Chapter 17 Preparations before setting up the stall
Shen Qingyue moved the things she bought into the hut, and the hut was soon full.
Aunt Dahua came in quickly and asked, "Why are you buying so many things?" Especially the rice, flour, oil, and seasonings. "We already have all these at home."
Shen Qingyue excitedly said to Aunt Dahua: "I found a job!"
Aunt Dahua said in surprise, "Really."
How long had Shen Qingyue been out for, and she already found a job? She immediately became interested and said, "Tell me what's going on."
Shen Qingyue said, "I rented a place to set up a stall to sell boxed lunches, and it just so happens that my elder sister can help me." She only sells lunch at noon so she can take a break in the afternoon.
When Auntie Dahua heard about this job, she said, "Your cooking skills are really good, but what if the people in the county don't buy it?"
Nowadays, the management is not as strict as before, and ordinary people can also go out to set up stalls and do business. However, few people do so.
First, he is conservative and embarrassed to show up in public.
The second reason is the fear of losing money. Everyone has their own problems. For example, if Shen Qingyue wants to sell lunch boxes, if she fails to sell them, she will definitely have to pay compensation.
Shen Qingyue said: "I want to try."
Aunt Dahua said, "My sister is a pastry chef at a state-owned factory in the county. How about I go and ask if they want an apprenticeship for you? It's a decent job after all."
Aunt Dahua has been with them for so many days and really treats them like her own children. Finding a job is not that easy.
Aunt Dahua said, "Your cooking skills are good enough to be the head chef in a state-owned restaurant, but that's a place where seniority is the key. If you can get in, you should work your way up first. At least you can make a living."
Shen Qingyue knew that this state-owned restaurant was also a grasshopper in autumn.
Since the reform and opening up, more and more private restaurants have opened, which has seriously impacted the status of state-owned restaurants. Their own chefs are still half idle, so how can they recruit new people?
Shen Qingyue knew that Aunt Dahua was good to her, so she said, "Good Aunt, just let me try!"
Aunt Dahua was used to seeing Shen Qingyue being opinionated, so when she suddenly saw her acting coquettishly, she couldn't help but smile: "Okay. You are such a child."
Aunt Dahua said, "We already have these seasonings at home, so why spend money on them? You should save the little money you have." You have to leave yourself a way out no matter what.
"Since we are doing this business, we really can't take advantage of you. We use a lot of these, so you should buy them."
Shen Qingyue said again: "Aunt, I want to ask you a favor. Can we use the small kitchen in the backyard of this house?"
When we built the kang, we also built a stove. It was a standard small kitchen. It had been idle for a long time, and the dust around it was as thick as a copper coin!
Aunt Dahua said, "Okay, use this as you please. I'll go clean it up for you."
Chen Mei was a good worker, and they were already very grateful to Aunt Dahua for lending them the kitchen. How could they still ask her for help? She quickly stood up and said, "Auntie, I'll do it!"
Shen Qingyue said, "Sister, go clean up first. I'll go buy some things."
Chen Mei knew that she had a plan in mind and said, "Okay."
Shen Qingyue went out and ordered a plate of tofu from the village tofu shop for five o'clock tomorrow, and then went to Mrs. Li's house.
Mrs. Li saw Shen Qingyue and said, "How's it going? Your crazy grandma is not giving you any more trouble, is she?"
Shen Qingyue said: "Grandma didn't embarrass me. I came here to see Uncle Zhuangzi today."
Uncle Zhuangzi is Mrs. Li's eldest son, almost fifty years old this year. He was the first person in the village to raise cattle.
Old Mrs. Li didn't expect that the little girl was not here to see her. She was a little curious and quickly called her eldest son over.
Uncle Zhuangzi, who looked quite honest, said, "What do you want from me?"
"Uncle Zhuangzi, can your ox cart take on some work?" Shen Qingyue asked.
