Chapter 92 Chapter 92 Chicken Rack
Their home was relatively close to the town, so they left home later than before. When they left, they happened to meet Ye Feng and found out that he was also going to the town, so they went together.
Ye Feng hadn't hidden the fact that they were setting up a stall. He and Miao Ying were walking behind him, and they were talking: "I knew you were smart. You can make money with anything."
"Hehe." Miao Ying smiled. "Come over and try it when you're done."
They separated when they arrived in the town. Miao Ying and Huo Xing went to set up a stall over there, and Ye Feng went to the restaurant to find Qin Qiang.
It is normal to have no business at first when arriving at a new place. Miao Ying has now developed a normal mindset. At this moment, he still feels a little greedy. He blinked and looked at Huo Xing.
Huo Xing knew what Miao Ying was thinking almost immediately: "Which one do you want to eat?"
Miao Ying was feeling greedy now, not because he was hungry, but because he wanted to gnaw on bones. However, there were no bones in the food they brought, so he could only fry a long piece of pork tenderloin and chew it slowly to sharpen his teeth.
When someone stood in front of their stall, Miao Ying still had meat in his mouth. He quickly stuffed it in his mouth and then asked, "What would you like to order?"
"What is this? How much is it?"
Miao Ying quickly continued what he had said no less than a hundred times in the past few days: "Vegetables are one cent, and meat dishes are five cents for two skewers. The price is affordable and the taste is delicious."
Anyone who came to shop at this time would have some money in hand, and seeing the new things, they would order a few strings. Finally, the shop opened, and Miao Ying's eyes were full of joy.
People tend to follow the crowd. When they saw someone buying something, they gathered together to see what the new thing was. After they came over, they smelled the aroma and saw others eating it with relish, so they couldn't help themselves. Soon, Miao Ying and Huo Xing were so busy that they had no time to talk.
After the busy period was over, it was not yet dinner time. They estimated that by dinner time, everything would be sold out quickly. Sure enough, by dinner time, everything on their stall was cleared out, not even any sauce was left. Miao Ying even said that he would wait for Ye Feng to come over and let him try it too, but now there was nothing left.
They waited for a while and saw Ye Feng from a distance. When Ye Feng came over, Miao Ying apologized to him and said that he could not treat him to a meal. Ye Feng did not care and said, "I just went to see my family. They said that their restaurant held a banquet a few days ago. They used more than ten chickens and shaved all the meat off, leaving only the bones. Now I don't know what to do."
Miao Ying's eyes lit up. He stopped what he was doing and pulled Ye Feng towards the restaurant.
Ye Feng was almost pulled down by him, and asked him what was wrong while running after him.
Miao Ying felt that this was like having a pillow when he was sleepy. He was afraid that if he ran slower, the chicken carcass would be sold out.
Miao Ying was already an acquaintance of the shopkeeper. Seeing Miao Ying appear in the restaurant, he was curious whether Miao Ying had brought him something new. Miao Ying just smiled, then pulled the shopkeeper aside and said, "I'm not here to sell you anything. I want you to sell something to me."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's a rare day when I can sell you something. What is it?"
"I heard there was a banquet at the restaurant the other day, and there were a lot of chicken bones left over."
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Yes, I am just about to deal with it. There is only some meat sticking to the bones left, and it is not suitable for any preparation."
"Can you sell it to me?" Miao Ying looked at the shopkeeper.
"That's fine, you want all of them?" These chicken bones were of no use to their restaurant, and they could make some money by selling them.
Miao Ying nodded.
The shopkeeper told him to wait, called the servant over, gave him some instructions, and then said, "There are fifteen in total. I'll give you eight cents each. A chicken costs thirty or forty cents nowadays."
Miao Ying nodded: "Thank you very much, boss."
After counting the money, Miao Ying carried the fifteen chicken racks and walked back with Ye Feng.
"Why are you buying this?" Ye Feng said, "My family said these were originally going to be used to feed the dogs."
Miao Ying glanced at him and said, "I'll sell it for money."
"Can this be sold for money? I've seen it, and there's not much meat on it."
Miao Ying pretended to be mysterious: "Just wait and see, come to my house tonight and I'll show you my skills."
When Miao Ying returned, Huo Xing had already packed up his things and was waiting for them on the roadside. When he arrived, he didn't ask Miao Ying what he had been doing, but took out a meat bun from his pocket and said, "Eat it."
Miao Ying held the bun in his hands with some surprise: "Have you eaten it?"
Huo Xing nodded, then took out another one and handed it to Ye Feng, but his was not in Huo Xing's arms, but on their cart.
Ye Feng was a little surprised: "Give it to me, that would be so embarrassing."
"Brother Feng, eat. Didn't I say I would treat you to a meal?" Miao Ying ate while walking and talked with Ye Feng. Huo Xing just followed behind silently.
After returning home, Miao Ying couldn't wait to take out the chicken racks he bought and prepare to marinate them. He would take them to the county town to sell tomorrow. Today, he not only had to make the sauce for the fried skewers, but also a dry sauce to sprinkle on the chicken racks to make them taste better.
