Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 84: Sister Fang's lunch box at Juhuasuan
With the help of the workers who built their house, Fang Jie's lunch boxes became a hit in the local area.
Brother Wu, the contractor, carried a large basket full of hot buns when he got off work. When others asked him why he bought so many buns, Brother Wu, who loved to show off, kept boasting to others how delicious the buns from Hu Qiongfang's family were.
The most important thing is that these buns are not only rich in fat but also inexpensive.
"If you don't like steamed buns, just go to her house at noon and eat lunch!"
"Let me tell you, the lunch boxes at Sister Qiongfang's house taste absolutely amazing."
"Two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and enough rice for you to eat. It's two yuan a portion. It's cheaper than what I cook at home. I have to take my two kids to her house to eat lunch tomorrow."
The surrounding neighbors were immediately shocked.
What kind of family is this? A family of three buys lunch boxes every day?
Looking at Brother Wu's physique and thinking about how much his family eats, the neighbors couldn't help but begin to sympathize with Hu Qiongfang, who was selling boxed lunches at a stall.
Maybe she doesn't know how much the people in Brother Wu's family can eat?
I heard that when the three of them were at home, a big pot of rice was not enough for the three of them.
With this appetite, it’s no wonder that Brother Wu said that Hu Qiongfang’s family’s two-dollar lunch box is “very cost-effective”.
How can it not be cost-effective?
The two boys in his family can make their money back just by eating rice.
However, since someone like Brother Wu who often eats at other people’s homes can praise her lunch boxes for being delicious, could it be that the food at this newly opened lunch box stall is really delicious?
"That's pretty good, okay? I wanted to go and support my sisters at noon, but I was a step too late, and all the more than 100 lunch boxes were sold out. If you want to eat, you'd better hurry up tomorrow." Wang Chunjuan was casually promoting business to her sisters.
She deliberately didn't tell them that although she didn't get the lunch box, the proprietress was her sister, so if she wanted to eat the food cooked by Hu Qiongfang, wouldn't it be just a matter of asking?
With the endorsement of the “locals”, at noon the next day, some local “foodies” came to eat on time, before the bus stopped for lunch.
A box lunch at two yuan is indeed a bit more expensive than other places. Other places only sell a box lunch with two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes for one yuan and fifty cents.
But, as Jiang Tian said, the price difference is just a few cents, so unless you are a particularly stingy person, you may not care too much about it.
Moreover, in the catering industry, to be honest, you get what you pay for. You will know whether the food is delicious or not after trying it once.
Not to mention that they use different ingredients. Even if they use the same ingredients, one is a housewife who can only cook home cooking, and the other is a seasoned chef. Just think about it and you will know which one will cook better.
This was a big deal, and "Sister Fang's lunch" gained a few more loyal fans.
The lunch boxes at this restaurant look different from those at other restaurants near the provincial road. Not only are they delicious, but even the vegetarian dishes are greasy and don't look bland at all.
Ordinary people of that era lived frugally in their daily lives, and most of them were short of oil and water. Many families could not even bear to eat the simplest rice with lard. Only when their children scored 100 points in the exam, or when their husbands were too tired from work, would they make a bowl of rice with lard for them to make up for the shortfall.
Look at this "Sister Fang's lunch box". Even if you only order a vegan lunch box for one dollar, the boss will be very generous and will give you two spoonfuls of soup from the meat dishes.
Two spoonfuls of vegetable soup mixed with soy sauce, lard and rapeseed oil would be thrown away as leftovers after more than ten years.
But now, you need to say a few nice words to the boss to get these delicious dishes.
Mix the vegetable soup with rice, then eat it with the fragrant and salty steamed salted fish with dried tofu and the steamed eggplant with garlic that melts in your mouth. The whole meal will leave your mouth full of oil.
There were also people who were reluctant to buy the two-yuan lunch box at first, but when they saw others eating it with relish, they couldn't help themselves and paid one more yuan to ask Jiang Tian to add two meat dishes.
It turns out that this extra dollar is well spent!
Just talking about the fried bacon with green peppers, they often eat it at home, but the taste is definitely not as good as this one.
What's even more outrageous is that the lady boss who sells lunch boxes today seems to have learned something clever. In addition to the one- and two-piece lunch boxes, she also put two more aluminum pots on the stall, one of which contained fried and then braised pork belly, and the other contained braised bean curd sheets and braised eggs.
These two are not included in the lunch box price, you have to buy them separately if you want to eat them.
The braised pork belly is as big as a palm and is sold at 80 cents a piece.
A portion of braised bean curd sheets is a large piece stacked together, and like the braised eggs, it costs 30 cents per portion. If you buy two, you can get a cheaper price of 50 cents.
Of course, if you buy a portion of pork belly and a portion of braised bean curd sheets, you can get it cheaper, with both items costing one dollar.
At first, Hu Qiongfang didn't understand why her daughter set the prices like that. But when she started selling lunch boxes, many people asked about the prices and bought at least two items. Hu Qiongfang felt like she understood something.
She suffered because she was not reborn, and did not know that there was a magical online shopping promotion method in later generations called "discounts for purchases over a certain amount".
In her previous life, Jiang Tian suffered from this. She just wanted to buy two T-shirts when she opened the shopping app, but she found that she could get a 300 yuan discount for every 200 yuan she spent. Because she was greedy for a bargain, she spent several hours picking out a bunch of random things.
Sure enough, the promotional methods that deceived countless online shoppers in later generations were still very effective in the 1980s.
However, the braised soup prepared by Jiang Tian herself tastes really delicious.
Many people had already bought lunch boxes with two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, but when they went to get their meals, they saw the braised pork belly soaked in broth and rich sauce, and their mouths watered.
In the end, he suppressed his heartache, took out another dollar from his pocket, and asked for another piece of braised pork belly and one piece of braised bean curd sheets.
Jiang Tian is very skillful in serving rice. When serving the pork belly, she even scooped half a spoonful of soup and poured it on the pork belly.
Now, the person who bought a lunch box for one dollar next to him couldn't sit still anymore.
Although I am reluctant to eat the two-yuan box lunch, but if I add 80 cents more, I can eat such a big piece of greasy braised pork belly, and then mix some soup with rice. The taste is no worse than paying for a share of the meal.
They were enjoying the meal so much that someone even came to ask Hu Qiongfang if she had any loose liquor for sale in the store.
Jiang Tian patted his forehead.
How could she forget such an important thing ?
What is the most profitable thing for a restaurant business ? It may not be the food in the restaurant, but also the drinks.
The lunch boxes had just been sold out at noon. In the afternoon, Jiang Tian found Wang Chunjuan and asked her to introduce him to the owner of a winery in the town. She bought two jars of loose liquor and put them on sale in the store.
