Ye Cheng

If they really want to sell shaved ice in the town, they still have a lot of things to prepare. First of all, they have to rent a house in the town. The location of their village is too far away. It's obviously not worthwhile to move out.

The houses in the town are not expensive. Ye Cheng found a family on the old street who was willing to rent the downstairs to them. There was an old couple living in this house. There was no one else in the house, so Ye Cheng let them The other room of the house and the attic near the roof were also rented together. Ye Ping slept in the room, and Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan slept in the attic.

The old street used to be a street, but that was a long time ago. Now all the shops in their town are concentrated on the newly built street. On the old street, there are only a few noodle sellers and wreath sellers left. There are shops selling groceries.

Ye Cheng and the others modified the cotton candy cart slightly, moved the cotton candy machine and the gas tank and left them in the village, bought a piece of plywood thick enough to cover the cart, and covered the hole made by the cotton candy machine. , In this way, the marshmallow cart can be used by them as an operating cart.

I also need to buy a refrigerator. Since I plan to sell shaved ice, I must buy a refrigerator to make ice. I heard that it is best to buy an ice machine for ice making, but Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan put it together. They have to buy a refrigerator to sell milk tea. Great summer It is easy to break, and if the milk tea is not cold, not many people will like to drink it.So I went to the second-hand market in the county to buy a second-hand refrigerator. The new refrigerator was too expensive. Even this second-hand one cost them more than 2000 yuan.

In addition, the raw materials for making pearl milk tea and shaved ice must continue to be purchased. After all, what they can bring back from City C is very limited. If they want to do business locally, they must find the source of goods in the nearest place. There were no wholesale stores for these things, so Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had to go to the city again.

It was the same wholesale market as before. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan bought a lot of things this time. They bought several boxes of transparent plastic cups and the parafilm used to seal the cups. Then they bought a lot of milk powder, black tea leaves and some condensed milk by the way. Pearls and sago are also must buys.The sealing machine was something they forgot to buy last time. Fortunately, this wholesale store selling milk tea ingredients has an attached sale, otherwise they would have to look around the city again.

Ye Cheng spent more than 1000 yuan, and the things he bought were piled up on the side of the road in the wholesale market like a hill. They called a tricycle to take them to the station, and paid a lot of fares for the people and goods before they finally put them away. Everything was shipped to the county seat.

After unloading the goods at the station, Ye Cheng and the others did not return to the town immediately, but let Lu Mingyuan guard the pile of goods, and Ye Cheng went to the grain market to buy a lot of red beans and mung beans. Yes, but after changing hands from others, it will cost several cents per catty. After their shaved ice stall opens, these things must be used a lot, and the difference in price is considerable.

There are also tableware. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan stayed near the vegetable market in the county town for a long time, and they are very familiar with the shops nearby. There is a tableware shop that often recycles second-hand tableware from restaurants. Ye Cheng and the others To open a shaved ice stand, you can’t use disposable items for everything, which is expensive and unhealthy. Putting shaved ice in disposable paper bowls is also unsightly.

Instead of passing in front of the studio, Ye Cheng made a detour from the road, went into the tableware shop, and asked if there were any second-hand porcelain bowls or glasses for dining, and the owner quickly moved out from the back room Several boxes in stock.

Ye Cheng opened the box and took a look. They were all porcelain bowls that were not too high or too low. They were shaped like bowls, not the open ones. The bottom of the bowls was almost as wide as the mouth of the bowls, and the height was only higher than the dishes Ye Cheng's family used to eat. Double, all of them are made of white porcelain, wipe off the dust with your hands, it can be seen that the material is quite good, and there are no obvious flaws.

"How do you sell these things?" Ye Cheng felt that this kind of bowl was suitable for selling shaved ice to them.

"One piece costs two yuan. If you buy more than [-] pieces, I'll give you one yuan. Eighty pieces." The boss actually knew Ye Cheng, but they didn't have any dealings before. There is a shoe repair stall at the entrance of the studio in the alley. "The quality of this thing is very good. Look, it's burnt so thin that it makes a ding-ding sound. It's a good product. How about the boy? Are you going to open a shop or set up a stall?"

"Can it be cheaper?" Ye Cheng didn't want to tell the boss that he was going to buy shaved ice, because this business was too suitable for this kind of bowl, and he would definitely be eaten to death by then.

