Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 551: Growing Bean Sprouts and Selling Them

Our family is not considered a wealthy one yet, and it is not convenient for us to wear expensive clothes and do things.

So for such a long time, we have not made new clothes for our people. The main reason is that they are used to wearing them, and clothes should be comfortable.

Xu Han looked at the large and small bags of food that Lu Chuan was carrying and smiled widely. "Why did you buy so much? Have you eaten yet?"

Lu Chuan opened the food and said, "Not yet, waiting for you to eat together."

Hearing this, Xu Han sat down and helped Lu Chuan open all the food they had just bought.

The two of them had breakfast together, and then called the servants to go to the mountain goods shop.

The cabinet I cleaned yesterday is now completely dry after being aired overnight, and there are no water stains.

Xu Han said, "Let's pour the things in according to their different types today, and put the rest in the cabinet below."

Xu Han directed them to put things away according to different categories.

Of course, some fresh vegetables were not put there. The cabbages and radishes in the mountains had all been harvested, and there were no other green vegetables at this time of the year.

If you want to buy cabbage, radish or something like that, you can only go to the farmers' homes near the county town to buy them.

In just one morning, the shop was cleaned inside and out.

Xu Han looked at the fully stocked shop and always felt that the variety of vegetables was still a little insufficient.

I have been thinking about it but I still don’t know what to add. There are only so many vegetables in winter and there is really nothing else.

Although I thought so, I still felt like something was missing.

She simply moved a chair and sat next to him, carefully thinking about the meals she had eaten during this period.

Lu Chuan looked at Xu Han sitting there and didn't disturb her. He thought she was tired and was taking a rest.

Suddenly, Xu Han slapped her thigh and said, "Got it, I was wondering if something was missing. It turns out to be bean sprouts and tofu.

We can not only sell vegetables, but also these two things. There are not many vegetables to eat in winter, so these two things should sell well.”

Looking at Xu Han's startled expression, Lu Chuan shook his head helplessly, chuckled, and raised his hand to rub her thigh that he had just patted.

"I thought you were tired, but it turns out you were thinking about the business in the shop!

But your idea is indeed good. When Han Qi and I went to the market this morning, we did not see anyone selling bean sprouts. We can give it a try.

But I did see two tofu sellers. I took a look and they were not as good as yours. Not only were there impurities, but they were also a bit hard. "

Xu Han became even more excited after hearing this. "Really? If we really don't have it, we can really try to sell it.

In addition to bean sprouts, we can also grow mung bean sprouts and peanut sprouts, which are also delicious and have different tastes. "

Lu Chuan had also eaten peanut sprouts and mung bean sprouts, and he thought Xu Han’s suggestion was very good.

In order to confirm whether there were any bean sprouts for sale in the market, Xu Han specially called Li Wen over. After all, he had been in the county town for the past few days and went to the market frequently, so he knew more about it.

"Bean sprouts? Madam, I have never seen them in the market."

"Never seen it? That's even better. What do you think about us selling it in the store?"

Li Wen thought seriously and said, "I think it's okay. Few people here know how to grow sprouts, and even if there are people who know how to grow sprouts, no one has ever sold them.

I never had bean sprouts at my previous home, but I don’t know if they are available here.”

The first time Li Wen ate bean sprouts was in the deep mountains. He didn’t know what they were when he first tasted them. They looked like beans, but they were different from the beans he usually eats. It was only after he asked Dan Niang that he found out.

The bean sprouts we eat at home were grown by Ma Pozi, who was taught by Xu Han. Ma Pozi was very careful, and after learning it a few times, the bean sprouts she grew grew very well.

Xu Han thought about how she had never seen bean sprouts dish when she ate at shops in the county town over the years, so she guessed that there was no such dish, or if there was, no one was selling it.

After all, there are many things to pay attention to when growing bean sprouts. If you are not careful, the bean sprouts will be overcooked and not tasty.

And even if someone else grows bean sprouts, it doesn’t matter. The production of bean sprouts is complicated and time-consuming, so it is not as cost-effective as buying them.

After thinking this through, I became more certain about selling bean sprouts in the shop, and tofu can also be sold.

Now that the weather is cold, you can make the tofu the night before so that it can be delivered the next day.

And even if you do it on the same day, it’s still in time, you just have to get up earlier.

It’s hard work to make and sell tofu. Don’t you have to get up in the middle of the night?

Xu Han looked at Li Wen who was standing aside and said, "When you go to pull out the cabinet later, tell Ma Pozi that I asked her to sprout some peanut sprouts, bean sprouts, and mung bean sprouts."

After thinking for a while, Xu Han changed her mind and said, "Forget it, let's not grow peanut sprouts, just some bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts.

There are too many varieties, which makes it hard to sell. Let’s sell these two first, and we can leave the peanut sprouts for later.”

Li Wendan replied, "Yes, Madam. How many pounds of bean sprouts will it take to grow?"

Xu Han calculated in her mind that under normal circumstances, one pound of soybeans can produce six to ten pounds of bean sprouts, and eight pounds in average conditions.

Ten kilograms means eighty kilograms of bean sprouts. There are many people in the county town, and after the sprouts are grown, it is the time when the business has just opened, so there will definitely be a lot of people coming here.

It doesn’t matter if we can’t sell all of it. There’s always room for waste when there are so many people in the family.

It's so pitiful. If I really can't sell them, I might have to eat bean sprouts every day!

"For now, let's order 10 kilograms of mung beans and kilograms of soybeans. We'll ship them once a day, but we must not run out of stock."

"Okay ma'am, I understand."

Li Wen also continued, "Madam, what you said yesterday about contacting farmers to collect radishes and cabbages has been done when I went to the market today.

We charge below the market price, but even if the vegetables are cheap, we can't make much money. I estimate that we can only make 70 or 80 cents a day."

Xu Han also thought of this situation. In this era, ordinary people would like to make every penny count, and many people would rather take the money to the county town to sell it. Every extra penny counts.

The price Xu Han paid for the products was the same as the price he paid for them in restaurants, so naturally he didn't make much money.

Hearing this, she comforted Li Wen and said, "It's okay, I didn't plan to make money from this.

The main thing is that our shop is known as a vegetable shop, and now the vegetable gardens at home are empty, so we can't just not sell any vegetables.

I will ask them to plant more vegetables next spring, and then we will be able to sell much better vegetables.”

After a pause, she continued, "And you are calculating based on normal business. What if our business is particularly good? Then we can make more money."