The cinema opened at 12:00 noon, and the three of them set out by car after having lunch at home. Jiahui and Meixiang carried baskets of ingredients, and Zhao Donglin was in charge of the briquette stove.
There are also food stalls near the cinema, some selling apples and oranges with tricycles, and some selling rice sticks and cakes. After arriving at the cinema, Jiahui first went to the ticket sellers and asked to meet with them who manage the cinema. Dean.
"You have something to do with me?"
"It's like this. We want to borrow a place in your movie theater to sell some food. Is it convenient for you?"
Movie theaters actually sell things, but they are not as rich as later generations. They just sell some soft drinks. The director thinks they are a vegetable basket, a pot and a stove, and he thinks it is quite interesting.
"You guys are quite well prepared."
The dean is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing glasses, not tall, very thin, and looks a little shrewd.
"Just make a little money, Boss, we sell food, and customers must drink water after eating, so can't you sell a few more bottles of soda?"
According to his usual personality, it is impossible to agree to this matter, but Jiahui and the others' thoughts aroused his curiosity, wanting to see if he could sell food, and after thinking about it, he agreed.
"Okay, I'll lend you the place, you sell it first."
If it sells well, cinemas can sell it too, right
This is called "throwing stones to ask for directions". The dean is not stupid, but he also made a request, that is, the place should not be dirty.
"Don't worry Dean, we will pay attention."
By the way, Jiahui borrowed tables and chairs from the movie theater, first started the briquettes stove, and then continued to heat the boiled tea eggs in the soup pot. The melon seeds and peanuts were also placed on the table. As for the semi-finished chicken popcorn, a serving was prepared in advance. Guests tasting.
The film began to be shown at twelve o'clock, and around 11:40, people who watched the movie came one after another.
"Hey, is there still food for sale today?"
The location of the small booth is very obvious, and everyone can see it at a glance.
Most of the people who come to watch movies on weekends are couples, and those who are not couples are also on the way to become couples. Gay men always have to be more generous, and when they see lesbians are interested, they naturally want to come with lesbians.
No matter what age and background, gay men have to be generous if they want to chase girls.
"What's this? An egg?"
Everyone first became interested in tea eggs.
"This is a tea egg. It is boiled with tea leaves. It tastes very fragrant. It costs 10 cents each. If you are interested, you can buy one and try it."
Raw eggs cost six cents each. On the first day of the day, Jiahui only prepared forty eggs. In addition to tea leaves, various spices and seasonings were added to the marinated soup, which can be reused.
"Then bring two tea eggs, and weigh some melon seeds for us."
Melon seeds and peanuts are all sold in stores, and the national retail price is unified. Jiahui sells them at a higher price than in stores. Fortunately, customers don't care much about the price difference.
After Jiahui wrapped the melon seeds and tea eggs in oiled paper, the other party pointed to the popcorn chicken and asked, "What is this?"
In the 1970s, KFC hadn't entered the domestic market, so people had never seen such exotic chicken popcorn.
Jiahui explained with a smile, "This is called chicken popcorn. It's made with chicken. You can try it and buy it if you like it."
"Really? Then I'll try one."
The lesbian took a bite, savored it carefully, and nodded to the gay man next to her after a few seconds.
"It tastes good, very fragrant, it's chicken."
And there is a feeling of wanting to eat after eating.
Gay men accepted the eyes of their female companions and began to inquire about the price.
"How do you sell this?"
"Twenty cents and one tael."
Chicken is 80 cents a catty, two chickens weighed four catties and three taels, the shaved meat was more than two catties, wrapped in steamed buns and made into semi-finished products, and then weighed three catties and six taels, that is to say, the cost of the meat was three yuan Forty-four cents, it can be sold for seven yuan and twenty cents, and the profit is three yuan and seventy-six cents.
For tea eggs, one can earn at least three cents in net profit, and today's forty eggs can make a profit of one yuan and twenty cents.
The profit is considerable, and it depends on whether it can be sold. You must know that the daily wages of ordinary workers in the city are about one yuan.
The lesbian hesitated a bit. After all, a movie ticket was only 30 cents a piece. He had already bought tea eggs and melon seeds, and spending money would be a bit of a waste.
The gay man saw that she liked it, and said proudly, "If you like to eat, we can buy it. It is rare to go to a movie, and it is not bad for two cents."
The lesbian laughed when she heard the words, and gently arched the gay man with her arm, and the gay man also became happy.