"Young people don't know the goods, right? If you buy this thing for two yuan, it's considered a profit. I sold it to you at a loss. How can it be cheaper?" Cheng told the price.

"Is there any stainless steel spoon?" Ye Cheng didn't answer his question.

"Yes." The boss can be seen that the children who set up stalls are not easy to fool, but he also really wants to do business. Those piled up second-hand goods, as long as they are sold, they will be profitable. .So he went into the back room and found a box of stainless steel spoons in various shapes and sizes. "These are used by others. They cost [-] cents each, so you can pick whatever you want."

"It doesn't matter if I dump them on the ground and pick them up?" The ones in this big box can't be seen underneath, so it's really hard to start with.

"It's okay." The boss waved his hand. It's late now, and it's rare for a customer to come to the store.

Ye Cheng dumped all those small spoons on the open space in the shop with a splash, first picked out those that were particularly large or small, and threw them into the box, and then picked out that shape from the remaining spoons on the ground. The slender spoons are suitable in size. Basically, there are only a few types of stainless steel spoons on the market. Ye Cheng tries to pick the ones that are the same and similar in style, and pile them together. If you don't identify them carefully, you won't see the difference.

"One hundred, you count." About half an hour later, Ye Cheng raised his head from the pile of spoons, except for the one hundred on the ground that he wanted, and the others had been put back into the carton. .

"That's right, one is only 80 cents, and one hundred is only [-] yuan." The boss asked Ye Cheng again: "How much do you want for that bowl?"

"It's too expensive, you have to give up the price."

"Well, I'll give you one yuan for one piece, and if you sell one hundred pieces, it'll be one yuan and sixty, how about it?" The boss finally lowered the price a little.

"This kind of bowl is not worth much. The quality of yours is not bad. It's not very good. The shape is a bit weird. The saucer is not like a saucer or a bowl, and it's second-hand. If you don't sell it, boss Check the price, this batch of goods is definitely not easy to sell. Let's just order it, one dollar a piece, I'll buy a hundred pieces, how about it?" Lu Mingyuan was still waiting for him at the station, and Ye Cheng didn't want to hang out with the boss anymore, so Just quote the price you want directly.

"Oh, why are you so good at bargaining, kid? You really can't sell it for a dollar." The boss shook his head in embarrassment. "Well, I still have some miscellaneous things in this room. Take a look, if there are any useful things, get some more, and then we can talk about the price together."

"Okay." Anyway, there are still some things missing, such as those ice trays to be frozen in the refrigerator, and large spoons and colanders. The quantity is not too many, scattered, Ye Cheng originally planned Go to the supermarket in the town to have a look, or go to the county seat tomorrow, after all, it’s getting late now, if they don’t go back early, they won’t be able to catch the last bus, but if the owner of this store has the goods, he can buy them again Buy more.

There are a lot of miscellaneous things in the back room. In the innermost corner, there are several unsealed boxes. The things inside are miscellaneous, and they are not even classified into categories.The boss brought the lamp, and Ye Cheng looked at the boxes one by one. Among them were a few milky white plastic baskets that were useful to him, and a few large spoons.

"That's all I need." Ye Cheng stacked a few plastic baskets as big as their high school textbooks, and put those big spoons inside.

After leaving the small dark warehouse, Ye Cheng and the cutlery store owner returned to the front of the store. "Stop bargaining with me, I'll sell you these bowls for four yuan, and give you these plastic baskets. No money will be charged, will that work?"

"Two for one piece." Ye Cheng bargained without changing his face. These plastic baskets looked very old when they were taken outside. There were some yellow and black stains on them. I don't know if they can be washed clean.

"Okay, okay, it's really not easy to do business now, such a big kid is so good at bargaining..." the boss muttered, squatting on the ground to pack those porcelain bowls for Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng asked him to bring out a rag, and he also squatted on the ground. The boss didn't hand over a porcelain bowl, so he had to wipe it with a rag. If there were cracks or gaps, he definitely couldn't take it. Some porcelain bowls didn't burn well. I can't take the one that left a large scar. When a hundred bowls were finally packed, there were more than ten defective ones picked out by Ye Cheng.

The owner of the tableware store has been busy for a long time, earning 200 yuan, and he was absolutely unhappy when negotiating the price. After the business was completed, he still smiled and said to Ye Cheng, if you want anything in the future, you can come to him first. Look, is it cheap anyway?

