The business opened, and slowly passers-by and people living nearby started to come and buy.
Business was good. Li Hong's face was stiff from smiling in the morning. He secretly calculated that if he was given half, he would make at least 50 or 60 yuan.
It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, but this time with Chen Xiaoying as a living signboard, business is very good.
Chen Xiaoying had already seen that area. On the way back, Chen Xiaoying told Li Honggang: "If you work hard and open a breakfast shop there, the business will definitely be good."
The fourth child, Li Honggang, pedaled the tricycle hard while saying subconsciously, "Mom, I don't have the money, and I'm not cut out for it."
He felt that he was not good enough.
Chen Xiaoying said, "When I was in the village, I didn't think I was cut out for business. Now look at me, haven't I become famous?"
She didn't want the fourth child to open a breakfast shop. He was shy and didn't like to talk. He was only suitable for working with his head down and not for greeting people. She was just trying to see if she could change him.
The fourth child, Li Honggang, just smiled and said nothing.
He doesn't dare.
Chen Xiaoying returned to the store, and Hao Cailing asked with a smile: "How is business?"
She thought it must be good that they all came back at this time.
Chen Xiaoying smiled and said, "It's OK. The buns and the big pot dishes are all sold out. As long as nothing is wasted, it's OK."
Chen Xiaoying, a lifelong farmer, felt more distressed by the food going bad than by making money. So when she saw the buns were getting cold and there was still some food left in the big pot, she gave more to people and asked those who liked it to come back for more.
On the second day, the third day, and until the fourth day, Chen Xiaoying took Li Honggang to sell buns. On the fifth day, they found a new stall nearby, which was also selling buns.
Since Chen Xiaoying started her business, she has imitated others many times, such as the fried skewers at the beginning and the breakfast shop that is now located diagonally opposite the entrance of Chen Li Restaurant, which also sells buns and big pot dishes.
Why is it that her business is still going on, but the breakfast shop across the street is always busy and lukewarm?
That’s because the food in her house is delicious and you’ll never get tired of it.
They just get tired of eating there, and after a while they try other restaurants’ food, and they still want to come back and continue eating there.
"Mom, what should I do?" Li Hong started to worry.
Chen Xiaoying smiled and said, "This street is not ours. People can sell whatever they want here."
She was open-minded about it, but the old woman selling buns over there rolled her eyes at her with disgust.
Most people are willing to try new things, and if there is a new stall selling buns, people will come to buy them.
As a result, within two days, the buns there were no longer selling.
Chen Xiaoying secretly asked someone to buy two to try. She found that the dough was not soft enough and there was too much oil inside. It tasted good after one bite, but became greasy after another.
People's lives are getting better and better now, and this kind of buns with cabbage and meat filling are no longer as rare as before. They all want more choices.
Just like her buns, there are health buns with mushrooms, black fungus, carrots and dried bamboo shoots, there are buns with mushrooms and diced meat, there are buns with long beans and minced meat, there are also vegetable and tofu buns without any animal oil, and there are buns with pure meat filling, and the secret recipe is exclusive.
The hot pot ingredients in the big pot dishes are now contracted with the county government, so she can only make and sell them at home, and cannot give her secret recipe to others, so it is even harder to imitate.
Moreover, her family is willing to add more ingredients, unlike some other families who are reluctant to add meat and just mix a lot of animal oil in it.
On this day, Li Yutong was coming back, and Chen Xiaoying did not follow the fourth brother Li Honggang to set up the stall. After sending people to the place, she prepared to go back.
"Mom, can I do it alone?" This was Li Honggang's first time setting up a stall by himself, and he felt scared, like a three or four-year-old child who was about to leave his biological mother.
Chen Xiaoying said: "What are you afraid of? No one will eat you."
Li Honggang was already in his twenties and felt it was quite shameful for him to do this, so he could only watch his mother leave.
After Chen Xiaoying left, Li Honggang felt a little embarrassed. No matter which stall he visited, he felt like people were secretly glaring at him. He felt as if he was stealing money from other people's pockets.
I'm feeling embarrassed.
"Fourth brother, why are you setting up a stall here?"
A familiar voice, Li Hong turned around and smiled: "Second sister."
It turned out to be Li Hongli. Li Hongli's home was not far from here, about five or six minutes away. She usually didn't eat out very often, but it was just a coincidence today. Her mother-in-law had fried peppers and tomatoes, and she couldn't eat it, so she wanted to come to the street to eat.
"What are you doing?" She came over curiously.
"My mom found a job for me to sell buns. Have you eaten yet? I'll get you whatever you want." Li Honggang was feeling uncomfortable being alone, but when his second sister Li Hongli came, his nervousness disappeared.
"Okay, I've been missing the big meat buns our mom makes for a long time." Li Hongli said happily. Before Li Honggang could take it, she opened the steamer and took out two big buns for herself.
Li Hong just smiled as she ate, then asked her, "How does your mother-in-law treat you?"
He was just being polite, but the question hit the nail on the head for Li Hongli, who immediately started complaining to him.
The food was not good and the curses were nasty. I almost cried while talking about it.
At this time, more and more people came to buy things, but some people were embarrassed to come because they saw someone crying at this stall.
Li Honggang watched helplessly as people went to other stalls to buy.
In the end, there were only about ten buns left, which was rare today. Li Hongli said, "Fourth brother, if you take these back, Mom will definitely say that you didn't sell them well. Just give them all to me and I'll eat them. Mom won't say anything."
Li Honggang was also generous. He made his own buns, so what was there to worry about giving them to the girl? He just made them all for her.
Li Hongli left happily.
When Li Honggang returned to the store and had some free time to settle the accounts with his mother Chen Xiaoying, Chen Xiaoying realized that Li Hongli had taken advantage of him.
She couldn't help but sigh: "You shouldn't have let her smell it. Just watch, she will come to you again tomorrow."
Li Honggang didn't know what happened between his second sister Li Hongli and their mother Chen Xiaoying. Although he felt uncomfortable about giving his second sister a house as a dowry, he had already given it and didn't say anything.
From what he said, it seems like he still has a grudge against my second sister.
"Mom, my second sister is not having a good life at her husband's house. If she wants to eat buns, just let her eat them," he said.
Chen Xiaoying looked at him and said, "In your second sister's eyes, there is only her man Xu Xiaodong. She treats you well because she thinks she can take advantage of you. If she hadn't taken advantage of you in the past, would she have been enthusiastic about you?"
Li Hong just thought about it and realized that really not the case. Not only was she not enthusiastic, but sometimes when he talked about her, she pretended not to hear him and acted as if she didn't take him seriously.
"Mom, what should I do?"
"Just don't give it to her. My family gave her a house, which is good enough for her. When she was in school, you also gave her tuition and living expenses, which is good enough for her. It's like she owed you wages, so why are you embarrassed?" Chen Xiaoying said, "Tomorrow, don't give her any buns."