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Chapter 23

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    The man first introduced himself: "My surname is Gu, and my family is from Changhe Village. Everyone calls me Gu Da, and you can just call me the same." After briefly introducing himself, Gu Da explained the reason for his visit: "We are here this time.  I want to ask you to make a banquet. My youngest son is getting married early next month. Chef Li, please help me."

    Changhe Village?  Where is that?  She didn't know her at all. How did this couple know her?  Li Hehua was confused and didn't dare to agree rashly, so he asked: "Uncle Gu, how do you know me? I have never made a banquet in your village."

    Gu's wife took a step ahead and answered: "We heard about you from our neighbor. My family was originally planning to go to Zhou Laogen to make noodles, but it turned out to be a bit unhappy. Then my neighbor mentioned you to me.  , she said that her family has relatives in Lianhua Village, and they ate the noodles you made last time, and they were very delicious. She said that she had dumped Zhou Laogen several blocks away, so she asked us to come find you, so we asked about you.  Now I¡¯m going to ask you to make a banquet.¡±

    Li Hehua suddenly realized that this was the case. It was probably because this neighbor had eaten the noodles she made at Old Man Wang¡¯s house last time.  In this case, there is no problem in making banquets.

    However, before agreeing, the price involved in the meeting must be made clear. She must first ask about the distance and charge according to the distance. If it is far away, she will not be charged at the original price.

    So Li Hehua asked: "Uncle Gu, Aunt Gu, I wonder how long it took your family to get here?"

    Gu Da thought for a moment and replied: "It takes about an hour and a half to walk directly from my home to here."

    An hour and a half is a bit far for Li Hehua. It would take most of the day to come and go, and she had to walk there before dawn in the morning so as not to delay the meal preparation.

    ? Then this meal will cost eight cents per table.

    Li Hehua decided to negotiate the price with the couple first, "Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu, there is no problem in helping you make the banquet, but I have to agree on the price with you in advance. You can see if it works."

    "Your home is quite far from here. I have to waste half a day on the road every time I come back. So I have to charge eight cents per table for this meal. See if you can accept this price. If you can, I will go and give it to you."  You do it.¡±

    "What? Eight cents per table" The two of them were surprised when they heard that eight cents per table was charged. Didn't they say they charged five cents per table?  They came to her because they found out that not only her food was delicious, but the prices were also cheap.  How come they only paid eight cents for a table when they arrived?

    Gu Da said hesitantly: "This I heard that you seemed to charge five cents per table before? Why do you charge us eight cents?" Could it be that this Chef Li is like that Zhou Laogen?  Is he someone who raises his prices from the ground up?

    Li Hehua knew that before they came, they must have inquired about the price of the table she had charged before. It was normal for them to have such questions now, so he explained to them seriously: "I did charge five cents per table before, but that was close to my home."  In the place where I live, except for the day of making the banquet, I will not miss any other time, so I charge five cents per table as usual. But in far away places, I have to spend most of the day just traveling, which means I can't do other work in one day.  If I charge another five cents, I will lose money, so I might as well not do this banquet. Do you think this is true?"

    "This" The couple knew that what she said was reasonable, but this added up to three cents. They couldn't bear to pay eight cents for a table.

    Seeing the hesitation of the two of them, Li Hehua did not force himself and said with a smile: "Uncle and aunt, let's do this. You go back and think about it. If it works, I will do it for you."

    The couple couldn¡¯t make up their minds for a while, and wanted to go back and think about it, so they stood up according to Li Hehua¡¯s words, ¡°Then let¡¯s leave first and go back to discuss it.¡±

    Li Hehua sent the two of them out politely. She didn't have any expectations about whether the business would succeed. If it succeeded, she would do it. If it didn't, she would continue to sell her pastries and not waste money.

    Seeing that the people left, Cao Simei continued to light the fire for Li Hehua and said: "Sister, to be honest, the noodles you made are really delicious. In fact, I think the eight cents you charged is not expensive at all, but it is worth a lot."  , but it¡¯s understandable that people in the village can¡¯t accept it all at once. Zhou Laogen, who made banquets before you, always paid five cents per table for a banquet. Now suddenly three cents per table has been added, so it¡¯s normal to hesitate.  "

    Of course Li Hehua knew this and smiled, "Sister, I know, but you have also seen that I am making money selling pastries now. Making banquets is too far away and the people are tired. The money I make is not as much as selling pastries."  If it¡¯s too much, wouldn¡¯t it be stupid for me to still do this? So I decided to charge eight cents per table for far away places. If people think it¡¯s expensive,He Hua was a little embarrassed to say this, because in her heart, Da Ya and the others were still children, and it seemed bad to ask children to go out to work and earn money. However, this era is different from modern times. Many teenage children  She just helped the family earn money. When she was in the town, she often saw children of twelve or thirteen years old selling things on the street. In this era, children from poor families had already become the masters of the family, and there was no such thing as the pampering of children in modern times.

