Chapter 30 Business is booming
After arriving home, Qianhuan poured out all the copper coins she had earned that day and counted them. The total was 824 copper coins.
Of 120 jin of chestnuts, 6 jin were given away and 114 jin were sold, with a total income of 1140 copper coins.
I spent 300 coins to buy the iron pot, 2 coins to protect the stall, and 14 coins to take the oxcart back and forth. After deducting the expenses, the money I earned today was exactly 824 coins.
Adding the 540 wen I earned yesterday and the 587 wen I have left, the total is 1951 wen.
Liang Laoer used to make a living by hunting and selling prey. When he was lucky, he could occasionally earn half an ounce to one or two ounces, but he wasn't too excited.
But Liu was still very excited when she saw so many copper coins.
"Qianhuan, you and mother should kneel down and kowtow. We really have to thank God. If you hadn't been gifted with the ability to learn how to roast chestnuts with sugar, we don't know how difficult our family's life would be now." Liu said with emotion.
She pulled Qianhuan and knelt outside the house, muttering something. Qianhuan could only kneel with her.
Qianhuan thought that her sugar-roasted chestnut stall had only been open for two days, and it was already selling so well. Judging from its popularity, she could take all the remaining 130 kilograms of chestnuts at home to the county town to sell tomorrow.
If someone gets jealous later and starts to imitate their family and sells sugar-roasted chestnuts, it will probably have some impact on her family. She has to make more money now.
Qianhuan and Liu quickly began to sort the chestnuts, separating the large and small fruits. Liang Laoer cut small holes in the chestnuts, and the family of three began to prepare the chestnuts to be sold tomorrow.
After the chestnuts were ready, Qianhuan called her parents into the kitchen. She took out dozens of kilograms of sand and gravel from under her bed, and she planned to pour them all into the pot and stir-fry them into mature sand.
"Dad, Mom, our sugar-roasted chestnuts rely on this sand. If anyone asks, you can say that this is our secret black stone. Don't tell anyone that it is river sand. When we make money in the future, there will definitely be people who want to imitate our roasted chestnut business. The later they discover the secret of this sand, the more money we can earn." Qianhuan explained to her parents in a serious manner.
"Okay, Mom and Dad will definitely not tell anyone else." Liang Lao Er nodded repeatedly. They would definitely not tell anyone about such a profitable business.
"Dad, not only outsiders, but also grandparents, uncles and aunts came to ask, and you said you didn't know. You just said that this was a method I came up with and you didn't know. Dad and Mom, did you remember?" Qianhuan was still worried and gave him another instruction.
"We know." The couple said in unison.
After a while, the sand turned black.
For these sugar-fried chestnuts, the ratio of chestnuts to sand is 1:2. Today she bought a larger iron pan, and tomorrow she plans to fry 30 kilograms of chestnuts in one pan, which will be more efficient.
Early the next morning, the family of three went to the city to set up their stall as usual.
Zuixianju had already opened its doors. The waiters were wiping the tables and chairs and cleaning the building, and the chefs had already started preparing a variety of breakfasts.
Liang Lao Er was standing outside the restaurant waiting because of his inconvenient legs and feet. Qian Huan and Liu entered the house together. Liu was not good at socializing, so she followed Qian Huan with her head down, holding the corner of her clothes.
When Qianhuan saw Shopkeeper Zhou, she greeted him enthusiastically. Shopkeeper Zhou knew that they were there to get tools for setting up their stall, so he immediately asked the waiter to take them to the woodshed to get the things.
When she came out, Qianhuan thanked Manager Zhou.
After setting up the stall, I am ready to start work. Today I can fry 30 kilograms of chestnuts in one pot, which greatly improves my efficiency.
Business is still booming today, with more than half of the chestnuts sold in just one morning.
At noon, the three of them ate the coarse-grain cakes they brought from home, drank some water, and then continued to do business.
"Little brother, I see your stall has moved here. I went to the place where you used to set up your stall to buy chestnuts, but it turned out that the stall was now occupied by a pancake vendor. After asking, I found out that you are now opposite Zuixianju, which made it hard for me to find you."
It turned out to be the uncle who came to her stall to buy chestnuts on the first day.
