Chapter 117: Booming Business

Of course, family planning at this time was far less strict than it would be in the next twenty years.

At least there were no bandit behaviors such as breaking into houses and smashing things, stealing chickens and ducks, and taking away food from the homes. What's worse, after finding pregnant women who had given birth to more than the required number of children, they would directly take them for abortions or even sterilizations regardless of the age of the baby.

At one point, the place was filled with smoke and miasma, and there were widespread complaints.

Just like my eldest brother, although the family planning department has mobilized people, at least they haven’t forced people not to have children.

Now that my eldest sister-in-law has given birth to her second child, the delivery team only mentioned the fine and no other penalties. They even took the initiative to urge them to pay the fine as soon as possible and register the child.

Huang Xinran thought that being able to register her child was already a good thing. For this reason, when Huang Zhiye left, she urged her eldest brother to give the fine money to her father so that he could settle the matter as soon as possible.

Her few words evoked Huang Hongyi's memories, "Yeah, when I have money, I won't have to worry about a bad reputation. I'm married anyway." He smiled foolishly.

Wenying is a good person and his two children are well-behaved. What else could he be dissatisfied with?

"That's right. Brother, you just watch over the pot while I go cut out the suit I ordered yesterday."

Huang Xinran gave the order and walked out of the back room. Looking at Huang Hongyi who was seriously lighting the fire, he wanted to ask his younger brother Huang Hongyang something, but he swallowed it back.

At that time, the eldest brother did have the opportunity to become a worker. Unfortunately, the younger brother insisted on joining the army without authorization, which ruined his dream. It also broke the hearts of his parents, who refused to mention him for more than a year.

Forget it, let’s wait a little longer!

Maybe in a year or two, my parents and older brother won't be so angry with my younger brother anymore, and she can mediate and ease the conflict between my younger brother and everyone else.

It is actually easiest to stew brine skewers using a honeycomb coal stove. After the fire is high, cover the stove halfway and simmer the brine over low heat. After four or five hours, the flavor will be absorbed.

Because the school was closed, Huang Xinran suggested that they just put the products in front of the shop and sell as many as they could. They could also sell them in the open-air cinema, depending on where the business was good.

Originally, Huang Hongyi was supposed to go to the open-air cinema to sell, but just before he was about to go out, he mentioned that he had run out of honeycomb coal at home. After discussion, Huang Hongyi was asked to go get the honeycomb coal, and Huang Xinran went to the open-air cinema to sell the braised skewers.

Huang Xinran had no problem with that. He rode his bicycle with the skewers on his shoulders to the open-air cinema.

It only costs 4 cents to watch an open-air movie.

However, Huang Xinran did not intend to spend the money. She just stayed outside the store. As soon as she stopped her bike, someone saw the skewers on the back rack and immediately asked, "Hey, how much do you sell these for?"

"Vegetarian skewers are 5 cents each, how many do you want?"

Huang Xinran put down the bucket of broiled skewers, put a plastic bag over the bowl, picked up the chopsticks and started serving.

The girl was just asking casually, who made Huang Xinran move so quickly, she felt embarrassed not to eat: "Then, just a few skewers?"

"Okay. This kelp tastes really good. Two skewers, please. And some tofu cakes, they taste really good when salted. And the potatoes are delicious too... How about some meatballs? How many skewers do you want? Four, okay. Do you want beef brisket, small intestines, and pig lungs? Two skewers of each? Okay... Let me calculate, the total is $1.15. Since you helped me open the store today, I'll charge you $1.10. Do you want it spicy?"

"Ah? So expensive..."

The girl was still hesitant, but when she saw Huang Xinran directly filled a large bowl, she felt that it was a good deal to spend one dollar on such a large dish, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, add more spiciness."

"Okay, add more spiciness. Do you want some soup?" As she spoke, she handed her an extra skewer of tofu: "I'll give you another one."

"No soup."