As soon as Miao Ying got home, he went into the kitchen and tinkered with it. He asked Huo Xing to check the oil and remove the impurities floating on it. He originally wanted to change it every two or three days, but when he thought about the oil that his family was not that rich, he decided to be a black-hearted businessman.
After Miao Ying had marinated all the chicken racks, Huo Xing saw that he could hardly open his eyes, so he didn't discuss it with him. He directly carried him back to the room and pressed him on the bed: "You should have a good rest. We will take care of the rest."
"But……"
Huo Xing put his hands over his eyes and said, "Leave it to me. Can you sleep?"
Miao Ying was really sleepy. Before Huo Xing's hand left his face, his breathing had already slowed down.
Huo Xing waited until he fell asleep before he tiptoed out and closed the door so that he could have a good sleep. He cleaned up the cart and took another look at the oil in the pot. It was still clear, so it should be usable. Then he took down the pots and stoves and wiped the cart with soapy water. Huo Xing did not touch the money box. He knew that Miao Ying was happiest when he counted money, so he waited for him to get up.
After a while, Li Hongying and Xiaolin came back together. They brought a lot of vegetables and meat bought from the butcher. Seeing Huo Xing alone in the yard, they asked him a question.
Knowing that Miao Ying was sleeping, their movements became much lighter. Xiao Lin had been cutting bamboo sticks these days when he had nothing to do. After all, bamboo is light and easy to work with.
"How is business today?" Li Hongying asked.
Huo Xing nodded: "It's good. We are back very well. They have been sold out long ago."
"That's good." Li Hongying breathed a sigh of relief. "I was actually thinking about buying a small animal for transportation. It's not right for you to keep pulling the cart like this."
"We've discussed whether to buy mules or cows," Huo Xing said. "In the short term, I'll buy mules, but I think it will be easier to work in the fields with cows."
Li Hongying nodded: "That's the truth."
"Let's discuss it further."
Miao Ying slept until dark, and when he woke up, his family lit a
The lights were being strung together. Seeing him get up, Li Hongying helped him bring out the warm meal. He ate at the table while the rest of the people were busy around him.
"Where are we going tomorrow?" Huo Xing asked.
"The county town, maybe." Miao Ying was eating steamed bread. "Didn't I say that the other day? Besides, I have new things, and the purchasing power in the county town is probably greater."
They didn't quite understand what purchasing power meant. They only knew that if Miao Ying said to go to the county town, then they would go to the county town.
"We don't have any extra vegetables at home. We just planted the new ones. I calculated the amount of vegetables you've requested over the past two days. It's about five or six pounds of vegetables, two to three or four pounds of pork, and a chicken."
Miao Ying put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Mom, are you still thinking about this?"
Li Hongying smiled and said, "Mom, you can't be completely ignorant, right? My suggestion is that during this period, we can collect some vegetables from every household in the village. That way, the vegetables will be fresher. The other day, I brought back a brood of chicks. You can mix pork and chicken and sell them together. That way, there will be enough supply. When the weather is hot, buy from the butcher. When it cools down, you can bring back meat from your mother's house."
Miao Ying smiled so much that her eyes curved up: "It's you who have the foresight, Mom. I don't think so much."
Li Hongying gave him a reproachful look and said, "You haven't realized yet that this family is the result of your hard work. We are just talking."
"I don't like what you say." Miao Ying leaned in front of her. "If it weren't for the support of the whole family, how could I do so many things? The whole family advances and retreats together."
After all the strings were strung, Xiaolin was so sleepy that he yawned, so Li Hongying took him to bed. His grandmother went to bed as soon as night fell. These days, the family no longer let her overwork herself. After all, her health had not been particularly good recently.
"I'll go get some tonic for grandma tomorrow," Miao Ying said. "And by the way, I'll go see Huo Xiaobao. I asked him about it then. We can visit twice a month, so I have to let Xiaobao try some of the delicious food we cook at home."
"OK."
Miao Ying was full and they had finished their work. Miao Ying said that he didn't want to sleep after eating and needed to digest the food. Huo Xing followed him out and walked to their vegetable garden.
Because they had used too many vegetables in the past two days, their vegetable garden was already bare. The only peppers that were still standing upright were the ones they had planted. Now there were several crooked ones hanging on it, which looked very spicy.
They have harvested a lot of peppers during this period. They have been planting them since they discovered the seeds, and they have produced a lot of peppers. In addition to eating fresh ones, they dried the rest, and a lot of them have been dried.
All of these are taken care of by my grandmother. She has been unable to do farm work recently, so she does some lighter work.
They walked around the vegetable garden several times without saying anything, and the atmosphere was always quiet and leisurely.
When they returned home, there was a lamp burning at the door, which was left by their mother. The two dogs did not bark when they saw them, but just raised their heads and wagged their tails.
Miao Ying touched each one, then went to wash his face and hands. After washing, he returned to the room. Huo Xing brought water for washing his feet. After washing, Miao Ying leaned against the head of the bed. Huo Xing brought the money box to him and said, "Count it."
Miao Ying chuckled and counted the money in the box. It was also a little over one or two taels. After three days of setting up the stall, he sold almost six taels of silver. After deducting the cost, the actual profit was only a little over one or two taels.
But this is a good start. If you run the stall for a long time, you will definitely make money.
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