kingnovel Chapter 638: Going Back and Forth to Get Eggs
Chapter 638: Going Back and Forth to Get Eggs
Zhou Guo took Hu Zi to the side to do the accounts and watched him use the abacus.
Hu Zi knew some simple calculations, but he was not very proficient in using an abacus. He was hesitant, and when people asked for too many things, he couldn't remember them all, and sweat started to form on his forehead.
Zhou Guo looked at the people in the shop. There were more and more people. Some people who wanted mushrooms were still waiting. He took it directly and said, "Let me go first. You watch from the side."
With a crackling sound, the first customer's money came out, just as she had calculated in her mind.
Zhou Gu handed over two large, tightly wrapped oil-paper bags and said with a smile, "Okay, here you go. Since you bought a lot, I'll give you two salted duck eggs and two preserved eggs as well."
The guest was very happy. He was very happy holding the gift and asked: "How do you eat this preserved egg?"
Zhou Gu said: "Just peel it and eat it, mix it with other ingredients, make soup, stir-fry it with other vegetables, and eat it any way you want."
"Can we just peel the shell and eat it? Without cooking?"
Zhou Gu said: "No need to cook, just peel the shell and you can eat it. If it tastes good, I'll come back next time."
After being busy for half an hour, there were gradually fewer people in the store, and it was at least less crowded.
But there were still a lot of people, mainly those who wanted to take advantage. They took the eggs home, changed their clothes and came back again, bringing their family members with them. A few of them pretended not to know them, walked around the store for a while, looked around for a while, and then went straight to the door to get the eggs.
They took the eggs and left. Before they disappeared from sight, the whole family happily huddled together, each showing off the eggs they had gotten.
Zhou Xing was so angry that her mouth was crooked. She said to Li: "Second Aunt, look, they brought their family members with them, and soon they will bring the neighbors with them. Even if we have a lot of eggs, we can't stand them taking them like this. Some of them even changed their clothes, and there are two arrogant ones who didn't even change their clothes. This has happened twice!"
Li touched her and whispered, "Don't talk, someone is coming."
The old man looked at it for a while, found nothing he could do to help, and went out.
When no one was buying anything in the shop, she took the opportunity to teach Hu Zi and the others, "You need to be flexible in doing business. You can give customers a small discount, give them a few salted duck eggs if they buy more, and don't shortchange them on weight. These are the most feared things in doing business.
You must be more clear-headed when the shop is especially busy, because some people will take advantage of the situation and leave without paying for the items, or they will only pay for one portion and then take another portion while you are confused. When you ask for the money, they will say they have already paid and you don’t remember because it was too busy, so you let them go.
You have to pay for the goods at the same time, and you must know the amount of things that go out of your hands!"
Several people nodded.
Given that people were constantly coming in and out of the shop, it was extremely lively.
Passersby thought it was a mountain product store and those who couldn't read came in curiously to take a look. They were dumbfounded to see the whole room full of sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms. They had never seen so many mushrooms before. Aren't these things only sold when the season comes every year?
So many here?
Zhou Gu and others said, "This shop is new, and we have been selling at half price for the past three days. After three days, the price will return to the original price, which means that now you only need to pay half the price for one kilogram."
Everyone was surprised, "Half the money? Really?"
"Really? They even give me eggs."
Most people would buy a pound or half a pound for half the money.
After the group of people left, Zhou Guo arranged for someone to stand at the door and shout: "Zhou Ji Mountain Goods Store has just opened. For the first three days, everything in the store will be half price. Only half the usual price. If you miss this opportunity, you will never see this store again!"
Li also shouted from time to time: "Free eggs, free eggs, as long as you come into the store, you can get eggs!"
Hey, don’t mention it, this shout attracted even more people.
In fact, this location is not bad. The traffic cannot be compared with the main street, but it is still acceptable.
After noon, the old man came staggering in with a bunch of snacks, including wontons, noodles, cakes, pastries, and roast chicken.
There aren't so many people here now.
Zhou Guo said: "Okay, everyone is hungry, let's eat first."
I was really hungry. I had been busy all morning and had to shout at the door. When I got tired of shouting, I would take over. I was already starving.
Zhou Guo had a bowl of wontons, Zhou Xing had a bowl of noodles, and the others ate meat patties.
Finally, when the sun was about to set, Zhou Guo ordered the store to be closed.
Calculate the day's income on an abacus.
Everyone else stared at her closely, wanting to know how much she had earned after a busy day.
After a while, the abacus beads finally stopped making noise.
Zhou Guo wrote a word on the account book.
He raised his head and told everyone about today's results. "The most sold item in the store today was the inferior flower mushroom, which sold 51 catties. The least sold item was the medium goat mushroom, which sold 21 catties. The superior goat mushroom sold 32 catties, the inferior goat mushroom sold 26 catties, the superior flower mushroom sold 46 catties, and the medium flower mushroom sold 25 catties. Logically, I should have earned 17,984 coins, but after rounding off the decimals, it should not be that much."
Zhou Xing said: "I counted it and got a total of 17,910 coins."
Li sighed, "It's already great to earn so much in a day. I made more than three hundred taels in a month! I didn't realize that this small shop could make so much money."
Looking at Zhou Guo, "How about we take back the other shops and run them ourselves? This is much more cost-effective than collecting rent."
Zhou Guo said, "Mom, that's because today is the first day of business. We've just opened, and we're offering a discount, selling at half price. Many people come here for the bargain, and there's no other place to buy it, so it's selling well. After a few days, I guess it won't be so easy to sell."
Zhou Xing asked curiously, "How much do you think we can make in a day? We sold so many at half price today, and then we return to the original price. Do you think we can make more than 20 guan?"
Everyone looked at her, how could anyone not be curious?
Zhou Guo said with a smile: "How should I know? You think too highly of me. I'll sell as much as I can. I don't expect this shop to make much money. Anyway, there's no rent, and what I sell are all my own things, so I won't lose anything. Just treat it as a training ground for them."
Then he pointed at them and said, "You must work hard and study hard. This small place can't accommodate you. You will go to some prefectures in the future, so you can't be careless."
"Yes!" Several people's eyes were shining, and the pride in their chests was about to burst out.
After the bill was settled, Hu Zi and his friends stayed behind, while Zhou Guo took his family back in the carriage.
Halfway through the journey, her butt was sore from being bumped around that she sighed and said, "I said it would take three days to open the store, so why not just find an inn in the county town and stay there for three nights? It's so tiring to go back and forth like this, and I have to get up early tomorrow, so what am I going to do when I go back?"
Li said, "Don't you have several brothers at home? There is also your aunt. I can't always trouble your Aunt Qian. I am worried and have to go back to see her."