Chapter 039 Canned Food Business
Shen Qingbai had a busy schedule, so after sending Xiao Nanchen off, he went straight back to the county school, while Shen Ning went to Anfu Temple to pick up Yuanyue and the others.
When they heard that Shen Ning wanted to take them home, the boy and girl refused repeatedly.
Yuan Yue bowed and said, "I will never forget your kindness, young lady. I dare not bother you again."
The little girl, Qiyue, was more direct. She said excitedly, "Sister Ning, we are doing well now. Many of us have found jobs and can support ourselves in the future. You don't have to worry about us anymore."
Shen Ning was a little curious: "What kind of work did you find?"
These children are young, so it may not be easy for them to find jobs.
Qiyue was a little embarrassed, but she still said honestly: "Brother Yuanyue and Brother Eryue are going to the casino to look after the place, Wuyue is working in the winery, and I, I am going to be a maid. I am very good at serving people..."
The little girl spoke excitedly, but Shen Ning felt a little sad. She asked, "How much do they pay you?"
July glanced at Yuanyue, then said a little embarrassedly: "Brother Yuanyue gets eighteen coins a day, brother Eryue gets fifteen coins, brother Wuyue gets twelve coins, and I... get three coins a month."
That is ten cents a day.
In other words, they earned fifty-five cents a day in total, which could buy fifty-five steamed buns. Since there were twelve of them, each of them could get... four and a half steamed buns a day.
In other words, the only guarantee for these children is that they will not starve to death even if they try their best.
Shen Ning felt a little uncomfortable, but she didn't show any strange expression.
She was willing to respect these children's desire to be self-sufficient and independent, but she also wanted to help them to the best of her ability. Moreover, she really wanted to train these children for her own use, so she explained her purpose very frankly and directly.
"When I said I wanted to take you back, I didn't mean to help you and raise you... I was planning to do some business, but you know, I don't know many people, so I wanted to hire you to do some work."
She smiled and explained, "We're so familiar with each other, I can feel more at ease leaving some things to you, so please don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to help you, I want to hire you to work."
A group of young men looked stunned.
Yuan Yue whispered, "We... don't know anything."
"No."
Shen Ning opened her eyes slightly and said, "Last time I asked you to inquire about the catering news, you did a very good job, more thoughtful than I thought, so I wanted to ask you for help."
She continued, "But I'm short on money at the beginning, so I won't pay you very much. But don't worry, I can arrange work for all of you... and I'll provide food and lodging, so you should be able to save some money. What do you think?"
The group of teenagers looked at each other.
Qiyue asked quietly, "Sister, are you trying to find some way to support us?"
Shen Ning laughed: "How could it be, I'm not a Bodhisattva, I have to live too, how can I have such a great ability to support so many of you... We are mutually beneficial, you need work, I need manpower, reliable and trustworthy manpower."
She smiled and asked, "Can I trust you?"
Yuan Yue said without hesitation: "Miss, you saved us all. As long as Miss is concerned, we will go through fire and water to save you."
The others nodded in unison: "Yes."
Xiao Qiyue also nodded continuously.
Shen Ning shook her head and smiled, "That won't work. If I say I'm hiring, then I'm hiring. We need to sign a contract. I'm going to start work in the next few days. Can you come as soon as possible?"
Seeing that Shen Ning didn't seem to be coaxing them, and seemed to really have something they needed to do, the young men's eyes lit up and nodded hurriedly: "Okay."
Shen Ning laughed: "I haven't told you how much the wages are yet, aren't you afraid that I'll trick you into selling you out?"
Little Qiyue said shyly but excitedly, "Working for Sister Ning is free. Sister Ning just needs to give me something to eat. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't have the energy to do more work."
Shen Ning's heart was sour and soft, and she couldn't help but stretched out her hand to pinch the little girl's cheek.
I noticed something and looked up, and saw the cold and taciturn Er Yue looking away coldly, pursing his lips and looking very unhappy.
This is, he doesn't like her pinching his sister's face?
Just when Shen Ning successfully gathered a group of assistants, on the other side, Xiao Nanchen, who had changed into a dark suit, was listening to the report from the man in black beside him with a serious face.
After finishing his arrangements, he changed the subject: "Who's watching over Pingning County?"
"My Lord, it's Chengying's Night Department secret guard."
