Chapter 174 The Fried Skewers Shop is Mine "I'm sorry, Auntie, I earned my money myself." Xia Xizhou is a boss who has been self-reliant since he entered university, and who also pays wages to others and contributes to society. He really can't bear to hear the aunt say that she doesn't know how to make money."What can students from an art school earn?" The aunt next door thought she was doing this for the good of the two girls, and advised them not to waste their money. However, she was not understanding and looked at them with displeasure. She was unhappy and said, "Your money is given by your parents. If your parents knew that you spent hundreds of dollars on a few bottles of chili sauce, they would be so angry that their necks would thicken." Xia Xizhou tried to hold it in, but seeing the aunt's disdainful expression, he couldn't help it, "Damn, it's so spicy!" She raised her hand and fanned her lips. "Drink some water." An Ran poured her a glass of water. "I told you, you can't eat spicy food, but you bought so many peppers." The aunt continued to nag. Xia Xizhou picked up the water cup and took a sip, "But it feels so good!" “……”Auntie. The uncle next to her smacked his lips a few times and tapped the plate in front of the aunt with his chopsticks, "Eat your meal, why are you talking so much?" The aunt shut her mouth with an embarrassed look on her face. Soon, the restaurant's proprietress came out again, holding a calculator and standing in front of Xia Xizhou, "Little girl, we have 28 extra bottles in total, so I'll charge you for 25 bottles, and the remaining three bottles are free for you, the total is 625."
Xia Xizhou nodded, "Okay, I'll pay you later. Please help me pack the chili sauce and put it in a few extra bags. I want to carry it to the car. Don't let it break in the middle of the journey. It will be difficult to carry." "Don't worry, I know." The lady boss was very happy after getting this deal. "The chili sauce I make is made from chili peppers grown by my brothers from my mother's family. They are pesticide-free. You can eat it with confidence, little girl. If you can't finish it, you can give it to relatives and friends. Whether you add it to stir-fried dishes or noodles, you can enjoy the flavor." After dinner, the rain stopped. Xia Xizhou and An Ran each carried a bag of chili sauce and walked out of the restaurant. It was quite heavy for each person to carry more than ten bottles of chili sauce. An Ran saw that Xia Xizhou was working hard, so she helped her share a few bottles. "Or, just give her to me." When facing An Ran, Xia Xizhou always felt that she was older, and couldn't help but take care of An Ran more in daily interactions. But in fact, she found that every time she was with An Ran, she was the one who took care of her more. "No need, I can lift it." An Ran raised her hand, "I exercise every morning." "Okay." Xia Xizhou couldn't help laughing. No. 1 Middle School is a newly built residential community, but the surrounding residential buildings are mostly old. The alley where the small restaurant is located is narrow, the road is bumpy and there are many puddles along the road, but there are a constant stream of passers-by coming and going, and most of them are wearing the school uniform of No. 1 Middle School. In a blink of an eye, he noticed An Ran looking at a store not far away for a long time, "What are you looking at?" ——"Is there anything else you want to eat?" "I'm full." An Ran raised her hand and pointed at the store she was looking at just now, "Do you see that fried skewers shop?" "I saw it, what's wrong?" Xia Xizhou asked curiously. An Ran looked at the fried skewers shop and slowed down her pace. "This fried skewers shop just opened a week or two ago. It was closed before and was looking for a tenant." Xia Xizhou looked at the advertisement hanging by the door of the fried skewers shop again and again in surprise, "So it's newly opened, no wonder there's such a long line in front of the shop, have you tried it before?" "Eat." "what about the taste?" “It tastes okay.”
