Chapter 111 Chapter 111 The Old Lady Arguing
Fan Xiaorong called Zhao Ruyue and told her that the first batch of one thousand MP3 and MP4 had been shipped and were on the way. At the same time, the business of Qiuxia Bakery had stabilized.
However, it is still only sold between 10:30 am and 1 or 2 pm.
Some customers also complained that the bakery closed too quickly and sometimes they couldn't buy bread if they came too late. They urged Ning Shaoming to open the shop a little longer and increase the quantity of bread.
Whenever Ning Shaoming heard a customer complain, he would smile and nod and say, "Okay, okay, I've noted your suggestion and will definitely add more."
"In fact, we have been slowly increasing the number of customers during this period, but we didn't expect that there would be more and more customers. Once we are busy with family matters, we can open all day. Then you can buy it whether you come during the day or at night."
In fact, he just said that and didn't really increase the dosage regardless of the consequences.
He only increased the amount by 20 percent on the original basis and stopped there.
After all, the bread he made had almost no additives, and the outer packaging and food preservation cards had not yet been purchased.
Bread has a relatively short shelf life, and few families have refrigerators these days.
So if some bread is not sold out on the same day, it will not be sold the next day.
There are also some breads that can be kept for a day or two, such as pineapple buns. The flavor is definitely best on the first day. It will not be so fresh on the second day, and the taste will be really bad on the third day.
In order to maintain the reputation of his own store, Ning Shaoming would rather earn less money and ensure that there is no leftover goods every day.
As Qiuxia's bakery business stabilized, Ning Shaoming encountered other troubles.
"Business at the night market has not been very good lately."
"Have you checked what's going on?" Although Zhao Ruyue didn't have to attend classes recently, she had to take care of her own things. She hadn't paid attention to the business on the night market street for a while, and she really didn't know that the business was not so good recently.
Money was tight at home, so she didn't just wait for the goods from Fan Xiaorong to be delivered. She also took time to go to the recycling stations in the county or even the city to buy some repairable MP3 and MP4.
After the repairs are completed, those that can be sold will be sold, and those that no one wants will be kept.
When the goods from Fan Xiaorong arrive, I can use these second-hand machines to do a wave of low-price promotions when I open a store to attract popularity and build a reputation for my store.
Ning Shaoming said: "I checked and found that there are several more stalls selling bowl cakes on the night market. Their prices are lower than ours, but I haven't tried it. I only heard customers talk about the price. Some customers said it doesn't taste as good as ours."
He felt that the price of his own bowl-shaped cake was the most expensive, and although his business was affected, he was not completely unable to sell it. The reason was that the taste of his home-made cake was still better, and that was why he retained customers who valued taste more.
But the business is still affected, and we have to find a solution.
Zhao Ruyue understood: "In the past, the things sold at our stall were unique in the night market, so people would buy them even if we set the price higher. Now we have competitors. If we want to revive business, we have to either lower the price or sell something else."
Ning Shaoming thinks that lowering the price is not a good idea: "We have been setting up a stall there for a while, and we have many regular customers. They used to pay a relatively high price, but now the price has been lowered. Customers who paid more may feel uncomfortable. It would be better to clear out all the small glass cups at home and stop selling this and sell something else."
Zhao Ruyue nodded, thinking that this was not a bad idea. Whether it was lowering the price or exchanging items for sale, there were pros and cons, and it all depended on how he considered it.
"Have you decided what to sell?" Zhao Ruyue asked.
Ning Shaoming said: "Once you have made up your mind, let's sell bread."
Zhao Ruyue didn't object, but she didn't quite understand: "Selling bread so late at night?"
"I have observed that many bakeries in the county open after 10 a.m., but most people work between 7 and 9:30 a.m. Many customers complained to me that when they don't want to eat noodles, buns, or fried dough sticks in the morning, they can't buy bread. If they buy it in advance, it will be too long and stale the next day. I think there is a way to do it during the evening to morning period."
You cannot listen to all the complaints from customers, but you also cannot ignore them. You need to figure out which parts of them are useful to you.
