Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 157: Chapter 157 She is Indeed Strange_1

”Eh!” An Fu immediately responded and turned around to fetch An Legui and An Quangui.

It was now someone else’s family affair, and An Jing didn’t want to get involved. After giving An Hegui a deposit of 600 coins for the four hundred pounds of tofu, she returned home with Xiao Changyi.

That very evening, Shi Xiaolan and An Fu delivered the two hundred pounds of tofu that had been made.

The following afternoon, Shi Xiaolan and An Fu came again with another four hundred pounds of tofu.

Shi Xiaolan told An Jing that at first, An Fu’s second and third uncles were not willing to accept money. It was only after they heard that the money was needed to pay someone else to make tofu that they agreed, but they still refused to take as much as twenty coins each and settled for fifteen coins each.

Typically, a farmer’s son would earn fifteen coins for a day’s labor.

Hearing Shi Xiaolan’s words, An Jing thought to herself: An Fu’s second and third uncles were actually quite decent; at least they weren’t greedy.

Three days passed in a blink.

On this day, before the people from Jixiang, Mingman, and Shuangxi restaurants could come to collect the ready-made fermented tofu, Wang Youbao showed up.

As soon as Wang Youbao saw An Jing and Xiao Changyi, the flesh on his face creased into a smile, making An Jing want to tell him to lose some weight.

”Do you two have any fermented tofu left at home?” Wang Youbao asked with a smile, very politely.

An Jing immediately said, ”We have ten pounds left, do you want it?” Originally, they had prepared a hundred pounds of fermented tofu, but Jixiang, Mingman, and Shuangxi each wanted only thirty pounds, which amounted to ninety pounds, leaving ten pounds.

”Is there no more?” Ten pounds was too little.

”Right now, that’s all there is, just ten pounds. However, my husband and I have already started making more. In five days, we should have three hundred pounds ready. If you want some, you can place a preorder, and I’ll keep it for you and not sell it to anyone else.”

Wang Youbao wasn’t foolish; he caught on quickly to what An Jing was implying and asked, ”Have you already sold to someone else?”

”Yes, we’ve sold already. It was those very restaurants you were worried about that came to buy. But I only sold to three places. Of course, they haven’t come to pick up their orders yet. When they came to buy, we didn’t have any fermented tofu ready—it was made afterward.”

It suddenly dawned on Wang Youbao, ”No wonder my restaurant has still been doing so well these past few days.” It turned out that his restaurant was the only one in town with dishes seasoned with fermented tofu.

An Jing promptly teased, ”Looks like you’ve made quite a profit.”

”Not at all, not at all. It’s all thanks to you two,” Wang Youbao replied, his cheeks squishing together in laughter once more. These past few days, his restaurant had been booming, with daily earnings of over a thousand taels. Some customers had even traveled from the county specifically to dine at his restaurant, just to try a dish flavored with fermented tofu for a change.

After his laughter subsided, Wang Youbao sighed, ”It was my own oversight at the time, leaving in a hurry without placing another order with you. Well then, I’ll take those ten pounds of fermented tofu, and I’d also like to preorder an additional two hundred pounds.”

Seeing that the chubby fellow had been fairly decent all along, An Jing sincerely said, ”Young Master Wang, I don’t think you should preorder that much. Once Jixiang, Mingman, and Shuangxi, along with your Hundred Dishes Restaurant, start selling dishes flavored with fermented tofu, the clientele at your establishment will gradually decrease. It won’t be as busy as it is now.”

Isn’t the purpose of opening a business to have customers buy your products? Yet this lady was suggesting otherwise, telling him to buy less?

How very odd.

Nevertheless, since she was considering the buyer’s interest, Wang Youbao felt truly gratified, and his smile became even more sincere, ”It doesn’t matter. Even if my restaurant doesn’t stay as busy as it is now, it will still be busier than before.”