Meixiang, a little girl who has never been in a relationship, ate a mouthful of dog food, and the two comrades opposite her were not doing well, but her face turned red first.
"Okay, wait a few minutes, I'll go through the oil again."
The job of frying rice crackers is Zhao Donglin’s. He heats a half-heated oil pan and puts in semi-finished chicken crackers. Two minutes later, the sound of crackling pops up. Pick it up with a bamboo strainer and put it on a clean plate.
"The one you just ate was the original one. We can also add a cumin seasoning. If you want to add it, I can add it for you."
In the 1970s, there was no mutton skewers, and the taste of cumin was not known to everyone, and lesbians seemed a little hesitant.
Jiahui said in a considerate manner, "Why don't I share two halves with you, one for plain and one for cumin, is that okay?"
The lesbians agreed.
The first transaction was easily completed, and the market was considered to be open. Chicken popcorn for 20 cents, tea eggs for 20 cents, melon seeds for 20 cents, and a total of 60 cents was collected.
Mei Xiang was in charge of collecting the money, and she seemed too excited to hold the sixty cents in her hand.
"Sister-in-law, we really did it."
It turns out that selling things is so easy! She was very worried at the beginning, because she was afraid that she would not be able to sell it.
"Don't get excited, we haven't recovered our cost yet, and we have to charge at least seven yuan today to barely recover our cost."
Chicken, eggs, melon seeds and peanuts are all bought with money.
When Jiahui said this, Meixiang was not excited any more. Zhao Donglin watched from the sidelines, helping her from time to time. Today, he once again saw the ability of his own wife. From negotiating places to doing business, it can be said that she is more than capable, even without him The same can be done.
In addition to his daughter-in-law's outstanding ability, the first time he did business also shocked him a lot.
The professor said that sooner or later a country will open up its economy, and the economic foundation determines the superstructure. Only when the economy is well developed can the people's living standards improve.
Just like buying and selling, there is buying and selling, and money circulates in the market. They first buy other people’s goods, and after they process them, others buy their own goods, and customers get paid through their own labor, forming a complete shopping chain.
Thinking about it this way, economic development and how to develop the economy are very interesting and worthy of exploration.
The first couple finished their purchases, and another couple followed, buying melon seeds and chicken popcorn.
When the time came to twelve o'clock and the first movie started, they made thirteen deals in total and received seven yuan and eighty cents, and Ben had already returned.
Jiahui looked at the rest of the things, there were still a dozen or so eggs, and only a few taels of popcorn chicken, which probably wouldn't last until night.
"Sister-in-law, what should we do after we finish shopping?"
Now there are two options, one is to go back and not sell it when it is sold out, and the other is to rush back to prepare now, Jiahui thought about it, and decided to choose the first one, and go back directly when it is sold out.
The preparation time is too tight now, the first test of the water was successful today, go back early to rest, and recharge your batteries for tomorrow's business.
The movie played for about ten minutes, and a gay man who had bought chicken popcorn came out of it.
"Comrade, do you still have that popcorn chicken? Give me the rest."
Mei Xiang opened her mouth wide and said in surprise, "Huh? You want it all?"
The gay man smiled embarrassingly, "Yes, my wife likes to eat, she is pregnant, and these days she always says she has no appetite, and finally wants to eat something, so I must buy it for her."
It turned out to be another one who loved his daughter-in-law.
"Okay, there are more than five taels left, let's count it as your five taels, and you will give one yuan."
Jiahui seized the time to fry chicken rice crackers, fished them out after three minutes of overheated oil, and asked, "Do you want the original flavor or cumin?"
"Each half."
"Don't eat too much at once. If you eat too much, you will get bored. I see that there are fruit sellers at the intersection. Go and buy some fruit for your wife. Fruits are nutritious and relieve greasy."
If you want to do business, you need to be reminded, but although the chicken popcorn is deep-fried, the ingredients are fresh, which is much cleaner and more hygienic than those frozen foods in later generations.
"Okay, thank you."
The gay men really ran out to buy fruit.
"This man really loves his wife."
Meixiang sighed, and Jiahui smiled and said, "That's right, many men still can't marry a wife. If there is a wife who doesn't take good care of her, then the wife will belong to someone else."
The speaker was unintentional, but it sounded intentional, Zhao Donglin secretly decided that he would treat his wife better in the future, after all, his own wife is better-looking than other wives, can learn better than other wives, and can make more money than other wives.
