Chapter 149: Stir-fried melon seeds
These days in Beijing, when making medicinal food, Lu Changqing has not taken the mother and daughter around to play.
As the capital, Beijing brings together the best things in the whole of China, and the Fushengji that Lu Changqing bought is a time-honored fried food shop, the most famous of which is their melon seeds, Zhou Huilan has been there a few times, and there is a long queue when she returns, and she may be empty if she goes late.
Since Zhou Huilan praised this melon seed once, Lu Changqing had to buy it for her every time she went out.
The happiness of being remembered is far more pleasant than the deliciousness of the melon seeds themselves, Zhou Huilan grabbed a handful and put it on the table, giving Lu Changqing a sweet smile, "Thank you, Dr. Lu, for thinking about me." β
Lu Changqing's face turned red at that time.
He hugged Yaoyao a little crampedly, "No, no thanks." β
Seeing his shy appearance, Zhou Huilan couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.
Seeing that Lu Changqing was becoming more and more shy, he quickly cleared his throat, and chatted with Lu Changqing while snorting melon seeds: "I used to think that this business of selling fried goods was good, but seeing that people have made a business like this, it is not less profitable than opening a restaurant." β
Lu Changqing nodded, "Fushengji is a time-honored brand, with a history of hundreds of years. β
Zhou Huilan suddenly clapped her hands, "Look at the delicious fried melon seeds, and the business is also good, why don't I go back and get a stall for fried melon seeds, what do you think?" β
Before coming to Beijing, she had basically dissociated herself from Donghua Restaurant, and now she has nearly 300,000 yuan in cash alone, but she doesn't have to worry about her livelihood, but people can't just be idle all the time.
When she chatted with the big guys on Songbai Street before, she always fried some melon seeds and soybeans, and the neighbors said that it was better than the ones sold in the small shops outside.
The more Zhou Huilan thought about it, the more reliable she became, "I didn't need to find any faΓ§ade at the beginning, I fried more at home, and used the original electric tricycle, which slowly accumulated, maybe it could be like Fushengji, and then I would build a production line for mass production......"
The more Zhou Huilan spoke, the more excited she became, as if she had seen the way everyone would hold her melon seeds when they were talking about it in the future.
Seeing Zhou Huilan like this, Lu Changqing also nodded very seriously, "It's okay, look at the people on the street, there are more people who eat melon seeds than in restaurants, you can try it, if you still want to open a restaurant, I support you." β
Although he said this, it didn't seem to be for Lu Changqing's support.
But when I heard him say this, I still felt that the meteorite was very iron.
So Zhou Huilan didn't brush off Lu Changqing's kindness, and smiled lightly, thanking Lu Changqing for his kindness.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, Zhou Huilan used to bake some fried goods by herself, but to satisfy her cravings, the amount she did was not large.
But if you really want to do it as a business, it's not that simple.
First of all, this amount is a problem, frying a pound of melon seeds and frying 10 pounds of melon seeds, the fatigue level is not just multiplied by ten.
Zhou Huilan originally thought big, she and the proprietress who often went to the vegetable market to sell sunflower seeds ordered 50 catties of fresh melon seeds at once, according to the experience of the proprietress, there are nine taels after a catty of melon seeds are fried.
Zhou Huilan thought that at the beginning, she still used the big iron pot on the original firewood stove at home, and she could fry seven or eight catties in one pot, plus coarse salt and ingredients to stir back and forth, it was really not easy to calculate.
If it weren't for the ancient well water, Zhou Huilan would really not be able to fry the fifty catties of fresh melon seeds in this day's time.
Because it was the first day to do it in large quantities, Zhou Huilan fried all the melon seeds, and it was already afternoon.
Thinking that there was not long left before the time to pick up Yaoyao, she didn't go far, pushed the original tricycle, and stopped at the Drum Tower under the excuse that she used to sell soy milk again.
It's not a good time to sell fried food.
But Zhou Huilan's melon seeds are freshly fried, the ingredients are also sufficient, the fragrance is strong, although there are not many people going back and forth, but one of the two people will always come to ask, and the people who come to ask, there is almost one person in the two who is willing to buy some back.
"I am a melon seed fresh, and I only sell it for two yuan a catty, you can taste it."
Someone stopped, and Zhou Huilan was very enthusiastic to let the other party taste it.
In these years, people are still thin-skinned, and they are generally willing to taste it, and they feel that the taste is good, so they will buy some back.
But in the middle of the afternoon, there weren't many people on the streets.
Zhou Huilan was busy for more than an hour, seeing that it was almost time to pick up the child, and she didn't even sell half of it.
However, business has to be done slowly, and Zhou Huilan is not in a hurry at this time.
Seeing that the time was about the same, she simply put away the stall, went back and sent the tricycle to Lu's house, cleaned it up, and planned to pick up Yaoyao.
Lu Changqing was also shocked when he saw her push a cart of melon seeds back, "Why is the business not good?" β
Zhou Huilan spread her hands a little helplessly, "It's really not good, it's not the New Year's Festival, there are not many people who eat, and there may be fewer people on the street in the middle of the afternoon." β
"Are you going to pick up Yaoyao now?" Lu Changqing helped come up with an idea, "Why don't we go to the kindergarten to sell it?" β
Zhou Huilan's eyes lit up when she heard this, but she quickly shook her head again, "It's better to say goodbye, what if Yaoyao feels embarrassed?" β
Lu Changqing smiled, "How can you feel ashamed?" You go to pick up the child, I will push the tricycle to sell, but if I sell a good business, Boss Zhou will have to pay me for the labor fee! β
"You?" Zhou Huilan couldn't help laughing, and almost laughed directly, "Doctor Lu, do you know how to look at the scales?" β
"Absolutely! I usually call Chinese medicine also have to look at the scale. Lu Changqing was obviously unhappy, and Zhou Huilan despised him.
The two fought a few more words, seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Changqing really planned to sell melon seeds, and Zhou Huilan didn't stop him, so she told him the price.
also told Lu Changqing that if he couldn't sell it, he would give passers-by more tastes, which could be regarded as an advertisement in disguise.
When I arrived at the entrance of the kindergarten, it was almost time to get off work, and in addition to the parents in line, there were many people on the street.
Zhou Huilan stood in the team and directly left behind Lu Changqing about selling melon seeds.
Originally, Lu Changqing was a scholar, let him sell melon seeds, not to mention the overkill, whether this Sven person can put down his children is another matter.
It's just that Zhou Huilan received Yaoyao, and as soon as she crossed the road, she saw an old man carrying half a bag of melon seeds, and pulling his little grandson forward while snorting.
(End of chapter)