Chapter 89 Chapter 89 Business is booming
Xu Yunfan figured that if he wanted to make sweet potato flour, he'd need to hire a few workers. Since their backyard was nearly a thousand meters from the foot of the mountain, he planned to have two greenhouses built right next to it. "When the time comes, I'll move the tools for making sweet potato flour there. Also, who at Qin's knows how to weave bamboo mats? We'll have them make a few large mats for us. We'll hang them around the sides of the greenhouses to provide some shade and mitigate the morning heat. One greenhouse for producing the sweet potato flour, and one for drying the food—perfect."
"I know who can weave bamboo mats. Just leave it to me." Qin Run knew everything the men, aunts and grandmas on Qin's side could do.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet time for students to have dinner in the afternoon, Qin Run asked Qin San to go back and tell Qin Dayou that he was planning to build a straw hut and asked Qin Dayou for help.
Qin Dayou had helped people build straw huts in the town before and had experience. If this matter was handed over to him, he could find people himself. As for the thatch and wood, he would naturally take care of them all.
Using tarpaulin would be more convenient and quicker than building a straw shed, but there is a disadvantage of using tarpaulin, which is that it is not cheap, and it is not rainproof or heat-insulating.
A tent cloth is different from a tarpaulin. To put it simply, the former is just a piece of cloth, while the latter is made of cowhide and is a necessary item for building shelters in military camps.
Qin Run thought that it would be better to let Qin Dayou build him a thatched hut to use for a while.
Qin Dayou knows someone who specializes in this, so he has no shortage of materials. It takes at most two days to build a thatched hut.
As for hiring a few more waiters and cooks, Qin Run would have to go back and talk about it first.
Before Qin San was about to return to the village, Xu Yunfan instructed him, "Third brother, didn't I tell you not to rush to sell your pears? When you go back later, have Uncle Qin and the others pick me a hundred pounds or so and have Brother Sun Wu deliver it to me on an ox cart. Then have Second Sister-in-law and Brother Zhao Feng come with Brother Sun Wu to help peel the pears. Also, does anyone in our Qin family raise ducks? I want to buy ten. Have them kill them for me and keep them. I'll buy from them when I get back."
"Okay, I'll remember what you told me." Qin San didn't ask too many questions. He just had to do whatever Xu Yunfan asked him to do, instead of catching Xu Yunfan and asking him why he did it before doing it.
Qin San knew that the cafeteria would be very busy at mealtime, so he didn't dare to delay and jogged back all the way.
When he got home, Qin San was sweating and panting. Qin Er and Uncle Qin were shocked to see him like this. They thought something had happened to Xu Yunfan and Qin San ran back to call for help.
Uncle Qin was so anxious that he wanted to go out and call for help immediately, and he didn't even care about Qin San. As a result, Qin San grabbed Uncle Qin who was about to go out and call for help, and said, "Dad, you and second brother quickly take the backpacks and sacks and go to the mountain to pick pears. Yunfan needs them."
"What? Picking pears? Didn't something happen to Xu kid?" Uncle Qin was dumbfounded.
Qin San felt that his father was a little stupid today. "Dad, what are you talking about? What could happen to Yunfan? We are doing well in town. You didn't see it at noon today. Dad, second brother, do you know how much Yunfan earned in one noon?"
"How much?" Qin Er and the others asked subconsciously.
"It should be at least this number." Qin San raised seven fingers.
Uncle Qin's breathing suddenly stopped, then became heavy. Uncle Qin asked tentatively, "In just one afternoon, Xu earned seventy cents?"
Oh my God, this is incredible. They have earned so much in just half a day. It’s almost as much as they would earn in several days’ work.
Xu boy is really awesome!
Hearing this, Qin San suddenly felt that his father's thinking was too narrow. "Seventy cents? Dad, please stop joking. It's not seventy cents, it's seven taels. Yun Fan made at least seven taels at noon. Dad, second brother, you didn't see that there were so many students coming to eat at noon today. There weren't enough seats on both floors. Some had to squeeze in, and some had to wait. In short, the business was so good that my seventh brother and I were scrambling to serve the food."
