When Ji Zhenfeng came home from Shanghe Village, his mother Yang Yuqin was knitting a sweater in the living room.
Yang Yuqin has already retired, and she has reached the age of having grandchildren, but she doesn't live with her eldest son, so naturally she doesn't have to help take care of the child all day.
She knits two sets of sweaters for her grandchildren every year. She knits them in summer without rushing time, and she can just wear them in winter.
"Why are you coming back late today? I even cooked rice for you to eat when you come back."
Ji Zhenfeng changed his slippers by the door and walked over, sat down on the sofa opposite his mother, took a grape from the coffee table and put it in his mouth.
"I met Meixiang's brother at the police station today. They bought two bungalows near the No. 1 Middle School and planned to open a small restaurant for students and nearby residents."
Yang Yuqin looked up when she heard the words, but the movement of her hands didn't stop.
She knew Meixiang, a female college student who was assigned to be a teacher in No. 1 Middle School. She was introduced by Zhenfeng's aunt. The last time Zhenfeng sent the Zhao family back to their hometown, they brought a lot of vegetables and an old hen, Yang Yuqin. Let the grandchildren come back, stew chicken soup for them to drink, they all say it is more fragrant than the chicken bought in the market.
Zhao’s chickens are fed with earthworms, sweet potatoes, and fresh vegetables mixed with rice bran. They are released every morning and return to the chicken coop at night. The free-range chickens raised in standard farms have firm and tender meat, and the stewed soup is naturally better than ordinary chickens. Chicken is better.
"Their family is quite thoughtful."
After all, Yang Yuqin is a teacher. Reading newspapers and listening to the radio is something she must do every day. She has a better understanding of the country's situation than ordinary people.
The development of our country has been stagnant for a long time, and economic development will be the theme for a long time to come. Opening a small restaurant may seem like a trivial matter, but it is extremely rare for them to seize this opportunity.
What's more, being able to buy two houses in the county at will, and knowing that buying them near the school is an idea thought up by a wise person.
"What do you think of this girl, if you think it's good, bring it back for us to meet."
Yang Yuqin still believed in her son's vision. After being picky for so long, she couldn't find a good job. If she was willing to make it up, he would have done it a long time ago. What's more, his aunt also said that this girl is good, so she wouldn't be bad.
Although she is from a rural area and her family background is poor, she is a serious college student and a junior high school teacher. I heard that her elder brother and sister-in-law have also been admitted to universities in the provincial capital, and the family's life will definitely get better and better.
"Marry a wife from a low family, marry a daughter from a high family", it doesn't matter if you marry a daughter-in-law whose family status is not as good as your own, as long as the girl is sensible and polite.
Ji Zhenfeng hummed, and spat out the grape skins in his hands, "I was just about to tell you about this, I want to introduce her to you and Dad formally, and I want to settle things down early, let's see when you have time, I'll bring her to the door."
What Ji Zhenfeng said was "recognize the family", and he also said that he wanted to settle down early, not to get his parents' approval, but to tell them that he had already identified Zhao Meixiang.
Ji's family's education still respects the wishes of the children. Whether it is Ji Zhenfeng not getting married in his early 20s or Ji Zhenlin moving out with his wife after marriage, the parents have not interfered too much.
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings.
"Okay, I'll ask when your dad comes back, let's make an appointment."
Ji Zhenfeng's father, Ji Qingming, was busy with work. People lined up to see him every day. The Health Bureau often held meetings, and he wouldn't be home until 90 o'clock in the evening. He had to come on his time.
Zhao Donglin and Li Wangping came to the county the next day and took the time to repair the house. The useless furniture was tidied up, the walls were repainted, and new windows were installed.
"I know the director of a furniture factory, let's go and see if there is any ready-made goods."
Ji Zhenfeng took the two of them to the furniture factory, and they took a fancy to a square dining table.
"This one is strong, although it is not fancy, it is strong."
The boss slapped the table to prove how strong the table is.
Zhao Donglin sent a peony to the boss, and Ji Zhenfeng also gave one.
"Okay, that's it. We can put six of these in the room, but I want to reduce the width by a few centimeters."
