Farming and Raising Cubs (II)

Chapter 212: Too Cruel

Li Mumu saw that everyone had arrived and walked out with a smile.

"We will open today. Business will not be so good at the beginning, and there may even be no business. Don't worry, we can always find a way." Li Mumu said with a smile.

"Don't worry, we have overcome such a big obstacle." Everyone said with a smile.

"The auspicious time has arrived!" One person shouted.

Another person immediately lit the firecrackers.

The firecrackers were set off with a crackling sound, and the lively sound attracted many people to watch the fun.

The clerk took the opportunity to hand out flyers to the people who came to watch the fun, letting them know what the errand shop does.

The charging standards are also posted on the wall of the shop.

Starting from the customer's home address as the starting point, the errand fee within two miles to the place where the goods are purchased is one penny. For

every two miles beyond, one penny is added.

Only the distance from the customer's home to the customer's home is counted, and the distance from the purchased goods to the customer's home is not counted.

"This is quite cheap. Chong'an is not that big." One of the onlookers said, "On weekdays, one or two cents is enough."

"But if you buy it yourself, won't you save that one or two cents?"

"That's wrong." Li Mumu heard it and explained, "If you are running a snack stall business, you spend the whole day at the snack stall and dare not walk around casually. Who will buy what the family needs? A couple has their own jobs. Some couples take care of the stall together, and some have their own work to do. If you entertain one more customer at the stall, you can earn at least seven or eight thousand more."

"But if you go to buy things by yourself, it seems that you have saved one or two cents, but because you entertain one less customer, you earn seven or eight cents less. Which one do you think is more cost-effective?" "For

example, a blacksmith may charge hundreds of cents for one thing. If he has time to buy things, he can make more iron and earn more money. Isn't it much better than spending time saving one or two cents?" Li Mumu said.

Li Mumu's target customers for this errand shop are not the families of the rich and powerful, who have many servants.

Nor are they the lower-class people, who would rather spend every penny, so how can they afford to spend an extra penny on errands.

The customers of the errand shop are the middle class in Chong'an City. Those who

run small businesses at home, no matter how big.

There are also high-income people like carpenters and blacksmiths. Those

who have surplus money at home, but just don't have servants.

Just like when the Gu family opened a snack stand before, they already had a lot of surplus money. Although they didn't have servants, they were not short of money and could save a lot of money.

Later, they made more money and opened a restaurant.

They still didn't want to buy servants, but they would be happy if they could enjoy some of their daily life. They were

busy with business and really couldn't spare time to buy things, so they were willing to spend an extra penny to find someone to run errands. One

or two pennies was nothing to the Gu family at that time, and they didn't feel anything at all about spending this little money.

Just look at how many customers are willing to go out to eat on weekdays. Those who have

extra money to go out to eat, whether it is to go to a stall or a small restaurant, are willing to spend a penny or two on errands.

Who would be willing to go out to eat if they are really thrifty?

"If you go to those particularly popular restaurants too late, there won't be any seats available. Or if you want your parents, wife, and children at home to try the restaurant's special dishes but never have the chance, you can ask our errand boy to buy them from the restaurant and have them delivered to your home." () ()

"Including the pots and baking trays of our Gujia Snacks, they can all be delivered directly to your home. On the second day, the clerks from our own shop will collect the utensils and return them to the restaurant. It's just that a deposit will be charged for this, which will be returned after the clerk retrieves the utensils from the customer's home, so don't worry about that."

"I didn't expect that the owner of the errand shop is actually the owner of Gujia Snacks."

"I don't dare to take that title. I'm not the owner of Gujia Snacks." Li Mumu said with a smile, "Gujia Snacks, as the name suggests, belongs to the Gu family. The owner of this errand shop is really me."

"You Gujia Snacks really know how to do business. The restaurant is popular, and many people go there and there are no seats, and they still ask your errand shop to deliver food."

"It's not just our Gu family's snacks that are popular. For example, at Huizhenlou and Baiweixuan, there will be no seats if you go too late. It's inconvenient for women to eat in the hall. But if they eat in the side rooms, the price is high. If the women in the family want to eat at Baiweixuan or Huizhenlou, or even any other restaurant, they can ask our errand shop to buy it and deliver it to their home."

"You can imagine, during the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, the whole family should sit around the table together, but the women in the family have to be busy in the kitchen. After a lot of effort, the food is served on the table, but it is slow to cook, and the dishes are served one by one. When the new ones are served, the food that was served earlier is cold."

"The men in the family are impatient to wait, so they eat and drink first. When the wives and daughters finish cooking and serve the food, there are only leftovers. Even the wives and daughters have to celebrate the festival. Even if some is reserved for the wives and daughters in advance." Li Mumu said, "the food is already cold."

"Why not ask our shop assistants to go to the restaurant to order food in advance, pick it up at the time, and deliver it to your home on time. Everyone can sit together at the table, drink and eat, isn't it wonderful?"

Everyone, especially the women who came to watch, heard what Li Mumu said before, as if they were back to those countless busy nights.

Not to mention the busyness of festivals.

Even on weekdays, when they were busy in the kitchen, the men would not wait for them to come to the table.

They always ate and drank while they were cooking.

If there was a festival, there would be a large table of missing good dishes, and they would not be able to wait for them. It

was exactly as Li Mumu said.

When they came to the table, there was only a table of leftovers. If they

came across a better one, they could serve some for them separately, but it was all cold.

The men at the table were already drunk.

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got.

Hearing Li Mumu say that later, they could ask the shop assistants to buy and deliver it to their homes, and they didn't have to be busy anymore, they couldn't help but look forward to it.

This is indeed a way!

Besides, it was just a few more cents.

The errand shop was officially opened, and Xu Changyong and others were pushed to the registration point to sit and wait for customers to come.

Everyone returned to their positions and officially started working. Su Zhier saw the registration point not far away from the shed, where Xu Changyong and Yu Dabin were sitting.

Su Zhier saw this, lowered her eyes, and said, "Who is the owner of this errand shop? It's too cruel to let a person without both legs and hands sit there in the cold, unable to move."