What?
It’s not seventy wen, but seven liang?
And this is still a conservative minimum estimate?
Uncle Qin and Qin Er were stunned and couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
Seven taels! They worked tirelessly in the wind and sun all year round to earn this much, but Xu earned it in just one morning.
Are all children from wealthy families so good at making money?
If you don’t make money, don’t make it. If you do make money, make big money.
Uncle Qin Er was still in a daze, so Qin San urged him, "Dad, Second Brother, why are you still standing there like idiots? Go pick some pears! Yunfan needs them. Oh, and where are Brother Feng and Second Sister-in-law?"
"They went to wash clothes? What do you want them for?" Qin Er came back to his senses and swallowed hard. "Did Yunfan need their help? Then I'll go call them back. Dad, hurry up and find the backpack and sacks. Hurry up, don't delay Yunfan's business."
"Oh, okay, I'll go right away."
Seeing this, Qin San shouted to Qin Er, who was about to run out, "Brother, when Feng Ge'er and the others come back, have them go with you to pick pears. Pick a few hundred pounds and bring them to the roadside. Then have Sun Wu pick them up. Then have Feng Ge'er and the others go with me to the academy to help."
"Okay, I understand." Qin Er said and ran out.
Qin San ran to Qin Dayou's house again and talked to Qin Dayou about the greenhouse. It was about how much Xu Yunfan earned today. Qin San didn't say, so Qin Dayou and the others naturally didn't ask.
The clan leader, Old Qin, is concerned about how Xu Yunfan's business is going. Is it going well?
After receiving Qin San's reply, he just nodded and said, "Then I'm relieved. As long as you don't get bullied, it's good."
Qin Dayou knew that Qin Run's greenhouse was in urgent need, so he changed his sweat-soaked clothes and said, "Then I'll go to town with you guys on the ox cart. Let's get the people and materials ready today, and we'll start working tomorrow morning. We'll try to finish it in one day so as not to interfere with Xu's business."
"That's great." Qin San finished with a smile. He knew that the clan leader's family raised a lot of ducks. "Grandpa, are you selling ducks? If so, I'll buy ten ducks from you on behalf of Yunfan. You can ask my aunt and uncle to help kill them, and we'll come back to pick them up tonight."
"Okay, don't worry, kid Xu. Grandpa will take care of this little thing for him." Old Qin felt relieved when he knew that Xu Yunfan was doing well in the town.
He likes this kid very much. He is never wrong in judging people. Dali Village cannot keep this guy. Now that he has become successful and is willing to support the Qin family, he knows that he was not wrong in judging him.
Naturally, when people are nice to you, they naturally cannot think that this is what Xu Yunfan should do and take it for granted.
Apart from parents to their children, who else in the world has the natural obligation to be good to you?
They must not let Xu Yunfan down.
The Qin clan fled to Dali Village in their early years. If it weren't for Old Qin's plan along the way, they would have starved to death and would never have been able to get here and take root.
What's more, the status of the patriarch is far higher than that of the village chief for the people of the clan.
Old Qin immediately asked his daughters-in-law to catch ducks and told them to weigh the ducks and make sure to clean the duck feathers.
On Uncle Qin's side, four people picked three hundred kilograms of huanghuali in less than an hour.
After sending Xu Yunfan and the others off in the morning, Sun Wu came back and went to chop firewood with Qin Daqian and the others.
According to Xu Yunfan, they chopped both wet and dry firewood, and sent the dry firewood to the academy, while the wet firewood waited for Xu Yunfan's next instructions.
Just as he had carried two bundles of dry firewood down the mountain, Qin Er came looking for him. Knowing he was going to town, Sun Wu didn't even bother to rest. He just carried the firewood and rushed home. He threw the firewood directly onto the ox cart, led the ox out, and tied the ox cart with a rope. "Brother Qin Er, where did you pick the pears?"
Qin Er took Sun Wu over, and after a while, Qin San also came over. After loading the pears, Sun Wu left without even stopping.
Knowing that Xu Yunfan was opening his shop today, Jiang Lan had just finished his lunch and then came over leisurely.
