Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 147: You can’t make enough money
"Dapeng, how much have you done?"

Du Shaojie found out the situation clearly and found out that Su Dapeng had already prepared all the ingredients and marinated them.

At this point, the other party had only fried 20 chickens and hadn't started stewing them yet.

So Du Shaojie asked the other party to send 40 marinated chickens over, and fried and stewed them here. After all, they were professionals. Su Dapeng's 40 chickens were only put into the pot to cook, and Du Shaojie had already completed the whole process in advance.

Su Dapeng was watching the fire at home, and Du Shaojie was sitting in the yard of the old house watching the moon. It was quite quiet.

night.

Du Shaojie lived in the old house. He would take a day off tomorrow, so he let Wang Yuxiu rest for a day while he went to take over the store.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Wang Liwen walked in from outside.

"Shaojie, help me get it."

Wang Liwen was holding several bags, each containing some cooked food and a bottle of red wine.

In the afternoon, she went to Du Shaojie's workplace and wanted to ask him out for a walk in the evening. But he said he had to go back to his old house for something, so they had to meet here.

"Sister Liwen, please sit inside."

In this season, it is still relatively cool in the morning and evening.

Du Shaojie carried the bag into the house, got the plates, bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses, put the cooked food on the plates, then opened the bottle and poured two glasses of red wine.

"Many people from our hospital have been to your shop and praised the [Dezhou Braised Chicken] you sell. I think your business must be very good, right?"

The two raised their glasses, clinked them lightly, and each took a sip.

Once the conversation started, Wang Liwen started talking about Du Shaojie's cooperation with others to open a store.

In fact, before the store opened, Du Shaojie's [Dezhou Braised Chicken] was already well-known in the People's Hospital, and everyone who had eaten it said it was good!

This is naturally due to Wang Liwen's contribution. If she hadn't brought the delicious food to the office to share with others, others would not have known that there was such delicious food.

After the shop officially opened, Du Shaojie told the other party.

As a result, word of mouth spread and the [Dezhou Braised Chicken] restaurant on Lihua Street now has a group of loyal customers in the People's Hospital.

If the store relied on Su Dapeng's personal connections when it first opened, it now relies on word-of-mouth.

As he is too busy, Su Dapeng no longer goes out to deliver goods, and all sales are done through the shop window.

It even gave him an illusion that money is so damn easy to make nowadays!
In fact, it can’t be called an illusion, because things are just like this. The first batch of people with an annual income of 10,000 yuan after the reform and opening up mainly relied on their courage and the courage to think and act!
To borrow a commonly used word in later generations, "windfall", the windfalls of the next ten years will be everywhere, it just depends on whether you have the ability to take action.

"The store's business is pretty good, but for now we can only maintain the current scale. Let's not talk about that, Sister Liwen, what are your plans?"

Du Shaojie's question was so broad that Wang Liwen was stunned for a moment.

"I think it's fine now. Maybe I'll go for further studies when I feel like it."

Wang Liwen thought about it and said it casually.

Du Shaojie didn't take it seriously and continued drinking with the other party. During this time, he went to the kitchen to check the fire. When the chicken was cooked, it was already early in the morning.

"Shaojie, I don't want to leave. I want to stay here for one night. Do you have any objection?"

Wang Liwen's eyes became brighter as she drank. When the bottle of red wine was finished, both of them were a little tipsy.

By the time Du Shaojie finished his work, she didn't want to move anymore.

"But."

Du Shaojie hesitated for a moment. It was not that he didn't want the other party to live here, but Su Dapeng would come over early tomorrow morning to pick up the cooked chicken.

"What? Are you scared? Are you afraid that your Yanzi will know, or that Mikoto will know?"

Wang Liwen looked at Du Shaojie with a smile, but had no intention of leaving.

Du Shaojie quickly stepped forward and hugged her gently, and explained something to her before she let him go.

"It's okay. I have an early shift tomorrow and will leave early."

Wang Liwen leaned over to his ear and whispered slowly, making his ear itchy.

The two of them know each other inside out and can understand each other's thoughts with just a look or a gesture.

The next day.

Du Shaojie rode his bike to take Wang Liwen to the hospital before dawn. After returning, he tidied the house and went to the kitchen to take out the soaked chicken and put it in a bag.

When he finished his work, Su Dapeng just arrived at the door pushing a tricycle.

"Shaojie, I brought you two buns, just make do with one."

"Let's go first, we'll talk about it when we get to the store."

So the two of them loaded Du Shaojie's 40 pieces of Dezhou Braised Chicken into the truck and sent them to the store.

Su Dapeng still has 40 chickens at home, and they will be taken away on the next trip. The small shop can’t hold them all.

Lihua Street Market was bustling early in the morning. Today was a holiday, and there was a constant stream of people coming to buy vegetables. The location of the store chosen by Su Dapeng was quite good, highlighting the large flow of people and high recognition.

"Why did you come just now? I've been waiting for a long time. Give me two."

Du Shaojie found it outrageous that there were already customers waiting at the door of the shop early in the morning.

