Chapter 269 Business is booming
Ye Qian immediately refused: "No, we are going to sell braised food soon, we don't have time. If you really want to eat it, just eat the one made with hot water. It tastes pretty good too." As soon as Ye Qian finished speaking, Chen Yuan immediately ran over to find the double skin milk made with water that Ye Qian mentioned, and asked Ye Qian to teach her how to make it. By the way, Ye Qian handed the matter over to her: "I will leave this matter to you from now on. It's a good opportunity to learn it. The same goes for the jelly next door." After that, she turned around and went back to the front hall, leaving Chen Yuan with a confused look on her face.
When Chen Yuan was about to realize whether it was okay for her to eat secretly, Ye Qian turned around and reminded him: "These things can be seen if you take a bite." Then she left again with a blank expression.
Chen Yuan stood there, almost bursting into tears, and complained to the outside world: "Too much, too much."
The preparations were already done. Everyone followed suit and took some meat to the small stove in front to marinate. Ye Qian looked at her watch. It was getting late. Just as she was wondering why the ordered goods hadn't arrived yet, the goods arrived. A man was carrying a shoulder pole with two baskets, not very big. After putting the things down, he said, "This is the meat you ordered."
Ye Qian hurried over and said, "Yes, I was wondering why you came here before this time. Please help put the things here." Ye Qian had already placed two large basins in the corner. The eldest brother picked the meat and put it in the basins, saying, "It took me a long time to look for it this first time. If you think it's too late, I'll come earlier tomorrow."
Ye Qian nodded, "Okay, big brother, how much is it?"
The eldest brother searched his purse and took out a receipt. Ye Qian took the receipt, glanced at the pork costing 68.7 yuan, and quickly paid the money. She said to the kitchen, "Auntie Wang, pack some of our braised meat for the eldest brother so he can take it home with his wine."
Aunt Wang responded immediately, "Yes, right away." After that, she picked up some with a pair of tongs, put some of them into the wrapping paper, and packed them up.
The eldest brother quickly refused, "No, no, you are in business, how can you make money if you give it to me like this?"
"It's okay, big brother, you try it. If it's delicious, just come and patronize us next time. It's the first day of our opening, we can't refuse you." After saying that, Ye Qian took the braised meat from Aunt Wang's hand and stuffed it into big brother's arms.
The eldest brother couldn't refuse. He had been salivating at the aroma, so he took it and said, "Thank you, sister. It's delicious. I will definitely come over to patronize you."
Ye Qian smiled and nodded, "Goodbye, big brother."
After sending the eldest brother out, there were already several people standing at the door with bowls in their hands. Chen Yuan was still asking the eldest brother to line up at the door. Ye Qian hurried into the kitchen and said to Shen Feng, "You go outside and pack up the food and collect the money for Aunt Wang. We'll do it here." After that, she asked Wang Qiong to push the person out without waiting for Shen Feng to refuse.
Then, small pots of meat and vegetables were served. Although they smelled delicious, no one knew how good they were without trying them, so they didn't dare to buy too much. Ye Qian simply cut out a plate of ham sausage and let people pick out some with toothpicks. Most of them were quite picky and would be put down once they got bad, but there were still many who took advantage of the small price! One piece after another of the cheap ones were sold, and Ye Qian didn't get angry. She only let people try them on the first day of opening, and there would be no more tomorrow.
After tasting the food, everyone nodded and said it was delicious. Everyone bought a set meal, which was also what Ye Qian had just thought of. The family feast with a little bit of each braised dish was 1.7 yuan per portion, the one with more meat was 2.5 yuan per portion, and the all-vegetarian feast was 1 yuan per portion. Each portion came with a braised egg. Although a plate of eggs was not expensive, one braised egg outside would cost 30 cents, so this set meal was very cost-effective.
Some people don't like to eat set meals, they can buy them separately. The price of each variety is different. Vegetarian food is 50 cents per pound, and meat is 1 yuan per pound. Compared with the prices in previous years, this price is simply too expensive. But the prices have risen a bit in the past two years, and this price is relatively fair. Besides, you don't eat it every day, so it's okay for a family to eat it occasionally.
Most of the people queuing today chose the 1.7 Family Portrait. They had never tried any of the flavors and wanted to try them all. The name was auspicious and festive, so it was naturally the first choice. Ye Qian also specifically instructed that if you brought a bowl, she would give you a spoonful or two of the marinade and take it home to mix with rice. It was so delicious.
Ye Qian also taught how to eat it. You can just eat the braised sauce with rice. Chop the meat into minced meat, add the braised sauce, some homemade pickles and blanch a handful of green vegetables. It tastes very good. She asked everyone to go back and try it. Everyone's saliva was flowing when they heard Ye Qian say it. After buying it, they ran home with the bowls in their arms, wanting to try the braised sauce rice that Ye Qian mentioned as soon as possible to see what it tasted like.
With the first group of people queuing up, there was no need to worry about the second group. Some colleagues who had just got off work couldn't help but walk over and sniffed hard when they saw it on the roadside. They quickened their pace and asked their family members to come over and buy some to take home and try.
Aunt Wang had been working non-stop since almost 5 o'clock. Ye Qian asked Aunt Wang to take a break, but Aunt Wang refused and pushed, "This kitchen work is not for you little girls. I'm not tired, I'll do it."
Seeing that Aunt Wang was indeed in good spirits, and Chen Feng was also becoming more and more energetic, Ye Qian stopped arguing with her. Naturally, she was not idle either, and went to the kitchen at the back to quickly scoop out food from the pots.
The braised food store was doing a brisk business, but the clothing store was much bleak. Not a single piece of clothing was sold that evening, and Aunt Zhang was getting a little tired of sitting there. She kept asking, "Let me help out over there. This store is too busy."
Fu Shan didn't know what to do, "Why don't I go ask Sister Qian."
"Ask me! What are you doing? Aunt Zhang is here. What should we do with the store over there? We have to keep it running. It doesn't matter if there's no one. Everyone is waiting for promotions before buying. So tell me, is there anyone looking at it?" Ye Qian asked. Fu Shan nodded quickly: "Yes, but they are just looking."
"That's no problem. We're starting the promotion on Friday, so there will definitely be people who come to see it in advance. Take a look at our warehouse to see if we have enough goods and whether we should order more."
Fu Shan thought for a moment and said, "I think the goods are okay, but I could buy some more and put them away, but there's no place to store them."
"Then just pile them outside and put new ones in right after they're sold." Ye Qian asked, "What do you think? If it's okay, we can go buy some more clothes in the next two days." Fu Shan thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I think we should stock up."
"Well, you decide."
Fu Shan returned to the opposite side and asked Aunt Zhang to calm down first. Good business was yet to come and it was still early. She should first get familiar with the place, do business, and clean up the store. After saying this, Aunt Zhang finally felt relieved. She was worried that if the business was bad and the store closed, she would have no place to work.
(End of this chapter)
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