After buying the meat, Hua Kai handed all the money in her pocket to Hua Wanhe: "Dad, keep the money. I'm afraid I'll lose it in my haste."
Hua Wanhe laughed: "If you're so impulsive, then who's careful? You're such a sensible child. Okay, here you go. What would you like to eat? Let's go buy some more."
Hua Kai said, "Dad, we still need to buy some seasonings. We can buy me more delicious food later when we earn more money. There's no rush this time."
After saying that, she led her parents straight to the spice stall and bought the spices they needed.
While the flowers were blooming and no one was paying attention, Hua Wanhe bought five brown sugar sesame cakes from a nearby stall. He gave one to each of the three children and the remaining two to the children of his relatives who were leaving their bicycles at the stall.
After buying the bicycles, Hua Kai went with her parents to a relative's house to pick them up. After saying goodbye, she went home.
On the way, Hua Kai didn't say much, telling her father to focus on riding his bike. There were quite a few cars on the road at this time, so she didn't want him to get excited and stop watching the road. Safety was the most important thing, and they could talk about it in detail when they got home.
Once home and inside, Hua Wanhe was a little excited. He took out his money and counted the remaining cash: "It's all really sold! I really didn't expect it to sell so well. It's all sold already?"
Gu Lanyan was also excited: "I thought there would be some left, but this is still not enough to sell."
Hua Kai smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, we underestimated the purchasing power of people at the market. Think about it, if our small business can make this much money, those who set up stalls must be making just as much. They work so hard to earn money, and no one can go without food, right?"
Hua Wanjiang nodded: "That's true, but are you really still going to make smoked meat pancakes?"
Hua Kai said with certainty, "Yes, Dad, that lady is right. They work hard, going out early and returning late to buy and sell goods. It's cold in winter and hot in summer, so eating some meat helps them replenish their energy and nutrition. I'll finalize the recipe and proportions first, and then after a couple of market days, once we're familiar with the environment, we'll start selling smoked meat pancakes."
Gu Lanyan was still a little worried: "If we sell smoked meat pancakes, will the rolled pancakes not sell?"
Hua Kai also considered this: "Mom, the market demand is limited. Some people earn less, so they will eat less. From now on, we will make forty smoked meat pancakes and sixty rolled pancakes at each market. We would rather not have enough to sell than have leftovers."
She had initially planned to sell from morning until noon to sell more, but after careful consideration, she realized that she needed to ensure the taste and quality, and that one shouldn't be too greedy.
Selling a hundred is relatively easy, since conditions have improved by now. Not only are the vendors buying, but people who come to the market to buy things will also buy some food for their children.
Gu Lanyan understood what Hua Kai meant and said, "There are only a limited number of people who want to buy them. If we make too many, they will easily be leftovers, and they won't taste good after a long time. So we'll make a fixed number."
Hua Kai nodded: "Mom is smart, that's exactly what I meant."
After saying that, she picked up a pen and paper from the counter and began to do the math: "Smoked meat pancakes sell for 80 cents each, so you can make half, 40 cents, on each one. Forty smoked meat pancakes can earn you 16 yuan. If you make 60 rolled pancakes, you can earn 15 yuan. That's 31 yuan in total. If you go to the market 12 days a month and take away the losses, you can make at least 350 yuan a month."
Today, Huakai did some research on commodity prices again. Looking at the price of meat and recalling some news from this era, the average worker's salary should be around 300 yuan a month. So, 350 yuan is satisfactory for now.
Furthermore, the market isn't held every day, so you don't have to get up early or work late, which is flexible and doesn't interfere with doing housework.
If I make some more long-lasting pastries in the future, I can earn an extra ten or eight yuan per market day, which adds up to an extra hundred yuan a month.
After listening to Hua Kai finish calculating the accounts, Hua Wanjiang and Gu Lanyan were both dumbfounded.
Hua Kai thought her parents hadn't quite understood and that she needed to explain it again.
Hua Wanjiang quickly waved his hand and said, "I've calculated it. Yes, yes, it's too much money. I can hardly believe it."
Gu Lanyan counted on her fingers several times before saying, "Yes, that's true, but how come it's so much? She only sets up her stall for twelve days a month, yet she earns more than someone who works a full month? This is too unbelievable!"
Hua Kai laughed after hearing her parents' words: "Mom and Dad, we're just running a small business. That lady who sells clothes can earn five or six yuan for a cotton coat and two or three yuan for a pair of jeans. Add in shirts and sweaters, and you can earn seventy or eighty yuan for a whole batch. If you do well, you can earn over a thousand a month."
When Hua Wanjiang and Gu Lanyan heard that they could earn over a thousand yuan a month, they couldn't believe it, but they knew it was true, since their family could earn that much just by selling pancakes.
The couple looked at each other and began to sigh.
“Yan’er, if it weren’t for our family’s Kai Kai, how would we know that it’s so easy to make money outside? We would only know how to dig up some medicinal herbs to sell for money. I would think it’s God’s help to us,” Hua Wanjiang said to his wife.
Gu Lanyan shared the same sentiment as her husband: "That's right, we just never expected it. Who would have thought that going to the market could make so much money? Couldn't we become a family with ten thousand yuan a year?"
“That’s right. The most money our family has ever saved is only a thousand. Who would have thought that others could earn that much in a month?” Hua Wanjiang said.
“Yes, that’s why we have to let the children study. Otherwise, where would we find the time to think about these things?” In Gu Lanyan’s eyes, her children’s education is her greatest hope.
Hua Wanjiang said, "Sigh, it really hurts to talk about Kaikai going to school. He was supposed to pass the exam, but it was delayed for a year. In a few days, we'll send him to the village to repeat his studies. We'll make sure he goes to high school next year no matter what."
Hua Kai had already made up her mind about this. She didn't want to waste a year, so it would be best to go to the city as soon as possible and talk to her high school teacher so that she could continue attending high school.
She said to Hua Wanjiang, "Dad, I plan to go to the high school in the next few days to talk to the teachers and see if I can continue to study in the first year of high school this year."
Hua Wanjiang nodded: "Okay, then Dad will go with you, and we'll plead with the teacher properly."
Hua Kai wanted to go by herself, since she might be able to take some shortcuts in a special way, and it would be inconvenient to bring her father along.
So she said, "Dad, I can go by myself. Don't worry. I know what to say. I was first in the township and eighteenth in the city when I got into high school. I believe that with these grades, the teachers will pay a little more attention to me."
Hua Wanjiang thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. Sending more people might not be effective, and I can't really give you any good advice." He then sighed and added, "Our family can't find anyone with any real ability to help us."
Hua Kai comforted Hua Wanjiang, saying, "Dad, my grades are what they are, I don't need to beg anyone. Besides, even if I really can't do it, at worst I can repeat a year. Then I can get the top score in the city and go to high school, wouldn't that be even more prestigious?"
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