Chapter 199 I Want to Sell Pancakes Too

Aunt Xu returned home and went to the kitchen to cook, when she ran into Qian Sui'er from next door.

Qian Sui'er knew that Aunt Xu went to work at the Suhe Pastry Shop. She felt a little uneasy. Why didn't Teacher Su look for her when he was recruiting dishwashers?

Instead, they found Aunt Xu. Aunt Xu is already 60 years old and not young anymore, so they should find a young person who can work efficiently.

"Auntie, how are you doing in that bakery?" Qian Sui'er asked while cooking.

Aunt Xu was in a good mood after receiving her salary. She smiled and said

"It's fine. I just wash the dishes. It's not tiring."

We also had lunch in the store. We had stuffed buns and stir-fried dishes, which were delicious.

Qian Sui'er came over and asked, "Auntie, is it really that profitable to sell steamed buns?"

Qian Sui'er estimated that she hadn't washed her hair for half a month and it already smelled. Aunt Xu felt like vomiting from the stench and took a step back.

"Why would they take it if they don't make money? Is it for charity?"

"Sui'er, isn't it time to wash your hair? I see dandruff all over it."

Aunt Xu was so irritated that she said something impolite.

Qian Sui'er scratched her hair and said, "I was so busy that I didn't have time to wash it."

"Auntie, how much money do you think Teacher Su's bakery makes every day?"

Aunt Xu was not happy to talk about this. It was so presumptuous to ask about someone's savings, salary, and turnover!

She said casually, "Two or three dollars is definitely there."

Qian Sui'er was shocked. "Two or three yuan a day" means about eighty or ninety yuan a month.

Aunt Xu just hummed and said nothing more.

After Qian Sui'er finished cooking and left, Aunt Xu cleaned up the stove and muttered, "Why is this young wife so sloppy?"

She can't be as clean and tidy as Teacher Su. Not only does her hair smell, but her mouth also smells. I don't know how many days she hasn't brushed her teeth. It smells terrible.

And the clothes on his body were dirty, all stained with oil.

Since you are not going out to work and staying at home, at least keep the house, the children, and yourself clean.

Although she was sloppy, Teacher Su always smelled nice and her house was especially clean.

Regardless of whether Qian Sui'er did a clean job or not, she thought about it after returning home. She only made two or three yuan a day by selling cakes.

That month the minimum is sixty yuan, and the most is ninety yuan.

This is too much money.

During dinner, she discussed with her husband, "Qiangzi, why don't I start selling pancakes tomorrow?"

"The bakery next door owned by Teacher Su makes at least two or three yuan a day, which means nearly a hundred yuan a month."

"Three times your salary."

Her husband Li Qiang said, "How can we sell our products? Let's open a store."

It costs money to open a store, but we don’t have much savings at home.

Qian Sui'er thought for a moment and said, "Let's not open the shop yet. I'll go out and sell my wares on the street."

Li Qiang, "Okay, you give it a try." It would be great if his wife could really sell it successfully.

Qian Sui'er was also smart. She first went to Su He's Bakery and bought a few cakes at five cents a piece.

Qian Sui'er secretly complained that the price was too high. They were both filled with meat, but a bun in a state-owned restaurant only cost three cents, but why did a stuffed bun at Teacher Su's restaurant cost only five cents?

She generously bought ten pancakes and went home to eat them with her husband and children.

She bought beef and celery stuffing. She took a bite and it was okay. It was really delicious when fried.

It's just too expensive.

Her husband Li Qiang probably had never eaten such delicious stuffed buns before, he ate three before stopping, "Teacher Su's stuffed buns taste good, very delicious"

Qian Sui'er, "It's delicious for only a nickel." She ate two.

The remaining five children shared it.

She said, "The ones I make are definitely better than this." Who doesn't know how to make pancakes?

Her husband Li Qiang said, "Come on, my wife."

Qian Sui'er did what she said and went to the market to buy meat and vegetables that day.

The next morning, I chopped the fillings and made the pancakes.

Qian Sui'er felt a little bad that the dough was made entirely of white flour, but there was no alternative, so she gritted her teeth and used it. The filling was a celery and pork filling, with more celery and less meat.

She didn't make many on the first day, only thirty in total.

After sending my child to school, I took the vegetable basket and went out to sell. However, after selling for the whole morning, I only sold two.

Qian Sui'er really couldn't understand. She only charged three cents for a pancake, which was two cents less than Teacher Su's pancake shop.

Why no one buys her pancakes?

Qian Sui'er was very depressed. She wanted to sell for a while longer, but the children had to go home because school was over.

"Are the pancakes Mommy baked delicious?" she asked the children.

Children, "It's delicious." White flour meat-filled pie must be delicious to children.

They usually eat cornmeal buns.

The kids all say it's delicious, so why isn't anyone buying it?

In the afternoon, Qian Sui'er took the remaining cakes to sell again. This afternoon's time was worse than the morning's, and she didn't sell a single one.

Qian Sui'er had no choice but to seek advice from Aunt Xu.

"Auntie, I went out to sell pancakes today. I sold two this morning."

"Look, my pie is not much different from the one sold at Teacher Su's shop."

When Aunt Xu saw it, she thought there was a huge difference. The stuffings sold by Qian Sui'er were, firstly, not hot from the pan, and secondly, they were all mushy. The stuffings at Teacher Su's house were golden yellow, but the crust of her stuffings was sometimes black.

You can tell at first glance that they didn’t use much oil, and the filling is not round, so it looks very unappetizing.

Stuffed buns are not like steamed buns. Stuffed buns will wilt if they are out of the pan for too long and will not look good. Besides, it would be hard to sell them if they are baked like that.

In Teacher Su's stuffed bun shop, the grandmother there makes stuffed buns with several spoonfuls of meat filling in the pan. The skin is thin and a lot of oil is added when making them. The buns come out very greasy and look very appetizing.

Aunt Xu briefly explained to her what Qian Sui'er meant, "Then I put too much oil, so I'm at a loss."

Aunt Xu said, "If you don't add oil, your stuffed buns won't taste good and won't look appetizing, so no one will buy them."