Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Tavern Unites
In the tavern, Xu Huizhen and others, who had been busy all morning, sat on a bench and hammered their arms and legs. The trial opening, which was originally expected to close at 10 a.m., was closed because there were so many people in line that it was impossible to keep operating until the cabbage was sold out.
"Huizhen, I'm really curious, where did you get so many Chinese cabbage? It's just amazing! Zhao Yali was behind the counter and looked at Kong Yuqin crackling and planning to plate it, and at the same time she was amazed at Xu Huizhen.
"Don't talk, if you have nothing to do, go over and rub Huizhen's shoulders, I almost miscalculated a number just now." Kong Yuqin glanced at Zhao Yali in annoyance, and she didn't know who was worried about this and that in the convenience cafeteria just now.
Looking at Kong Yuqin, who was anxious to pull her white face, Zhao Yali raised her eyebrows and wanted to go back, but she glanced at the other tired people in the room and pouted her lips and was silent. Although Zhao Yali has a big mouth, she still has eyesight, and she also understands that this is not a good time to quarrel with Kong Yuqin, a big stinky mouth.
The door of the tavern was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a cold wind swished through the cracks in the curtain of the door and drilled into the room.
"Sorry, we're not open in the afternoon. It's Manager Cai, why did you bring the pot at home. Xiao Jingli and Xiao Jingping are also here? Come over to Auntie's side to bake the fire and see the little face frozen. Zhao Yali waved to Xu Jingli, who was following behind Cai Quanwu, each holding a stack of coarse porcelain bowls.
After the Xu Jingli sisters put the coarse porcelain bowl in their hands on the square table in front of their mother Xu Huizhen, they touched their ears and jumped to Zhao Yali's side to bake the fire around the coal stove.
Cai Quanwu still walked to the table with the coarse porcelain bowl with an expressionless face, put down a large aluminum basin with a tightly covered lid in both hands, and then lifted the lid under Xu Huizhen's nod, and the smell of food immediately began to waft in the room.
"Tomato and egg noodles!" He Yumei exclaimed in surprise.
It's not easy to eat two bites of tomatoes at this time, and the amount of the greenhouse has been booked out before the market, and the rest will be snatched up by customers who have been waiting for a long time as soon as the market is moved to the shelves.
"Don't rest, the big guys eat first, and after eating, they go home to have a good rest, and tonight we will take shifts to let our colleagues in the breakfast shop take a day for us." Xu Huizhen looked at He Yumei and the others with Cai Quanwu's help and said.
"Hooray! Brother-in-law, you don't have to give it to Sheng, I'll serve it myself, I want a lot of tomatoes. He Yumei was the first to rush forward and took the wooden spoon from Cai Quanwu's hand to cook for herself.
Two temporary workers followed her silently, their arms were sore and sore from moving the cabbage they had been moving all morning, but they still wanted to eat two bites when they looked at the bright tomatoes and their lips were white.
Zhao Yali didn't eat at noon, and when she saw that there were still a lot of noodles in the pot, she twisted Nini and walked over, and when she saw that no one said anything, she served a bowl to herself and Kong Yuqin, who was still settling accounts.
"Fan Jinyou, what are you doing hiding there alone, hurry up and come over for dinner? You can rest assured, it's okay to have no cooking skills. Xu Huizhen took two mouthfuls of noodles, and saw that Cai Quanwu led his two daughters to start eating, and the whole room was left with Fan Jinyou, who was sitting with his face against the wall in the corner.
After the opening of the convenience canteen in the morning, except for Master Ma, who slipped away in advance for some reason, the rest of Kong Yuqin, Zhao Yali and Fan Jinyou took the initiative to go to the tavern to help move the vegetables and settle the accounts, especially Fan Jinyou who moved the Chinese cabbage.
"I didn't pay attention to the excessive force when I was working, and now I don't have any strength in my arms at all, you eat first, and I'll slow down here." Fan Jinyou didn't look back, his face was actually sweating with pain.
"Ouch, knowing that you Fan Jinyou are today's great hero, I, Zhao Yali, will give you this great hero. But let's talk about it first, I can't feed you. Zhao Yali put down the dishes and chopsticks and teased.
