EBE Chapter 337: Preparation for Opening a Store
Chapter 337: Preparation for Opening a Store
Liu Caixia became more and more excited as she spoke. She was still very confident that money could make the world go round. Even if they had no power now, as long as they had enough money they could still find a way in.
"But we don't have enough money now, do we?"
Father Liu poured cold water on her.
"So, I want to make money quickly!"
Father Liu looked at Liu Caixia's ambitious face. Although he felt that her current behavior was a bit anxious, it might be because he had no more drive. So he did not refute Liu Caixia's desire to do something, and always let the young people try their luck.
"Well, you guys decide for yourselves. Dad's old..."
Liu Caixia hurried over to support her father and acted coquettishly. She could only do what she usually did in modern times when there were no outsiders around.
"Dad, you are the pillar of our family. How can you say you are old? At your age, you are at most a middle-aged person. There is nothing wrong with opening a store. You can think about studying later. Don't worry, take your time. I understand..."
"Caixia, we can't open the Malatang shop for now, so we can consider doing the braised meat and kimchi business first. This business is promising if it is done well. The braised meat you make is really delicious, and it tastes much better than many braised meats at this time. We currently cannot produce and sell the raw materials needed for the Malatang business, but the marinade ingredients can be bought here."
Liu Caixia let go of her father's arm, clapped her hands excitedly and shouted, "Oh, why didn't I think of that!"
"This is the first pot of gold we earned after we came here! How could I forget about this? Wei Zhong, you are this!" After saying this, he made a gesture.
"It's much easier to run a braised meat and kimchi business than a spicy hot pot business. I only need to order offal, pig heads, pig feet and other leftovers from a few butcher shops every day. I don't need too many other vegetarian dishes. I just need cabbage and radish. If I don't have cabbage and radish, I'll just make more braised meat. I don't believe that my food tastes so good that no one will buy it."
Father Liu also thinks that the braised meat business is relatively good. He has often heard Xiaolu talking at home recently. In the time-travel and rebirth novels, braised meat is a business that all the male and female protagonists will do. Of course, their family is no exception. Since their family used to have a hotel business, the family chef is naturally good at food. He has been influenced by it and knows more than ordinary people.
Just like those ordinary people who make their own braised meat, they buy a bag of marinade ingredients or go to a special place to mix a bag of raw materials. They know some of the seasonings in it, but I am afraid that few people can remember them all.
But they knew it. This doesn't mean that their family is born to be the protagonist.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Dad, you also think we should sell the braised meat first, right?"
"Yes, yes. Actually, I think your braised meat business can be expanded and strengthened in the county town. Unfortunately, the county town is still too small. The number of pigs slaughtered every day is limited, and the raw materials are also limited. But it's different in the prefecture town. If you collect all the offal from the prefecture town every day, it will be no problem to open three or five chain stores!"
"But we don't have the money or the shops to open a chain of stores! Let's open one first and try it out. If it does well, we can think of other ways."
"Okay, I have some ideas about this. I'll tell you slowly when I get back."
"Okay, now that we've decided, let's go find some workers. First, repair the shop and the house, and then buy everything we need. We'll talk about it after we move in. It's not a good idea to stay in an inn every day, and it's not convenient to talk about anything in private."
"Okay, we're fine anyway. Isn't this the reason we came to the city?"
I walked aimlessly on the street, getting to know the general layout. I first went to the shop and looked at the surroundings. Theirs was the second to last shop. The last shop was about the same size as theirs, but there was no house behind it.
Around the corner from the shop is the city wall, which is more than two meters away. Stalls are not allowed on this street, so it is full of residential areas.
The shop was closed at this time. It sold dry food such as steamed buns, steamed buns, and sesame cakes. It opened very early every day, mainly to provide dry food for nearby residents who went out to work early in the morning, or for caravans leaving the city. It was only busy for half a day.
The shop on the other side is bigger than theirs, and there is also a house behind it. The depth is about the same. Except for the last shop, the depth of other shops is almost the same, and the layout is similar.
This restaurant also runs a food business. There are many people in the city recently, so business is pretty good. It's lunch time now, and there are many people coming in and out.
Father Liu took a look and saw that they were selling stir-fried dishes with noodles, which were quite mixed.
After observing the situation nearby, I found that half of the businesses were food businesses, and there were also grocery stores, clothing stores, and jewelry stores, which were the essential shops.
There are many houses on the opposite side. Liu's father understands that the houses built at that time cannot be privately opened as shops without permission from the government.
Some of the layout of the city was planned from the beginning. If one wanted to renovate the house or add a new shop later, one had to report to the government office and only start construction after obtaining approval.
Therefore, many houses, even though they are located on busy streets, are still just houses.
Otherwise, if the streets were filled with shops, it would be detrimental to the development of a provincial capital.
"Let's have lunch here. After lunch, we'll design the shop in the afternoon, then go to West Street to find someone to repair the house and the shop, and then order tables, chairs, benches, etc. that we'll need for the house and the shop. When the house is repaired and the furniture is almost ready, we can move in."
"There are still twelve days left for the exam. We will try to move in before the exam. We will prepare for two days and open on the third day, which is the day after their first exam. There will definitely be a lot of people there, so we will try to spread our reputation right away."
The idea is good, but I don’t know whether it can be implemented smoothly.
We simply ordered two dishes and a bowl of rice for each person. After eating and drinking our fill, we went to West Street to find someone to come back and repair the house.
Sure enough, there was a street on West Street that was full of people, and many of them had signs saying "building a house" and "renovation" written on them.
Father Liu observed for a while and found that just as the young man from the Su family said, everyone here was gathered in groups. Some groups looked to have more than ten people, but most of them were three or five.
Finally, Father Liu found three people who looked like three brothers. Sure enough, Father Liu knew they were three brothers as soon as he asked. The three brothers were in Changshan Village outside the city. Now that the busy farming season was over, it was a good season to repair houses.
I would just set up a stall and find some work to do. If that didn't work out, I could work as a porter for a wealthy family in the city and earn some money.