Arriving in town first, he went to Bingfang to buy ice as usual. Walking back, he passed a bookstore that was opening its doors. Song Qiu quickly went in and bought a small stack of the cheapest paper.
All the way back to Ankangfang, Song Qiu saw that the old woman who set up a stall from last time was there again. It was so early and she happened to meet her so she just bought ten wine rice dumplings.
I passed by Wuji Grain and Oil Shop and bought a few kilograms of flour. I was very hungry in the tea shed at noon and it was inconvenient to do other things. It was okay to make some pasta. It wasn't cost-effective to buy steamed buns and steamed buns every day, wasn't it?
Then I went to Zhangji Grocery Store and bought another small iron pot. It was really small and cost about thirty yuan.
Zhang Digua had already heard from his fourth son that the Song Qiu family had set up a stall by the official road, and knew that Lihua had been hired to help him, so it was not surprising that Lihua followed him.
He casually asked about the business and sent the person out with a smile.
After leaving the town, Song Qiu drove to Xiaojiachang.
The three watermelons they bought yesterday were selling very well, and when the stall was closed, there was only one piece left and they shared it among the three of them. They thought it would take two days to sell the three watermelons.
There are a lot of people in this officialdom, and there are people who want to eat iced watermelon no matter what, so let's take advantage of this period.
So Song Qiu decided to buy six watermelons today to avoid the problem tomorrow.
It's really troublesome to go back and forth every day.
After buying the watermelon and rushing back to the Changhe River, Old Yuan had already come out carrying a basket of things.
Song Qiu put down everything, turned around and went back to bring the table, bench and stove.
When everything is as ready as yesterday, it will be time.
It was too far to go back and forth, but luckily there was a mule cart.
During this period, there were several pedestrians who passed Changhe in a hurry. Firstly, they saw that they were not ready yet, and secondly, they were not too hot or tired yet, so they did not stop to rest.
Song Qiu watched people walking by, but he was not in a hurry. They mainly sold the food during the hottest period. Just like yesterday, it was enough to keep him busy for a while.
And today, they didn't have time to rest and wait. As soon as they were ready, people coming from the direction of Baishui Town came in to rest.
Song Qiu immediately came forward to greet them and introduced all the drinks one by one for people to choose from.
Behind them, there was a steady stream of people, some who only drank mint herbal tea, some who only ate iced watermelon, some who ate cold shrimp, some who ate glutinous rice, and some who drank mung bean soup.
In short, they had been busy for a long time, and the three of them, Song Qiu, were all dizzy.
As soon as this table was vacated, someone came in.
There were also many travelers who were alone or two on the road. Seeing that the tables inside were occupied, they couldn't come in and share a seat with others, so they just took bamboo tubes and sat on the spot to rest and quench their thirst.
Song Qiu saw this in his eyes and thought that in this place, six tables were enough. It wouldn't be easy to set up one more table. However, two more stools could be made for people to sit on. It would be better than sitting on them.
Good on the ground.
After being busy for a while, Song Qiu drank a large bowl of herbal tea, wiped the sweat from his head, and then took a break.
I sat down and cut the stack of paper I bought into pieces a little larger than my palm, and then asked Old Yuan to help me sew them into small books one by one.
The book is not thick, and three small notebooks were sewn out of this stack of paper.
Song Qiu ground the charcoal into sharp corners to make it easier to write and not take up a lot of space. Originally, the book was not very big.
Write down all the expenses you remember yesterday in a notebook, plus an account of the money spent today.
The total accumulated is almost five or six taels.
Song Qiu checked it over to make sure that he had not missed anything.
Mules cost three and a half, and carts cost fifty-eight coins.
Bingjian Two Hundred and Fifty Essays.
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These are all big heads.
Plus other things, it really cost a lot of money.
Just six big watermelons today cost more than 200 yuan!
You have to calculate the profits to know whether you will make a profit at the end of the day.
Another notebook is used to record how much is sold every day.
Song Qiu opened it and started to remember it with charcoal.
Yesterday, the iced watermelon was sold for a total of thirty-three yuan, and the watermelon juice was also counted as four cents, making a total of one hundred and sixty-nine cents.
A total of thirty-eight bowls of cold shrimps were sold, and a total of one hundred and fourteen coins were made.
A total of eighteen bowls of iced glutinous rice were sold, and a total of fifty-four coins were made.
A total of forty-eight bamboo tubes were sold for mung bean soup, and a total of forty-eight coins were made.
Unlimited refills of mint herbal tea, one penny per person, and a total of thirty-nine pence.
The above totaled 424 coins.
Song Qiu worked hard at the bottom and wrote down the total in Arabic numerals.
If you don't count other big-ticket items and only count the cost of buying these items, then you made a lot of money yesterday.
For example, three watermelons were bought for ninety-five cents, but sold for one hundred and sixty-nine cents.
The cold shrimp probably only used less than half a catty of pea flour, plus brown sugar water. Counting the cost of fifteen cents, it made almost a hundred cents.
This profit is very considerable.
Song Qiu felt satisfied and became more energetic.
He carefully put away the notebook and charcoal, locked them together in a small wooden box specially designed for holding copper coins, and placed them under the outer layer of the ice collector.
Zhang Lihua, who used water boiled on a small stove to boil the bowls, spoons and bamboo tubes she had used earlier, wiped her hands on her apron, came over and said, "Aqiu, you've earned something, right?"
It would be really sad if you don’t earn anything from such hard work.
Song Qiu deliberately teased her, "Originally, I could earn more than ten or twenty cents, but apart from wages, there is nothing else."
"Ah!" Zhang Lihua's face collapsed when she heard this, and she immediately said: "Then Aqiu, you'd better not ask me to work. I can get up so early every day and accompany you to the town. I'll get back to you as soon as I get home.
Go to work, at worst I'll finish work late, and my grandma won't say anything about me."
It’s really not cost-effective to pay her a salary when she already earns so much!
Song Qiu chuckled, "I mean, in addition to the wages of the three of us, there are at least ten or twenty dollars in profit!"
In fact, there are more, but every day is different, who knows what it will be today.
Anyway, just let Lihua know that you can make some money by hiring her to work.
As for how much you earn, there is no need to say it so clearly.
Zhang Lihua breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that in addition to three wages, she also had a profit of more than ten or twenty yuan. She clasped her hands and said, "Then please God bless us to have more people every day than yesterday, so that Aqiu can make a lot of money."
The bowl is full, make a fortune!"
Lao Yuan looked on and smiled, and immediately said: "Well done, Lihua. God is listening. Look, another guest is here!"
When Song Qiu and Zhang Lihua heard this, they quickly looked over and saw a large motorcade slowly coming up the official road to the east.
At a glance, there were six or seven carriages. In addition, there were at least dozens of horse-riding guards following the carriages.
This is a big customer, if only I could stop for a rest.
Song Qiu's heart was beating again and again. He was a little excited, but also a little scared.