"Okay, stop being poor and go home for dinner." Li Xiaoxiao said.
Wang Gang went home for dinner, while Li Ke and Chen Shulan went to the vegetable market to buy raw materials.
Li Ke felt his head hurt at the thought of going back under the bright sun.
After buying the production materials, Li Ke bought two sticks of cream ice cream. He had to eat something cold to have the courage to face the bright sun.
Chen Shulan took small bites and was reluctant to eat.
"Sister, as long as we are willing to work hard, life will definitely get better.
In the future, you can not only buy and sell cream ice cream for the eldest ya, ya, ya, and ya, but you can also buy them new schoolbags and new clothes.
Let them go to a good school, enter college, and have a good life." Li Ke took the opportunity to enlighten her.
"I'll work hard, I can't let Daya become a child bride for a fool, nor can I let them be like me.
I want to make money, buy them new clothes, and send them to college." Chen Shulan burst into tears as she spoke.
On the way back, Chen Shulan took Li Ke with her.
Li Ke went to her mother-in-law's house with her second sister first.
"Why are you back at this point?" My mother-in-law looked surprised when she saw them coming back.
"Mom, the second sister is super awesome today. We sold out all the things and came back to make new ones." Li Ke said.
"They were all cocoa, and there was another comrade. They were selling them, and I was responsible for handing them over. I didn't do much." Chen Shulan was embarrassed by the praise.
"Okay, okay, okay, have you two eaten?" My mother-in-law said three good words in a row.
"Nope."
"Old man, have you finished washing the dishes? Hurry up and order two bowls of noodles. We'll be in the first courtyard later." My mother-in-law shouted to the kitchen.
Not surprisingly, my father-in-law was wearing a red apron and washing dishes in the kitchen.
After the mother-in-law finished explaining, she went to the kitchen next door with Li Ke and Chen Shulan to prepare.
Li Ke arranged for his mother-in-law to trim the toenails of the chicken feet, while his second sister Chen Shulan cooked dried tofu and eggs, and made her own red oil and proportioned marinade.
During this period, the father-in-law brought the cooked noodles over, and the mother-in-law asked the two of them to put down their work and eat the noodles first, and asked the father-in-law to serve them first.
In the end, the four of us were busy in the kitchen together, and they were all finished quickly, just waiting to soak in the flavor.
Since the soaking time was short today, Li Ke deliberately added a little more of each ingredient.
Then I adjusted the marinade to be a little heavier, hoping to make up for the short time.
After finishing their work, his father-in-law and mother-in-law went back. Li Kewei overslept himself and specifically asked his second sister to come over at four o'clock to wake him up.
At almost four o'clock, my mother-in-law and second sister came together.
Li Ke tasted it and found it was just right. He gave it to his mother-in-law and second sister to taste, and they both said it tasted the same as before.
Take it out, drain it, weigh it, bag it, and cut it into pieces for tasting.
After everything was ready, the two set off again. Fortunately, it was already past four o'clock and it was not as hot as it was at noon.
When we were almost there, we saw Wang Gang waiting from a distance.
"Sister, how is it, how is it?"
Wang Gang has had the experience of making food that tastes bad and cannot be sold. He is very nervous and is afraid of repeating the same old path.
Li Ke stood firm, took out the tasting plate first, and signaled Wang Gang to try it himself.
"It's as delicious as yesterday." Wang felt relieved as soon as he tasted it.
"Sister Lan helped me make these, and we worked hard all afternoon.
Sister Lan who sells at noon does not participate in the profit sharing.
If you sell it in the afternoon, after excluding the cost, I’ll give you 40% and each of you 30%, how about that?”
"No, no, I'm just here to study." Chen Shulan quickly refused.
"Sister, you still get 50%, Sister Lan gets 30%, and I get 20%." Wang Gang said.
"Okay, let's do this for today, and then we'll see what happens.
There is an adaptation period for everything, and everyone should be more tolerant of each other.
