Chapter 16 Business is booming

Author: Fried Chicken Family Bucket

Chapter 16 Business is booming

The next day, I arrived at the construction site at 10:45. There seemed to be several people waiting at the gate of the construction site, including Qiao Guoxing.

Qiao Guoxing discussed it with his wife when he got off work in the evening, and decided that when he got off work at noon, he would buy a box of lunch at the door and take it to the cafeteria. When she got off work, they would eat the food in the cafeteria with the lunch box.

Be able to eat well and eat well.

From a distance, I saw a tall and thin man riding a tricycle, followed by a sturdy young man, and I knew that this was Xu An and his friends.

Qiao Guoxing squinted his eyes hard, trying to see clearly what was in today's lunch box.

'Boiled pork slices, winter melon meatballs, braised tofu, Bawang flower soup; eight yuan a portion.'

Just looking at the name of the dish, Qiao Guoxing's saliva secreted faster.

As soon as Xu An parked the car, Qiao Guoxing rushed to the car, opened the foam box, picked up a lunch box, handed it to Xu An and waited for Xu An to fill it with soup.

Several other workers gathered around one after another, and two of them helped other workers buy it. One person took three copies, and the other took four copies.

The first foam box was mostly empty.

There has been no pause since the beginning of this wave of people. Xu An is responsible for collecting money, giving change, and delivering meals, Xu Le delivers soup boxes, Xu Heping makes soup, and Xu Kang covers lids. The small assembly line is in order.

When Uncle Dongliang showed up with a group of workers, there were only eight portions of the lunch box left, and they swept them all away, with a few people not buying any.

Xu An made a total of forty-five copies today. He originally thought that if he sold it for a longer time, he would be able to sell it out slowly, but he didn't expect that it would be cleared out in less than an hour.

Those who didn't get any box lunch complained a little, and Xu An gave each of them a piece of Bawang Flower Soup, and they left reluctantly.

Xu Dongliang was originally worried that Xu An's business would not be able to continue without someone to help him. Now that he saw this situation, he was finally relieved. Even without someone to help him, the business was still going.

Today, the dishes in the construction site canteen are still pasta, but the topping is replaced by meat sauce, which is more substantial than yesterday's topping with only a few shredded pork.

Most workers don't have much objection to the canteen. After all, it's free and it just fills their stomachs.

While they were eating the noodles, they suddenly smelled the aroma of meat.

The spicy and spicy smell attracted the attention of many people. They looked around to find the source of the smell, and finally their eyes rested in the direction of Qiao Guoxing and his wife.

The two of them lined up the lunch boxes they bought from Xu An on the table, and enjoyed eating the meat sauce noodles in the cafeteria.

Seeing them enjoying their meal, everyone suddenly felt that the bolognese noodles in their bowls no longer tasted good.

Someone came over and sat next to Qiao Guoxing, patted Qiao Guoxing on the shoulder, and asked bluntly: "Brother, which restaurant does this lunch box belong to? The dishes are very rich. How much does it cost?"

Qiao Guoxing was outspoken and sincere. He swallowed the food in his mouth and replied: "There is a stall in front of the factory. This one only costs eight yuan."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in his toes. When he looked down, he saw that his wife had stepped on his foot.

Qiao Guoxing looked at his wife with an innocent expression and asked, "What's going on?"

After the man left, his wife cursed in a low voice: "The lunch boxes at the stall are not much, only thirty or forty portions. There are five to six hundred people at the construction site. If there are many people who know, how can you still do it?"

Can you buy it?"

"You think the boss is a fool. If business is good, he will definitely make more and sell more. Today's lunch boxes are much more than yesterday, so you don't have to worry about not being able to buy them." Qiao Guoxing said with a smile.

"When there are more lunch boxes, how can we still have so many vegetables and so much meat? Many restaurants and fast food restaurants are large and affordable at the beginning, but then they start to cut corners when the business gets better."

This sentence made Qiao Guoxing feel annoyed.

"I've said it all, and I can't take it back." Qiao Guoxing secretly decided: "Whenever he cuts corners, we won't buy it."

Because the quantity is larger, the average cost is 50 cents less than yesterday, and the net profit for 40 box lunches is 100 yuan.

Judging from the current sales volume, ten more copies can be sold tomorrow.

Early the next morning, I went to Bald Chen's store and picked up fifteen kilograms of meat, seven of which were pork belly. The vegetables I prepared were potatoes and cabbage from my second uncle Xu Guoqiang's family.

What we had to make today was fifty box lunches. Grandma Xu helped pick vegetables while she was lying on the rocking chair. She hurriedly hurriedly hurried and managed to get there before eleven o'clock.

Some workers who got off work early were waiting at the door at 10:40, but when they waited until 50, they could not wait for Xu An. They thought he would not come to set up a stall today, so they went directly to the restaurant across the road to spend money.

