Chapter 195 Trial Operation

The next day after returning, Gu Jianhua went to work.

Of course Su He was not idle either. After leaving school for some time, she hired someone to renovate her shop. It wasn't a big renovation, just repainting the walls, making tables, chairs and benches, building a stove, and buying bowls, chopsticks, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and other things.

Then find someone to make a plaque and name the shop Mongolian Stuffed Pancake.

Put a few promotional slogans on the door, such as thin skin, big fillings, and stir-fry.

As the saying goes, as long as the money is in place, everything can be done quickly. The shop was ready in just a week.

As for the various certificates required to open a store, Gu Jianhua handled them for them after he started working.

The business is about to open, and the four of them, Su's father, Su's mother, and Gu's father and mother, are a little nervous but also a little excited.

While the shop was being renovated, the four of them pickled a bucket of cabbage, carrots and peppers.

It doesn’t take too long to pickle pickles, they can be eaten in a few days.

This is a side dish that their bakery serves to customers.

We are currently preparing for a trial opening. We will not stir-fry the hot dishes yet. We have prepared three kinds of pie fillings: scallions and beef fillings, pork and sauerkraut fillings, and radish fillings. These are vegetarian.

On the day of trial operation, everyone got up early, went to the store to clean the tables, chairs, benches and floor, and boiled hot water, waiting for customers to come.

In addition to plain water, their store also sells soda and alcohol.

Soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil and garlic are provided on each table.

The stuffing tastes very good when eaten with raw garlic, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

The shop opens at seven and we finish the pre-dinner work at eight.

There were no guests during this time.

At nine o'clock it was still the same.

Su's mother and Gu's mother sat at the bar, sorting out the drinks, while Su's father and Gu's father sat in the back kitchen to watch.

Su He took the two children to sit in the middle of the hall and read.

Seeing that it was almost ten o'clock, Gu's mother was a little discouraged. She muttered, "Why hasn't anyone come yet? It's already dinner time."

Su's mother also lost some confidence. She looked outside and said, "That's right."

Su's father and Gu's father had the same idea and were a little anxious.

Su He comforted him, "Don't be impatient, this is only the first day."

At this time, little girl Chang Huan said, "Mom, I'm a little hungry."

As expected of the twins, brother Changjun looked at Su He as soon as the sister finished speaking, "Mom, I'm hungry too."

Su He said, "Let grandma make some pancakes for you."

There are only stuffed buns in the store, no other food.

The little girl Chang Huan asked, "Can I have a bottle of soda?"

Su He waved his hand, "Drink, drink, but you two can only drink one bottle each."

Otherwise, the two kids could finish a box.

"Okay, I understand, Mom."

The two kids happily went to their grandma to ask for soda.

Whether they were going to be with the family or not, the two grandsons said they were hungry, so Gu's mother went to the kitchen to make them five beef stuffed pancakes.

Seeing that the two kids were eating with relish, Su He felt a little hungry too, so he took the bowl and chopsticks and started eating with them.

While I was eating, the door of the shop creaked.

The people in the house turned around and saw an old man coming in.

He first took a look at the stuffed buns the two kids were eating, then asked Su's mother who was standing at the bar, "What kind of fillings are there in the buns?"

This is the first customer in their store.

But this ruined the happiness of the people in the room. Su's mother quickly took the menu and said, "Take a look."

The uncle took it and looked at it, then raised his head and asked, "Which one tastes better?"

"Grandpa, the beef filling is delicious."

Little girl Chang Huan walked to the bar with the bowl and looked up and said to the uncle.

The girl in front of him was really pretty and cute, so the uncle said, "Okay, let's have beef-filled pancakes. I want five."

Su's mother smiled and said, "Okay, do you want to eat here or take it away?"

The uncle said, "Eat here."

Su's mother said, "Okay, brother, sit over there and wait for a while."

There was no need for Su's mother to go to the kitchen to tell her, because Gu's mother was standing next to her and went to the kitchen to prepare it as soon as she heard it.

Su's mother served the guests a small dish of rotten pickled vegetables and a pot of hot tea.

Mother Gu quickly baked five cakes of the same size, with thin crust and rich fillings. They were neatly stacked on a plate and placed on the table.

Su's mother gave it to her. She said, "Brother, there are soy sauce, vinegar and chili oil on the side."

The uncle nodded, "Okay."

Su's mother asked again, "We still have some garlic at home, do you want some?"

