The Science Fiction World of Xueba

"Brother Shuiwa, we can start working tomorrow."

"Lin Wazi, have you thought of what to do?"

Shui Wa said in surprise.

After arriving in Lancheng for nearly a week, the 1,200 yuan they brought was spent and only 700 yuan was left, of which 360 yuan was spent on rent.

While Shuiwa was distressed, she was also worried about when she could start making money.

Seeing that Pang Xuelin finally started to move, he suddenly became excited.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "There is a solution, but you have to get a bowl of ramen first. I'm a little hungry. Let's talk while eating later."

In the past few days, Shui Wa thought it was too expensive to eat out, so she decided to cook at home.

Pang Xuelin's cooking skills are average, limited to the level of cooked food, but Shui Wa's cooking skills are good, and he can also make good noodles.

"okay."

Shuiwa enthusiastically ran to light the stove and make noodles, while Pang Xuelin took out a notebook, which densely recorded some things he observed near Lanzhou University in the past week.

Half an hour later, Shuiwa came with two bowls of ramen.

Pang Xuelin's bowl was covered with a yellow poached egg, while Shuiwa's bowl was filled with chopped green onion, coriander and white radish.

"Brother Shuiwa, I've already said it, don't give me eggs or anything like that."

Pang Xuelin said helplessly.

Shui Wa smiled and said, "Lin Wazi, I don't like to eat eggs. You are growing up and eat eggs to make up your body. Besides, we bought all these eggs. If you don't eat them, they will spoil."

Pang Xuelin was a little helpless, he knew that this was Shuiwa's excuse, but he couldn't stop Shuiwa from adding an egg to her every meal.

"Lin Wazi, you said just now that you think about work, what are we going to do?"

Pang Xuelin said: "Brother Shuiwa, I've been busy these days, and I've found out about Lancheng University and his surroundings. Do you think there are many students entering and leaving Nancheng University every day?"

Shui Wa nodded and said, "Many, indeed, I counted them that day.

The number of students entering and leaving the school from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm exceeded 3,000.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Then do you think the food in the canteen of Lancheng University is delicious?"

"Hmm..." Shui Wa hesitated for a moment, and said, "I thought it was okay at first, but after two days of eating it, I felt pretty normal, it's all a big pot of food."

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "Then how about we set up a supper stall in Lancheng University? Every day at five o'clock in the afternoon, the stall only sells ramen. A bowl of ramen in clear soup costs 1 yuan a bowl, plus 50 cents for fried eggs, and 2 yuan for beef. When the time comes Let's get some beef bones and pork bones, make a broth, add the kind of hot sauce I made two days ago, you think more people will eat it."

Shui Wa was slightly taken aback, her eyes lit up immediately, she clapped her hands and said, "Lin Wazi, you still have a way, if we really support such a stall, the clear soup noodles cost at most 50 cents, sell for one piece, and sell thirty bowls a day, It’s equivalent to the income we earned from shoveling in coal yards before.”

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Don't worry, it must be far more than that. You have to be prepared to sell more than one hundred bowls in one night."

Shui Wa couldn't help being startled and said, "There are so many?"

Pang Xuelin said: "Didn't I take you around these two days? Although there are some restaurants at the gate of Lancheng University, most of them are for the teachers of the school. There is no five or ten yuan for a meal. It’s impossible to get down at all. We can only set up such a stall, just for students who don’t have much money in their pockets and want to change their tastes to come and try.”

Shui Wa nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, this idea is good. Lin Wazi, I don't know why your head is so long, you can even think of this."

Pang Xuelin laughed. This kind of small stalls in front of schools can be seen everywhere in later generations, but in this era, they are extremely rare.

In fact, these days, Pang Xuelin was a little surprised when he observed around Lan Da.

Compared with later generations, the catering industry in this era is underdeveloped. Although there are self-employed businesses, they only sell breakfast near the school, and there are not many at all.

In fact, this is also the limitation of this era.

In this era of highly differentiated urban and rural areas, the term migrant workers has not yet appeared, and most of the farmers who account for more than 80% of the total population of the country are still imprisoned in the land.

Most urban residents also have their own jobs. The wave of layoffs from state-owned enterprises has not yet come. Generally, urban civilians who have serious jobs are unwilling to engage in these seemingly humble industries.

