Chapter 70 Countermeasures

From that day on, Wu never went to Su Qing'an's shop to get vegetables.

Aunt Zhou was no longer assigned the task of buying vegetables, but Wu went out to buy them herself.

Now she didn't have to go to the dirty vegetable market. The vegetable shop was clean and hygienic, which didn't dirty her dress, and she could buy meat in batches, so Wu took the job herself.

Today she went to that shop, tomorrow she went to Su Ergu's house, and the day after tomorrow she changed to another shop. She went to whichever shop sold cheaper, whichever shop had an event.

Su Qing'an didn't care about her behavior at all.

Without Lu Bocheng, she was like an outsider in that family. After a fight, she became more and more out of tune with that family. When Lu Yuzhu and others saw her, they not only didn't even say hello, but also treated her like a stranger.

Su Qing'an was not liked by Wu's mother and son in that family, and she liked to stay in the shop more and more, with her sister Yaya and her brothers and sisters. She ate all three meals in the shop, except when she went back to sleep.

After several similar vegetable shops opened in the town, Su Qing'an's shop had a big impact.

The direct impact was that Su Dahu told her that her parents would not sell vegetables to her anymore.

Su Ergu bought vegetables at high prices in Qiaotou Village and nearby villages, and many families in the village changed their ways, including her parents' family, and sold vegetables to her second aunt.

Her grandfather also listened to her second aunt and planted several acres of land at home with vegetables, and opened up a large piece of wasteland to raise chickens and ducks, just to supply her second aunt, selling meat and eggs.

Her step-grandmother Wang also found a job for her fourth uncle, like Su Dahu, to help Su Ergu go to the countryside to collect vegetables, fruits, chickens, ducks and other poultry.

Su Qing'an was silent for a long time after hearing this.

Then he asked, "Is it because the vegetables can't be harvested?"

Su Dahu was silent for a moment, and replied, "Qiaotou Village has your grandparents to help, so it's true that it can't be harvested. But overall it doesn't have much impact on us. We signed agreements with people outside Qiaotou Village before, and they dare not stop selling to us. But seeing that the prices of vegetables in the surrounding areas are high, they are quite dissatisfied and ask if we can raise the price. The amount of vegetables they supply us has decreased, saying that the vegetables in the fields can't be harvested, and I can't catch them. Those who didn't sign a contract before and harvested them sporadically can't harvest them either."

It's human instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.

Although Su Qingmei felt uncomfortable, she had nothing to say.

It's not easy for farmers to earn a penny, who wouldn't want to make more money? She could understand.

But she just felt suffocated.

Now several vegetable shops are obviously going against her, buying vegetables at high prices and selling them at low prices, trying to seize the market and divide her customers. But she can't follow up, can't also buy high prices and sell low prices, vicious competition will lead to adverse effects, and the market will also be messed up.

Now that there are fewer customers, the amount of vegetables sold is not as high as before.

But she had to collect the vegetables from the villagers who signed the contract. The vegetables were ripe in batches, and if they were not collected, they would rot in the fields. Although some families might wish she would collect less so that they could sell them to those who charge a higher price.

But since she had signed the contract, she had to fulfill it.

With fewer sales, she did not plan to lower the price. But the vegetables were on the shelves, and she had to wait for them to rot...

That night, she transported the remaining vegetables in the store, saying that she wanted to give them away, and did not want anyone to help. She pushed the cart herself, found a place where no one was, and put the vegetables into the system.

I changed a book to read.

In the next few days, she made some changes to the store.

The remaining chicken and duck eggs were all pickled into salted eggs; the remaining meat was all made into braised meat for sale; the remaining vegetables began to try to make pickles, dried vegetables, and dehydrated vegetables; the same was true for fruits, which were made into preserved fruits and dried fruits.

Anyway, except for eggs, the remaining vegetables of the day were not kept for sale the next day.

Dried vegetables and pickles are also available locally, and the methods are similar, but the tastes are different in each store. Su Qing'an mainly wants to make dehydrated vegetables and dried fruits. She wants to figure out these two things that others can't do.

Everyone was depressed for a few days, and when they saw that Su Qing'an had a solution, they immediately became motivated again.

Granny Zhou said with a tone of someone who had experienced it: "That's right. How can there be no setbacks in doing business? You have to be more courageous with more setbacks. I've been idle for a few days, and I'm a little uncomfortable. The busier I am, the more energetic I am."

Then everyone tried to make pickles and dried vegetables and fruits, and the store also started to provide various services.

Since everyone sells the same thing, I have what others don't have, and I have something new.

For regular customers, as long as they pay a deposit, they will be delivered to their door. And the several noodle shops and small restaurants that were previously talked about did not change their owners after signing the contract.

Su Qing'an was grateful to them and helped them wash, cut and prepare the vegetables, saving them the time of secondary operations. Occasionally, she would give them some small suggestions for their store. Several noodle shops and small restaurants are more and more determined to choose her shop. They will not leave even if other shops promise to reduce the price by 10% or 20%.

As for some special customers mentioned before, such as those with inconvenient legs and feet, widows and young girls, and those with unknown identities who are not convenient to go out, Su Qingmei also specially visited these special customers one by one and sent them cakes she made. Because of her thoughtful service, these people also recognized her shop.

In addition, Yangwei Wushu Hall, Lu Bocheng's friends, Liu Juye's family also expressed their willingness to support her all the time. Su Qingmei also personally sent cakes to express gratitude.

Now that Grandma Zhou doesn't kill so many chickens and ducks a day, Su Qingmei asked her and knew that she was very good at making noodles. The store immediately followed up and put out dumpling skins, wonton skins, and wrapped dumplings, wontons and various noodles.

People who came to the shop were dumbfounded. Has someone rolled out the dumpling skins for you? And there are also wrapped raw dumplings, wontons and rolled noodles?

After counting with fingers, it is not much more expensive than buying them home and making them yourself.

Look at the shelves again. Are the melons and vegetables peeled? Are the green beans and lentils peeled? Are the garlic peeled as well?

They look fresh.

There is less garbage thrown away at home.

This action immediately attracted a wave of customers. Many people came back to see the strange things, and the daily turnover also increased a lot.

However, the excitement in the store only lasted for a few days, and the other four stores followed suit.

The number of customers dropped visibly.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little discouraged and hated those stores. Xiao Qingyang and Xiao Qingxing still dragged Xie Qiyou to the door of other stores every day to glare at other stores, stomping their feet in front of other stores and saying that they were bad people.

Su Qing's ability to imitate the other stores was also amazing.

Why didn't they think of some ways to do it instead of staring at her?

After being depressed for a few days, she immersed herself in studying pickled vegetables, dried vegetables, dried fruits, etc. Everyone was trying to make them quietly. Now they didn't plan to sell them. In this way, these things were kept secret, and no one imitated them.

For Su Qing's sake, all this increased costs and reduced profits.

But thinking that these dried vegetables and fruits will bring her good profits in the future, she suppressed her anxiety.

However, everyone did not see the profits, only saw that there were fewer customers in the shop and less turnover, so they were a little anxious.

So they worked harder and provided more meticulous service. When a customer came, they wished that the other party did not have to do anything, just move their mouths, and everyone helped her put the things she wanted in the basket.

And Su Dahu traveled farther, and often brought back fruits and vegetables that were not common in the county and town...

This stabilized a group of regular customers in the shop.

Originally, the vegetables from the vegetable market were moved to the shop to sell, and the service was provided. Su Qingmei did not engage in price wars and emphasized service, and she also had a group of loyal customers.

But the shop was still visibly idle.