The uncle heard, "Okay, have one."

Su's mother took two cloves of garlic and gave them to the uncle.

The uncle first took a sip of hot tea, then picked up the chopsticks and put the stuffed cake into the bowl, and took a bite without adding soy sauce or vinegar.

The taste is very good, delicious.

I finished one pancake in a few bites, and then the second one. The second one was also delicious with soy sauce.

The third one is eaten with garlic, which is also very delicious.

The door creaked open again, but the person who came in was not a guest, but Changyi Changan, who came with his classmates to eat.

The two children saw someone eating a stuffed bun and asked Su's mother quietly,

"Grandma, are there guests?"

Su's mother: "Yes, the first guest."

"That's right, if there is a first one, there will be a second one."

The two kids were right. Not long after they came in, the second guest came in, an old lady with her grandson.

Su's mother hurried over to greet the guests. The first customer, an uncle, had finished his meal and wanted to pay the bill. Su He paid for him and only charged him for four steamed buns.

She smiled and said, "Today is the first day of business, so I'll give you a free pie."

The uncle was delighted. "Oh, thank you. I'll come back later. Your stuffed buns are delicious."

"As it says on the door, thin skin and big filling."

Whether or not they give away stuffed buns, the stuffed buns here are really delicious and suit my uncle’s taste.

"Okay, take care." Su He smiled and saw the uncle out.

Maybe it was lunch time. After I finished making pancakes for the second customer, the third and fourth customers came. Then Gu Jianhua also came with his colleagues.

Su's mother and a few others concluded that if they opened a restaurant, there would be more people at noon. Just today at noon, not counting the two grandsons' classmates, the son's colleagues and others, there were more than a dozen guests who came from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

There were fewer people in the afternoon.

The four of them drove until six o'clock and then closed the shop.

All in all, today's trial operation was pretty good and was considered a success.

Su's mother went back and said, "I think we can start serving hot dishes tomorrow. Two guests asked me for hot dishes today."

Father Su, "Go ahead. The guests all praised our pies for being delicious. They will definitely come back in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes. I heard several customers today say that our pancakes are delicious." Mother Gu was happy.

Father Gu said, "Our pies are well stuffed, with thin skin and lots of fillings. They must be delicious."

The pancake shop was opened like this. Originally, they planned to pick a good day to officially open it, set off firecrackers and so on, but Su's father and others said that it was not necessary, and the shop was not big, so they just kept it open.

Su He didn't care.

The bakery business was good, so Su He and Gu Jianhua thought about splitting the profits 50-50 with the four elders.

But the four said no.

"We are here to help. Why do we need money? Why would we ask our own children for money?"

"That's right, don't say that again."

This is the truth. The four of them had nothing to do in their hometown, so their children brought them to the capital to live in their old age. Now that no one is looking after the bakery, they came in to help look after it.

They are your biological parents, why do you need money? It will make people laugh if you tell others about it.

Parents don't ask their children for money because they love them, but children should be aware of this.

Su He discussed with Gu Jianhua, "Let's start paying our parents a salary. What do you think is a suitable amount?"

Gu Jianhua thought for a while and said, "Why don't we wait a month and see how much revenue we get before deciding my parents' salary."

"Can."

In the past half month, excluding costs, their bakery’s daily turnover is around five or six yuan.

By this calculation, it would be about 150 yuan a month.

That’s fine, the combined salary is higher than both of theirs.

As soon as school started in March, Su He went to school to be a teacher. The salary of university teachers is higher than that of middle school teachers. She has taught in middle school for more than ten years, but her salary has never exceeded 35 yuan.

And now her salary is 56 yuan.

Gu Jianhua’s is 48 yuan.

The combined salary of the couple was only one hundred and four.

The bakery has a monthly turnover of 150 yuan.

It turns out that doing business makes more money than working an honest job.

"Jianhua, let's buy the yard where my parents live."

After returning from her hometown, she went to ask her third sister-in-law, who said that the family in the yard was willing to sell it, but they wanted two thousand yuan.

I feel that two thousand dollars is not bad in Suzhou, it is not that expensive. In the first year after I came to the capital, I looked at a yard, which was more than 200 square meters and cost more than one thousand, although that yard was in the second ring road.

And this courtyard is outside the Second Ring Road.

But the yard is also very nice. The house is newly built, and the front and back yards are also very large, with a total area of ​​about two acres.