Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Familiar People
The two children finally had their own room.
Ning Shixia, who had always wanted to sleep with her parents after moving, no longer insisted on sleeping with them.
After taking a bath, he climbed into his own bed without anyone urging him, and happily said that he would sleep by himself from now on.
The couple finally had some private space.
When Ning Shaoming returned to his room after taking a shower, Zhao Ruyue showed him the sorted account book.
Ning Shaoming was also very happy to see the profits in the account book: "It turns out that doing business can make more money than working for others."
The downside is that you have to be self-sufficient, but you also have more freedom and can spend more time with your family.
This made Ning Shaoming even less regretful of his choice.
After he finished reading the account book, Zhao Ruyue put it away and put it in the drawer of the bedside table.
Then I told him about the new summer dishes: "I heard that soup noodles don't sell well in the summer. When the weather gets hotter, should we stop selling soup noodles?"
The weather is too hot, so the fried noodle business might be affected on weekdays.
Fortunately, they are the only store selling it in town right now, which is one of the special features of their store.
Sales are definitely good on market days and when students are on vacation or returning to school, so the impact is not significant.
The same goes for hot dog buns, and neither of these will be changing anytime soon.
But the two of them have limited energy, and the kitchen is almost entirely run by Ning Shaoming alone.
They are too busy adding new products for the summer season, so they will definitely have to reduce the number of old products as appropriate.
Since hot dog buns and fried rice noodles are not allowed, the only option is boiled rice noodles.
Ning Shaoming thought about it carefully and said, "It's not a good idea to stop. Just like the shops in town, reduce the amount of boiled noodles by half or two-thirds and switch to cold noodles or something else."
Zhao Ruyue asked, "You can do other things, right? It would be better if we could do something different from other stores in town."
The cold noodles in town are delicious, but the preparation methods are almost the same and the taste is also pretty much the same. ”
In fact, many people know how to make it, which is to boil peanut oil and lard, and then add it to fresh rice noodles.
Add soy sauce, sugar and peanuts. The only difference is the acid brine added at the end.
The sour sauce is made in each store, and the taste will be slightly different. If it is not made well, it will taste terrible.
However, the shops that have managed to gain a foothold in the town all make delicious sour pork.
The above is the most basic version of local cold rice noodles, without meat or side dishes.
The advantage is that it is cheap, only 40 cents per serving.
For the upgraded version, for fifty cents, you can add a spoonful of fried minced meat and green beans as topping.
If you want to add more meat or vegetables, you will have to pay extra.
But that was the previous price. The price of boiled rice noodles has increased this year.
I guess the price of cold noodles will also increase a bit.
"Let's make the local cold rice noodles. If they don't sell well, we can reduce or even remove them. I learned how to make cold noodles and cold skin from my colleagues in the north. We can make a little of each and let customers choose. We can choose the one that sells best, but..."
"Just what?"
"That would require frequent menu adjustments. Our menus would have to change all the time, and the numbers for each item would have to change as well. We would have to spend more time remembering them, which would increase the workload and be a bit troublesome. Customers might also be confused."
Ning Shaoming's words reminded Zhao Ruyue of the cold noodle stall she had seen in her previous life.
In those Liangpi stalls, the signs say so-and-so Liangpi, but the stalls sell more than just Liangpi.
There are also cold noodles and rice noodles to choose from, and you can order two or three of them.
In some stalls where the noodles are divided into fine and coarse types, what about alkaline noodles?
Anyway, she couldn't really tell them apart, she just thought they were all delicious.
As soon as Zhao Ruyue thought of it, she told Ning Shaoming about this idea: "If we sell it this way, we don't have to change the menu all the time. We just need to remember whether the customer wants a single dish, a combination of two or three."
“This is a good idea. In addition to noodles, we can also prepare several types of rice noodles for customers to choose from.
Not to mention double or triple combinations, even if the customer wants a little of each, it’s fine.
Go buy some more flour, dry rice noodles and dry rice vermicelli tomorrow, enough for a small pickup truck.
I have contacted the driver who brought us the steel bars before. He said that if we can fill a whole truck, we can contact him directly to pick him up in the county town.
He can drive you to various stores to pick up the goods, saving you from having to take the bus to run around in the county town. ”
Zhao Ruyue also felt that this was a relief, and said happily, "Then I'll have to buy more tomorrow and fill up my car. Fortunately, there weren't many customers yesterday, otherwise the remaining stock at home wouldn't be enough for tomorrow."
Ning Shaoming said: "In fact, dry rice noodles are not enough. I didn't expect that the people in the town like fried rice noodles the most."
This was quite unexpected for Ning Shaoming, as he had always thought that people in the town preferred freshly made rice noodles.
"Maybe the fresh rice noodles here are too thick and not as tasty as the thin rice noodles?"
The dry rice noodles they bought were very thin and were specially used for frying in Guangdong Province.
It is easy to absorb the flavor when fried, and it is easy to fry and a bit chewy, not easy to break, and not limp when eaten. It tastes very good.
In the past, locals did not know that this kind of rice noodles was more suitable to be fried.
I almost always cook it after buying it, thinking it is the same as dry rice noodles. However, I fail to control the heat well and easily overcook it.
After cooking, the rice noodles will either break when you pick them up, or they will completely dissolve into the soup and you won’t be able to pick them up with a spoon.
Later, fewer and fewer people bought it, and when they went to purchase the goods, the prices were very low.
They feel that it is so cheap and they are really getting a good deal.
The boss probably felt that they were being taken advantage of by buying so many of his own unsold goods.
I almost broke my face with laughter when I was entertaining them.
