CHAPTER 151: CHAPTER 151: THE PRICE OF CHILI SAUCE

"Mom, your chili sauce is so delicious, I would buy it too if it were me," Xu Nianhua lavished praise on Ji Ying without holding back!

Ji Ying truly had a gift when it came to cooking.

Xu Nianhua thought she could cook quite a few tasty dishes herself, but in terms of these farm-style delicacies, she felt she was still far from Ji Ying’s level.

Not to mention anything else, just this chili sauce, hers never tasted as good as Ji Ying’s.

"You, you always know the nicest things to say," Ji Ying said, beaming. As long as the chili sauce could make some money, even just a few dozen yuan, she would be content.

"Auntie’s sauce really is delicious."

Even Pei Yicheng, the big boss, had spoken up, and Ji Ying was even happier.

"Right, how much should we sell this chili sauce for?" Ji Ying felt pricing was something she was also not good at.

Xu Nian’an instinctively looked towards Xu Nianhua. His younger sister had opened his eyes with the pricing she had set for the Mung Bean Jelly last time!

They followed suit when it came to selling bean sprouts, their pricing just went with the flow.

"Let’s first see how many bottles this pot can fill."

Xu Nianhua suggested.

Everyone immediately got busy, working together efficiently and orderly.

Xu Nian’an and Zhou He, meticulous in their tasks, handled the bottling, while Ji Ying checked for any bottles that were a little underfilled or needed more oil and topped them up.

Xu Nianji and Xu Nian’an were in charge of handling the bottles, and Ling Dong, not finding anything specific to do, arranged the bottles Ji Ying had filled on a table to the side.

Before long, the chili sauce had all been bottled, and Xu Nianhua watched the filled bottles with a deep sense of accomplishment.

They had filled fifty-eight bottles in total.

"Mom, how much did you use in ingredients?" Xu Nianhua asked.

"Ten jin of mild chili, ten jin of spicy red chili, and ten jin of garlic, I didn’t count the oil," Ji Ying said. She had made a point to weigh everything while making it, and now it came in handy.

"Plus the cost of the bottles, labor, and labels," Xu Nianhua quietly added these costs into the calculation.

Pei Yicheng stated the price of the bottles and the cost of the labels.

On the side, Xu Nian’an, already with a notebook in hand, began to calculate, saying, "In that case, without counting the labor and label costs little sister mentioned, just the bottles cost one yuan each."

"Big Brother Pei, where do you plan to sell these chili sauces?" Xu Nianhua inquired.

Pei Yicheng outlined his plan, saying, "Ningbei is too far from here. We’ll start by selling in South City. Ling Dong knows a driver who regularly goes to South City; we can have him take our chili sauce along."

"In that case, let’s sell our chili sauce for four yuan a bottle," Xu Nianhua said as soon as she finished speaking.

Ji Ying’s eyes widened as she said, "Nianhua, isn’t that too expensive? You know, a can of pears only costs three yuan and fifty cents a bottle."

"Mom, you can’t compare it like that. You can finish a can of pears in one sitting, but chili sauce is different; you won’t finish it in a day or two," Xu Nianhua explained, saying, "When there are no vegetables, chili sauce becomes really useful. Also, when eating noodles or boiling Mung Bean Jelly, adding a bit of it makes it especially delicious."

"Besides, considering the labor and label costs, the cost reaches one yuan and fifty cents. Eventually, we have to ship it to the city for sale, and we also have to consider how to sell it. If we need our own people to sell it, then the price would be even higher."

Xu Nianhua wished she could price it at five yuan, but this was just regular chili sauce; too high a price wouldn’t be right. Four yuan wasn’t too much, but it certainly wasn’t too little either.