After leaving the shop, it was already getting late. Ye Cheng directly called a tricycle and went to the food market to buy the red beans and mung beans that he had just looked forward to. A pack of red beans and a pack of mung beans were both thirty Packed in catties.When he arrived at the station, Lu Mingyuan was getting impatient. The two of them first unloaded all the things on the tricycle, and then went to the driver of the van to negotiate the price. With so many things, they would definitely have to pay more, but How much is still negotiable.

On this day, they returned to the town with a lot of things. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan moved these things to the house they had just rented. Ye Ping had already moved all the things that should be moved at home to their respective rooms. There are also some kitchen utensils and a stove, toiletries and a change of clothes for several people.

They have already bought a lot of things, and there is not much money left in their card, but they have to buy more tomorrow. Ye Cheng is a little panicked when he spends money. If he keeps buying like this, the money will be used up soon. What if their stall doesn't make money?

But thinking about it again, he felt that there was no reason why their stalls would not make money. The food stalls at Qiaotou were full every night. Profitable.

Although Lu Mingyuan and Ye Ping didn't say anything, they probably didn't feel at ease in their hearts. That night, when these children looked at the pile of newly bought things, they were excited, but also a little depressed and uneasy, so the three of them He didn't say much, and slept peacefully all night, and continued to go shopping the next day.

This time, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan went out very early, and it was only seven o'clock when they arrived in the county. If they want to set up a stall, they must have tables and chairs. According to Ye Cheng, they still buy second-hand ones, but unfortunately they The second-hand market in the county is not well developed. They managed to find two second-hand shops, and they only bought a red folding tent. There were also tables and chairs, but it was really old and ugly. Ye Cheng and the others looked at it, and finally bought Decided to buy new ones.

There are also ice trays. If they don’t buy an ice machine, they need to put water in the ice tray and put it in the freezing function of the freezer to make ice if they sell shaved ice. This method is relatively inefficient. What they can do is also Just try to make as many ice cubes as possible during the day, and add some at night, which is probably enough.

You also need to buy two square hard plastic buckets. Milk tea should be kept in the refrigerator, and there must always be a container.The fruit in the county town is also cheaper than in the town, like cherries, pears, cantaloupe, etc. Since they are here, they have to stop by the fruit market and buy some to take home.

Ye Cheng and the others successfully bought everything before noon. When the two rushed back, Ye Ping was disinfecting the white porcelain bowls by scalding them with boiling water.The miscellaneous things bought yesterday have been sorted and stacked neatly beside the wall of the old wooden house.

After drinking some salty porridge cooked by Ye Ping, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan began to make milk tea. After the milk tea was cooked, it had to be cooled before putting it in the freezer. Pearls and sago also had to be cooked in the afternoon Cook well.The sealing machine should be equipped with a sealing film, and placed on the cart together with the fruity powder for pearl milk tea.After cleaning the ice crusher, I will put those red beans, mung beans and some fruits on another table.

I almost forgot, they still need to make a light box, otherwise it will be displayed in a dark place, and no one will know what this stall is selling.

As soon as Ye Cheng thought about it, he ran to the street in a hurry. If he didn't go now, he wouldn't be able to do it at night.Lu Mingyuan didn't follow this time. He stayed at home and continued to work. He still had to pull a wire from the house to the bridge. Pull it out, and the river is behind. Fix the wire to the railing by the river and pull it all the way to the bridge.

The old man and the old lady basically don't have any electrical appliances, just a few lights, a TV and an electric fan. The washing machine downstairs has basically never been used, because washing clothes in a washing machine is too water-intensive.Ye Cheng's house is not expensive to rent, it's only [-] for two months, and they also cover the water and electricity bills of the old man and the old lady, so the two of them really don't need much.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Cheng finally came back with the light box in his arms. On the outside of the white light box cloth, there was a price list of milk tea and shaved ice. The price was negotiated in front of them. , basically did not make money, mainly to attract customers, flavored milk tea is [-] cents, if the milk tea sells well, then they will definitely not lose money.The shaved ice is sold for three yuan at a time. Whether it makes money or not depends mainly on the shaved ice.

