The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

By the end of the meal, the bowl of cold noodles was empty because everyone had finished it all, but everyone seemed a little reluctant to leave. If there was more cold noodles, they felt they could have eaten another big bowl.

Zhou Dahe was even more exaggerated, saying that everyone was heartless and made delicious food at home without waiting for him. Fortunately, he came back in time, otherwise he would have missed the delicious food, blah blah...

This made the adults feel guilty. With the delicious food in front of them, everyone, including Zhou's mother, forgot about him.

Chen Xiuying thought the cold noodles would be popular, but she didn't expect them to be so popular that not a single drop of them would remain. She quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "The sea jelly will be ready for you tomorrow morning. It's just as delicious as the cold noodles. I'll mix some for you then."

When Zhou Dahe heard that there would be delicious food tomorrow morning, he fell silent.

Chen Xiuying took this opportunity to ask everyone: "Everyone has eaten Liangpi, how does it taste?

If we sell this, is that okay?"

She never planned to sell the house herself. How hard would it be to make money?

Unity is strength, and at this time we must all work together.

When they heard that she was asking about whether we should sell it or not, everyone had different expressions.

Zhang and Li's eyes lit up. "My sister-in-law is so nice! She even thinks about us when she makes money. We must unwaveringly follow in her footsteps."

Zhou's mother was thinking: "As expected of a scholar's daughter, I have good taste in picking a daughter-in-law like Chen. Look, when it comes to making money, the first thing she thinks of is this big family, not her own small one. What a vision!"

Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe were thinking about how much a portion of such delicious cold noodles would cost if sold in the town, and they never thought about whether they could sell it.

Zhou's mother said first, "This cold noodle is really delicious! But I see you've been preparing spices and chili oil all afternoon, and you have to wash and steam the noodles. It's quite tiring. How much can you make in a day? Will it be enough to sell?"

Zhou Dahai also said: "There are quite a lot of seasonings. The overall cost must be quite high, right?"

Chen Xiuying asked Zhou Sisi to go back to the house to get paper and pen, and said, "How about this, I'll ask Dajiang to write it down, and we can calculate the appropriate selling price."

In fact, Chen Xiuying had already roughly calculated the price in her mind, but she still wanted to calculate it again in front of everyone to avoid disagreements in the future.

After all, there is a saying that goes, relatives settle accounts clearly, and father and son keep their finances separate.

Zhou Sisi took out a pen and paper and handed them to Zhou Dajiang. There was nothing she could do because Zhou Dajiang was the only educated person in the family.

Chen Xiuying began to calculate, "I used two pounds of flour to make cold noodles. The price of each pound of flour is eight cents, and I made about eighty pieces of cold noodles.

About one or two taels of garlic were used. One pound of garlic is fourteen cents, and one or two taels is one and a half cents. The prepared garlic water can be used to make about one hundred pieces of cold skin.

Next I want to talk about the seasoning part, which is more complicated to calculate.

First, I ground half a pound of dried chili peppers, but I only used half of it this time. One pound of chili peppers costs forty cents.

Two pounds of rapeseed oil were used, and one pound cost twenty cents.

In addition, I used about one or two taels of white sesame seeds in the chili oil, and one or two taels is four cents.

The spice part should be divided into two parts, one for chili oil and the other for making the sauce. Each part is about one penny. The spices in the chili oil cannot be reused, but the chili oil fried each time can be used to make 200 pieces of cold skin.

The spices in the sauce can be reused five times. Each time, the sauce can be used to make 40 pieces of cold noodles. This means that the sauce made with one penny of spices can be used to make a total of 200 pieces of cold noodles.

In addition, I added one ounce of fragrant vinegar and half a ounce of white sugar to the sauce. To make five servings of sauce, I would need five ounces of fragrant vinegar and two and a half ounces of white sugar. The fragrant vinegar costs eight cents per pound, and the white sugar costs twenty cents per pound."

After Chen Xiuying finished her recollection, she looked at Zhou Dajiang.

