“Dear Daddy, can you please stop focusing on my savings? I told you, once you learn the skills, I'll invest in a new store for you and make you the boss.”
How could He Wenlin dare to tell the truth? If she didn't, everyone would be eyeing her money every day, wanting to manage it for her. If they knew the true situation in her account, that would be terrible.
He Wenlin added, "Dad, your daughter is so outstanding, you and Mom should give me the greatest support and encouragement so that I can give full play to my abilities!"
"You really don't trust your mother and me that much? Are you afraid that your mother and I have spent your money to raise you? It's heartbreaking that you're so wary of your mother and me."
"Dad, of course I trust that you and Mom won't waste money."
But dear Dad, you'll be fooled! You were fooled out of a huge sum of money in your past life, which caused our family to incur enormous debts and prevented me from going to school!
However, He Wenlin could not say these words.
Even if I told them, no one would believe me. They would just think that He Wenlin didn't want to pay them money, so she deliberately fabricated the facts.
He Wenlin continued, "When I opened the shop, you didn't trust me. If I give you the money, and then I want to expand and open branches, you might not support me. Where will I get the money then?"
"How could I not support you? Of course I will! Give me the money, and if you want to open a branch or something, I will definitely support you!" Mr. He said firmly.
“Dad, Grandma is coming soon. I’ll leave the money management to her,” He Wenlin said. “You can focus on learning your craft and try to open the branch as soon as possible.”
With the increasing number of factories, the number of migrant workers will gradually increase, making the boxed meal business very promising.
However, He Wenlin's father wasn't ready to become a skilled cook so quickly, so she was considering taking a break from school for a term before going back to her studies.
Without a local household registration, she can only go back to her hometown to attend high school, so she must buy a house and register her household within a year.
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The next day, He Wenlin and her father got up at 4:30 as usual, and arrived at the store before 5:00.
These past two days, we've been selling a lot of glutinous rice balls, and we don't have many crispy treats left at home. He Wenlin asked her father to prepare the dough first, so that they could start frying them after they've sold out of breakfast.
He Wenlin still cooked glutinous rice in five pots, two large and three small.
Then, while instructing Mr. He on how to knead the dough, she took stock of the family's existing inventory and made a purchase list.
I have a lot to buy today.
At 5:15, the dough was ready, covered with plastic wrap, and then the father and daughter rode their tricycle to the farmers' market.
Last night, He Wenlin used two hundred eggs just to deliver late-night snacks to two factories. She also had to make fried noodles and fried eggs, so she bought another carton of eggs today.
In He Wenlin's hometown, people usually stir-fry rice noodles with water spinach or bean sprouts. However, water spinach changes color very quickly after being stir-fried and is only suitable for eating immediately after being stir-fried. Therefore, He Wenlin has to buy a lot of bean sprouts every day to stir-fry rice noodles.
But today He Wenlin decided to change things up, so she bought fifteen catties of cabbage and five catties of water spinach.
Then she bought thirty preserved eggs; she was going to make a dish of pounded chili and preserved eggs for lunch today.
However, many people don't eat preserved eggs, so she doesn't buy many and doesn't put preserved eggs and chili in every boxed meal.
She also bought 25 kilograms of broccoli, which is considered one of the more expensive vegetables.
She also bought 30 jin of kelp to make cold kelp salad, which is one of He Wenlin's specialties.
He Wenlin also bought 25 catties of oyster mushrooms, 20 catties of celery, 10 catties of potatoes, 10 catties of eggplant, 5 catties each of scallions, ginger and garlic, and 20 catties of chili peppers.
He Wenlin spent 175 yuan on just these dishes.
He Wenlin also spent 100 yuan to buy condiments such as soy sauce, vinegar, and chili powder.
After buying their items, the father and daughter returned to the store together.
Lin Fei had already gotten up and was peeling potatoes.
With the increased sales of glutinous rice, He Wenlin also consumes a lot of potatoes every day. In the past, she would stir-fry some hot and sour shredded potatoes for lunch, but now that she sells glutinous rice, she rarely stir-fries hot and sour shredded potatoes anymore. She can't possibly feed her customers potatoes for every meal of the day.
While He Wenlin was busy at work, He Xing had already gotten up to go grocery shopping.
Seeing He Wenlin and the other two busy at work early in the morning, He Xing was very envious.
The fact that three people are needed to work so early in the morning means business is good. But when will my business be half as good as He Wenlin's?
Watching Lin Fei's busy figure, He Xing suddenly had an idea...
He Ma was busy until 1 a.m. before she got off work. He Wenlin had told her not to come to the store to help in the morning and to sleep in, but He Ma still came to the store at 6:50 a.m.
"Mom, didn't I tell you to sleep a little longer?"
"I'm not sleepy, I can stay awake."
The thought of how much money the store could make made made He Ma able to get up no matter how hard or tiring it was.
Despite this rebellious daughter's distrust of her and unwillingness to hand over control of the finances.
After a tense and busy period of several tens of minutes, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thirteen sticky rice balls remained unsold. Everyone ate one, and He Wenlin gave one to Mr. Liu, the butcher. Mr. Liu felt bad, as he couldn't keep coming to eat for free, so he simply bought two more.
"Boss He, do you take on apprentices?" Boss Liu suddenly asked.
"What do you mean, Mr. Liu? Do you want to learn it?"
"I can't make this," said Boss Liu. "I think you could sell your glutinous rice balls at a stall outside a school. Do you take on apprentices?"
"No!" Before He Wenlin could even speak, He's father immediately refused.
“I can pay for it.”
"How much money can you offer?" Mr. He asked.
"five hundred."
He Wenlin said, “Boss Liu, you’ve seen my business. I sell one or two hundred copies every day. Five hundred yuan for tuition is definitely not enough, but we’re old acquaintances. I definitely wouldn’t teach anyone else for less than two thousand yuan. For someone you introduced, I’ll only charge 1688 yuan for tuition.”
"That still can't be taught!" He's father became anxious upon hearing this and emphasized again, "You can't teach it!"
Did you teach others to steal your business?
He Wenlin understood what her father meant; he was simply afraid of teaching his apprentices something.
Mr. Liu understood Mr. He's thoughts and said frankly, "Mr. He, please rest assured, we will learn it and will definitely not compete with you for business. We will never do business in the same place as you. Right now, no one sells glutinous rice balls on the market. We have learned it and there are plenty of places where we can set up a stall. We can sell them everywhere, such as the College of Arts and Sciences and Xijiang Village. Mr. He, you don't need to worry about this."
"Mr. Liu, my dad and I will discuss this further. You can also go back and consider the price I mentioned."
"Alright, you two discuss it. I'll be going now."
Boss Liu has been working with He Wenlin for so long, and he knows that He Wenlin is actually in charge of the store. He doesn't dare to treat He Wenlin like a child.
After all, what child is that clever?
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