The working class is the vanguard is not talking about.

Even after the collapse of state-owned enterprises, many laid-off workers would rather go to the vegetable market to pick up vegetables and leaves to eat than do small businesses to support their families.

Of course, under the tide of the times, no one is immune.

Life will force this ancient and industrious nation to gradually adapt to the future era of high industrialization, and it is precisely in this situation that China's tertiary industry develops step by step.

Therefore, those who can stand up and set up stalls in this era are basically not too bad.

In another three to five years, it will be very difficult to do this business, and there will be so many competitors that people doubt life.

In the following time, Pang Xuelin and Shui Wa got busy again.

Pang Xuelin first bought five folding tables and plastic benches, and two tricycles.

Shuiwa bought a three-eye coal stove and a single-eye small coal stove.

Afterwards, the two went to the market to buy large pieces of beef, beef bones, pork bones, flour, radishes, shallots, coriander and so on.

On the evening of the third day, at 4:30 in the afternoon, Pang Xuelin and Shui Wa rode a tricycle and arrived at the gate of Lancheng University.

Afterwards, the two moved the tables and chairs out of the car and arranged them, and then moved the stove down.

In the pot is the broth that has been made in advance at home, put it on the stove and put it away.

Pang Xuelin erected a signboard written in calligraphy on the tricycle beside him - Lancheng Ramen.

In Lancheng, there is only the saying of Lancheng Beef Noodles, but there has never been a saying of Lancheng Ramen.

But Pang Xuelin believes that this situation will soon change.

In the future, Lancheng ramen will spread all over the country.

From west to east, from south to north, its shadow will appear everywhere.

Lancheng ramen will become a legend in the Chinese catering industry together with Shaxian snacks and braised chicken and rice.

Ramen in clear soup for one yuan, fried egg noodles for one yuan and five yuan, and beef noodles for two yuan.

The whitish big bone soup that has been boiled is steaming on the coal stove, and the aroma is overflowing, attracting the eyes of many passers-by.

It was the first time Shuiwa set up a roadside stall to do business. When passers-by turned their eyes to him, they seemed a little nervous and shy.

Pang Xuelin sat on a small bench beside him calmly. He had a thick skin and rich experience in life. Setting up a roadside stall for business was nothing to him at all.

After waiting for about ten minutes, there was no one customer.

Shui Wa couldn't help feeling a little uneasy: "Lin Wazi, why hasn't anyone come over to eat?"

Pang Xuelin took a look at a mechanical watch that he found in a flea market two days ago, and said with a smile, "What's the hurry, it's only 4:50, it's not up yet, and most of the students are still in class, wait five There will be business after that.”

Sure enough, after about ten minutes, the number of teachers and students entering and leaving the school gate gradually increased.

Many people are curious about this small stall that suddenly appeared at the school gate, but no one has taken the initiative to try it out.

At this moment, a jingle sounded, and a man in his early sixties with gray hair who looked like an old professor came out of the school gate.

When riding past Pang Xuelin's booth, the bicycle slowed down. The old man seemed to hesitate, but in the end, he left Pang Xuelin and Shuiwa's booth.

Unexpectedly, after about a minute or so, the old man rode back again, parked the bicycle beside Pang Xuelin's booth, walked up and said, "What do you have here?"

Pang Xuelin narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at this familiar old man a few more times, pointed to the signboard and said with a smile: "The noodle soup is made with big bones, there are radishes, coriander, green onion, and our homemade spicy peppers, add For beef, two yuan is a bowl, and eggs are 1 yuan and 5."

The old man hesitated and said, "Give me a bowl of egg noodles."

"Good!"

Shuiwa quickly got busy, kneading noodles and pulling noodles, while Pang Xuelin fried a poached egg with a small stove beside him. In less than 5 minutes, a bowl of steaming egg noodles was delivered to the old man.

The large porcelain bowl is covered with a plastic bag, which saves the trouble of washing the dishes.

Chopsticks are disposable chopsticks.

Afterwards, Pang Xuelin handed a small bottle of hot sauce and a bottle of vinegar to the old man, and said, "Master, add some hot pepper and vinegar, the taste is guaranteed not to disappoint you."

