Second Marriage in the 1970s - Chapter 83

When Ji Zhenfeng came home from Shanghe Village, his mother Yang Yuqin knits a sweater in the living room.

Yang Yuqin has retired and has reached the age of Hanyu and grandchildren, but she does not live with her elder son, so naturally she does not have to help with the children all day long.

She knits two sets of sweaters for her grandchildren every year. She knits them in summer, so she won’t be in a hurry, and she can just wear them in winter.

“Why come back late today? I cooked and waited for you to come back to eat.”

Ji Zhenfeng changed his slippers by the door and walked over, sat down on the sofa opposite his mother, took a grape from the coffee table and put it in his mouth.

“I met Meixiang’s brother at the police station today. They bought two bungalows near No. 1 Middle School and planned to open a small restaurant to do business with students and nearby residents.”

Yang Yuqin raised his eyes when he heard the words, but the movements in his hand did not stop.

She knew Meixiang, a female college student who was assigned to be a teacher at No. 1 Middle School. She was introduced by Zhenfeng’s aunt. Last time Zhenfeng sent the Zhao family back to his hometown, she brought a lot of vegetables and an old hen, Yang Yuqin. I asked my grandchildren to come back and stewed chicken soup for them. They all said it was more fragrant than chicken bought in the market.

Zhao’s chickens are fed with earthworms, sweet potatoes, and fresh vegetables mixed with rice bran. They are released every morning before returning to the chicken ring at night. The standard farm-raised free-range chickens have firm and tender meat, and the stewed soup is naturally better than normal. The chicken is better.

“Their family has ideas.”

Yang Yuqin is a teacher after all. Reading newspapers and listening to the radio is what she must do every day. She has a better understanding of the country’s situation than ordinary people.

The development of our country has been stagnant for a long time, and economic development will be the theme for a long time to come. Opening a small restaurant may seem like a small mess, but it is extremely rare for them to seize this opportunity.

What’s more, being able to buy two houses in the county town at will, and knowing that it is near the school, is the idea of ​​a savvy person.

“What do you think of this girl, bring it back to us if you feel good.”

Yang Yuqin still believes in his son’s vision. After being picky for so long, he can’t find a bad one. If he is willing to do it, he would have done it long ago, not to mention that his aunt also said that this girl is good, then it won’t be bad.

Although she is from a rural area and her family background is a little different, she is a decent college student and a junior high school teacher. I heard that her elder brother and sister-in-law have also been admitted to the university in the provincial capital.

“The low class marries a wife, the high class marry a daughter”, marrying a daughter-in-law is not as good as your own family, as long as the girl is sensible and polite.

Ji Zhenfeng hummed and spit out the grape skins in his hands, “I was about to tell you about this. I want to officially introduce her to you and dad. I also want to settle down earlier. See when you have time. I brought her to recognize her.”

What Ji Zhenfeng said was “recognizing the door,” and he also said that he wanted to settle down earlier, not to get his parents’ approval, but to tell them that he already recognized Zhao Meixiang.

Ji’s education still respects the children’s wishes. Whether it is Ji Zhenfeng’s twenty-something not getting married or Ji Zhenlin moving out with his wife after marriage, his parents have not interfered too much.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren.

“Okay, I’ll ask when your dad comes back, let’s make an appointment.”

Ji Zhenfeng’s father, Ji Qingming, is busy with work. The people who see him for medical treatment line up every day. The Health Bureau often holds meetings. He won’t be home until ninety o’clock in the evening, so he will have his time to come.

Zhao Donglin and Li Wangping came to the county the next day, hurrying to repair the house, tidy up the useless furniture, repaint the walls, and put new windows.

“I know the director of a furniture factory, let’s see if there is any ready-made goods.”

Ji Zhenfeng took the two to the furniture factory, and they were fond of an almost square dining table.

“This one is strong, it’s not good but strong.”

The boss slapped a palm on the table to prove the firmness of the table.

Zhao Donglin sent a peony to the boss and one to Ji Zhenfeng.

“Okay, that’s it. We can put six of these in the room, but I want to shrink it by a few centimeters.”