Qiao Xingguo got off work at 10:30 and was waiting under the shade of a tree. After two rounds of drowsiness, he didn't wake up easily, and he was also muttering in his heart.

‘Should I go back and think about losing money, so I won’t come back.’

At fifty-eight minutes, Qiao Xingguo's wife came out.

"Where's the stall where the lunch boxes are set up?"

"I haven't come yet, and I don't know if I will come yet."

"Wait another five minutes. If you still don't come, go to the cafeteria quickly. Otherwise, there are too many people and we don't know how long we will have to wait in line."

Xu An lived up to everyone's expectations and appeared on a tricycle at eleven o'clock. There were still two little kids sitting on the tricycle, followed by this young man on a bicycle.

Everyone first looked at the white board tied to Xu An's car. Today's dishes are: Braised Pork, Spicy Potatoes, Chinese Cabbage and Mung Bean Soup.

Seeing that braised pork was on the menu today, everyone was uneasy and rushed to pick up a box lunch for fear of being a step behind others.

He held the lunch box in his hands and slowly waited for Xu Heping to serve mung bean soup to them.

Although there were only five or six people in this wave, sixteen box lunches were sold.

After hurriedly dealing with this wave, there was no such a crowd of people looting again.

Of the people who walked out of the construction site, three or two out of ten chose Xu An's stall.

Some were regular customers who had eaten the box lunches from Xu An's stall two days ago, some were attracted by the workers eating box lunches nearby and bought one to try, and some were seduced by the smell of Qiao Xingguo and his wife eating box lunches in the canteen yesterday.

came out.

Today Uncle Dongliang arrived half an hour later than the previous two days. When he came out, there were only three boxes of lunch left on Xu An's stall.

"How many boxes of lunch have I brought here today? There are only so many boxes left so soon." Xu Dongliang thought that he had arrived too late, but he didn't expect that there were not many boxes left.

"Fifty portions." Xu An joked to Xu Dongliang, "I came a little late today. Some workers went over to buy food across the street. Otherwise, when you come out now, there won't be a box left."

"You are brave enough. You dare to make so many lunch boxes on this third day. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sell them?"

Xu An chuckled: "Isn't this the courage given to me by my co-workers?"

"I think fifty copies is almost enough. Although there are people on the construction site who are willing to spend money, there are more people who are not willing to spend money. No matter how many there are, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them all." Xu Dongliang saw that Xu An seemed to be still there.

If you want to increase the size of your lunch box, please remind me at the right time.

Xu Dongliang also comes from the countryside, and he knows that the cost of such a lunch box is not low. If four or five boxes are not sold, half of the profit will be lost.

"I understand." Xu An nodded in agreement.

Fifty boxed lunches is almost the limit for him alone. If he wants to increase the number of boxed lunches, he will have to add someone to help, and the profits will be further divided. The current situation does not allow him to do this.

Qiao Guoxing happily walked to the cafeteria with his lunch box. His wife had packed her lunch and was sitting at the dining table waiting for him. He handed the lunch box to his wife, walked quickly to the dining shelf, picked up a rice bowl and started lining up.

Although Xu An arrived a little late today and was slightly delayed, Qiao Guoxing still managed to get his meal before the peak queue period.

He had just finished cooking, and when he turned around, he found that the dining table where his wife was sitting was crowded with people.

"Sister-in-law, open it for us to see what's being served today, so we can smell it so we can eat it."

"Yes, it smells so good even across the box. When you open the lid, the smell will be overwhelming."

"Sister-in-law, don't be so stingy. Just take a look and smell it. There won't be any missing pieces of meat."

"As you go, if you want to see or smell it, buy one yourself, tie it around your neck and smell it all day long, and no one will care about you."

Qiao Guoxing cursed and pushed everyone away and sat at the dining table.

After a burst of "boos" from the crowd, some people left, while the rest remained unmoved and still stood there waiting for them to lift the lid.

Qiao Guoxing's wife quickly opened the lids of the three lunch boxes, and the aroma of braised food immediately filled the canteen.

Qiao Guoxing had already fallen in love with this braised pork. Qiao Guoxing raised his chopsticks and quickly picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into his mouth. While eating, he commented: "The braised pork today is not bad. It's solid enough. It tastes good."

It feels like eating a big piece of meat and drinking a lot of wine.”

Qiao Guoxing's wife also picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into her mouth. After chewing it twice, she couldn't help but sigh: "The braised pork is good, but I prefer the boiled pork slices from yesterday. It's fresh, salty and spicy, which is to my liking."

Several people standing nearby took a few big mouthfuls of noodles and took in the smell of the braised pork.

Eating noodles with this flavor makes you feel like you are eating meat.

After eating the noodles, their stomachs are full, but their stomachs are hungry because they are hungry for meat.
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