When He Wenlin and Lin Fei returned to the store, it was already 9:30.
The four of them have already completed the preparations.
The chicken drumsticks have been washed twice and are now placed in a basin, waiting for He Wenlin to come back and process them.
"How's it going? Did you receive any bookings this morning?" This was He Wenlin's biggest concern.
"Sister, I've received sixteen orders: ten boxed meals and six fried noodles." After saying this, the younger brother handed the money to He Wenlin.
He Wenlin counted it; it was thirty-seven yuan in total, and the bill was correct.
He Shan also handed He Wenlin a wad of bills: "I received fifty-six orders this morning, including thirty orders of fried noodles and twenty-six orders of boxed lunches, totaling 117.8. Count them. Oh, and I was worried you wouldn't have enough noodles, so I made another pot."
He Wenlin counted the orders and was shocked when she heard the number. It seemed that more and more people were becoming aware of her fast food restaurant.
“Several people asked me today why I don’t sell breakfast in the morning. Linlin, I think we could sell fried noodles in the morning too,” He Shan said.
He Wenlin had certainly considered selling fried rice and fried noodles in the morning, but she didn't have a refrigerator at home, and with the weather so hot, she couldn't prepare the food in advance. If she could get a freezer sorted out by noon today, she could start operating in the morning.
"Lin Fei, would you like to learn how to stir-fry rice noodles?" He Wenlin asked.
She's the only chef, and working from morning till night is too tiring. We need to train a second chef.
Lin Fei is undoubtedly the best candidate.
"Are you really willing to teach?" Lin Fei asked, looking shocked.
"I'll give you a five-cent commission for every serving of fried rice and fried noodles you make."
Lin Fei was even more shocked. He never expected that He Wenlin would not only not charge him tuition, but also give him a salary and commission!
At this time of year, families are trying to arrange for children who haven't gone to high school or university to learn a skill, and it's not free; tuition fees are required.
But now He Wenlin not only teaches for free, but also gives her a commission!
"Linlin, don't worry, I will definitely study hard!"
“You’ll be setting up your stall at noon and in the afternoon, mainly cooking in the morning and evening. In the morning, you’ll have to get up at 5:30. I’ll give you an extra two yuan to your base salary. Is that okay?”
"Okay, I'm fine with it!"
"OK! It's settled then. We can start announcing today that our shop will be serving fried noodles starting tomorrow!"
He Wenlin also found a piece of cardboard and wrote: Starting tomorrow, July 12th, our shop will be serving breakfast. Welcome new and old customers. Wishing all our customers prosperity!
Then He Shan was asked to hang the sign at the door.
Lin Fei, He Shan, and He Qian, along with the two younger children, began setting up the tent they had bought.
He Wenlin began processing the chicken wings.
Today's boxed lunch A is: braised chicken wings, stir-fried carrots with pork, and stir-fried bean sprouts.
Boxed lunch B consists of stir-fried eggs with chili peppers, stir-fried pork with carrots, and stir-fried bean sprouts.
Considering the large number of pre-orders, at least sixty servings need to be prepared for the stall. He Wenlin was worried that there wouldn't be enough food, so she decided to add a dish of stir-fried eggs with chili peppers.
"More and more people are ordering food now, so take less out today, I'm afraid we won't be able to sell it. Take about sixty servings."
After saying that, He Wenlin started working.
He Wenlin only had two pressure cookers at home, so she borrowed one from He Qian's family. That made sure there was one pressure cooker per stove.
Then put the blanched chicken drumsticks into three pressure cookers, add water and various braising spices, and start braising.
He Wenlin counted the 10 jin (5 kg) of chicken wings; there were 87 in total, enough for three pots.
Using a pressure cooker will make the chicken wings cook faster.
At 10:20, He Wenlin turned off the stove, took the three pressure cookers down and placed them in the corner, and started cooking.
At 10:40, they started packing the rice.
At 11:10, we started packing the food.
Ten chicken wings were set aside for each person, and the rest were packed up, one for each boxed meal. A total of sixty boxed meals were prepared for Lin Fei and He Shan to set up their stalls: fifty for boxed meal A and ten for boxed meal B.
"Boss, I want five servings of fried noodles!" Lin Fei and He Shan had just left when a guy with an afro came in and ordered fried noodles.
"Okay, brother, please sit down next to me for a moment, I'll cook it for you right away."
He Wenlin quickly washed the pot and stir-fried some noodles for him.
Stir-fry two portions together, and five portions will only take a few minutes.
Stir-fried noodles don't taste good when they're cold, so He Wenlin always stir-fries them right on time.
After five portions were cooked, the factory workers gradually arrived. He Wenlin was like an emotionless machine, constantly cooking and cooking.
Many acquaintances also asked He Wenlin what breakfast she would be selling tomorrow.
"We'll have fried noodles and glutinous rice balls for breakfast tomorrow. You've definitely never had glutinous rice balls before. Tomorrow is our first day selling breakfast. Pay today to reserve your breakfast for tomorrow, and we'll give you a free boiled egg tomorrow morning!" He Wenlin shouted as she fried the noodles, sweating profusely.
"How much is breakfast?" a regular customer asked.
"Fried noodles and glutinous rice balls are both 1.5 yuan a serving. You won't regret it! This promotion only lasts for three days! During these three days, if you prepay for breakfast, I'll give you a free boiled egg! I highly recommend everyone try the glutinous rice balls!"
"What are glutinous rice balls? Are they just glutinous rice rolled into a ball?"
He Wenlin: "Of course it's not that simple! We need to add something, brother, order one to try."
"I'll order one," He Hui said, reaching for his wallet to place the order. "I want a sticky rice ball."
Immediately afterwards, other fellow villagers also took out their money to make reservations.
Since we're going to buy breakfast anyway, it doesn't matter where we eat. He Wenlin's boxed lunch with fried noodles is delicious, so her glutinous rice balls can't be much worse, not to mention they come with an egg.
An egg costs three or four cents, so why not take it?
That's what everyone thinks.
Goodness, He Qian's hands were sore from writing so many order receipts.
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