Chapter 140: Milk Tea Popcorn
"Really?"
Everyone was surprised.
Huo Beichuan didn't explain much, just nodded.
"I plan to hand this business over to my mom and my uncle and aunt. You see, everyone's living standards have improved significantly this year. Young men and women like to go to the movies when they go on dates. If we sell these things in front of the cinema, they will definitely fetch a high price."
Chen Jintao already had an idea in her mind. It would definitely not be a good idea to sell cold drinks at this time of year, but she could sell them together with milk tea.
Who can resist a cup of milk tea and a bucket of popcorn while watching a movie? This is simply the standard for a relationship, okay?
So in the afternoon, Chen Jintao made milk tea by herself. Although the taste of this milk tea was not as good as the milk tea with various flavors added in later generations, it was better in that it was original. The aroma of tea leaves and milk were fully brought out, and just one sip would make people unable to stop.
Xu Xuemei knew that this business was prepared by her daughter for her family, so she was ready to give it a try. "Let's not tell your uncle and his family for now. Let's try it ourselves first. If we can really make money, we'll let your uncle sell it."
Xu Xuemei also had a plan in mind. Her three brothers were all honest farmers. If they were asked to do business, they would definitely not be able to accept it in a short time. It would be better for her to give it a try first and see if it would succeed. If it did, everyone would be happy. If not, they could just come back to farming.
Chen Jintao also knew that it would be very difficult for them to accept the idea of doing business all of a sudden, so she was not in a hurry. Anyway, she already had some ideas in her mind and just needed to implement them.
After all, she has a lifetime of memories more than others. What she can accept and new things do not mean that others can accept them immediately. Shen Jintao is very clear about this.
"Then let's try it ourselves first!" Shen Jintao smiled.
If you want to make milk tea, you definitely need to keep it warm, or at least you need a lot of thermos bottles. In fact, this method is certainly not as delicious as the freshly made milk tea, but being able to use a thermos bottle is already very good in this era.
The thermos at home is definitely not enough, and the family members also need to use them, so they can only buy a few new ones. Thermos bottles of this era can hold quite a lot of things. Chen Jintao estimated that each thermos can hold about a dozen cups of milk tea, so only five would be enough.
But there was also a problem, that is, what to use to hold the milk tea. It was not until Chen Jintao and Huo Beichuan bought a thermos and returned home and saw the lush bamboo in the village that they suddenly had an idea.
"Huo Beichuan, do you think we can make cups out of bamboo tubes?"
Bamboo tube is a really good choice. It is absolutely hygienic as long as it is washed clean.
When Huo Beichuan heard this, he was really impressed by his wife's intelligence and nodded immediately.
This is when Huo Chenggong's craftsmanship comes in handy. Of course, making a bamboo tube cup is actually a very simple thing. You just need to polish it until it is smooth and flat, and basically everyone can do it.
Look, everyone at home who has nothing to do has started tinkering with this. Chen Jintao thought about it and realized that there is no need to be so particular about things in this era, so there is no need for straws.
But I really didn't expect that my father-in-law would be so helpful in this matter. Although he didn't invent a straw that would make it more convenient to drink milk tea, he actually used bamboo strips to weave a very exquisite cup lid. After a series of processing, the cup lid can fit perfectly with the bamboo tube. The only drawback is that making the cup lid will be more troublesome and time-consuming.
But Chen Jintao thinks this kind of cup lid is very good, making the simple bamboo tube cup look very exquisite.
"Dad, your brain is really useful. We can make more in the next two days. About 50 bamboo cups will be enough. We can take them to sell. We can charge a deposit of one dollar for each bamboo cup. If you don't want this kind of cup after drinking milk tea, you can return it to us. But if you like this kind of cup, you can take it away directly. One dollar is just the deposit for buying the cup."
Chen Jintao felt that given the exquisiteness of this cup, there should still be someone who wants it.
"Ah? So this cup is more expensive than the milk tea. No one will want it, right?"
Huo Chenggong felt that this was not a good idea. This kind of thing could be made by any farmer, so why would anyone spend money to buy it?
"It doesn't matter. Even if they don't want it, they can return it to us. We can clean it and continue to use it!"
After hearing what Chen Jintao said, the whole family started working hard.
Dabao and Erbao would make trouble from time to time, and the yard was filled with laughter.
When Huo Nanxi got home from get off work, she tasted the delicious food her sister-in-law had just made and immediately became interested. She was especially surprised when she learned that they were actually selling it.
"Sister-in-law, do you think anyone will pay for your food business?"
Huo Nanxi thought about this question for a long time.
After getting Chen Jintao's affirmative answer, she didn't know why she was very happy.
"I have a day off tomorrow, so I can go sell it with you guys!"
"Can!"
That kind of cup is very simple to make, and everyone else in the family can make it. Huo Chenggong was responsible for making the cup lids. He made more than 60 of them in the whole day, which was actually a little more than Chen Jintao had imagined. In this case, they could officially set up the stall the next day.
Corn kernels are what farmers have the most. Making popcorn is also quite simple. You can basically learn it after watching it once. The key is to get the ratio of sugar to oil right.
If you want to set up a stall, you can only push it there with a cart. Then flatten one corner of the cart, and it will become a great stall.
Of course, popcorn also needs something to be put in it, so Chen Jintao found a lot of unused white paper and folded it into a lot of small paper bags.
Of course, bicycles were also used, after all, they could carry more popcorn. In their opinion, this popcorn just uses a little sugar and oil, which is basically the same as zero cost.
The location for the stall was of course chosen to be outside the cinema. Those who came out to set up the stall today were Shen Jintao, Xu Xuemei, Liu Guifen and Huo Nanxi.
Huo Beichuan is a soldier after all, and he is upright even without a military uniform. Chen Jintao doesn't want him to come, so isn't that just causing trouble? People originally wanted to come and buy, but when they saw him standing there, they were afraid to come over. After all, even if private transactions were now tacitly approved, it would not be possible to do it in front of the soldiers.
The popcorn was put in a super large wooden barrel at home. It didn't smell anything when the lid was closed, but as soon as the lid was opened, the sweet aroma immediately spread all around. They came at the perfect time because the first movie was about to start, and many people were already heading towards the cinema. They were naturally attracted by the fragrance.
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