Chapter 26: I will make you rich
After cooking a pot of fried noodles for Lu Xiaorong, Shen Lin came to the Ermei Restaurant on the outskirts of the factory. It was called a restaurant, but in fact it was just a big shed with a few tables outside.
Although the food here is more expensive than that in state-owned restaurants, there is one advantage: you don’t need food coupons to eat.
Shen Lin's friends usually gather here. Few of them have jobs, and even if they do, the salary is low. As long as the salary is paid, their mothers will take it back as soon as possible.
The excuse is that they are saving money for you to marry a wife.
Guangzi, Qiangzi and seven or eight other people were playing poker around a wooden table. Although they didn't win any money, they were having a great time.
"Brother Shen, you are finally here. If you didn't come, I would have starved to death." Guangzi said affectionately when he saw Shen Lin.
Shen Lin said to the proprietress who was picking vegetables: "Second sister, what delicious food do you have today?"
The second sister looked up at Shen Lin, and a trace of contempt rose in her heart. She was no stranger to Shen Lin. He was a rich and stupid man who was fooled by this group of young men.
"It's Brother Shen. Today our boss has collected two old hens and has been stewing them in the pot for the whole afternoon. How about giving you one?"
The old hens of that era were definitely a rare delicacy.
Shen Lin swallowed his saliva, waved his hand and said, "What? Bring me both, and a few side dishes."
The proprietress wiped her hands and said to Shen Lin with a half-smile: "Brother Shen, we have a small business and we have to collect money first. Otherwise, we won't even have money to buy vegetables?"
"Second sister, how can you talk like that? Do you think we brothers are freeloaders?" Guangzi stood up and shouted loudly.
In response to Guangzi's scolding, the proprietress just smiled.
Shen Lin waved his hand towards Guangzi and said, "Guangzi, don't make things difficult for the boss lady. She is a small business owner, we should be more understanding of her."
As he spoke, Shen Lin took out a large unity and handed it to the boss lady, saying, "Boss lady, if you pay more, you will get less. If you have anything delicious, just bring it over."
Looking at the big unity handed over by Shen Lin, the proprietress's glasses suddenly lit up.
She took the money and shouted happily towards the kitchen, "Boss, quickly serve the stewed chicken in a big pot and prepare some cold dishes."
In a porcelain bowl as big as a washbasin, the delicious chicken with good color, aroma and taste stimulates everyone's taste buds crazily.
Two bundles of beer tied with plastic ropes were piled in front of Shen Lin and others. Guangzi and others skillfully opened the beer caps with chopsticks, and then started eating and drinking enthusiastically.
"If it weren't for the help of my brothers this time, my tricycle wouldn't have been running so smoothly. Come, let me toast you all." Shen Lin raised the beer bottle in his hand and said with a smile.
"Thank you Shen for your kindness!"
"Isn't it my duty to help my brothers?"
Guangzi, Qiangzi and others raised their bottles and responded enthusiastically. Some even drank a whole bottle of beer in one breath.
Shen Lin drank the warm beer and secretly sighed in his heart that it would be even better if he had iced beer.
Just when Shen Lin was thinking about how to get a freezer, he saw seven or eight pairs of chopsticks falling into a large basin like tigers descending from the mountains.
"It smells so good. My second sister's husband's cooking skills are really good!"
"It would be nice if I could come here every week to have a chicken stew."
"You can't even support your wife and children with the salary you earn, and you still want to eat stewed chicken once a week. That's wishful thinking."
The young man is at an age where he loves to eat, and his stomach is low on oil and water. So in just a few minutes, the big pot of stewed chicken was reduced to a pile of chicken bones.
Shen Lin looked at the large pot with only some soup left, and was speechless for a while. He turned to the proprietress who had just brought a large plate of cold cucumbers and asked, "Any other main dishes?"
"No more. At most we just stir-fried shredded pork with peppers." The proprietress has encountered this kind of situation where everything is gone in no time. She wiped her hands and said with a smile.
But at this moment, the second sister felt that the young man in front of her seemed even dumber than before.
In the past, even if I was a rich man, I was not so willing to spend money. Now, after spending a lot of money, I still want to add more dishes.
You really have money to burn.
"Okay, then let your boss fry two more plates of shredded pork with peppers!" Shen Lin said casually.
A plate of shredded pork with chili pepper costs 60 cents, and two servings cost 1.2 yuan. Although it is not easy to make money in this era, Shen Lin, who has found a way to make money, naturally does not care about the one or two yuan.
"Brother Shen, one portion is enough." Qiangzi said immediately.
Although the others were still not satisfied, they had just eaten the stewed chicken and were embarrassed to let Shen Lin spend more money, so they all followed suit and said, "Brother Shen, I think one portion is enough."
"Brother Shen, don't ask for so much. We can't eat it all."
Shen Lin waved his hand and said, "I made some money today, so I'll treat you guys to a good meal. If you want to eat, let's eat well."
At this point, he turned to his second sister and said, "Boss, tell the boss to cook quickly."
When Guangzi heard what Shen Lin said, he said enviously: "Brother Shen, I heard that you repaired an old color TV and sold it for 600 yuan. Tsk tsk, when will I be able to have your skills!"
Shen Lin looked at Guangzi and said, "Guangzi, my craft is not difficult to learn. If you want, I can teach you later."
"However, you need to learn for at least three or two years before you can become a master."
After studying for three or two years, Guangzi felt that his teeth were a little sore. Although he envied Shen Lin's income, distant water could not quench immediate thirst!
"Brother Shen, I will definitely learn from you when I get back."
When Shen Lin was treating the guests, he actually had something in mind. He smiled and said, "We have to learn the craft step by step, but if we brothers want to make money, we can't just wait like this."
"Otherwise, we will have to eat coarse food for the next few years."
Shen Lin's words immediately aroused more resonance, and Qiangzi even said: "Brother Shen, I used to think that you were similar to us."
"But after listening to what Xu Gongan said today, I realized that the gap between you and me is really too big."
"Brother Shen, now that you have made a fortune, why don't you help your brothers make some money as well?"
"Of course there is no problem with that." Shen Lin smiled and said, "Brothers, if you are interested, you can go to the community to recycle second-hand old appliances that people can't use."
"I can't give you more than that, but I can give you a reference price. I'll give you two dollars for a second-hand radio, ten dollars for a second-hand black-and-white TV, and five dollars for a second-hand tape recorder..."
