Chapter 18 Free is the most expensive
Lin Jing said seriously: "It's not a pound at a time, it's just a little bit, two cents at most. You have to set the standards of your restaurant and what kind of customers you target. You can't afford to give away even two cents. This restaurant Don’t leave either.”
Pang Xiangdong was a little angry. You are generous in spending my money. Inexplicably, he wanted to wait for her to continue.
I always feel that if she charges a service fee, she must have a good idea.
"Most of the customers come to eat at the same time, and the most annoying thing is waiting. You can bring some cold dishes to taste, and pour a glass of lemonade to calm your mood. Although it's free, if the customers really eat and drink the food in your store, they won't be embarrassed to get angry casually. Or just leave without eating anything.”
This kind of routine has been seen a lot in later generations, and the free ones are often the most expensive ones.
It seemed feasible, but Pang Xiangdong was a little confused, "Why give lemonade? Can't tea?"
"Tea is fine, but you know better than me how different the grades of tea are. You can't just pour tea foam for others, right? Lemonade is different. Dried lemons are not expensive. You can make a large batch with just a few slices. The pot can also make guests feel fresh.
Pang Xiangdong understood. He had to pay the service fee. Maybe he would have other ideas in the future? "Sure, from now on I will give you four hundred kilograms per day at 20 cents per kilogram."
After the two parties agreed on the delivery time and settlement time, Pang Xiangdong saw Lin Jing bringing two younger children and asked someone to give them a few pieces of chicken cake each.
There were relatively few chicken cakes at this time, and it was rare for children in rural areas to have a piece of cake all year round. The two little guys wanted it very much, but they both looked at their sister and waited for her consent before taking the pieces of chicken cake and saying thank you politely.
After Lin Min asked her brothers and sisters if they wanted to eat, she carefully wrapped the two pieces of chicken cake in her hands, put them aside, and ate the smallest piece herself.
"When will you eat those two pieces?" Lin Yun asked with a smile while driving.
Lin Min said: "Leave one piece for my mother and one piece for my sister-in-law. Neither of them has ever eaten chicken cake."
Lin Rui also shouted, "I also want to leave a piece for my mother and a piece for my second sister."
As for eldest brother, no one considers you.
Recently, Lin Jing has been buying candies and biscuits to satisfy her family's cravings. She has also been buying meat, eggs, bones, etc. to replenish her family's health. She has never thought of buying snacks like this, which seem to have been out of date for a long time.
She thinks it is outdated, but for the family, it is a good food that is difficult to eat all year round.
Lin Yun was ignored by his younger siblings and said angrily: "You are all heartless. I won't take you to the department store later."
Lin Ruiren's little mind was spinning quickly and he said, "You don't need to...we'll let the second sister take us there."
Lin Yun, whose status was getting lower day by day, could only accept his fate and asked Lin Jing: "How to get there?"
"How to go?"
"How to get to the department store?"
Although she has been running to the city every day recently, Lin Jing has never taken Lin Yun to a department store. She just lets Lin Yun drive the car wherever she wants, and really doesn't give him any chance to enjoy himself freely.
A feeling of shame welled up in her heart. After struggling for so long, she was still the person who forgot to live a good life while making money.
Change quickly, change quickly!
Lin Jing first took her younger brother and sister to a department store in the city. At this time, the department store had begun to decline, but its historical reputation and superior location still attracted people who came to the city.
The Chinese New Year is only half a month away, and Lin Jing is planning to give the whole family a new set of clothes.
"Buy new clothes?" Lin Min was wearing Lin Jing's old clothes, and Lin Jing was wearing her eldest sister's old clothes. This is true in every household. As long as the old clothes can still be worn, they will never buy new clothes.
As for wearing new clothes during the New Year, it will take several years. In a dozen years, wearing new clothes will be the norm, and you can buy them without waiting for the New Year.
"Yes, don't you want to wear new clothes?" Lin Jing asked.
"Think." Lin Min thought, what little girl doesn't like to wear new clothes? I especially want to wear that light yellow woolen coat like Dai Lan, but... new clothes are so expensive.
Pieces of clothes that she had never seen before were hanging behind the counter in the department store. She didn't even dare to touch them, let alone buy them and was embarrassed to try them on.
"Mom knows how to make clothes. How about we buy some cloth and let her make it." Lin Min still wanted to wear new clothes, and this was the most compromise solution she could come up with.
Lin Jing shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law is about to give birth. Mom wants to prepare new bedding, clothes, etc. for the little one. She doesn't have time to make them for us. It's more cost-effective for us to buy them directly."
Time is also a cost, but the labor cost at this time is too low, and no one is willing to buy it if they can do it themselves.
"Sister, I want that." Lin Rui pointed to an airplane model next to the counter and said, "I don't want new clothes, I want that."
The model of an airplane had never been seen in the countryside. Lin Rui's eyes flashed and he wanted to take it home immediately.
I just asked about the price, and this model actually costs five yuan.
"Five yuan?" Lin Rui didn't expect such a big thing to be so expensive. The maximum face value of the pocket money he could get in a year was no more than 20 cents. Five yuan was really too expensive.
"Then I don't want it anymore." Lin Rui said angrily. It was so expensive that he had no shame in asking his sister to buy it for him.
Lin Jing was just about to say that five yuan is not expensive when she heard Lin Yun whisper: "You can also find these on the street where you buy stickers. Why don't you go there and take a look?"
You were not doing business today, so you took advantage of the free time. Lin Jing took her brothers and sisters to the department store and bought a new set of clothes for each of them. She also bought a set for Zhang Cuiying. Her sister-in-law was pregnant with twins and she didn't know what size to buy. I tore new cloth and bought cotton.
At this time, the clothes in department stores were already the most fashionable in the city. In later generations, even in the south, they would only be called old-fashioned.
I bought all kinds of things and spent two hundred yuan with a wave of my hand.
When her family made money, she couldn't just buy it for herself and not for others. She had to make up for the regrets in her previous life bit by bit.
Several people went to the small commodity market to buy an airplane model. With Lin Jing's sharp tongue, they were able to negotiate the price to two yuan. However, this was a wholesale price of twenty yuan, so Lin Jing only said to get a sample. I took one of each of the various models and ornaments in the store, and collected twenty.
Lin Rui's jaw almost dropped to the ground, "Sister, that costs forty yuan..."
If I had known, it would only cost five yuan at the department store.
She was quickly looked down upon by her sister, "Yes, you already have what you like. What about your second sister and me? What about your third sister's favorites? What about your future nephews and nieces?"
Mr. Lin's spending is really... amazing.
Reason told Lin Rui that shutting up was the best choice.
Lin Min didn't expect that she had one, and her eyes suddenly lit up. She had been interested in those two dolls for a long time, but she was too embarrassed to speak.
"Second sister, where are we going now?"
Lin Jing said: "Go find my uncle."