mtl008 Chapter 205 Special Dishes
Chapter 205 Special Dishes
"...You, are you saying that you helped the vegetables grown in the village farm find a market?"
With a swish, Uncle Lan, who is nearly 60 years old, jumped up from his chair. He looked impatient, totally unlike his usual calmness.
All of a sudden, I met three pairs of surprised eyes.
Uncle Lan seemed to feel that he had lost face in front of the younger generation. He cleared his throat twice, put his hands behind his back, straightened his body, and spoke calmly.
"Please tell me specifically."
"Okay." Lan Xin pretended nothing had happened. She took out the plan she had prepared and explained it in detail to Uncle Lan.
Uncle Lan nodded as he listened. This was truly a plan that would benefit the villagers.
The villagers are not afraid of hard work and trouble. There is so much land anyway. It doesn't take much effort to reclaim it and sow some rapeseed. As long as they can make money, they will all strive to do it.
Although life is much better now than it was in the past, who doesn't want life to get better and better and to be more hopeful?
The more Uncle Lan listened, the more he became certain of Lan Xin and her group's plan to buy vegetables.
But he still had some concerns: "Can we guarantee how many people in this city will buy vegetables every day? What if there are only one or two people who buy, then it will be very expensive to transport the vegetables."
Lan Xin and the others had discussed these issues. Xie Yaozu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry. As long as I run around frequently, with one or two people in each area, there will be more people in more than a dozen areas."
The young and frivolous look made Uncle Lan laugh. He sighed: "Young man, it's not so easy to say it with your mouth."
Xie Shaowu didn't want to see his nephew feel sad, so he quickly said, "It's okay. I have to run around delivering goods every day anyway. It doesn't take much effort to come to Lanjia Village. Maybe I'll even deliver soda to Lan Xin."
Uncle Lan didn't know that Lan Xin was wholesale soda from Xie Shaowu. Hearing what he said, he felt relieved that he didn't mind the effort. As for whether the people in Lanjia Village would go to great lengths for a pound or two of vegetables, there was no need to think about it. As long as they were paid, they would be happy to walk two miles to pull a green onion.
Only Lan Xin touched her chin and expressed her thoughts:
"We can offer some discounts that are much lower than the market price, such as one cent per kilogram of vegetables, or give away a bunch of vegetables and a bottle of soda for every certain amount of money spent. Some people will definitely be tempted to get a bargain, and after placing an order for vegetables a few times, they will know how convenient it is to buy vegetables from us."
Or should we copy the discounts offered by grocery shopping platforms of later generations? Aren’t the online grocery shopping functions that have sprung up like mushrooms on major shopping platforms attracting people by relying on these various benefits?
They are not afraid of low prices, but they are afraid that no one will come. As long as they can attract people, they will always have the opportunity to make them become their loyal users.
After all, although the time of buying vegetables with coupons has passed, private sellers do not have the relationship with the platform, and city dwellers still have to go to vegetable companies and supply and marketing cooperatives to buy vegetables. At least that's the case for now. Lan Xin didn't see the vegetable market with people coming and going in the future built in Yu County.
When buying vegetables from the supply and marketing cooperative or vegetable company, you have to look at people's faces. A bunch of people are scrambling for some stale vegetables. It's not as convenient as them. They deliver the goods directly to your door, pick them and sell them right away, ensuring that every bunch of vegetables was still fresh and juicy in the field three hours ago.
"In addition to these benefits, we can also provide recipes for various dishes, so that city dwellers can change their tastes and try more vegetables." Lan Xin added.
From a current perspective, perhaps there is too little food to eat in this era, and the dishes at ordinary people's homes are pitifully few, with only a few repetitive recipes. Most people are reluctant to spend money on the greasy and salty dishes cooked in restaurants. Lan Xin can provide some fresh recipes that are only available in later generations, so that everyone can try them.
"it is good!"
Uncle Lan slammed the table, looked at Lan Xin with a lively look, nodded repeatedly, and agreed with Lan Xin's idea. He couldn't help but feel regretful, why couldn't this be his son? With such a smart mind, his future would be bright.
Then he shook his head again and said, no, no, women can hold up half the sky. A niece is not bad either. They are all members of the Lan family anyway!
Xie Yaozu stared at Lan Xin with shining eyes. He swore that from now on, the person he admired most was Sister Lan Xin!
He wants to learn from Sister Lan Xin!
Xie Shaowu also nodded and agreed with Lan Xin's idea of sending recipes, but he was a little hesitant about the idea of sending dishes at a low price. After all, he came to join in the fun for the money. If he couldn't make money, why would he join in and even drag his eldest nephew along?
"This is one cent per pound of vegetables..." Xie Shaowu said with some embarrassment.
In the city, a pound of vegetables costs a few cents or a dime. At one cent, Xie Shaowu didn’t know what to sell or how to make money.
"The villagers will definitely agree." Uncle Lan said quickly.
As they are all from the countryside, he certainly understands what most of the villagers think. Vegetables grow in the fields, so don't even mention the price per pound. When the family can't eat enough, they can just visit the neighbors and force you to eat several pounds of vegetables. After all, if the vegetables are not eaten, they will rot in the fields.
"We can pick and choose those who have a good harvest and don't work too hard to make special dishes." Lan Xin knew what Uncle Lan was thinking, but she couldn't just give them away casually because they were all hard-working people.
"Then we average it out with the others to make sure we don't lose money."
Lan Xin is also a businessman. He is not spending money on charity now, so what is the point of losing money?
"Let's do this first. We need to do a survey. Yaozu, you need to find out about several places selling vegetables in the city, such as the vegetable company of the supply and marketing cooperative. What is the price of each vegetable? You write down all these things, and we will set the price of the vegetables based on these situations."
"I will do the mobilization work in Lanjia Village, and record in detail who has what vegetables in their garden, and what the situation is, so that there will be vegetables every day and a continuous supply. And Xie Shaowu, you can take the opportunity of delivering goods to draw the specific roads in the city, and we will see how many districts it would be better to divide it into."
In the early stages of starting a business, there is no money and no people, so it is necessary for the boss to run the business himself.
Uncle and nephew Xie Shaowu and Xie Yaozu had no objection to Lan Xin's arrangement. "Okay, I'll go and make the preparations right away."
Seeing that it was getting late, they discussed for the whole morning and decided that it would not be a good idea to stay at Lan Xin's house for lunch, so Xie Shaowu took Xie Yaozu away with him, saying that he was going to deliver some goods.
Before Xie Yaozu left, he looked reluctant and stretched out his hands to look at Lan Xin pitifully: "Sister Lan Xin, Sister Lan Xin, please let me buy a few tea eggs before you leave."
After discussing for a whole morning at Lan Xin's house, the aroma of tea eggs that filled the entire yard kept tempting him.
It would be too cruel to let him leave with a full stomach and without even eating a single bite.