Jiang Lanfang stood outside the cafeteria. He remembered that the plaque on this building used to read "Qingyu Inn", but now it has been changed to the majestic "Qingfeng Cafeteria" in a flamboyant and majestic style.
After looking inside, Jiang Lanfang couldn't help but admire what Xu Yunfan had learned abroad. He had divided the cafeteria neatly, with rows and rows of wooden tables and benches arranged in an orderly manner.
Looking at the vegetable prices written on the wooden board, they were indeed very cheap for Jiang Lanfang.
With the vegetables at such a cheap price, Xu Yunfan can’t be selling the bones!
Just looking at the names, something like sweet and sour spare ribs, braised pork and braised chicken, if he understood correctly, these three are meat dishes, and yet, a serving is only a dozen cents?
Does Xu Yunfan still want to make money?
He had been to Qingyu Inn before and had seen that the dishes there ranged from a few dozen coins to several taels per dish.
Sometimes people have a mentality of "more expensive means better". As the principal, Jiang Lanfang naturally has to pay close attention to all aspects.
In the past, he had given full authority to the Vice Dean regarding food. After all, if he had to take care of everything, what would the Vice Dean do? What else could he do?
Later, it was learned that Qingyu Inn had received many complaints, but the vice-president not only concealed the matter but also did nothing to resolve it. He blindly protected his relatives and ignored the students. Jiang Lanfang was furious and directly dismissed the vice-president from his post.
The dishes used to be so expensive that they were hard to eat. Now they are so cheap, how can they be delicious?
Without a strong body, how can students study well?
Jiang Lanfang began to pay attention to this aspect, so he came to take a look today.
Now, he is a little disappointed.
But when Jiang Lanfang saw that Qi Xiu Ze's four disciples, who were supposed to be taking a nap, were actually drinking a bowl of green porridge leisurely, his expression suddenly changed.
"What are you doing? Why don't you go back to the dorms and take a nap?"
Jiang Lanfang suddenly spoke, startling Qi Xiu Ze and the other three. The bowls in their hands almost flew out. "Dean, why are you here?"
"If you guys can come, why can't I?" Jiang Lanfang approached, his eyes sweeping over the half-finished mung bean porridge in front of the four people. "What are you drinking? Didn't you have lunch?"
Xie Baizhou said weakly, "We've eaten. Look, there are still a few bowls of mung bean porridge left. It would be a waste to keep it. Let's..."
Jiang Lanfang didn't say anything else and asked directly, "Are you having lunch here today too?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
Jiang Lanfang sat down on his own. "Then tell me, how is the food here? Is it plentiful and tasty?"
"Okay, all good." Xie Baizhou said without hesitation, "A serving of sweet and sour spareribs comes with eight pieces. As for the braised meat, it depends on what you order. If it's pig's trotters, it's just one piece. If it's something else, the amount will vary. For chicken, it's one spoonful. In short, it's cheap, but enough to eat."
Lin Xiaoran added: "Yes, yes, we are full anyway. As for the other students, I think they are also satisfied. Otherwise, there are some reasons why they don't want to waste it. Dean, take a look."
He pointed to a poem written on the window: "I hoe the field at noon, my sweat dripping down to the soil. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the product of hard work?"
Jiang Lanfang was shocked. "Is this written by your brothers again?"
"Yeah, who else could it be?" Shen Ruxi knew why the dean came here. "Dean, we won't say much else. You'll know when you come and see for yourself after class is over this afternoon."
In that case, what else could Jiang Lanfang say, "Why isn't anyone here? Where's Xu Yunfan?"
"He took people out to buy ingredients, and the others are busy in the kitchen."
"Okay, in that case, I'll come over and take a look later."
As he spoke, Jiang Lanfang glanced at the porridge in front of Xie Baizhou, and the meaning was self-evident.
Xie Baizhou, this stupid guy, was only concerned with drinking alone and didn't understand what Jiang Lanfang meant at all.
Qi Xiu Ze, on the other hand, had some good eyesight and immediately ran to the kitchen and brought out a bowl.
Jiang Lanfang nodded with satisfaction. Qi Xiu Ze was a child who could still be saved.
