Seeing them arrive, Liu Xiaoxiao raised a smiling face, pulled her son, and rushed forward excitedly, saying, "Comrade Zhang, do you still have lobster sauce? I want thirty bottles this time."
The twenty bottles from the morning had already been sold out.
Zhang Liunian had brought seventy bottles of lobster sauce this time, and upon hearing this, he immediately gave her thirty bottles.
"Are they selling well?" Zhang Liunian watched Liu Xiaoxiao put the lobster sauce into her carrying basket, then take out money to give him.
Zhang Liunian took it and then gave her two yuan back.
"I sold out all twenty bottles within an hour this morning." Liu Xiaoxiao happily accepted her wages, her heart already brimming with excitement.
She had earned two yuan in an hour, which was much more than she made selling vegetables.
Zhang Liunian also smiled, "It's good if it sells well, hurry and go sell it!"
"Okay, we're leaving." Liu Xiaoxiao happily pulled her son to the market.
Withdrawing his gaze, Zhang Liunian scanned the nearby post office. It had been mostly cleared out. Li Kuai Shou was speaking to the person in charge of the post office. Then, Li Kuai Shou took the key and saw the person out.
"Comrade Zhang Liunian, you've come at the right time. Here's the key, keep it. You can start the renovation today." Li Kuai Shou strode over to Zhang Liunian and handed him the key.
Zhang Liunian smiled and accepted it, "Got it."
"I'm going home, so I won't chat with you," Li Kuai Shou said, seemingly unsure of what else to say to Zhang Liunian, and then left.
Zhang Liunian put the key in his pocket and then delivered the braised meat to the restaurant.
"Waiter, this lobster sauce of yours is really delicious. Can I buy it separately?"
As soon as he entered the restaurant, Zhang Liunian heard someone inquiring about his lobster sauce.
The male waiter smiled and replied, "Yes, you can. Two yuan per bottle, and it's two catties."
"Two yuan a bottle? That's a bit expensive!" The male customer hesitated. After all, a catty of meat only cost one yuan now, and a two-yuan bottle of lobster sauce was indeed a bit pricey.
However, the lobster sauce tasted excellent, with a lingering aftertaste, and it was very good with rice.
It stimulated one's appetite.
Zhang Liunian didn't linger to listen and went straight to the kitchen to find Mu Mingliang.
"The fragrant lobster is ready, serve it." Mu Mingliang was just taking the lobster out of the pot when a waiting waiter immediately carried it out.
After the waiter left, Mu Mingliang started to wash the pot and noticed Zhang Liunian had arrived. He stopped what he was doing and wiped his hands, saying, "Is the delivery here?"
Zhang Liunian nodded and pointed to the basin of braised meat in Zhang Qian's arms, "It's all here."
Exactly fifty catties, no more, no less.
"Is there any lobster sauce left? Only the last two bottles from yesterday remain. Our manager asked you to send more, preferably thirty to forty bottles."
The lobster sauce had received a good response yesterday, and even at two yuan a bottle, it had sold out.
"Xiao Qian, go get thirty bottles." Zhang Liunian looked at Zhang Qian and motioned for him to get them.
After Zhang Qian left, he told Mu Mingliang about Liu Xiaoxiao helping him sell the lobster sauce, "She sells it for one yuan and six mao a bottle. The price difference is quite significant compared to yours, so you should be aware of it."
Mu Mingliang was also aware of this matter, as he enjoyed wandering around when he had nothing to do. "This price was set by the manager, we can't do anything about it."
"Are you free for lunch today?" Zhang Liunian had said he would treat them to a meal. Uncle Zhao wasn't coming, so he wanted to eat with Mu Mingliang.
"Forget it, I'm quite busy today." Mu Mingliang was not sure if he would have time.
Zhang Liunian did not insist; if it wasn't this time, then next time would be fine. "The post office has moved, there will be many opportunities in the future."
"Indeed, there are opportunities." Mu Mingliang agreed with a smile. Then he thought of something and reminded him, "By the way, I've noticed that the number of people selling lobster in the county town has increased severalfold recently."
"Is that so?" Zhang Liunian didn't pay much attention to this matter, as it didn't concern him much. His future focus would be on sauces.
"They also cook it before selling it, but it's not as good as your lobster sauce, so you don't need to worry."
"I have many channels, so I'm not afraid."
"..." For some reason, upon hearing this, Mu Mingliang just wanted to roll his eyes.
After receiving 130 yuan, Zhang Liunian went for a physical examination at the health center and then immediately went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
He received another piece of good news: the lobster sauce from the supply and marketing cooperative had also sold out yesterday, and they wanted to stock more this time.
However, Zhang Liunian only had ten bottles of lobster sauce left. He gave all of them to the supply and marketing cooperative and promised to send them fifty bottles the next day.
When he returned home, the machine had just arrived.
Zhang Liunian personally connected the wires and tested it, then called the two people responsible for making lobster sauce and taught them how to use it hand-in-hand.
"Dry it to this extent, then take it out and steam it. Steam it over high heat for thirty minutes. Place a layer of braised meat at the bottom of the steamer. After steaming, dry the meat and shrimp together, then steam and dry again. Finally, combine the braised meat and lobster to make the sauce. As for the time..."
After teaching the two people, Zhang Liunian asked them to dry the reasonably well-sun-dried lobsters for later use.
It was best to bottle them in the afternoon so they could be shipped out the next day.
Therefore, the drying time this time was not long, about two hours.
After explaining this, he inquired about the existing lobster sauce.
"How many bottles of lobster sauce are left?" Zhang Liunian planned to send lobster sauce to the South City supply and marketing cooperative to try his luck this afternoon.
"We picked some dried lobsters that were reasonably well-sun-dried. We didn't dare to make too much, only ten bottles." The speaker was a young girl, Zhang Ruhua, who was only sixteen years old and had not attended school. She had five younger brothers and sisters.
"Let me see." Zhang Liunian was not angry that they had made their own decisions. He took the ten bottles of lobster sauce they had made, tasted them, and found the heat control was a bit lacking.
"How many times did you steam these lobsters?" Zhang Liunian asked with a slight frown.
"Two, two times," Zhang Ruhua stammered in response.
"It's acceptable. Make all the dried lobsters from the same batch. Starting tomorrow, I want you to produce at least five hundred bottles a day, understand?" Zhang Liunian put down his chopsticks and said seriously.
Zhang Ruhua and the others who followed nodded upon hearing this.
"I'll take these ten bottles. You can go back to work." Zhang Liunian took the ten bottles of lobster sauce they had made and then set off to deliver the goods to South City.
At 5:30 PM, Zhang Liunian delivered the goods to the food factory on time, earning one thousand yuan. Zhang Liunian then went to the South City supply and marketing cooperative.
When he arrived, many people were there, all off-duty workers, which was considered a small peak time for the supply and marketing cooperative.
Zhang Liunian did not want to disturb others, so he quietly approached the counter and looked around, glancing left and right.
"Hello member, is there anything you need?" The male salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative saw Zhang Liunian walking back and forth in front of their counter without speaking and proactively stepped forward to ask.
"I want to find your director to discuss cooperation and selling goods. Is the director in?" The salesperson finally had some free time, and Zhang Liunian was direct, getting straight to the point.
"I'll go and see if the director is in." The male salesperson, hearing that he was there to discuss cooperation, was momentarily surprised before turning to go to the back to find the director.