Beloved Concubine

Chapter 36

Hearing that Wenxiu's house is going to open a snack restaurant, Chunhong is immediately alert.

Wenxiu's family is Aunt Shen's family.

Aunt Shen helped Chen Xiao make a strong outfit before, and many people saw her wearing it and thought it looked good.Asked where she did it, Chen Xiao said that it was Shen Ji Buzhuang, who recommended several businesses to Aunt Shen.

Later she made shirts and horse skirts.This kind of dressing method is also available in modern times. It looks like an ancient style when worn, and it looks very avant-garde when worn in ancient times.Her new clothes brought a lot of business to Mrs. Shen's family.

And the clothes she designed for Chunhong, Xiao Shitou, and Fang Yu were all made at Mrs. Shen's house.

Chunhong felt that they had taken good care of Mrs. Shen's family, but now, they still wanted to grab the business of the snack bar.

"Well, I also know that this is not good. But, my husband-in-law will take the provincial examination in August this year. Our family plans not to open an inn. There are guests at home, which will affect the husband-in-law's preparation for the exam..."

Wenxiu looked embarrassed, and spoke hesitatingly, ashamed to say so.

"Understood. It's nothing, you can open it if you want." Chen Xiao was very straightforward.

She knew that Wenxiu's husband, Shen Feng, had the lofty and face-saving attitude of a scholar.He doesn't like to run an inn at home, but it is really difficult to support the whole family and support him to study and pass the exam with only the income from the cloth village.

"You taught me how to make stewed pork before. This time, I want to ask... how to make rice noodles?" Wenxiu was a little embarrassed to speak.

"This..." Chen Xiao thought for a while.

Wenxiu looked at her nervously, fearing that she would lose face because of one sentence, and everyone would not even have to be friends in the future.

"What kind of eyes do you have!" Chen Xiao couldn't help laughing.

She turned to Fang Yu and asked, "Can you make a second rice noodle machine?"

"Yes." Fang Yu nodded.

Chen Xiao said to Wenxiu: "Rice noodles need to be pressed with a special machine, and they cannot be made by hand. It just so happens that we have improved a new machine. Later, I will ask Fang Yu to make another one for you. Rice noodles are convenient."

Wenxiu's eyes were full of gratitude.

Chen Xiao said again: "When are you going to open the shop?"

Wen Xiu said: "It's up to you. If you agree with us, we will."

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "You open a shop, what do you want me to agree to?"

Wenxiu smiled subtly.Ask for help with a begging attitude, she is just showing her attitude.

Chen Xiao asked Fang Yu: "How long does it take to make a rice noodle machine?"

Fang Yu said: "More than ten days."

Chen Xiaodao: "If you are going to open a shop soon, come to me to get rice noodles for the time being. After the machine is ready, you can make rice noodles yourself. I can teach you the specific recipe right now."

"Thank you so much!"

Wenxiu took Chen Xiao's hand and decided that she was a good sister.

Chen Xiao took her into the kitchen and taught her how to make rice flour dough.

Seeing people go in, Chunhong asked Fang Yu in a low voice.

"Brother Fang, do you really want them to open a small restaurant?"

"If you want to open it, you can open it." Fang Yu looked indifferent.

As long as Chen Xiao agrees to things, he will agree.His goal is not to make money.Besides, even if you want to make money, it's not on snacks like rice noodles.

Seeing that the two of them not only agreed with the Shen family to sell rice noodles, but were also willing to provide a rice noodle machine, Chunhong felt a little envious.

She wanted to take the opportunity to ask Brother Fang to make a rice noodle machine for her parents.But thinking about who I am, I think they won't agree.

In fact, Chunhong also understands that the Shen family is rich, and there is a scholar in the family. If she wins the exam, she will be an official in the future.Sister Chen wanted to curry favor with the Shen family, that's why she was so nice to Wenxiu.

However, if the Shen family also opened a small restaurant, their business would be split up in the future.Her salary is related to the income of the small restaurant, and if the business is not good, her salary will be reduced.

Chunhong is anxious that her wages may decrease in the future, but Sister Chen and Brother Fang are willing to share the business with others, so what can she do.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was May, and the Shen family's snack bar had been open for more than half a month.

Chunhong found that their business did not decrease, but increased.She went to take a look at the Shen family's business. Although it was not as good as "Chun Ji", it was still good.

"Sister, why does the Shen family sell the same as ours, but our business hasn't deteriorated?" Chunhong didn't understand.

Chen Xiaodao: "Because this market has just started, it is still far from competition in the industry!"

"What do you mean?" Chunhong didn't understand.

"It's like selling pork on the street. Look, there are so many meat stalls next to each other, and every family has business. Why do you think?"

"Because everyone wants to buy meat." They all stared at a meat stall, and they were too busy.

"Yes, because everyone eats pork and buys meat. Even if there are so many meat stalls, everyone can sell it. The same is true for small restaurants. South Vietnamese people eat rice as a staple food, and rice noodles can also be regarded as a staple food. People in Xiling like to eat noodles, and there are noodle restaurants everywhere.” Chen Xiao was actually talking about modern times, she had never been to Xiling, so she guessed.

"Rice noodles are a new thing. Many people don't know there is such a thing. It is still in the promotion stage. Don't say that there are only two stores, but more stores. It will not divert too many customers. Instead, it will be developed. generate more customers.”

Chunhong was ignorant, somewhat understanding, but not quite understanding.

"You see, we have been open for more than two months and have gone through seven market days. On the first market day, we only sold more than 190 bowls. But on the last market day, we have sold more than 800 bowls."

"Rice noodles are becoming known to more and more people. The county town plus the surrounding villages and towns, at least there are more than 20 people. If half of the people want to try rice noodles, do the math: how much does it take to sell [-] bowls a day?" How long does it take for people in the entire An county to eat rice noodles? And they eat it more than once."

"Of course, I don't want you to count, just to let you understand how big its market is. And the reception capacity of each store is limited."

Chunhong thought for a while and said, "So, it doesn't matter if you open more stores?"

"Yes."

"Then why don't we open more?"

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "No money!"

It's not that she hasn't thought about expanding her business, but one is that she has no money, and the other is that there is no one.

To open a branch, you must at least have a store manager.

The two "apprentices" that Xiao Shitou called to help on the market day may be considered for long-term use and trained as store managers in the future.

However, their small restaurant has only been in operation for two months, and now they are thinking about opening a branch, isn't it a bit too inflated?
At the end of April, the income of the small restaurant was settled, with a net profit of 48 taels of silver.This is to get rid of nine taels of silver for the rice noodle machine, the bowls, chopsticks, tables and chairs that were broken in the fight, and three taels of silver.If these two items are not counted, they made a net profit of 60 taels.

According to this income situation, they can open another branch after half a year.

However, Chen Xiaozhi is not here, even if a branch is opened, Chunhong and Xiaoshitou will take care of it.She is looking for materials to build a bicycle.

Although Fang Yu said he would make it, Chen Xiao felt that he couldn't make it.

He couldn't make it out of rubber tires alone.

(End of this chapter)