Chapter 369 How to do business
At five o'clock in the morning, Yu Hui was sleeping in a daze. She heard some rustling noises and opened her eyes.
Gu Huai had already gotten up and was getting dressed. Seeing that she was awake, he said softly, "It's still early. You should sleep a little longer. I'll go get the meat."
Yu Hui said "hmm", her tone confused and lazy.
Gu Huai looked at her and smiled, then put on his military coat and went out.
When he returned home after picking up the meat, Yu Hui and the children were all up and washing up in an orderly manner.
Breakfast was already being prepared. Gu Qiuyan had to return to the team at nine in the morning, so Yu Hui made her favorite scallion pancakes for breakfast.
The Gu family started having breakfast at 6:20. Gu Hongmei peeled an egg for her niece Gu Qiuyan.
Gu Qiuyan thanked him, took it, and stuffed the whole thing into her mouth.
Gu Huai frowned: "Eat slowly, it's still early. I told Xiao Li in advance that he will come to pick you up at 7 o'clock."
If we drive faster, we can get there in an hour and a half.
Gu Qiuyan swallowed the egg and nodded.
Before seven o'clock, Xiao Li drove over to pick someone up.
Gu Qiuyan reluctantly said goodbye to Yu Hui and the others, and got into the car with the sausages and bacon.
Not long after Gu Qiuyan left, Qian Lan came over, said a few words to Yu Hui, and went to the hospital to deliver food to Yu Qiang. After delivering the food, she took a bus into the city.
Gu Huai also went to work, and Yu Hui and Gu Hongmei took the children to the noodle shop.
Everyone I met along the way asked if the noodle shop was open today.
After getting a positive answer, they all said that they had been craving this noodle for a long time and would definitely go and eat it at noon.
When they arrived at the noodle shop, Yu Hui and Gu Hongmei cleaned up the place inside and out, and Gu Dong and the others came along to help.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the fragrance wafted out of the noodle shop.
When they smelled the fragrance, everyone in the family compound knew that the Happiness Noodle House had opened.
The steamed bun shop and the braised food shop opened two days ago, but there were few people in the military family compound these two days, so business was not very good.
Wen Zhaodi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the noodle shop open. She now realized that the reason why the buns sold so well when the noodle shop was open was because of the traffic it brought.
Some people who have been waiting in line for noodles for a long time will buy one or two buns to fill their stomachs.
At 11:20 in the morning, Yu Hui and the children were having lunch early when Bao Pandi arrived with Yu Zhuang and his wife, and Jiang Juan was holding Xiaofu.
"We're eating?" Bao Pandi walked into the noodle shop and ordered directly, "Cook us three bowls of 1.5 ounces of beef noodles, and another small bowl of softer noodles, and a poached egg for the children."
Hearing this, Gu Hongmei and the three children frowned. Who was she telling this to?
Yu Hui took a sip of the noodle soup, gave Gu Hongmei and the child a calm look, then stood up and walked to the stove.
"Three bowls of 1.4 ounces of beef noodles are two dollars and four cents, and one bowl of egg noodles is one cent, for a total of two dollars and five cents." After Yu Hui finished speaking, she stretched out her right hand towards Bao Pandi.
Bao Pandi and the other two were stunned, and it took them a long time to react.
"You ask us for money?" she asked, pointing her finger at her nose.
Yu Hui smiled and said, "Look at what you're saying. Isn't it only natural to pay for food at a restaurant?"
"You always go to the state-owned restaurant to eat, but don't you think you can eat for free?"
"No..." Bao Pandi patted his chest, "This noodle shop is opened by you and my daughter-in-law, so it is also our family's noodle shop. How can we pay for eating noodles in our own noodle shop?"
"Besides..." Bao Pandi pointed at the four Gu Dong siblings, "Your four children ate noodles at the noodle shop, did they pay for it?"
The children of the Gu family didn’t even pay for the noodles, so why should they pay for eating there?
Yu Hui still had a smile on her face. "My children eat noodles in the store without paying, but they work in the store. They pick and peel the onions, greens, and garlic. Not a single bite of noodles is eaten for free."
"She's working too?" Bao Pandi pointed at Beibei.
Beibei, who was suddenly pointed at, sucked the noodles into his mouth and pouted unhappily.
"Beibei didn't work, but the eggs she ate were all brought by me from home, not counting the ones from the store, and she didn't eat many noodles."
The noodles have a strong smell, so Yu Hui usually doesn’t give it to Beibei. She always cooks a bowl of soft noodles for her with eggs.
"Li Xin and Jianshe usually eat noodles in the store because they work there. If you don't believe me, you can go ask them."
The two brothers Yu Jianshe did not come today. Yu Jianshe went to the hospital to look after Yu Qiang, and Yu Lixin was arranged by Qian Lan to stay at home to prevent Bao Pandi and the others from causing trouble at home.
Bao Pandidi and her friends were going to a noodle shop for lunch, and they also called Yu Lixin. However, he said that he would not go to the noodle shop to help out today, nor would he go to eat lunch, and would wait for his mother Qian Lan to come back and cook.
Bao Pandi called him stupid and went out with his son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
Jiang Juan curled her lips and shrilly said, "How surprising! Eating noodles at my own noodle shop, but not being able to eat without working? How can such a thing be justified in this world?"
This Xiao Yu, not only does he not agree with her coming to work in the noodle shop, he also doesn't allow them to eat noodles in the noodle shop. He is so crooked.
"That's right." Yu Zhuang echoed angrily, "You are clearly bullying us!"
At this time, someone who came early to eat noodles walked outside the noodle shop and heard the voices of several people talking, and stopped.
"That's hegemonism!" Jiang Juan blurted out a word as soon as she thought of it. She felt she was absolutely right and repeated it in agreement, "That's right, you're practicing hegemony. If it were just a few years ago, people like you would have been paraded through the streets."
Bao Pandi glanced at his youngest daughter-in-law in surprise. Seeing someone coming, he immediately raised his voice and said, "Everyone, please judge for yourself. This noodle shop is jointly owned by my family and Yu Hui. Her family eats noodles for free. I remember that she charged us more than two yuan when we came to eat noodles."
"Tell me, how can such a thing be possible in this world?"
Those who come to eat noodles are all old customers, and they all live in the same family compound. Naturally, they know what this noodle shop is like and are familiar with Yu Hui and Qian Lan.
"Your house? Isn't this noodle shop jointly opened by Sister Qian and Xiao Yu?"
"That's right, when did it become your language?"
Bao Pandi patted his chest and said, "I'm Qian Lan's mother-in-law. She belongs to our Yu family. Doesn't this noodle shop belong to us?"
When everyone heard what Bao Pandidi said, they felt that it was both right and wrong.
"It's a joint venture. Your daughter-in-law also has a share, but this noodle shop can't be considered yours."
"That's right."
"Then tell me, her family doesn't pay when they come to eat noodles, but my family has to pay when they come to eat noodles, right?" Bao Panddi shouted impatiently.
The old customers looked at Bao Pandi, then at Yu Hui. Just as they were about to speak, they heard Gu Hongmei say, "Besides me and my sister-in-law, there are only four children eating noodles in the noodle shop. Not to mention Beibei is young, most of the food is brought from home, so they can't eat much. Dongdong and the others don't eat for free either, they always help out."
"When they came, three adults and one child, they asked for three bowls of 1.5 ounces of beef noodles and asked my sister-in-law to cook for them. We must charge them!"
"How else can we keep our business going if you don't charge any money for your relatives coming over to eat a few bowls of noodles and my relatives coming over to eat a few bowls of noodles today?"
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