contract.
They also mocked those who sold their bodies, saying that they not only sold their own lives, but also sold their children's generations.
It is easy to sell yourself, but it is not easy to become free again.
As a result, no one knew what these people had gone through in the past few years. They had become neither human nor ghost. When they came to the door, they knelt in the yard and demanded to sell their bodies.
Zhou Guo looked at some of the older ones and saw that they would not live for many days. So he held his child's hand tightly, knelt on the ground obediently, and kowtowed repeatedly, trying to save his child's life.
It reminded her of Old Mrs. Huang who was on her deathbed. She was also worried about them, so she gave them instructions again and again, and spoke for a long time in one breath.
She said, "There are people out there who want to buy people, why are you all coming to me?"
"Mr. Zhou has a kind heart, which is definitely different from those people. I just hope that the children can have a full meal, wear warm clothes, and live well."
Someone else looked at the women and begged, "Mother Daya, please beg the boss. I don't have many days left to live. If I die, these two children will never have a good life. I'm afraid they will be bullied to death. I just want to find someone for them to rely on. Please say a good word to the boss Zhou."