"Uncle, we will set up our stall at this location from now on. If you want to buy chestnuts, just come here directly." Qianhuan answered enthusiastically.
"Okay, I'll take the chestnuts I bought from you last time. My mother likes them very much. I'll buy two more kilograms today and take them home."
"Okay, uncle, please wait a moment, we will weigh and pack it for you right away."
Qianhuan picked out the chestnuts from the sand with nimble hands and feet, and Liu helped to weigh them.
"Uncle, these are your chestnuts. If you like them, come back and buy them next time." Qianhuan handed over the oil paper bag.
The uncle paid 20 cents and left with the chestnuts wrapped in oil paper.
In the afternoon, Chu Yichen came to Zuixianju to inspect the store and asked Yuanji to go to the stall and buy ten kilograms of chestnuts.
Qianhuan recognized at a glance that this was the servant of the young master of Zuixianju.
"I saw that you were the young master serving at Zuixianju, so I packed two more kilograms for your young master. Thank you for letting us store our tools at your restaurant. It really provided us with great convenience."
Qianhuan handed over three oil paper packages with a smile, two of which contained five kilograms each, and the other contained two kilograms.
"Thank you for the extra chestnuts."
Yuanji paid 100 coins and thought that this small vendor was really good at doing things. He had already delivered five kilograms yesterday and delivered another two kilograms today.
When they got back, Yuanji really conveyed Qianhuan's words. He said, "Master, the vendor of the sugar-roasted chestnuts gave us two more kilograms of chestnuts, saying that he was thanking you."
Chu Yichen looked at the extra oil paper bags and thought: This little vendor is smooth and tactful, he will definitely be a good businessman in the future. If he were not too young now, he would really like to hire him to help him manage other stores.
In fact, the firewood room of Zuixianju is very big, so it won’t have any impact on them to store some things there.
Yesterday, Chu Yichen just couldn't buy chestnuts and wanted to try some new ones, so on a whim he accepted the chestnuts sent by the other party and agreed to the other party's request. He didn't expect that this small vendor would be so grateful.
From the last pot of chestnuts, Qianhuan set aside five pounds and wrapped them in oil paper to give to Shopkeeper Zhou. The five pounds she gave yesterday were all taken away by their young master, so Shopkeeper Zhou might not have even tasted a single bite.
When Liu learned that she was going to give chestnuts to Manager Zhou of Zuixianju, she asked unhappily, "Didn't we already give them five catties yesterday? We just gave them two more catties. Do we have to give them chestnuts every day in the future? This is fifty coins. If this is the case, we might as well just take the tools home every day."
"Mom, just send it today and not tomorrow. It's too troublesome to take it home. The cost of frying these five pounds of chestnuts is only about ten cents. It just takes some effort. Don't be reluctant to give it up." Qianhuan advised.
At this moment, she wanted to hold her forehead and sigh: Her mother is really too unreliable, and she won't be able to get along well with such a personality in the outside world.
As an older woman in the 21st century, she is well versed in the rules of survival in society.
Zuixianju is such a big restaurant, there are countless people who want to give gifts to the shopkeeper or the young master, and I am afraid that they will not accept them.
"Chunxiang, just listen to our daughter. Qianhuan is now more capable than both of us in handling things, so it will be right for us to listen to her more in the future."
Liang Laoer could feel that his daughter had been completely transformed since she had received the gift from heaven.
Liu muttered a few words but finally agreed with her husband's words. Her daughter was indeed more capable than both of them, but she still felt a little distressed as she just gave away fifty cents like that.
After Qianhuan and Liu followed the servants to put all the tools into the woodshed, Qianhuan gave five pounds of chestnuts to Manager Zhou.
Shopkeeper Zhou declined at first, but finally accepted the chestnuts at Qianhuan's insistence.
Of course, this matter did not escape the eyes of his young master: "It's a gift for you, just take it. These chestnuts are really delicious."
"Yes, Young Master. I understand." Shopkeeper Zhou respectfully left the room with the oil-paper bag.
Chu Yichen once again refreshed his perception of this small vendor. This dark-skinned young man was more savvy than many shop owners in his store when it came to handling things. He really didn't look like a country bumpkin at all.