Chapter 195 Can’t Sell
She invited Xia Mingyue to sit down and Liu even poured her a cup of hot tea.

The new tea bought yesterday is called Biluochun. It has a strong fragrance after brewing. Manager Qian and Mrs. Liu also think it is presentable.

Xia Mingyue felt the couple's eager gazes after she sat down, and said with a smile, "We are not outsiders. If you have anything to say, Shopkeeper Qian and Madam Liu might as well speak directly."

After the couple looked at each other, Liu spoke.

"As Madam Xia said, we have a long-standing friendship with her, so let's get straight to the point." Liu said, "We want to talk to Madam Xia about this business."

"The cosmetics shop at home has not been doing well since last year. I thought of setting up Madam Xia's food shop near my shop to attract some customers. It can be considered a little better."

"But recently, Zhao's cosmetics shop has received a lot of new goods, and has also found two clerks who are good at making cosmetics. Their products are better than ours, and the price is not expensive. It makes our products look more expensive and difficult to use. Our business has been getting worse these days."

"I discussed with my husband whether we should change our career and do some other business so as not to waste our shop space. After thinking about it, I realized that I really don't know anything about other businesses, and I don't have a reliable person to help me, so I dare not do it rashly."

Shopkeeper Qian answered, "I've seen that Madam Xia's breakfast stall has been doing quite well these days, and there aren't many people joining in, so I wanted to ask Madam Xia if my wife and I can join in."

I want to start a breakfast food business.

Xia Mingyue paused, thinking about the situation of Qian's shop, and said in a deep voice, "You can join the franchise, but I don't recommend you to open a breakfast stall."

"Why?" Manager Qian and Liu looked at each other.

"Your shop is not very big. If you want to turn it into a breakfast shop, the pots and other things will have to be placed outside, and there won't be enough space for a few tables inside. The number of customers you can accommodate may be less than that of a food stall."

Xia Mingyue said, "Besides, the open space in front of your door has been turned into a food stall for lunch, and you have nowhere to put your stove. If you force it to be placed in front of the door, it will not only look messy, but it will also be a nuisance if people passing by get burned by it."

"Then..." Shopkeeper Qian and Liu were suddenly a little discouraged.

Is it really impossible to build this food stall?
"But you can try other food businesses." Xia Mingyue said with a smile.

Other food businesses?

Manager Qian's eyes suddenly lit up, "Madam Xia, do you mean to make some other fresh food?"

"Just now you mentioned that you wanted to find a small shop for this new food." Xia Mingyue said, "Although it is a new food, it is not new. It is also quite common outside. It is just an ordinary braised food business."

"No matter what it is, as long as it is cooked by Madam Xia, it must taste delicious." Liu said, "Even if it is braised food, it will not taste the same as other people's food."

Liu had eaten all the food at Xia Ji, and because she liked the taste, she had eaten each of them many times.

Liu was very impressed with Xia Mingyue's craftsmanship.

And quite confident.

Being supported like this, Xia Mingyue smiled, "Mrs. Liu has said so. If I don't franchise this braised food to your family, I'm afraid it won't work."

The witty remark made the shopkeeper Qian and his wife burst out laughing, and they were also relieved that Xia Mingyue agreed.

"However, Manager Qian and Madam Liu have never been in the food business, and this is my first time in the braised food business, so I don't have much experience. I suggest that we don't have to make major changes to the entire shop at once. We can first set up a small stall at the door and try selling for a few days to see how effective it is." Xia Mingyue suggested.

When I try to sell the products myself, whether I make money or lose money, it is all my responsibility and I have no burden in my heart.

Now that she has franchise stores, she, as the brand owner, needs to be responsible to the franchise stores and avoid problems as much as possible.

"Okay, we'll make a note of that." Shopkeeper Qian and Liu nodded in agreement, "Everything will be up to Madam Xia."

The two parties reached a basic intention of cooperation, and Xia Mingyue and the Qian couple roughly discussed the time for the trial sale to begin and the types of braised food.

After almost all the details were discussed, Xia Mingyue went back and began to braise the dishes according to the types of braised dishes that she had discussed with the Qian couple.

Vegetarian dishes are naturally indispensable. Dried tofu, peanuts, bean curd sticks, and braised eggs are essential. Lotus root slices and potato chips are seasonal vegetables in winter. They are cheap and very suitable.

As for meat dishes, most popular ones on the market are whole braised chicken, braised pork liver, braised pork elbow, pig face, etc.

When the trial operation just started, Xia Mingyue decided to start with a small amount and just braise a few whole chickens and pork elbows to try.

All the braised dishes are prepared in the afternoon and are soaked in the braising soup overnight to allow them to absorb the flavor fully. On the morning of the next day, a stall selling braised dishes is set up at the entrance of Qianji.

Qian's Cosmetics Shop was an old shop, and everyone had known it and was used to it. So when they saw a stall selling braised food set up here, and the one calling the hawker was the shopkeeper Qian, they were immediately very surprised.

"Manager Qian, are you planning to change your career?"

"Tsk, Shopkeeper Qian really knows how to do business. He sold cosmetics when they were selling well before, and now that Xia's reputation has risen, he quickly cooperates with Xia's. If he continues to do business like this, I'm afraid that all the money in the world will be made by Shopkeeper Qian!"

"May the store owner Qian have a prosperous business..."

"Shopkeeper Qian, how much is this vegetarian stew?"

Many acquaintances greeted him, and they said different things, and their attitudes towards Qian's braised food sales were also different.

Some people are sarcastic, some are genuinely supportive, and some are indifferent.

Shopkeeper Qian has been doing business for a long time and is very accustomed to the fickleness of human relationships. For some people who are not sincere, he just responds with a smile on his face, but for those who are truly supportive, he will give them a high enough price and even add one or two extra things.

The initial wave of enthusiasm for the trial sale soon passed, and most of the vegetarian dishes on the stall were sold out, but as for the braised whole chickens and pork elbows, except for two people who had a good relationship with Shopkeeper Qian and bought two, no other normal customers came to ask about them.

The sun gradually rose higher and it was getting closer to noon. Shopkeeper Qian began to feel a little nervous.

Although braised food can be kept for one or two days in winter, Xia Ji has never had the habit of selling overnight food. Moreover, if it is left until the next day, the quality will inevitably deteriorate and the taste will be lost, which will affect Xia Ji's reputation and will be detrimental to their future sales of braised food.

Moreover, the couple had tasted the braised chicken and pork elbow before, and they found them to be much better than those sold at Yueran Restaurant, but now they couldn't sell them...

A new month, asking for monthly tickets~