The opening scene of the second movie was all sold out, Jiahui did the math, and sold more than 12 yuan in four hours today, with a profit of less than 6 yuan, which was already very good and met Jiahui's psychological expectations.
"Well, today is fine, let's go back first and come back tomorrow."
Before leaving, Zhao Donglin returned the borrowed tables and chairs, and Jiahui gave the remaining melon seeds and peanuts to the two ticket sellers.
After the three of them arrived home, Zhang Qiaoer couldn't wait to ask about today's results. Knowing that the things were sold out and she only made six yuan, she squinted her eyes with joy.
"It's a good relationship, and I finally saw the money back."
Ever since the provincial capital, the family has spent too much money, spending tens of dollars or hundreds of dollars on flowers, and has already gone out for more than a hundred. Zhang Qiaoer is so distressed. Now that he has a way to make money, he finally sees hope.
It turns out that not only is it easy to spend money in the city, but it is also very easy to earn money.
Not only Zhang Qiao'er, but even Shen Nianru was worried. Hearing the commotion in the front yard, he came over to ask them how they were doing today.
"Girl, how is business today?"
"Ma'am, business is going well."
Jiahui told Shen Nianru about the business situation today.
"It's good. The country's policy is relaxed now, and people are allowed to do business." Shen Nianru smiled kindly, as if life didn't give her any hardships, as if everything she experienced was not worth mentioning.
"However, I'm afraid it's not a long-term solution for you to sell it in movie theaters. If you make money, you will be jealous of others, and I'm afraid there will be lawsuits in the future."
Jiahui has naturally thought about this point, Chinese people are best at following suit, and when others make money, others will learn to do it immediately, but one thing she is sure of is that other things are easy to imitate, but chicken rice flower is not easy to imitate, not to mention that she not only knows how to * *Mihua can also make hamburgers, chicken chops, and French fries. Others can't learn it even if they want to.
"Making money is important, and don't forget to study. You are college students now, so you should focus on studying instead of putting the cart before the horse."
In the end, Shen Nianru couldn't help but make a few points. Jiahui and Zhao Donglin readily agreed, saying that it would not affect their studies.
After returning to the room at night, Fang Fang had already fallen asleep. Seeing Jiahui rubbing her arms, Zhao Donglin offered to give Jiahui a massage.
"Daughter-in-law, I've worked hard today, and I'll give you a shoulder massage."
"Huh? Yes, but you should be lighter. I can't stand your strength."
Zhao Donglin immediately reacted when he heard the word "gentle", and Jiahui always asked him to be gentle when the two of them were in a relationship.
Jiahui was lying on the bed, pulling her loose hair aside. She was wearing a pure white cotton sweater. Because of the movement of her arms lying on her stomach, the butterfly bones on her back showed a beautiful outline through the clothes, as if she had grown up. A pair of small wings.
Zhao Donglin sat down beside Jiahui, and his breathing became rapid before touching her back.
Warm and strong palms pressed onto her back, and as they pressed, they began to be dishonest, and Jiahui gradually became hotter.
"Didn't you say give me a massage?"
Jiahui turned her head back, half smiling, her eyes shone with sparkle, under the light, she was so beautiful, Zhao Donglin couldn't bear it anymore, pressed her body and pressed her lips to hers.
Jiahui said "hmmm", followed by the sound of clothes rubbing against each other.
*****
The director of the movie theater came over at night. He wanted to see how the business of the people who came during the day was doing, but when he arrived at the movie theater, he found that they had left.
"How are they selling today?"
The comrade who sold the tickets truthfully replied, "Business is very good. I see that many people are willing to spend money. They sold out at four o'clock and left."
This obviously exceeded the dean's expectation, he originally thought that these things were not very easy to sell.
"What about our soda?"
"Everyone was thirsty and wanted to drink water after eating, and we sold more than 20 bottles of soda."
When Jiahui persuaded the dean, there was this point, saying that what they sold would drive the sales of soda in movie theaters. The dean listened very disapprovingly at the time, but she did not expect to be caught by her. These three people are not simple, have brains, and courage Also big enough.
The dean pondered for a while and said, "I see they sell melon seeds and peanuts, what else, eggs?"
Peanuts and melon seeds are easy, but eggs and other bright yellow things take a lot of work to imitate.
"It's tea eggs and chicken popcorn."
The dean nodded, although he didn't know what tea eggs and chicken popcorn were.
"Can we do it ourselves?"
"Well, I don't know, but I ate an egg and it tasted pretty good."
