Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Three Deals_1

”Oh, it’s nothing, you’re also here to buy our family’s fermented tofu.” When others treated her with courtesy, she naturally returned the favor. At this moment, An Jing was very polite.

”We’re not sure how much stock of fermented tofu your family has? We three have come each wanting to buy a hundred catties,” said the shopkeeper of Famous Liquor House.

In recent days, the dishes at Hundred Dishes Restaurant that were seasoned with fermented tofu had been selling especially well, with the restaurant being packed with customers every day, while their own establishments were quite a bit quieter. The owners were quite envious of Hundred Dishes Restaurant’s ability to attract so many customers and also wanted to sell dishes flavored with fermented tofu. However, they didn’t have any fermented tofu on hand and had no choice but to come here to purchase some.

An Jing said, ”Frankly speaking, we currently don’t have any stock. However, we are in the process of making a hundred catties of fermented tofu, but at the earliest, it will take five days to be ready.”

”That’s so little...” Clearly, the three shopkeepers had not expected this outcome. And the lead time for the tofu was rather long...

It was then that An Jing continued, ”If you place an order, we can start making those three hundred catties you need from tomorrow. However, it will still take at least nine or ten days to be ready, as we still need to find someone to make the tofu.”

After a quiet discussion among themselves, the shopkeeper from Double Happiness Liquor House said, ”That’s fine, we’ll place an order. A hundred catties for each establishment. We hope Mrs. An will be able to, as you say, have the fermented tofu ready in ten days. In ten days’ time, we’ll send someone to pick it up.”

”Done,” An Jing agreed cheerfully.

”Mrs. An, I wonder if the hundred catties of fermented tofu you have already started on have been reserved by anyone?” asked the shopkeeper from Auspicious Liquor House.

”No.”

”Can you sell it to us then?”

”Sure,” she answered. The reason she made fermented tofu was to sell it, after all.

The shopkeeper from Auspicious Liquor House immediately asked the other two shopkeepers, ”How about we each buy thirty catties for now?”

The other two shopkeepers immediately agreed, ”That would be perfect.” This way, the cooks in their restaurants could start experimenting with dishes flavored with fermented tofu five days earlier. How could that not be good?

Watching the three shopkeepers banter and negotiate, An Jing found it very amusing and joked, ”Then I’ll have ten catties left. Maybe one of you would like to buy it?”

All three shopkeepers shook their heads at the same time.

Thereupon, the shopkeeper from Double Happiness Liquor House explained, ”Each of our owners is a good friend, and they agreed that when sending us to buy the fermented tofu, we should purchase equal amounts.”

An Jing nodded in understanding, ”I see.”

The shopkeeper from Famous Liquor House said, ”Then, in five days, we’ll send someone to collect our respective thirty catties of tofu; ten days later, we’ll send someone for the other hundred catties.”

”Done,” she paused, ”but will you be bringing your own jars to carry the tofu back, or do you need my jars? If you need my jars, those are jars my husband bought from town for five coins each. If I sell them to you, that’ll be six coins. The extra coin will be considered as my husband’s traveling fee.”

The three shopkeepers, polite yet meticulous with their calculations, said, ”We will send someone with jars tomorrow.”

”Fine,” An Jing didn’t insist; she didn’t want her husband running errands all the time anyway, ”Just remember, if you don’t want the tofu at the bottom of the jar to get squashed out of shape, it’s best to bring small jars. The kind my husband buys from town would be just right, each jar perfectly holding ten catties.”

”Mrs. An is truly considerate. We will have someone buy those kinds of small jars and send them over tomorrow,” they replied.

”Hmm.”