Chapter 89: Sky High Price ( 1 )

Chapter 89: Sky High Price ( 1 ) Not knowing that her unintentional generosity caused the General to overthink her intentions, Yao Zhi was currently sitting in the kitchen while checking her system shop.


She had stored all the vinegar and millet wine she bought from the town in the storage.


She thought that she had to pack them into bottles before she was able to sell them. Unexpectedly, when she put them up for sale, the wine and vinegar were sold per liter.


One liter of aged vinegar was sold for 85 points, totaling 17,000 points. As for millet wine, it was sold for 105 points per liter, totaling 210,000 points.


Looking at the price, Yao Zhi doubted whether her goods could be sold. Compared to other items sold in the system, her goods were considered expensive, even though they were the default price from the system.


While she was still contemplating lowering the price, she heard several notification sounds in a row. The next moment, she saw that all of the aged vinegar and millet wine were sold out.


"Heavens, these things actually sold faster than the fresh mushrooms!" she exclaimed in surprise.


Yao Zhi tapped on the withdraw button, and with a ding, her points increased instantly. Right now, she has a total of 2,108,577 points, 41,210 taels of silver, and 77 wen.


In this era, her wealth could be compared to that of a fifth-rank noble family in the Capital. After she withdrew her points from the system shop, she closed the panel and went to work.


She had bought some soybean paste yesterday, and it was time for her to make it into soy sauce. Using a small jar that had been sterilized, she dissolved salt in some water. Afterward, she mixed the soybean paste into the brine.


When she was done, Yao Zhi covered the jar with a piece of cheesecloth and stored it in a warm place. She needed to stir this mixture every day for the first week, then once a week for six to twelve months until the soy sauce was ready.


After she was done, she stored the soymilk and braised innards in her system storage before she went to get a bamboo basket and head to the mountain.


At the same time, the seasoning store owner was staring at a bowl of soy sauce and a bowl of fish sauce. Besides him, there was a middle-aged woman and two young men present.


Zhou Boming looked at his wife and sons and said, "Take a look at these. What do you think about them?"


Liu Meihua had been married to him for more than two decades and had never seen her husband act so mysteriously as he did now. Noticing his seriousness, she used a small wooden spoon and scooped a little of the lighter-colored sauce.


Taking a sniff, she said, "Husband, where did you get this sauce? It smells like the sea."


Hearing this, her eldest son, Zhou Zihong, asked, "Mother, have you been to the sea before?"


Liu Meihua nodded and said with a hint of longing, "Your great-grandfather lived in a village near the sea. When Mother was young, I lived there for a few years before I followed your grandparents to flee from famine and come to this town. It has been so long since I smelled this scent."


After letting out a sigh, she tasted the fish sauce. She savored it carefully for a while before she said, "Husband, this sauce tastes like fermented fish. It’s very salty and savory, with a deep umami taste and a hint of sweetness."


Zhou Ziyuan and Zhou Zihong also tasted the fish sauce. Both of them had been trained from a young age by their father to continue their family’s secret recipe, so they had good skill in tasting seasonings.


After tasting the fish sauce, they drank some water to clean their palates and then tasted the soy sauce. When they were done tasting the sauces, Zhou Boming asked, "If we sell these sauces in our store, do you think they will sell well?"


"Father, if we are able to sell these sauces, I believe we will be able to revive our family’s store," Zhou Zihong nodded excitedly.


"Husband, where did you get these sauces?" Liu Meihua asked.


"They were given by the customers who bought our aged vinegar and millet wine," Zhou Boming said calmly.


Hearing this, the family looked at him in shock.


They had heard from their father that a couple bought all of their vinegar and millet wine without bargaining. The money earned from selling those goods saved their family’s store and workshop.


They thought that the couple would become regular customers and never expected them to be one of the rare families with secret recipes.


"Father, what do they mean by sending these sauces to you?" Zhou Ziyuan asked.


Zhou Boming thought for a while before he said, "If my guess is right, they might want to cooperate with us. Right now, it’s not easy to buy or rent a shop. What’s more, with the salt store selling seasonings, it will be hard to get customers."


Liu Meihua looked at the sauces and said, "Husband, if they want to cooperate with us, it’s not a bad thing. We have been suppressed by the salt store for years. If we can’t make new products, it’s only a matter of time before we have to close our store."


Zhou Boming nodded and made up his mind. "Zihong, you will watch the store. Ziyuan, you will come with me."


Hearing his words, both of his sons nodded and went to prepare the cart. Ten minutes later, Zhou Ziyuan drove the donkey cart and went to the address given by Yao Zhi.


Since the day was not early anymore, Yao Zhi didn’t plan to explore the mountains and instead went to get some wild fruits.


Although she could buy more seeds from the system shop, she had to create a cover. So, she wanted to plant some of these local fruits in her system orchard.