Chapter 176: Chapter 176 I Believe in You_1 Chapter 176: Chapter 176 I Believe in You_1 Previously, because he feared Sun Beiwei, he dared not buy from her. But now Sun Beiwei is about to be beheaded; he doesn’t have anything to fear and will naturally buy her fernted bean curd again, continue to offer it at his restaurant in dishes to make a profit.
An Jingxin understood and said with a smile, “Yes, there are still forty kilos left.”
Wang Youbao imdiately said, “Then I’ll take them all.”
An Jing didn’t agree right away but looked at Xiao Changyi, who nodded at her; then she replied, “Okay.”
Wang Youbao asked again, “Does your family have any more fernted bean curd in the making?”
“No.”
“Then, has anyone pre-ordered the fernted bean curd with you?”
An Jing couldn’t help but laugh, “That man Sun didn’t allow you to buy our family’s fernted bean curd, did he? Who would co to pre-order with us after that? Alright, stop asking. I know what you an; you want to pre-order fernted bean curd with , have us make it for you first, and while the other restaurants temporarily have no fernted bean curd, you can take advantage of the situation where only your restaurant has it and make a big profit, right?”
Wang Youbao wasn’t embarrassed that An Jing saw through him, but smiled and said, “You can’t hide anything from you. That is indeed what I an; I run a restaurant precisely to make money.”
An Jing nodded, pleased with Wang Youbao’s honesty, “Alright, tell , how many kilos do you want to pre-order?”
Wang Youbao said, “One thousand kilos.”
An Jing was speechless for a mont and then said, “There are only so many people in town; if you always sell dishes flavored with fernted bean curd, everyone will get tired of it soday. You should order less.”
Wang Youbao felt comforted by his friend An Jing’s consideration for him, but he also had his own plans.
Wang Youbao smiled and said, “It’s alright. I’ve made a lot from the dishes flavored with fernted bean curd before, and now one thousand kilos of fernted bean curd costs only ten taels of silver. Even if I can’t sell it, I won’t lose much.”
He paused, then added more honestly, “Aren’t you only supplying fernted bean curd to my restaurant without a binding agreent? On my way here today, I thought it through and ca up with this great thod. I pre-order more to have you make mine first, leaving no ti to make it for anyone else, just as you said; that way, when I’m the only one selling dishes with fernted bean curd, I can make another fortune.”
“And by the ti you start making it for others, I reckon people in Sixteen Town will have grown tired of such dishes, and the novelty will have worn off. There will definitely be fewer people coming especially to the restaurant for dishes flavored with fernted bean curd than there are now.” He paused again and then added, “By then, I won’t buy as much fernted bean curd from you as I am now.”
Seeing that Wang Youbao had his own ideas and wasn’t just following others, An Jing thought even better of her friend and didn’t try to dissuade him any further. Instead, she said, “If you want to order one thousand kilos, then one thousand it is. However, we can’t make that much for you all at once. I’ll divide it into several batches for you, a hundred kilos each ti. We’ll try to get all one thousand kilos of fernted bean curd to you within a month. Does that work for you?”
Wang Youbao said, “Okay.”
Then, Xiao Changyi and An Jing went back to their thatched cottage and gave Wang Youbao the forty kilos of fernted bean curd they had at ho.
Wang Youbao first paid for the forty kilos of fernted bean curd, then took out the money for the one thousand kilos of fernted bean curd he had pre-ordered: two five-tael silver ingots, totaling ten taels.
An Jing only accepted one silver ingot, “For a deposit, only half is needed. Five taels will do.”
But Wang Youbao insisted on giving ten taels, “I trust you.”
He really trusted their character and didn’t believe they would default on the agreent, which is why he paid the full amount at once.
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