Chapter 380 The Food Store Opens + Ma Xiaojuan Goes to Guangzhou (Revised)

While Lu Fengqin was waiting to join the army, Su's Food Store in Guangzhou also opened.

On the opening day, Su Yiyuan specially contacted the lion dance team, and they danced for more than half an hour at the store entrance during the rush hour. For a while, there were loud gongs and drums, firecrackers, and wonderful lion dances, which really attracted a lot of attention.

Anyone who passed by would stop and take a look. Su's Food Store was thus remembered by the nearby workers.

Lion dance is a tradition in Guangdong Province. It was banned during the turbulent years. After the movement ended, the trend was relaxed and it was gradually picked up by the descendants of lion dance.

It's just that they have been imprisoned for a long time, and everyone is watching and waiting for many things, not daring to be the first to try new things.

The lion dance team has been practicing again for more than a year, and there has been no opportunity to go out and show off. When Su Yiyuan contacted them, the lion dance heir agreed immediately, and didn't even ask for money.

But the Su family is not a cheapskate, and after the deal was made, Su Yiyuan gave them a 10 yuan red envelope.

The lion dance team also knew that opportunities are not easy to come by, so on the opening day, they danced extra hard, showing all their hidden skills, showing a lot of unique skills, and attracting many people to stop and watch.

For a while, the door of the canteen was surrounded by people.

However, there were more people watching the excitement than buying things. It really became popular after the night shift workers got off work.

Night shift workers usually get off work at 8 o'clock. When they cleaned up and passed the canteen door, it was already 8:12.

The lion dance team had already left, but the traces of the excitement were still there. Su Yiyuan took a loudspeaker and shouted "New store opening, buy two get one free". Some families with good conditions and curiosity would stop by.

Although there is a canteen in the factory, the food is always the same. Those who can afford it will still eat outside.

The brother and sister also know how to cook. They had already taken a few buns and steamed buns and cut them into pieces. They also cut some cakes into pieces and put them on a clean plate. When they saw someone coming, they would use a bamboo stick to stick a piece for people to taste.

At this time, people with jobs were still more respectable, especially those working in large factories, who valued their reputation more and were less likely to take advantage. We ate other people's food, and it tasted really good. Most people who tried it bought it.

It was sold out quickly.

During the renovation, the kitchen here was expanded, a clay kiln for cooking was built, and a few more stoves were built. Chef Wu worked here from 8 am to 5 pm.

When it was almost noon, Chef Wu's cooked food began to come out of the oven. The whole store was filled with a mouth-watering aroma, and even passers-by outside were sniffing.

Soon, golden roast ducks, goose, chickens, and spareribs, which looked so delicious and made people salivate, were hung in the glass cabinet, attracting many passers-by.

A grandmother and her grandson passed by, and the grandson smelled the aroma and kept asking for food. The grandmother had no choice but to ask, "Handsome boy, how much do you sell your roast food?"

In addition to the factory, there are also a group of aboriginals and family courtyards, and many neighbors pass by.

"Grandma, everything is measured by kilogram. Roast goose is 1.5 yuan, roast duck is 1.3 yuan, roast chicken is 1.5 yuan, roast ribs is 1.2 yuan, pork head is 1 yuan, and barbecued pork is 1.4 yuan." There was a big price list posted on the white wall behind them, but the grandma couldn't read.

"We're open today and we're offering a 20% discount on everything. It's a good deal to buy today. Would you like to try a pound of meat?"

The old lady frowned. "Why is it so expensive? The price is almost double that in the market."

"Grandma, it's different. We sell cooked food here. This pound of raw meat is only about eight ounces when made into cooked food. Besides, you need a meat ticket to buy meat in the market, but we don't need a ticket here to buy cooked food."

"You have to go to the small market. The meat here that doesn't require a ticket is still one dollar and fifty cents for raw meat. Don't you agree, grandma?"

"Besides, our chef who makes roast goose came from a state-owned hotel. You'll know if you try it." Su Yiyuan said as he took out a bamboo stick, picked up a small piece of meat from the glass cabinet and handed it to the old lady for a taste.

"For the price of raw meat in this small market, you can taste the cooking skills of the chefs of the state-owned hotel. It's

really a bargain. Today, there is a 20% discount, which is even more of a bargain." The old lady tasted it and found it really good. Her son is the factory director, and she has also eaten in big hotels. It is indeed not worse than those there. So she said, "Then give me a pound of roast goose."

"Okay!" Su Yiyuan responded, and chopped a pound of roast goose neatly, wrapped it in oil paper, and handed it to the old lady.