This is Jiahui’s suggestion. There is no need for a large dining table in a fast food restaurant. A rectangular tabletop is more practical than a square.

The couple came with their children together, so naturally there must be a place to live. After the two rooms were opened, a single room was separated by a wooden board, and a bunk bed was added.

Looking at the cleaned up house, Zhao Caixia smiled, with infinite vision for the future.

Although they didn’t buy the house themselves, the sister-in-law said that it was only for the convenience of doing business and to prevent the homeowners from repenting before the business was good. Then their business was just making wedding dresses for others for nothing.

“Sister, you can use this house with peace of mind. I don’t charge your rent or divide your income. I will use it when I spend money to buy a piece of land and keep it for later use.”

Jiahui said that Zhao Caixia was a little embarrassed, which is equivalent to her own empty glove white wolf. I heard from the older brother that the business of opening a restaurant is also what the younger sister-in-law wants, and the house is also bought by the younger sister-in-law. The younger sister-in-law does not ask for anything in return. I thought of a way to make money for myself.

Zhao Caixia was particularly touched. She didn’t say anything. What she thought was that if the restaurant really makes money, she must give her brother and sister-in-law a big head, otherwise her conscience is disturbed.

Everything was ready, Zhang Qiaoer deliberately found someone to forget the day, the eighth day of the sixth day of the lunar calendar, which is the 31st day of the seventh lunar calendar.

Before opening, it is natural to give the restaurant a name, which is easy to understand, and it is called “Xiao Li Restaurant”.

“We have to put an advertisement for the restaurant.”

Advertisements are widely informed, and nearby residents must be prepared for consumption.

“How about this ad?”

“Write a sign and hang it outside the door, then print some advertising paper and distribute it in crowded places.”

The most crowded place is the vegetable market.

“What’s written on this? Xiaoli Restaurant has a bargain for the opening of the restaurant. It is half price for three days after opening. The delicious food is not expensive. The breakfast, lunch and dinner are exchanged for three meals and waiting for you to taste. Those without food stamps can also enter the store. Cash payment is immediate and the restaurant opens On July 31st, the address was two hundred meters east of County No. 1 Middle School.”

“There are two rows of small characters below. The store’s main specialty is sour soup noodles, scallion noodles, shredded pork noodles, beef noodles, fatty sausage noodles, and various fried rice snacks waiting for you to taste.”

“It sounds good, like a noodle restaurant.”

“It’s around here anyway, half price should not be expensive, let’s try it out when the time comes.”

“Yes, go take a look, I see that this advertisement paper is written well, it’s very exciting.”

The heart is worse than the action. In the early morning of the opening day, after five o’clock, most of the nearby residents were still asleep, and crackling firecrackers sounded outside the Xiao Li restaurant.

The old people who got up early were first shocked. It was the children’s summer vacation. The old people must be reluctant to go to the restaurant to eat, but they were willing to eat for the children at home.

Xiao Li’s restaurant is busy, full of steamed buns, soy milk, noodles, tea eggs, as well as all kinds of glutinous rice and sauces.

“Raw steamed buns for one cent, vegetable steamed buns for five cents, flour cakes for three cents, and tea eggs for one cent.”

There is a price list hanging on the wall, and the price of each food is clearly marked.

The price is moderate, neither expensive nor cheap, not to mention half the price for three days after opening, so a meat bun or a tea egg is only five cents, and raw eggs are more than this price.

As for the price of noodles, the price is a bit more expensive. Scallion sauce noodles are 1.5 cents, egg noodles and sour soup noodles are 2 cents, pork noodles are 3 cents, and beef noodles with sausage noodles are sold at 50 cents per bowl.

“Give me three meat buns, two tea eggs, and two bowls of soy milk.”

“A bowl of scallion noodles and a tea egg.”

“A bowl of sour noodle soup, a meat bun, a vegetable bun, and a tea egg.”

Open today, except for Zhao Manzhu to watch the children at home, all the family are here.

Jiahui, Meixiang and Zhao Caixia are in charge of the kitchen, Zhang Qiaoer greets the guests with Zhao Donghe, Li Wangping and Zhao Donglin tidy up the table and chopsticks, and Jiahui also works part-time to settle accounts.

