Chapter 39: Loan to Become a Self-Employed Business Owner
"Should we ask Uncle Huang and the others?"
"No need." Dong Fuyun waved his hand, "I can make the decision."
He Ye is a generous person. Lu Jun gave her 100 yuan today because he worked hard for her all day. There will be many people tomorrow, so even if she can't give Lu Jun that much, she will not treat his brothers unfairly.
Besides, even if he doesn’t give money, we are brothers. What’s wrong with helping his niece?
After deciding on the staff, Xu Heye prepared to repay the payment for the goods.
Aunt Liu is a kind person and is willing to give her credit. Now that the goods have been sold, it is time to settle the payment.
The three of them arrived at the Jingu Grocery Store. Before Liu Yumei could ask, Xu Heye took the initiative to say, "Aunt Liu, I'm here to pay for the goods."
"My uncle Lu Jun came to pick up goods four times today, including twelve boxes of soda and fourteen boxes of cola. Both the soda and cola cost sixteen yuan a box, so the total payment was four hundred and sixteen yuan.
Lactic acid bacteria were 14 yuan a box, and I bought six boxes, which came to 84 yuan, totaling 500 yuan. On my second visit, I also picked up some snacks, which cost 40 yuan. The total bill was 540 yuan.
Xu Heye said, handing over a stack of coins: "Here is 540 yuan, please count it, is it correct?"
"Oh, you are so polite, little girl. There is no need to rush to pay for the goods!" Liu Yumei said as she lent the money skillfully, licked her fingers on the tip of her tongue, and then began to count the money.
After counting twice, Liu Yumei gathered the coins and put them in her pocket: "Yes, yes, it's five hundred and four."
"That's good." Xu Heye said, and handed over another twenty yuan, "Aunt Liu, this is the rent for the tricycle you lent us."
This time Liu Yumei refused, "It doesn't cost money, and the car will just sit there idle anyway."
Seeing that Liu Yumei really didn't want it, Xu Heye didn't force it.
"Aunt Liu, we need some more goods tomorrow. Do you have any?"
Liu Yumei smiled even more brightly: "Yes, of course." Beverages have a long shelf life. Even if Xu Heye can't digest it, she can keep it and sell it slowly.
"How much do you want? I'll call the supplier tonight and have them deliver it."
"As for drinks, it's about the same as today. I want sixteen cases of soda, eighteen cases of Coke, and ten cases of yogurt.
Also, I'd like to order some more snacks this time. Give me two hundred yuan worth of snacks like fruit leather, shaqi ma, sour plums, and bubble gum, and another hundred yuan worth of egg cakes, peach cakes, and White Rabbit snacks."
"You can choose the ingredients as you like, but they must be fresh."
"Of course." Liu Yumei said seriously, "I've been running the store for many years, and I only do business with people I know. If something breaks, I'd rather destroy it than sell it."
After Liu Yumei finished speaking, she continued, "Although I promised you that if you can't sell all the items, I will return them to you when you come back. But those are drinks and snacks with a long shelf life.
Things like egg cakes and peach cakes are newly made by the manufacturer and have a short shelf life. If you take so many and can't sell them later, I won't refund them."
"I understand." Xu Heye nodded. "I usually eat this kind of thing. If I can't sell it, I'll keep it for myself. If I can't finish it, I still have my uncle and the others!"
Things are made authentically these days. Egg cakes and peach pastries are made with healthy ingredients and have no additives, so their shelf life is short.
Xu Heye always has some at home. When she is hungry and doesn’t want to cook, she can eat one or two pieces to fill her stomach.
Liu Yumei nodded: "It's better to be frank upfront so as not to offend others later. Since you have made up your mind, I will order the goods for you tonight."
"Okay." Xu Heye continued, "Aunt Liu, please calculate the payment for these things."
Liu Yumei said, "Just give me a deposit of 300 yuan first. The specific payment will depend on how much goods you get tomorrow."
If business is slow and she can't take all the drinks, she will put them in the store and sell them slowly. Although her store is small and there are not many people coming in, she still makes a lot of money.
"Thank you, Aunt Liu." Xu Heye said, and took out another three hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Liu Yumei.
Liu Yumei borrowed the money, spat on her fingertips, counted the money, put it in her pocket, and then gave Xu Heye a deposit of three hundred yuan.
Xu Heye took the order and turned to Dong Fuyun and the others, saying, "Uncle, Uncle Lu Jun, it's getting late. Let's not cook for ourselves. Let's just go to a restaurant. It's my treat."
Dong Fuyun looked at the sky and saw that it was indeed getting late. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to a restaurant."
The three of them found a small restaurant nearby. Xu Heye ordered three dishes and a soup: braised pork, steamed sea bass, stir-fried bok choy, and meatball soup.
The three of them ate everything, even the braised pork soup was eaten by Dong Fuyun mixed with rice.
A true empty plate.
After dinner, the two brothers sent Xu Heye back to the rental house, and then went to find the other brothers together.
Dong Fuyun saw that Lu Jun was in deep thought, so he asked, "Junzi, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Jun said: "I'm thinking about those self-employed people."
"Self-employed?"
"Yeah." Lu Jun nodded. "I used to see those self-employed people setting up stalls everywhere, going out in the wind and rain, and often being chased by urban management. They looked so disheveled and undignified.
But today, while setting up a stall with my niece outside the playground, I realized that if you do it well, you can really make a lot of money as a self-employed person.”
He looked at Dong Fuyun and said, "At least it's more than what we earn doing odd jobs here and there."
Lu Jun sighed as he spoke, "Da Fu, I'm 25 and you're 26, both of you aren't young anymore. You're almost 30, so you can't just keep messing around like this! If you keep messing around like this, when will you be able to start a family?"
Why was his mother targeted by scammers?
It was because his son was not presentable. He didn't have a decent job and couldn't make any money. How could a good girl be willing to marry him?
The same thing happened to Dafu and Huang Wangcheng. They had delayed marriage until now for various reasons. Before the age of 30, there was still a possibility of getting married. After 30, if you delayed marriage, you would really be single for the rest of your life.
Lu Jun didn’t know what to do to change the current situation before, but today, when he followed his niece to set up a stall, he really found another way.
No wonder everyone thinks being self-employed is not decent, but more and more people are becoming self-employed.
Dong Fuyun thought thoughtfully: "Then what should we sell?"
"Heye can make money selling drinks and snacks because the school holds sports meets, which gather all the students on the playground. Students have money in their pockets and are willing to spend it. But sports meets won't last forever."
Lu Jun nodded: "That's true."
"Drinks and snacks are easy to sell to students. After the sports meet is over, we can't enter the campus, and I don't think we can sell these things by setting up a stall outside." It's not that we can't sell them at all, but it's definitely not as good as it was during these three days.
Dong Fuyun said, "There's no need to rush. Now that we have a direction, let's think about it in detail."
"That's right." Lu Jun quickened his pace. "Let's go. Liu Tong's home is nearby. Let's go find him first."
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