There weren't many braised dishes on the stall, so Yi Qingqing, Yun Guyuan and Yi's father took over together, while Yi's brother looked after the two children.
After Yi's mother and sister-in-law finished their meal, they also came to help. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, there were only a few braised dishes left on the stall.
"Okay, let's save this for dinner and close the stall!" said Su Cai.
My younger sister just came back today and has been helping out all afternoon. I'm going to go home early to make something delicious to welcome her.
The family returned home together. To express their welcome, Su Cai cooked a large table of dishes herself. They started to eat dinner before it got dark.
After dinner, Su Cai began to prepare the stewed dishes to be sold tomorrow: "Let's make 200 more today. During the New Year holidays, everyone's desire to buy is high, so we should sell more."
Normally, other people have to go to work and can only help a limited amount, making only about 300 servings a day. These days, everyone is on vacation, and Qingqing and the others have also returned. With strength in numbers, she plans to prepare 500 servings a day.
Others also helped. Yi's father and Yun Guyuan cut the vegetables, Yi's brother washed the vegetables, Yi Qingqing and Yi's mother helped their sister-in-law to braise the food, and even Xiaohui and Sisi helped to distribute the spices. It was really the whole family joining in the effort.
In order to make braised dishes, the family bought a few stoves and large pots.
Only after all the dishes were braised did everyone have time to sit down and talk.
Su Cai brought the bag that she used to collect money today, and Brother Yi also brought her a locked wooden box.
The whole family sat around the table.
Section 272
"Counting money!" Sisi cheered, clapping her hands.
Su Cai poured all the money on the table and started counting it.
When I count money every day, all the previous hard work turns into happiness.
She counted twice: "Today's total sales are 338.52 yuan! I made 8 yuan more than yesterday!"
She used the key to open the small wooden box, took out the account book from it, and wrote down the number.
"Sister-in-law, how much is the net profit?" Yi Qingqing asked.
Su Cai deducted the cost of the ingredients for today's stewed dishes: "Forty yuan and sixty-two cents."
"One day is equivalent to a month of time between me and your father. It's very good," Zhao Xianglan said with a smile.
My daughter is capable and my son has found a capable wife. Life is getting more and more hopeful!
Yi Qingqing calculated that the profit was about 12%, which was indeed good.
In later times, the profit of making braised food would be at least 30% to 40%, because people have good living conditions and are willing to spend money on food. Even if it is a small profit but quick turnover, the pricing would be much better than it is now.
Nowadays, when it comes to food, most people only consider the taste after considering the affordability.
The most important thing is that Su Cai is the only one running the braised food stall, and the amount of braised food that can be made every day is limited. If the scale is expanded in the future, he can still make more money.
In addition, today she saw her sister-in-law and others setting up the stall, and she also experienced it herself. It would be fine if the weather was good, but it would be too painful if the weather was bad.
So she suggested: "Sister-in-law, buy a shop next year. It will be more comfortable for you to open a shop. You don't have to worry about wind or rain. If you have a reputation, people who want to buy will naturally go to the store to buy. If the braised dishes you make every day can be sold out early, you can hire someone to help. Although it costs more, you will have more time, and you can prepare more braised dishes every day, which will increase sales."
"That's right," Su Cai nodded. "I've thought about it before, but I haven't had time to look at houses. I plan to wait until after the new year to collect this year's income, and then go to the Housing Authority to have a look. Not only do I want to buy a shop, I'm thinking that I also need to move to a bigger house for my family. Xiaoyun can't always sleep with her dad when she comes. Xiaohui and Sisi are getting older and need their own rooms. I also need a bigger place to cook stewed dishes. Now it's almost too big to fit."
"Let's put it this way. The New Year is still a few days away, and they don't need so many of us to help out at the stall. Leave the matter of buying New Year's goods for the family to me and Ayuan. We can also go to the Housing Authority to check out the houses available and the approximate prices. We are familiar with this, so we can get these things done quickly after the New Year," Yi Qingqing said after thinking for a while.
It seems that the braised food shop will still have to make its fortune here. The work in the factory is still relatively stable now. My sister-in-law and my parents probably won’t leave Nanping in the next few years. I’m afraid we’ll have to wait a few more years before moving to Hai City to develop.
In that case, we still have to buy a house first.
Whether it is a house in Haishi or a house in Nanping, there is room for appreciation.
Moreover, based on the profits from the braised food stall, the total profit for this year is probably not even as much as the dividends Yi Qingqing earned from the clothing store this year.
This money may not be enough to buy a house or a shop in Haishi, but it will be much easier in Nanping.
"Okay! Thank you and Xiaoyun for your hard work," Su Cai said. With their help, a lot of trouble can be saved.
Early the next morning, Yi Qingqing went to the Housing Authority.
This time she had experience, so she went there specifically when the Housing Authority just opened and the employees just started working. Sure enough, she saw a sign-in place similar to that of the Capital Housing Authority.
However, Nanping's Housing Authority does not have different offices. Instead, there are three offices in one large room, one dedicated to house rentals, one dedicated to house sales, and another dedicated to property transfers.
There is a sign-in area next to each office.
She didn't plan to buy too many houses in Nanping, and the same went for her family. She only wanted to buy a shop and a house for herself, so Yi Qingqing didn't sign in for all of them. She only signed in at the office that managed house sales.
[Sign in at the Nanping County Housing Authority and receive a copy of the Nanping County Real Estate Handbook (Part 2) (Housing Sales and Purchase Information)]
With this booklet, house hunting becomes much easier.
After getting the booklet, Yi Qingqing took Yun Guyuan away and hurried to the morning market to buy some vegetables and prepare some New Year goods.
When she got home, she and Yun Guyuan went into her room to study the real estate brochure.
After a rough look, it was almost noon, so I went out to cook, packed the food in a lunch box, and sent it to my sister-in-law and her family. I continued to go shopping in the afternoon and studied the property brochure when I had free time.
The Yi family's braised food stall did not end its business for the year until five o'clock in the evening on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. They closed the stall and went home to prepare for the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, her family prepared a sumptuous reunion dinner and made dumplings. The food was better than in previous years.
In addition to the big meal, the time that was used for entertainment and chatting in previous years was all used to summarize the accounts of the braised food stall, calculate the year's profits, and distribute dividends.
In her mother's words, counting money is no better than any entertainment activity? With so much money, just looking at it can make you laugh out loud, so why would you need any entertainment activities?
Even Xiaohui and Sisi could sit still while counting money.