Chapter 12: Chicken Dinner at the Start
"It's okay. We're in the late-night snack business. It's still early."
Zhou Anan, who was processing the crayfish, comforted the other party, but there was some anxiety in his eyes.
MMP, it’s completely different from what he expected.
She said she was not in a hurry, but when she saw that the time on the electronic watch she had just bought for ten yuan was already half past eight, how could Zhou Anan not be anxious?
Starting from six o'clock, since the first big customer came in, only three people came to eat barbecue. The total revenue was only 40 yuan, and the net profit was only 28 yuan. This made Zhou Anan, who had prepared ten tables, feel a little sad.
Did he misjudge the situation?
Even after more than ten years of social life, Zhou Anan couldn't help but doubt her own intuition.
After all, his understanding of making money from barbecue stalls mainly stayed in the two or three years after graduation, which is six or seven years ago. At that time, he was a temporary worker in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. He heard about the experience of a barbecue stall owner who bought a house in two years and changed to a Land Rover in three years, and he knew the huge profits.
But now it seems that there are huge profits, but there are no customers.
"oh."
After hearing what Zhou Anan said, Wang Rong thought it made sense, so he continued to process the crayfish, but his movements became much more agile.
Perhaps it was the luck of the reborn that favored him, the cold reception that Zhou Anan had expected did not occur. Just after nine o'clock, a large group of customers who were tired of shopping in the night market arrived one after another.
Even at ten o'clock, the barbecue stall's business reached its first peak. There were five tables of people seated at the same time, totaling fifteen or sixteen people, which was a good start.
Many of the stall owners at the night market are from other places. They all have the habit of eating midnight snacks. When they close their stalls, they are already very tired, so they subconsciously look for the nearest store to eat something. The barbecue stalls that have been wafting with fragrance for half the night naturally become the first choice.
There were no night snack stalls around here before, but now with such a close choice, who would go to the pedestrian street to find food? What's more, the spicy crayfish is a favorite of many outsiders.
"Don't worry, go sit down for a while, it will be ready soon."
Zhou Anan was too busy turning the skewers and greeting the customers to keep up.
Just like now, despite his persuasion, there were still several customers standing by waiting to take away their food. Zhou Anan, sweating profusely, was really tired but happy. And Wang Rong, who was working as a waiter for the first day, was completely at a loss, flustered, and his work efficiency was so low that it was unbearable.
Even the idea of hiring someone to expand the business flashed through his mind, but it was extinguished in an instant.
Young people, don't be proud.
They were busy until half past eleven, when most of the guests left and Zhou Anan and Wang Rong could finally take a break.
Although there were not many customers tonight, Zhou Anan, who was doing barbecue business for the first time, was a little uncomfortable. The main reason was that he was young and lacked physical strength.
If he were to have the body shape of an uncle a dozen years later, with a fat body and a fat face, that would really be unacceptable.
It seems that it is time for some persistent exercise.
"I am so tired."
Wiping the sweat off his face, Wang Rong let out a breath, with a strange look of relief on his face.
Although he was only serving dishes and clearing tables, the workload was not less intense, especially since it was his first time doing such a job. Seeing the barbecue stall's booming business, Wang Rong felt that he would not be unemployed for the time being, and his monthly salary of 2,000 yuan was also guaranteed.
"You're so cowardly. Did you watch some porn last night and become exhausted?"
Zhou Anan patted Wang Rong on the shoulder with a smile and made a joke while pretending to be calm.
Looking at the few vegetables left on the shelf after the second display, Zhou Anan felt a sense of satisfaction and happiness.
The income has not been counted yet, but Zhou Anan, who has been collecting money, can roughly estimate a number, which is definitely the largest sum of money he has ever earned in his life.
And it can be predicted that business will definitely not end today.
From the feedback from customers, we know that guests at several tables ordered additional meals several times.
"Bullshit, I won't watch that kind of movie."
After retorting, Wang Rong leaned back in his chair obediently and took a deep breath.
"It's late. Let's clean up quickly and go to bed early."
There was still some garbage and things that needed to be sorted out. Zhou Anan didn't care about her sore hands and got up to sort them out.
Originally, 11:30 was still far from the closing time for the midnight snack stall, but the vegetables prepared during the day had almost been sold out, and there was no place to buy vegetables in the evening, so Zhou Anan naturally had to close the stall early.
If it were according to the living habits in the previous life, Zhou Anan would definitely be lying in bed resting at this time. Although she is a little tired now, her spirit is still very excited.
All I can say is that the energy in youth is definitely strong enough.
"Aunt Chen, I'm really sorry to bother you."
After packing up the stall, Zhou Anan walked to the cake shop with gratitude, thanked Chen Yuehua for being kept up so late, and brought her a plate of hot crayfish.
Because the electricity for the barbecue stall is connected to the cake shop, Chen Yuehua has kept the shop open until now, which is also a favor.
"Don't be polite. Thanks to you, I sold more drinks today than I do in a month."
Looking at the diligent young man in front of her, Chen Yuehua's eyes were full of admiration.
Compare her with the lazy girl at home, she is really the one who gets thrown away when compared to others.
No, I must have a second child and go home to talk to Lao Hu about it.
"It's so late, how are you going to get home?"
"My husband is on his way, what about you?"
"We live not far away, so we'll leave first, and you should go back early too."
"Okay, be careful when you go back."
“Uh.”
Stretching, Zhou Anan opened his hazy eyes, looked at the somewhat unfamiliar room, and couldn't help but patting his confused head.
After a while, Zhou Anan regained consciousness and remembered that she had stayed at Wang Rong's house last night. After returning home, she fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.
"Where's the money?"
After rummaging around for a while, Zhou Anan found a pile of change wrapped in a red plastic bag on the old-fashioned bedside table, and excitedly counted yesterday's gains.
Sleeping until you wake up naturally and having money when you wake up is definitely a happy time.
"685.2 yuan, minus the cost of 705.8 yuan, the net loss is 20.6 yuan."
After counting the money, Zhou Anan quickly calculated the profit and couldn't help laughing.
He thought about making money from the barbecue stall, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable.
Although the book value is still a loss of 20.6 yuan, this is the figure after deducting a lot of hardware costs.
If we only count the cost of vegetables, the profit reached more than 400 yuan, and this is when there were more than 30 kilograms of expensive crayfish that remained unsold.
You have to know that this was in 2005, when the housing price in the center of Lizhou was still 1,000 yuan per square meter and the average monthly salary of civil servants had not yet exceeded 2,000 yuan.
This is a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan.
Eat chicken at the start.
(End of this chapter)
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