Chapter 389 Is it so profitable?
When the great grandfather heard what the great grandmother said, he also felt that it was right. He smiled and said, "That's right. I didn't expect that running a small shop would make so much money. This is much more than working outside."
The great grandmother's face was full of joy: "That's right, I used to work very hard all day and only earned two dollars, but now I can earn more than three dollars in just ten minutes."
He Xinghuan: "Haven't you known that doing business can make money? Selling small fish usually makes more money than working!"
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Of course, running a business is more profitable than working, but you have to invest a lot of money in the early stage, and you may lose money if the business is not good. But opening a canteen in school will not cause that, because there is a fixed customer base, so you don't have to worry. You won't make a lot of money, and the return on investment may be slower, and you may not become rich, but it is definitely better than working."
My great-grandfather paid a year's rent for this small shop. Adding on the cost of getting goods, ordering shelves, and decorating, it cost about a thousand yuan in total, which wasn't a lot.
The rent accounts for 400 yuan of the total cost, which is 30 yuan a month and must be paid for one year. A deposit of 50 yuan is also required.
Besides, not many people can afford a thousand dollars to open a small store these days.
Grandma smiled and said, "We made more than three dollars in just ten minutes. Isn't that a lot of money? This is already a lot! We are very satisfied."
Great grandfather also said: "Yes, I am satisfied too! There are two breaks in the morning and one after school. This does not include the break in the afternoon. If I can make three dollars every ten minutes, I can make almost twenty dollars a day."
Jiang Xia: "A large number of students have already bought snacks just now, and there will probably be fewer and fewer people during the rest of the break. But I think there will also be more people before the afternoon classes."
Great grandfather laughed and said: "That's right, when the children have two cents in their pockets, they probably want to spend it right away!"
Grandma: "I am very satisfied if I can earn three or five yuan a day."
"Yes, three or five dollars a day, I am content."
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As they were talking, forty-five minutes passed quickly and children ran into the store one after another.
The four of them were busy again, or strictly speaking, three of them were busy again. Jiang Xia just sat there, and when a child came to her with something, she helped collect the money.
This time there were indeed not as many people as before the morning class.
But it’s not a small number, about thirty or forty students in total.
The primary school in the town is larger than the one in the village. It has five classes, each with about 40 students, and six grades in total. The entire primary school has about 1,200 students. These 1,200 students are the customer flow. Although it is impossible for everyone to have pocket money every day, it is still possible that two or three hundred children will have pocket money every day.
Many people in the town have higher incomes than those in the village, and are relatively more willing to give their children pocket money.
This is also why Jiang Xia suggested to my great-grandfather that he open a convenience store in the town’s primary school instead of in the village primary school.
The village primary school can certainly make money, but there are only two classes in each grade in the village primary school, and the passenger flow is reduced by more than half.
Anyway, the town is not far away. It only takes about ten minutes to ride a bike home for lunch after school. It only takes half an hour to go back and forth, and I can even take a nap.
During the ten-minute break, I sold more than two yuan and made about one yuan.
During the second ten-minute break, there were even fewer children coming to buy snacks, but there were still a dozen or so. I sold more than 30 cents and made 20 cents.
Then it was time to go home from school, and more students came out, soon filling up the entire store.
It took about twenty minutes before there were no students in the canteen.
The four of them counted the money again, sorted out the goods, and sold more than two yuan after school, making a profit of about one yuan and fifty yuan.
I made about six dollars in the morning.
Jiang Xia said: "Based on this morning's sales, I can make about 200 yuan a month. Because of the winter and summer vacations, it will probably take about a year to make back the money."
Grandma smiled and said, "That's great! The main thing is that this job is easy and suitable for old people like us."
Work for ten minutes, rest for forty-five minutes.
Of course, during these forty-five minutes, one also needs to sweep the floor, organize the goods, and count the money, but compared with my great-grandfather's work of building houses for others, these jobs are really easy and they earn more money.
After packing up the shop, the four of them left the store and went out to eat.
When they arrived at the school gate, they met Li Xiuxian and Zhou Ying who were preparing to go home.
Zhou Ying saw Jiang Xia and shouted happily: "Auntie!"
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, Yingying, school is over!"
Li Xiuxian glanced at Jiang Xia. She was really diligent in helping others!
She asked the couple to take her father and elder brother out to the sea, and she was unwilling to wait even for an hour!
Grandma smiled and said, "Xiao Xian, we are getting ready to go out for dinner, let's go together! The store is open today, let's go out for dinner together?"
Li Xiuxian was just about to inquire about the situation of the canteen, and said with a smile: "The canteen is opening, which is a good thing. Then I won't be polite and go to take advantage of the good fortune."
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The canteen opened today. When she arrived at school early in the morning, she saw many students inside and outside the canteen.
After each class, she would pay special attention to the situation in the canteen and found that many students would run to the canteen to buy food after each get out of class, and there were also many students who would go there after school.
Even Zhou Ying came to her office and asked her for money, saying that she wanted to go to the canteen to buy food, but she didn't give it to her.
With so many students going to the canteen to buy things, I don’t know how much money was made.
Great grandfather: "Why are you being polite? You don't have to be polite! Let's go! Call Asen and go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner."
Li Xiuxian: "He should have eaten in the company cafeteria. He usually eats in the company cafeteria before going home."
Zhou Chengsen has been in a cold war with her recently and hasn't spoken a word to her for several days.
Grandma smiled and said, "Then let's go back to the village tonight for dinner, to our house, and have some fun together. Remember to invite him back when the time comes."
Li Xiuxian felt that this was an opportunity to reconcile, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll go back and tell him after dinner."
Then Li Xiuxian said, "I saw quite a few students going to the canteen to buy things this morning. Business seemed good. They must be making a lot of money, right?"
Great grandfather was an honest man. He smiled and said, "Haha, business is really good. I made about six dollars a morning, which is much better than what I earn working outside."
Li Xiuxian was shocked when she heard this. She could actually earn six dollars in one morning? Wouldn't that mean she could earn more than ten dollars a day?
Wouldn't it be just... two or three hundred yuan a month? This was more than the combined salary of the couple!
Is it so profitable to run a small shop? Li Xiuxian regrets it a little!
If she had known that a convenience store could make so much money, when Jiang Xia suggested that she open one, she would have asked her parents to open one too!
Li Xiuxian glanced at Jiang Xia.
Why didn’t Jiang Xia say at that time that he could earn so much?