When Mingyue and Zhou Chengming were setting up their stall, they happened to run into the middle-aged couple who were riding their bicycles.
The aunt smiled at Mingyue and the others and said, "There is not much work in the factory right now, and we have nothing to do anyway, so we will sell cold dishes for a few days to earn some living expenses."
This seemed to explain that they would only sell for one or two days and would not delay Mingyue's business.
But they all live in the same courtyard, and this couple's cold dishes are one cent cheaper than Mingyue's, so how could there not be delay
Zhou Chengming was unhappy, thinking that these people had clearly stolen Mingyue's ideas and were shamelessly trying to act cute.
But Mingyue didn't care about it at all. She just smiled and said, "I wish you a big sale. We are leaving now. See you later."
The couple was a little surprised. They didn't expect that she was not angry.
Little did people know that Mingyue was very confident in her cold dishes. In addition to selling cold dishes, she could also sell braised dishes, cakes, and all kinds of snacks. She was not afraid of having her business snatched away by others.
She has long been familiar with the surrounding environment and people, knows what kind of place is suitable for selling what, knows how to adapt to local conditions, and has no worries about not being able to sell things.
However, there were far more three-wheeled snack carts selling cold dishes outside than Mingyue had imagined.
Especially the few fixed locations, they were all occupied by others early on, and it looked like the streets were full of vendors selling cold dishes.
Obviously, many people had noticed that Mingyue was making money by selling cold dishes, and they all followed suit and started selling cold dishes.
After visiting several places without finding a suitable spot to set up a stall, Zhou Chengming was filled with anger. He felt that the people in this city were simply too shameless and were all hateful scholars.
"These people are too much. It's fine if they just imitate us to sell cold dishes, but they actually took our place. I'm really pissed off." Zhou Chengming's face was very ugly. He turned his head and asked, "Mingyue, what do you think we should do?"
Mingyue didn't take this setback to heart, she smiled and comforted him, "Brother Chengming, don't worry, I know there will be no one in this place."
Now Zhou Chengming has become Mingyue’s number one fan. After hearing what Mingyue said, he felt relieved.
Mingyue took Zhou Chengming through several alleys before they arrived at another street. There was a large flow of people here and people looked very fashionably dressed. There were a few small stalls selling things scattered around, but there were no cold dishes because they felt that cold dishes did not fit in with this street.
"Vegetable seller? They look delicious. How much?" A girl in a white polka-dot dress and carrying a small white shoulder bag came over curiously and asked.
Zhou Chengming adjusted his clothes somewhat stiffly, looking at the fashionable girl with curly hair and high leather boots, he couldn't open his mouth at all.
Mingyue glanced at his red cheeks, but didn't make things difficult for him. She moved closer and said, "Beauty, meat dishes are 80 cents, and vegetables are 40 cents. They're sold by pound."
Hearing the word "beautiful girl", the girl smiled, pointed at the plate and said, "Then give me a little of everything."
Mingyue agreed and was about to pick up some food, but after thinking for a moment she asked again, "Are you eating alone?"
The girl smiled sweetly: "Two people."
Mingyue knew what was going on, and after asking the girl if she had any special favorites, she began to pick up the dishes. She didn't take much of each dish, and didn't have the intention of taking advantage of her, which made the girl feel quite favorable towards her.
After paying the bill, the girl asked, "I think your food is fresh and smells delicious. If I want to buy it again in the future, where can I find you? Do you have a store open?"
Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "We are setting up stalls everywhere now, we don't have a fixed place."
The girl sighed: "That's a pity."
After the girl left, Mingyue began to seriously consider opening a store.
Although after opening a shop, doing business is not as flexible as setting up a stall.
But we have to admit that people nowadays have a high level of trust in things in stores, and they can accept them even if they are a little more expensive.
Moreover, after the physical store develops, Mingyue also wants to start an errand company, or a food delivery company. With just a small errand fee, food can be delivered to your mouth. The main feature is convenience.
Perhaps at the beginning this errand running company will only serve the Zhou family, but it won't be long before the catering industry will flourish. At that time, she can use the reasons of small profits but quick turnover and win-win cooperation to persuade many catering stores to open errand running services. This will not only support the errand running company, but also develop the stores better.
The more Mingyue thought about it, the more profound it became, and the more moved she became.
So that afternoon she let Zhou Chengming rest for half a day and went out to look at the surrounding stores. If she saw a suitable one, she would ask directly without any shyness.
However, it is not easy to find a suitable store. Mingyue looked for most of the afternoon but failed to find a place she particularly liked. Finally, she felt that she was out of her mind and simply turned her attention to her acquaintances and went to the tube-shaped building where Zhou Sanming lived.
Now Mingyue is not only popular in the entire compound, but she is also very popular in the tube-shaped building where Zhou Sanming and his family live.
She had only been in the city for a few days, but she had already met several middle-aged women who wanted to arrange a marriage for her. The women they introduced were all boys who were close to them in the family, which showed that they really liked Mingyue.
Mingyue is well versed in the art of speaking, so even if her words of rejection are heard, they make people feel happy and they think it is their own fault, not hers.
When they learned that Mingyue wanted to rent a store to open a cold dish shop, the families of the employees in the tube building were stunned.
You should know that when Mingyue came to the city a few days ago, she came to live with her third brother and his wife. At that time, she was carrying a big backpack and was not only shabby, but she could only live in this small tube building.
But now, it’s only been a few days
She is actually going to rent a store
For a moment, these aunties were stunned, thinking that making money couldn’t be that easy, right
Even if their men work very hard in the factory, they only earn about 30 yuan a month. After deducting the expenses and living expenses of the family, they can only save a little money. That little money is not enough to rent a store. If anyone in the family has a headache or fever, it will be gone.
Although the aunts said they were helping Mingyue to keep an eye out, they actually had mixed feelings in their hearts that they couldn't even explain.
At this moment, Meng's mother was also in a very complicated mood.
(End of this chapter)