Chapter 46: Propping Up a New Life
Sun Erniang glanced at Song Qingzhi, as if she guessed her thoughts, and asked Chen: "Sister-in-law Chen, Qingzhi told me about aloe vera pests, your family is not stable in Song Village, but now I don't sell this breakfast, do you have any plans for your mother and daughter?" ”
Chen twisted his hands: "What are your plans?" Take one step at a time, God can still starve our mother to death? At that time, I had a meal of black-faced wild vegetables a day, and I also survived. ”
Sun Erniang is a coarse and delicate person, and she originally had a proposal in her heart, but seeing Chen's answer like this, it was difficult to say it.
Qingzhi was planning this matter in her heart, and when she saw Erniang mention it, she took advantage of the situation and said to her mother: "Mother, if Erniang is willing, why don't we take Erniang's house and car down, and our mother and daughter sell buns!" ”
Sun Erniang immediately said: "I was about to talk about this just now!" Aunt Chen, what do you think? ”
Chen suddenly remembered what Qingzhi had said about fighting with the couple for land, and hesitated: "We are not familiar with each other, and we have no backers, and we are not as good as Erniang who can beat people, can we do it?" ”
According to Chen's opinion, it is safer to rely on people who are stronger than himself to make a living.
Song Qingzhi said: "I can't beat it, there are other ways, there is really no way, it's a big deal to work harder, it's just a long time to set up a stall, how many people have come over like this." ”
Sun Erniang hurriedly said: "Yes!" I hit people, that's because I want to sell out in the morning and sleep well in the afternoon! If you don't care about the hard work, you don't have to grab land with others, there are many people who love to eat steamed buns in Lishan Town, and they can be sold on any street! ”
Speaking of Chen's heart, Qingdou heard the adults say that they would move to the city to sell steamed buns, wouldn't there be meat buns to eat every day? His eyes were straight, and he sucked his fingers and looked at his mother and sister.
Song Qingzhi looked at his hand: Damn, although the hand is small, Lao Tzu can hold up a piece of the sky! Shelter your mother and green beans from the wind and rain!
Then she asked timidly: "Erniang, how much silver can you take down this pair of belongings?" ”
As soon as he asked about the silver, the courage he had just mustered was leaked a lot, and the whole person was visibly cowardly.
Sun Erniang quickly calculated in her heart: if you want to take care of the Song family, you must not lose money.
"Twenty-five taels, cash silver, can't be less, I also want to give you peace of mind, and I also want to be anxious to ask for money to get married earlier."
The price is still appropriate, the house of the Wang Po's family is smaller than here, and it is also more than ten taels of silver, and the specially customized breakfast car is only ten taels and is also a friendly price.
Chen and Qingzhi glanced at each other: the Xie silver given by the Dong family plus the silver divided by aloe vera, except for Chen's illness and daily expenses for a while, the remaining less than ten taels, plus one or two in Qingzhi's hand, half is not enough.
Chen hesitated and said: "The ancestral house can be sold for more than ten taels, Qingzhi's father was seriously ill at that time, and someone said that he wanted to buy it, and the price was fifteen taels!" ”
Qingzhi shook his head and said, "No! Erniang's house is pawned, and it will be returned to the owner when it expires, and the ancestral house of the hometown will be gone when it is sold, and the family of three will not even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. ”
Chen sighed: "Where is the place for the family to shelter from the wind and rain now!" ”
Qingzhi remembered that when the Chen family talked about it for a while, when he saw the faces of the people of Song Village, he remembered the day of the ancestral hall, and his heart was blocked, and he and Qingdou didn't go out much.
But ...... "Mother, there is no way back when you go out this step." ”
Chen nodded, although she has no knowledge, she is naturally fierce and bright, these ten days have seen the people of Lishan Town make money loose, and the snack and dim sum stalls on the street have a good business of steamed buns, and they know that as long as they are not afraid of hardship, it is no problem for the breakfast car to feed a family of three.
