Chapter 243 I might ask you to borrow money
As soon as Jiang Xinbai got home, she asked her husband, "How is it? Did you get the popcorn I asked someone to make this morning?"
"I did it. I bought five pounds of corn kernels as you said, and had them made into popcorn. Here they are. Hey, there are quite a lot."
Yang Jin pointed to the bag with the opening tied tightly. He had specially asked someone to buy this bag. It was moisture-proof and could keep the popcorn crispy for a long time.
Jiang Xinbai quickly opened his pocket and grabbed two popcorns. "Hmm, delicious and fragrant. It tastes good when it's freshly fried. Come on, go to the kitchen and help me make popcorn." As he said that, he took the whole bag of popcorn to the kitchen.
Yang Jinsheng started to heat the pot with great vigilance, then looked at Jiang Xinbai eagerly and asked, "What should we do next? Dissolve the sugar and pour it on the popcorn?"
"Definitely not. I think it should be the same as candied sweet potato. I've seen Chef Chen from our restaurant make it before. I'll give it a try!"
Jiang Xinbai poured a bowl of water into the pot as he spoke, then scooped two small spoonfuls of sugar into it, slowly waiting for the sugar to dissolve.
Yang Jinsheng looked into the pot and asked in confusion, "Don't you need to stir it evenly?"
"No, white sugar cannot be stirred, otherwise it will become sandy and useless. Wait, it will slowly melt and then turn brown. Use a lower heat so as not to burn it." Jiang Xinbai reminded quickly after watching the changes in the sugar water in the pot.
"Oh, okay, right away." Yang Jinsheng hurried back to the stove and took out some more firewood. "Is this okay?"
"Well, it's okay. Look, the sugar is starting to turn brown. Let me see, a big bowl of popcorn here should be okay."
Jiang Xinbai scooped a large bowl of popcorn from the bag as he spoke, and then watched the sugar water become more and more yellow. When it was almost browned, he poured the popcorn in the bowl into it. Finally, he quickly stirred it evenly with a spatula, and when he saw that it was almost done, he immediately served it out to let it cool.
Yang Jinsheng couldn't wait to pick one up and put it in his mouth. He happened to bite the one covered with sugar liquid and hissed because of the burn. "Hey, it's burned, but it's delicious. It's as delicious as the one I bought, but it's less milky."
"Really?" Jiang Xinbai said as he ate one himself. "Well, it's okay, but it still feels like it's not sweet enough."
"Of course you do. Don't you see how much sugar you put in? The sugar water we make for guests at home always contains more sugar than this." Yang Jinsheng pointed to the sugar jar. If this was a cow, it would have only suffered minor skin injuries.
Jiang Xin rolled her eyes at him, "Don't sugar cost money? If you put too much, won't the cost go up?"
"That can't be calculated like that. If it doesn't taste good, no one will buy it! Xiaobai, let me calculate it for you. Look, I bought corn kernels for 1.6 yuan per pound, and the processing fee is 5 cents per pound, so it's 1.65 yuan here. White sugar is 80 yuan per pound, and brown sugar is 1 yuan per pound. Of course, you need a ticket, so let's calculate it as if you don't need a ticket. White sugar should be 1.2 yuan per pound, and brown sugar is 1.6 yuan per pound.
According to the ratio of one pound of popcorn to half a pound of sugar, the cost of this pound of sweet popcorn is more than 70 cents, less than 80 cents. Even if it is 80 cents, we can sell one pound of popcorn for 1.5 yuan, right? That way we can make almost half of the profit!"
Jiang Xinbai listened and shook his head, "No, that's not right. You think everyone is like you. You spend one or two dollars to buy something that won't fill you up. It's not easy to sell."
After hearing this, Yang Jinsheng spread his hands and said, "Then tell me, how do you want to settle it?"