"It's a franchise, right?" Xia Xizhou looked at the fried skewers shop and unconsciously studied their business model. "It looks pretty standardized." "Yes." An Ran said, "It's a brand that started in Changsha and is very popular in Changsha. Jincheng has opened several stores this year." "You know so much?" Xia Xizhou was even more surprised. She stopped and looked at An Ran, "Do you particularly like fried skewers or something?" An Ran smiled and said, "I own this barbecue restaurant." "What?" After a brief silence, Xia Xizhou's scream pierced the alley. "Yes, I own this kebab shop." An Ran said calmly, "Do you want to eat? I'll treat you." Xia Xizhou was so shocked that he stuttered, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I was just eating hot and sour noodles. I could have just gone to your restaurant and eaten it coolly." She walked towards the kebab shop, as if she had been given an injection of chicken blood, and the chili sauce that she could not lift in her hands was thrown flying. "Be careful, or the bag will break and the chili sauce will fall." Xia Xizhou picked up the chili sauce and ran without looking back, "Hurry up, I want to see what you have in your store!" An Ran had no choice but to quicken her pace to catch up with her. Xia Xizhou walked to the door of the store. As he was anxious to see the products in the store, he did not queue up. Instead, he stood at the side of the line and first looked at the product category introduction in front of the store's food cart operating table. An Ran walked up to her and heard her mumbling: "It smells so good, there's so much to eat." "Tornado potatoes, starch sausage, fried chicken legs, tender tenderloin, golden chicken fillet..." "Potato skin with bursting juice, what is potato skin? It looks like dried tofu." Seeing Xia Xizhou's interest, An Ran asked, "Potato skin is a snack in Wuhan, it's delicious, do you want to try it?" "Sure, give me two. I'll try them. They're delicious. I'll bring some to Xiao Lin later. By the way, let me see if it's far from my eldest nephew. It's not far. I'll send some to him later." "It's quite a distance." An Ran roughly estimated the distance between the two schools. "It's okay, I'm driving anyway." Xia Xizhou stared at the menu without blinking, "Or, get double portions of everything on it and pack them up separately!" An Ran was shocked by her magnanimity, "Sister, what are you doing? Don't make them sick." "Then give less to Xiaolin, and give the rest to my eldest nephew. He can't finish it, and there are plenty of people in the school who can eat it." The more Xia Xizhou thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. I am a half-grown boy and a poor man. If I deliver food to Sheng Fuhua and treat his classmates to a meal as well, then I can eat a lot. An Ran thought about it, looked up at the middle-aged woman who was making semi-finished products in the store and said gently, "Auntie Li." "Hey, Ranran!" The middle-aged man in uniform and a chef's hat turned around and saw Anran. He immediately dropped the work in his hands and came over to greet her. "Why didn't you call me before you came? Have you eaten? What do you want to eat? Do you want me to cook it for you?" "We've eaten. This is my friend, Xizhou." An Ran introduced Xia Xizhou to Aunt Li. "We just ate next to each other. Come over here and pack some food to take back home." "Okay, okay." Aunt Li looked at Xia Xizhou with a smile, "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you now." "Hey, why are you like that? Are you just cutting in line?" The students queuing next to her became unhappy when they heard what Aunt Li said.
"That's our boss's friend." The young girl who was frying skewers at the front of the line explained. “Can the boss’s friends cut in line?” "That's right, we've waited so long, and she wants so much, how long do we have to wait?" Aunt Li stuck her head out and was about to say a few more words to the dissatisfied customer, but was stopped by An Ran, "Aunt Li, you guys go ahead and do their thing. I'll take Xizhou to look around the store. After we're done, go find a place to wait nearby. When you're done, call me and we'll come get it." "Okay." Aunt Li didn't want customers to have complaints and affect the store's reputation when opening the store for business. Enron's arrangement couldn't be better. "Then you can take your friends to watch it slowly. I'm going to go get busy first." The store was so busy that Aunt Li turned around and went into the operation room at the back of the store. "Is she your store manager or partner?" Xia Xizhou leaned close to An Ran's ear and asked. An Ran leaned forward slightly and answered in a low voice, "Aunt Li used to be our kitchen helper. She resigned some time ago, so I asked her to come over and be my store manager, and also the boss to the outside world." Xia Xizhou's eyes widened slightly, "Your family's kitchen helper, doesn't that mean everyone in your family knows that you opened a kebab shop?" "Yes." "Did they say anything?" "Let me close the store." Someone nearby accidentally pushed Xia Xizhou into the ground, and An Ran helped her up. "Ah, they don't want you to open this store. Do they think it will interfere with your studies?" "No." An Ran shook her head, "It's not decent." Xia Xizhou was silent for a moment, "So, you sold your bags, shoes, clothes, jewelry, etc. just to open this store?" "That's part of the reason." An Ran didn't tell Xia Xizhou about the online store's model and performance as it wasn't stable enough. Xia Xizhou had never experienced this before. She wanted to start a career, but her family didn't allow her to do it because they thought it was not decent. Instead, when she was running a second-hand luxury store, she invested in a lot of small businesses in front of the school because she thought it was fun. "Who cares what kind of business it is? As long as it can make money, isn't that good enough?" Xia Xizhou followed An Ran and said as he observed the machines and equipment in the store, "Selling fried skewers is so much fun. You can make money and eat it yourself." An Ran knew that she was comforting herself and said with a smile, "Yes, my fried skewers are very popular with everyone." "I saw it." Xia Xizhou also laughed. "Believe it or not, I can earn enough to buy a house in one year." "Oh, Boss An, you're so generous!" Xia Xizhou was very happy to see An Ran's confidence in his career. "Are all your dishes and other things delivered by the higher-ups?" "Yes, this saves trouble." Unlike the future, when you spend money to join a franchise, you often just wait to be ripped off. If you open a physical store at this time, find a good project, do franchise business, and choose a good store location, you will basically make money. What's more, it is located in a prime location at the entrance of No. 1 Middle School.
Moreover, the reason why we chose this brand is because the Enron brand will have great development in the future and is very worthwhile to do. The store was busy after all. Xia Xizhou followed An Ran to look at the store's equipment and products, then said hello to Aunt Li and prepared to go out to put the chili sauce in her car. 1314