Chapter 210: Business is good and willful
If it wasn't Saturday, there would be no students passing by to buy it on their way to school.
Wen Zhaodi looked at the seven baskets of steamed buns that had been steamed but not sold yet, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.
But she didn't show it. Today was the first day of business, and she couldn't say anything discouraging.
After eating the buns, Secretary Wu took away twenty or so buns and went to the office to share them with his colleagues, which was also a way to advertise his own bun shop.
The three children stayed in the store.
After Director Wu left, several more waves of people came to buy buns. After 8:30, there were basically no people left, and only four baskets of buns were sold.
There are still six baskets left unsold, and half of the stuffing and dough are left.
Wen Zhaodi was a little anxious, but she kept comforting herself in her heart that there was still noon and evening.
"It's almost nine o'clock, why hasn't the noodle shop come to prepare yet?" Zheng Jie Xiu stood at the door and looked at the noodle shop across the street which was still closed.
Does she still have the mind to worry about others?
Wen Zhaodi rolled her eyes. "Who knows?"
Zheng Jie Xiu continued, "It's almost nine o'clock, and you haven't even come to get ready yet. You're so lazy, how can this business last long?"
A passing soldier's family member stopped and said, "The noodle shop is closed today. They said yesterday that it's closed every Saturday. They told us not to come today to avoid missing out."
Zheng Jiexiu & Wen Zhaodi: "..."
Is there any time to rest when doing business?
Moreover, she had just opened the business for three days and had to close it again!
Is this the way they do business?
"Ah, ha." Yu Hui, who was washing clothes in the house, sneezed.
"Why do I feel like someone is saying bad things about me?" Yu Hui touched her nose with the back of her hand.
Wang Tiaohua walked into the yard holding her grandson. "It must be because you closed the shop today, and the people who wanted to eat noodles missed you."
She had never seen such a capricious business, closing the shop on the fourth day of opening and even taking a break on Saturdays.
Everyone knows that this shop does the best business on Saturdays and Sundays. They all choose to take a break on weekdays, but she insisted on taking a break on Saturday.
Yu Hui smiled and asked, "Why is Auntie here?"
Wang Tiaohua walked over to the washing table and said, "I came to tell you about the Wu family's steamed bun shop."
"Her bun shop opened today?" Yu Hui asked.
Wang Tiaohua glared at her. "Didn't they come to your shop yesterday to solicit customers? They said their bun shop is opening today and asked your customers to come and eat buns there."
Yu Hui thought about it and shook her head: "I didn't notice."
She was so busy that she didn't have time to pay attention to these things.
"I bought some buns today. You can rest assured. The Wu family's bun shop is not worthy of being your rival." Wang Tiaohua said, pouting and waving her hand.
Yu Hui smiled and said, "I never even considered them as my rivals."
She just wanted to run her own business and never thought about competing with anyone.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Wang Tiaohua looked at Yu Hui with a tsk-tsk sound, "You don't even take me seriously, so arrogant."
"No." Yu Hui didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Her bun shop sells breakfast, and I sell lunch. We're not actually in competition!"
"Then you're mistaken." Wang Tiaohua said, "They sell it at the morning market, the afternoon market, and the evening market."
"Ten baskets of buns were steamed at the morning market alone, with thirty buns in each basket. There are still a lot of fillings and dough that haven't been wrapped yet, just waiting to be made at noon and in the evening." This is what she saw when she bought buns.
Yu Hui was amazed. "They really aren't afraid of getting tired."
Wang Tiaohua: "You think everyone is like you, who doesn't want to be tired and only sells during the lunch hour, not the morning or evening hours."
Yu Hui: “…”
Why are you arguing with me again?
Wang Tiaohua: "This is about making money, how can I be afraid of being tired?"
Yu Hui: "I'm just afraid. I just want to be able to make money without having to work too hard."
Wang Tiaohua: "You just rely on your cooking skills to be willful."
Yu Hui raised her eyebrows and said nothing.
"However, not only are you a good cook, but the ingredients you use are also real and not adulterated. Unlike the Wu family..." As she spoke, she turned her face in the direction of the Wu family with a pout.
"They say they use only good meat, but in reality, it's all trough meat and pickled dregs meat. It's oily but has a fishy smell, and eating more than two will make you feel stuffy."
"Just wait and see, their business won't last long." Wang Tiaohua predicted with certainty.
Yu Hui frowned. Many of the people in their military family compound still pursued quality and taste. If it was really as Wang Tiaohua said, and they used inferior meat such as trough-head meat, then it might not last long.
At noon, the bun shop did not reach the peak period as expected, and only one basket was sold.
Both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were nervous. Zheng Jie Xiu didn't dare to wrap the remaining stuffing and flour, and put them in water to calm them down.
"Don't panic. People living in the family compound will get off work tonight, and there will definitely be a lot of people coming to buy." Zheng Jie Xiu tried hard to stay calm. These words sounded like they were comforting Wen Zhaodi, but in fact they were comforting himself.
Both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were waiting for many guests to come after get off work. Wen Zhaodi fell asleep while waiting because she was really too sleepy.
After half past five, many people started to go home after get off work.
When people get off work, they see the newly opened bun shop next to the grocery store, and quite a few of them come to buy buns.
But until half past six, only three baskets had been sold, leaving two baskets.
Secretary Wu also came back from get off work. "Have you sold all the buns?"
Wen Zhaodi said with a sad face, "There are still two baskets left, and half of the stuffing and flour are left."
Zheng Jiexiu said, "I didn't expect that either. Today is Saturday, and many people are not working or attending school, so fewer people are buying breakfast outside. If we wait until Monday, we will definitely sell out all 50 kilograms of stuffing."
Secretary Wu frowned and said, "We can eat the ones that haven't been sold out after steaming. Let's freeze the remaining stuffing and dough in water and make them tomorrow."
"Tomorrow is Sunday, so the situation will be similar to today. There's no need to buy meat and stuffing separately."
"That's the only way." Wen Zhaodi sighed.
"Let's calculate how much money we earned today?" Zheng Jie Xiu said.
Wen Zhaodi took out all the money and almost cried when she counted it.
"How could there be only twelve?" Zheng Jie Xiu didn't believe the number was true.
"I spent twenty yuan on meat today, not to mention flour and other seasonings." Wen Zhaodi covered her face and was about to cry. This was really a huge loss.
After looking at the money earned from selling half of the buns today, Wen Zhaodi did the math in her mind. Even if she made all the buns and sold them all, she would not make more than two dollars after deducting the cost.
The profit from selling buns is really too thin.
"How could it be just this little..." Zheng Jie Xiu continued.
Secretary Wu frowned so hard that a mosquito could be pinched to death. "The profit margin in buns is already thin. It's impossible to recover the cost in one day. Maybe if we sell them a little more, it will be better."
He didn't have much confidence when he said this, but for now he could only think positively.
The Wu family didn’t finish the two baskets of buns left over from the evening, so they left some for tomorrow morning.
It was not even three o'clock in the morning when Wen Zhaodi, who had hardly slept due to anxiety, was woken up.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the store to make dumplings under the full moon.
I want to steam the buns before the delivery person arrives at the grocery store and get more orders.
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