The old man nodded, took the hot sauce from Pang Xuelin, and said, "I don't want the vinegar, let's have some hot pepper."

"become."

Pang Xuelin gave the hot sauce to the other party and let the other party add it by himself.

The old man directly took out a large spoonful of hot sauce from the bottle, stirred it into the noodles and mixed it well, picked up the noodles and sucked it hard, with a satisfied expression on his face, he said, "Not bad, the spicy taste is good enough."

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Old man, are you from Hunan Province?"

The old man nodded and said: "You baby, I have been in Lancheng for almost forty years, and I don't have much accent from my hometown. Can you hear it?"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Maybe I'm a talented person. I can distinguish people from different places with different accents at once."

The old man said with a smile: "You doll, you have a big tone."

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Not only can I recognize your accent, I also know who you are?"

"Oh, who do you say I am?"

The old man asked curiously.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Old sir, you are a professor of mathematics at Lancheng University."

The old man was slightly taken aback: "You doll know me?"

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "I am honored to have listened to one of your classes, old man."

The old man was taken aback and asked curiously, "Are you a student of Lanzhou University?"

Pang Xuelin shook his head and said: "No, my elder brother and I came to Lancheng to look for work. We have been wandering around Lanzhou for the past few days to see what kind of business is better, and then sneaked into the classroom of Lanzhou to attend a few Lesson."

At this moment, Shui Wa also came to her senses and said, "Lin Wazi, I remembered, isn't this the teacher we went to attend a class at Lanzhou University two days ago?"

Immediately, he scratched his head with his hands, and said with some embarrassment: "Mr., I'm sorry I didn't recognize you just now. The main reason is that I fell asleep in class that day."

Hearing this, Pang Xuelin almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

But the old man didn't care, waved his hand, and asked curiously: "Baby, can you understand what I said in class?"

Pang Xuelin said: "You old man, do you want to listen to the truth or lies?"

"What is the truth? What is the lie?"

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "The truth is that I understand everything, and the lie is that I don't understand at all."

The old man laughed, pointed at Pang Xuelin and said, "You little guy, you are very interesting. Baby, how old are you this year?"

Knowing that the old man didn't believe what he said, Pang Xuelin said with a smile, "Seventeen."

The old man was a little surprised: "You came out to do business at a young age, your family can rest assured?"

Pang Xuelin said: "I am from Linxiong County. My parents passed away when I was young. My third uncle and third aunt adopted me. This is my eldest brother Shuiwa. Originally, my third uncle and third aunt would not let us go out. It’s us who want to come out and make money.”

The old man said with emotion: "You guys are so aggressive that you even set up a stall here at Lancheng University."

Next, the old man asked some things about Pang Xuelin's hometown, and Pang Xuelin said everything in detail.

The old man was obviously very curious about Pang Xuelin.

The seventeen-year-old boy in front of him showed a manner of speaking and maturity that was completely out of line with ordinary people. Even if he faced a university professor like himself, he did not lose the slightest bit.

But soon another guest came to the door, Pang Xuelin went to work, and the old man didn't feel bad about asking more questions, so he left directly after eating.

After getting the first and second deals, Pang Xuelin and Shuiwa got busy in the following time.

There are many teachers and students of Lancheng University who come to try their newcomers. Almost everyone gave a thumbs up after eating Pang Xuelin's ramen.

Shui Wa laughed even more from ear to ear.

It wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that the business gradually faded.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the two closed the stall on time and left.

Before leaving, Pang Xuelin carefully cleaned up the place where the stall was set up, rinsed it several times with the fresh water he brought, and then left.

Back home, Shui Wa couldn't wait to pour the dime and coins collected tonight out of the plastic bag on the table, and counted them.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces...

Ten, twenty, thirty...

"A total of one hundred and five yuan and fifty cents..."

Shui Wa looked up at Pang Xuelin, a little in disbelief.

You must know that they have no rent cost at all, and the cost of the ingredients themselves only accounts for about 50%, that is, in one night, the net profit of the two has reached 50 yuan, which is 1,500 yuan a month.

This is more than three times higher than their hard work in the county coal yard.

This is still the first day of business. Many teachers and students don't know that there is a ramen stall at the school gate.

If this continues, it is not impossible for the gross income to reach 150 per day.

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