Gao Jingmei gave a few bottles of Coca-Cola to the Gu family. Zhan Aiping took one and said, "You don't need so many. Thank you. The children can't drink so much either."
There are twenty-four bottles in this item, each bottle costs fifty cents, which is more than ten yuan.
"That's right. Your three children can't drink that much. I only have little Cheng. God knows where Old Lu got such a large cart of cans. He said it was novel and bought more for the children. There are already hundreds or thousands of bottles. He said I could give them as gifts..." Gao Jingmei was overwhelmed. There were so many that her family couldn't finish them all. Besides, she didn't like the taste of Coca-Cola. Lu Cheng liked to drink it, but he couldn't drink many bottles a day.
Gao Jingmei cursed her stinky man: "Pingping, how do you think he is a father? Xiaocheng said he wanted to drink before, but even if he wanted to drink, he shouldn't have bought so much. Does he think his own son is a pig?"
Maybe Lu Cheng mentioned on the phone that he wanted to drink this new Coca-Cola soda. It was rare for Lu Ming to hear what his son wanted. Plus, he had made some money, so he quickly showed his fervent fatherly love.
If you like to drink Coke, I will buy you a truckload of it. The retail price of Coke is 50 cents a bottle, and the wholesale price is probably even cheaper. Even if you buy a whole truckload, the price won't be too high.
In this respect, Lu Cheng is a bit like his father. For example, he once gave Gu Yuan thirty handkerchiefs.
—Men of the Lu family must go in quantity.
Zhan Aiping: “…”
Gao Jingmei said, "It's not easy to give it away. There are too many. Xiaozhan, I want to sell the big truck of Coca-Cola in your oil tea house. Don't waste it."
"Sure." Zhan Aiping agreed: "How much is it?"
Gao Jingmei crossed her arms and said, "This is troublesome. If I sell it for 50 cents, I will lose money. If I sell it for a higher price, it will be suspected of speculation. What do you think? Xiaozhan, give me some advice."
In big cities, the normal price of Coca-Cola is 50 cents a bottle, and she sold this batch of Coke at 50 cents, which was a bit of a loss. It was not worth it to pay a favor, and she was doing a losing business.
But if she raises the price, it will be suspected of speculation and there will be certain risks. She is still a cadre and disdains to do such things. Although the individual economy is now liberalized, speculation is still being cracked down, especially reselling materials at high prices.
Zhan Aiping pondered for a moment, and she came up with an idea: "I have a way, maybe you can make a few hundred dollars."
Gao Jingmei was surprised and asked, "What do you want to do? Sell it at a high price?"
Zhan Aiping blinked her eyes and said, "This Coke is not easy to sell, but we can sell Coke delicacies, such as Coke spare ribs, Coke potatoes, and Coke chicken wings. Have you ever tried them?"
Gao Jingmei widened her eyes in horror: "What the hell are you talking about?!!!!"
Cola pork ribs? Cola potatoes? Cola chicken wings? This sounds scary and incredible. Cooking with cola
Gao Jingmei said: "This Coke tastes like medicine to me, like Chinese medicine. Can it be used for cooking? It's like some kind of cough syrup, sweet and a little bitter. Bah, bah, bah, you don't know, a bottle was opened before, and it became unpalatable after a while. Only the bubbles are interesting..."
"If this is used to cook, what will it look like?"
Zhan Aiping said, "You will know after trying it. I have tried it before and it tastes pretty good. You haven't tried cola pork ribs, but have you tried sweet and sour pork ribs? Cola is sweet, similar to sweet and sour, and it is easier to color it with sugar."
It is said that cola chicken wings were created for the purpose of easily applying sugar color.
Gao Jingmei shook her head: "I won't eat this stuff. Only someone like you who studies Chinese medicine can come up with these things. It's too scary."
"Which is scarier? You guys in the medical field are scarier."
