kvmb Chapter 212: Book the Canteen 2
Chapter 212: Book the Canteen 2
Include a canteen?
Yang Yongnian and the others didn't understand either. He knew that the canteen was responsible for cooking, but he didn't quite understand what it meant to wrap the food.
"Lin Ting, you opened a workshop? What do you produce?"
Pan's thoughts were clearer than Yang Yongnian's, so she asked the necessary questions first.
"My workshop produces rouge and powder. I wonder if my aunt and cousin have heard of Huayan in Wenzhu County? We produce it."
"Hua Yan, did you give birth to Hua Yan?"
When Quan Xiaoqin accompanied Yang Heng to get medicine for Zhou, she had heard of Hua Yan in Wenzhu County. It was very famous and many people were scrambling to buy it before it even opened.
"Yes, cousin, we are the workers cooking in Huayan's canteen right now. If we subcontract it out, everything will be handed over to you."
Yang Yongnian wanted to ask something else, but Pan interrupted him.
"Lin, let me hear you elaborate. How does this canteen work? How many dishes do you have to prepare for hundreds of people every day? Are they meat or vegetarian?
How should we calculate our profit? How much will we have left besides the money for food?"
What Pan said was also what Yang Heng wanted to ask. If they agreed to do Lin Ting's job, then their whole family must do it together.
"My uncle and aunt are not outsiders, so let me make it clear to you that the number of people in this canteen is calculated based on the number of workers.
First of all, there are two meals a day, which consist of three dishes and one soup, one meat dish and two vegetable dishes.
If each worker eats two meals, then you can earn fifteen coins a day per person. Of course, this ten coins includes the cost of food."
This silver was obtained by Lin Tingcong deducting five cents from their daily wages, plus a ten-cent subsidy from her and Lin Lin, so that everyone could eat better.
"With over 230 people, the silver you earn in one day is 3,450 coins, which is about 3 taels of silver and 450 coins.
If a person eats one pound of rice a day, based on the price of ordinary rice, which is seven wen per pound, that means he would spend more than one or two hundred wen. However, not everyone can eat that much, so this is just a maximum estimate.
Add in the vegetables you buy, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and you can earn at least 1500 wen a day."
When they heard this number, Pan and Yang Heng's eyes widened. One tael and more than five hundred coins, that's a lot of silver, and it can be earned in one day. Isn't this too much?
They couldn't imagine that one day they would have such an opportunity.
If they really had more than one or two taels of silver a day, they could rent a house in Wenzhu County and send their two children to school for enlightenment. Maybe their lives would get better and better in the future.
"Lin Lin Lin... Lin, is what you said true? Can there really be so many?"
Pan was so excited and nervous that even her words were unclear.
"Yes, I won't make a mistake. Of course, if you can better control the portion size after doing this for a while, you will earn even more money."
There was no reason for the family to refuse such a large sum of money. In those days, even if the whole family worked as laborers, they could not earn so much money.
Lin Ting gave this job to their family because they were relatives, and they all remembered this kindness.
"In that case, I want to run this cafeteria. Dad, you should say something too."
Pan pushed Yang Yongnian's arm. This was something that could change the fate of their family, so why didn't he agree to it quickly?
But when Lin Ting and everyone looked at Yang Yongnian, they saw that he looked embarrassed and worried.
"Uncle, are you in trouble?"
Lin Ting couldn't believe that he wouldn't want to do such a good thing.
Sure enough, when Yang Yongnian heard Lin Ting's words, he looked up and his forehead wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character.
"This matter is indeed a bit difficult to handle. I also know that Lin Ting's original intention was for the good of our family.
But this canteen package means that we have taken care of everything, so cooking is not a problem at all.
But if our family wants to do this, we have to go to Wenzhu County and rent a small courtyard to live in.
Adding the silver our family has now, which is only six taels, if we put it all into this canteen, it will only be enough to cook for three days at most, so..."
Yes, their family has no funds, and this is the beginning of the collapse.
But Pan and Yang Heng were unwilling to give up. Seeing that Ming Wen and Wu were almost at the age of enlightenment, were they going to miss such a good opportunity?
Lin Ting also thought about this. If the whole thing was contracted out like this, with the current strength of the Yang family, there was really no way they could take on this big piece of meat.
After a moment of silence, Lin Ting had an idea.
"How about this, don't you only have six taels of silver? First go to Wenzhu County and rent a courtyard that's big enough for your family. You don't have to live in a fancy place yet, just make do for a while.
Don't you have some new rice at home that you just harvested this year? I'll take you to a rice shop I'm familiar with.
Take this new rice and exchange it for last year's old rice. I'll try to negotiate a deal where one pound of rice can be exchanged for one pound of old rice."
Last year’s old rice is actually not that bad to eat, but after a long time, it is no longer as fragrant and delicious as the new rice.
But it is still a profit to exchange new rice for a pound of old rice. After all, the rice still needs to be peeled, but it is this year's rice and is new.
"Uncle, in this case, the rice will be enough for about half a month. As for buying food, I estimate that you will spend two taels of silver on renting a house.
With four taels left, it would cost about three hundred coins a day to buy vegetables. Add in the oil and salt, and the initial expenses might be even higher.
In this way, you can keep doing this for ten days. After ten days, my sister and I can pay you your wages, and the rest will be paid again at the end of the month."
This was the most cost-effective thing Lin Ting could do for them. It provided them with enough rice for twenty days and enough groceries for ten days.
The workshop also has rules and regulations. After ten days, the silver they received might be more than thirty taels.
As long as they can get through these first ten days, they won’t have to worry about the principal and buying groceries anymore, and everything will be fine.
"That's good. This way we can get through this. Lin Ting, thank you. Thank you so much this time."
Everyone in the Yang family was extremely excited, their hearts were like a roller coaster today.
"Dad, Mom, we will finish harvesting the rice in the fields tomorrow. I will go to Wenzhu County tomorrow afternoon to find a yard, and then we will move."
Yang Heng began to get impatient. If they could start working earlier, they could earn money earlier.
"Okay, let's get ready early as a family."
Everyone enjoyed the meal very happily, and the Yang family was also fantasizing about the beautiful days in the future. Everyone knew that their lives and destinies would be different from now on.
When returning home in the afternoon, Yang Xiuxiu did not come back with Lin Ting and the others. She said that she wanted to stay at the Yang family to accompany her grandmother for two days, and by the way, help Yang Yongnian and the others harvest the rice in the fields.