He Wenlin got up at 5:15 the next day.
As usual, He Wenlin got up first and cooked three pots of glutinous rice, then woke up Lin Fei to shred potatoes.
Afterwards, He Wenlin took stock of the vegetables she had at home, wrote down what she needed to buy that day, and went to the farmers' market.
He Wenlin ordered three large snakeskin bags of vermicelli from a dried goods store and then went to pick up disposable packaging boxes. The final payment for the vermicelli and packaging boxes totaled 262 yuan.
Afterwards, He Wenlin went to the vegetable store and bought 20 jin of bean sprouts, 20 jin of lotus root, 16 jin of cucumber, 10 jin of pickled cowpeas, 10 jin of eggplant, 20 jin of carrots, 20 jin of potatoes, a box of eggs, 5 jin each of scallions and garlic, 10 jin of ginger, 15 jin of chili peppers, and 2 jin of pickled cabbage (leaf vegetables), spending a total of 196 yuan.
He Wenlin took the pickled green beans, vermicelli, and takeout containers home herself, but had the vegetable shop owner deliver the other items, such as eggs and vegetables, by bicycle.
While it was still early and not far, the boss quickly delivered it to her.
It was only 5:40 when they got back to the shop. The glutinous rice was already cooked. He Wenlin quickly unplugged it, opened the lid, and let the steam out. The glutinous rice was too hot to make into rice balls.
"Boss He, your business is getting bigger and bigger!" The vegetable shop owner had delivered vegetables to He Wenlin once before, but back then, He Wenlin's shop didn't look like a shop, it looked like a child playing house.
Now we have a separate kitchen, a freezer, and even a tent set up outside. If we weren't making money, we wouldn't have been able to make things so standardized.
"It's just a small-scale operation, nothing compared to what you, Mr. Zhang, are capable of."
Don't underestimate the wholesale vegetable market; the turnover is actually shockingly high.
After unloading the goods, He Wenlin settled the bill with Mr. Zhang, the owner of the vegetable shop.
Then I washed some bean sprouts and set them aside; I'll need them to stir-fry the noodles later.
I checked the time; it was exactly six o'clock.
He Wenlin started stir-frying shredded potatoes.
At 6:20, the shredded potatoes were ready.
At this time, He's mother and He Shan arrived.
"What would you like to eat? There are no guests right now, we can have breakfast first," He Wenlin asked.
"I want to eat sticky rice," He Shan said.
Lin Fei: "I want to eat sticky rice."
"Then let's eat sticky rice." After He Wenlin finished speaking, she poured the sticky rice into a clean bowl and used a rice spoon to break it up.
"Lin Fei, cook another pot."
The amount of glutinous rice ordered today was quite large; even three pots weren't enough for He Wenlin, so she cooked another pot to prepare.
He Wenlin quickly made an extra-large version for everyone's breakfast.
"Why isn't Xixi here? Shanshan, go and call her," He Wenlin said.
He Shan held a rice ball in her hand, eating as she walked towards the dormitory.
Less than five minutes later, He Shan returned, looking serious: "Qianqian said that she and her brother will not be coming to work today, and her father will also be making and selling boxed lunches starting today. She will be working at home."
"What?" Aunt He exclaimed in surprise, "Her dad is going to make boxed lunches too?"
That's what she said.
Lin Fei said indignantly, "Isn't this stealing business?"
The incident happened so suddenly that it was somewhat unexpected for He Wenlin.
Mother He said angrily, "I'm going to find He Xing."
“Mom,” He Wenlin stopped her angry mother, “We do this business, and so do they. Going to them will only lead to arguments and make everyone watch the show. It’s useless. After the argument, they’ll still do it.”
He Wenlin had long noticed that He Xing was envious. He would ask He Wenlin how much she earned in a day from time to time, and would sigh at how good He Wenlin's business was. It was impossible for him not to have his own thoughts.
He Wenlin hadn't expected He Xing to start selling fast food so soon.
He Wenlin could understand their desire to make money, but what upset her was that they weren't coming to work. They should at least have given her an explanation so she could arrange for recruitment. But when He Wenlin didn't ask, they remained silent.
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