Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 112: Pick a Cook
Lin Yan thought for a moment, "How about all three of you come at noon today, and each cook a dish. Then the workers will decide whoever cooks the best, and that person will be the one to stay. Well, if you only cook for three people, that's 15 yuan a month. If there are many scavengers who take the goods, we can increase it as appropriate."

Don't mention that Uncle Xia costs 18 yuan a month just to sleep here. If something is lost, he will have to compensate according to the proportion. Anyway, it costs 18 yuan a month, if there is no guarantee that the things will not be lost. Lin Yan thinks it is a good deal!
"Ah, do we have to cook for those garbage collectors?" The three young wives' focus was not on Uncle Xia.

Lin Yan nodded, "Yes, think about it or not."

As they were talking, the villagers from the family that had borrowed the ladder came over with eggs and vegetables. These past few days, Lin Yan had tried to buy vegetables and eggs from her family. After all, they had borrowed the ladder. And the two families were so close, maybe they would have to deal with each other in other ways.

When the food was brought over, she took out a scale to weigh it, but she didn't pay in front of the Party Secretary and the three cooks.

The secretary said, "It's okay. Who wouldn't know what's going on? No one cares about these things now. Besides, in those ten years, farmers could also bring their leftovers to the market to exchange for other things."

Although they say they are exchanging, most of them are not for money. After all, bartering is too troublesome, and money, a general equivalent, is more convenient to use.

Otherwise, it would be so troublesome to change a box of matches or a bag of salt. You would have to go through this several times!
Lin Yan quickly gave the money to the other party.

Among the cooks, there was a woman named Sister Wei who rolled her eyes. If she still cooked for the garbage collector, oh no, the scavenger, she would need to buy more vegetables. If she became a cook, she could buy them from her own family.

Previously, this family had the advantage of location, being able to conveniently sell vegetables and eggs. Her family had the advantage of people.

So he readily stated, "Teacher Lin, I have no problem cooking for the scavengers."

The other two thought about it and thought, wouldn't it be the same no matter who they were cooking for? They also said quickly, "I have no problem with that either."

Lin Yan nodded, "Then come in and take a look at what dishes are available for lunch, and think about what to make. Well, the one who cooks the best will be hired, and the other two will also receive 20 cents as a reward for their hard work."

After a comparison at noon, the three employees all agreed that the dishes cooked by Wei Saozi were the best. Lin Yan decided on Wei Saozi and gave the other two 20 cents each. 20 cents is not a wasted trip.

Moreover, all three of them said that Sister Wei's dishes were the best, which was considered fair competition. There was no need to hold a grudge if she lost.

Today is August 6th. Mr. Gao bought paper for writing couplets and banners at home and was preparing to write them. Of course, this was also the stuff Fang Mingche ordered from him.

The first line is: Collect all the unused things in the world, process them and reuse them; the second line is: Buy the waste products in the world and turn them into treasures.

Banner: Recycling.

Try to be as clear and understandable as possible.

The total processing cost of this set of banners and couplets is 50 cents. It's not the Spring Festival now, and the supply and marketing cooperatives don't sell this. Even if they sell it, they won't write this.

When Fang Mingche came back from closing his stall, Teacher Gao took it over. The two of them settled the payment and had a pleasant cooperation.

Teacher Gao saw that Fang Mingche was a little unhappy, "Is it still about whether he can go to Normal University?"

Fang Mingche nodded. "Before the results came out, I was worried. Besides, I was a little tired after working all day. I could only smile in front of customers, but I didn't want to smile when I got home. You are not an outsider, so I am too lazy to treat you with a business attitude." "Your case is indeed not very reliable. Fortunately, the results should be out soon."

"Ah."

Lin Yan came back and told Fang Mingche about Zhu Dahai's behavior these days, "I think he is not doing things seriously. He has ideas, but he can't just slack off while getting paid. We are self-employed, not like state-owned or collective factories, where people can be like this."

Fang Mingche nodded, "Let me communicate with him. I can't just kill him without teaching him!"

If Zhu Dahai doesn't want to do it, there are four educated youth who have returned to the city waiting for vacancies.

However, besides Song Quan, Zhu Dahai was the first one to work with the couple. If he was fired, it would also make others feel disappointed. Of course, leaving him alone would not work either. It would be difficult to lead the team in the future.

Therefore, managing people is really a big deal! It must be done properly.

Lin Yan said: "After the communication, if he still has this work attitude, I tend to fire him. Otherwise, others will follow suit. As for whether he will compete with me in selling vegetables and eggs in the future, it's up to him. But people near the scrap yard probably won't sell to him. He has to find another place to go."

She is now eager to start a business. She also wants to start a business that can make money. Selling vegetables and eggs requires relatively little investment. And as long as the products sell well, she can definitely make money by selling at a low profit but in large quantities.

She thought about it and decided that she could ask Xiao Xie to sell eggs in front of the hospital, or she could find a few more people to sell vegetables and eggs near the market.

As for Lao Cui's restaurant, we can try to reach a long-term cooperation. Anyway, his family has to ride a tricycle to the black market to buy vegetables and meat every day. I can provide him with fresh ones every day.

As for transportation, we let the employees who ride tricycles to do it and give them extra hard work fees.

The purchase is also easy, just collect it at the scrap yard. Later, you can ask Sister Wei to do it and give her some extra money. In this way, the cost is really less.

If she succeeds, she can even open a small stall. Nowadays, there are vegetable and fruit stalls on the street.

If the scrap yard is still subsidizing her, she can even use the money she earns from the vegetable stall to make up for it. This is more fulfilling than just helping Mingche with the tea stall.

Fang Mingche was naturally happy that she was so enthusiastic about doing business. Moreover, the vegetable stall was indeed feasible. The village was far away and had no means of transportation to transport the vegetables to the city for sale, so they rode their bicycles back and forth every day.

He nodded. "Okay, okay. Once the scrap yard business is on track, you can start working on this. Once this is on track, school will start soon. I'll go find Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan to find out the situation. There's hot water in the pot, take a bath first."

Yanyan has been following her father to the stall these past two days. It's the hottest time of the year anyway, and the stall is closer. She thought going to the scrap yard was a little bit interesting, so she followed him.

As for going out in the dog days of summer, the little girl didn't think it was hard. She vaguely remembered that no matter whether it was hot or cold, it seemed that some people had to go to the fields to work.

But when she went to the stall, she always thought about the ice cream, popsicles, and mung bean cakes on the stall next to her. Ice cream was five cents each, and popsicles and mung bean cakes were ten cents each.

(End of this chapter)