Chapter 47: The Riverbank
Qiao Ruyi said that he wanted to buy a shop in the town and do a food business. After Qiao Ruyi finished speaking, he continued to ask:
Dr. Chen, I don't know how much the rent of the shops in this town will cost. So come and ask Dr. Chen, I don't know if Dr. Chen knows?
Doctor Chen listened, thought for a while, and then said:
In this town, it costs at least ten taels of silver to buy a shop with a backyard, that is, if there is no backyard and only a shop in front, it will cost about five taels of silver. But it's better for you to rent one first. If you rent a month with a backyard, it's only three dollars of silver, and if you don't have a backyard, it's cheaper, and it's almost a penny of silver.
Qiao Ruyi was happy when she heard this, she now has about three dollars of silver, but she can rent one without a backyard. But the silver is a little tight, if she rents a house, then she has to prepare some ingredients and tools, which still requires money, Qiao Ruyi is embarrassed.
Dr. Chen also knew where she was in trouble, so he comforted:
This is nothing, save money first and then buy a shop, not all things have been accumulated little by little in ancient times, where can it be done all at once.
Dr. Chen, you may not know that the reason why I want to buy a shop to do business is because the weather will be cold in a few days, and it will be inconvenient for us to come out. So I thought I could buy a shop as soon as possible.
When Dr. Chen heard this, he took out a money bag from under the cabinet and said:
Ruyi girl, why don't you take some silver from me first, and then go and buy a shop first.
No, no.
Qiao Ruyi stretched out his hands to block Dr. Chen's silver and said:
Dr. Chen, I'm here to ask you for advice, not to ask you for help. I'm still thinking about continuing to do business, saving money first, and when the money is enough, I'll buy it.
Seeing that Qiao Ruyi said firmly, Doctor Chen was not reluctant, put the money bag back in its place, and asked:
Ruyi girl, do you really want to save money for your own business?
Qiao Ruyi nodded.
Dr. Chen said:
You may not know that there is a river bank on the west side of our town, and there are many cargo ships on the riverbank, which are doing business in other places, and there are many men on the bow of the boat who are working as coolies, and they eat and drink by the river.
Dr. Chen suggested that Qiao Ruyi go to the river bank to do business, there are many people there, and it is foreseeable that the trade will be much better.
This is a good idea, Qiao Ruyi thought about it in his heart, nodded, and said:
Dr. Chen, your idea is good, I think it's okay.
Dr. Chen smiled when he heard this:
Don't be afraid of hard work, if you go there, every day will be much busier than it is now.
I understand that, thank you, Dr. Chen.
Qiao Ruyi smiled and thanked Dr. Chen, because she was still thinking about Qiao Laixing and Qiao Ruxin, so she said goodbye to Dr. Chen.
Qiao Ruyi turned around and came to Qiao Zixing, and Qiao Ruxin came.
Sister, you're back
Qiao Ruxin looked at Qiao Ruyi from a distance and greeted.
Qiao Ruyi stepped forward quickly, first glanced at the flat tan, and found that there were not many steamed buns in the flat dan, so he said:
During this time, it sold quite quickly.
Qiao Ruxin nodded vigorously, mumbled, and said:
Isn't it, sister, during the time you left, several people came to buy steamed buns, and they all said that our steamed buns were delicious.
When Qiao Ruyi heard this, he smiled and said:
That's good.
Then Qiao Ruyi told Dr. Chen's words to Qiao Laixing, Qiao Ruxin, after speaking, paused and said:
Let's buy 30 steamed buns a day now, remove the ingredients, a three-wen, let's save about 50 wen a day, let's make more tomorrow, I think we will make 90 steamed buns, the price is the same, we can save about a penny of silver a day, do the top 10 days, we have almost one or two silver, at that time, let's go rent a shop with a back room.
Although Qiao Ruyi is short of money now, he can't wait to make hundreds of steamed buns a day, but let's not talk about whether they can be sold, just say that these steamed buns can't be made in a day by the three of them alone, so I have to arrange it like this.
Qiao Laixing, Qiao Nina had no objection, and they all agreed.
Qiao Ruyi looked at the sky again, and planned to go back early because there were many steamed buns needed tomorrow, so he said to the two of them again:
You can sell it here for a while, and I'll go buy some flour, and we'll go back early today."
Qiao Laixing, Qiao Ruxin nodded in agreement.
Qiao Ruyi raised his feet and went to the flour shop to buy fifty catties of flour and came back, and put the flour on the burden, and the three of them didn't stay long, Qiao Laixing picked up the burden and walked back together.
When they got home, the three of them were busy lighting the fire, making noodles, pounding red dates, pumpkin, and purple potatoes. The three of them were busy for most of the day, and they also steamed out ninety steamed buns, and they couldn't let go of these many steamed buns in the burden, so Qiao Ruyi found their commonly used back baskets, brushed them clean, spread a layer of cotton pads, and put the steamed buns that could not fit in it. Only then did I put all the steamed buns in.
Early in the morning of the second day, Qiao Ruyi deliberately put on the newly bought clothes a few days ago, and also let Qiao Laixing, Qiao Nina put on new clothes, they are making food, and they are dressed neatly and others can see it, Qiao Ruyi simply pulled a bun on his head again, and held it with a hairpin, without powdering on his face, he only wiped his face with ointment, and the whole person looked clean and generous.
After the three of them cleaned up, Qiao Ran checked the things he was carrying, and then he and Qiao Ruxin carried the basket, Qiao Laixing carried the burden, and the three of them went to the bank of the river in the town together.
Shuiwan Town is close to a big river, the river is very wide, the boats come and go, most of them are cargo ships and there are a few fishing boats, fishermen fish on the boat to sell, the cargo ship is mostly the helmsman of the five big and three rough, and the fishing boat is mostly a family on the boat to make a living
When I came to the wharf, the wharf was very lively, with several boats parked on the shore, and boats that drove away on the river.
Qiao Ruyi found a more spacious place, unloaded the basket on his back, and arranged the three of them in a row. Qiao Ruyi found that there were still three or five restaurants here to buy food, but what they bought was wowotou and a piece of soup. There are no steamed buns like them.
As soon as Qiao Ruyi and the three of them set up the stall, a few people found Qiao Ruyi's stall, because they had never seen the pasta they made, they looked this way, Qiao Ruyi looked at these people Although they were curious, they didn't come up to buy it, and after thinking about it, they opened their mouths and shouted in a long voice:
Red date steamed buns, pumpkin steamed buns, purple sweet potato steamed buns are sold---
Hot, fragrant steamed buns, come and buy them if you want them.
Qiao Ruxin also shouted.
When the people next to him heard this shout, they were eager to try, and one of them came up and asked:
Is this a steamed bun? I've never seen anything like this, how many texts are there?
Qiao Ruyi said with a smile:
One is three texts, and two are five texts.
This is the method that Qiao Ruyi just came up with: use the price strategy of buying more and more discounts to attract customers to buy more, and then sell it out early, they can go back to make steamed buns early, if they go back late, tomorrow's steamed buns will not be made.
When the man heard this, his eyes lit up and he said.
Is it delicious, but the price is not expensive.