172, Chuanchuan Hotpot
172, Chuanchuan Hotpot
It took two days to open a new stall selling skewers and hotpot opposite their braised food stall.
His mother was busy with the braised food stall and had no time to take care of the new stall, so Lu Mingfei led the team to set up the new stall. As a young master with more than ten years of experience in stall management, his strength was not in vain. Back then, his father's small stall relied on him to sell things.
However, let’s not talk about the past anymore and turn our attention back to their new stall.
In fact, both Chuanchuan Xiangguo and selling Luwei are food businesses, and there are similarities between the two. The types of ingredients are also similar. Chuanchuan Xiangguo is a little more troublesome than selling Luwei, that is, Chuanchuan Xiangguo needs to cut and string the ingredients in advance, but Luwei can be braised in one pot, which saves a lot of trouble.
However, the customers of their braised food stall are mainly those who do manual labor, and the purpose is to fill their stomachs.
As for Chuan Chuan Xiang Guo, it tends to be more of a snack-type food.
Moreover, there is less meat at Chuan Chuan Xiang Guo, and most of the dishes are vegetarian. The prices are relatively cheap, which is more suitable for greedy children and girls. The target customer group is different.
They had just set up the stall. After Ruyi lit the firewood in the stove, she saw that their eldest young master had already picked up the wooden barrel and poured the soup in the barrel into the iron pot. She opened her mouth to say "Let me do it" but before she could say it, their eldest young master had already put the wooden barrel aside.
She opened her mouth, but the words asking her to come did not come out.
Seeing that the stall opposite was already full of customers eating, Ruyi was still a little worried, "Master, if we set up our stall here, will it steal the business from the stall opposite? Otherwise, we can set up a little further away."
"No, we don't sell meals here, and those grown men don't like to eat these snacks." After Lu Mingfei poured the soup into the pot, he grabbed a handful of ingredients and put them into the pot to cook.
He also asked a blacksmith to make this pot. It was a large iron pot with several small compartments inside, which could be used to cook different ingredients separately. There was a small stove at the bottom of the pot, which could burn wood or charcoal. In short, it was very convenient.
"But we sell noodles." Ruyi added.
"Our noodles are only two cents per portion, and there are only a few mouthfuls in a portion. They're fine as a snack, but not a proper meal. Don't worry about who's coming or who's leaving. The most important thing is to run this stall first." Lu Mingfei discussed with his mother and planned to sell houses to outsiders and teach people how to run a stall after they opened the first Chuan Chuan Xiang Guo store.
According to their original world, they recruited franchisees, selling the recipe to others while also teaching them how to run a small stall. However, there was one difference: he planned to sell the recipe all at once, just to make a quick buck.
If they could earn thirty to fifty taels of silver for each franchisee, then by recruiting ten franchisees, they could earn three to five hundred taels of silver in a short period of time! If they could recruit twenty franchisees, wouldn't it be a good idea to earn a thousand to eight hundred taels of silver?
This was also because their family had been spending a lot of money recently, and Lu Mingfei wanted to make some money for the family in a short period of time. If they had this money, they could open a workshop behind the house, rent a shop, or rent a new house with two entrances, and the pressure would be less.
However, their braised food stall did not do so because the braised food stall over there was their main source of income. If they made the recipe public, it would definitely have a great impact on the business of their braised food stall.
As for the Chuan Chuan Xiang Hot Pot, as their new stall, they don't have the manpower and energy to run a new one. Another reason is that Chuan Chuan Xiang Hot Pot is easy to imitate. Of course, the soup base and seasonings they use for Chuan Chuan Xiang Hot Pot are all specially made in-house, so it's not easy for others to replicate.
However, even if others cannot replicate their soup base, if someone wants to imitate their skewers, they can just make some soup to cook the skewers, or use plain water to cook the vegetables. I think many people can cook it.
As for whether anyone is willing to pay to buy the house and business philosophy from them, that depends on the franchisee's vision. If they can run this new stall and use it as a signboard, it will be easier to attract investors later.
Imperial College only began accepting new students in early August, so they had to wait until the beginning of next month to register. If his application was approved by then, he would begin studying at the Imperial College after the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, he had more than a month before that, which was perfect for him to use to focus on the new business.
Before becoming a student of the Imperial College, he wanted to help his family earn some money.
"Master, don't put so many things in the soup..." Ruyi was afraid that it would not taste good if it couldn't be sold out at once.
"Don't worry, these tofu balls and the like need to be cooked longer to absorb the flavor. Let's cook a little first to test the flavor. What if a customer passes by and sees us eating and wants to try some?" Their stall is new, and there aren't any customers yet. However, Lu Mingfei is confident in their food. Once the aroma from this pot spreads, he believes customers will soon be drawn to it.