Zhan Aiping said: "Why don't you bring Xiao Cheng to my house for dinner today? I'll let Lao Gu show you his cooking skills. I'll teach him how to make some cola chicken nuggets and cola potatoes..."
"If you are a good sister, then come over. Otherwise, you have to admit that you graduated from the artillery school and are a coward."
Gao Jingmei: "Okay, then I'll risk my life to accompany you. You cooked it yourself, so you have to eat it yourself!"
In the evening, Zhan Aiping bought the ingredients and prepared some Coke. Everything was ready except for Old Gu. Zhan Aiping looked at the clock at home, waiting for Gu Sheng to come home. Gao Jingmei had already come with the children.
Gao Jingmei and her four children were watching TV in the living room as they opened a piece of iced watermelon.
"Xiao Zhan, come and eat watermelon."
Zhan Aiping sat on the sofa and ate watermelon with them. The watermelon that had been frozen in the refrigerator for half a day was indeed very delicious. The price of watermelon was particularly affordable in summer. It was very cheap and every household could afford it because the price per kilogram of watermelon was limited.
Zhan Aiping was eating watermelon and thinking that she could make some watermelon-related desserts and sell them in the oil tea shop.
When Gu Sheng returned home, he saw a group of people eating watermelon. Before he could even take a bite, Zhan Aiping pulled him to the kitchen to cook.
Gu Sheng: "??!! Wife, look at how sweaty I am. I'm going to take a shower first."
Zhan Aiping said, "The food will smell like oil smoke when it's cooking, so just cook it first."
Gu Sheng: “…”
Gu Sheng was forced to follow his wife's instructions. His wife asked him to make cola potatoes, cola chicken wings, cola spareribs, and cola chicken nuggets. Gu Sheng frowned: "Wife, where did you get these chicken wings?"
Zhan Aiping said: "I told the butcher that I would pay a high price for the chicken wings."
"You only want chicken wings, then you're being taken advantage of." Gu Sheng could understand cola potatoes, but he really couldn't understand cola chicken wings, "Don't waste the meat."
Zhan Aiping said: "Have you ever made sweet and sour spareribs? Just treat it as sweet and sour chicken wings. It's very delicious. Let the children have a taste."
"Okay, okay, let me try it. You can't blame me if it tastes bad."
Zhan Aiping praised: "So obedient!"
She took the initiative to kiss Gu Sheng.
Gu Sheng raised his lips and smiled.
Gao Jingmei secretly eavesdropped on their conversation outside. After listening, she seemed to understand. Was this how she wanted to coax a man into cooking? In the past, when Lu Ming cooked at home, she did not appreciate it.
Gao Jingmei's cooking is terrible. She is very careful not to waste ingredients. After she married Lu Ming, it was mostly Lu Ming who cooked, or the whole family would eat in the canteen. Lu Ming's cooking is pretty good, but he doesn't cook often.
He only cooked some home-cooked dishes, and he liked to cook dishes with bones and thorns. Gao Jingmei didn't like this very much because she didn't like to spend time on meals. Any dish that required her to spit out bones or fish bones would drive her crazy.
She likes dishes like minced meat and tofu that can be mixed directly into rice because they are delicious and easy to make.
Being a soldier requires everything to be done quickly, just like in a war. Even eating has to be fast. Gao Jingmei has always been used to eating quickly, even at home. But Lu Ming is different. He feels that if he eats at home, he cannot eat quickly. He wants to eat food with thorns and bones. He especially likes chicken feet, and he would hold the small chicken feet and gnaw on them for a long time. Gao Jingmei used to dislike this about him.
Gu Sheng first made the cola chicken wings. He was very keen on testing poisons. Since his wife wanted to harm others, she decided to start by harming him as her husband.
Zhan Aiping sprinkled some cooked sesame seeds on it, and it looked pretty good. Gu Sheng tasted it and found that the cola chicken wings tasted very good. The surface of the chicken wings had turned into a maroon color, and was covered with distinct white sesame seeds. The bright colors were pleasing to the eye and whetted the appetite.