Uncle Zhuangzi became excited when he heard this: "Is there work? Take it, take it." Before Shen Qingyue could even finish her words, he agreed repeatedly, as if he was afraid that the job would slip away.
Mrs. Li said from the side, "What kind of work are you asking about? Why aren't you as steady as the little girl?"
Uncle Zhuangzi scratched his head and asked, "What kind of work?" His father had always wanted to buy a cow, always saying that cows were big animals, easy to raise and hardworking, making them a good helper for the men in the village.
I've heard from my childhood that when I got money, the first thing I did was raise cattle instead of building a house. I wanted to do farm work and rent out houses or something like that!
Reform and opening up are no longer what they used to be.
With the advent of roads, cars could carry people and were much faster than ox carts. But he never expected that the oxen he had worked so hard to raise would only serve as a waste of his time.
Shen Qingyue said, "It's like this. My elder sister and I rented a place in the county to set up a stall to sell boxed lunches. We have some jars and pots, as well as food. With only my elder sister and I, we can't manage it. Can you take us there at nine o'clock and bring us back in the afternoon? How much would it cost? Let's try it for a month."
Shen Qingyue's words made Uncle Zhuangzi feel awkward. He knew that the two little girls had just separated from their family and lived in the same village, so it was embarrassing to talk about money!
Mrs. Li was also a little surprised: "Is it possible?"
Shen Qingyue said, "Almost." Don't do too much at the beginning to see if you can make a name for yourself.
Seeing her son wanting to take the job but being too embarrassed to negotiate the price, Mrs. Li was even more speechless. She was not as bold and careful as a girl, so she said, "How about this, how much do you want to rent the car?"
Shen Qingyue asked: "Twelve dollars a month?"
Zhuangzishu said, "Okay."
This price is reasonable. Twelve dollars a month can cover some of the feed costs for cattle.
Uncle Zhuangzi asked, "What time?"
Shen Qingyue said: "Let's start tomorrow. Come to the village chief's house at nine o'clock to borrow it from us."
Shen Qingyue was about to take money out of her pocket after she finished speaking, which made Uncle Zhuangzi feel embarrassed. She said, "Wait until the end of the month and give it to me all at once."
"OK."
In addition, Shen Qingyue also bought some potatoes from Old Lady Li.
The first crop of potatoes in the field hadn't been harvested yet; these potatoes were stored before last winter. Old Mrs. Li had a cellar at home, and there were plenty of potatoes. Shen Qingyue bought a full 100 kilograms.
The vegetables in the village were worthless, but Old Lady Li insisted on not asking for money. In the end, she couldn't refuse, so she half-sold them and half-gave them away, and asked Uncle Zhuangzi to carry them to Shen Qingyue!
Mrs. Li said, "I have plenty of potatoes. Come over anytime if you need them."
Shen Qingyue nodded heavily.
Shen Qingyue not only bought potatoes, but also bought various vegetables from the homes of those good vegetable growers in the village.
There are vegetable gardens in every village, and the vegetables grow so many times that you can never eat them all.
I wanted to go to the county to sell it, but I had to pay for the travel expenses, which was not cost-effective. Now Shen Qingyue wanted it, and the villagers were kind, so they lowered the price very low, as if I had picked it up for free. After a while, Shen Qingyue returned home with a full load!
Although the women in the village didn't know what Shen Qingyue was going to do, seeing her rushing around, they all greeted her: "Whatever vegetables you want, we have them at home."
Shen Qingyue said: "Okay. This time I'm only buying for one day, I will definitely buy more."
When everyone heard her say this, they looked at Shen Qingyue with even more enthusiasm.
For people like Shen Qingyue who have no support from her natal family after the family split up, the villagers are all waiting and watching.
The villagers are simple and honest, but they are also calculating. Now Shen Qingyue is using interests to connect everyone together, which has improved her reputation and word of mouth a lot.
When the villagers heard that Shen Qingyue was going to the county to do business, they were all a little curious and didn't know whether her business would be successful.
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