"Uncle Zhou, Aunt Pei, we're back. Are you home?" Jiang Ning started looking for Aunt Pei and the others as soon as he walked into the yard.
"We are here." Aunt Pei and Uncle Zhou came out from the kitchen.
"It's almost noon. Why don't you two just eat with us? You didn't even tell us you were coming back so I could prepare some food."
"It's enough to have something to eat, Aunt Pei, there's no need to be so troublesome." Jiang Ning waved his hand.
"Okay, hurry up and put your luggage away, wash your hands and get ready for dinner." Uncle Zhou said from the side.
After the four of them finished their meal, Jiang Ning and Chen Yan began to prepare the things they would need for setting up their stall tomorrow.
Because Jiang Jianguo sold half a bucket of his brine, Jiang Ning made new brine and then mixed it with boiling water in proportion and added it to the old brine and boiled it.
Chen Yan went to the supply and marketing cooperative to get the meat dishes back.
After he got the pig offal, he went to Wan Zhifang's house to get some eggs, and also took back the vegetarian dishes her mother brought back from the suburbs for them.
Because of the previous incident with Sister Zhang, Jiang Ning and his team are now the only two people selling braised dishes at the city gate.
Moreover, they have been setting up stalls in the city for quite a long time and often go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy pig offal. As a result, they have become familiar with the owners there. They can often get pork without meat tickets, just money.
So Jiang Ning and his team added a lot of meat dishes, and the variety increased.
Not only is business much better than before, but what comes with it is being too tiring.
The two of them were so busy that they had almost no time to prepare the breakfast stall in front of the school. However, Jiang Ning still did not plan to give up the stall in front of the school. Because her food tasted very good, many people bought from her and she could earn five dollars in the morning.
She planned to cooperate with Wan Zhifang, and Jiang Ning would provide steamed buns, steamed bread, wowotou and tea eggs. Wan Zhifang would sell these things in the morning, and she could also sell sweet potatoes at the same time. Then in the afternoon, everyone would go to the city to set up stalls together.
After Jiang Ning shared this idea with Chen Yan, he also agreed. After all, every day Jiang Ning not only had to make braised dishes, but also make buns and steamed buns to sell at the school gate, and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables, so he basically had no time to rest.
If the work is divided like this, he can go shopping for groceries and Jiang Ning can have more time to rest.
"Jiang Ning, are you serious?" Wan Zhifang looked incredulous.
After all, Jiang Ning's breakfast stall has the best business at the entire school gate. Many people like the breakfast she makes, and her tea eggs are the best-seller. She is a little flattered that 30% of the profit from such a good business is given to her.
"Of course it's true. Am I just saying this to tease you? I'm very busy every day."
"Does Chen Yan have any objections?"
"What opinion could he have?" Jiang Ning asked back.
"Okay, okay, no problem. I'll come to your house every morning, but 30% is too high. I only need 10%. I just want to sell breakfast. You're charging too much."
After hearing this, Jiang Ning knew he hadn't misjudged Wan Zhifang. She was a very down-to-earth person. So, he said, "How about this? Let's each take a step back and give you 1.5%. Is that okay with you? If so, I'll have Chen Yan bring you breakfast tomorrow morning. You two can set up shop together for a few days. Once your regular customers get to know you, you can set up shop on your own. Is that okay with you?"
Wan Zhifang knew that Jiang Ning offered her such a high commission to help her, so she said, "Since you've said so, it would be ungrateful for me to be so hesitant. Let's just make it a deal. Just ask Chen Yan to help me deliver it for a few days. I should be able to handle it all by myself in a few days, so you don't have to worry."
She knew that Jiang Ning asked Chen Yan to help her deliver breakfast for a few days so that she could have time to adapt to this kind of stall life, and also to let old customers know that they were one family, just with a different person selling breakfast, but the taste was still the same.
Wan Zhifang went home and told her parents the good news. Everyone was very happy. The money earned by the three of them could only cover the basic expenses of the family, and they could not save any money at other times. Now that they had these extra points, they could save a dowry for Zhifang. Their daughter was already grown up, and they had to consider these things.
However, he didn't say this in front of Wan Zhifang because he was afraid that she would be too shy and embarrassed.
But even so, it still doesn't work. Every day, there are still people complaining to them that the braised dishes are sold out too quickly, and many times they can't buy them. It used to take them about two hours to sell the braised dishes, but now they can sell out in less than an hour.
Although Wan Zhifang's joining made Jiang Ning and Chen Yan's work much easier, they still didn't have enough manpower. Jiang Ning even wanted to call his elder and second brothers to help.
However, although the authorities have not explicitly prohibited setting up stalls, they do not support them doing so either, so Jiang Ning does not dare to take the risk.
However, within two years, the work point system was abolished and land was contracted to households. At that time, setting up stalls could be done openly, and then I could just call my two brothers to help.
Wan Zhifang soon adapted to this rhythm. Every morning, everything Jiang Ning made sold out very quickly, and her sweet potato business also improved a lot compared to before.
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At the same time, Jiang Qiufang and Li Ergou spent almost three months to finish all the farm work, and then they came to the city to set up a stall with the brine they bought from Jiang Ning.
Although her mother bought a small amount of marinade, Aunt Hua went to her mother's house to ask other chefs how to add the marinade. The first one was to add fresh soup made from pork bones, and the second one was to make a new pot of marinade and add it in.
They didn't know Jiang Ning's braising recipe so they could only add fresh soup. Although the taste was not as strong and fragrant as Jiang Ning and his, it was still better than ordinary braised dishes.
However, the location of their stall was not well chosen, so business was not very good, and there were always leftovers from the braised dishes they made every day.
"Isn't this braised dish delicious? Why doesn't anyone buy it?" Li Ergou felt puzzled.
"Yeah, it tastes okay to me, so why is no one buying it? Is it because our prices are too high? Or is it because our cooking doesn't suit their taste?"
"That's not right. Aren't we selling it according to the price that damn girl Jiang Ning offered? How come we can't sell it? Is she playing a trick on us?" Jiang Qiufang was a little confused.
"Could it be that what Jiang Ning said is true? Is it really difficult to sell braised dishes in the city?" Li Ergou began to believe what Jiang Ning said.
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