Ning Shaoming's eyes always light up when he talks about the bakery: "Some of the bread in our store is not expensive, the cost and profit have been reduced to almost the lowest, this part is to make a small profit but quick turnover.
The threshold for making bread is higher than that for making bowl-shaped cakes, so when we set up a stall in the night market, even if the same stall appears again, there won't be several of them at once, and we don't have to worry about others lowering their prices to compete with us. We have our own store, so setting up a stall in the night market is a way to earn extra money and promote our own store at the same time. ”
Ning Shaoming had previously decided to sell bowl-shaped cakes on a whim, but this time he planned to make it a long-term business.
After this exchange of things to sell, I have been selling bread, cakes and other things at the night market.
In the future, at most we will change one or two items, or add or reduce one or two items, depending on the popularity of the items and the freshness of the stall, but we will not change to different types of food.
He continued, "People used to say that eating overnight food is not good, but think about it, if bread is made in the morning, people buy it in the morning, and then eat it in the afternoon or evening, then several hours have passed. If I make bread in the evening, people buy it, and then eat it when they get up in the morning, then the time difference is actually not much compared to making it in the morning and eating it in the afternoon or evening."
"Since you have made up your mind, I support you, but you may be very tired."
"Don't worry, I will pay more attention to my physical condition. You too, keep your head down to fix things. You should stand up and walk around, or look out the window."
As the two were talking, the child at home suddenly popped up and said, "I will supervise mom!"
The one who was speaking was Ning Shixia. This child always loved to squat somewhere and play, sometimes with insects, sometimes with glass beads or her beloved airplane model.
Many times, adults don’t notice her unless they look at her specifically.
Zhao Ruyue pinched her daughter's face and said, "You don't want to play with your toys today?"
Ning Shixia held up the small wooden block in his hand: "I'm playing. Grandpa made a new one for me."
Ning Shaoming picked it up and looked at it: "I didn't expect your grandfather had this skill. When I was a child, he never made these for us."
Not only him, his brothers and sisters had never received such toys, otherwise he would not have been unaware of it.
Ning Shixia chuckled: "Grandpa loves me the most. Mom and Dad, can I take the radio to Grandpa to listen to it?"
In fact, she had already given it to her grandfather to listen to, but this time she wanted to leave it directly with her grandfather so that he could use it forever, so she asked her parents.
Zhao Ruyue said: "Of course, but don't you need it yourself?"
"I can listen to it with Grandpa, and I have a lot of toys."
Ning Shaoming was silent for a while, thinking back to the time when his family first had a TV. His father liked to watch TV. After they had a TV here, he would come to watch it for a while every day.
When the old man came, he didn't make any noise. He just watched while doing his work. At first, his mother was embarrassed to come, but then she saw that if the old man could go, why couldn't she go?
She also came along, but this old lady was more restless. Not only did she watch TV, she also didn't sit quietly at the back.
Sometimes they would run to the shop in front and point and talk. They would prepare some pickles and sauerkraut and put them outside for the customers to add themselves.
She felt that it was a waste of money, and would complain if the customers ordered a little more. Once, she even told people directly in front of them that they added too much and that pickles also had costs.
The guests have paid to come and eat, how can they be happy?
Fortunately, Zhao Ruyue discovered it quickly and gave the customer a small piece of bread as an apology, so the incident did not have much impact on the store's business. Afterwards, Zhao Ruyue quickly told Ning Shaoming about it.
She felt that a daughter-in-law had to be more cautious when speaking to her mother-in-law, but a son was her biological son after all, so she didn't have to be so cautious.
However, before Ning Shaoming could say anything to his mother, his father also found out about it, and the old man himself did not come.
If his father didn't come, his mother would have no excuse to come to his place.
Because her mother wanted to save face, she let her come alone. She felt embarrassed when she thought about the quarrel she had with Ning Shaoming.
Ning Shaoming had disobeyed her and embarrassed her several times, and now she felt intimidated when facing this son.