When the sun went down, they pushed the carts and refrigerators and slowly set up the stalls, opened the tents and fixed them in place, and then moved out the seats and benches, because the other side of the bridge was occupied by food stalls , they had to be placed at the end of the bridge near the old street. The seats and benches were placed directly on the bridge against the railings. The river surface was relatively spacious, and occasionally the night wind blew through, making it very cool.

The refrigerator is placed next to the trolley, and then a table is placed horizontally at the other end of the refrigerator. The shaving ice machine is placed on it, and there are some sliced ​​cantaloupes, apples, pears, and washed cherry tomatoes in milky white plastic baskets. strawberry.When I bought these plastic baskets, they didn’t look very good. They were soaked in warm water by Ye Ping, and then they were wiped clean. Then they changed all of a sudden. The milky white material has a crystal clear smell, which looks pretty good. OK

After the stall was set up, it was still relatively early, so Ye Cheng and the others took turns to go back and take a shower. After this busy work, and the weather was hot, everyone was sweating all over their faces, and it was not refreshing to look at.

When Ye Ping was the last one to come to the stall after taking a shower, their stall hadn't received the first order of business. It was obviously still a bit early, and people basically had to wait until it was dark and the summer vacation gradually faded away. will come out to activities.

"Does Ye Ping want to try shaved ice?" Ye Cheng asked his sister with a smile.

"Okay." She had drunk the milk tea, but hadn't eaten the shaved ice yet. The main reason was that Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan were too busy these two days, so they could get out of the stall one day earlier.

Ye Cheng took out an ice tray from the refrigerator, knocked out the ice cubes inside and put them in a container next to him, scooped up a spoonful of ice cubes and put them in the ice crusher, plugged in the power and turned on the switch.Then I took out another white porcelain bowl, scooped a spoonful of Sydney pear meat and put it in the bowl. Just as the ice in the ice crusher was ready, I used another small basin to pick it up, and put an appropriate amount on top of the pear meat. Then I took another spoonful of crystal clear sago and put it in, and finally put two cherries on top of the ice pile as decoration.

Ye Ping held the spoon and waited while watching. Seeing that Ye Cheng was done, she took it to the table next to her and started eating.

"How's the taste?" The combination of pears and ice cubes should be very good. Although it is a bit lighter, Ye Ping has been busy all day today, and she must be tired and thirsty now. It may be more appetizing to eat this .

"It's so cool and iced!" Ye Ping ate a piece of pear meat, and shoveled some crushed ice to chew together.

"I want to eat too." Uncle Lu Mingyuan also sat opposite Ye Ping, stretching his neck to ask Ye Cheng.

"Okay." Anyway, there are no guests now, so let your own people taste it first. "What flavor do you want?"

"Cantaloupe."

It happened that there was still some crushed ice left, so Ye Cheng took a spoonful of cantaloupe flesh, added some ice, then added some raisins and fried peanuts on top of the ice, and put some milk tea.

"Why doesn't mine have cherries?" Lu Mingyuan yelled.

"Cantaloupe flavors don't go well with cherries." Carmine-red cantaloupes go well with snow-white crushed ice, so there's no need to bring in two cherries to join in the fun, and raisins and peanuts are not cheap anymore. They have to control costs.

"Well, this cantaloupe is delicious, much more than the seven yuan one we ate." Lu Mingyuan boasted to himself: "You said such a delicious thing, why hasn't anyone come here to find it?"

Ye Cheng leaned on the edge of the table and watched them eat, but didn't talk to each other. Lu Mingyuan seems to have grown a little taller recently, his skin is still dark, and his back looks a little tall and straight. That face looks good, but He either had a stern face as if someone owed him money and didn't pay him back, or he had a stern look on his face, and his good appearance was ruined like this.

Ye Ping looks good now, she doesn’t have to raise ducks recently, she’s not as busy as she used to be, she doesn’t get much sun, her skin gradually turns white, her long black hair is loosely tied into a ponytail and hangs down her back On the top, there are a few bent along the neck, which make the little girl look good. Ye Cheng looked at his younger sister, and felt a little joy like a girl in my family who had just grown up.

In any case, these two people are his own family members, no matter how good-looking they are or how well-dressed they are, they are all pleasing to Ye Cheng's eyes.But if they set up a stall to sell shaved ice in the future, they may often meet some children of the same age in the town. He really should buy some new clothes for Ye Ping.

