Chapter 109 New Stalls and Kitchen
"So what now? Are you going to continue looking at other stores?" the aunt asked the young man with her hands on her hips.
"Where is the store? I'm completely focused on this! The key is that in addition to the machines, the materials for the modification shop ordered by my wife will be sent soon!" The young man was very anxious.
"If you don't mind, I have a stall for sale nearby. Besides the stall, he also has a warehouse and a kitchen. Would you like to take a look?"
"I don't think you'll be interested in the stall. But the rent is cheap here. You could rent their warehouse or kitchen, put your stuff there, and then look for it. If that doesn't work out, rent a small shop in this area, put the machines in the warehouse, make the food in the kitchen, and then ship it to the shop. You could probably open a business!" The aunt thought for a moment and offered the young man some advice.
Zhao Xiaojing turned her head sharply and looked at the auntie. "Stall! Kitchen! Yes, kitchen! If she wanted to make both sweet soup and pork trotter rice at the same time, she would need to rent a kitchen!"
But the auntie didn't recommend it to her, and she didn't want to compete with the guy who was eager to use it to ask...
"No, no! I want a big shop, the kind with a front office and a kitchen all together. I like that shop because it doesn't require much effort to remodel. If it's a small shop, I'll have to clean it up! It's too time-consuming. My machine won't be installed right away after it arrives!"
The young man shook his head like a rattle and denied it directly.
"Okay, then you stay here! I have to go back to do business!" The aunt glanced at the young man speechlessly, turned around and left.
Zhao Xiaojing was so excited when she heard this that she hurried to catch up. "Auntie, where are the stall and kitchen you just mentioned?"
"Do you want to rent? Aren't you looking for a store?" asked the aunt.
"The store is too expensive. I want to go to the stall to see what's going on."
"Hey, what's wrong with things nowadays? The young men are all indecisive, ambitious but incompetent, and they don't have the courage and resolution of girls! Come on, I'll take you there. My business is also over there." The aunt shook her head and walked forward with Zhao Xiaojing.
Zhao Xiaojing was very ashamed. How could this be praised as courageous? She was obviously poor!
After following the aunt for ten minutes, they arrived at the place. Zhao Xiaojing was stunned by the scene in front of her.
The last time she and Su Yuchen walked along the snack street from beginning to end, she thought she had finished.
Unexpectedly, the aunt took her into an inconspicuous alley at the end of the snack street. The alley was winding and many students were walking here in groups of three or five.
Zhao Xiaojing was wondering why there were so many students here, and the aunt introduced that the front was the southeast side gate of the school. Students who were close to the school would enter and exit from this side, and those who were far away would go through the main gate.
After crossing the alley, Zhao Xiaojing saw that the side door was actually two simple large iron doors.
There are two fruit shops on the left side of the big iron gate, and a small shed on the right side. The layout is quite similar to that of a vegetable market, but much smaller than a vegetable market.
There were more than a dozen small cart stalls densely packed inside the shed, selling various snacks. The aunt took her directly to a stall selling coconut jelly.
“Lao Li, this girl wants to rent a stall and a kitchen, you can talk to her.
Girl, this is Lao Li. He's subletting his stall. If you have anything, just ask him directly."
The auntie left after she finished speaking. Zhao Xiaojing looked over and found out that the auntie was the owner of the fruit shop on the left.
After chatting with the stall owner who wanted to rent out the stall, Zhao Xiaojing got a general idea of the situation.
The stall fee here is 800 per month. There is only one side door of the school, and most of the customers are students.
There is no set time for setting up stalls, because there is a greenhouse and it is not afraid of wind and sun. There are people setting up stalls here in the morning, noon and evening, but there are few people in the morning and not many students.
Some stalls are rented by two stalls, one in the morning and the other at noon and in the evening, and the two stalls share the cost of one stall.
However, the weather is hot, and the greenhouse here is a plastic shed. After a day of exposure to the sun, it is much hotter inside the shed than outside.
As for the kitchen, like the warehouse, it did not belong to the stall owner himself. Instead, someone knew that he was moving stalls and asked him to help inquire. Therefore, he only roughly pointed out the location to Zhao Xiaojing and gave her a contact number.
It was nearly seven in the evening, and the sun hadn't quite set yet, so the sky was still bright. After asking, Zhao Xiaojing didn't rush to the kitchen. Instead, she walked out of the shed and stood outside in the cooler area, observing.
Zhao Xiaojing stood there until ten o'clock in the evening before leaving.
This area is different from the night market. The crowds here are almost all students. It is not a small number, but it is quite lively during the period of 18:30-20:30.
However, because this is a side entrance, the nearest buildings have no lights, making it seem a bit remote after dark. Starting at 9 p.m., the number of students dropped by more than half, and after 9:30 p.m., only a few people were left.
Zhao Xiaojing walked to the night market in deep thought.
As soon as I walked to the stall, I saw several people surrounding it. Lu Hongwen was smiling and holding a QR code, asking them to scan it.
The row of small barrels in the freezer were empty, and Su Yuchen was wiping the table and cleaning up in the back.
"Your mango sago is very authentic. The mango sauce is very flavorful and the sugar content is not high. The same goes for the pandan pudding bowl. The taro balls are very fragrant and you can tell they are handmade.
But if you don't mind the trouble and want it to look better, you can add a mint leaf or fragrant wood on top of each cup of sugar water. Of course, this is already beautiful enough, it's just a suggestion."
The customers in front of the stall were gesturing excitedly to Lv Hongwen and giving him suggestions. Lv Hongwen smiled and nodded repeatedly, and even took notes on his mobile phone.
Zhao Xiaojing stood aside and watched with great interest. Lu Hongwen was a really good boss.
"Sister, you're back!" As he was speaking, Lu Hongwen looked up and saw Zhao Xiaojing. Seeing this, several guests said goodbye and left.
"Why are sales so fast today? What code are you scanning?" Zhao Xiaojing walked to the back of the stall with a smile.
"If you keep making so little in the future, I'm afraid you'll sell out even faster! This is the group QR code. I've created a group for the dessert stall. I'll notify you directly in the group about new products and promotions." Lu Hongwen seemed very happy. "Sister, come in too. I'll give you the group owner."
"Just be at ease! I don't want to deal with these things as a mirror." Su Yuchen said with a smile while sweeping the floor. Just now, Lu Hongwen also invited her to join the group and asked her to be the group leader, but she refused.
"Yes." Zhao Xiaojing nodded in agreement and told the two of them about the stall they had visited in the evening.
Lü Hongwen was surprised by Zhao Xiaojing's decision to open a second stall, then offered some insight. "The side door is actually okay. It's busier at noon than at night because it's close to the lab building and the library. Many students don't want to go to the cafeteria or walk far, so they eat there. But there are only students there, and the environment isn't as good as here."
Zhao Xiaojing nodded and said, "I'll go check it out tomorrow at noon. If it's busier than at night, I can take over the stall."
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