mtl008 Chapter 201 Meeting Zhou Nanxing Again
Chapter 201 Meeting Zhou Nanxing Again
"Buy 3,000 barrels of chili oil and 10,000 packets of braised pork seasoning, and pack them in boxes.
Let’s go to Zuixianju to deliver some goods first.”
"What about the eggplant and peppers? You're not buying preserved eggs either?"
Xiangxiang thought that since she had to deliver the goods anyway, she might as well buy all of them and deliver them, so she could make some extra money.
"Silly Xiangxiang, Zuixianju just came to Banyue Village to harvest peppers and eggplants, and the young men and the driver helped pick them. How could we have any left in our fields?
I told Su Chen to dry the chilies in the valley, but wouldn't it be exposed if we sent them now?"
Song An Ning knew very well what kind of person Su Chen was. Growing up in such an environment, he had keen insight since childhood.
So when dealing with him, Song Anning was always extremely cautious.
"Okay, Xiangxiang forgot, hehe..."
As they were talking, Xiangxiang had already bought things for Song An Ning. Because she had not thought it through just now, she gave her a 10% discount on this batch of goods.
Saving 10% of the money was a happy thing, but Song An Ning noticed something wrong. Since the system was upgraded to level 2, Xiangxiang had grown up a lot. Not only had her personality changed, but she also forgot more and more things.
Thinking back to my recent conversation with Xiangxiang, I forgot that she had said these two words many times, but this situation had never happened when I first bound the system.
How could it turn out like this in just one month?
Xiangxiang seemed to see what was on her owner's mind and returned to her previous chirping self.
"My dear master, digging out the dark wood is different, right? Now I don't care about saving more than a tael of silver.
Woman, you have changed!"
"No, I was just thinking about something."
"What could be more important than Xiangxiang? Humph! Just perfunctory!"
"..."
When people feel guilty, they tend to talk a lot. Xiangxiang has a secret, but she doesn't want to tell her.
I'm a bit rushed today as I have to go to Zuixianju to deliver some goods, and also prepare tea bags for Chen Guanghui and take the two little ones on the boat.
Song An Ning didn't ask any more questions. Xiangxiang was with him all day anyway. If he paid more attention, he would find clues in a few days.
When we arrived at Zuixianju, Manager Zhao was not there. The waiter told us that the manager had gone to the provincial capital.
Zuixianju has an accounting office and Chef Dong is in charge. When they saw Song An Ning coming, they also entertained her warmly.
Before leaving, the accountant took out a silver note and handed it to Song An Ning, saying that it was the share of the money from the braised pork seasoning package. He also gave her a copied bill.
When she was at Zuixianju, she only checked the account book and the money. After she left the house, Song An Ning picked up the bill and looked at it carefully.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I only used 6,000 packages of ingredients and made over 8,000 taels of silver."
The bill she received detailed the net profits from the seventy-eight Zuixianju restaurants selling braised meat and offal. Furthermore, Su Chen also gave her 30% of the profits from any dish related to pig offal.
All together, the total was more than 3,500 taels. She was now very glad that she had signed a profit-sharing agreement with Su Chen. If she had sold the ingredient packages alone, she would never have been able to sell so much.
After leaving Zuixianju, Song Anning went straight to the warehouse. She selected dozens of flower tea bags in the mall, asked Xiangxiang to take out the tea leaves, marked them with the local characters, and packed them into wooden boxes one by one.
After the goods were pulled to the dock and the ship was booked, a group of porters swarmed over and surrounded Song An Ning.
"My lady, these goods of yours are very light, and only cost fifty coppers."
"I only want forty cents. I'm ten cents cheaper than that guy..."
"..."
These are casual workers at the dock, all of whom are from nearby villages. They earn some money by doing these odd jobs.
Song An Ning looked around and pointed at the man who had just mentioned forty cents.
The man who was chosen by her smiled brightly. The two brothers had just arrived at the dock and were young and strong. In less than ten minutes, all the cargo was loaded onto the ship.
This ship is a passenger ship heading to Linhai Town. Song Anning didn't have much cargo to carry, and he even requested a private room before being allowed to carry the dozen or so boxes of cargo.
The people on the boat said that they would not set off until an hour later, so we could take advantage of this opportunity to go to the courtyard to pick up Ayuan and Ayue and buy some food.
After getting off the boat and walking through the bustling crowd, Song An Ning had not gone far when a heavy sack hit him and made him stagger.
Seeing that the person under the sack was about to be hit, Song An Ning hurriedly reached out to help him.
The man in front of him put the heavy sack aside and knelt down to apologize:
"I was blind and offended you, sir. Please be magnanimous..."
"Zhou Nanxing?"
After putting down the sack, Song An Ning could see clearly that the person in front of him was Zhou Nanxing, the daughter of Doctor Zhou from Huichuntang.
The heroic woman in red in my memory is now extremely thin. Her clothes, which are full of patches, were torn again because of the fall just now. She looks very embarrassed.
Hearing the person in front of her calling her name, Zhou Nanxing raised her head and looked at Song An Ning with confusion in her eyes.
It's no wonder. They had only met once. Later, the Zhou family's house burned down and Doctor Zhou disappeared. The mother and daughter must have suffered a lot. How could they recognize a patient they had only met once, not to mention that Song An Ning had lost so much weight.
"Your Excellency, do you know me?"
This time when she went out, Song An Ning specially changed into some nice clothes. Zhou Nanxing also saw her when she was looking for someone to transport the goods at the dock, so he kept calling her a noble person.
"I am the daughter of Song Feng from Banyue Village. We met a month ago."
Zhou Nanxing hesitated for a moment, looked at Song An Ning seriously, and said excitedly, "Are you An Ning? Is your poison cured? How come you've lost so much weight?"
Song An Ning was about to reply to her when she saw a ferocious man approaching from a distance and cursing at Zhou Nanxing:
"You blind thing, if you hurt anyone, I'll make you pay."
He turned to Song An Ning and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry. This loser actually offended you. I'm going to beat her up to vent your anger."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, intending to slap Zhou Nanxing twice first, but was stopped by Song An Ning.
"Wait, it was just an accidental bump, why make such a fuss?
I didn’t want to pursue anything. It’s not easy for a young girl to start a business.”
After hearing what Song An Ning said, the man smiled awkwardly, glanced at Zhou Nanxing who was like a quail beside him, and explained:
"Your Excellency, you may not know that this little girl owes me a lot of money, and now she is carrying a heavy bag to pay off the debt.
This way, you're no different from a servant who has signed a death contract, you..."
Song An Ning had heard from the peddler before that Zhou Nanxing and her daughter went to the west of the city. She thought that Mrs. Zhou had medical skills and Wanhetang had been destroyed, so she could make some money by treating the people. Now it seems that this is not the case.
"How much silver does she owe you?"
"Fifteen taels including principal and interest!"
As soon as the man said this, Zhou Nanxing immediately retorted, "It was thirteen taels ten days ago, how come it's fifteen taels now? You're really too ruthless. I finally understand. Even if I die of exhaustion here with you, I'll never be able to pay you back!"