Chapter 16: A business started with mutton offal soup
If she doesn’t eat staple food in the morning, she always feels like she hasn’t eaten. In the end, she has to eat another packet of instant noodles to feel full.
She stood up and began to prepare the ingredients for today. She first took out the coriander and green onions from the space, washed and chopped them, and put them in a small bowl.
Then take out the braised duck intestines, chicken intestines, and goose intestines and put them in order, and chop up the mutton offal and put them in a large stainless steel basin.
Then pour the cooked mutton soup into a large stainless steel barrel and cover it with a lid.
She got up, went to the storage room, got a cardboard, and wrote on it with a black marker.
Mutton offal is 10 yuan/bowl (small), 12 yuan/bowl (large), fried tripe is 15 yuan/bowl (small), duck intestines are 70 yuan/catty, goose intestines are 50 yuan/catty, chicken intestines are 35 yuan/catty, and vegetarian dishes are 8 yuan/box.
After packing up, Ji He went to the nearby morning market.
Investigate the market.
It was also a good opportunity to see if there were any disposable lunch boxes for sale at the morning market. If possible, she also wanted to buy a few plates of tofu, which was also delicious when soaked and braised.
Even though it is already past 7 o'clock, the morning market is still crowded with people, and many people are walking back and forth carrying a lot of vegetables in their hands.
There are also many small shops selling daily necessities, socks, and underwear. Socks are 10 pairs for 10 yuan, which is very cheap.
Ji He concentrated on looking for a disposable lunch box and soon found it. She touched it and found it was quite thick and of good quality.
The price varies depending on the size. I bought 500 of the large, medium and small sizes of Jihe.
In the end, I spent a total of 400 yuan on 1,500 disposable lunch boxes.
The boss also gave her a lot of disposable plastic bags and disposable chopsticks, asking her to use them and come back next time.
Up to now, Ji He still has 600 yuan left.
She held the plastic bag and disposable lunch box in her hands and looked around.
Many people were sitting down to eat breakfast, noodles, soy milk, fried dough sticks, buns and tofu pudding. Although the weather was hot, the sun was not particularly strong at this moment.
Ji He glanced at the crowd which showed no sign of decreasing, thought for a moment, and quickly walked home.
Take out the mutton soup, duck intestines and fried tripe and place them on top in order, then ride the tricycle straight to the morning market.
When they arrived, they didn't try to squeeze in. They just hung a paper sign at the edge of the morning market, set up a stall, and started selling.
She first turned on the natural gas and let the fire slowly boil the mutton soup in the pot again.
After a while, the aroma of the mutton soup spread, attracting many people's attention, but no one came to buy it.
Ji He was not in a hurry and stood aside waiting patiently.
After a long time, the first customer didn't come, but the manager came instead.
It was a middle-aged man in his 40s with a serious look. He had a loud speaker on his waist. He glanced at Ji He and said, "Little girl, how old are you? Are you an adult? Where are your parents?"
Ji He answered obediently: "Uncle, I am 18 years old, just an adult, my parents died in a car accident, and I have to make money to support myself."
If it were the original owner, he might be embarrassed to show weakness. After all, it is actually quite challenging for a young adult who has not yet entered society to say such words.
But Ji He had already trained herself to be very thick-skinned. When she said this, her face was full of loss and sadness, without any shyness at all.
She had long learned to use some of her own weaknesses appropriately to gain the sympathy of others and to allow herself to live better. She did not steal or rob, and lived by labor, which was not shameful.
Sure enough, the uncle in front of him looked better and no longer looked impatient. He glanced at Ji He and said, "This is a regular morning market. You have to pay a booth fee to set up a stall here. It's 20 a day. Did you know that?"
Ji He nodded quickly, reached into his pocket and took out 20 yuan and handed it over: "I know, uncle, I'll pay it now."
The uncle didn't take it. He looked down at the 20 yuan in Ji He's hand, then looked up and said, "We don't have much time today, so let's just stay here. If you want to set up a stall tomorrow, come early. It's from 6am to 9am."
After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about Ji He's reaction.
Ji He put the money in his hand into his pocket and smiled again at the people passing by.
When she said she was an orphan just now, many people around heard it, and now they all looked at her with pity.
Ji He didn't care and shouted with a smile: "Mutton offal soup, delicious and inexpensive, mutton offal soup made with real ingredients."
Soon the first customer arrived. He was a middle-aged man and ordered a large portion of mutton offal soup.
Ji He generously served him a large spoonful of mutton offal, put it into the scoop net and heated it in the mutton soup.
After heating it up, I poured it into a disposable lunch box and also gave him a whole box of mutton soup.
"How about chopped green onions, cilantro, and chili oil?"
“Both.”
"Okay, you take it."
After handing over the money, the uncle didn't say much and quickly turned and left.
Soon Ji He welcomed the second and third customers, and her business became more and more prosperous. She was so busy that she kept selling non-stop.
Some people asked her why she was selling mutton soup at such a young age. She said without hesitation that she was an orphan and needed to earn money to go to school.
His tone was calm and optimistic, and there was a smile on his face, which made many elderly aunts sigh and feel sympathy for him, and they sold a lot of braised food as a result.
By the time the stall closed at nine o'clock, most of the mutton offal prepared by Ji He had been sold, with only a little left in the stainless steel basin.
She put the remaining mutton offal into the pot to cook, and then filled a large bowl of mutton soup. She carefully closed the lid of the disposable lunch box.
Then he took a large lunch box and packed a lot of braised food.
When the serious-looking uncle came over with a loud speaker to urge them to close the stall, she waved at him: "Uncle, uncle."
The uncle put down the loud speaker and walked over, his face serious: "It's no use begging me! You can't set up stalls anymore. We have a rule that we must withdraw at a certain time. Do you understand?"
"Uncle, don't worry. I know I can't make things difficult for you." Ji He nodded, looking well-behaved. She handed over two disposable lunch boxes:
"Uncle, I specially saved these two boxes for you. Take them back and try them to see if they are delicious?"
Uncle: “…”
Oops, it seems a bit too early to curse.
What should I do? Will she cry?
The serious-faced uncle stood there, paused for a moment, and then looked down.
You can vaguely see a lot of mutton offal in the mutton soup, and the box of braised food next to it is also full.
It seems to be delicious.
My stomach growled at an inopportune moment.
Ji He and the uncle heard it at the same time.
Uncle: “…”
Help, I want to leave.
He pretended nothing happened and cleared his throat.
"Okay, I'll keep it. Come early tomorrow, around 5:30, and I'll save you a good seat."
After saying that, he turned around and left with the mutton soup.
The pace was a little hurried.
Ji He sent the mutton soup out without staying for long.
He quickly packed up his things and rode his tricycle out of the market.
She also has to go to the traffic police brigade to apply for a license plate.
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