    So Li Hehua tentatively said it out. If Cao Simei and his wife felt sorry for their child, then just pretend that she didn't say anything. If they thought it was okay, both parties could make money.

    Before Cao Simei and He Da expressed their opinions, Daya and Xiao San'er took the lead in nodding. Daya was the first to say: "Aunt Hehua, I'll go, I'll go! I'll sell them to you. I used to go to town with my mother to sell eggs.  , I know how to do this, and I will definitely sell it to you."

    The mistress is also very active, "Aunt Hehua, I'm going too. I know how to shout and settle accounts. I'm sure it's no worse than what my mother sold."

    Li Hehua did not expect the children to agree so actively, and felt very emotional. They are really very sensible children.  If we were to leave it in modern times, our parents would probably be embarrassed to ask them to go out and buy a bottle of soy sauce, but they actively went to help, just to make more money for the family.

    Li Hehua looked at Cao Simei and He Da and asked for their opinions.

    Of course, Cao Simei didn't care about her children as much as Li Hehua thought. It was too late for her to be happy that the children could receive this job.  Da Ya is already fourteen years old, her eldest son Da He is thirteen years old, and her third son is almost ten years old. From a rural perspective, these are already big children. They can already help with a lot of work at home. She also brought them with her before.  The children have been selling eggs before, so they feel very at ease with them.

    Now Li Hehua offered to do this job for the children, which means that the family can have an extra income. Where can I ask for such a good thing? Therefore, Cao Simei hurriedly said: "Sister, of course we agree. Don't worry, my family's  Children can calculate accounts and collect money without making mistakes. You can trust them to hand over your business and they will do a good job for you."

    Seeing that Cao Simei and He Da didn't feel sorry for them at all, Li Hehua secretly thought that she had really thought too much, so she decided that she would leave it to her three children to sell pastries when she didn't have time.

    Time soon arrived on the first day of the new year. Li Hehua got up before dawn, washed up, had some breakfast, and then rushed to Changhe Village.

    She is not too worried about selling cakes today. Yesterday afternoon, she had already prepared all the cakes to be sold today, and then carefully told the three children of the He family how to sell them.  In fact, she took her three children to the market a few days ago and let them see how pastries are sold. The children are very smart and can quickly get started. Plus, with Cao Simei on the side to help, Li Hehua still  Very reassuring.

    Li Hehua walked for more than an hour before reaching the Gu family. It was already bright and the sun was rising high. It was estimated that it was about nine o'clock in the morning. It was a good time to prepare lunch.

    The Gu family welcomed Li Hehua in politely, then took her to the kitchen and gave her a brief introduction to the kitchen and the location of various things. The next step was to introduce the ingredients she bought today.

    Li Hehua found that the ingredients were no different from the previous two banquet noodles. They were all chicken, duck, and fish. Farmers probably used these fixed ingredients when making banquet noodles.

    So, Li Hehua didn¡¯t think too much and just used these ingredients to come up with a table of dishes. He reported the names of the dishes to the Gu family one by one and asked for their opinions.

    The Gu family did not expect that Chef Li would discuss the dishes with them. They were surprised and happy at the same time.  In the past, the eldest and second sons of the family always invited Zhou Laogen to hold weddings. Zhou Laogen made the banquet noodles without saying a word. He cooked whatever he wanted and never had the habit of discussing with the host.  Everyone is used to serving whatever dishes he makes and there is never any objection. But Chef Li is quite different from Zhou Laogen.

    Gu Da said happily: "These dishes you mentioned are very good, and they are very respectable when you hear them. We have never heard of many dishes, but we believe you, so just do this." In fact, they believed next door  The neighbors said that the dishes cooked by Chef Li were very novel and delicious. They asked her to confirm that they were right. They had been neighbors for many years and would definitely not lie to them, so they believed that Li Hehua was naturally good at the dishes.  I have no opinion.

    Seeing that the Gu family had no objections to the dishes, Li Hehua immediately put on an apron and started preparing the banquet.

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