This is Jiahui's suggestion. There is no need to use a large dining table in a fast-food restaurant. A rectangular tabletop is more practical than a square tabletop.
The couple came here with their children, so they naturally needed a place to live. After the two rooms were connected, a single room was separated with wooden boards, and another bunk bed was made.
Looking at the tidied house, Zhao Caixia smiled all over her face and had infinite vision for the future.
Although they didn't buy the house themselves, the sister-in-law said that they bought it just for the convenience of doing business, to prevent the homeowner from repenting before the business was completed, and their business was to make wedding dresses for others for nothing.
"Sister, you can use this house with peace of mind. I won't charge you rent, and I won't share your income. Just treat it as if I bought a piece of land with money, and save it for future use."
Jiahui is a little embarrassed to say that Zhao Caixia, this is equivalent to her own empty-handed white wolf. I heard from my elder brother that the restaurant business was also thought of by the sister-in-law, and the house was also bought by the sister-in-law. The sister-in-law did not ask for anything in return. I thought of a way to make money for my family.
Zhao Caixia was very moved, she didn't say anything, what she thought in her heart was that if the restaurant really made money, she would have to give her brother and daughter-in-law a big share, otherwise her conscience would be disturbed.
Everything was ready, Zhang Qiaoer specially asked someone to calculate the date, and opened on the eighth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, which is the 31st day of the seventh lunar month in the Gregorian calendar.
Before opening, it is natural to give the restaurant a name, which is easy to understand, and it is called "Little Li's Restaurant".
"We've got to put an ad for the restaurant."
Advertising Advertisements, with wide-ranging announcements, have to prepare nearby residents for consumption.
"How do you advertise this?"
"Write a sign and hang it outside the door, and then print some advertising paper and distribute it in crowded places."
The place with the most people is the vegetable market.
"What's written on it? The opening of Xiaoli's restaurant is a bargain, half price for three days of opening, delicious food is not expensive, three meals in the morning, lunch and evening are waiting for you to try, people without food stamps can also enter the restaurant, cash payment is immediate, opening The time is July 31st, and the address is 200 meters east of County No. 1 Middle School."
"There are two rows of small characters below. The store's main products are sour soup noodles, scallion oil noodles, shredded pork noodles, beef noodles, fatty sausage noodles, and various fried rice snacks waiting for you to try."
"Sounds good, like a noodle shop."
"Anyway, it's near here, half price shouldn't be expensive, let's try it then."
"Yes, go and have a look. I think this advertisement paper is well written, and it's very exciting."
Heartbeat is worse than action. On the morning of the opening day, after five o'clock, most of the nearby residents were still asleep, and there were already crackling firecrackers outside Xiao Li's restaurant.
The old people who got up early were the first to be alarmed. It was the summer vacation for the children. The old people must be reluctant to go to restaurants to eat, but they are willing to do so for the children at home.
Xiao Li's restaurant is in full swing, steamed buns, soy milk, noodle cakes, tea eggs, and all kinds of sausages and sauces are available.
"Meat buns cost 10 cents, vegetable buns cost 5 cents, noodle cakes cost 3 cents a piece, and tea eggs cost 10 cents."
There is a price list on the wall, and the price of each food is clearly marked.
The price is moderate, neither expensive nor cheap, not to mention half price for three days after opening, so a meat bun or a tea egg is only five cents, and raw eggs are more than that.
As for the noodles, the price is a bit more expensive, scallion oil noodles are 15 cents, egg noodles are 20 cents for sour soup noodles, pork shredded noodles are 30 cents, and beef noodles and fatty sausage noodles are sold for 50 cents per bowl.
"Give me three meat buns, two tea eggs, and two bowls of soy milk."
"A bowl of scallion noodles and a tea egg."
"A bowl of sour noodle soup, a meat bun, a vegetable bun, and a tea egg."
It opened today, except for Zhao Manzhu who was watching the children at home, the whole family came.
Jiahui, Meixiang and Zhao Caixia are in charge of the kitchen, Zhang Qiaoer and Zhao Donghe greet the guests, Li Wangping and Zhao Donglin clean up the tables and chopsticks, and Jiahui also works part-time to settle accounts.