It was still early at this moment, the city gate had just opened, and the vendors from outside the city were coming in one after another. There were not many stalls set up on the street.
This is also a big advantage of living in the city. They can quickly occupy a good location here and set up their new stalls before the city gates open and the vendors from outside the city arrive.
One of the main reasons their braised food stall has been able to operate in that location for so many years is that their mother comes early every day. Before any other vendors set up their stalls on the street, their stall is already there to sell their wares. So if anyone wants to take over their stall, they have to at least arrive earlier than them.
But if someone really competes with their family for the stall over there, his adoptive father and mother will help him. His adoptive father gets up at three in the morning every day to knead dough and make pancakes, and he can help their family occupy a stall next to it by just putting a few tables outside.
Of course, it would be best if no one comes to compete with them for the stall.
Looking at their family's braised food stall across the street and then at the shops that were already open for business on this street, Lu Mingfei was still thinking that if their family could have a store on this street, his mother wouldn't have to come here so early every day to reserve a spot.
From where they live to here, it is not far, but not close either. You still have to walk a few steps. It is okay when the weather is sunny, but if it is windy, rainy or snowy, it will not be easy to walk all the way.
Besides, setting up a stall on the roadside is definitely not as good as having your own store.
After thinking about this matter in my mind, the issue of moving to a new house for their family seemed less urgent.
Forget it, I'll discuss this matter with his father and mother later.
This morning, his father and his adoptive father left the city. There were many things going on outside the city, so they couldn't stay in the city all the time. If they could train two capable individuals from each family, they could hand over the affairs outside the city to trustworthy people.
Lu Mingfei couldn't help but think of Zhang Qi. The boy was diligent and willing to learn, and was a good worker. However, Zhang Qi was still young. It would probably take a few more years before he could be independent.
He has asked Zhao Lang to help look for Zhang Qi's father, but unfortunately there has been no news from Zhao Lang yet.
No news at this time is the best news, he thought.
Lu Mingfei saw Ruyi had finished rolling out the noodles, and he casually said, "Cook me one or two noodles."
"Okay, let me see if the water in this pot is boiling." Ruyi opened the lid of another earthenware jar and saw that the water inside was steaming, so she threw the rolled noodles in.
Not long after, Lu Mingfei filled a bamboo tube with noodles, some tofu, and meatballs, and started eating in front of the stall. While eating, he shouted, "Fragrant pot skewers, don't miss it if you pass by."
As the thick soup in the pot is grilled, the aroma spreads out immediately, and people around and passers-by can smell the fragrance.
Now that Lu Mingfei is a little older, he's too embarrassed to call the girls he meets "sister" when he sees them. So when someone looks at him, he still smiles and asks, "Would you like to try our hot pot skewers? We sell one for a penny, or two for a penny, and we have both meat and vegetables."
"What are you selling here? It smells pretty good." The young woman who went out to sell vegetables in the morning was hungry. Suddenly she smelled a fragrance. She couldn't help but take a look and saw a young man smiling at her. She stopped uncontrollably.
Of course, she was not looking at the handsome young man, but at the small stall behind him.
There seemed to be a lot of bamboo sticks in the pot, but there seemed to be something cooking inside, and the smell was particularly fragrant.
"You can come and have a look. We have tofu meatballs, pig intestines, pig liver, pig lungs, lotus root slices, and various vegetables. The meat dishes such as tofu meatballs, pig intestines and pig liver are one cent a string, and the vegetables are two cents a string." Lu Mingfei took a meatball and handed it to the first customer who stopped to ask.
“It’s the first day our stall is open, you can try it first and buy if you like it.”
"We have free bamboo tubes here. You can fill them up and take them home to eat. If you collect ten bamboo tubes, you can bring them back and exchange them for a tofu skewer from us."
This price is the cheapest on this street.
The main reason is that vegetables are not expensive now, only three or five cents per pound, so he would not feel comfortable selling a single vegetable for just one cent. A skewer only has one piece of vegetable on it, and a pound of vegetables can be used to string many skewers together.
Since meat is used for things like tofu balls, the cost of the meat isn't too high. Pig intestines and livers are pig offal, and they're not expensive themselves. Their family gets so much pork every day, and the offal is half-sold to them by the butcher.
After hearing that it was not expensive, the young woman took out her purse from her bosom and counted out five copper coins. "No, no, then give it to me. Five cents, just give me some." Author's words: Thanks to Bole 9492239 (9492239) for supporting me. Kisses! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.
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