He Xing's face was extremely pale. He returned to his single dormitory room, only to find that neither his wife nor his children were home.
He Xing walked to He Qian's dormitory and called out, "Qianqian, Qianqian, get up."
He Qian then got up, still half asleep: "Dad, what's wrong?"
"Shanshan is soliciting customers, and you're still sleeping. Where do you get so much sleep?" He Xing was annoyed and spoke rudely.
His daughter had worked with He Shan and He Wenlin for so long, and he thought she would definitely get a lot of orders. But to his surprise, He Wenlin took the initiative and snatched all the orders, while his daughter was still in bed.
He Xing was furious.
"Hurry up and wash all the vegetables," He Xing said.
After He Xing finished speaking, he couldn't help but sneak a glance at He Wenlin. It was only seven o'clock, but there was already a queue under the sunshade in front of He Wenlin's shop. He Xing felt both jealous and envious.
He Shan had already returned to the store and quietly told He Wenlin about He Xing's unpleasant expression earlier.
He Wenlin said seriously, "He will definitely go to the Bosi Garment Factory to get orders after 7:30."
"Then I'll go and try to get orders too!"
“Okay, I’ll go with you to get orders. I’ll give you 1% commission on every order you get.”
Hearing that there would be a commission, He Shan became even more motivated.
"Let's focus on the immediate problem first, we can deal with the rest later." There's already a long queue under the sunshade, so we need to take care of the immediate issue first.
These guests are mostly individual travelers, not those who paid and made reservations in advance yesterday!
And almost all of them came for the sticky rice!
To reduce the waiting time for customers, Mr. He had no choice but to sell the eighteen portions of glutinous rice balls that He Wenlin had prepared.
He Wenlin didn't have enough time to make the glutinous rice balls by herself, because the customers who had made reservations yesterday would be arriving soon. So, He Wenlin had to call Lin Fei over to help make the glutinous rice balls.
By 7:15, there were indeed more people, as people came to pick up their food.
Xiao Jun and He's father collect money and are responsible for serving meals, while He's mother and He Shan are responsible for taking reservations and introducing the promotion where customers who spend over four yuan receive a free popsicle at noon.
Popsicles aren't expensive, they only cost 50 cents, but if you don't take advantage of a good deal, you'll be missing out.
So when this event was announced, everyone was still willing to book both lunch and dinner at once.
He Ma and He Shan were so numb from writing receipts.
When Mr. Liu came to deliver the meat, he was startled by the scene.
He knew He Wenlin's business was good, but he didn't expect it to be this good.
"Boss He."
"Mr. Liu, could you please put the meat in the freezer and the pig's blood in the refrigerator? I don't have time to pay you right now. Would you like to sit down for a while?" Everyone was busy and couldn't spare a hand.
Mr. Liu waved his hand: "It's alright, you go ahead and do your work. There's no rush for the money; you can pay me all at once tomorrow."
Mr. Liu then noticed that everyone was queuing up for rice balls. Were these rice balls really that delicious?
"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Liu. Please send over fifteen catties of meat tomorrow as well. I'll pay you back tomorrow too."
"OK."
Only then did Boss Liu leave, turning back every few steps.
"Sorry, we don't have much sticky rice left. You don't need to queue up. You can come over here for fried rice and fried noodles."
After He Wenlin finished speaking loudly, Lin Fei chimed in: "If you want fried noodles or fried rice, come to me. It's only 1.5 yuan a serving, big portions and delicious!"
A customer: "It's gone so quickly?"
Why didn't you prepare more?
"Yes, I heard it was delicious, so I came here specifically to buy it."
He Wenlin gave a professional smile: "Because the glutinous rice balls only started selling yesterday, the sales volume is not accurately estimated. I apologize to everyone. If you like to eat them, you can pre-order. Many of our customers have pre-ordered and paid in advance. If you pre-order now, you can also get a free hard-boiled egg tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day of the promotion."
He Shan then added, "If you book in advance, you won't have to wait."
"If I buy it, how do I pick it up? Do I need to give my name?"
“We will write a receipt with the date, whether it’s lunch or dinner, and the name of the item. If you ordered glutinous rice balls, we will write glutinous rice balls; if you ordered a boxed meal, we will write boxed meal. Our customers pay in advance to reserve their meals and pick them up with the receipt. And right now, if you spend more than four yuan, we’ll give you a free popsicle at noon today,” He Shan explained.
He Wenlin added, "However, the glutinous rice balls for breakfast are not included in this promotion. The glutinous rice balls will be served with boiled eggs tomorrow, so they won't be included in the popsicle giveaway. Many of our customers have ordered both lunch and dinner at the same time. We won't lie to you. Shanshan, show the receipts to a few customers. Our shop is small, but we operate with integrity."
He Shan placed the receipt book in front of several customers and showed it to them: "It's a great deal to pay and reserve now. Since you're going to eat anyway, you should definitely go for whatever tastes good and is the most cost-effective."
"If I buy fried noodles now and order a boxed lunch for lunch, it will cost more than four yuan in total. Can you deliver an ice pop?"
"You didn't order breakfast for today, so we can deliver it to you. If you ordered it yesterday, we can't deliver it."
"I didn't make a reservation yesterday, so I'll order a plate of fried noodles, a boxed lunch for lunch, and a sticky rice ball for tomorrow morning."
"I want stir-fried rice noodles now, a boxed lunch for lunch, and a sticky rice ball for tomorrow morning."
"Then I'll order too..."
He Shan and her mother received the money, gave change, and wrote receipts.
Lin Fei quickly stir-fried the noodles.
I was busy until 7:28 before I stopped.
At this time, everyone has gone to work, except for a few people who are not punctual and are still dawdling in the store.
Mr. and Mrs. He washed their hands and hurried to the factory.
He Wenlin was hot and thirsty. She gulped down a large glass of water and then washed her face before she felt alive again.
This is fucking exhausting!
Money is hard to earn, and life is tough.
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