"How much sweet potato vermicelli do you have now?" Luo Yang asked.
"I still have about 7 or 8 kilograms left, but I have to sell them to other counties, so there won't be much left."
"I have connections with managers of state-owned restaurants in several neighboring counties. How about this? Leave five pounds of sweet potato vermicelli for me, and I'll help you get in touch with managers of state-owned restaurants in the neighboring counties."
"When your sweet potato vermicelli is ready, you can send it directly to us."
Yunyan and the accountant thought his suggestion was feasible and agreed.
"How much do you plan to sell this sweet potato vermicelli per pound?" Luo Yang asked.
"One pound of dry sweet potato vermicelli powder can make three pounds of wet powder. Our price is one yuan per pound."
It takes six pounds of sweet potatoes to make one pound of sweet potato vermicelli. The brigade's sweet potatoes cost eight cents per pound, which accounts for half of the cost. Add to that the labor and firewood, and you can't make much money from making one pound of sweet potato vermicelli.
Luo Yang was also calculating in his mind. One pound of dry sweet potato flour can make three pounds of wet vermicelli. Each dish uses about half a pound of vermicelli, and each serving costs fifty cents. After deducting the meat and labor, there is still a profit.
"Okay, then it's settled. I hope your workshop can start working soon."
"Thanks for your kind words, I'll bring you the sweet potato vermicelli tomorrow. As for how to make these dishes, I've already taught Master Liu."
Yun Yan and the accountant walked out of the state-owned restaurant. Yun Yan asked the accountant to go back to the brigade first: "Uncle Accountant, you should go back to the brigade first and discuss with the brigade leader and others how to deal with the matter of building a workshop."
"Yun Zhiqing, what about you? Aren't you going back with me?"
"I'll try the breakfast shop and see if I can get a few more customers."
"Okay, then you take care of yourself." After saying that, he rode away on his bike.
This is a major matter concerning the entire Red Flag Brigade, and the accountant dare not delay it.
Yunyan took the remaining sweet potato noodles to the breakfast shop. Although it was called a breakfast shop, it also opened a stall at noon.
When there were no more people around, Yun Yan walked up to greet the boss.
"Boss, I see you're always serving noodles, dumplings, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and soy milk. Would you be interested in adding two new items?"
"We've been eating these things for thousands of years. It's a lie to say we don't get tired of them. But what's that new thing you're talking about? I wonder if it suits our taste?"
The boss was also helpless. Every time, customers complained and asked him to make some other breakfasts, but he thought about it and couldn't figure out what else could be served as breakfast besides these.
Yun Yan handed him the sweet potato vermicelli in her hand and said, "Boss, look, this is called sweet potato vermicelli. You can cook it into soup noodles, or use it to make chive dumplings."
"Sweet potato vermicelli? Is it made from sweet potatoes?" The boss looked the vermicelli up and down.
"How about this, boss? I'll use this vermicelli to make you a bowl of noodle soup to try. If you think it's delicious, we can talk later."
The boss agreed, and Yun Yan immediately made him a bowl of shredded pork noodles.
"Girl, your sweet potato vermicelli is really delicious. It's just as good as noodles." The boss finished a bowl of vermicelli and praised it highly.
"Boss, if I sell this sweet potato noodle in your breakfast shop, do you think it's feasible?"
"Of course, if you are willing to supply me with goods, that would be like helping me solve the problem."
Finally, Yunyan and the boss agreed to start supplying goods in half a month. The price of sweet potato vermicelli was the same as that in state-owned restaurants, which was one yuan per catty.
On the Red Flag Brigade side, the accountant reported the situation to the brigade leader immediately after returning to the brigade.
"Xizi, according to you, is Yun Zhiqing's proposal feasible?" asked the team leader.
"That's great! Captain, you guys haven't had the two dishes made with sweet potato vermicelli. They're so delicious."
"Manager Luo from the state-owned restaurant was indifferent to us at first, but after eating Yun Zhiqing's Ants Climbing a Tree and Pork and Vermicelli Stew, he immediately urged us to produce in large quantities."
"Didn't Yun Zhiqing come back with you?" asked the deputy captain.
"She said she wanted to try the breakfast shop to see if she could sell the sweet potato vermicelli there."
"Yun Zhiqing is really thoughtful. Look at the other educated youth, who cares about the life and death of the team?" The team leader said with emotion.
Several other village cadres also nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's all go. Tomorrow I'll go to the commune and apply to build a workshop. The sooner the workshop is built, the sooner our team can live a good life."
After returning home, Yunyan went to Aunt Zhang to exchange some leeks, planning to make leek boxes and bring them to the breakfast shop owner to try tomorrow.
The next morning, Yunyan got up early to make chive dumplings. The filling was prepared last night, so she just had to wrap them.
After finishing them, I put six of them in a bag and placed them in the space, and then put another six on a plate. These were for the team leader and the others.
When I arrived at the brigade office, the brigade leader was just about to go out to the commune.
"Captain, I made some leek dumplings with sweet potato vermicelli. You can each have one to try." Yun Yan handed the plate in her hand to the captain.
"Yun Zhiqing, you are too polite."
"That's okay. This is just a collection of suggestions from customers. If you're not satisfied with anything, come back and tell me this afternoon."
Yun Yan left after she finished speaking, as she still had to deliver vermicelli to the state-owned restaurant.
When they arrived in the county town, they went to the breakfast shop first. At that time, not many people were eating breakfast. Yun Yan handed the paper bag containing three leek boxes to the owner.
"Boss, this is the chive box I made with vermicelli, you try it."
The boss took the paper bag, took out a chive box, took a bite, and then ate a few more bites until he finished the whole chive box.
"Girl, your chive dumplings are so delicious. Can you teach me how to make them?"
"This is very simple. Just chop the sweet potato vermicelli and soak it in water. Then mix it with chopped chives and stir-fry until fragrant. Then wrap it in dough like dumplings and fry it in oil."
"It's all about the seasoning of the filling. As long as the filling is well seasoned, it will definitely attract many repeat customers."
"Thank you so much, girl. I'm looking forward to your sweet potato vermicelli being delivered to me soon."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely have sweet potato vermicelli for you in half a month. Then I'll teach you how to make hot and sour noodles."
After leaving the breakfast shop, he went to the state-owned restaurant to deliver sweet potato vermicelli. He happened to run into Luo Yang giving them a meeting. Yun Yan waited for a while and walked over immediately after the meeting.
"Manager Luo, I'm here to bring you some sweet potato vermicelli."
Luo Yang took the vermicelli and gave it to Liu Gui, asking him to make a special dish of pork stewed with vermicelli at noon, and then took Yun Yan to his office.
As soon as he sat down, Yun Yan gave him three leek dumplings that she had taken out of the space: "Manager Luo, try the leek dumplings I made with sweet potato vermicelli and see how they taste."
Luo Yang picked up one and took a bite: "This tastes really good, Yun Zhiqing, I really admire you more and more."
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