"Hey, boss, I want a cup of pearl milk tea." A boy who looked like a high school student came over to buy milk tea, but Ye Cheng didn't know him, so he probably wasn't from their school.

"What flavor, big cup small cup?"

"Original, big cup."

"Do you want more pearls or sago?" Ye Cheng quickly took out a large cup.

"Well... both."

I added some pearls and some sago to the cup, then opened the freezer, filled the cup with milk tea with a spoon, and put it on the sealing machine to seal it.The boy gave one yuan and fifty coins, took a straw and punctured the plastic film with a bang. The movement was fast and steady, and he walked and drank the milk tea like this, but he came back after walking a few steps .

"Boss, like this, have another drink."

This is the first customer Ye Cheng welcomed at their stall, and they are also their stable customers during this summer vacation. They come here almost every night. Bring a cup of milk tea back home.

When he heard his first customer say that, Ye Cheng was really happy, and he wanted to fill up a cup of milk tea for him.

Then came a group of young men and women who looked like college students. They all ate shaved ice. They put together two tables and sat on the bridge chatting while waiting for Ye Cheng and his shaved ice.

Ye Ping and Lu Mingyuan finished eating too. They put away their bowls and came over to help Ye Cheng. When Ye Cheng was making ice, Lu Mingyuan peeled a few pears. These people ordered five servings of pear shaved ice at once. Because they were worried that the pears would not taste good after being peeled for a long time, they did not prepare much pear meat.Pear meat and crushed ice were added to the empty bowl, and a spoonful of sago was added, and then two cherries were stuffed on top, and Ye Ping quickly brought the finished shaved ice over bowl by bowl.

It is troublesome to make red bean shaved ice, but it is very convenient when it is sold. Just put a spoonful of prepared red beans, a spoonful of crushed ice, a spoonful of pearls, half a spoonful of peanuts, and some milk tea.Apples are not good. They turn yellow very quickly after peeling. Ye Cheng plans to eliminate this taste in the future. Tomatoes haven’t moved much. I guess everyone doesn’t like this taste. Cantaloupe, pears and strawberries are very good. .

After around [-] o'clock in the evening, their business gradually got on track. People who came to eat shaved ice at their stall were not only young people, but also some elderly couples and old wives, and some young people who came to eat with their children. couple.

But there is also a problem with too many customers, that is, Ye Cheng and the others don't have enough tables and chairs. It's not that their business is really booming, but that the people in their town who come out to eat shaved ice are not like the guests in the city. They leave after eating, and many of them come out to sit in the mood of enjoying the cool, so this sitting will naturally take a little longer.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan went to the county seat this morning and only bought ten sets of tables and chairs, the one with four stools for each table. Now it seems that this kind of matching is not right, because there are only two people sitting on many tables, it may be Young lovers, and some friends or classmates of the same sex.Few people are willing to share a table, because they must have a chat with friends when they come out to drink cold drinks and enjoy the evening breeze, and no one wants to have their conversations with friends being monitored by others.

The milk tea business is also good. At first, a little radish head raised his head and bought a cup of original milk tea for RMB [-] yuan from their stall. After less than half an hour, he brought a group of little radish heads over. They all held a steel forge in their mouths, and they were still yelling that they wanted this flavor or that flavor. Ye Cheng was too busy, and it didn't make sense to tell them. He had no choice but to close his eyes and sell at a reduced price.

That guy Zhong Wanli came again, he had no place to sit, so he leaned against the railing with a bowl to eat, and fed his sister named Zhong Qiaoqiao a few mouthfuls while eating, seeing how kind he was, many little girls who passed by were shocked. I was cheated, and said while watching, I really want to have a brother who lives like this.Hmph, what good is it to find a pervert to be your brother?Lu Mingyuan bared his nose.

At the end of the sale, a hundred bowls were not enough. Ye Ping took a bucket of used bowls and spoons to the rental house to clean them, scalded them with boiling water, and brought them to the stall for use.After all, it was very inconvenient to use water on the stall, and it couldn't be washed cleanly, so the customers were not at ease looking at it. Anyway, this bowl is not expensive, Ye Cheng plans to buy another hundred, and then there are some tables and chairs.

At 09:30 in the evening, almost all the things on their stalls were sold out. Later, the cantaloupe, pears, and strawberries were all sold out. I like it, the mung bean and red bean flavors are very popular, and they are sold out before 08:30.