Chapter 208: The Pastry Shop Opens
On the first day of December, early in the morning, the whole family came to the shop in town to work. Today is the official opening day of the shop.
Shen Changan, Shen Wuyou and Su Ze were busy with bread and cakes, while Xu Zhiyi, Su, Qin and Su Manman were busy with bowl cakes and demoulding.
He was busy until noon before delivering the pastries to Su Jilou. After returning, Xu Zhiyi carried the pastries out to the store and began to arrange the pastries on the shelves and marked the prices with small wooden signs.
After everything was ready, the shop was opened to welcome customers. Xu Zhiyi carried a small gong to the door of the shop and knocked a few times. Seeing that everyone was gathering around, he quickly said:
"Dear uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, today is the first day of the opening of my Xu's Pastry Shop. The first fifty people who buy at least fifty coins can choose any pastry in the shop and get one for free."
"Only the first fifty people can get the gift. If you want to take advantage of this opportunity, you can buy each flavor and try them. This is a rare opportunity. It's only available today and tomorrow. If you want to get the gift the day after tomorrow, it will be gone!"
When everyone heard Xu Zhiyi's words, some of them who had bought things at the street stalls before couldn't wait to go to the store as soon as Xu Zhiyi finished speaking.
When everyone saw this, whether they wanted to buy something or not, they all went in to take a look around to see what kind of pastries they had. They wondered if they could be as delicious as those in other pastry shops.
As soon as we entered the shop, we were really attracted when we saw the pastries on the pastry shelves!
"Wow, what kind of pastry is this? It looks delicious."
"I don't know, I only know that the one over there is the bowl cake, I've never bought the others."
"Hey, there's a little wooden sign next to it. If anyone can read, come over and explain it to everyone!"
Xu Zhiyi came into the shop, squeezed in next to the pastry stand and introduced to everyone:
"Everyone, the one on the left shelf is the bowl cake. I believe that many people have heard of it even if they haven't eaten it. Yes, the bowl cake that has been popular in town recently is made by my Xu's Pastry Shop. The price is six cents each."
"The ones on the middle shelf are called bread and scallion biscuits. They are newly made by me. There are several flavors for you to choose from. Bread is 12 cents each and biscuits are 8 cents each."
The ones on the right are cakes and puffs, which are soft and dense, and I guarantee that they taste like nothing you have ever tasted before. The price is 13 cents each."
After hearing the prices, most people thought they were too expensive, but a small number of people paid money to choose the cakes they liked.
"Sister Zhiyi!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi looked up and saw Xue Yinyin coming in with a group of girls: "Sister Xue!"
Xue Yinyin handed the gift to Xu Zhiyi: "Congratulations, Sister Zhiyi, on your grand opening."
"Thanks!!"
"Sister Zhiyi, these are all here to buy cakes." Then he leaned close to Xu Zhiyi and whispered, "Sister Zhiyi, they often buy cakes from other shops. Instead of earning money for others, they might as well give it to you, Sister Zhiyi."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi patted Xue Yinyin on the shoulder and thanked her: "That's so thoughtful! Thank you!"
"Don't be polite with me." Then he thought of his aunt and asked worriedly, "Sister Zhiyi, after that day, did my aunt come to make trouble again?"
"She came once, but was scared away by the thugs I hired! After that, everything went quiet. I haven't seen her show up yet!"
Xue Yinyin heard this and suddenly realized the reason. It was because she heard from her mother two days ago that her aunt came to her grandmother to ask for money again! It was estimated that her grandmother gave her a lot. Since she had money, her aunt must have squandered it for a while!
When Xu Zhiyi heard the customer calling the shopkeeper, he quickly responded.
"Sister Zhiyi, just do your thing and don't worry about me."
"Okay, I won't be polite with you. You can try all the pastries. If you have any suggestions for me to improve them, you have to tell me the truth, okay?"
Xue Yinyin nodded when she heard this: "Yes, Sister Zhiyi, I know."
Xu Zhiyi saw that she followed her little sister and picked the pastries with great interest. She briefly introduced them to the girl brought by Xue Yinyin before going to do other things.
In the kitchen at the back of the shop, everyone was busy all day and didn't even have time to cook at noon. Everyone ate cakes to fill their stomachs. Xu Zhiyi was busy in the shop all day, packing cakes for customers, introducing and explaining cakes, and collecting money and changing coins. He was very busy.
When we got home, we were all tired after a whole day, so we just had a simple dinner.
Xu Zhiyi: "Mom, Su Jilou came three times today and brought a total of one thousand cakes, especially bread and cakes. These are more difficult to make than bowl cakes and require more steps."
"And Shopkeeper Lin also said that the cakes sold at the county's Su Ji Lou are very good. They may need more cakes every day. Then we have to supply both the shop and Su Ji Lou."
"We can't handle this in the long run, so I'm thinking of hiring two people to help."
Su: "Zhiyi, just make up your mind. If you really have to make so many cakes every day, you are really too busy!"
"Okay, let's spread the news."
Su heard this and thought for a moment, "Zhiyi, why don't you ask the villagers? I think there are many people in the village with good personalities."
"Mom, do you have someone in mind?"
"That's not the case, but the Mu family is pretty good, and the others, on the surface, are all pretty good."
Xu Zhiyi had an idea when he heard this: "Then I know!"
After dinner, Xu Zhiyi went to find Mu and asked her what she thought.
After hearing Xu Zhiyi's purpose, Mu was surprised but also worried. After all, she was just a village woman and had never worked in town. If she failed to do well and affected other people's shop business, she would be guilty of a serious crime!
"Miss Zhiyi, this... I'm afraid I can't handle it well, then..."
Xu Zhiyi heard her concerns and said, "Aunt Mu, you can do it. It's not a complicated job. Just help out in the kitchen, such as kneading dough."
When Mu heard this, she knew how to do these things, so she stopped worrying and said, "Okay, I'm pretty good at kneading dough."
"Aunt Mu, let's make this clear. The wages are sixteen cents a day."
When Mu heard that it was sixteen cents a day, she was shocked. Isn't that too much? Male laborers only make twenty cents a day. When competition is fierce, eighteen cents is possible.
"Miss Zhiyi, you can't do this! Sixteen cents is too much for a female worker like me. How can I let you lose money?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Aunt Mu, this is not much. Although the work is not hard, I have to get up too early, which is also quite hard!"
Mu: "This... I heard that the women workers who went to town to wash clothes for others only made twelve cents a day in the middle of winter. My work is light and I don't have to soak in cold water all day. I'm making a lot of money!"
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyi chatted for a few more minutes before leaving with satisfaction.
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