"Wait, let me try first, you continue to light the fire," Jiang Xinbai instructed Yang Jinsheng to continue heating the pot, then poured a large bowl of water into the pot, estimated the amount and scooped in two taels of white sugar and one tael of brown sugar, and while waiting for it to melt, he weighed out another pound of popcorn using the small scale at home.
"Hey, the color looks better with brown sugar added," Yang Jinsheng smiled as he looked at the bright red color in the pot.
"It has to taste good, too." Jiang Xinbai stared at the sugar water in the pot. When the color was almost right, he threw the weighed popcorn in, stirred it quickly with a spatula, and served it out to cool.
"Try it, is it better than before?"
Yang Jin ate one raw, his eyes lit up, "Hey, it's really better than before, Xiaobai, this ratio is good, how much does it cost?"
Jiang Xinbai smiled complacently and explained, "I have one pound of popcorn here, with two ounces of white sugar and one ounce of brown sugar, which adds up to a little over fifty cents, so let's call it sixty cents. I thought I'd sell it by the portion, just like I do with roasted melon seeds. Popcorn is very expensive, and a paper bag of one or two ounces looks like a lot, so I'll sell it for twenty cents a portion. I thought since we can watch a movie, we won't care about the extra two cents!"
"I sell one portion for 20 cents, and one pound can be sold for 2 yuan. After deducting the 60-cent cost, there is still 1.4 yuan left. If I can sell 10 pounds a day, I can make more than 10 yuan, which is pretty good." Yang Jinsheng thought it was not bad after calculating this way. It was much better than going to work.
“Yes, although it’s a bit troublesome, this thing is also new. There should be quite a lot of people buying it at the beginning. I’m just afraid that in a few days, others will learn to do the same.
"Jiang Xinbai was worried that it would be just like the five-spice melon seeds, which hadn't been on sale for a few days before others started following suit.
“So you have to be quick and can’t just sell it in the cinema,” Yang Jinsheng said, touching his chin.
“Where should I sell it?”
"Or a school? A park? Kids will probably like this. Jiabao is very willing to do this, right? Ask him to sell it at the entrance of an elementary school."
Jiang Xinbai smiled and patted Yang Jinsheng's arm, "Jinsheng, how come you have such a good brain? Let's do this, sell more and make some money before anyone else follows suit."
"What are you talking about? It's so lively." At this time, Sun Erni walked in from outside the yard.
Yang Jinsheng saw his mother's eyes light up, "Mom, you came at the right time. I brought clothes back for you and dad. Take them home and try them on."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Let me see what you just said you were selling."
Sun Erni came to the stove and took a look. "Popcorn? You want to sell this?"
She knew that her daughter-in-law and two grandsons were selling roasted melon seeds before, and she also knew that the roasted melon seeds business was not doing well. Why? Now they were switching to popcorn?
"Yes, Mom, try it. It's different from ordinary popcorn. This one is sweet. It's called caramel popcorn." Jiang Xinbai smiled and grabbed a handful of popcorn for her mother-in-law.
Sun Erni ate a few of them at random. As soon as she put them in her mouth, she could smell the sweetness. The more she ate, the more she wanted to eat. Soon she had finished a handful of popcorn. Then she licked the corner of her mouth and said, "It's different with sugar added. It tastes good."
"Yeah, Jinsheng and I were just talking about selling popcorn in front of the cinema."
"Mom, look, these are the clothes I brought for you and Dad." At this time, Yang Jinsheng came over with two sets of clothes.
Sun Erni quickly took the clothes and said with a smile: "Hey, what clothes are you buying for us? Buy them for Xinbai and the child. We have clothes..."
"Mom, I have some too. Isn't it my duty to buy clothes for you and dad?"
"Yes, I'll deliver Xiumin and Big Sister's tomorrow. By the way, Mom, what's the matter with you coming here at this time?"
It's already past ten o'clock. Normally, I should be at home cooking at this time.
Sun Erni glanced at them, hesitated for a moment, and then reminded them: "I came here just to tell you that your second sister-in-law might ask you to borrow money."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com