"Haha, Sister Zhao, you're going to laugh at me to death." He Yumei hurriedly put down her chopsticks and covered her mouth, she almost didn't squirt out the noodles in her mouth just now.
"Zhao Yali, our two daughters are still here, what nonsense are you talking about." Xu Huizhen complained.
"My fault, my fault." Zhao Yali hurriedly said for mercy, and then snorted angrily and put a bowl of tomato and egg noodles on the table behind Fan Jinyou.
"Hurry up and eat, Cai Quanwu will have to take it back and wash the dishes in a while."
When Fan Jinyou heard this, he slowly turned around, took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopsticks bucket on the table, put his mouth close to the edge of the bowl and pulled it in with chopsticks.
When the two temporary workers began to eat the second bowl, Kong Yuqin put away the abacus and handed the registered numbers to Zhao Yali, who had been waiting for a long time. Zhao Yali copied the ledger according to the above figures, and then calculated all the proceeds of Chinese cabbage and duck eggs.
"The account is calculated, from yesterday to today, we have sold a total of 850 salted duck eggs, 160 preserved eggs, 80 yuan and 8 cents, and a profit of 18 yuan 5. 21,256 catties of Chinese cabbage, 631 yuan and 6 cents were recorded, and 21 yuan was profitable. ”
He Yumei was inevitably a little disappointed when she heard that the big guy had worked hard to make a profit of less than 40 yuan: "Sister Huizhen, we obviously sold very well, how could we only make such a small profit?" ”
"This time, most of the heads are on Chinese cabbage, and the purchase price itself is high, and we can't sell it higher than the market price, otherwise we will be reported for speculation and price gouging, and the profit will naturally be low."
"Aren't we working in vain?" Kong Yuqin asked worriedly.
"How can it be for nothing, such a good Chinese cabbage is not common, in fact, those duck eggs that are sold with it are our highlight." Xu Huizhen is quite satisfied with the income calculated today.
"Huizhen is right, the profit point of our tavern is almost 8, the profit point of cold dishes is 12, and the profit point of duck eggs is 33." Zhao Yali closed the ledger and nodded, agreeing with Xu Huizhen's point of view.
"This duck egg guy has also tasted it, and ordinary people definitely can't eat such a good one. Next, we have to wait for the customers who bought our duck eggs to come back to buy duck eggs alone, as long as there are more people who come back, it means that I have chosen the right path. ”
"Sister Huizhen, what if you choose the right one?" He Yumei said curiously.
"Then let's continue to do this duck egg business, according to my calculations, the tavern and convenience canteen alone can sell 300 a day, so that you can make an extra profit of 180 yuan per month, and you can increase the profit of 2,000 yuan a year." Xu Huizhen's eyes swept around everyone's body and then continued with an oath.
"You say, can we use this extra income to give bonuses to the big guys?"
Xu Huizhen's words made the eyes of He Yumei, Accountant Liu, Kong Cashier and others light up, and the corners of their mouths began to rise unconsciously.
"Good!"
"Sister Huizhen, the best!"
"Applause!"
After Xu Huizhen made a categorical statement, the atmosphere in the tavern officially reached a climax, except for Cai Quanwu, who still looked like a frowning old man, and the rest of the people applauded happily under the leadership of He Yumei.
Like He Yumei, she has already begun to plan to go to the state-owned business at the end of the year to buy the tweed coat she has loved for a long time.
After everyone was lively for a while, Cashier Kong couldn't stop crying when he thought that a few children at home who were still bare-bottomed could no longer hide in the bed.
"Sister Kong, no, the money hasn't been sent to you yet? Stop crying. Xu Huizhen smiled and took out a handkerchief from his jacket pocket and handed it to Cashier Kong.
"Huizhen, you have great skills and good eyes. To be honest, some time ago I was really worried about what would happen if no one bought the duck eggs that cost so much money to come in? Kong Cashier wiped her tears and said what was in her heart: "Looking back now, my eye sockets are too submerged, if it weren't for you, everyone would definitely not be able to think of this thing." ”
In the end, she said the answer that everyone, including Xu Huizhen, wanted to know most at this moment.
"Huizhen, do you think it's best for us to start stocking up on duck eggs now, after all, it takes time to marinate duck eggs?"