Chapter 79 - Chapter 79: Opening
Chapter 79: Opening
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When Song Ping heard that his daughter still wanted to open a small convenience store, he was also anxious. There was no glass counter at home that only the supply and marketing cooperative had. Even Song Yao only used a wooden table to temporarily make do with the counter for the restaurant. What should he do?
In a moment of desperation, Song Yao remembered that her father’s carpentry skills were not bad, so she asked Song Ping to help her get a wooden cabinet.
Song Ping frowned. “Will this work?”
“Don’t worry, Dad. The counter carved out of wood is much sturdier than glass,” Song Yao said.
Song Ping hesitated for a long time. In the end, he decided to listen to his daughter and beat the wood into a counter.
At the same time, Gu Li was worried that the people who came to buy things would be cut by the wood shavings, so she specially used the entire night to make a cover for it.
Song Yao placed a lot of snacks and instant noodles from Sangqiu City on the shelves.
On the other side of the shelf were stationery and notebooks.
Because she was in a hurry, Song Yao didn’t even have time to make a plaque. She could only hang a small board with the words “Yao’s Small Merchandise Store”.
Because Song Ping and Song Xiao were in a hurry to collect the chestnuts, Gu Li still had to coax the child upstairs.
Only Song Yao, Sun Hao, and Liang Jie were in the small restaurant on the first floor.
Sun Hao returned to the Song Manor and brought in the eggs he had collected. “Chef Song, what are you going to cook today?”
Hearing the title “Chef Song”, Song Yao almost choked. She smiled and said,
“Do whatever you want. Let’s make chive pancakes today.”
After Song Yao finished speaking, she had already picked up the chives that Sun Hao had brought over and washed them in the kitchen. Then, she stir-fried the eggs and placed them together with the cut chives.
Taking advantage of this time, he kneaded the risen dough into a dough and wrapped the stirred filling in the dough. Then, he poured it into the oil to fry. After a while, a fragrance wafted out of the kitchen. Even Liang Jie, who was in the central room, was attracted.
“Sister Yao, what delicious food did you make? Why is it so fragrant?”
Song Yao poured a piece of lard and stir-fried it in the pot. “Hurry up and go outside to see if there are any guests.”
Liang Jie stood casually outside the door. “Don’t worry. Two people came to buy brown sugar in the morning.”
“That shouldn’t be the case.” Song Yao frowned. She was still thinking if something had gone wrong when she heard the sound of high heels coming from outside the door.
Right on the heels of that, a female voice sounded from the central room. “Is anyone there? What food is your family cooking? It smells so good.”
Song Yao took off her apron and went outside to serve them. “Chives pancakes, what do you want to buy?”
The woman was a little hesitant. “Um, the child’s Grandma is not at home. I don’t know how to cook. I don’t really want my child to eat snacks. Can I buy a few chives pancakes?”
After saying that, the woman took out one yuan from her pocket. “Can you take it as one yuan for six?”
Song Yao was stunned. She had never thought that the chives pancakes she made could be sold for such a high price.
She immediately accepted the money and said, “Sure! Why not? I forgot to tell you that our shop not only sells snacks that children like, but we can also make some home-cooked dishes!”
“Really?” The woman sounded agitated. “Then what else do you sell?”
Song Yao said, “There’s also egg fried rice that just came out of the pot.”
The woman seemed to have smelled the fragrance. “It’s even stir-fried with lard. I’ll get another bowl of egg fried rice.”
“Okay!” Song Yao took the money and went to the kitchen to work.
After a while, the small central room was surrounded by many people. Some were parents bringing their children over for dinner, and some had some pocket money and wanted to buy spicy sticks.
Song Yao and the others were extremely busy. Even Gu Li, who was taking care of the children on the second floor, took advantage of Baby Xuan’s afternoon nap to go downstairs to help her daughter.
“Oh dear, why are there so many people? Can you handle it alone?”
Song Yao sighed. She was not worried about Liang Jie and Sun Hao entertaining the guests outside, but she was really helpless in the kitchen alone.
“I’ll find a female worker tomorrow.’
Gu Li frowned and thought for a moment. “If you want to hire female workers, can you call Han Pei over? I remember that the two of you used to have a good relationship. I’ve seen that child before. She’s a rather stable and good child. It’s just that her life is a little tough.
Song Yao thought for a long time. To be honest, she hoped that Han Pei would leave the husband who abused her, but she did not know Han Pei’s wishes.
“Let’s talk about it later.” She scooped out the vegetables from the pot and brought them to Gu Li. She also made a fried dumpling.
After a busy day, Song Yao earned a total of 78 yuan.
Although it was not a lot of money, it was still considered not bad since it was the first day of business.
During dinner that night, Song Yao fried a few sunny side up eggs and scooped out a few pieces of the braised meat cooked by Gu Li and placed them into the noodles. She even scalded two vegetables as decorations..