Xiao Nanchen hummed, "Just ensure safety. Don't get involved in anything else. Don't let her notice..."
After a pause, he added, "If there are any men who come close, report them immediately."
"yes."
Shen Ning directly took Yuan Yue and Xiao Qi's children back home.
Although the yard is not big, it has five rooms. Xiao Nanchen is not at home now, so he and Shen Qingbai are arranged to live in one room, and Shen Ning lives in one room by herself, leaving three rooms.
Originally, she wanted to give Xiao Qiyue a room of her own, but Xiao Qiyue refused and insisted on living in the outer room of her main house. Shen Ning had no choice but to agree. That night, as soon as she moved, Xiao Qiyue appeared.
"Miss, would you like some water?"
It seems that the little girl treats herself as her personal maid.
Shen Ning didn't think of asking her to be a maid, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Xiao Qiyue's eyes turned red: "Miss, do you think I'm stupid?"
Feeling helpless and distressed by her crying, Shen Ning had no choice but to agree and let Qiyue be her "close confidant". Only then did the little girl burst into laughter.
There were three empty rooms, one main room and two side rooms. The young men in Yuanyue refused to live in the main room, so the eleven of them were divided into two groups and lived in the two side rooms respectively.
The two side rooms were spacious enough and not too crowded to live in. They were even more spacious than the dormitory Shen Ning lived in in her previous life.
Seeing that the teenagers were also very happy, Shen Ning did not insist anymore and let them stay like this.
As soon as they settled down, Yuanyue was pushed out as a representative to ask Chen Ning for work.
The young men obviously wanted to do something quickly, so Shen Ning did not delay and called Yuanyue and Eryue, who was of the same age, and assigned them a task: to repair and rebuild the courtyard she bought in Yongping Lane.
Shen Ning drew a blueprint based on that courtyard, and the foundation layout of the house remained unchanged, but because the house was too dilapidated, Shen Ning simply rebuilt it on the original foundation.
The yard was spacious. Chen Ning designed a small fish pond in one corner, and the side rooms were designed to be as grand and beautiful as the main house.
Building a big house like this would cost more than buying this yard, but this was the first time Shen Ning had actually built a house for herself, and she wanted to do her best to make it better.
Not luxury, but beauty and comfort.
Although she is now preparing to start a business and is short of funds, she can still afford to build a house.
With the introduction of Su Lianyi, a native of Pingning County, Shen Ning quickly found craftsmen to build the house, and then she handed the task of supervising the construction of the house to Yuanyue and others.
The teenagers were unwilling to sit idle, and were extremely happy when they heard that they finally had something to do. However, the youngest, Eleven and Twelve, were only ten years old, and Shen Ning was really worried about letting them run around with their brothers, so she coaxed the two little ones to stay at home with Qiyue.
A few more days passed, and Shen Ning and Su Lianyi officially finalized the details of the canned food business.
They planned to prepare an initial capital of three thousand taels. They certainly wouldn't need that much at the beginning, but it would be better to prepare in advance to be prepared.
Su Lianyi invested 2,000 taels of silver in cash and Chen Ning invested 1,000 taels of silver in cash. However, because the canning technology was provided by Chen Ning, it was counted as 2,000 taels of personal share. In this way, Chen Ning accounted for 60% of the shares and Su Lianyi accounted for 40%.
Su Lianyi was in charge of the venue. She had found a farm to rent out on the outskirts of the city in the past few days. The farm was not big, with only about ten acres of land, which was just the right size for their business.
In particular, there was a large cellar in the manor, which just met their needs, so Su Lianyi rented the manor.
As for the workers to come, the two of them decided to look for a reliable broker to hire them in the next few days.
Su Lianyi was a little worried: "Ningning, what if the workers get a glimpse of your recipe after a few attempts, and someone else bribes them to learn it?"
She frowned slightly. "You've never done business before, so you might not be able to imagine the shady tactics used in the business world. Some people are so shameless in their pursuit of money that they don't even have a conscience. We have to be on guard."
Shen Ning smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry about this, making canned food is not difficult, the difficult part is the sugar water... When the time comes to make the sugar water, I will find someone who is absolutely reliable."
Seeing that she had already made preparations, Su Lianyi finally felt relieved: "It's good that you know what to do."
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