"Grandma, take it. Next time you come to buy, bring a lunch box and I'll pour some roast goose sauce for you. The roast goose sauce mixed with rice is so delicious."

While Su Yiyuan was chopping the roast goose for the grandma, Su Mo and Master Wu also cut some small pieces of meat from other cooked food and gave them to the passers-by who were standing by to watch.

Most of them were neighbors who went out to buy vegetables. Although not everyone bought, most of them did.

"Cut me half a pound of pork head meat, the part with pig ears."

"I'll have a pound of roast ribs."

"I want half a roast chicken."

"Okay, wait a moment!"

The brother and sister responded with a smile. One collected money and weighed, and the other chopped and cut. The service was so thoughtful.

Master Wu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the cooked food he made was selling well. It was not easy to find a job, and he was really afraid that he would not be able to sell it and lose his job.

In fact, Master Wu was worrying too much. The price of the cooked food sold by the Su family was not expensive compared to the free market. Cheap meat required meat coupons, but meat coupons were limited every month. If the family was better off, the meat coupons were not enough to eat, so they had to go to the small market to buy.

Nowadays, the cooked food sold here is not more expensive than the small market, and it does not require coupons. The taste is good. Over time, the word will spread, and it will only get better and better.

When the people who worked the early shift got off work, the food store was busy again, but the most sold food was still barbecue, and the sales of noodles were less.

Su Yiyuan smiled: "Workers in big factories are rich, and they buy meat without blinking an eye."

"The noodles are here, and it seems that we can only sell the morning batch. Today everyone is attracted by the lion dance, and we have to drink it up tomorrow morning and let everyone get used to buying breakfast here." Su Yiyuan looked at the many remaining noodles and said.

Around six o'clock, those who just got off work went off work, and those who were supposed to work also went to work. The brother and sister packed up and closed the store. There were still some roast goose and roast chicken left in the cooked food, which they took back to their family for dinner. The remaining buns were taken to the train station to sell.

The brother and sister counted and found that today's sales were 144.3 yuan, which was not as high as the opening day at the train station, and most of this sales came from cooked food.

The profit of cooked food is not as high as that of pastries, and there is a discount today. The brother and sister calculated that the profit is only more than 30 yuan but less than 40 yuan.

"It's okay to spend money to make a name for ourselves as long as we don't lose money. Today, the name of our Su's Restaurant has been established, and it will get better and better in the future." Su Yiyuan is optimistic.

After finishing the sanitation, the brother and sister locked the door, rode the motorcycle with a sidecar, and took the remaining things to the train station.

This sidecar motorcycle was obtained by Su Tingde from the team through his connections, and it cost 700 yuan. It was said that it was replaced from the front-line troops, and there were some problems with the horsepower, so it was not suitable for crossing mountains and ridges. It was originally going to be returned to the local police, but they used their connections to get one.

Although it is old, ordinary people cannot buy motorcycles at this time, let alone cars, so they just make do with it.

The main reason is that this location is a bit far from where I live. If I ride a bicycle, it will take about an hour, which is inconvenient to deliver the goods. Riding a motorcycle is much faster and can arrive in half an hour.

The next day, Su Yiyuan started shouting with a loud voice early in the morning, and the sales of noodles really increased a lot compared to yesterday.

The second day's turnover was 156 yuan, and the increase was mainly contributed by noodles. There was no discount on cooked food, and the sales volume was slightly lower than yesterday.

On the third day, the turnover was 163 yuan.

On the fourth day, the turnover was 178 yuan.

On the fifth day, the turnover was 184 yuan.

After that, the turnover fluctuated around 180 yuan. The initial turnover was roughly like this. After doing it for a long time, it should slowly rise.

A week after the new store opened, Ma Xiaojuan also arrived in Guangzhou. Su Mo specially changed to the train station store that day.

After hearing from the radio that the train Ma Xiaojuan was riding had arrived, she went to the exit to pick her up.

"Su Mo!" Ma Xiaojuan looked around with her luggage bag. When she saw Su Mo, she ran over quickly.

"Did you eat the magic fruit? How come you haven't changed at all? You're still so shiny and smooth?"

This Su Mo is still like a little girl of eighteen or nineteen years old. There is no change. How can she look like a five or six-year-old? Since she had the baby, she always felt that she seemed to have aged a lot.

"You must be eating honey on the train, your mouth is so sweet?" Su Mo smiled.

"To be honest, look at me, am I more haggard than before?"

"Who wouldn't be haggard after sitting on the train for several days? You must be tired, I'll take you back to my house to rest first." Ma Xiaojuan's complexion was indeed not good, but few people who got off the train had a good complexion.