Zhou Dajiang was sweating profusely. "Wife, my memory is a bit messy. Let me sort it out again."

Chen Xiuying slapped her head speechlessly, "I said you write it,

Calculated based on a maximum quantity of 200 pieces of Liangpi:

I need five pounds of flour, which costs eight cents per pound, so I need forty cents.

Garlic costs two taels, fourteen cents per pound, so it costs two cents and eighteen cents.

The chili peppers cost two and a half taels, and one pound costs forty wen, so two and a half taels is ten wen.

One liang of white sesame seeds is worth twenty wen and half a jin, so one liang is worth four wen.

Two pounds of rapeseed oil, twenty cents per pound, I'll need forty cents.

Two cents of spices, one hundred and twenty wen per liang, two cents is twenty-four wen.

Five liang of fragrant vinegar, eight cents per catty, so it costs four cents.

Two and a half taels of sugar, twenty cents per pound, so five cents.

In summary, the cost of raw materials for 200 pieces of cold noodles is about 129.8 wen. Based on 130 wen, the cost price of each piece of cold noodles is 0.65 wen.

Because I don't have a suitable steaming tray at home, I use a small basin to make it. One bowl of cold skin requires about one and a half sheets. If I use a steaming tray, I can make one sheet for one bowl of cold skin, which is 1.5 times the size of the current one. The cost of one sheet is about one penny.

Chen Xiuying calculated a lot, and everyone except Zhou Dajiang and Zhou Sisi was confused. They only knew that the final conclusion was that a bowl of cold noodles cost one penny.

Chen Xiuying continued, "Now that we have calculated the raw material prices, let's calculate the labor costs.

Washing and steaming the noodles, grinding the spices, frying the chili oil, boiling the water, making the garlic water, and mixing the cold noodles all require labor. Assuming two people work, each person adds a penny, so each cold noodle costs three pennies. I haven't even counted the cucumbers and cilantro from the garden; if I sell them, that'll have to be deducted from the proceeds."

Zhou's mother took over and said, "Okay, although everyone can eat for free, if you want to sell it as food, just give me the current market price for vegetables, and I will sell them as vegetables.

As for cold noodles, now the market price is two cents for a steamed bun, three cents for a vegetable bun, and four cents for a meat bun.

Your cold noodles are spicy and refreshing, perfect for summer. It's also good now since the weather is still quite hot.

I think it should be okay for five cents."

Zhou Dajiang interrupted: "I think it can be higher."

Chen Xiuying thought for a moment and said, "I want to sell them separately. The dough and seasoning will be charged separately. If you buy the dough alone, it's four wen per sheet. If you add the seasoning and mix it with the vegetables, it's seven wen per portion. I can also sell the chili oil separately. Two pounds of chili oil will cost eight hundred wen."

Zhou Sisi was calculating nearby, secretly criticizing her mother: "How ruthless! The chili oil costs only 60 or 70 wen, and she's selling it for ten times the price. Who would buy it?"

"Is it too high?" Zhou's mother didn't understand, but judging from the unit price alone, she was worried that it was too high and couldn't be sold.

Zhou Dajiang understood his wife's thinking and explained on her behalf: "No.

First of all, the recipe of this chili oil is quite complicated, and most people can’t create this aroma. This alone makes it unique on the market.

Moreover, this chili oil can not only be used to mix with cold noodles, but also with any other dishes, and it is very fragrant.

Those who come back to buy your food must be people who have high taste requirements and are not short of money. If you sell it too cheaply, they will think it is not worth the price.

Another thing is that the higher the price of chili oil, the more affordable our cold noodles are. How can they not be affordable when they contain such expensive chili oil?

Chen Xiuying didn't think as much as Zhou Dajiang. In fact, what she was thinking was that she could teach her elder sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law how to make cold noodles later, but the chili oil ingredient was too much and others couldn't master it for the time being, so she had to make it.

If she does it, the labor cost will be higher.

However, Zhou Dajiang's unexpected explanation is also very good.