Opening a shop is not as simple as you might imagine, but it's not as difficult as you might think either.
In those days, there wasn't much emphasis on storefront decoration.
Jiang Yi didn't have extra funds for storefront renovations, so she had to make do.
In this era of rebuilding from scratch, as long as you stay ahead of the times, you can make money effortlessly.
Thanks to Sister Liu's connections, Jiang Yi's shop opened in just three days.
When the first batch of braised meat came out, it was lunchtime, and pedestrians hurried by on the street.
As the aroma of braised meat wafted out of the shop, it quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers.
Because Jiang Yi's pork doesn't use meat coupons, the price is slightly higher. Including the cost of braising spices, labor, and charcoal, Jiang Yi sets the price of braised pork at 2.5 yuan per jin (500g). Of course, if it's braised pig's trotters or pig's ears, the price will be cheaper.
Originally, Jiang Yi planned to price braised pig's trotters and pig's ears higher, but her mother-in-law said something to her.
In that era, people mainly ate rare, fatty meat, unlike in later generations.
In later generations, braised pig's trotters and ears sold for high prices, but at that time, these things were not particularly rare to the average person.
As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush.
As people gathered to watch, others began to buy.
Jiang Yi simply cut half a pig's ear into thin strips and let the onlookers taste it.
Try it first, then buy!
Jiang Yi was 100% certain that anyone who could afford to buy her braised meat and tried it would become a repeat customer.
"Boss, give me half a pound!"
"A good mix of fat and lean meat!"
"Okay, please wait a moment!"
After the first customer appeared, a second, a third...
In just one hour, Jiang Yi's large pot of braised meat was sold out. The people behind could only sigh and repeatedly ask Jiang Yi if she would sell it again in the afternoon.
Sell!
Is there even a question?
As for how much or how little she can sell, that depends on how much pork she can buy.
A large pot of braised meat, including braised pig's trotters, pig's ears, and pig's head meat, was completely sold out.
If Jiang Yi hadn't left a piece of pig's snout and half an ear beforehand, they would have had a problem figuring out what to eat for lunch.
With the fragrant braised pig snout and pig ears, Jiang Yi, Gu's mother, and Xiao Lingdang all ate until they were stuffed.
Then came counting the money and settling accounts.
One hundred and twenty-four dollars and thirty-five cents!
After deducting the cost of pork, spices, and coal, we made a net profit of over forty yuan!
The braising spices are not disposable; they can be reused.
The more you use the braising spices, the more fragrant and mellow the braised meat becomes.
Of course, if not handled properly, the braising liquid can also spoil.
However, this was no problem for Jiang Yi, who was an experienced chef.
With money in hand, Jiang Yi naturally continued to buy meat from the meat processing plant.
Because of Sister Liu, Jiang Yi wasn't worried about not having enough pork to buy.
After buying the meat, wash it, cut it into chunks, and put it in the pot.
Gradually, the aroma of braised meat wafted through the shop again.
Originally, Jiang Yi thought the peak buying season would be in the evening when the workers finished work, but this time, the people buying braised meat were all residents from the surrounding area.
Jiang Yi originally planned to give Sister Liu two braised pig ears, but as so many people wanted to buy them, she sold them all in the blink of an eye.
Helpless, she had no choice but to make another trip to the meat processing plant.
She had no choice but to run away; the meat she had bought to sell in the evening had been almost entirely bought up by the surrounding residents.
That's almost the meat of a whole pig!
"There are really a lot of rich people!"
Jiang Yi had assumed that the residents of Pingcheng were all struggling financially, but now she realized that her perspective was too narrow.
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