These street vendors have basically solved the problem of customers eating, but their stalls are too messy, and they even set up their stalls at the entrance of the wholesale market.
Deputy Manager Fang Lin immediately dispatched security guards to guide the food vendors and get them to gather together to set up their stalls.
Su Wei also came that day, and seeing this situation, she had the idea of opening a restaurant to sell food.
Her new house is not far from the wholesale market, and it's also close to the bus and train stations, making it a good place to eat.
Su Wei carried her child into the tricycle factory, went to the workshop to find her husband, Chen Hong, who asked, "Why are you here?"
Su Wei said, "I came from the wholesale market. The two markets have a huge flow of customers today, and it's expected to continue to do so. I'm thinking of opening a restaurant downstairs from my apartment. Could you help me find some funding?"
Chen Hong said, "It's really hard to say about funding. If I ask Dong Qing, he'll lend us 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, but the company is in financial trouble right now, so I can't ask him for money. How about this, we have over 20,000 yuan in savings. I'll go home this afternoon and ask my parents for some. That should be enough to open a restaurant."
Su Wei asked, "What kind of food will we sell at our restaurant?"
Chen Hong said, "There was a couple who worked at the factory; they used to run a beef noodle business, but I don't know why they stopped."
Su Wei said, "Take me to meet them."
Chen Hong said okay and led his wife into the paint spraying workshop.
A couple, around 35 years old, were spray-painting here. Chen Hong walked over to them and said, "Master Wang, please put down what you're doing."
After hearing this, Master Wang turned off the compressor and asked, "Director Chen, is there something wrong?"
Chen Hong asked, "I heard you used to sell beef noodles, why did you stop?"
Master Wang said, "Don't laugh at me, but I didn't have a master chef, so my cooking wasn't good enough. Later, business failed, and I had to go out of business."
Chen Hong and his wife were greatly disappointed. Selling food is all about the taste, and if Master Wang said that he couldn't cook, he could only make something haphazardly. He only knew how to make noodles, but he didn't know how to make them taste good.
Chen Hong glanced at his wife, Su Wei, who shook her head. He said, "It's nothing, I was just asking. You two go ahead with your work."
As the couple walked out of the workshop, Chen Hong said, "They can't cook. If they're going to sell food, they must hire a good chef. I've been to Li Yuzhu's hometown a few times; their he luo noodles are pretty good. Why don't you go ask her if she can help?"
Su Wei said, "You go ahead and do your thing, I'll go ask."
Chen Hong said, "Wait a minute, let me ask her where she is."
Today is the first day of business for both wholesale markets, and Li Yuzhu can't possibly be sitting at home. I wonder where he is and how he'll find her.
Chen Hong dialed Li Yuzhu's number and said after hanging up, "Go ahead, have dinner at her parents' house. I'll invite you over for dinner too."
Su Wei entered Li Yuzhu's family villa. Li Yuzhu's family was having dinner. Seeing Su Wei come in, she said, "Sister-in-law, you're here. Haven't eaten yet? Sit down and eat with us."
Su Wei wasn't one to be delicate, so she nodded and said, "I really haven't eaten."
Li Yuzhu went to the kitchen and got her a bowl of rice. Su Wei sat down with the child in her arms and picked up her chopsticks to eat.
After dinner, Su Wei asked Li Yuzhu about the he luo noodles in her hometown. Li Yuzhu replied, "Why are you asking about this? If I'm not mistaken, are you thinking of starting a food business?"
Su Wei said, "Don't you think the first floor of my parents' house would be a great place to sell food?"
"Yes, sister-in-law, you have a good eye. In the future, customers will pass by your house on their way to the train station and bus station, and your house isn't far from either of the two wholesale markets. Your house is indeed a great place to sell food."
Li Yuzhu paused for a moment and said, "At the same time, you reminded me of something. How come I didn't think of that? My storefront shouldn't be limited to selling porcelain; we should set aside a few rooms to sell food."
Su Wei said, "You guessed right this time, I really do want to open a restaurant. If you want to do it, let's do it together."
Li Yuzhu said, "The he luo noodles in my hometown are not good. The he luo noodles there were also passed down from Yingcheng. To put it bluntly, they are not authentic. They are not in the same league as the he luo noodles in Yingcheng."
My aunt is from Yingcheng. My third uncle married into her family. He runs a noodle business, and his skills were passed down to him by his father-in-law.
Today won't work. We'll go to my third uncle's shop tomorrow and see if it works out. If so, our two families can both do this business, and we can open a joint venture store in my dad's shop.
Su Wei said, "Thank you so much."
Li Yuzhu said, "Don't mention it. I wouldn't have even thought about doing this business if you hadn't come to me. Besides, we're good friends, so I should help you in every way. I'll drive to your house to pick you up after breakfast tomorrow."
Li Yuzhu was telling the truth; she had long considered Su Wei her best friend.
Su Wei talked at home for a while, then took her child and went back to her parents' home.
Su Wei walked to the podium at the wholesale market, and to her surprise, the person receiving the award was her younger sister, Su Ying.
My sister Su Ying won a color TV! Is she really that lucky? Could she be a plant hired by Dong Qing? If so, she'll really look down on Dong Qing.
Su Wei called her younger sister down from the stage and asked, "Tell me the truth, did you really win this prize yourself?"
Su Ying said, "Sister, there's no need to say anything more. You suspect I'm a shill hired by Dong Qing, right? Let me tell you, you can insult me, but you can't insult Dong Qing's character. I don't want this TV anymore, I'll just re-enter the lottery, okay?"
Su Ying returned to the podium and said, "I live right here, and my sister has a very good relationship with the owner of the wholesale department store. I believe people who know me will suspect that I'm a shill hired by the owner. To prove our innocence, I don't want this TV anymore; I'll draw a new prize."
Those in the audience who knew Su Ying did indeed have this thought. Given her sister's relationship with Dong Qing and his wife, no one would think highly of her. After all, there weren't many color TVs available. Was she really that lucky?
Su Ying's words were met with applause; only in this way could she and Dong Qing be cleared of their innocence.
The staff member said, "I can now tell everyone that there was absolutely no trickery involved in this lottery, and I recommend that the prizes be valid."
Dong Qing suddenly went on stage and said, "It's invalid. If someone else had drawn the grand prize, it would have been valid. But since she drew the grand prize, it's not valid. We'll draw again."
Dong Qing could give her a color TV, but he can't let her take the prize like this. His relationship with Chen Hong and Su Wei is definitely ambiguous.
The staff resealed the ticket Su Ying had drawn and put it back in the lottery box. Dong Qing said, "Little sister, draw the lottery again. If you don't win, I'll buy you a color TV myself today."
Su Ying picked up the raffle box and said, "I'll shake the raffle box up and down now, and the tickets that pop out are mine."
This kind of lottery draw is unprecedented and will never be repeated. Even if a grand prize is won, no one would dare accuse it of being rigged.
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