The rich sauce has penetrated into the chicken. Take a bite and the meat is tender, juicy and delicious. The aroma of sesame spreads while chewing, making you finish the whole chicken wing without realizing it.
Both the husband and wife like spicy food, and they loved the cola chicken wings. Gu Sheng ate one chicken wing and Zhan Aiping also ate one chicken wing. She bought eight chicken wings in total, for seven people in total. Comrade Zhan decided to be a little selfish. As the person buying the groceries, she should eat one more.
So she ate another one.
Gu Sheng said generously: "If you like to eat it, the children's food can also be given to mom."
Zhan Aiping said: "Let everyone have a taste."
Zhan Aiping brought it out for everyone to eat. The four children outside were not interested in the cola chicken wings. They had all drunk cola before, but cola chicken wings - this thing was inedible as soon as they heard it.
"Try it? You're really not interested? Then mom will eat it... Meimei, do you want to eat it?"
Zhan Aiping laughed and scolded her: "You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."
Little Mianhua took the initiative to test the poison. She picked up a piece of chicken wing and tasted it: "Mom, it smells so good and tastes so good!"
The other children were also amazed after eating it: "Mom, it's delicious, do you have any more?!"
Gao Jingmei was also amazed: "!!!!" The cola chicken wings were so delicious!
Zhan Aiping said, "No more, one for each person, and only I, mom, can have two because I'm the one who bought the chicken wings."
Gu Yuan said sweetly, "My mom is the best. When will we eat it next time? Mom, do you and Dad want to try making cola fish for my brother?"
Gu Chen: “!!!!” Cola Fish? This is really his biological sister.
Zhan Aiping thought about it. "Coke fish?" It didn't sound so delicious. "Let's make beer fish or grilled fish in the future."
There are so many delicious ways to cook river fish, there’s no need to make it into… Cola fish
"Coke chicken wings are delicious, right? Dad will also make cola potato nuggets later. This is a big portion and will fill you up. There will also be cola spareribs."
"Really?" Gu Yuan licked her fingertips. She liked the aroma of the sauce with white sesame seeds.
"You wait."
After a while, cola pork ribs and cola potato cubes arrived. They were all the same red sauce color and sprinkled with fragrant cooked white sesame seeds. The whole family enjoyed the meal very happily.
But after eating too much, they still want to eat spicy food!
Zhan Aiping asked, "Can these cola potatoes be sold in the store?"
They don't sell Coke, but mainly sell Coke potatoes and secondly Coke chicken wings. With something new like Coke, maybe they can even advertise the store.
"Sell it!" Gao Jingmei said, "I'll leave my car of Coke to you, Xiaozhan."
Gu Yuan said: "Mom, I want to eat something spicy."
Zhan Aiping said, "Go dig some spicy radishes to eat."
If you eat too much sweet food, you will want to eat spicy food.
When Zhan Aiping went to dig spicy radishes, she thought that she could also sell malatang in the oil tea shop. Although she was only a doctor and her cooking skills were average, she knew many kinds of delicious malatang soup bases and sauces.
Barbecue and spicy hot pot don’t require any cooking skills, just secret sauces and seasoning powders…
But selling these in oil tea shops has too strong a smell and is not suitable.
Next time, Zhan Aiping plans to study various ways to eat malatang at home and let the children try more.
After Gao Jingmei sent a truckload of Coca-Cola, Ai Ming Oil Tea House started to introduce new dishes. As soon as the cola chicken wings and cola potato nuggets were introduced, they really attracted a lot of curious people.
Coca Cola chicken wings are expensive, but it doesn’t cost much to buy some Coca Cola potatoes and try some flowers.
"This is Coca-Cola? Can you cook with this?"
“Hey, it’s quite delicious!”
It was because the fact that their oil tea house used Coke to cook dishes was so new and had never been seen before, that it was reported in the newspapers within a few days.