When you can sell independently, we will determine the share ratio." Li Ke made the final decision.
"Although the proportion is smaller, the cake has become bigger, so in general, there are more shares." Li Ke explained to Wang Gang.
Wang Gang nodded.
Afraid that he wouldn't understand, I gave another example, "For example, if we sell two hundred a day, 50-50 is one hundred per person.
If three people sell 400 a day, they can still get 120 if they share 30%. Although the share ratio is reduced, the money they get actually increases."
"Yeah, I understand, sister, I will sell it well." Wang Gang was convinced this time.
"Everyone should cheer up. When Wang Gang shouts, be enthusiastic and take the initiative to invite people to try it.
When Sister Lan was selling things, someone was buying tiger skin and chicken feet, and she asked a couple if they wanted to take some of the couple's lung slices and braised eggs back with them.
Come on everyone, sell out as soon as possible, and I’ll treat you all to dinner.” Li Ke cheered them up.
Soon the shoe factory got off work and the female workers rushed out.
Wang Gang hawked with passion, and Chen Shulan also sold her goods in an orderly manner and made change.
The division of labor between the three of them indeed resulted in faster sales. Li Ke felt that he underestimated the potential of his partners and brought too little goods in the evening.
Sure enough, Husband and wife's beef slices, tiger skin and chicken feet were sold out quickly, and soon the dried fragrant and braised eggs were also sold out.
Li Ke was settling accounts and counting money, while Wang Gang and Chen Shulan still had unfinished business.
"Deducting the cost of raw materials and the change I prepared earlier, I made a total profit of 856 yuan tonight.
According to our previous agreement, the two of you will get 256 yuan and 80 cents each. If you round it up, it will be 257 yuan, and I will get 342 yuan." Li Ke divided the money.
Hand over the money.
"Sister, I earned more today than I did in the previous ten days." Wang Gang was very excited.
Chen Shulan also looked excited and did not dare to speak.
She was embarrassed to say that she had never had so much money in her hands before.
"Come on, let's go have a meal and talk about our next plans. If we agree, I'll treat you." Li Ke said.
Li Ke took the two of them to a small fry shop and asked them to order food. They both said they were not too hungry and could eat whatever they wanted.
Li Ke watched and ordered by himself. He ordered braised carp, stir-fried pork with chili, sweet and sour pork loin, scrambled eggs with edamame cooked by his grandmother, glutinous rice balls with rice wine, baked buns, and three bottles of beer, one for each person, to enjoy themselves while drinking.
It would be great if there were food stalls. Crayfish and cold beer are a perfect match in summer.
Three people, four dishes and one soup can be said to be very rich.
Materials are scarce in this era, and everyone has no fat or water in their stomachs. In addition, at home, everyone only eats vegetables such as cabbage and tofu, and only eats a little bit of meat during the holidays.
It was rare to go out for a meal, and Li Kequan ordered all the meat dishes without fear of not being able to finish them all.
After the food was served, Li Ke took the chopsticks first and said, "Hurry up and eat while it's hot. No one is allowed to be polite. Anyone who is polite means they don't treat me as one of their own."
The three of them had a great meal, eating everything and not leaving anything behind.
"Hiccup." Wang Gang burped impatiently, covering his mouth with an embarrassed smile.
"I'm very happy today. I didn't expect you two to be so good at selling things on your first day.
Wang Gang is active, bold and energetic in hawking, and Sister Lan is also very meticulous, and she didn't change even a dime wrong. I feel very relieved to see you two working so hard." Li Ke first praised the two of them.
"Sister, you taught me well."
“It’s because the food made from cocoa tastes good that it sells well.”
Li Ke continued, "This is what I think about it. From now on, when I make things at home, you come to pick up the goods and sell them, and the profit will be 50-50.
As for where you want to sell, whether to sell jointly or separately, or hire someone to sell, you decide for yourself. What do you think?"
After Li Ke finished speaking about his plan, he waited for the two people's reactions.
