Chapter 17 She suddenly remembered that in her previous life...
After the tenth day of the first lunar month, no other relatives came to visit the Chen family, and they had already paid their respects to all their relatives.
In the following time, the people of Qingshui Village looked forward to watching the community performances and operas every day.
At this time of year in previous years, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen would, like everyone else, take a small stool and run after the folk performance teams and opera troupes every day.
But this year, they didn't go to watch the community performance at all, and went to Liuping's store with Chen Pan every day.
"Grandma, this is exactly the same as when you make pancakes at home. Grandpa will be responsible for selling and collecting the money, and you just need to focus on making the pancakes."
The pancakes Chen Pan initially mentioned were the small pancakes her grandmother used to bake individually in a small aluminum pan at home during Chinese New Year. But after some discussion, her grandparents finally decided to make what they call "old-fashioned jar pancakes." The oven for these pancakes is a large iron paint bucket with a special jar inside. The pancakes are then placed on the jar, where they're cooked slowly by the fire underneath.
Chen Pan thought this method was a bit silly, and it couldn't compare to making the pancakes directly in a large aluminum pan. But his grandparents said this was the authentic way to make sesame pancakes. They even went to his grandmother's family and brought back a special ceramic jar for it. Chen Pan, who had made countless delicious dishes in his past life but had never encountered this, could only shut up.
Because the pancake maker couldn't fit in the back, her family ended up having to move the pancake oven and the steamer that grandpa and grandma were planning to make, all by the door. Because the pancakes needed to be stuck to the inside of the jar as soon as they were made, everyone decided to move the entire kitchen outside.
So in the end, Chen Pan's plan of setting up four tables outside, with his grandfather collecting money at the middle counter and his grandmother focusing on making pancakes and hot pot in the kitchen at the back, was completely changed.
In the end, they both worked outside. Of course, the grandfather was mainly responsible for watching the fire and watching the pancakes, as well as collecting money and selling the pancakes, while her grandmother was in charge of kneading the dough and making the pancakes on the chopping board next to them.
"This is actually quite good. Everyone can see at a glance how we make the pancakes. And at the beginning, our business won't be able to pick up right away, so you shouldn't be too busy at the beginning. Anyway, you guys can be busy first, and when I pass the high school entrance exam and get into No. 6 Middle School, I can come over and help you guys out. Then you won't be so tired."
Watching Grandpa make this special large pot and the large chopping board outside, they brought out two barrels of rapeseed oil from home and several large jars of white sugar, brown sugar, cumin, white sesame seeds, etc. Chen Pan suddenly felt that her grandparents seemed to be more serious about opening a shop and making sesame cakes than she was.
"Pssst, what do you mean business won't be good at first? Can't you just give us a little bit of hope?" Xu Chunhua, who was taking inventory of what was still missing, was a little annoyed when she heard Chen Pan say that, and subconsciously cursed. Then she told Chen Pan about her ancestors who had made sesame cakes in the big city, and how her grandparents had carried this thing from Jiande to Longcheng when they were fleeing.
"Okay, okay, okay, I won't say that anymore. I believe that with your efforts, my family's pancake business will definitely be very successful."
Seeing that grandma was angry, Chen Pan didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. He immediately took the rag and started to wipe the table behind him carefully.
Since the kitchen has been moved outside, the cash register for collecting money and serving as a partition is naturally placed at the back.
For easy access, the cabinets for flour and seasonings at home should naturally be placed outside.
As Chen Pan wiped the items over and over again, her grandfather fiddled with the large paint bucket used to make pancakes. According to her great-grandfather and great-grandmother, the pancake jar in their family had to be completely covered with mud, leaving only the bottom for the fire. Her grandfather was currently working on this task.
As for her grandmother, after counting the things she had bought and brought from home in the past few days, she started to clean the large chopping board and planned to try cooking first.
"Auntie, where do you make this? It looks like the stove they use to sell sweet potatoes and corn."
Even though the Chinese New Year is almost over, the red lanterns and red silks hanging on the streets outside have not been removed.
Amidst the faint sounds of crackling and clanging, many people, with their children in tow, excitedly ran to the square in front to watch the festival. Mrs. Qin, who was guarding her family's shop and couldn't leave, sighed as she gazed into the distance, then reluctantly turned back to watch the Chen Pan family busy themselves.
"This is how it's done in Jiande, my parents' hometown. The principles are pretty much the same, except this one is a little bigger."
Seeing the landlord asking, fifty-year-old Grandma Chen immediately explained to him.
"Wow, so you're not from Longcheng either?"
"Neither are you?"
"No, I'm a native of Longcheng, but my child's father is not. He was an educated youth who came from Tianjin."
"Tianjin? It sounds very far away!"
"It's very far. I heard it takes two days by train!"
The two of them were chatting back and forth when a very young voice came from inside, interrupting Grandma Chen and Ms. Qin's chat: "Mom, I'll guard here, you go over and watch the community performance!"
"Really?" Ms. Qin, who was only in her thirties, immediately laughed when she heard that.
After saying to Grandma Chen, "My son is here, I'm leaving first," she immediately went into the shop excitedly.
"That's the real landlord who signed the contract with me."
After Ms. Qin left, Chen Pan subconsciously lowered his voice and said something to his grandparents.
Then they saw Ms. Qin, who was wearing a thick down jacket and a bright red thick scarf and running out excitedly, and the young landlord Qin Yang who followed her out.
"Grandpa and grandma, are you going to open a pancake shop?"
Seeing that the three members of the Chen family next door were looking at him, he came out to see his mother Qin Yang off and subconsciously greeted them.
"Yeah, that's right. I feel like there aren't many people in Longcheng making this kind of jar pancakes, so we wanted to try this."
