Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 230 Self-recommendation

"Oh. If you have anything to say, please go see our boss. Our boss is very busy." The waiter scratched his head and refused. Yes, if anyone who came to drink tea asked to see the boss, the boss would be too late.

"I have egg yolk pastries that are ninety-nine times more delicious than this one to sell to your shopkeeper. Can you ask him if he wants some?" Hua Lei replied with a soft smile.

“Ninety-nine times more delicious? Wouldn’t it be a hundred times more delicious?” The guy was a little confused.

"Well, it's okay if it tastes a hundred times better. I'll try harder. Can you help ask your boss if he wants it?" As he said that, he stuffed a silver coin into the waiter's hand.

The clerk was even more confused, and when he looked at the silver coin in his hand, he suddenly woke up. "Okay, Miss, wait a moment, I will go and ask our shopkeeper to come out for you." The clerk took the silver coin and quickly went to the back to find the shopkeeper.

Liang Xiangyi glanced at Hua Lei, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said jokingly, "You are really good at taking advantage of opportunities. Even drinking a cup of tea can help you find business opportunities. You are now promoting your own egg yolk pastry. I really admire you."

Hua Lei said without blushing, "How can I compare with you? I am from a small family. For me, even a mosquito leg is meat. There are so many mouths to feed in the village. How can I not work harder? I am not like you. I go home and have a cup of tea and someone will hand me a banknote. If I were you, I would have laid down long ago."

"Tsk, you make it sound like you didn't make enough money. Don't think I don't know that you made a lot of money from your three boats this time. Not to mention your bacon, cured meat and tofu strips." Hua Lei knew about Liang Xiangyi's situation, and Liang Xiangyi also knew about Hua Lei's situation.

Hua Lei smiled brightly and said, "It's okay. We're still in the initial stage of exploration. But judging from the situation, it should have a good future." Hua Lei did not hide it from Liang Xiangyi.

Liang Xiangyi nodded and said, "By the way, the goods produced in your farm are now shipped to the east, west and north by your own ships. Only the market in the south is left empty. Are you willing to give it up? Do you want us to cooperate with each other?"

Liang Xiangyi's brain was just as good. Now that she had obtained the transportation rights to the two southern cities, she would go there every quarter. Other ships were basically traveling around the eastern and southern cities looking for fabrics to sell. If Hualei's toothbrushes and soaps were sent to the south for sale, business would surely be good. Originally, the richest cities in the Dasheng Dynasty were mostly in the south and east.

Anyway, she has a lot of ships. In addition to the ships that are used to transport books for the imperial examination and collect fabrics, she can also allocate a few ships to sell Hualei's toothbrushes and soaps. She can make them into mobile shops, and business will not be bad. After all, toothbrushes and soaps are still scarce products here, and there are many rich people in Jiangnan who pay attention to the quality of life.

Of course, she would not give up her own textile fabric business. After all, she had been exposed to textile fabrics since she was a child, and she was very good at it. But it did not prevent her from expanding her business channels. In addition to the textile industry, the Liang family also had many other projects, including banks.

Her main goal now is to hold on to this golden signboard of the government, increase her influence in the Liang family, and gain the right to speak in the Liang family. Of course, she also has to earn more money. After all, no one likes money too much.

"Okay, it's unreasonable for me to refuse such a good suggestion. But now you have to wait for me to finish talking to the owner of Mingxianglou before I tell you in detail."

Hualei had already seen the waiter who had just gone in to call people come out from the back, followed by a slightly fat old man in dark blue, over fifty years old, with gray hair. Liang Xiangyi nodded.

Hua Lei stood up and politely saluted the shopkeeper who was walking over. The old man opposite was slightly startled, and hurriedly bowed in return, "Miss, I heard that you have something to ask me?"

Hua Lei smiled and nodded, asked the other party to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, carefully placed it in front of him, and asked generously, "Hello, shopkeeper, my last name is Hua, what is your name?"

"No need to tell me your surname is Shen." Shopkeeper Shen replied with a smile.

"Hello, Shopkeeper Shen. I just ate the egg yolk pastry here and thought it tasted just so-so. I asked this guy and he said that the pastries here are also purchased from outside pastry shops. Is that true? In fact, we also make this egg yolk pastry at home. I can guarantee that the egg yolk pastry we make tastes much better than this one. Shopkeeper Shen, are you interested in trying it?"

Hualei said straight to the point that she was here to steal someone else's girlfriend, so there was no need to hide it, it was fair competition. Moreover, she was sure that the pastry shop that made egg yolk pastry was probably imitating her own egg yolk pastry, but it just didn't imitate the essence, or it lacked good ingredients. You can imitate, I can compete, right?

Shopkeeper Shen was a little surprised by Hua Lei's directness. He paused and said, "Miss Hua, to be honest, the main business of our Mingxiang Pavilion is all kinds of tea and tea. We usually don't prepare many snacks, only two or three varieties, and most of the time it won't exceed four varieties.

In the past, we always bought from the same dim sum shop. We have been cooperating for more than ten years, and the cooperation between the two has always been good. But last month, something happened in the dim sum chef's family, so the whole family left Shangjing City and returned to the south.

As the matter happened rather urgently, we were unable to find a suitable dim sum shop to purchase supplies. As a result, the taste of the dim sum in the teahouse has been so-so recently. We hope Miss will forgive us for that.

We are also looking for a new dim sum shop. Miss Hua just said that she has delicious egg yolk pastry, but is it true? I don't know if I can try it. Otherwise, I can't make a direct decision based on Miss Hua's words. "Shopkeeper Shen said in a slow and steady voice.

"Of course, tomorrow I will bring the egg yolk pastry for Shopkeeper Shen to taste. Shopkeeper Shen can make a decision after he finishes eating. It doesn't matter if he doesn't choose ours." Hua Lei said very straightforwardly. After a pause, Hua Lei asked again, "Shopkeeper Shen said just now that the main business of the teahouse is tea leaves and tea. Do you also sell this tea in small quantities?"

Shopkeeper Shen nodded and said, "Yes, we sell tea both wholesale and retail. Miss Hua, would you like to buy some tea?"

"Do you have fresh green tea? If so, give me a pound first," Hua Lei asked.

"Our tea is all this year's new tea, and all of them are sent from the south. As for the freshness that Miss Hua requested, I don't know what level Miss Hua wants. But the tea-producing season is only fixed for these few months, right?" Shopkeeper Shen smiled.

Hualei smiled and said, "Okay, then give me one pound first."