From 5 o'clock in the morning, I was busy until 9:30 and there were fewer people. After a short rest, I started to work on lunch again.
There are more dishes and rice at noon. In addition to noodles, there are also all kinds of fried rice, such as chicken popcorn, chicken drumsticks, chicken wings, chicken chops, etc.
All snacks are served in limited quantities.
"What does this limited supply mean?"
"I'm sorry, everyone is so considerate. The restaurant has just opened, and we don't know the tastes of the guests. We don't know what everyone likes to eat and what they don't like to eat, so the amount of each food is not large. In addition, it is summer now, and things are abundant. Once you download it, it will be wasted, so we don’t have a large supply, first come, first served.”
Secondly, it will take time to prepare these things. Now they can help out during the summer vacation. When school starts, there will be Zhao Caixia and Li Wangping. I'm afraid they will be too busy.
"That's all right, give me some chicken drumsticks and try it, I'll know if it's good or not when I taste it."
"Okay, thank you for coming."
When paying, the guest smiled and said, "Your food tastes good, the portion is large, affordable, and you don't need a meal ticket. I will patronize more in the future."
Everyone was busy until ten o'clock in the evening, and finally had time to sit down and fill their bellies.
"I just did the math. Today I received 137.65 cents a day, and our various ingredients cost 80.72 cents."
Zhao Caixia started to calculate, but at the end she stared and dared not believe it, "We earned fifty-six yuan and ninety-three cents a day!"
Li Wangping couldn't help rubbing his hands happily, the money the couple couldn't earn a month ago, more than 50 a day, wouldn't it cost thousands of dollars a month!
This is not making money, it is simply stealing money. No wonder my sister-in-law was willing to spend two thousand yuan to buy this house. At that time, I thought it was a waste of money. Now that I think about it, I was short-sighted.
"The profit is not bad. On the one hand, half of the ingredients we buy can be used tomorrow, such as eggs, flour, peppers, etc. On the other hand, we sell them at half price three days before the opening. There is a lot of gap between them. Excluding the fact that there is such a large customer flow due to the half-price event, so what we did in the first three days was word-of-mouth, and even if the event is over, there will be no shortage of customers.”
Zhao Donglin, Meixiang and the others naturally understood Jiahui's analysis, but Zhao Caixia and Li Wangping were a little confused.
"What do you mean, did we earn or lose?"
"Of course I earned it, sister. The money is here, not counting the decoration invested in the early stage. We earned more than 50. What my sister-in-law means is that our store held an event in the first three days, and everything was half price. Many people came to eat because It’s only cheap, so it’s hard to see how many customers there are in the past three days, and we’re not afraid that there will be no repeat customers if we spread word of mouth.”
Jiahui nodded appreciatively. Meixiang's analysis is very thorough, which fully demonstrates the importance of school education. She used to be a silly girl, but now she can take care of herself. Ji Zhenfeng also looked at Meixiang with admiration. He has many girlfriends. Capable, smart, kind and considerate, even if Mei Xiang sweats a lot after a busy day, she is the most beautiful in his eyes.
"Just make money and make money."
After hearing this, Zhao Caixia and Li Wangping breathed a sigh of relief, and they were relieved.
"I told my parents, they want to meet you."
"Huh? Is it too fast?"
"Not fast, I still think it's too slow, I don't want to be separated from you every day."
"Why are you always so glib?"
"Am I glib? That's probably because I'm only doing it to you. No one's ever said that before."
Women can't hear men say "I'm only like this to you", which makes them feel that they are different, that they are being loved by him, and that they are unique roses.
Mei Xiang was no exception, she felt sweet after hearing Ji Zhenfeng's words.
"I'm leaving, come tomorrow."
"You don't have time and you don't need to come to help, and you are too tired."
After working all day, Meixiang also felt sorry for him when she came over to greet the guests after get off work.
"I'm not tired when I see you. I'll come over at night and wait for me."
Mei Xiang nodded with a smile and waved goodbye to him.