It is rare to have this opportunity, Sun Erniang is doing a good job in business and wants to get married, so she gave them a chance in vain.
So decided, Chen rushed back to Song Village overnight to find the person who wanted to buy a house before, and the person knew that the fifteen taels were fair, and he did not take the opportunity to lower the price, and wrote a contract with the village chief overnight.
The next day, Chen carried fifteen taels of silver tickets in his arms, and the ox cart was full of two trips back and forth, moving the Song family's belongings to Sun Erniang.
In the next few days, I invited Mr. Writing to make a contract and pawned Sun Erniangdian's house.
Sun Erniang carefully instructed the various details of the business, and then left with Lu Quanyou with a car full of things.
Qingzhi stood alone in the courtyard: the burden of life was all on her.
She went out to the market, Sun Erniang took her to a few times, the breakfast cart pork and shallots are used a lot every day, the price is slightly different every day, Sun Erniang was not how to bargain at that time.
She asked around the market, looked for the best cost-effective ones to buy materials back, and thought that in the future, she would fix a few sources of goods to see if she could press the price down and reduce the cost.
In the afternoon, she kneaded dough in the courtyard to prepare ingredients, Qingdou watched the guests of Wang Po Tea House at the door, and Chen squatted to wash green onions.
Song Qingzhi felt that kneading dough today was particularly vigorous.
Sure enough, working for the boss is fishing, 996 is a big grievance, and I don't feel tired of starting my own business 24/7!
The third watch got up to fry the stuffing, Sun Erniang didn't tell Qingzhi her secret recipe, Qingzhi estimated that she adjusted the filling, and it tasted slightly lighter, but it was still fresh and sweet.
Before going out, she and Chen woke up Qingdou and told him not to go out, and put his breakfast on the table to cover it, and the mother and daughter pushed the cart out.
When they arrived at the familiar South Gate, the repeat customers asked, "Why is Erniang not here today?" ”
Qingzhi said with a smile: "She went to the countryside to see relatives and will come back in a few days." ”
I'm sorry former boss, for the time being, I have to borrow your name to coax old customers, hoping that they will eat more than a few times I can get used to it.
A regular customer saw that Sun Erniang was not there, so he tasted a bite of the bun in front of Qingzhi: "Oh, it's not as delicious as Erniang's cooking!" ”
Aoeda smiled: "Look at you love to laugh! In the past, I made the buns, and I adjusted the filling, but this time the pork is better, and the salt is less. Do you want to taste the meat to be sweeter? ”
The man took a sip of disbelief, but did not speak again.
Rao is like this, after a few days, the buns gradually become sold out in the middle of the afternoon.
Song Qingzhi and the Chen family are not discouraged, Sun Erniang used to be a chef, and she has a unique skill, and it is right that people's buns sell well.
Song Qingzhi took over her business, and more than half of Sun Erniang's customers still came to buy it, which was already very good.
Thanks to the small number of customers, Chen was able to take the time to go back in the morning to pick up the green beans that had slept until he woke up naturally, put a small bench next to the dining car, and knead a ball of noodles for him to play with.
After selling for a month, Chen and Qingzhi Lamp settled the account, and Chen said happily: "I used to have two acres of land with your father, and when the harvest was bad, I couldn't earn so much in a year!" It's strange that the people in the city are willing to spend money, and they will make money! ”
But without Sun Erniang's iron fist, slowly there were two or three sellers of steamed buns in the treasure land of the South Gate, and the competition became fierce, and sometimes they had to sell until the evening to go back.
Song Qingzhi knew that he couldn't beat others, so he tried not to make enemies with his peers, and he smiled when he met, sometimes he went a little later, and he didn't grab the land under the tree, so he just did.
Chen is very satisfied, the monthly income slowly stabilized, although not as much as Sun Erniang does it, but there is no problem to feed a family of three, and occasionally there is a little savings, Qingzhi also began to ask people to inquire about Qingdou's schooling.