This was the first time Chen Aiguo had seen the so-called real landlord in a few days. He felt a little nervous for some reason, so he said a few more words to the other party.
"That's great. School will start here in a dozen days. If your sesame cakes are delicious, they will definitely be popular with many students here. But the pricing must be appropriate and can't be changed at will. Our store originally served the spicy hot pot and rice noodles you mentioned. But they suddenly raised the price of each item by 10 cents, and people gradually stopped coming to them. Even if they lowered the price again, the business would not be able to continue."
Qin Yang, wearing a pair of black trousers and a black turtleneck sweater in the middle of winter, spoke with a deadpan look on his face.
It was not until this time that the three Chen family members realized that they seemed to have forgotten how to set the price.
"Got it, thank you!"
After saying this subconsciously to the other party, Chen Pan then quietly discussed the specific price of their sesame cakes with his grandparents.
"One cent, right?" said Grandpa Chen, who seldom comes out.
"Isn't ten cents too cheap?" Grandma Chen, who often goes to the market and occasionally buys pancakes from outside, immediately turned her head and looked at her husband: "When I bought them at the market before, they were twenty cents and twenty-five cents!"
"Then the vegetarian pancake will be sold for 10 cents, and all the fillings will be 20 cents. If you really want to make beef, then the price will be 30 cents."
Chen Pan, who is particularly sensitive to prices, immediately made a decision, and then she also talked about the prices of similar pancakes outside.
"Yes, vegetarian pancakes outside are only ten cents, and brown sugar and white sugar are generally twenty cents. If you add meat, then thirty or thirty-five cents is appropriate."
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Qin Yang, who was standing at the door of his shop, added another sentence.
Seeing that his personality didn't seem as cold as his face, Grandma Chen, who was kneading dough and was a little hesitant to talk to him, suddenly looked at him and opened up: "Young man, it's so cold and you're wearing so little, aren't you cold? Your mother said you're eighteen years old this year, so are you still studying? Are you in high school or going to that university?"
"I'm naturally hot—"
Grandma started chatting with the other party, and Chen Pan listened for a while, then remembered that he had not obtained a business license for a self-employed business on the eighth day of the first lunar month. He told his grandfather about it, and then took a copy of the family's lease contract, his grandfather's ID card, and other items and went to the town's Industrial and Commercial Bureau again.
Of course, when he went there this time, Chen Pan did not forget to ask his grandfather for ten more dollars.
Then this time, when Chen Pan handed over the copy of the lease contract for questioning, he secretly put the ten-yuan bill inside.
The business license that was said to take a long time to obtain was finally obtained very quickly this time.
"Thank you!" After thanking the other party, Chen Pan ran to the tax bureau in the same courtyard. Of course, this time, the other party just accepted all her documents and told her to come back in about seven working days.
March 1st is just over ten days away. Besides this procedure, they have to deal with two or three other ones. If they keep going at this pace, they won't be able to finish everything in ten days. If she goes to school by then, it will definitely be very difficult for her grandparents to handle all of this.
So after submitting all the documents, Chen Pan immediately returned to a nearby shop and asked her grandfather for ten yuan again.
"Didn't we submit the business license documents on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year? And now it's available in just three days?" Chen Aiguo asked subconsciously while looking for his wallet.
"Well, I slipped the money over secretly, and she gave me the paperwork. It should have been done a long time ago."
Glancing at his grandmother who was busy in front of the stove, Chen Pan answered in a low voice.
Although he had never done business outside, Chen Aiguo, who had handled various procedures outside throughout his life, was slightly stunned. Then he handed his wallet directly to Chen Pan: "Okay, then you can take the whole wallet. Do you need me to accompany you for this procedure this afternoon?"
If this were two thousand years later, the person involved would definitely have to handle these formalities themselves. However, in that era, literacy was extremely rare, and even fewer people were aware of the necessary paperwork for opening a business. Even if many people knew about the various necessary procedures, they ultimately had family members or other individuals handle them on their behalf due to illiteracy.
Thinking back to when she went to the tax bureau just now, the person didn't say much, just looked at the documents in her hand and asked her to come back after seven working days.
At this moment, Chen Pan hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head and said, "I don't think it's necessary. I'll take this and go take a look."
"OK!"
That afternoon, Chen Pan went to the tax bureau again with a copy of his grandfather's ID card.
"Comrade, this is a copy of my ID card that my grandfather asked me to bring. He said he might need it again. Thank you for your help."
If fourteen-year-old Chen Pan were asked to do this, she would definitely never do it even if she was beaten to death.
But Chen Pan, who opened his own shop at the age of 29, is already very familiar with these.
In fact, in their country, the later stages of these procedures are already very formalized. However, in some cases, if you secretly give something, people will be slightly more friendly. Some procedures that have been delayed for a long time can be completed a few days faster.
Of course, at this time, you may encounter someone who is particularly ruthless and will not accept anything like yours. Sometimes, if you do this, the other party may even get angry and blame you.
But Chen Pan had only met one such person in her previous life. It was her attending physician. When he saw her secretly stuffing the red envelope, he turned grim and stuffed the red envelope back into her hand.
She was about to undergo surgery and was extremely embarrassed.
As a result, just when her cheeks flushed and she felt panic and embarrassment, the young doctor who had just lost his temper with her and left angrily suddenly returned the same way.
The other person was in the ward with only the two of them. He whispered a few words of comfort to her, telling her not to worry and not to do these things, and that even if she didn't do this, he would still treat her well.
Thinking about the past, Chen Pan smiled subconsciously.
But at this moment, the smile on Chen Pan's face suddenly froze.
Because she suddenly remembered that the cold-faced doctor who treated her cancer for a year in her previous life seemed to be called Qin Yang.
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