As soon as she picked up the bowl, Jiang Lan was shocked. She thought to herself, "Did Xu Yunfan go to great lengths to even use ice?"
When he took a sip of the mung bean porridge, it was so cool and refreshing, and the sweet feeling went straight into his heart. In the hot summer, the taste of it was beyond words.
Jiang Lanfang drank a bowl of mung bean porridge, feeling satisfied, and then left leisurely.
After a delicious meal at noon, the students did not feel sleepy when they woke up from their nap. They were full of energy. At this moment, they just wanted to go to class quickly. After class, when it was time for dinner, they could have another good meal and a bowl of cold mung bean porridge, which was simply delicious.
When the class was over, those students who had not gone to the cafeteria to eat this morning wanted to take their classmates out to eat together. However, as soon as they put away their books and turned around, their classmates were no longer around.
"No, where is he?" The student looked confused. "Could it be that he was in a desperate need to go to the bathroom?"
The student who had just cleaned up the table said: "What a rush, why don't you rush? If you go too late, there will be so many people waiting in line, and the mung bean porridge might be gone by the time it's your turn. I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to rush first."
"No, what did you say?" Ye Chen was confused and pulled his classmate Lin Zifei, who was about to run away, "What mung bean porridge?"
Lin Zifei was grabbed by Ye Chen's hand. He was anxious and tried to tear the hand off his wrist. "Isn't Qingfeng Canteen open today? The mung bean porridge is made by the canteen owner. Also, the food there is really delicious. Oh, I won't tell you, otherwise if I go too late, I'm afraid there will be no share for me."
"Is it really that delicious? Then I'll go too." With that, Ye Chen and Lin Zifei started running together.
At least Ye Chen still had some brains and knew to ask the reason before running away. Some students were completely confused. As soon as the class was over, the classmates around him ran out in a swarm as if they had agreed to do so.
They were dumbfounded. Out of herd mentality, they didn't even have time to ask questions. When they saw other students running, they just followed them and ran in the direction they were heading.
Until they saw that it was not only students from their class who were running, but students from other classes were also running. Some of the students looked like hungry wolves looking for meat, with their eyes shining and their goals clear.
Some students were just like them, with puzzled expressions on their faces. They looked around while running, not knowing what was going on at all.
It was not until they ran to the Qingfeng Canteen and saw all the students lining up in an orderly manner, including those who did not understand what was going on, that they finally understood.
Wow, it looks like these people are here to line up for food.
The students who followed without knowing why felt that they had made a wasted trip and wanted to leave, but they were already here, and the smell of food in the air was really mouth-watering.
"Is there any mung bean porridge tonight? I'm dying of thirst."
"I think so. I'm thirsty too. I didn't drink any water in the last class. I'm so thirsty. I'll have a mouthful of mung bean porridge later. It will make me feel better!"
"Mung bean porridge? What kind of mung bean porridge?" The student who had never had it listened to the students in front of him discussing it, and driven by curiosity, couldn't help but interrupt and ask.
"I can tell you didn't come to the cafeteria for lunch this morning. Let me tell you, this mung bean porridge...it's icy cold and very refreshing to drink."
All the students were waiting to drink a bowl of mung bean porridge to quench their thirst, but there was no mung bean porridge, only chilled huanghuali fruit pulp.
At first, the students were quite disappointed, but when they took a bite of the juicy and cool flesh, a stream of freshness flowed down their throats, making them feel instantly refreshed, and the sweetness from the inside out was even more intoxicating.
Is this unique and wonderful taste really the same pear flesh they have eaten before?
In the hot summer, the chilled Huanghuali wood is not too hard, but it is enough to bring an indescribable cool feeling to the hot students.
Looking at the students queuing up in front of the window and the crowds of people on the first floor, Sun Wu, Qin Ersao, and Qin Sanfulang were all stunned, their hearts pounding.
Wow, Xu Yunfan’s canteen is doing better business than the best inn outside.
Are there as many guests in the inn outside as here at Xu Yunfan’s?
No wonder Xu Yunfan and the others are so busy today.
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