Ning Shaoming and Ning Da both thought that she would not come again, but they did not expect that she would be quiet for a while, and then found out that Ning Shaoming was not there at noon, so she came again when Ning Shaoming was not there.
It used to be fine when he was in the store almost the whole day, but now he goes out around 10:30 every day and doesn't come back until one or two in the afternoon.
Ning Shichun felt very difficult during this time at noon. After all, he was a grandson and was an honest man. He didn't dare to directly refer to his grandmother like his third uncle did.
Third Aunt is busy fixing something in the back, so it’s not a good idea to disturb her.
Ning Shichun was an honest child and just kept enduring it, but when Sun Jiajia saw that this was not going to work, she secretly went to tell Zhao Ruyue about it.
But now they haven't thought of any good way
I've said it, but he just won't change. Ning Shaoming can't stay in the store forever.
Hearing his daughter's words, he suddenly understood: "Do you think it's because my mother is too idle?"
"What?" He suddenly asked this question and Zhao Ruyue didn't react.
Ning Shaoming explained, "My mother always comes to the store when I'm not around. She relies on her status as an elder and doesn't do anything bad. You can't do anything to her. You can't hit her or scold her. As a biological child, if I'm a little fierce, others won't gossip about me. But this old lady is like she's picking a fight with us. She won't come when I'm here, and she'll come when I'm not."
Zhao Ruyue wondered if her mother-in-law hadn't yet reached menopause, but she was so old that it didn't look like that.
Now that Ning Shaoming said this, Zhao Ruyue seemed to understand a little.
All the land at home was divided among the children. They had little left for themselves and finished it quickly. There was not much work to do in the vegetable garden, and she did not need to take care of the youngest grandchild. She could go out and chat with others. Other old men and women did not have as much free time as they did.
After a lifetime of busy work, they suddenly have some free time. There is nothing for the elderly in the countryside to entertain themselves, so they can only stay at home and stare at their old man all day. So they have to find some sense of existence.
Zhao Ruyue said, "Let's see if Xiaoxia will still behave like this after she puts the radio at her parents' place."
If they don't do that after listening to a radio, it means they don't really want to make trouble, but their spiritual world is not satisfied and they want to find a sense of existence from their children.
So the children who are close are unlucky.
Only the eldest daughter-in-law was left in the old family. She was afraid that if she did something bad to the old family, the eldest daughter-in-law would really abandon her eldest son who was in prison and run away.
Even though the eldest daughter-in-law is already a mother of two children and her children are grown up, if she is really determined to remarry, it is not difficult for her to find one.
The second son's family lives in the county town and he seldom comes back. He also feels that his daughter will marry into another family and it would be inappropriate for him to go and work in someone else's family. So the third son is the only one left.
Zhao Ruyue’s guess was actually correct.
After Ning Shixia placed his radio there, Huang Xiuhua came to the store less frequently.
If I come here occasionally, I probably want to watch TV, but I’m just too embarrassed to say it, so I just hang around the store first.
Ning Shichun was busy in the kitchen and had no time to pay attention to the outside world. After Sun Jiajia discovered her intention, she slowly got in touch with her and understood her thoughts. She then coaxed her to the back to watch TV or tricked her into leaving.
Zhao Ruyue was quite glad that she did not refuse Sun Jiajia's help. Otherwise, she would not have the time to do what she wanted to do.
After school started, Ning Danping could only come back to help on Saturdays and Sundays, so Sun Jiajia became the main force in entertaining customers in the store.
When she and Ning Shaoming raised Ning Shichun's salary, they also raised Ning Danping's salary to 400 yuan. Now the salary paid to Sun Jiajia is the same as when Ning Danping worked full-time in the store during the summer vacation.
When Sun Jiajia first came to the store to help, she never thought that she could actually get a salary. This was really a pleasant surprise for her.
At that time, she really just wanted to learn how to entertain customers and how to become a boss after opening a store. She hoped that after she married Ning Shichun, she would open a store, make money together and live a good life.
When Sun Jiajia received her first month's salary, her hands were shaking. It was the first time in her life that she had so much money in her hands!