Ning Shaoming said with some regret: "I heard from colleagues from Guangxi Province in the hotel that they have thinner and finer fresh rice noodles. Every time I hear them describe it, the people around them are very greedy. It's a pity that it is too regional and cannot be taken out of the province. Otherwise, we can buy some to try."
When talking about Guangxi Province, Zhao Ruyue first thought of snail noodles and Laoyou rice noodles.
But these two things may not taste right if they are not made by locals.
Moreover, these two types of noodles are not as famous as they will be in the future, and the locals here may not be willing to try them. So I think it’s better to give up.
The two of them discussed what new dishes to add in the summer.
They discussed increasing the amount of food to be purchased tomorrow before going to sleep.
The next morning, Zhao Ruyue got up very early, just like the previous two days.
She helped Ning Shaoming prepare everything needed before opening the door.
We are busy with the morning peak period when guests are having breakfast.
I waited until there were not many people in the store before I packed my bag and took the money to the bus station to take the bus to the county town.
When she arrived in the county town, she got off directly at the county bus terminal.
Whether buying phone cards or finding a public phone here is much more convenient than other places.
The price is no different from other places.
Zhao Ruyue first went to buy a phone card, and then made the call directly at the store that sold phone cards.
She contacted the driver and sat in the convenience store waiting for him to come.
It just so happened that the store was not busy at the moment, and there was only a bored lady owner watching the store. She was very happy that someone came to chat with her, and she was in a very good mood to chat.
The two of them started chatting.
The owner of the convenience store heard that Zhao Ruyue was from Rongxi Town.
With a look of surprise, he said: "Rongwangtun is a village in your Rongxi Town, right?"
It's not surprising for someone from a county town to know this. Zhao Ruyue nodded and said, "Yes, Rongwangtun is very close to the town. It only takes 20 minutes to walk from Rongwangtun to the market in our town."
"I didn't expect it to be so close! My hometown village takes an hour to walk to our town. When I was little, my legs would tremble when I went to the market with the adults. Fortunately, I am married to the county town now, my family is well-off, and I have a motorcycle to drive back home, otherwise I would not want to go back to my parents' home."
The store owner reminisced about her childhood for a long time.
After he was done talking, he changed the subject: "Are you from your mother's family in Rongxi Town or your husband's family?"
Zhao Ruyue said: "My parents' family and my husband's family are both in town."
"That's good. Marrying close to home means you won't be bullied. I used to envy the kids in town. But it's a pity. You're so pretty. If you had wanted to marry in the county, you would have found a good wife."
Hearing this, Zhao Ruyue just smiled and didn't respond.
Who can tell for sure about matters like marriage?
You may marry well, or you may marry badly.
There is no point in making assumptions, and there is no need to beautify a path you did not choose.
But this is not what the store owner wanted to say.
That was all she said.
Now we are talking about sex. Even if we don’t get an answer, we can still continue:
"There are so many beauties in your Rongxi Town. The two I met today were both beauties. One is you, and the other is Rongwangtun, whom I just mentioned."
"That's a great coincidence."
"Yes," she continued excitedly, "the beauty from Rongwang Village is about the same age as you, and her skin is as white as yours, but her complexion is not as rosy and healthy as yours, and she looks a little timid and cowardly, not as generous and straightforward as you.
I don’t know if she became like that because she was beaten by her man.
I noticed some bruises on her face, and when I asked her about it she said no. I wasn't familiar with her, so I didn't ask any further.
There is a small mole near her mouth. Old people usually say that it is not good for women to have such a mole, as it is a greedy mole. Women with this mole are born greedy. But that mole looks really good on her face!
By the way, her hair is the same as yours, a little curly, but her hair is a little yellow, not as black as yours. At first glance, she looks like a little foreign girl.
I thought she had her hair permed and dyed, so I asked her where she got it done. She said her hair was naturally curly. I wonder if your hair is also naturally curly? ”
Zhao Ruyue was also a little surprised: "What a coincidence, my hair is also naturally curly."
The shop owner slapped her thigh and said loudly in an exaggerated tone:
"Oh! That's really a coincidence. It's a pity that the beautiful girl was in a hurry to follow her husband to the big city to work. I didn't remember to ask her name. Otherwise, I could tell you about her. Maybe you two really know each other. It's possible that you are sisters."
In the past, the older generation had less food and had many children, so sending away children was not uncommon.
And not everyone sends the gifts far away. Some people send them directly to their relatives, and the two families will not cut off their contact.
Zhao Ruyue smiled and said, "That's impossible. My parents have never sent a child away."
After Zhao Ruyue finished speaking, she recalled what the store owner had said and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
She always felt that the person described by the convenience store owner was familiar.
She looked very much like someone she knew—Donglan, Zhao Hongli’s wife, who lived opposite the Ning family’s old house.
But a few days ago, she heard Zhao Hongli's sister-in-law complain that Donglan's mother was sick again.
As she did before, Donglan went back to her parents' home to take care of the child for a few days, and then entrusted the child to Zhao Hongli's sister-in-law to help take care of him.
But Zhao Hongli was still drunk at home all day long.
So many people followed Huang Wenfa to Pengcheng before, and Zhao Hongli’s elder brother also advised him to go with them to find something to do.
However, no matter how much he was persuaded, Zhao Hongli was still a hopeless case.
Later, his elder brother even started beating him, but Zhao Hongli was still unwilling to go, so Zhao Hongli's elder brother had to give up in the end.
I haven't heard that he has encountered any major events that could change his mind recently. Can he really change his personality within a period of time and take Donglan to work?
But the description given by the store owner really does resemble Dong Lan.
As the two were talking, Zhao Ruyue suddenly heard a horn sound.
I looked up and saw the driver driving the car.
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