《Coca-Cola? Sauce? Can it also be used to cook?》
《Coke Chicken Wings!》
This was so bizarre that newspapers helped to publicize it, attracting a group of people to ask about the recipe and try the flavor. They were all surprised to find that both the cola chicken wings and the cola potatoes tasted delicious.
Soon, Zhan Aiping used up all the hundreds of bottles of Coke from Gao Jingmei. Because there was no "effective" competitor for the time being, she made a lot of money by selling the dishes at high prices.
Zhan Aiping gave Gao Jingmei 400 yuan, but Gao Jingmei didn't want it, so Zhan Aiping stuffed it into her pocket and said, "Buy something for Xiao Cheng. If you don't accept it, I won't accept your things in the future."
"You don't know, after the release of the Coke Potato, our oil tea shop's business has increased several times. Mrs. Luo is so happy that she lets her children drink Coke every day."
"Okay." Gao Jingmei nodded: "I'll take it."
She then decided to buy some new clothes for her four children. Now, she didn't need tickets to buy cloth, only money, and there were many beautiful fashions on the market.
Ai Ming Oil Tea House is selling like hot cakes because of its Coca-Cola food, but Ai Ping Private Kitchen seems to be quite deserted. Shi Songhong and others have no plans to continue running the restaurant.
Although this store made them some money, none of the families got rich, but they just got new home appliances, so they were content. In addition, the country began to crack down on speculation and profiteering this year, and the policies were tightened. They were afraid of getting into trouble. The development of small private factories affected the profits of state-owned enterprises, and their small restaurants also affected the business of state-owned restaurants. If the policies were tightened again and they got into trouble, they might as well retreat while the tide was blowing. They all had jobs, and there was no need to take the risk.
Running a restaurant is very troublesome. Chefs are also hired. When the chef sees that business is good, he will ask for a huge price increase and high salary, otherwise he will be poached by other restaurants... Things in the business world are so stressful that several families don't want to do it anymore.
Shi Songhong and his colleagues have already sold the valuable tables, chairs, benches and various utensils in the store. The remaining decorations are not worth much after being dismantled. However, there are still four years left on the lease, which has become a hot potato because they originally signed the contract for six years.
When they signed the contract, they painted and decorated the exterior and interior walls, replaced the tiles, and reinforced the beams. Although everything that could be sold inside was sold, the shell alone was still worth a lot of money.
I have to find someone to sell it to, maybe I can get a lot of money back.
Shi Songhong approached several people, but none of them were willing to take the job. After much deliberation, she found Zhan Aiping and said she wanted to transfer the store to her: "Aiping Private Kitchen, Aiming Oil Tea House, if you take it, we will truly become a couple."
"We have been in business together for a long time. We can sell it to you at a lower price. We don't want to waste time on it."
Zhan Aiping asked: "How much money will you transfer to me?"
Shi Songhong quoted a price: "One thousand five hundred."
Zhan Aiping said, "Have you sold everything in there? Forget the refrigerator. There's not even a table, chair or bench."
If you want to open a restaurant or a teahouse, the investment in refrigerators and freezers is a big cost. The rent cost is low, but the decoration, kitchen utensils, home appliances, cabinets, tables, chairs and benches are expensive.
"Who said there are no tables, chairs or benches? We still have a few." Shi Songhong blushed, "We spent a lot of money to build this house. Look at the exterior. It's so beautiful."
This is a hot potato. Shi Songhong and his colleagues are thinking about how much cost they can recoup. In the past two years, many new buildings have been built. If people want to open a restaurant, they will not open it here. Although the location is good and the flow of people is large... But it is completely unnecessary. There are better options.
Rich people can choose better places, and those who are poor have no need to take on such a big undertaking.
Zhan Aiping said: "But you have used this house for two years, it should be depreciated."
Shi Songhong said, "You tell me how much it is."
Zhan Aiping bargained, "I'll take it if it's three hundred."
Shi Songhong: “!!!!”
(End of this chapter)