Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Seeing that those stores were in good locations and had cheap prices, Yuanchun readily took out a stack of money and bought all eight stores.

Each of the four brothers has a room under his name.

Yuanchun registered the remaining four rooms under her own name.

The store cost 260 yuan each. Yuanchun originally promised to give each of her four brothers 500 yuan as starting capital for their business. After buying the store, Yuanchun gave each of her four brothers 240 yuan.

The business they wanted to do was not big, so two hundred and forty dollars was not enough.

Wang Hongjun only took 40 yuan, "Yuanchun, we can make steamed buns to sell. We only need to buy a bag of flour, a pot and a few steamers. It won't cost much."

"Yuanchun, I don't need so much money. Eggs are five cents each, and chickens are two yuan each. How can I spend more than two hundred yuan? I... I can borrow another hundred yuan and that will be enough."

"Yuanchun, I sell pickles and only buy a few vegetables. Forty yuan is enough for me."

Brother Wang only took forty.

Brother Wang waved his hand and said, "Little sister, you make braised food and sell it. Your sister-in-law and I are just helping you out. I won't lend you any money. Just pay me and your sister-in-law a salary."

"We agreed that we will be partners and we will contribute half of the capital each." Yuanchun stuffed all the money in their pockets. "Okay, don't refuse. We agreed before that each person would pay 500 yuan. Now buying a store is also considered an investment. I will deduct the money for the store and give you the rest. If you can't use it, you can keep it for expanding the store or business when you make money in the future."

"For example, brother, you can start by buying steamed buns. When you make money, you can change it into a breakfast shop, selling porridge, noodles, wontons, or a small restaurant, and you can make more money."

"Third brother, you can go to the village to collect goods, and then you can turn it into a grocery store and sell everything. You can also let the villagers collect the goods, and then you can collect the goods from them, raise the price by one or two cents, and let them make a little profit from the price difference, but it will save you the time of running around the countryside. You can think about going to the city to buy some goods from the factories to sell, such as towels, toothpaste, soap and other daily necessities. As long as you can get the goods, you can sell them all."

"Brother, you can sell pickles, but you can also sell other things, such as salted duck eggs, frozen pears, frozen tofu... There are more dishes on the table than just pickles. You can sell all kinds of dishes as long as you can get them."

"Even if you can't get vegetables for the time being, when summer comes, every household in our village will have more vegetables than they can eat, and you can go back to the village to buy them and sell them."

"There are also fruits, second brother. As long as you are diligent, you can get a lot of supplies. Who in our village doesn't have fruit trees? In the past, those that couldn't be eaten were given away. If you spend money to buy them, they will sell them to you even if they are reluctant to eat them."

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Yuanchun's chatter was like a skylight opened before the eyes of the four Wang brothers. They could see farther and think more.

That afternoon, the brothers and sisters cleaned up several stores.

Afterwards, they went to the market to inquire about the price of flour steamers and pig heads. The brothers and sisters found that there were many people setting up stalls at the entrance of the market. They were all city dwellers who sold things they didn’t need at home, such as teacups, thermoses, porcelain basins, stoves, and cauldrons…

These things do not require tickets and are sold at a higher price than the supply and marketing cooperatives.

Since Third Brother Wang was going to open a grocery store, he secretly went from store to store to inquire about prices so that he could have a rough idea of ​​the prices.

Wang Hongjun bought a big pot, Yuanchun bought two big pots, a big stove, and several colorful porcelain basins.