novelhk New Arrivals in Chapter 191
New Arrivals in Chapter 191
After Zhao Lin returned to her hamburger shop, Angel tasted the fried fries.
After eating a few, he compared them to the shredded potatoes in the buns he ate and felt that the difference was still quite significant, even though he had purchased the corresponding recipe. The quality of the ingredients was simply too different.
Zhao Lin was not satisfied and insisted on changing the variety of potatoes.
Thinking of this, she immediately called Xia Shiyu.
Xia Shiyu was just eating cooked potatoes when her grandmother steamed another pot of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the afternoon. The sweet potatoes were naturally sweet, and as for the potatoes, they used to peel them and dip them in white sugar.
Summer once ate two sweet potatoes but still preferred them, but now potatoes are tastier.
She was eating the soft, sweet potatoes when she received a call from Zhao Lin.
Upon hearing that they were there to collaborate, she put down the potatoes and started chatting.
"Hello, are you Mr. Xia Shiyu?"
"Yes, that's me."
“That’s great. I heard from Boss Mingwan that you recently harvested a new batch of potatoes, which my burger shop needs.”
"Oh, a burger joint." Xia Shiyu knew immediately what the potatoes were for, but she felt that her family's potatoes were indeed particularly suitable for making French fries.
She nodded in agreement, "Sure, Mr. Zhao, we can discuss cooperation. However, I can't supply you long-term; I can only guarantee a certain quantity initially."
"It's alright, it's alright." Zhao Lin didn't care about that; she'd figure out a solution later. Right now, the new store needed to get its signboard up.
"Okay, then we'll discuss cooperation further later."
Xia Shiyu hung up the phone.
Yu Juan asked, "Another customer has come in?"
Xia Shiyu nodded, "Yes, Mom, we have a customer. This time they want to buy some to make French fries."
Yu Juan suddenly realized, "Oh, you mean the fries from that burger joint? I remember taking you there a few times before. Such a small portion cost six or eight yuan."
"Yes, fries are quite expensive if sold separately, but they are very popular."
Xia Lihua nodded, then asked, "So what price do you plan to set for the potatoes this time?"
Xia Shiyu said, "Let's go for 12. It'll be cheaper if you order in large quantities."
These potatoes do taste good, but they are also large and heavy, so selling them for 12 yuan is reasonable. After all, the price of potatoes on the market is still unstable compared to other fruits and vegetables, and they won't be too expensive.
"Okay, you've decided." Xia Lihua nodded. He didn't care about the prices of vegetables anymore, having seen them too many times already.
Chen Yuzhu did come over in the afternoon, and Xia Shiyu looked at her and said, "It's okay, you can come to work tomorrow."
"No need, boss, I'm just taking a look." Chen Yuzhu's job isn't very tiring, so coming half a day early isn't a problem. Besides, she heard from her mother that the Xia family is busy harvesting potatoes recently, so it's good for her to come and help out a little.
"Alright then, just look around."
"Mmm," Chen Yuzhu nodded and looked at the potatoes on the ground, saying, "Boss, are you planning to put a batch of potatoes on the shelves later?"
Xia Shiyu glanced at the potatoes at her feet. "Well, I don't think we need to put these on the shelves in the store. Local suppliers have already ordered quite a few from me."
Chen Yuzhu then suggested, "Oh, okay, that works too. But boss, you can occasionally put some items on it for store promotions, since many stores frequently launch new products."
Xia Shiyu thought about it and agreed. After all, since the shop was already open, it needed to be managed properly. "Well, in that case, we can put a batch up. It's fine if the quantity isn't too large."
"Okay, boss, I'll get it done in a bit. The store will officially launch its new products tomorrow."
"Okay, then you go."
After Chen Yuzhu finished speaking, she left.
Xia Shiyu continued processing the potatoes. There were so many potatoes that it would take a long time to wash them. Her family couldn't finish the work themselves, so she had to ask a few more villagers to help.
Everyone was busy in the garden, and there was a lot of muddy water from washing potatoes. It wouldn't be good to waste this water, so we had to use it all to water the vegetable patch. We also had to be careful not to water too much and kill the vegetables.
Chen Yuzhu then edited a notice to inform the waiting customers that business would resume normally the next day, and also announced the sale of new vegetables.
[New arrivals! They're really nice! Is this a New Year's gift for us?]
[You've finally started working! You have no idea how long we've been waiting.]
[Ugh, please activate it today so I can place my order! Otherwise I won't be able to sleep well tonight.]
Listen to me, everyone! Boycott these arrogant merchants! Don't buy from them!
[Yeah, it's just that the food tastes a little better, who cares? Everyone should stop buying it.]
[Haha, only a fool would believe what you guys upstairs said. Everyone said they wouldn't buy, but by tomorrow they'll be sold out in a flash.]
[You guys just want to discourage others so you can buy it yourself.]
[Yes, yes, what an evil thought.]
A group of people were having a heated discussion, while countless messages flooded into the store's backend, asking Chen Yuzhu if she could do something underhanded or put the products on the shelves ahead of time.
Chen Yuzhu felt there were too many messages and it was too troublesome, so she simply closed the window and stopped seeing them.
Chen Yuzhu exclaimed, "Now the whole world is much quieter."
The next morning, the Xia family's shop put up the purchase link at 9 o'clock sharp.
The customers felt as if their once dark world had suddenly become bright.
Jiang Cha frantically tapped the screen, desperately trying to snag the new potato, and even turned off Wi-Fi to use 5G data.
Even if she's incredibly fast, when she refreshes the page, it's completely blank, and when she refreshes it again, the product shows as sold out.
"Ugh, I didn't get one! How awful!"
"I didn't manage to get one either."
"I don't have any either."
"It's too difficult. I basically go in and it's all gone in seconds."
"This is terrifying. Are these people eating computers?"
Mr. and Mrs. Jiang were also disappointed, saying, "We were planning to make two dishes with these new potatoes, but we didn't expect them to be gone so quickly."
Jiang Cha complained, "The boss doesn't even set a higher quantity."
Jiang Man waved her hand, "There's nothing we can do. This boss has the right to be arrogant. With such delicious food, even if we use scarcity marketing, everyone will still rush to buy it."
Wang Fei shook his head, "I'm afraid they're not just using scarcity marketing, but genuinely only have this much stock or are only willing to sell this much online."
"Ah!" Jiang Man and Jiang Cha exchanged a glance, feeling as if a dark cloud had descended upon them.
"Heavens above, no!"