Zhao Ruyue discovered that this girl was sometimes very smart, but sometimes very stupid.
She actually only kept 100 yuan for herself, and then gave the remaining 300 yuan to Ning Shichun, saying: "The betrothal gift my parents asked for, we will earn it together."
Sun Jiajia thought that if the two of them worked hard together, they would be able to get married in less than three or four years.
By that time, they will be in their early twenties and can get their marriage certificate.
As for the bride price, after several rounds of tug-of-war between the parents of the bride and groom, Sun Jiajia's parents insisted on a minimum of 30,000 yuan, otherwise there would be no deal. They simply hid the household registration booklet and refused to allow the marriage certificate if the bride price was not given.
Even if they had a wedding and were considered married in the town, it would be troublesome to register the child when they had a child.
Wang Haiyan wanted to say some harsh words, but she couldn't stop her son from being infatuated with the other person's daughter and insisting on marrying her. He said that he couldn't tolerate any bad words about Sun Jiajia, and now he was in the control of the other person.
She was so disappointed with Ning Shichun that she had no choice but to let him go. She also told Ning Shichun that the family had no money and if he insisted on getting married, he had to earn the bride price himself.
If he can earn the bride price, he will get married. If he can't, then forget it. It seems like he really doesn't care.
It's just that she used to ask Ning Shichun to give the family living expenses, but now she doesn't ask for it anymore. It seems that she has a harsh tongue but a soft heart towards her son, or she doesn't dare to do anything too drastic.
Fortunately, Ning Shichun is also an honest man. After Sun Jiajia gave him the money, he vaguely felt that this was not a good thing.
But Sun Jiajia's performance made him a little uncertain, so he ran to ask his third uncle again.
Ning Shaoming had never thought that there would be a girl who would earn her own dowry to marry him. He glanced at his nephew and said, "You are such a fool with good fortune."
It's really a blessing for an honest man to meet an honest girl. No matter what little thoughts this girl has, she is willing to live a good life with her nephew, so she is a good person to her nephew.
Ning Shaoming told Ning Shichun: "You can't take advantage of other girls like this. The betrothal money can either be paid by your family, or if it can't be paid by your family, then you can earn it yourself. Your wife has no place to collect her money, so you can help her collect it, but you still have to spend it on her in the future."
After hearing this, Ning Shichun felt that he knew what to do.
He took some time to go to the county town, added some money and bought Sun Jiajia a pair of gold earrings and a pair of gold ear studs.
He thought that jewelry was something that only girls could use, so he might as well spend it on her. Otherwise, if he kept it, his mother would get into trouble if she found out about the extra money.
When giving the earrings to Sun Jiajia, Ning Shichun was worried that she would be angry, so he explained to her: "The last time Xiaoqiu saw the ring I bought for you, she told me that it would be better to buy gold, because gold can be exchanged for money at any time, and the price may even increase.
It would be better to save this money and buy gold jewelry. When your parents don't give you a dowry in the future, these jewelry will be your dowry. You will be no worse than others.
Jia Jia, you can wear this gold jewelry in the store and nothing will happen if you don't walk around. If your family sees it, just say I bought it for you. If my mother sees it, just say you bought it yourself. ”
Anyway, both sides are hiding it, their parents hate each other, and it is impossible for them to get together to give a testimony.
When Sun Jiajia heard this, her eyes felt sore and she blinked hard several times to stop the tears from falling.
She had known for a long time that even a brick in the toilet belonged to her younger brother, and her parents would not give her any dowry.
They want so much dowry, it would be great if they could give her three quilts.
It was because Ning Shichun was a good person that he did not despise her for this and instead considered her in every way.
She told this to her good friend Lin Lili, and Lin Lili no longer said anything bad about Ning Shichun. She just said, "No wonder you chose Ning Shichun. By the way, Jiajia, I have something to ask you."
"What's the matter?"
"I heard that the three rooms next to the Qiuxia Bakery in the county town are all Ning Shichun's third uncle's houses?" Lin Lili just heard it and was not sure, so she could only ask Sun Jiajia.