"Yes, I have to take a shower quickly, I'm almost stinky, it's too hot in the south." Ma Xiaojuan said, she hadn't taken a shower for several days, and she smelled so bad that she couldn't stand it herself.

Su Mo first took Ma Xiaojuan to the grocery store, said something to Mo Yurong, and then took Ma Xiaojuan back to her home on Gaodi Street by bike.

It was very hot in Guangzhou in August. Su Mo was sweating when she rode back. She took Ma Xiaojuan to the third floor and asked her to take a shower first, while she turned on the electric fan.

Ma Xiaojuan took the water and took a good shower. When she finally felt refreshed, she put on her clothes and came out.

"Su Mo, your house is nice. You won't live in the family compound in the future?" Ma Xiaojuan asked. The house was clean and tidy. The cabinets and other things in the house were very beautiful. They were several times better than her husband's house in Harbin.

"No, I have to help my parents now, so I live here temporarily. After the children go to school, they still have to live in the family compound." In September, Su Mo planned to send the two children to elementary school and had to go back to the family compound.

"Where are your two children? Why haven't I seen them?"

"Lu Changzheng took them to training." In fact, it was Commander Xu's request that the children not be trained every two or three days after they go to school, so they have to be trained more during the summer vacation.

Ma Xiaojuan said, "You two are really willing to leave such young children behind."

"You did the same, leaving the children at home and running away by yourself." Su Mo joked. Ma Xiaojuan

laughed, "Indeed, I am afraid of taking care of children. I will take advantage of my free time now and my brother and sister can help me take care of the children. I will hurry out to see the world. When school starts, I will have to go to school and take care of the children, and I will not have time."

She has been staying in that small place in Qingxi County for too long. She must hurry out to see the world while she still has the energy, otherwise she is afraid that she will really be assimilated into those housewives.

Ma Xiaojuan did not come to Yangcheng directly. She went to Beijing first, and then stayed in Haishi for two or three days before coming to Yangcheng.

Su Mo asked Ma Xiaojuan to rest in the two children's room first, and she went back to the grocery store to help.

Starting from the next day, Su Mo took Ma Xiaojuan to have a good time in Yangcheng for a few days.

Ma Xiaojuan found that in terms of infrastructure, Yangcheng was not much better than Beijing and Haishi. Even Harbin was not much worse than Yangcheng.

After all, Harbin is also an important industrial city in the country. Its economy is not backward, and there are many well-known factories.

But Yangcheng looks more vibrant than the other cities.

Perhaps, it is because the colors of clothes in Yangcheng are brighter and bolder than those in other cities. In other cities, most of the people on the streets are gray, blue and black, but here, there are many people wearing white shirts, black pants and bright-colored skirts.

Perhaps, it is because it is much more convenient to buy things in this city than in other cities. From time to time on the busy streets, there will be a few peddlers with baskets, selling all kinds of necessities of life. The street looks like a real street, and it is not just full of hurried passers-by.

Perhaps, it is because from time to time in department stores, you can see blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners shopping together.

Ma Xiaojuan feels that other cities are like people who are in their prime but are slowly getting old, while Guangzhou is like a young man who is growing towards his prime.

Ma Xiaojuan stayed in Guangzhou for only four days before she was ready to go back, after all, she had a baby at home who was less than a year old.

When she left, Su Mo saw Ma Xiaojuan off to the car.

Ma Xiaojuan hugged Su Mo, "Su Mo, I regret getting married too early. I don't know if I will still have the urge to come to Guangzhou to see you after graduation."

Su Mo patted her on the shoulder, "You are always welcome to come if you want."

"Okay, don't think I'm annoying when the time comes." Ma Xiaojuan smiled and waved her hand to let Su Mo go back, and then she got on the car.

How could it be that easy? Life cannot just be about yourself.

Until the gold mine is fully mined, Lao Tao's troops will have to stay there. She heard that it will take 20 to 30 years to fully mine the mine, and Lao Tao will have to stay there for 20 to 30 years, unless he retires and leaves the unit.

After she graduated, if she didn't want the couple to separate, she had to use her connections to be assigned back to Qingxi County.

How many twenty or thirty years can a person have in their life? When they get old, they will be even less able to move.

Ma Xiaojuan envied Su Mo. She dared to think and act. How many people could have the courage of their family? She

had become the director of the Foreign Trade Center, and she dared to take the college entrance examination. Her father, a university professor, also dared to resign to gamble on an uncertain future.

Compared with Su Mo, she still lacked courage.