In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the New Year, and Jiang Manyue went to look for a shop with several of her brothers and sisters-in-law.
It was quite easy to find a shop. At an intersection in the factory area, there was a shop facing the road, and the landlord was willing to rent it to them.
This shop has been idle for a long time. No one wants it because it cannot be used for business. Now someone is willing to rent it, and the landlord agreed readily.
After finding a breakfast shop, the group went to the most prosperous area of the county town and wandered around for most of the day, but they didn't find a suitable shop, so they decided not to look for it for the time being and just open the breakfast shop first.
To open a breakfast shop, you have to learn how to make egg-filled pancakes. The next day, Miao Xianghua and several daughters-in-law began to learn how to make egg-filled pancakes from Jiang Manyue.
The method of making egg-filled pancakes is simple to say. Jiang Manyue taught them how to make the pancakes, and then showed them how to make them.
"Put this pancake in the pan and it will puff up soon. Use chopsticks to poke the puff and pour the beaten egg liquid in it."
Jiang Manyue beat the eggs while asking them to watch the pancakes in the pot.
“It’s drumming!”
When Miao Xianghua saw that the pancake was bulging with bubbles, he quickly reminded Jiang Manyue.
"Just poke a hole in the skin with chopsticks and pour the egg liquid in."
Jiang Manyue poured the beaten egg liquid into the pancake, waited for a while, turned it over, and fried it for a while before taking it out of the pan.
"The stuffed pancake is ready. Brush it with sauce, wrap it with vegetables and meat, and you can eat it. You can also leave it out and it will be delicious just like that."
Jiang Manyue brushed the stuffed pancakes with sauce, cut them in pieces and gave them some to them to taste.
"If you eat this stuffed pancake as is without the meat or vegetables, it's the cheapest. If you wrap it with meat and vegetables, it's a bit more expensive. If you add more meat and vegetables, it's even more expensive. Anyway, the price is based on how much you add."
"You can add more eggs, but it will cost more. It's up to you."
Jiang Manyue briefly explained the pricing strategy and then asked, "Is this stuffed pancake delicious?"
Several people nodded repeatedly, "It's delicious and fragrant."
Jiang Manyue gave up the position of chef and said, "You all try to make it. Once it's done, the whole family can share it. Today's main dish is egg-filled pancakes."
Starting with Miao Xianghua, six people tried it and all succeeded, except that two of them didn't control the strength well enough and the holes they poked were too big, causing the egg liquid to flow out.
Overall, the first attempt at making egg-filled pancakes was quite successful, but they still needed to make a larger flat-bottomed pan before they could open for business.
The task of making the pan was given to the Jiang brothers, who specially ordered a large flat iron pan that could bake eight egg-filled pancakes at the same time.
The Jiang family's breakfast business was being prepared in full swing. In order to take care of their own business, Lu Lin's home leave was up, and Jiang Manyue did not go back with him, so he returned to Beijing alone.
By the end of the Lantern Festival, all the factories in the county had resumed work, and the Jiang family's breakfast shop was finally open.
Before opening the shop, Jiang Manyue specially asked a carpenter to make a large sign to stand at the door, with "Beijing Egg-filled Pancakes" engraved on it, and other foods such as buns and steamed buns engraved next to it.
This signboard really attracted a lot of business to the store. Many people passing by wanted to see what a fresh food Jingshi egg-filled pancake was.
Miao Xianghua had a loud voice. Standing at the door, he called out, "Fresh food from Beijing! Egg-filled pancakes! Only 15 cents each! Add meat and vegetables for an extra price!"
Fifteen cents is not particularly expensive. After all, it is made of white flour and contains eggs. Most of the people passing by here are workers. With the attitude of trying something new, most of them will pay for one.
Because of the egg-filled pancakes, the business in the store is very good.
Some people came to see the egg-filled pancakes and thought they were expensive, so they bought some steamed buns and steamed bread for breakfast, so steamed buns and steamed bread sold quite well.
At the end of the morning, all the prepared flatbreads had been sold out, and the buns and steamed buns were almost sold out. The few remaining ones were only shared among them and then gone.
As noon approached, the sign outside the store was turned over and replaced with a sign saying fast food lunch boxes, one meat and two vegetable dishes to choose from, 30 cents per portion.
The restaurant has three kinds of meat dishes and six kinds of vegetarian dishes, all of which can be mixed.
People who bought egg-filled pancakes in the morning and thought they tasted good will occasionally buy one to try when they pass by at noon, but the lunch boxes are obviously not as popular as the pancakes they bought in the morning.
Jiang Manyue felt that it was probably because the factory employees were used to eating in the cafeteria after get off work, and few people would come out to buy lunch boxes.
Fortunately, it was the first day of opening, and the lunch boxes prepared were not very large. After selling some of them at the end of the day, the rest could be eaten by the whole family.
"Man Yue, lunch boxes are not selling well. Everyone is eating in the cafeteria, right?"
Because lunch sales were not good on the first day, Miao Xianghua was a little worried.
Jiang Manyue nodded. "I guess they're used to going straight to the cafeteria after work. Those who don't eat in the cafeteria go home and eat, so there are still not many people coming out to buy lunch."
Miao Xianghua was a little anxious, "What should we do? Should we sell lunch or not?"
Jiang Manyue thought about it and decided not to sell lunch for the time being, because many factories provide one meal for free, and there is no need for workers to buy their lunch boxes every day even if they just want to have a snack.
"Mom, why don't we just sell breakfast? We can make it a special breakfast shop and add some variety. We can also sell fried dough sticks, fried rice cakes, rice balls and so on. We won't sell them at noon."
This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. Business at noon was really bad. If they continued to sell like this, they would probably lose a lot of money.
The next day, Jiang's breakfast shop changed its business hours and only sold breakfast. It also added some new products, such as fried dough sticks and fried rice cakes, which sold very well.
After a few more days, the breakfast shop business gradually got on track, the brothers and sisters-in-law became more and more skilled, and it was almost time for Jiang Manyue to return to Beijing.
Although the tailor shop has not opened yet, she cannot stay in her hometown forever, as Lu Junan still has to go to school.
Jiang Manyue asked her brothers and sisters-in-law to keep an eye out for suitable shops when they had nothing to do, and to prepare a tailor shop herself. If there were any problems that could not be solved, they should telegraph her.
Several brothers and sisters-in-law agreed immediately. They said that my younger sister had been busy running the breakfast shop for a long time, and they could definitely handle the tailor shop themselves, so my younger sister didn't need to worry about it.
Before leaving, Jiang Manyue left another thousand yuan to Miao Xianghua and asked her to keep it safe, part of it as capital for opening a tailor shop, and part of it as a reserve fund to be used in case of emergency.
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