Chapter 193 Business is hard to do

Chapter 193 Business is hard to do

Hearing the knock on the door, He Daqing couldn't help but frown.

There is no need to guess, someone must have come to borrow food again.

This is what He Daqing fears the most. When you finally do a good deed, others will treat you as a good person, keep asking you for help, and even take it for granted.

Fortunately, He Daqing clearly marked the prices, so he didn't have to worry about being disturbed by too many people.

However, when He Daqing opened the door, he was startled when he saw the person standing outside.

"Uncle, my family is really struggling to make ends meet. Please...can you give us some food..."

Seeing He Daqing coming out, Jia Zhang, who was holding the stick, knelt down without hesitation.

Just now she saw He Daqing take out ten kilograms of corn flour and sell it to Liu Haizhong. After returning home, she kept thinking about it in her mind.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Jia Zhang would naturally not be willing to ask anyone for help, let alone He Daqing.

But their family is in a really difficult situation now.

She was the only labor force in the entire Jia family. If she didn't have enough to eat, she couldn't work, let alone earn money to support the family. But if she ate everything, her two sons would go hungry again.

Especially his youngest son Banggeng, who is less than one year old. If he starves, he will be ruined in the future!

So, after much thought, Jia Zhang no longer cared about her face and had to ask He Daqing for help.

He Daqing, "..."

He thought of many people, but he never expected that the first person to come to him for help would be the widow Jia Zhang next door.

To be honest, He Daqing really didn't want to have anything to do with this woman, but looking at her orphan and widow, it seemed...it wasn't easy either.

He Daqing suddenly felt compassion.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you can see that I just gave Old Sixty Jin of corn flour, and my family doesn't have much in stock. So, five Jin, the most I can sell you is five Jin, and it's still 20 cents a Jin, what do you think?"

Well, compassion is compassion.

But not a penny less will do.

Now that Jia Zhangshi has made money, he is not the dead Yi Zhonghai, who delivers corn noodles to widows at night. For people like the Jia family who only want to take advantage, they must be clear about money.

"Okay, five pounds is five pounds, here's the money!"

Without hesitation, Jia Zhang took out a dollar from her pocket and handed it to He Daqing.

He Daqing didn't waste any words. He turned around and went into the house to weigh out five pounds of corn flour for Jia Zhang.

Anyway, he doesn't like cornmeal, so it doesn't matter who you sell it to.

However, in order to avoid trouble, He Daqing took a small scale of 20 kilograms and gave her five kilograms of noodles in front of Jia Zhang.

"Thank you!"

Jia Zhang looked at the scale bar rising high, and after confirming that it was correct, she took the five pounds of corn flour and turned back to the house.

However, after returning home, Jia Zhang was still a little worried, so she took out her own scale and weighed it again.

"You're not a bad person at least!"

Seeing that it was indeed a lot of five kilograms, Jia Zhang snorted and a smile appeared on her face.

The Jia family's situation was difficult, and other families' lives were not easy either.

However, He Daqing's ability is limited and he can only do what he can.

Of course, as expected, because of the rise in food prices, both the Civilian Canteen and Fengze Garden were affected.

"Manager He, the prices outside have gone up now, and fewer and fewer people come to our cafeteria. This can't go on."

On this day, He Daqing summoned his daughter-in-law Xu Huizhen from the Civilian Canteen, Fan Jinyou and Xu Huizhi from the tavern, and Nan Yi from the Fengzeyuan branch to hold a routine meeting.

After all, all these shops belong to Fengzeyuan.

During the meeting, Xu Huizhen could only call He Daqing "Manager He".

"Well, I guessed the situation. I'm afraid the situation is similar for the tavern and the new store?"

He Daqing glanced at his pretty daughter-in-law and turned to look at everyone else.

Once these words were spoken, everyone's thoughts were expressed, and they all started to complain.

"There have been fewer and fewer people coming to our tavern recently. People are starving, so how can they afford to drink?"

"Yeah, it seems the government has banned many places from making alcohol."

"It's similar in our new store. Our Fengzeyuan focuses on high-quality users, but when it comes to food, everyone will be affected."

Hearing this, He Daqing couldn't help but nodded.

The situation seems to be much more serious than I imagined.

However, it has only been 54 years and a flood has caused this. If natural disasters or man-made disasters occur in another five or six years, the situation will be much more serious.

He Daqing blinked his eyes, pondered for a moment, and looked at Nan Yi.

"Nan Yi, this is what I think. People are living in hardship now. Our restaurant should not focus on the middle and upper levels, but should shift to the lower levels..."

"Transfer to the lower level?"

Nan Yi was stunned and looked confused.

"Yes."

He Daqing continued,

"We should come up with some new cuisines. These dishes should combine various nutrients to ensure that people are full, while also being cheap. Do you think we can do it?"

After saying that, He Daqing looked at Nan Yi with burning eyes.

He knew that even in difficult times, the workers in the machinery factory were not greatly affected because of talents like Nan Yi and Cui Dake.

The reason is simple. No matter how cheap or ordinary the ingredients are, they will always shine in Nan Yi's hands.

Instead of maintaining high prices and letting the ingredients rot, it is better to follow current events and try to penetrate the lower-level market. This way, Fengzeyuan's turnover can be increased, and people can spend the least money and eat the most nutritious food. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

As for the original cuisine, it won’t be too late to restore it after this period of time has passed.

"That's a good idea. I'll try it."

After hearing this, Nan Yi also fell into deep thought.

He Daqing's words gave him a new idea.

This is not the old society anymore. Not only the powerful and wealthy are entitled to eat. Moreover, after the public-private partnership, many big bosses are now the same as ordinary people, aren't they?

Since people are faced with the problem of food, if they can use cheap ingredients to make delicious meals, it would be a good thing to accumulate virtue!

As he was thinking about it, Nan Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Manager He, I have an idea."

Nan Yi smiled and said,

"Since food and ingredients are expensive, why don't we find some edible wild vegetables or cheap vegetables, and combine them with coarse grains and fine grains to make some vegetable dumplings or something like that. This way, it will be nutritious and filling, and the cost will be greatly reduced. What do you think?"

"Talent!"

When He Daqing heard this, he couldn't help but give Nan Yi a thumbs up.

It is not yet completely autumn, and there are still many edible wild vegetables in the countryside or in the wild. Moreover, there are still many edible radishes in winter. If you buy some vegetable dumplings or meatballs, wouldn’t that reduce the cost?

Moreover, as long as he opens his mind, he believes that with Chef Yi Nanyi's wisdom, he will be able to develop more cheap and nutritious dishes!