The next day, He Wenlin, her father, and her grandmother got up at 4 a.m. as usual and arrived at the store at 4:45 a.m. sharp.
Grandma He peeled potatoes, and Dad He steamed glutinous rice. While the glutinous rice was steaming, He Wenlin taught Dad He how to make xiaolongbao (soup dumpling) dough.
A little after five o'clock, the dough was ready. He Wenlin took it out, put it on the table, covered it with a food bag, and let it rest.
At this moment, both Mr. Ma and Mr. Liu arrived to deliver the goods.
It arrived just in time; He Wenlin needed it just then.
The cost of meat and other miscellaneous vegetables has now reached 370 yuan.
He Wenlin quickly prepared the fillings for steamed dumplings and xiaolongbao (soup dumplings).
Mr. He quickly started steaming the xiaolongbao and dumplings. Now, the daily delivery volume of steamed dumplings and xiaolongbao is around 120 and 130 servings, respectively.
It's probably because He Wenlin promoted He Shan that her second brother and Lin Fei were motivated. They were originally scheduled to get up at six o'clock to go to work, but today they got up before five-thirty to learn how to chop filling from He Wenlin.
It wasn't that they didn't want to learn before, nor that He Wenlin didn't want to teach; it's just that they've been too busy lately, their schedules are all very tight, and they haven't had time to learn this.
At six o'clock, Ruan Lingfeng arrived.
At this time, He's father had already stir-fried the shredded potatoes, and He Wenlin had also prepared ten catties of filling for xiaolongbao (soup dumplings). They were still missing filling for one steamed dumpling, and now the second brother and Lin Fei were chopping meat.
The two newly hired aunties, Tang Caihong and Li Xuehua, arrived on time yesterday.
“Our shop mainly handles takeout orders. You guys come to work at six o’clock. Before seven o’clock, you mainly help with making glutinous rice balls. After seven o’clock, you distribute the meals according to the receipts provided by the customers. By seven-thirty, there are usually no customers in the shop. You can go to the restroom, have breakfast, and then clean up the area around the shop. Then you need to start washing vegetables and preparing the lunch boxes for lunch. That’s roughly the process. Lingfeng, you can mentor these two and teach them how to make glutinous rice balls first.”
It's still early, and Mei Hua Garment Factory doesn't have many orders yet, so there's still time to prepare.
The sticky rice that Tang Caihong and Li Xuehua, as newcomers, made during their initial learning phase, was everyone's breakfast.
After breakfast, Shanshan arrived with Aunt He and her younger brother.
Lin Fei, his second brother, and Father He also started preparing glutinous rice balls.
Grandma He started making xiaolongbao (soup dumplings).
He Wenlin prepares the filling for steamed dumplings.
At 6:40, Ruan Lingfeng went to Meihua to deliver goods.
At 6:50, Peng Liang arrived, ate a sticky rice ball, and then took the goods to the shirt factory.
I arrived at the shirt factory before 7:10.
After a while, the workers arrived one after another.
"Liangzi, are you getting used to it over there?" Chen Weihua asked.
"It's alright, but the salary isn't much right now."
Zhang Qiang: "Do you want to come back? Four hundred yuan is too little."
"It's not good to resign right after arriving. Let's work until the end of the year and then talk about it. Anyway, the Chinese New Year is just a few months away."
He Shan has been promoted to intern store manager. Peng Liang feels that He Wenlin is not just making empty promises; as long as he does well, he really has a chance to become Manager Peng.
After distributing the meals, Peng Liang didn't rush to leave. He chatted with everyone for a while until they went to work, at which point he rode away on his bicycle.
Peng Liang was definitely not satisfied with a monthly salary of four hundred yuan. The sales figures for Luo Zhonghui and Guo Dali were negotiated by He Wenlin, so he didn't get a commission. He only gets a commission on the orders he takes now, but the combined daily output of the two of them is not large. As the volume doesn't increase, the commission also doesn't increase.
