Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Lin Zheng was a little surprised, but it seemed to be expected, but...

"This must be a secret recipe handed down in your family, so sell it like this, okay?" Lin Zheng was a little worried.After all, Qiao Mo was sold by his family members. If the five-spice powder was a secret recipe handed down from his family and he took it out rashly, would those who sold him be happy?

Qiao Mo was stunned, understood his concerns, and said to him after a little thought: "When I was very young, something happened to my family, I became an orphan, and wandered with an old beggar for several years. Later, I met a kind man He took me in and raised me as his grandson. He passed away within two or three years, and I was sold by his son. This five-spice powder is a secret recipe handed down in my family, but my family has long since disappeared. .”

Lin Zheng didn't expect that his life experience would be so rough. Fortunately, he bought him with money, otherwise...

"How much do you think is an appropriate price for five-spice powder?" Qiao Mo didn't want the atmosphere to be so sad and dull, so he changed the subject.

"I-I don't understand either." Lin Zheng had never done business, and he didn't even know the ingredients of the five-spice powder formula, so how could he give advice.

"It's a five-spice powder that weighs one or two cents and four cents. It uses pepper, dried ginger, cumin, tangerine peel, and star anise. Dried ginger is the cheapest, and the other four are much more expensive than pork. I don't remember the specific unit price. Alright, the cost price is about..." Qiao Mo combined the ledger spent on buying several kinds of seasonings, and then calculated how many copies can be made, and finally came up with an approximate price. He was surprised: "Eighty or ninety arts?!"

Qiao Mo stared at the less than [-] grams of five-spice powder in the bowl, and then thought about the cost price he had calculated, and instantly defeated his initial thoughts.He should have known earlier that spices were originally luxury goods, and the cost price was so expensive. Even if he sold sixty grams for one hundred yuan, he would only earn ten yuan.

Can this business really be done?

However, Lin Zheng took it for granted: "This is five-spice powder worth one tael and one yuan, and it is very durable. Usually, there are three or four people in a family, two or three dishes a day, and it can't be used up in a month or two. It's not expensive. Besides, rare things are more expensive. We don't produce these spices here, and there are few planted ones. Most of them are shipped from the south, so they are naturally expensive. This five-spice powder is your family heirloom I’m sure many people like the secret recipe, even if it costs two hundred cash for one or two, it’s not a big deal, since rich people only eat these.”

Qiao Mo was startled, he didn't expect Lin Zheng to look honest, but cruelly doubled it, and didn't take it seriously.

It's not that Lin Zhengzhen is greedy for profit, but that Qiao Mo is still in the consumption state of his previous life.

In modern times, various spices are grown on a large scale, and the transportation is convenient, and the price is naturally cheap.Right now, in ancient times, although there are many kinds of spices, which are generally sold in spice shops, grocery stores or specialty shops, the prices definitely make it difficult for ordinary people to consume them daily.

Qiao Mo's five-spice powder, in addition to the cost, also needs to add the value of the secret recipe and the hard work and shipping costs, etc., two hundred yuan a tael, although it is expensive in the eyes of the ancients, it should be so.

What's more, this five-spice powder is a compound spice, and it is definitely the first to be sold in the market.

"Then, set two hundred Wen?" Qiao Mo's heart was a little drummed. You must know that pork is only thirty Wen a catty, and these two seasonings cost two hundred Wen, which is equal to more than six catties of pork!

No matter how I think about it, I am not at ease, I feel that it is too deceitful, and I am afraid that no one will buy it and say that I am sick.

"How about this, after you take it, let the other party ask for a price, and then talk about your reserve price." Qiao Mo came up with this idea and thought it was very good, so he asked Lin Zheng: "Ah Zheng, let's go to the county seat some time. I bought the five-spice powder, and I want to return Li Xue's cloth by the way."

"Let's go the day after tomorrow. It happens to be a big fair in the county." Lin Zheng was going to take a load of firewood to sell. Seeing that he was so happy about the five-spice powder, he really didn't want to pour cold water on him, but he hesitated for a long time, thinking that he should ask. good.

"Ah Mo, are you going to sell Fang Zi or..."

"Of course it's selling five-spice powder. The seller is a one-time deal, so it's not worth it." Qiao Mo answered as it should, but Lin Zheng frowned, and he hesitated to speak.Qiao Mo couldn't help wondering: "What's wrong, Ah Zheng?"

Lin Zheng said: "Ah Mo, if you sell five-spice powder, it's not only expensive but also very inconvenient to buy raw materials alone. Besides, if others are interested, it is easy to cut off the supply or delay the supply. What will you do then? "

Qiao Mo really didn't expect this.

He knows that this place is not suitable for growing spices, but he thinks that buying raw materials can be profitable enough. He even thinks that when he has money, he can buy a hill and build a plantation, and plant some that are easy to grow and survive.Now Lin Zheng's words are undoubtedly a big hit. It's not a matter of purchasing raw materials, but that it is really difficult to grow spices in this place. I'm afraid it's too naive to want to build a spice plantation, otherwise it's impossible for no one to do it.