Not long after arriving, Jiahui asked Meixiang to send two tea eggs to the two ticket sellers, asking them to take care of them, the so-called soft-handedness and soft-mouthed cannibalism, such small employees are the easiest to deal with with small favors." relation".
Don't ask for anything, as long as it doesn't affect their business.
"They should come back tomorrow. You can follow along and learn from them. After you learn, we will sell them by ourselves."
Although the ticket sellers were unhappy, they were forced to take over the tasks assigned by the leaders, and at the same time felt sorry for Jiahui and the others.
The next day, Jiahui got up early and performed the task of reciting English every morning. During this time, Zhao Donglin went to the market to buy the ingredients needed for the day.
With the previous day's experience, today's preparations are more thorough, and the amount of preparation is twice as much as yesterday. As soon as the three of them arrived at the cinema, someone was already waiting inside.
"Hey, you guys are here! My daughter-in-law still wants to eat the chicken popcorn from yesterday, so I want to buy more today."
It turned out to be the gay man whose wife was pregnant yesterday.
"Yes, but it's really not good for pregnant women to eat too much fried food, and it will cause indigestion."
Fried food has too much fat. What pregnant women need is to add nutrition. Eating too much fried food will not only have no nutrition but also get angry and even gain weight.
The gay man smiled wryly, "I know you're kind enough to remind me, but my daughter-in-law has a bad appetite and doesn't want to eat anything. In order to make her eat more, I have no choice."
Jiahui nodded knowingly, "That's fine, I'll make it for you first as much as you want."
"Bring half a catty, maybe she still wants to eat at night."
Half a catty was gone as soon as it arrived, and Jiahui had prepared a total of five catties of chicken rice crackers today, and she already had a premonition that today was still not enough to sell.
"By the way, do you come here at noon every day?"
"No, we only have time to come over on weekends."
The gay man seemed a little disappointed, "Well, if my wife wants to eat, she will have to wait until next week."
Jiahui smiled. She had a good impression of this young couple, and the feeling of being held in the hands of the other half was really great.
"If you really want to eat, you can find me. I will make it for you when I have time. I will write you an address later."
Only then did the gay man cheer up, and thanked him repeatedly, but it was Zhao Donglin who glanced at the gay man while frying chicken popcorn. He didn’t like any opposite sex who talked to his wife too much, although he knew that his wife gave the other party’s address because of her kind heart, Zhao Donglin There is still some food in my heart.
After the gay man left with the hot popcorn chicken, Mei Xiang said with emotion, "This comrade is really kind to his wife."
Half a catty of chicken rice crackers is enough to buy a chicken, so I'm really willing to do so.
Before that, she had only seen her elder brother being kind to his wife, but she never thought that there would be no shortage of men who were kind to his wife in this world.
"So you have to find a husband who loves you in the future."
As for women, they still have to be loved by men to be happy. Those men who don't know how to understand women, don't know how to love women, will make women's life very, very hard.
Speaking of this, Jiahui began to gossip about Meixiang's campus life.
"Do you have any male classmates you like at school?"
"Oh, sister-in-law, what are you talking about? I go to school, not to talk about someone."
Meixiang would blush every time this kind of question was mentioned, how dare she say it, the eldest brother is still by her side.
"Just ask if you like it."
"No, everyone is normal classmates, don't think so much."
Her initial throbbing was when she was in high school, and it hasn't happened since then. She used to feel that she was not good enough for that boy in all aspects. Now that she has worked hard to get into a junior college, she can still be a teacher in the future. Meixiang is more confident than before It's a pity that she didn't meet him again. I don't know if he has a partner, is he married, and if he is also admitted to university.
Regardless of whether she has a chance in the future, she always hopes that he can have a good life.
Her likes are not possessive, only selfless blessings.
Today's business is still booming. Although there are more things prepared than the previous day, the number of people watching movies today is double that of the previous day.
Many factories implement a one-off system, working on Saturdays and resting on Sundays. By the time Jiahui sold out in the third session, she had already sold out. She sold more than 26 yuan and earned 14 yuan.
"We have earned half a month's salary in the past two days."
The profit reached 20 yuan in two days, isn't it half a month's salary
Jiahui hissed, "Let's keep a low profile, it's not sure, someone will already sell it next time we come."
Mei Xiang snorted, and said anxiously, "Really? What should I do then?"
"It doesn't matter, they can easily sell others, but they can't sell chicken popcorn."
It's just that the next time you sell something, you have to change it.