Chapter 433 Earning Money Beyond Imagination

Jiang Xiangbei didn't need to look through the account book, he blurted out: "The most ordered are whole beef, and the most ordered are mutton rolls."

It is forbidden to eat oxen used for farming. If you kill them privately, it is against the law. However, if they die of old age, you can eat them after reporting to the authorities. However, the beef of old oxen is old and tough, and the rich and powerful rarely eat it.

There are also specially raised beef cattle, but how can cattle kept in pens be as tender and delicious as those raised on the vast grasslands? And the breeds are different!

And my mother even sells the beef in different parts, telling which part is tender, which part is tough, which part is fat, which part is strong... The prices are naturally different. The best part of a cow is only 38 cents per catty, but their portion of only half a catty is 68 cents, and the worse part is 58 cents!

Not only that, my mother also made many molds of the whole cow, and placed several trays on them in different categories, and named it "Whole Cow Assembling". Not to mention it looks really special and beautiful, it is very face-saving when entertaining at a banquet.

The price is not cheap either. The portion you order a la carte is only a little over two cents, but because it is placed in the mold of a whole cow and there are a wide variety of dishes, it is sold for three and a half cents per portion!

By this calculation, the profit has not just doubled, but increased several times!

Even so, the guests who come here, especially those in the upstairs rooms, keep saying that this one is good, beautiful and convenient, and they don’t have to spend time looking at the differences between each one.

Mother is right. Earning money from the poor is completely different from earning money from the rich. They need to figure out what the rich need so that they can sell things better.

Shen Qing asked again: "How about the others?"

"Among soy products, not many people order tofu and dried tofu. I guess it's because they eat them so often that ordinary people feel they are tired of expensive foods. It's also possible that these two things don't taste good when they are boiled. The weather is not too cold now, and winter will come next month, so we can make frozen tofu. Then tofu sales will definitely increase!"

They had tried it before at home. Just freezing the tofu made it taste especially good whether it was stewed or used in hot pot!

My mother said that it was because something changed inside that it could absorb the soup, and the soup and tofu blended together, completely changing the flavor.

Shen Qing hummed, thought for a moment and said, "Let's make a cold dish with tofu and dried bean curd. Tofu with green onions, spicy dried bean curd shreds, and when it gets cold, add frozen tofu."

"Okay!" Jiang Xiangbei casually wrote it down in the booklet beside him, and then continued: "Vegetables are generally similar. Different people eat them differently. Some like to eat them and some don't. There is no difference.

But when winter comes, most of these vegetables will be gone, and there will only be cabbage, white radish, and spinach. What will mother do?"

How can we increase the number of dishes? It's always the same few, so it's easy to get tired of them, right?

Shen Qing replied naturally, "When the time comes, we'll add soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, peanut sprouts, wood ear mushrooms, dried bean curd sticks, and day lilies. Each season has its own seasonal vegetables. In winter, we'll add more dried vegetables suitable for hot pot. We don't have to supply them year-round. Each season will be different and more exciting."

China has greenhouse technology and well-developed transportation. Food ingredients from all over the country can appear in local vegetable markets and on dining tables at the same time in the same day. Everyone is used to it, but Jing Dynasty does not have that. Hot pot restaurants have to adapt to the existing conditions of the dynasty in order to stay open for a long time.

Her mall can be managed for a while, but it cannot take care of everything. She still has to rely on herself to walk the rest of the way!

Jiang Xiangbei understood that his mother meant to adjust the menu according to the season. There was no need to blindly seek to have everything. Each season should have its own characteristics to retain customers.

The two reviewed today's business while chatting, and then Jiang Xiangbei began to use the abacus. For a moment, the room was filled with the crackling sound of abacus beads colliding.

When it fell into Shen Qing's ears, he found it extremely beautiful.

Is it the abacus that is being moved? It is her heart that is being moved.

Jiang Xiangbei quickly calculated the last item. He swallowed, turned to the first page of the account book in disbelief, and started calculating it for the second time.

After the second round, he was completely stunned. After a long pause, he looked up at his mother and stammered, "Mom, today's sales are actually two hundred and forty-seven taels!"

This number is not impressive in front of those big businessmen, but for them, no, for the entire Jingchao Inn and Restaurant, it is definitely the best!

The daily income is nearly two hundred and fifty taels. You should know that their profit is already high. The homemade dishes and pastries have the highest profit, and the wine and beverages are purchased directly from the wine shop, so the profit is lower. Add to that the shop rental money, the wages of the waiters and helpers, etc., and it is no problem for the daily profit to be more than one hundred taels.

More than one hundred taels a day, more than three thousand taels a month... Oh my God, Jiang Xiangbei blinked, feeling that it was a little unreal.

The money earned from the hotpot shop was beyond his imagination!

Shen Qing had a general understanding of the profit of the catering industry. The average profit was at least 50%, and for someone like her who earned money from wealthy families, the profit was even greater.

However, the amount of more than two hundred taels still far exceeded her expectations. Although it was not a fortune, it was definitely a very good amount. With this livelihood, even buying a house in the capital would no longer be an unattainable dream.

Even when you have enough money, the range of choices will expand a lot.

"This is only the first day. We started late in the morning and were closed for several hours in the afternoon. If we have enough dishes tomorrow, we will definitely be able to serve twenty more tables than today!" Jiang Xiangbei took a deep breath and calculated excitedly.

Then he continued, "The net profit is more than 100 yuan a day, more than 1,000 yuan in 100 days, 100 days, a year..."

Shen Qing interrupted quickly: "One hundred days and three months is fine, but after winter, when the weather gets warmer, hot pot won't work. Who wants to eat in such hot weather?

The peak season for making money is these three to five months. In the summer, you should even be prepared to lose money. Wake up and stop daydreaming!

The catering industry has obvious peak and off-peak seasons. It is good enough if you can break even during the off-peak season, but you can basically make money all year round during the peak season. So Lao Si’s calculation is wrong. How is it possible to make as much money as you do now all year round!

"Besides, we're making money, and other people aren't stupid. You'll see how many hot pot restaurants are popping up like mushrooms after rain. They'll more or less take some of their customers away. We'll take it slow and steady, and if we make a lot, we'll be low-key and bear the difference if we make less later."

Jiang Xiangbei nodded hurriedly: "I know, Mom! Don't worry, I'm prepared. I'm just happy to see so much money.

I can accept earning less later on."

Even flowers don't last forever, let alone the food business. They didn't expect to dominate the market.

Mother said that it is best to let a hundred flowers bloom. When there are more hot pot shops in the capital, the cattle and sheep in Heishui City, Chenzhou will sell better, and the herdsmen and people there will have a better life. He is happy for them too!