He Wenlin once said that besides the farmers' market, school canteens and supermarkets could also be target customers, so Peng Liang rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative supermarket in Xinguang Village...
After a tense and busy morning rush hour, He Wenlin asked her second brother to prepare the egg roll batter, as Ruan Jianxin would be arriving at work around eight o'clock.
As long as Ruan Jianxin stands here making egg rolls, customers who come to pick up their food will see it and will unceremoniously pick them up to eat and try them, which is understandable. However, there are always some people who are not honest and are going too far, taking several rolls at a time to eat, which is excessive.
He Wenlin was too lazy to argue with them, so she simply waited until they went to work before having Ruan Jianxin come over to make egg rolls.
The prepared egg rolls are packaged in half-pound bags and placed on the shelf. If you want to eat them, you have to buy them yourself. They are not shameless enough to open and eat the packaged egg rolls in front of everyone.
Actually, the egg roll batter is easy to make, but the second brother was worried that he wouldn't be able to do it well, so he asked He Wenlin to watch him first, so that if he made a mistake, she could stop him in time and minimize the damage.
He Wenlin watched him finish making the egg roll batter before taking her grandmother to the Industry and Commerce Bureau.
Since He Wenlin wouldn't be back so soon, lunch was simple: braised pork with potatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and half a salted duck egg.
He's father, second brother, and Lin Fei all know how to make these dishes and have cooked them many times. Even if He Wenlin doesn't come back, they can still make them without delaying the lunch service.
He Wenlin and Grandma He applied for a business license and health permit for their breakfast shop at the Administration for Industry and Commerce, and also registered Xiangzhiyuan Food Co., Ltd.
The country is now encouraging economic development, especially in these coastal provinces, which are encouraging people to invest and work here. Therefore, they won't make things difficult for small business owners like He Wenlin, which is one of the reasons why their businesses are doing better and better.
Unlike some poor places where people from all sorts of departments come knocking before the factories even open, scaring away potential investors. (This is a story my friend told me; he said we scared people away here, and they ended up investing and doing business in Shaodong instead.)
It was almost 11 o'clock when He Wenlin left the Industry and Commerce Bureau. She took a taxi back to the store, and it was exactly 11:30.
"Linlin, Boss Zeng delivered dumplings and steamed bun trays today. There wasn't enough room here, so we only put two boxes in for this afternoon. I had him put the rest in your mom's dorm," said Mr. He.
“Okay, Grandma Ruan, Grandma Huang, just put the dumplings and steamed buns you’re making right now into the bottom tray,” He Wenlin said.
"We've already started using it. I feel like two freezers aren't enough right now, so I called Mr. Lin. He'll send another one over in a bit. I told him our breakfast shop also needs one, so we'll be buying two of the same kind. The two freezers together are 180 yuan cheaper. The other freezer hasn't been delivered yet; we'll send it to the breakfast shop in a few days."
After finishing, Mr. He was a little worried that He Wenlin would be angry, fearing that she would think that he had acted on his own initiative as her father.
“We’re a bit short on two freezers right now. Even if you don’t buy them, I was thinking of going to buy them this afternoon.” Mr. He got serious; he was quite capable when it came to getting things done.
“The breakfast shop over there needs to buy equipment and install tiles. If you don’t have enough money, your mom and I will support you. But remember to pay it back. You’re more capable and richer than us now.”
He Wenlin laughed and said, "Alright, alright, I'll even calculate the interest for you, okay?"
My dad is now willingly spending his own money to support me, which shows he really believes in me and is slowly changing his ways.
You should know that when I first opened this shop, I was only willing to give myself 500 yuan.
Actually, He Wenlin never blamed her parents for not being willing to provide more financial support at the time. She was only fourteen years old, and it was normal for them to have doubts about her opening the shop.
Fortunately, they finally believe in themselves and are willing to provide financial support, which is great!
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