Su Dapeng smiled apologetically, greeted everyone one by one, then opened the shop door and moved 40 chickens in.

The sale was very convenient, no weighing, just selling by the piece. After Su Dapeng received the money, Du Shaojie handed the packed [Dezhou Braised Chicken] to him, and in just a short while, 12 pieces were sold.

It was quiet for less than ten minutes before customers started arriving one after another.

"I ordered three chickens yesterday and asked them to pick them up today."

"I ordered two chickens. Can you please bring them to me?"

Yesterday, Su Dapeng booked a lot of [Dezhou Braised Chicken], and he also wrote notes to the customers and collected a deposit of 1 yuan for each chicken.

Some customers came early to get the chickens, and the 40 chickens were getting fewer and fewer. Su Dapeng hurried back to get the remaining 40 chickens.

"Dapeng, how much have you planned to take out? Please reserve it for yourself."

Perhaps because of the festival, the shop's business is particularly good today.

Du Shaojie asked Su Dapeng to calculate that a total of 38 were booked yesterday, and 29 have been redeemed so far.

The two kept 9 [Dezhou Braised Chicken] and could sell the rest at will.

"Master Du, you opened a store and didn't even tell me, that's really not nice of you!"

While busy with work, Du Shaojie suddenly heard someone calling him. When he looked up, he saw Zhao Dajun's rough face.

I haven't seen him for a while, and I don't know if he's busy with work or for some other reason. Things at work are also complicated, but we have always had a good personal relationship.

"Manager Zhao? Why are you here in this store? He's my childhood friend. I came here to help him out during our day off."

Du Shaojie naturally would not admit that the shop had anything to do with him. He has always been as steady as an old dog.

"Haha, I see, I see. Well, give me 10 chickens, how much?"

Zhao Dajun smiled knowingly and then looked at Su Dapeng.

Su Dapeng stated the price very politely, and Zhao Dajun didn't say anything and just paid for 10 chickens.

Du Shaojie helped him pack it up, then walked out of the store: "Manager Zhao, where are you going? I'll walk you a little way."

"We have a car now, a jeep, parked in front."

Zhao Dajun and Du Shaojie each carried a few bags and walked forward slowly.

There were many reasons for the lack of contact for a period of time, but the relationship between the old leaders Huang Yicheng and Liao Yongxin and Du Shaojie became very bad, which was a very important factor.

If he hadn't learned the information about the shop from Liao Yongxin, he wouldn't have been able to find the other party today.

"Manager Zhao, if you need [Dezhou Braised Chicken] in the future, I can make it for you. If I don't have time, you can come to Dapeng. I'll talk to him later and I'll definitely give you a discount."

Du Shaojie didn't want to be an official and didn't care much about things at work.

Huang Yicheng is Huang Yicheng, and Zhao Dajun is Zhao Dajun. They cannot be confused. Therefore, his attitude towards others is always consistent. It is the same now as it was on the farm.

"Haha, there's no need for discounts. The farm is much better now. Master Du, bring your friends to the farm when you have time. Xiao Wei and the others are always talking about you."

As they were talking, the two of them walked up to a half-new, half-old jeep.

The driver got out of the car, took the bags from the two men and put them away, and Zhao Dajun sat in the passenger seat.

"Okay, I'll definitely come back to the farm when I have time."

After waving goodbye to Zhao Dajun, Du Shaojie returned to the shop.

Su Dapeng moved a stool and sat at the door. The shop window was closed and business had stopped. There were still three chickens left in the shop that had been reserved by others, and the rest had been sold out.

"Hello, bring me a chicken."

"Sorry, today's order is sold out. Please come earlier next time."

"Sold out? Can't you make more? I made this trip for nothing."

Conversations like these continued uninterruptedly as the two waited until one o'clock, when the customer finally took away the last three chickens.

Su Dapeng quickly locked the shop door, and pushed the tricycle away with Du Shaojie.

"It's such a pity. I could have made more money."

Su Dapeng felt a little melancholy. Anyone would feel uncomfortable after turning away the money that was offered to him.

However, with so few people, they couldn't do much. For example, the 80 chickens today were made by him and Du Shaojie after working hard for half a day.

If he were alone, he really wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Dapeng, there is no end to making money, so take your time. The most important thing now is to strictly control the ingredients, standardize the production process, meet hygiene standards, and maintain consistent quality."

Du Shaojie had a very good attitude and tried his best to persuade Su Dapeng along the way.

Of course, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make money.

After they returned to the old house, they began to carefully calculate and finally decided to increase the number of pieces to be made every day to 50. They really couldn't make more, and they would die of exhaustion.

The two went into the house and drank a sip of water, and Su Dapeng's mother ran in and said that someone had delivered something to their home.

There are always some people who are born to be businessmen. In order to keep Su Dapeng as a big customer, they keep up with the times and agree to deliver the goods to his door.

Su Dapeng quickly followed his mother to the house, and after inspecting the goods, he paid the money directly to the buyer. It was fair and reasonable to exchange money for goods.

I think if we continue doing business for a while, I might be able to sell on credit occasionally.

(End of this chapter)