"Dad, did you prepare this New Year's Eve dinner?"
"No way! I specifically ordered a special meal from the cafeteria."
"It looks good!"
"Everyone, please try it!"
"It's good, quite delicious."
"That's right, these past few days have exhausted me."
"It's alright, but no matter how tiring it is, at least I made money."
How much did you earn?
"Want to know"
"Mianmian, hurry up and stop keeping me in suspense!"
Hehe, guess what?
I guess 1000.
"Impossible, Xinyue definitely doesn't have that many, at most 800."
"I think the number is about the same."
"Mianmian, quickly tell everyone how much money you made!"
"Okay, I'll tell you, after deducting all the costs, I made exactly 2196 yuan."
"How much? 2196, not 196."
"That's true, and that's before all the peanuts have been bought."
"After we finish eating, I'll distribute everyone's dividends first."
"No need, we'll settle it all together later."
"that is"
"No need, these are for you first. The rest I won't distribute after I buy them; I need to save them for later."
"Mianmian, now that you've sold the rest, what are your plans?"
"I took advantage of some free time a few days ago to go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau and got my business license."
I don't think small-scale operations are a solution! Besides, without a formal document, it will be difficult to handle if they come to investigate later.
"You're trying to make this big!"
"Not yet. Here's my plan, and since you're all here, could you give me your opinions and see if there's anything that needs to be changed?"
Tell me about it.
"After we finish buying these peanuts, Dad, I'll find two people who can talk to me from the list you gave me, and I'll have them do it."
One person went to the nearby countryside to collect peanuts, while another person went to the street to sell them. After seeing the results, they moved the peanuts directly to a shop to sell.
Then find three more people to help Aunt Wang cook at home.
"Mianmian, there are too many people making these, won't we be able to sell them all?"
"No, we can cooperate with the supply and marketing cooperative first. Also, if others are planning to sell, we can provide the goods. If sales are good, we can add more people to process the goods."
"In that case, I'm afraid the courtyards in the West District will be enough?"
"Dad, I'm thinking of setting up a tent in the yard while there are fewer people around. What do you think?"
"Okay, do you have enough money?"
"yes!"
"It's enough. The timber is readily available; it was prepared when the house was being renovated."
And so, his first workshop, with a total of 7 people including himself, continued until 1987.
It's not that we don't want to hire more people, but soon the higher-ups started discussing whether it's capitalist or socialist. Individual business owners and bosses can only have a maximum of 7 people; 8 people would be capitalist, and the risk factor is too high.
I only go to help out when I'm not in school. The rest of the time, I have to rely on these six people. Don't underestimate these six people. They work in two shifts, and during the busiest times, they even secretly bring their children from home to help, but all of them are under ten years old.
These children, all over 10 years old, would pick up goods from this small workshop and sell them on the streets when they weren't in school.
It can be said that they did not specifically advertise or promote themselves; they simply told others that "Li's Fried Nuts Shop" was a place where they could pick up and supply goods.
So not long after, my shop received an order, and it was the supply and marketing cooperative that contacted me personally.
"Okay, we'll put it in writing. It will need the official seal from the organization later. We've already agreed on the price, just like we said before. As for how much you'll sell it for per pound, you can decide for yourselves."
"Okay, no problem. I'll come over tomorrow to sign the agreement and pick up the goods."
"good"
"Pleasant to cooperate"
"Pleasant to cooperate"
Since I can't be in the shop every day, Aunt Wang will temporarily take over as the group leader. However, I no longer live on campus, so I can come over from time to time. If there are any problems or needs, I will still have to step in myself.
On the other hand, not long after the Spring Festival in 1979, not only myself, but also my sister-in-law and the others received calls from their husbands, who had gone to the front lines one after another.
There was nothing I could do; even if I was worried, I couldn't stop them, because everyone in my family except myself was a soldier, and they knew all too well what the mission of a soldier was.
I know some things about this war, and there's nothing more to say; we've always been the victors.
The only concern was their safety, but even that couldn't stop them from going.
In my opinion, the only person in this family I'm not entirely confident about is my second brother-in-law, but I don't want to say much about it.
Not only did they go to this operation, but soon after, even Dad, who was getting on in years, went to the front lines. As for news about the front lines, all news stopped coming in.
For family members, no news is good news. Not to mention themselves, no one else has much time to pay attention to this.
Not long after, my second sister and Xinyue were also sent to the hospital closest to the front line. There was no other way; they were both military doctors, and now was the time when they were needed.
Although my sister-in-law is now pursuing a master's degree, she can't come back anytime like I can, so she only has holidays during winter and summer vacations.
During the day, I either attend classes, go to the store, or do other things.
With only Mom taking care of Xiao Shi at home, the house felt too empty.
"Mom, if I say I still need someone, but I can't open an account in my name anymore, can I use yours?"
"What's wrong, Mianmian? Is there a problem? Or is the roasted nuts shop too busy?"
"Mom, I own a few shops, right? I was wondering if I could open them all at once?"
"Together"
"Yes, together, Mom. Listen to me, I've noticed a lot of people selling roasted nuts and seeds on the street lately."
But most of their roasted nuts and seeds aren't from our own shop, meaning there are other people doing the roasting and frying too.
"Then this..."
"Here's what I'm thinking: if I don't quickly rectify the situation at my own roasted nuts and seeds shop, I might lose my market altogether."
So what do you plan to do?
"I'm thinking of giving our roasted nuts a fancy repackaging to make them more appealing to consumers."
Putting everything else aside, I have to support the employees at the nut and nut shop first, otherwise they won't have a chance to find jobs, let alone support their families.
"So what do you want to do?"
"I want to open a few stores like supply and marketing cooperatives?"
"Will this... will this work?"
"Mom, let me explain it to you slowly and carefully."
"I don't plan to sell as many products as the supply and marketing cooperatives do for the time being. I'll just sell things that ordinary people use regularly, such as chicken, duck, meat, eggs, and vegetables."
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