Chapter 358 First Day
of Business The opening day was carefully chosen.
The Spring Fair opened on the 15th. During this period, many people came to Guangzhou, and the train station was the busiest.
In addition to the participating enterprises and foreign businessmen, there were also many representatives from domestic manufacturers who came to visit and learn. These people have been sitting on the train for so long, and even if they have food on the train, the taste is average, and they will get tired of eating too much. After getting off
the train, if they come across something delicious, inexpensive, and free of charge, they will definitely buy it to try.
Secondly, on Sunday, Su Tingqian, Su Mo, and Su Yiyuan don’t have to go to class, so they can help.
After all, it’s just the beginning, and it’s definitely not good to hire people right away. There must be a gradual process.
Early in the morning on the 10th, Su Mo and Mu Yurong went to the grocery store and lit up the two coal stoves.
The grocery store was not big, with two coal stoves and a flat iron rack more than one meter long in the front, an aisle in the middle, a door on the left, and a gas stove on the right, with a 60cm diameter pancake pan for making soy sauce pancakes or pancakes.
At the back were layers of racks for storing things.
After the coal stoves were lit, Su Mo went to get some water, and the mother and daughter wiped the inside and outside of the grocery store again. Then he changed into a white cotton gown similar to a chef's uniform, a white chef's hat, and a mask made of white gauze.
Soon, Lu Changzheng, Su Tingqian, Su Yiyuan and others came with baskets of steamed buns and other things.
All these things were prepared by the whole family in the middle of the night.
After the house was renovated, Su Tingqian and his wife moved to the arcade on Gaudi Street, and the other bungalow was used as a workshop for the food shop.
The small shop at the train station is just a beginning, and there will definitely be more and more such food shops in the future.
If each shop makes buns by itself, it will take too many people to make them, which will be inefficient and taste uneven. It is better to make them all in the workshop and deliver them to the shop before opening every day. The shop only needs to hire one or two employees to sell the buns.
This model is very common in later generations, but it is a very advanced concept in this period, and it was proposed by Su Tingqian. It is indeed a family tradition, and the Su family is born to do business.
After the things were moved in, Mo Yurong quickly put the buns on the coal stove to steam them, and everyone started to put the things in place, and Su Mo started to heat the stove and spread the cakes.
After a while, the empty front desk was filled with things. There were two large stacks of steamers with steamed buns, and on the flat iron rack next to them was a clay pot filled with tea eggs, an iron teapot of hot soy milk, a basket of hot bean cakes, and an empty basket next to it, which would be filled with bean cakes later.
Su Tingqian had also written the price list, so he put the small blackboard in front of the side of the shop.
Sweet steamed buns: 8 cents/piece; brown sugar steamed buns: 10 cents/piece; vegetable and meat buns: 10 cents/piece; pure meat buns: 10.5 cents/piece; tea eggs: 10.5 cents/piece; meat pancakes: 10.5 cents/piece; bean cakes: 5 cents/piece; sweet bean milk: 5 cents/bowl.
Today is the first day of business, and they don't have many varieties prepared, so let's try them first.
At this time, the newly arrived passengers have begun to leave the station one after another. They are curious about Su's small shop, but they just look at it. No one comes forward to buy for a while.
At this time, a man with a pale face comes forward. The man is from a province in the northwest. It is his first time in Guangzhou. He has been on the train for five or six days. He has carsickness and he didn't eat or sleep well on the train. He is in a very bad state now. He can't wait to drink something hot.
Su Mo has already spread out a sauce-flavored pancake and is brushing it with the prepared sauce. The sauce is bright red and orange, and it is brushed on the golden pancake, which makes people salivate at the sight.
Hanzi swallowed his saliva and asked, "Do you sell food here?"
"Yes, big brother, what do you want to eat?" Su Mo replied with a smile.
Hanzi looked at the price list on the blackboard and said, "Let's have a bowl of hot soy milk first."
Su Yiyuan on the side poured a bowl of soy milk for him neatly.
Hanzi drank it and smacked his lips. This soy milk is good and quite sweet. So he said, "Another bowl."
After drinking a bowl of soy milk, Hanzi also came to his senses. Looking at the cakes that Su Mo had cut, he asked, "Is this a soy sauce cake?"
"Yes, big brother, do you want one? Five cents a piece." Su Mo cut a large cake into eight pieces, and each piece was quite large.
"Okay, have one."
The man took the cake from Su Mo and finished it in a few bites. It was really delicious, much better than the food on the train.
The man ate four pieces in a row before stopping. He quickly took out three cents and handed it to Su Yiyuan.
He saw that the young man was staring at him, and thought that he wanted to eat a free meal. Although he looked a little sloppy now, that was because he was on the train. He was a respectable man.
The man was full and in high spirits, so he started to chat.
"Your steamed buns are a bit expensive. In our place, a white flour steamed bun is only three cents a piece in the factory cafeteria, and even in the state-owned hotel, it is only five cents a piece. But here it costs eight cents."
"Brother, that's different. Our steamed buns don't require a ticket."
"Besides, the steamed buns in your factory don't have sugar, right? Our steamed buns not only have plenty of sugar, but also milk powder. Not only are they fragrant, soft and delicious, but they can make you drool just by smelling them."
Nowadays, those who can take the train are those who have the means at work or at home. Such people don't care about a few cents. As long as the food is good enough, most of them are willing to pay for it.
The man was a little tempted by Su Mo's words, so he said, "Then give me one."
After taking the steamed bun, the man sniffed it carefully, and it really had a faint milky aroma, which seemed to be true. He took a bite and it was really sweet and delicious. Before he knew it, he ate the whole steamed bun.
"It's really good, then give me two more." The man said, and took out his lunch box from the luggage bag to pack it. After paying, he took it away.
With the first person eating crabs, people began to come forward one after another.
"What's the filling for the vegetable and meat buns?"
"We have three kinds of fillings for vegetable and meat buns today: celery, carrot and minced meat, cabbage and minced meat, and mushroom, green vegetable and minced meat. Which one do you want?"
"Two celery and carrot ones."
"I want mushroom and green vegetable ones."
"Two pieces of soy sauce pancakes." "
A bowl of soy milk."
"Two tea eggs."
…
As the sky got brighter, more and more people came, and the business of the canteen began to pick up. The five people also started to get busy. Su Mo and Mo Yurong were responsible for serving things to customers, Su Tingqian was responsible for collecting money and giving change, Lu Changzheng was selling cakes on the side, and Su Yiyuan was outside, washing dishes or helping to pour soy milk.
The main thing is that the ingredients are sufficient and the taste is really good. It tastes no worse than the state-owned restaurants. After eating one, many people would buy a few more to take away.
The most important thing is that there is no need for tickets here, as long as you pay, they will sell you as much as you want.
It was not even noon yet, and many varieties were sold out. Su Yiyuan and Lu Changzheng hurriedly drove back to the workshop to get the stock.