"Kaiyun, do you think anyone will eat what we're making?"
Chen Yang had led Zhang Weiyang, Lei Baoguo, and the others off to do promotions. Beside the radio shop, Qin Yousheng and his brother Qin Youshui stood by their self-made breakfast cart, looking somewhat anxious.
This cart was something the two brothers had stubbornly hauled up from downstairs.
They had bought a charcoal stove, and now the aluminum pot was still bubbling with the tea eggs they had cooked early that morning.
Following Chen Yang's instructions, the flat-bottomed pan for the crepes had been specially made by the blacksmith. Another stove was placed beneath it. They just needed customers, and they could grab some burning coals from the side stove to start cooking the crepes.
"Haven't we tried it at home several times? Those tea eggs, anyone who eats them wants more."
"Never mind the tea eggs, even plain boiled eggs, if people can afford them, who wouldn't want to eat ten or eight of them a day."
"And these crepes, with pork cracklings and chives inside, aren't these the chive pockets we loved as kids? They also have fried eggs and diced carrots inside. They're so delicious. I bet everyone will be eager to buy them quickly, otherwise, they'll be gone later."
Qin Kaiyun looked at her two elder cousins. She actually wanted to start her own small business too.
However, she also knew that as a woman with no experience, she might not be able to achieve much on her own.
Chen Yang was genuinely helping her make money. He knew that what she needed most now was to earn money, to support herself and Xiao Taozi, and to earn enough to compensate Youtian.
Setting up a stall required capital, and she had none. Moreover, for a woman, setting up a stall wasn't easy.
Just pushing this breakfast stall from the countryside to the city would take an hour or two on the road. Commuting back and forth every day would be enough trouble for her.
And judging by the situation, helping Chen Yang sell radios, she would probably earn no less than her cousin Yousheng and Youshui in a day. What reason did she have to be unhappy?
It was just that she always felt Chen Yang had helped her too much, and she felt a little guilty. Her cousin was helping her so much, this immense favor would be hard to repay later.
Not to mention anything else, her own Xiao Taozi was currently at her second aunt's house, playing with Chen Yang's two little ones. With companions, Xiao Taozi had become much more lively.
Qin Kaiyun was genuinely grateful to Chen Yang's family.
"They're here, they're here!"
"Brother Yousheng, Brother Youshui, Sister Kaiyun, there are so many people! It's like when the commune slaughters a pig and distributes meat during the New Year. Look, everyone's here to grab things!"
Just as Qin Yousheng, Qin Youshui, and others were nervously wondering if people would like the tea eggs and crepes, Lei Baoguo led a group of people directly into the department store.
"Everyone line up, one by one. We have ample supply today, everyone will definitely be able to buy." Su Dan Novel Network
"Our Mengsheng radios are having an opening sale today. Form a group of two and enjoy a 10% discount. Not one hundred and twenty, not ninety, just twenty-seven. You can take a radio home for as little as twenty-seven yuan."
"Form a group of five and enjoy a 20% discount. You can take a radio home for as little as twenty-four yuan."
"Form a group of ten and enjoy a 30% discount. You can buy a radio for as little as twenty-one yuan, letting your neighbors listen in from their windows."
"This is for today only. After today, the price will return to normal. Don't miss this opportunity. Furthermore, we promise one year of warranty."
Lei Baoguo was already very experienced. Chen Yang's discount promotions in Feishi before were simply irresistible marketing tools.
When people heard about these discounts, they went crazy buying. They couldn't help it; free benefits were there for the taking.
"Also, anyone buying a radio today will receive a free crepe or tea egg."
"Fragrant crepes and tea eggs! Smell these pork cracklings in the crepes, they're so tempting. And these tea eggs, they've been soaking all morning, so fragrant."
Qin Yousheng, Qin Youshui, and Qin Kaiyun were extremely nervous, but Zhang Shugen wasn't nervous at all. He even started introducing his two elder cousins' breakfast stall.
"Yes, considering everyone has been queuing up since early morning, we're afraid you might get hungry. Today, anyone who buys a radio will receive a free crepe and tea egg."
"For the 30-50 yuan range, you get a tea egg. For the 50-70 yuan range, you get a crepe. For over 70 yuan, you get both a tea egg and a crepe."
Lei Baoguo, holding the tin megaphone, made everyone pause. This was something new.
In all their years alive, they had to rely on ration coupons to buy anything, and often needed connections.
But this Mengsheng radio didn't require industrial coupons, offered discounts, and now even gave away food. Many people had never seen such a spectacle in their lives.
"I, my brother-in-law and I will each get one."
"I need to listen to the sound first. Even if it's cheap, it must work. If it doesn't, we don't want it."
People immediately started lining up. Qin Kaiyun's hands were sweating with nervousness. This was her first time doing business.
"My two elder brothers, sincerity is the most important thing in doing business. If we sell it in our store, would we sell you a broken radio?"
"Here, listen. Turn on the switch, change the channel, adjust the volume. See, it's excellent."
"We provide warranty cards. As long as it's not man-made damage, we offer a one-year warranty. If the parts are not broken, it's free. If parts are broken, you just pay for the parts. We provide warranty cards."
Qin Kaiyun took a deep breath and said everything Chen Yang had taught her.
The customer at the front of the line twisted the operable switches on the radio. Seeing that it worked without problems, he then took out a handkerchief from his pocket with relief.
The handkerchief was neatly folded. He opened it corner by corner, revealing a small stack of small bills neatly placed inside. It was clear that this money had been saved through hard work.
"Brother-in-law, this is great. My sister is happy, and my fiancée will be satisfied too. We were just saying that fifty-odd yuan couldn't even buy half a radio before."
The young man accompanying the man, holding the radio, was utterly smitten with it, as if he were holding his own wife.
"Look at you. Who is your brother-in-law? Would he let his younger brother-in-law not be able to get married?"
"You need to pull yourself together, work hard and earn money. With your family's current situation, your wedding expenses have depleted it. You must live a good life from now on."
The man, holding the radio, was also happy.
When he married his wife, her parents had never made things difficult for him. Back then, he was a poor boy with nothing, and it was his father-in-law who helped him get by.
Now, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were old and couldn't earn much. His brother-in-law was getting married, and he, as an elder brother-in-law, could help him out. He felt happy. In this way, he felt he had lived up to his wife and her parents.
He had even considered borrowing money to buy his brother-in-law a radio. He never expected that the money he and his wife had saved would not only buy one for his brother-in-law but also for themselves. What reason did he have not to be happy?