Starting from 5 o’clock in the morning, until after 9:30, there are fewer talents. After a short break, I will start busy lunch again.

The vegetable rice at noon is more abundant. In addition to noodles, there are also various types of fried rice, such as chicken rice flower, chicken legs, chicken wings, chicken steaks and so on.

All snacks are available in limited quantities.

“What does this limited supply mean?”

“Sorry, everyone is so considerate. The restaurant has just opened, and we don’t know the tastes of the guests. We don’t know what you like and what you don’t like, so the amount of each kind of food is not large. Besides, it’s summer and things are full. It’s wasted when it’s off, so we don’t have a big supply, and it’s first come, first served.”

Secondly, it takes time to prepare these. Now they can help out during the summer vacation. When school starts, Zhao Caixia and Li Wangping will be married, afraid that they will be too busy.

“Well, let me have some chicken thighs for a taste. I will know if I will sell it as soon as I taste this mouth.”

“Okay, thank you for joining me.”

When paying, the customer said with a smile, “Your food tastes good, large in quantity, affordable, and you don’t need a meal ticket. I will patronize more in the future.”

That day everyone was busy until ten o’clock in the evening, and finally had time to sit down and fill up their belly.

“I just calculated it. I charged 137 yuan and six cents a day today, and we spent 80 yuan and seven cents on our various ingredients.”

Zhao Caixia started the calculation, and at the end of the calculation, she stared and dared not say anything, “We earned 56 yuan and nine cents a day!”

Li Wangping couldn’t help but rub his hands happily. The money was not earned by the couple a month ago. It is more than 50 a day, so wouldn’t it cost more than a thousand a month!

This is not making money. It’s just stealing money. No wonder my sister-in-law was willing to spend two thousand yuan to buy this house. At that time, I thought that the money was wronged. Now that I think about it, I have short insights.

“The profit is not bad. On the one hand, half of the ingredients we buy can be used tomorrow, such as eggs, flour, and peppers. On the other hand, we sold half the price three days before the opening. There is a big gap in the middle. Excluding that there is such a large passenger flow because of the half-price event, what we did in the first three days was word of mouth. Even if the word of mouth is mentioned, there will be no shortage of customers even after the event is over.”

After Jiahui’s analysis, Zhao Donglin Meixiang and the others understood naturally, Zhao Caixia and Li Wangping were a little bit misty.

“What do you mean, do we make or lose?”

“Of course I earned it, sister. The money is here. Excluding the renovation invested in the previous period, we earned more than 50. My sister-in-law meant that our store was engaged in activities in the first three days and everything was half price. Many people came to eat because It’s cheap, so we can’t see how many customers really have in these three days. Let’s keep our word-of-mouth good and we are not afraid that there will be no repeat customers.”

Jiahui nodded appreciatively, and Meixiang’s analysis was thorough, which fully explained the importance of school education. She was a silly girl before, but now she can be alone. Ji Zhenfeng also looks at Meixiang with admiration. He has many girlfriends. Capable, smart, kind and considerate, even if Meixiang sweats a lot after a busy day, he is the most beautiful in his eyes.

“Make money just make money.”

Zhao Caixia listened to Li Wangping and let out a long sigh of relief.

“I told my parents that they want to see you.”

“Huh? Isn’t it too fast.”

“Unhappy, I think it’s too slow, I don’t want to be separated from you every day.”

“Why are you so glib?”

“Am I glib? It may be that I am only doing this to you. No one has ever said that before.”

Women most can’t hear men say “I only treat you like this”, which makes them feel that they are different, that they are being loved by him, and they are a unique rose.

Meixiang is no exception, and she feels sweet after listening to Ji Zhenfeng’s words.

“I’m leaving, come here tomorrow.”

“You don’t have time and don’t have to come and help, and you are too tired.”

After working all day and coming to help greet the guests after get off work, Mika feels very sorry for him.

“I am not tired when I see you. I will come over at night and wait for me.”

Mika nodded with a smile, waved to bid him farewell.