"Okay, I'll charge you one dollar in total, take it, sister."

Huang Xinran was very happy to earn one dollar for the first deal. At least he didn't have to worry about not opening the store.

Although it was open, most people who came to watch the outdoor movie were just watching and almost no one took action.

Huang Xinran was not in a hurry. He gently turned the braised skewers, took out the beef brisket, meatballs and vermicelli, and placed them in a corner. As the aroma spread, someone soon came over to ask for the price.

But this time, Huang Xinran met a smart person.

"That's not right. This string of yours shouldn't be 50 cents. Why are you charging me 70 cents?"

"That's right, the vegetarian skewers are five cents, the small intestines, pig lungs and meatballs in the meat dishes are 1.5 cents per skewer, and the beef brisket and beef tripe are 2 cents per skewer. If you do the math, I've undercharged you by five cents."

The other party was dumbfounded: "Why is it more expensive? You didn't tell me just now..."

"Comrade, you just asked me how much the vegetarian skewers cost, so I naturally answered you that they are 5 cents a skewer. Is it necessary to say that meat skewers are more expensive than vegetarian skewers?"

“……”It seems so too.

"Besides, you only bought ten skewers in total, and I not only gave you one for free, but also charged you five cents less. Strictly speaking, you bought a total of eighty cents worth of skewers, and I charged you ten cents less."

With this calculation, it seems that he did get the better deal?

The other party said sheepishly, "Then, let's have another one... it's still 70 cents, right?"

"……OK."

Suffering a loss is a blessing.

Huang Xinran quickly packed another one.

From then on, she gave a set of vegetarian skewers to anyone who bought more than ten skewers at a time.

The cost of vegetarian skewers is not high to begin with, whether it is potatoes or kelp cut into small squares, it doesn’t matter if you give some away.

Even so, by the time Huang Xinran finished selling the whole pot, it was already dark.

When she returned home, everyone was already waiting anxiously.

Seeing that all the skewers Huang Xinran brought were sold out, he couldn't help but be very happy: "All of them are sold out, that's great!"

It turned out that the half that was left at home was also sold out.

And they sold out even faster than Huang Xinran, because they met a big customer who packed up nearly half of the skewers and took them away.

When Liu Zhaodi counted the money she had earned, she immediately smiled happily: "I made money! I made money! After deducting the cost, the profit is 37.45 yuan. We are rich!"

The eldest brother was so excited that his hands were shaking: "Let's continue tomorrow and do more!"

"You can continue to do it, but you don't have to do more."

Huang Xinran was very calm. She thought more: "Mom, big brother, don't forget how hot it is today. Although we can replenish fresh ingredients every day, what about brine and brine? If we can't sell them all, all the money we earned in the early stage will be lost."

"Ah, this..."

They didn't even think of that.

Fortunately, Huang Xinran was well prepared. He took out the ice cubes he bought, then took out the box he brought back, put brine and other things in it, put crushed ice on top, and then sealed it.

This is the box used by the ice cream factory to sell popsicles, and Huang Xinran used it to store things for insurance. There is no other way, who made them unable to afford the cost of buying a freezer at the moment.

At that time, freezers were all imported from foreign countries, so the price was naturally not cheap.

Using this method to preserve freshness is also a last resort.

Huang Hongyi was more vigilant than her. Not only did he not laugh at her, he even put the entire box into a large basin, filled the basin with water, and covered it with a lid.

“This will keep the heat better.”

Huang Hongyi was very proud: "Sister, I will go to the open-air cinema tomorrow, and you can rest at home. It just so happens that you can stay here in the shop."

"OK."

Huang Xinran looked at her two children and nodded.

She also happened to be at home with her two children.

But the next day, she went to the open-air cinema with Huang Hongyi. There were so many diners yesterday, and she had to hand over to her eldest brother.

But she didn't expect that when she came here today, there was a new business selling braised skewers at the place where she sold braised skewers yesterday.