Transmigrated to the ’80s: The Widowed Sister-in-Law Quits!
Transmigrated to the ’80s: The Widowed Sister-in-Law Quits! Chapter 13

Chapter 13

After Zhou Pingguo confirmed that the money was not a problem, she said to Tao Zaishan, “Manager Tao, in about seven or eight days, I will be able to supply about 200 kilograms. Can you eat it?”

“So many? But you underestimate our Red Star Hotel. Even if you give us a thousand kilograms, we can still handle it.” Tao Zaishan said.

Zhou Pingguo only eats a few dozen kilograms each time, and they are gone by noon. Two hundred kilograms can last her a while longer.

“But Miss Zhou, I’d like to ask, how do you grow this?”

“It’s grown indoors, it’s not technically difficult. I just want to try it for fun.” Zhou Pingguo said. She knew very well that the technology required to grow chives was really not high, but people nowadays just didn’t think of it. Even if she didn’t tell them, they would be able to figure it out in a year at most. It would be better to tell Manager Tao now, maybe they could make a good relationship.

“Is it similar to a greenhouse?” Manager Tao is knowledgeable. Until now, some places have started greenhouse cultivation. Their branch in the provincial capital takes strawberries from their own greenhouse, packages them very beautifully, and specially sends them to big customers.

“Yes, that’s right. But leek doesn’t like light, and we don’t have enough money to buy plastic film, so we just grow it directly in the house and control the temperature.” Zhou Pingguo said.

“Then, can you teach us how to grow it? Don’t worry, we want to grow it to supply the restaurants in the provincial capital. We will definitely not grow it in the county. When the time comes, I will still buy it from you.” Tao Zaishan explained, “I won’t let you suffer a loss. If you are willing, I will directly pay you 2,000 yuan in advance. After you teach our people how to grow it and it really grows well, I will give you another 3,000 yuan.”

“Okay.” 5,000 yuan was a reasonable price, and Manager Tao had no intention of bluffing her. Zhou Pingguo also knew when to stop and did not raise the price. Anyone who could open a big restaurant in the county at this time was definitely not an ordinary person. If she was too pretentious, she might be caught in the act, and then it would be more trouble than it was worth.

“Send someone to go back with me. But it’d be best if it’s a woman,” Zhou Pingguo said with some embarrassment.

“I know.” After Tao Zaishan received the leeks for the first time, he also sent people to inquire about the situation of Zhou Pingguo’s family. He knew that they were an orphan and a widow, and it was not easy for them. He was also born in a poor family. Although he was not necessarily a good person who climbed to his current position, he still had some sympathy. Otherwise, Zhou Pingguo would not be able to sell at a good price every time he came.

“By the way, Manager Tao, the weather is getting warmer. There’s no need to keep them indoors. I can try to grow them in my own plot. Do you still need them?”

Tao Zaishan shook his head and said, “No, you’d better plant it in winter. Scarcity makes things valuable. If they are available at all times, then chives will not be valuable.”

Zhou Pingguo understood it immediately, but still couldn’t help asking, “Then why do you send people to learn? After they go back to plant, they can’t harvest until around April.”

“We are considering it for next year. Once the weather gets cold tomorrow, we will have to start serving this dish in the provincial capital.” Tao Zaishan answered calmly.

“I understand.” Zhou Pingguo had only worked as a dishwasher in a small restaurant before, so she still didn’t understand the twists and turns of a big hotel.

No wonder they say there is no businessman without fraud. They have finally figured out the relationship between supply and demand.

“By the way, Manager Tao, you are very knowledgeable. I would like to ask if you know where to buy earthworms and what kind of earthworms they look like. We don’t farm in the village anymore, so we want to find some other easier work to do.”

“I don’t know about earthworms, I’ll ask around for you later. As for loaches, the earthworms in early summer are clean and free of mud and sand, and city people love to eat them. If you can collect some, I can eat them all.” Tao Zaishan replied.

“Then I understand.” Their village has many paddy fields and many loaches. Loaches don’t have much meat, so it’s difficult to handle. Most people just kill them after catching them. After all, this is not the 1960s when people were so hungry that they had to eat tree bark. “Tell me a price and I’ll buy some.”

It was not realistic for Zhou Pingguo to engage in breeding, but she could collect loaches and bring them back from the village. She had a bicycle, so it was not a difficult task and she could make some money from the difference.

“It will probably be the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which is more than two months away. People just eat this stuff for fun. In previous years, 2 yuan per pound was a good price. It must not be that expensive at the beginning. If you want to send it over, I can give you a minimum of 1.6 yuan, okay?”

“Okay.” Zhou Pingguo nodded. She knew that Tao Zaishan was taking care of her. He would never quote a price before seeing the goods. But she would definitely not embarrass Manager Tao. The loaches she brought would definitely be of moderate size and clean of mud and sand.

“If you have silkworm pupae or something like that, you can send them over. Bee pupae are also fine. I’ll take you to the kitchen. I happen to have them today. I’ll only take them if they’re of this quality.” Tao Zaishan’s restaurant also does a good job with regular dishes like pork belly, fish-flavored bean shreds, and kung pao chicken. But those are just to make a basic profit. If they really want to differentiate their restaurant from the restaurants that have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, they still need these novelties.

Whether flying in the sky or walking on the ground or swimming in the water, there is nothing they can’t get, except what you can’t think of.

Zhou Pingguo took a look at the kitchen and sighed after leaving. These days, the animal protection law is not so strictly enforced, and she was scared when she saw it.

What she can provide is something relatively normal.

These things were not something she should worry about. She should just go home and see what she could get. If she could make some money by reselling them, it would be good to be a middleman.

After returning home, Zhou Pingguo told Zhou Sen about these things. Zhou Sen nodded, “Okay, sister-in-law, this is doable! But you will have to ride your bike to such a far place frequently, which is too hard. Let’s take turns.”

“You have to study during the day, so that definitely won’t work. If you want to help me, go on weekends, okay?” Zhou Pingguo said.

“Okay, I’ll take him there on the weekends.” Zhou Sen also thought this was more reasonable. He was already in the fifth grade, and the elementary school Zhou Sen was studying in was a five-grade system, which meant he would be promoted to junior high school this year.

Last year, the country promulgated the “Compulsory Education Law”, so there is no problem with going to junior high school. But whether to go to a junior high school in a town or a county requires passing an exam. Junior high schools in counties are definitely much better than those in towns. Apart from other things, there are many substitute teachers in town junior high schools, while teachers in counties are all graduates of regular normal secondary schools, and some even graduated from universities.

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