"Don't rush, take your time," said Mr. He. "They were the same at the beginning, so don't rush."
“Take your time with urgent matters; the more you rush, the worse you’ll do,” He Wenlin said. “Keep a calm mindset. You’re renovating, buying things, and choosing an auspicious date; it can’t be done that quickly.”
“We’ve already chosen the date: September 29th,” Zhang Xiaojuan said.
He Wenlin: "There's still a week left, so there's no need to rush. There's plenty of time to study."
"Business should be good since it opens during the National Day holiday," said Mr. He. "Linlin, how's Lingling's stall business? Have you asked her?"
"Business was pretty good. She made nearly 240 yuan on the first day. She sold three times a day, in the morning, afternoon and evening. People in the factory always need to eat something after get off work. Business was much better on the second day, and she made nearly 300 yuan!"
The day after He Wenlin returned from He Ling's place, she started setting up a stall to sell goods, and she was very enthusiastic.
He Shan even took two days off to help out and give her sister courage.
He Ling thought that if she could sell a hundred in three batches a day, she would be lucky. But she didn't expect that she could sell more than a hundred in just one morning.
On the first day, we were too conservative in our estimates and closed up shop at 7 a.m., which is still the peak time for selling breakfast.
The next day, we prepared extra and sold 108 in the morning!
Because business was good, He Ling called He Wenlin to share the good news.
He Yongping and his wife were overjoyed, and He Ling's mother even joked that she was envious and wanted to set up a stall herself.
"You have a friend who also sells this?" Zhang Xiaojuan asked in surprise. "Where does she sell it? Business is so good, she sells 300 a day, which is 9,000 a month. She must be making a 50% profit, right? She must be rich! No wonder your family bought a house and settled down so quickly."
"The profit from our shop is not as high as the profit from setting up a stall."
"Huh? Why?"
"Because there is no shop rent for street vending, if business is bad, rent is a fixed expense. Street vending is different. If business is bad, at most you lose time and effort."
Zhang Xiaojuan: "Hearing you say that, we made a mistake in opening the store."
"You can't say that. You can't set up a stall when it rains, and you might get chased away by the city management. In short, each has its advantages and disadvantages. Since you're setting up a stall outside the school, your business should be pretty good."
He Wenlin didn't know the specifics of their shop, but since they had opened a shop, she had to say a few nice things.
Zhang Xiaojuan practiced all morning and finally got the hang of it. After the morning rush hour, He's father taught her how to fry crispy pieces. Frying was easy. After He's father taught her how to fry a few pieces, he let her take charge on her own.
However, she'll be busy today with three bowls of noodles.
In the morning, He Wenlin and Grandma He also prepared eight catties of filling for xiaolongbao (soup dumplings).
Now it's time for my second brother and me to head to the breakfast shop. They'll bring all the fillings for steamed buns and wontons, just like they always do.
Right now, He Wenlin, along with her father, are preparing dumpling filling.
The three of them worked together quickly, preparing 22 jin (11 kg) of dumpling filling in just two hours.
He Wenlin put everything in the refrigerator to keep it fresh, and after lunch, she took it to a breakfast shop to make dumplings for them.
It's already 9:30.
He Wenlin and her father, Lin Fei, quickly prepared lunch boxes for lunch.
Lunch consisted of minced meat and pickled green beans, stir-fried eggs with chili peppers, and stir-fried shredded lettuce.
"Ring ring." The phone rang.
"Hello, this is Xiangmeizi Fast Food Restaurant. How can I help you?"
"Linlin, this is your second aunt." An unfamiliar voice came from the other end of the phone. "Is your grandma home?"
"Grandma isn't here, is there anything I can help you with?"
He Wenlin didn't like this second aunt very much because she was not good to her grandmother, and she rarely came back for holidays. She didn't come in person, she didn't call during holidays, and she didn't give any holiday gifts.
"Is your dad home?" He Anli asked.
"Yes, please wait a moment." He Wenlin put down the receiver and called her father to answer the phone.
He Wenlin took over the spatula from her father.
A moment later, He Wenlin heard her father say, "Borrow money? Second sister, I'm thinking of asking you for money myself."
"Keep pretending with me. I've heard you earn tens of thousands a month. I won't borrow too much, just 50,000 to fix up the house, like my older sister's."
Father He always knew that his second sister was always competing with her eldest sister, He Anxin, and always trying to outdo her.
"Second sister, where did you hear this rumor? If I could earn tens of thousands, would I be like this?"
I bought a small, old apartment in the countryside, and it's a mortgaged property. I'll have to pay over a thousand yuan a month for several years.
"I'm basically working for the bank now. If it weren't for Linlin and Xiaojun needing to register their residency and attend school, I wouldn't have been able to take out this loan. Just thinking about it puts so much pressure on me."
"I think you don't want to lend it. You're closer to your eldest and third sisters, but you don't care about me, your second sister."
"Second sister, why would you think that? I'm not lying to you, we really don't have any money right now. Aizhen's sister also came to borrow money a while ago, but we didn't lend it to her. We really don't have any money."
"Could it be that Aizhen refuses to lend it?"
"Second sister, Aizhen isn't home, and she had no idea you called to borrow money today. Besides, Aizhen isn't stingy; if she has the money, we'll definitely lend it to her. We're family; we can't possibly refuse to help."
“Then take your two nephews with you and let them learn a trade from you. I don’t think they make much money driving motorcycle taxis. I’ll feel more at ease with them with you.”
"There are only three months left until the Chinese New Year, and then we'll be back. It'll be about the same if they come out with me after the New Year."
He Anli hesitated for a moment, then said, "You really don't have any money to lend?"
"Really, I don't have any! I was even thinking of borrowing some from you."
"Okay then, we'll talk about it during the New Year. I'll hang up now."
He slammed the phone down, and a dial tone came through.
Mr. He was also helpless.
"What's up? Second Auntie's here to borrow money?" He Wenlin asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I wish Brother Wei and Brother Ping could come and work with me."
He Wenlin felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing these two names. They were much older than her, one twenty-one and the other twenty.
They're already married.
However, they didn't do proper work and loved playing cards even more than their father. Both brothers drove motorcycle taxis in the city where they lived in their hometown, so they had more free time and often didn't drive their taxis but went to play cards.
They lost nine out of ten times playing cards, so their two sisters-in-law often argued with them.
If these two people come, He Wenlin is worried they'll invite her father to play cards.
“Dad, we don’t need anyone at the shop now. They came to learn the trade, and I can teach them when they go back. But we don’t have any jobs for them to do,” He Wenlin said. “We can also sell glutinous rice balls in our hometown’s county and city, what do you think?”
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