Lin Mai knew nothing about the quarrel between Tieniu and his son at night.
The next morning, Lin Mai got everything ready as soon as he arrived at six o'clock. He took the cart to the pier to set up a stall, and saw several more shops selling breakfast.
There are those selling fried dough sticks and those selling rice noodles, and of course Jiangcheng’s most famous breakfast hot dry noodles are indispensable.
These stalls sell snacks not only from other villages, but also from Sanyang Village.
Although it is shameful to be self-employed in this era, the status of unlicensed mobile vendors is even more looked down upon.
But this understanding only exists in the minds of city dwellers with urban hukou. Residents of urban villages in cities have agricultural hukou and do not have this idea.
They start a small business without any shame. In their eyes, making money is the only way.
Unlike urban residents with urban household registration, they don’t have to worry about saving face and suffer hardships, so everyone is very calm.
Villagers in Sanyang Village would smile and say hello when they saw Lin Mai. Those in other villages were not familiar with her, so they ignored each other.
Lin Mai also responded to the villagers with a smile.
She doesn't care about peer competition, as long as it is not malicious competition, she will accept it.
It is impossible to avoid peer competition when doing business.
Everyone goes about their business in peace and harmony.
Although several new breakfast shops have been added, the current impact on Linmai is not significant.
Because she can only sell to a maximum of forty people per ferry, and there are hundreds of passengers on a ferry. She can't feed even one person in such a big market.
Moreover, she exclusively sells sweet potato noodles at the pier. Those who love eating sweet potato noodles can only buy them from her. Her business is still good.
At half past seven, when Tie Niu Ma came to replenish diced sweet potatoes for Lin Mai's fried sweet potato noodle nest, she saw several breakfast stalls in the distance, and she became extremely anxious.
He quickly looked at the raw materials for making sweet potato noodle nests in the Linmai basin. Seeing that they were almost used, he felt relieved and whispered in a low voice: "These people are really jealous when they see others making money, so they also set up stalls."
Lin Mai didn't respond to her.
Just like yesterday, the sales lasted until about 8:30, and the task was completed as planned.
Lin Mai went home and had a quick breakfast, then went out to sell chestnuts with Tieniu.
Some of the chestnuts Tieniu fried at home in the morning were still hot, and the sweet aroma of fried chestnuts filled the air. As soon as the stall was set up, people gathered around it.
Someone wanted to buy half a catty, and Lin Mai immediately said: "There will be a lottery starting today. Anyone who buys more than three catties can participate in the lottery..."
Before she finished speaking, a customer immediately asked impatiently: "What is the prize?"
Lin Mai smiled: "There is no prize for a small business like ours. If you win the prize, it will only give you three kilograms of chestnuts for free."
A customer asked: "What's the chance of winning?"
"Ten percent."
The winning rate is already very high, and there is no loss if you don’t win.
Unlike buying a lottery ticket, if you don't win, the money you spent to buy the lottery ticket is gone.
Many customers who originally planned to buy only one and a half kilograms changed their minds and bought three kilograms.
Anyway, three kilograms doesn’t cost much, so winning is like eating for free.
Lin Mai operated behind the scenes and got the winning rate just right.
Just after selling out to a dozen customers, it was revealed that someone had won the lottery. Lin Mai kept his word and waived the order for the lucky customer on the spot.
It immediately inspired many customers who were hesitant to buy one and a half catties or three catties. They all bought three catties instead. The situation was even better than Lin Mai expected.
It only took about an hour for the several hundred kilograms of chestnuts that Tieniu fried at home to be sold out.
Lin Mai was busy selling chestnuts and didn't even have time to fry them, but Tieniu alone couldn't supply enough.
Lin Mai made a quick decision, ran back to the village, and spent five yuan to temporarily hire a man to fry chestnuts for her, so that she could barely supply them.
At the end of the day, the three of them were exhausted and had sold a total of about 1,200 kilograms of chestnuts.
Lin Mai was relieved. The chestnuts at home were less than 600 kilograms and they would be sold out tomorrow.
Although he had agreed with the man who came to the rescue temporarily that he would be paid five yuan a day, Lin Mai paid him one yuan more.
Firstly, she has really worked hard today, and secondly, if she gives her an extra dollar, she will feel that she is kind.
The man was very happy and asked Lin Mai if he would like his help tomorrow.
Lin Mai smiled and shook his head: "There are not many chestnuts at home, so there is no need to do any more activities tomorrow."
Suggested to him: "You can set up a stall by yourself to sell roasted seeds and vegetables like me. Isn't it better than working for me?"
The man laughed honestly: "I can't do business, I can only work hard."
Lin Mai and Tieniu returned home exhausted, and a pair of little lolita flew out like swallows.
Doudou excitedly said to Lin Mai: "Mom, Grandma Li cooked a lot of dishes tonight!"
Lin Mai smiled and said, "It's true."
I washed my hands at the faucet in the yard, and when I entered the house, I saw that there were two more dishes than usual. There were four dishes and one soup, instead of the usual three dishes.
When I walked to the dining table, I saw a large plate of meat and vegetables stir-fried with dried chili peppers and radishes.
But when Lin Mai saw that plate of meat and vegetables, his heart went cold.
There were only a few slices of lean meat in that plate of meat and vegetables, not enough to fit between anyone's teeth.
In addition, there is a tofu and cabbage soup, a plate of stir-fried celery with eggs, a plate of stir-fried cabbage and a plate of sauerkraut.
That plate of scrambled eggs and celery probably only used one egg, and there were basically no pieces of scrambled eggs visible.
Tieniu Ma smiled at Lin Mai and said, "You will be satisfied with this dinner."
Lin Mai smiled helplessly: "Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."
Not a word of satisfaction was mentioned.
Since Tienniu Mom's consumption concept cannot be changed, she has no intention of changing it.
Anyway, everyone will break up after the chestnuts are sold out, so just be patient.
Tieniu Ma didn't expect the praise and was a little disappointed. She felt that Lin Mai was really hard to take care of.
A few slices of lean meat, Doudou and Niuniu were not enough to eat, and no one of the three adults moved their chopsticks.
After eating a few mouthfuls, Tieniu said a little worriedly: "Mai Zi, the few chestnuts left at home will be almost sold out tomorrow. When they are sold out, what will we sell?"
Lin Mai smiled and said, "Aren't you going back to buy new year's goods?"
Tie Niu's mother said hurriedly: "With his sister helping to buy new year's goods, we don't have to go back in a hurry."
The implication is that I want to get everything done in the past few days.
There are still seven or eight days until New Year's Eve. Since Tieniu and his son want to work for a few more days, Linmai will naturally not drive them away.
"If the chestnuts are sold out, we will sell roasted sweet potatoes."
It just so happens that we have too many sweet potatoes. Even if we sell one hundred catties a day, we will still have at least one thousand catties left on New Year’s Eve.
I promised Grandma Fang that I would take Doudou back to spend the New Year with her and Grandpa Fang.
Then she can't stay in the city to sell sweet potatoes during the Chinese New Year.
The climate in Jiangcheng is humid. If these sweet potatoes cannot be sold before the new year and are sold after the first lunar month, most of them will be rotten and the loss will be a bit big.
But if you bake the sweet potatoes and sell them, you can sell them all in a few days.
Moreover, profits from roasted sweet potatoes have always been huge in Jiangcheng. A roasted sweet potato that costs 50 cents per catty is usually sold for 20 cents per catty, which is no less than the profit earned from selling sweet potato noodles.
Tieniu, mother and son felt relieved when they saw that they could continue to work.
His mother and son pointed to how they could earn more money by following Lin Mai a year ago so that they could live a prosperous life.