Traveling to ancient times to sweep the catering industry

The next day, the blacksmith came early in the morning to deliver the grill for grilling sausages. Mother He and Pei'er called two guards and went out with a large box of grilled sausages and some seasonings.

It was not until the evening that the two came back, with smiles on their faces.

Pei'er ran in and couldn't help saying, "Miss, we made a profit!"

He also had a smile on her face and took out a bag of money from her arms. She had counted it long ago. There were a total of three hundred and twenty coins!

He smiled and said, "Miss said she would sell sausages for one cent a piece. I was wondering how anyone would buy such a small sausage for one cent since fat meat is only two cents a pound. But as soon as we got to the gate of Qingsong Academy, the students came out and gathered around to buy the sausages after smelling the delicious aroma. They sold all the sausages in two hours."

Pei Er said happily: "Yes, yes! There are so many students, the grill is so small, and there are so many people, Aunt He and I almost couldn't handle it."

Having made money, the three of them were laughing in the room.

Cheng Wenwen took the three hundred coins and began to count them carefully. After counting them, she gave them to He and Pei'er: "These fifty coins are your wages for selling grilled sausages."

He knew the rules and said, "Miss, this is not allowed. You can just give us the monthly salary at the end of the month. There is no need to pay us extra wages."

Pei'er was happy to accept it. She grew up with the young lady and knew her well.

The lady said that this is an incentive reward, and the more rewards there are, the more motivated they will be.

Cheng Wenwen stuffed the money into He's pocket, counted out some of the money, and said to He: "Give Xiaodie and Xiaolan twenty each, and give the two guards twenty each for helping sell sausages for a day."

He frowned: "Miss, we are short of money right now, there is no need to give us such a reward, right? This is what they should do!"

Cheng Wenwen said: "The maid's job is to take care of my daily life, the guard's job is to protect my safety, and helping me sell grilled sausages is another job. I can't use their labor for free!"

Cheng Wenwen believes that she cannot be a capitalist who exploits her employees, otherwise her employees will run away sooner or later.

Although He didn't quite understand what was said, she still took the money and distributed it to everyone.

Although setting up a stall outside was considered not respectable in the eyes of the wealthy families, one could earn three hundred coins in an afternoon, which was almost a person's monthly salary.

One afternoon is equivalent to a month, so He naturally no longer objects to such a profitable business.

They are short of money, so it would be a good thing if they could find a way to make some money.

But He still felt that setting up a stall could not solve their temporary difficulties.

After distributing the money, He walked into Cheng Wenwen's room and began to worry about Cheng Wenwen's detailed accounts.

"Miss, although we made more than 300 coins today, after paying the wages of several people and deducting the 50 coins from the cost of selling meat, we only have about 150 coins left in net profit. Even if we work 30 days a month without a break, we can only make 4,500 coins at most, which is not enough to spend."

Cheng Wenwen asked in confusion: "Four thousand five hundred wen a month is a lot, right?"

In modern times, this is equivalent to a monthly income of about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which is considered a high income.

But He started to slap her in the face and asked: "Miss, do you know how much the monthly salary is for the ten guards we brought with us?"

Cheng Wenwen remembered that she had hired ten guards in the outer courtyard.

He continued to calculate the bill for her: "The monthly salary of a guard is 500 coins. With 10 guards, we have to pay out 5,000 coins a month! It can be seen that the money earned from setting up a stall is far from enough to cover our monthly expenses!"

When Cheng Wenwen heard the bill, she thought, Oh my God, all the monthly wages have been paid out!

This is just the guards, not to mention He and Pei'er, and there are also the wages of the two cooks. There are also daily expenses, so the money for setting up the stall is not enough?

Cheng Wenwen thought for a moment and said, "How about dismissing a few guards? I don't leave the house all the time, so I don't seem to need any guards, do I?"

He said, "Miss, no, we are unfamiliar with this place, and we still need some trustworthy people under us. Even if Pei'er and I go out to set up a stall, we still need two people to follow us, so that we can take care of it if something goes wrong."

Cheng Wenwen thought about it again and felt that it was inappropriate. These guards had followed her through mountains and rivers to immigrate here. Wouldn't it be somewhat inhumane to fire them like this?

But it seems that there is no great use in maintaining this guard team? And they have to pay for it every month.

What can I do?

Cheng Wenwen thought about it over and over again, and suddenly came up with an idea.

