Every industry has its own difficulties.
This is true in any industry, so when Xu Mingyan proposed it, Lu Qin agreed without thinking.
The next day, the person in charge of the market office submitted a notice about the new stalls to be set up in the market and stated that applications were now open.
Lu Qin took a look and found nothing wrong.
Before the market, it was just like a street stall. Everyone would just put a piece of cloth or plastic on the ground. Those who were not particular would just put it on the road. If someone bargained, they would exchange items if they succeeded. It was almost a primitive bartering style.
Later, the government carried out a series of rectifications and opened official trading houses. The current situation of the market became better, with regular rules and regulations, unified prices, and primary currency trade based on canteen meal tickets.
Now the market has been transformed and upgraded into shops.
It wasn't because the shops were unusable, but because shops were considered houses, places where people could live and shelter from the wind and rain. They were already full of disaster victims.
So if you want to open another shop, you have to rebuild the house.
These newly built small houses are like mobile model houses, all built with light and convenient materials.
And when not in use, even one person can disassemble it.
These small houses are built only to provide stall owners and buyers with a good shopping environment. At least they don’t have to stop at the stalls in the wind and snow. This can be considered a good development.
Lu Qin went to see these newly built mobile shops, which were quite sturdy, with about 130 of them.
But these are far from enough for all vendors to use together, and only a small number of them can be used. Of course, these mobile shops are not provided for free, and they need to be rented. The official price is one standard meal ticket per day.
This price can only be said to be not expensive.
Generally, those who can afford to rent a shop are those who do long-term business, such as the Tangyuan shop that Lu Qin has always liked to go to.
The family opened a glutinous rice ball shop in the market with a warehouse full of frozen glutinous rice balls and some frozen small steamed buns and dumplings, and it was very popular.
Guests with spare money like to eat a bowl of wontons or sweet rice balls on cold days.
The owner of that house was also very clever. He divided a bowl of glutinous rice balls into three sizes: large, medium and small. There were only three small bowls, most of which were bought by adults for the children to try. They didn't need too many, just to taste them warm.
Most adults choose not to eat it to save money.
As for medium and large bowls, they are mostly eaten by people who can afford them.
After all, such tasty and nutritious things are rare nowadays.
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Lu Qin looked around for a while before finally settling on a small, single-room shop. It wasn't big, only three square meters, but it was just the right place to stay, where she could store all the odd, unused items from her own home and Xu Mingyan's.
Since it was for personal use, the people working under him naturally did not dare to neglect Lu Qin, and the license was processed extremely quickly.
She was notified within half a day that the business could be opened.
Since Lu Qin was busy, she asked her mother Liang Shuyu to clean the store.
Liang Shuyu was naturally very concerned. He took the key excitedly and vowed to manage the small shop well.
Xu Mingyan also kindly sponsored a small counter to display valuable items such as rings and necklaces.
Most of these jewels that were priceless before the end of the world have now become items that no one wants.
Only those families with a wealthy life will occasionally buy something they like.
Lu Qin even saw an eight-carat diamond ring shining brightly among the pile of jewelry brought by Xu Mingyan.
Unfortunately, the owner at the time only gave it to Xu Mingyan as collateral for the 30 kilograms of rice for tuition. This was the result of soft and hard coaxing, otherwise, it would definitely not be sold.
In addition to the "useless things" such as jewelry brought by Xu Mingyan, there are also various strange things collected.
For example, a rack of clothes—
Most of them were men's clothes, and Lu Qin didn't need a few of them. Qu Dongbo didn't have the right size, so they were left unused.
There were also various strange things such as balls of yarn, notebooks, skin care products, toilet paper, etc. that Lu Qin had ordered. All these strange and not strange things, useful and not useful things were arranged and placed on a shelf on one wall.
On the other side are the main items that Lu Qin plans to sell.
It's all miscellaneous snacks.
Most of these are various supplies that Lu Qin collected before the end of the world. They are all specially selected in small packages for easy access.
Also, she recently deliberately looked for it in the express delivery pile.
For example, two days ago she opened a box of bulk fruit candy weighing about ten kilograms.
She definitely couldn't consume all these gadgets by herself, and she wasn't a child anymore, so she wouldn't need so many snacks.
But for the children in Antu County, whether it is a small piece of candy or a small piece of spicy strips, it is a beautiful dream.
In addition, not all children can go to Xu Mingyan’s school to continue their studies.
Eighty percent of the children may have lost their parents in the snowstorm and were left homeless. They may have to beg outside because their families could not make ends meet. It is even more likely that they have to live in a dark place in order to survive.
Most of these children are stranded in crowded places like markets.
So she decided to open a small snack shop and encourage children to do things within their ability in exchange for a small reward.
Lu Qin actually had this idea a long time ago, but he just didn't have the ability to realize it.
She is so small, just a speck of dust in the end times, but besides wanting to live well, she also wants to help the weaker dust to live well.
"Three bottle caps for one candy"
"Cleaning up garbage at the market in exchange for two packs of snacks a day"
"Maintaining order at the market in exchange for three bags of snacks a day"
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Lu Qin’s shop soon put up a sign.
This is not charity either.
The expansion of the market is accompanied by problems of hygiene and order. It is a waste of talent to let the guards manage garbage and daily chores.
Let these children who wander the streets all day take care of themselves, and then ask the guard team for help when there are problems that cannot be solved. This will make work more efficient and avoid the guard team's work being too heavy, which will bring unexpected benefits.
In addition, the current shortage of various mineral resources has made scrap metals, plastics and other products such as bottle caps more precious. Originally, garbage was not sorted so carefully, and a lot of resources were wasted. Lu Qin has always wanted to find specialized people to utilize these "recyclable resources", but hiring people requires paying wages.
This work is actually not difficult. If we let the children collect the materials, the wages will naturally be much lower, which can be regarded as a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
So on a quiet day, Lu Qin's "Wonderful House" quietly opened for business.
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