"Let's go to the county and have a look." Qiao Mo said so, but he already had the answer in his heart, and he was afraid that the prescription of five-spice powder would not be kept.He didn't have a plantation, and others would do the same when they got the prescription. It would be better without him, so naturally he would like to save trouble.

I was depressed, and then cheered up again. This can't do long-term business, so let's think of another way.

Qiao Mo asked Lin Zheng to find a piece of clean paper, and carefully wrapped the five-spice powder tightly.It seemed that the paper bag was put away properly, but it was actually Qiao Mo who put it in the space.

Every man has the ambition to create a career, and Qiao Mo is no exception.

Five-spice powder is used as the start-up capital, and other plans will always succeed.

After lunch, Qiao Mo didn't let Lin Zheng go to chop firewood in the yard, but let him lie down and rest, and he also fell asleep beside him.

After sleeping for more than an hour, when I woke up, I was dazed and my body felt much better.

"Amo is awake."

Lin Zheng heard the commotion and came in. Holding a copper pot in his hand, he poured boiling hot water into the large coarse porcelain teapot on the table, then turned over an upside-down bowl, put a spoonful of brown sugar in it, and rinsed it with boiling water. , the sweetness permeated again.

"Ah Mo, drink some water." When Lin Zheng was taking a nap at noon, he found that he was frowning slightly in his sleep, and rubbing his waist unconsciously with his hands. He couldn't help but blame himself more and more, and silently rubbed him all afternoon.Otherwise, there would be no comfort like Qiao Mo's.

"Don't do it next time, I don't like drinking brown sugar water, plain water is fine." In fact, he wanted to talk about drinking tea, but now tea is also a luxury, so let's simply drink plain water for the time being.Putting the hot sugar water aside first, he discussed with Lin Zheng, "I went to Grandma Li's house in the morning. How did I know that a pair of shoes is so difficult to make? I don't think I can do it. Ah Zheng, Why don't you take the things to Grandma Li and ask Grandma Li to help with it, and let's pay for the workmanship or buy some thank you gifts, okay?"

It wasn't a surprise for Lin Zheng to hear him say this. He thought that he wouldn't do it if he didn't know how to do it. It wasn't a big deal, so he said, "Let's find Auntie Fat. Grandma Li's house is also busy. Auntie Fatty Mammy's man fell to his death ten years ago when he was heading up the mountain, and he had no children, so he lived on a few acres of land, which was very hard, so he usually helped people make some clothes and shoes, and earned some money to supplement it."

"The person you're talking about was the one who helped pack things after the wedding banquet yesterday?" Qiao Mo had the impression that it was a chubby nanny in her thirties with a kind smile.It may be the reason for being a widow at a young age. She has lived a difficult life, and there are already several obvious wrinkles in the corners of her eyes.

"En." Lin Zheng nodded: "He married a nephew of the third uncle, we call him the clan uncle. After the clan uncle died, the fat aunt didn't remarry and didn't return to her mother's house, so she stayed here to observe the festival, so the clan uncle died. Every year, Li also arranges people to help Fat Auntie plant the land and collect food."

Thinking about it, even if there are only a few acres of land, the fat aunt is a brother after all, and her physical strength is not as good as those men with great strength, so how can she grow land.Fortunately, the clan has the benefits of the clan, and maybe the fat aunt is also unwilling to return to her natal family or remarry because of this. After all, married brothers are not necessarily welcome to return to their natal family, and remarrying is likely to make things worse.

"That's all right, I'll find Aunt Fat." Qiao Mo said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "Ah Zheng, why don't you make the clothes for Aunt Fat?"

He still prefers not to sew and mend himself if he can.

"Okay, don't do it, so as not to hurt your hands."

Lin Zheng only cared about being happy with the underwear he made before, but later he found out that Qiao Mo's fingers with needles had blisters from making the clothes, and he couldn't straighten his fingers for several days.Lin Zheng was very distressed at the time, and he was thinking of not letting him continue making clothes, but today he was just going with the flow.

Qiao Mo was happy, hugged Lin Zheng and kissed him.

Originally, he was a little embarrassed after the kiss, but when he saw Lin Zheng's wheat-colored skin was slightly red, he immediately burst into a smile, and threw away his little emotions.

Lin Zheng didn't care about being laughed at by him, he just felt like he had eaten honey, and when he saw the sugar water, he hurriedly reminded him: "Ah Mo, the water will get cold in a while, drink it quickly."

"Oh." Based on the principle of not wasting, Qiao Mo drank half of the bowl, and poured the remaining half into Lin Zheng's stomach.

After washing the bowl, Qiao Mo, led by Lin Zheng, took the cloth to Aunt Fat's house.