"Why don't we let these guards help us set up a stall to sell grilled sausages? One stall can make a net profit of 4,500 coins a month. If we set up two more stalls in front of different academies, can't we double the profit?"

From now on, these guards will no longer need to protect me, and I won't have to dismiss them, but they are still working under me, it's just that the nature of their work has changed.

At that time, the profit from one stall will be used to pay employees, and the profit from the other two stalls will all go into his own pocket.

Cheng Wenwen thought about it and felt that it was feasible!

Mrs. He disagreed a little and said, "Miss, if you do this, it will be spread out that the general's wife is setting up a stall outside, and the general will not look good! Forget it, you are the general's wife, you can directly take charge of the household affairs of the mansion, why do you need to work so hard?"

Cheng Wenwen shook her head: "Mother He, we said we won't spend the general's money, so we won't spend it. We have hands and feet and ways to make money, why should we ask for food from others? It's just a waste of our status."

He said: "Miss! The general is your husband. A woman's husband is her heaven, so it is only natural for her to be humble!"

In this society, women’s status is supposed to be lower than men’s. Moreover, after a woman gets married, it is normal for her to rely on her husband’s family for a living!

If you have to go out in public to make a living after getting married, why would you marry that person?

Cheng Wenwen didn't want to listen to He's remarks that men are the gods. Husbands and wives should be equal. Why should she lower herself to that old man?

Cheng Wenwen coaxed He away and said directly: "Okay, okay, I've made up my mind, let's do it this way! I'll think about it carefully tomorrow and then arrange things for the guards. You should go to bed soon."

After He sighed and left helplessly, Cheng Wenwen lay on the bed, tossing and turning, and began to think about the plan of setting up a stall.

She suddenly thought that since she was going to open a branch, she might as well give the sausage a signature name.

It’s called Cheng’s Grilled Sausage.

When she makes more money, she will rent a shop and open a store, so that her employees won't have to work outside in the wind and rain.

Cheng Wenwen thought about the series of things related to setting up the stall, and felt a sense of accomplishment in starting a business from scratch.

By then, I can not only sell grilled sausages, but also fried chicken, milk tea, and potato chips...

In short, she can sell any food that didn’t exist in ancient times!

What modern people like to eat, ancient people must have liked to eat as well.

By then, the business will slowly grow bigger and stronger. Cheng Wenwen fantasized about all this and already felt that she was going to get rich!

As she was thinking, she fell asleep.

The next day, she began to gather people and assign tasks to them.

"Aunt He, you are responsible for keeping the accounts. Pei'er is responsible for mixing the seasoning for the sausages.

Xiaolan and Xiaodie, you are responsible for purchasing the meat every day, and it must be fresh.

Among the ten guards, two will be responsible for chopping the stuffing, two for threading the sausages, and the remaining six will go to set up stalls in pairs. We will make sausages in the morning and sell them in the afternoon."

Cheng Wenwen thought about it and felt that this arrangement was reasonable, so she said, "That's it. Aunt He, please make some more arrangements."

He nodded, indicating that she understood.

But the ten guards below were a little stunned when they heard it.

They didn't understand for a moment why people would set up stalls and be vendors instead of being guards?

The leading guard was a man in his thirties, with a broad build and a little fat. His last name was Jin, and he looked a little unhappy.

Leader Jin looked at the little girl with the broken hand sitting on the seat and asked, "Fourth Miss? We are all here to be guards. You want us to go out and set up a stall?"

They were all contracted guards of the Cheng family. They were not selling themselves nor were they slaves, so some of them were reluctant to act like merchants. After all, merchants were of low status and were discriminated against.

Leader Jin continued to speak bluntly: "Fourth Miss! You have married into the General's Mansion, and you still need us to set up stalls to make money? Is this General's Mansion so poor? If you can't afford to support us, just tell us directly, and we can find another employer!"

The other guards also started talking.

"That's right! We all left our hometowns to come here for the high salary offered by the fourth young lady's marriage. Are you asking us to set up a stall?"

"Being a peddler outside in the wind and rain is not as comfortable as being a security guard."

"That's right! I don't really want to!"

"..."

There was a lot of discussion among the people below.

Cheng Wenwen also heard some noise in her ears and felt the situation was a little tricky.

The plan was good, but the implementation was complicated. Due to the lack of unity among people, her plan to start a business by setting up a stall encountered obstacles.