But Sun Jiajia also supported Ning Shichun, so she also thought that the house was rented by Ning Shichun's uncle and aunt: "I heard that it was rented. The price given by the landlord at the beginning was that renting four rooms together was more cost-effective than renting three rooms separately, so they rented so many houses at once."
Lin Lili thought the information she had heard was wrong: "So that's how it is. Can you help me ask if they are willing to sublet the remaining two rooms?"
"You want to rent? Two rooms may not be possible. As for the remaining three, one will be used as a restaurant, one will be used as an electronics repair shop for Shichun's third aunt, and she will sell MP3 and MP4 players. I don't know what the remaining room will be used for, but I can ask for you."
When Lin Lili heard that they could only rent one room, she gave up the idea: "Forget it, one room is not big enough. Brother Lei wants to open an Internet cafe, so he needs at least two rooms to accommodate the equipment. I'd better look for a suitable place nearby."
"Doesn't your partner run a hair salon?" Sun Jiajia asked.
Lin Lili said: "The hair salon is still open, but Brother Lei said that after the Internet cafe opens, Xiaoliang will be in charge of the hair salon."
As the two were talking, Zhao Ruyue, who had been sitting for a long time, was reminded by her daughter to get up and walk around to stretch her muscles, and she happened to hear these words.
She couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you the girlfriend of Brother Lei? Why doesn't he take responsibility for you?"
Zhao Ruyue sometimes heard Sun Jiajia talking to Ning Shichun about her good friend.
She said that Lin Lili also knows how to do hair, and her hairdressing skills are among the best in Lei Ge's hair salon. Many customers go to that hair salon to do their hair just for her skills.
It’s just that although Lin Lili appears to be outwardly flamboyant, she is actually a little unconfident on the inside, which may be a common problem for many girls of this era.
Lin Lili waved her hands and said, "No, no, no, I'm fine doing people's hair, but I'm not good at managing a shop. I haven't learned it yet, so I can't do it well."
"No one is born with the ability to do something. Ask Jiajia. Didn't she know how to run a restaurant before? She has only been working in the restaurant for a short time. If she and Xiaochun were to open a restaurant, she might already know how to do it."
Sun Jiajia met the gaze of her good friend and nodded. She learned it seriously and also went shopping with her good friend once. She really knew what to do.
Lin Lili was still a little hesitant. In fact, Zhao Ruyue didn't think much of this girl's relationship with her. She and Ning Shaoming went to the county town quite often, so it was inevitable that she heard some things about her boyfriend.
But as the saying goes, distance cannot separate close relatives. When it comes to matters between lovers, it may be useless for good friends to advise them to break up. The girl is not related to her in any way, so she cannot just come up and advise them to break up.
But I just happened to meet her, so I'd like to give her a reminder. In case it doesn't work out in the future, at least the girl won't get nothing.
Lin Lili heard Zhao Ruyue say again: "When you marry your partner in the future, you will be the boss's wife. A boss's wife also has to manage people, right? If you don't learn in advance, how will you manage people in the future?"
Sun Jiajia nodded vigorously. That was what she thought, so she took the initiative to ask to come to the store to work.
Lin Lili was a little hesitant at first, but when she heard this, she suddenly realized it. After returning home, she actually told her boyfriend that she wanted to manage the hair salon.
Zhao Ruyue didn’t know the result yet, and didn’t have time to ask about the follow-up.
Because two days after chatting with the two girls, Zhao Ruyue received a call from Fan Xiaorong: "Sister, I'm almost in Yunshan County with the goods. Can you find a car to pick me up?"
"You actually came here by yourself? Didn't you say that the goods would be transported by train?" Zhao Ruyue was shocked.
She thought Fan Xiaorong would never return to Yunshan County in her life.
Fan Xiaorong smiled and said: "Being a salesperson is really a great challenge. I am no longer afraid of meeting those people from my hometown. They are just a bunch of paper tigers in my eyes now!"
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