"Vegetarian ones cost one penny a skewer, meat dishes cost two cents a skewer, and the ingredients for Malatang must be cooked first. When the time comes, whatever others buy can be eaten directly without wasting time."
"So remember to add ingredients to the pot at any time."
…
Li Changan patiently explained to Liu Zhiyin, Xiaolan and Xiaofang beside him.
"This kind of pot is just an ordinary pot. I have made several of the divided iron plates inside. You can just put them directly in the pot."
"When the time comes, we will push this kind of flat-bed trolley and put a stove underneath."
"In addition, I made a sign and remember to hang it on the car so that everyone can recognize it in the future."
Li Changan said and took out a wooden sign.
"Wang Fu Ji?" Liu Zhiyin and the others looked at Li Changan.
"Yes, from now on we will let everyone in Linxian know that to eat spicy hotpot, go to Wangfu Ji." Li Changan said with a smile.
Once the brand effect is established, subsequent business will be easier to do.
The four of them sat together. Li Changan first demonstrated how to put on a string string, and the other three quickly understood it.
Profiteer.
You can get a lot of cauliflower for one penny, but if you pick it and put it on skewers, you can get five or six skewers for a penny of cauliflower.
There is also pork belly, so a small piece of pork belly on a skewer costs two cents.
Liu Zhiyin was feeling better, after all, the previous purchase of Hawthorn Guo was just around the corner, but Xiaolan and Xiaofang were dumbfounded.
Does anyone really buy these small skewers?
Li Changan put the skewers into the pot separately.
"Basically anything can be put in Malatang, including fish balls, meat balls, pork blood, and noodles and pancakes."
"Keep the quantity in mind. Wait until customers want to buy noodles, pancakes, etc., and put the rest in to cook in advance."
"After it's cooked, pick it up, put it in a bowl, pour a spoonful of soup on it, and it's ready to eat."
tea kungfu,
Li Changan fished out five skewers for each of the three of them, poured the soup on them and served them in front of them.
"Try it and see."
Liu Zhiyin had already tasted the delicious flavor of chicken powder yesterday, and also tasted it when making the base this morning, so she had expectations in her mind, but when she actually took it into her mouth, she still couldn't help but admire it.
Xiaolan Xiaofang was even more exaggerated. She sniffed for a while and drank all the soup.
"How about it?"
"It's delicious, it's really delicious." Xiaolan and Xiaofang looked at each other and noticed the look in each other's eyes.
"This bowl, four skewers of vegetarian food and one skewer of meat, is six cents. Are you full?"
The three of them shook their heads together.
Where did this go?
Five skewers sounds like a lot, but in reality it’s just that, not even half full.
"Unless it's just a taste, if you want to be full, a meal will cost you around 20 yuan," Xiaolan said.
Li Changan asked with a smile, "Can this business be done?"
The three of them nodded in unison again.
"But this Malatang seems to be very simple. If the business is really good, it should be easy for others to learn, right?" Xiaofang expressed her worries.
They all saw what happened with the candied haws last time.
In less than three days, the streets were full of candied haws sellers, and now they are even more popular.
I heard that every household has stockpiled a lot of hawthorn fruits and wants to sell them out as soon as possible.
If the Malatang business is really that good, people who steal the recipe will probably be able to get started soon.
"Spicy hotpot looks simple, but what is the real key?" Li Changan asked.
"The last spoonful of soup?" Xiaolan was a little unsure.
"That's right!" Li Changan subconsciously snapped his fingers, "The taste of this soup is the key."
"Those people want to learn, but they can't learn it. At most, they can learn it seven times and they will be as good as the sky. They don't have the key formula."
"And if Malatang loses this taste, the effect will be greatly reduced. Will others buy it?"
"So the more people learn it, the more famous our Wangfuji brand will be."
When Li Changan said this, his expression was so high that the three people listening nodded unconsciously.
"You two sisters can try how to make Malatang first. Once you learn how to make Malatang, you can prepare it when you go back tomorrow and start selling Malatang the day after tomorrow."
Malatang is to cook things and then pour soup on them.
Xiaolan and Xiaofang are both housekeepers, so it's not difficult at all.
It just took a little time to prepare the soup.
But they were all mastered within half an hour.
"When the time comes, set up a table and prepare bowls. It's probably too busy for one person. Sister Xiaolan, sister Xiaofang, you can work together as two of you at the beginning, and then we can talk about it after you become more familiar with it."
Before leaving, Li Changan did not forget to warn him.
There is no way we don’t have disposable dishes and chopsticks now, otherwise it would be more convenient.
"Well, if it's spicy hot pot, how do you divide it...?" Xiaolan asked a little embarrassed.
Whether it's candied haws on a stick or spicy hotpot, it's all Li Chang'an's idea, and now the candied haws on a stick business is all handed over to them.
The same goes for Malatang. Without Li Changan, they wouldn't be able to make it. Making money like this makes them feel a little uneasy.
"For the spicy hot pot this time, the two sisters prepared the ingredients themselves. The pots and stoves were also given to my sister. Every day, I only need to go to my sister-in-law to get the base ingredients for the day."
Li Changan took out a pottery food box with cooked base ingredients in it, "One box is enough for one day, 800 yuan, and the rest is earned by the two sisters themselves."
A box of 800 articles!?
Xiaolan Xiaofang was stunned immediately.
Liu Zhiyin also widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Li Changan with disbelief in her eyes.
This...is this too expensive?
Xiaolan and Xiaofang suddenly started beating in their hearts, "Chang'an...it's not that we don't believe you, but...but is this the bottom line..."
Li Changan put down the food box, "Let's do it this way. I won't take any money from Malatang on the first day. After the first day is over, if the two sisters think this business can be done, how about they come to my sister-in-law?"
Xiaolan looked at Xiaofang, and the two nodded awkwardly.
Wait for the two of them to leave,
Liu Zhiyin quickly closed the door and asked in a low voice, "Erlang, a box of base materials costs 800 yuan!?"
"We made ten boxes, and the total cost was only sixty cents."
According to Erlang's calculation, something made with sixty cents can be sold for eight thousand cents, which is eight taels of silver.
Can money really be earned like this?
Li Changan said softly, "Sister-in-law, do you think the Malatang business can still be done without me making the base ingredients?"
"The valuable ingredients are not the ingredients like ginger, scallions, and star anise, nor the vegetables and pork belly. The valuable ones...are here."
Li Changan pointed to his head.
…
Time passes slowly and slowly.
Two days later,
Xiaolan and Xiaofang each pushed a flatbed cart to Sanyang Gate.
"Hey, what are you planning to sell today? Why don't you see that fruit candied haws?"
Someone from the stall next to me came over and asked,
"Nowadays, hawthorn and candied haws are sold all over the street. Your business will be easier to do."
Xiaofang set up the small table, placed a few small stools around it, and prepared buckets, bowls and chopsticks.
Xiaolan hung up the wooden sign made by Li Changan and said with a smile, "This is called Malatang, and it's very delicious."
As he opened the lid of the pot, a unique aroma suddenly spread out.
“Spicy hotpot, delicious spicy hotpot…”
"Come and try it. If it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay..."
With the confidence to sell candied haws, Xiaolan's voice was particularly loud.