"Dad, that's not the point..."
"Don't try to change the subject. Tell me, how much money do you actually have on you right now?"
Seeing that He Wenlin was unwilling to talk, He's mother was also unhappy: "We are the people who gave birth to you, your parents. You don't even tell us the truth. You have hurt our hearts too much."
At this point, Mrs. He's eyes reddened, and she looked like she was about to cry.
He Wenlin sighed: "Mom and Dad, don't you think about it? You only gave me 500 yuan halfway through opening this shop, but how much did I buy? Not to mention anything else, the freezer, the insulated cart, the awning, the tables and chairs, the gas cylinder, the pot, and other miscellaneous items cost me almost 2,000 yuan. And how long has this shop been open?"
Mr. and Mrs. He fell silent.
He Wenlin got up and took out the clothes she had bought for them: "These are what I bought for you when I went to the supermarket today."
Mr. and Mrs. He were overjoyed to receive the gift.
He Ma immediately put it on and tried it on to see the size.
“I understand that you are worried about me because I am young, but I can earn money even though I am young. You shouldn’t treat me like a child. I won’t spend the money I have recklessly. I will save it. My business will expand. I have a plan for my future.”
"You have a plan? You don't have a single plan!" Mr. He said irritably. "Without us, your parents, to steer you, can you manage?"
"Alright, we know you're capable. We're your parents, we would never harm you, we're just worried about you." Aunt He smiled broadly, as if she wasn't the one who had just been about to cry.
"This dress makes my skin look fairer and accentuates my waist." Mrs. He was very satisfied with the dress, not only because it was a gift from her daughter, but also because the dress really looked good on her.
"You have to trust my judgment, daughter. Wash it tonight, and you can wear it tomorrow." It'll be dry in one night.
"Okay, I'll wear it tomorrow."
With this distraction, He's parents stopped pressing He Wenlin about her secret stash of money.
He Wenlin continued, "This shop is definitely profitable. It's only been open for less than a month, but I've already earned over two thousand yuan to buy all this stuff. Dad, if you come here, I'll give you a thousand yuan as a salary, plus a two percent commission. Your net income will be at least sixteen thousand yuan a month, plus room and board. It's much better than working in the factory."
"Things are good now, but who knows what will happen in the future?"
"If business doesn't go well in the future, you can always go back to the factory. Think about it. It's getting late today, everyone has had a long day, so let's all get some rest."
As soon as He Wenlin left, He's mother said to He's father, "I think you should just quit your job."
"If the business fails, it would be too embarrassing for me to go back to the factory." Mr. He was actually tempted.
Making something for someone else and making it for your own family are two completely different experiences.
He was particularly resentful when He Wenlin said that He Xing was more decisive than him, but he was also afraid that if the factory went bankrupt and he had to go back, he would lose face.
"Is this the only factory in the whole of Shaocheng? Besides, you can take leave and say you're helping your daughter. Once she starts school, the shop will be closed. It was just a small business the kids were doing for fun anyway. The factory will need more people then, so you can come back. It'll be a way for you to save face. If business is good, that would be even better."
Mr. He paused, then snorted, "This brat is really getting ahead of herself now, she even wants to be my boss, she doesn't know the difference between superiors and inferiors anymore."
“So what if you’re the boss? That means your daughter is successful! Your daughter is successful, aren’t you happy? Now everyone in the factory says your daughter is capable.” Anyway, He’s mother was very happy to hear everyone praising He Wenlin.
...
He Xing also calculated his daily income.
"Today's total income is 242 yuan."
"That's good."
Liang Xiaoying was quite satisfied with the figure. With a profit margin of 30%, that would be more than 70 yuan, which was quite good.
"Not bad my ass!" He Xing said with a gloomy face. "Linlin and the others didn't go to set up a stall today. I took fifty portions out at noon and fifty portions out in the afternoon, but I didn't sell them all! I wasted sixty portions in total!"
His family didn't have a refrigerator, so everything went bad and couldn't be kept to continue selling.
That is, the rice. I learned from He Wenlin that I used a fan to blow on it to dry out the moisture so that it wouldn't spoil.
I made fried rice with eggs and sold it in the afternoon, but all the vegetables that didn't sell were wasted.
If it weren't for the people at the Perth Garment Factory giving him face and ordering those dozens of portions, he would have lost money today.
He Xing couldn't figure out where things went wrong.
He Wenlin used to sell over a hundred meals a day when she was setting up her stall, but now that she's not doing that anymore, he's the only one selling boxed lunches, and he still can't sell any!
Liang Xiaoying: "Is it because people don't like our food?"
"My cooking isn't bad either; it's just one of the dishes Linlin usually makes."
“That might be the problem. Everyone’s probably tired of the dishes she makes all the time. Try making a few different dishes tomorrow,” Liang Xiaoying suggested.
He Xing sighed: "Then let's try it this way for now."
...
The next day, because there were many orders for glutinous rice balls, He Wenlin got up at 4:30.
She cooked two pots of rice in the large rice cooker she bought last night. Worried that it wouldn't be enough, she also cooked one pot in the small rice cooker. She cooked regular rice in two other small pots, which she planned to use to make fried rice in the afternoon.
It was not even five o'clock yet, so He Wenlin didn't plan to wake Lin Fei, but unexpectedly, Lin Fei got up too.
"We have a lot of orders today, so please shred some more potatoes while I go buy the groceries."
"Go ahead, be careful."
He Wenlin rode her tricycle to the market. She bought 25 jin of konjac tofu, 5 jin of pickled peppers, 12 jin of eggplant, 10 jin of green beans, 30 jin of jicama, 10 jin of water spinach, 15 jin of bean sprouts, 25 jin of tender pumpkin, and a duck. Duck stewed with konjac is especially delicious, but of course, this dish is for her own consumption and not for sale!
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