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Chapter 389: Aren't you interested in money?
Chapter 389: Aren't you interested in money?
Great-Grandfather agreed with Grandmother, and he chuckled, "That's true. I never imagined that running a convenience store could be so profitable. This is much better than going out to work for others."
Grandmother's face lit up with joy, "Indeed! In the past, we'd work ourselves to the bone all day and earn only two yuan, but now, in just ten minutes, we've made over three yuan."
He Xinghuan added, "Didn't we already know that doing business is more profitable than working for others? Even selling small fish earns more than working!"
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Of course, doing business is more lucrative than working for others. But initially, you need to invest a large sum of money. If business is slow, you might even lose money. However, opening a convenience store at the school is different; you have a stable customer base, so you don't need to worry. You might not make a fortune, and it may take longer to recoup the investment, but it's definitely better than working for others."
Great-Grandfather had paid a year's rent for this convenience store in one go. Including the cost of purchasing goods, ordering shelves, and renovations, he had spent around one thousand yuan in total, which wasn't a small amount.
The rent alone accounted for four hundred yuan, with a monthly rent of thirty yuan and an additional fifty yuan as a deposit.
Moreover, during this era, not many people could afford to invest a thousand yuan to open a convenience store.
Grandmother laughed, "Earning over three yuan in just ten minutes, is that not enough? This is already a lot! We're very content."
Great-Grandfather nodded, "Indeed, I'm also very satisfied! This morning, there were two break times and one dismissal time. And that doesn't include the afternoon break time. If we could earn three yuan every ten minutes, we'd make almost twenty yuan in a day."
Jiang Xia said, "Many students have already bought snacks, so there might be fewer during the remaining break times. But I estimate there will be more students before the afternoon classes."
Great-Grandfather chuckled, "That's true. With two cents in their pockets, these kids probably can't wait to spend it all!"
Grandmother said, "Earning three to five yuan a day is already more than enough for me."
"Yes, earning three to five yuan a day is enough for me too."
...
In the midst of their conversation, forty-five minutes passed quickly, and one by one, the children started running into the convenience store again.
The four of them got busy again, though to be precise, only three of them were actively working while Jiang Xia sat there, collecting money from the children who came to her with their purchases.
Indeed, there were fewer children than before the morning classes.
But there were still quite a few, totaling thirty to forty students.
The town's primary school was larger than the village school, with five classes and around forty students in each class. With six grades in total, the entire school had approximately twelve hundred students. These twelve hundred students were the potential customers, and while it was unlikely that every student had pocket money every day, it was still very possible that two to three hundred students would have pocket money daily.
Many town residents had higher incomes than those in the village, and they were more willing to give their children pocket money.
This was why Jiang Xia suggested that Great-Grandfather open the convenience store at the town's primary school instead of the village school.
The village school could also be profitable, but it only had two classes per grade, resulting in significantly less customer traffic.
After all, the town wasn't far away. It only took about ten minutes to ride a bicycle home for lunch during the midday dismissal, and the round trip took just half an hour, leaving enough time for an afternoon nap.
During the first break, they sold over two yuan and made around one yuan in profit.
In the second break, fewer children came to buy snacks, but there were still over ten of them. They sold three jiao and earned two jiao in profit.
Next was dismissal time, and the number of students increased again, quickly filling up the entire convenience store.
About twenty minutes later, the small store finally cleared out of students.
The four of them counted the money again, organized the goods, and during the dismissal time, they made over two dollars, earning around one dollar and fifty cents.
They earned about six dollars in the morning.
Jiang Xia said, "Based on today's morning sales, we can estimate a monthly profit of around two hundred dollars. With the winter and summer breaks, it'll probably take almost a year to break even."
Great-Grandmother laughed and said, "That's great too! The main thing is that this job is easy, suitable for us old folks."
They worked for ten minutes and rested for forty-five minutes.
Of course, during these forty-five minutes, they also needed to sweep the floor and organize the goods. While counting the money, these tasks were still much lighter than Great-Grandfather's house construction work, and they earned more too.
After tidying up the shop, the four of them left the small store and went out to eat.
As they reached the school gate, they ran into Li Xiuxian and Zhou Ying, who were about to head home.
Upon seeing Jiang Xia, Zhou Ying happily shouted, "Auntie!"
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Second Sister, Yingying, it's dismissal time!"
Li Xiuxian glanced at Jiang Xia. She was quite diligent in helping others with their work!
She asked them to bring her father and big brother along for fishing, but they wouldn't even wait an hour!
Great-Grandmother smiled and said, "Xian, we're just about to go out for a meal. Let's go together! Since the small store is opening today, let's celebrate with a meal."
Li Xiuxian, wanting to find out more about the small store, smiled and said, "The small store's opening is a good thing. In that case, I won't be polite. Let's go and share in the joy."
This morning, when the small store opened, she had come to the school early and saw many students inside and outside the store.
During every break, she intentionally paid attention to the small store and noticed that each time, many students would rush to buy snacks. There were also many during dismissal time.
Even Zhou Ying came to her office to ask for money to buy snacks from the small store, but she didn't give her any.
With so many students buying from the small store, Li Xiuxian wondered how much they had earned.
Great-Grandfather said, "Why be polite? Let's go! Call Ah Sen and let's go to the state-owned restaurant for a meal."
Li Xiuxian replied, "He's probably eating at the unit's canteen. Usually, he eats at the canteen before heading home."
Recently, Zhou Chengsen had been giving her the cold shoulder, and it had been several days since they last spoke.
Great-Grandmother smiled and said, "No need to be polite. Let's go back to the village for dinner tonight. We can celebrate at our place. You remember to call him to come back with you later."
Li Xiuxian felt this was an opportunity for reconciliation, so she smiled and said, "Alright, I'll call him after dinner."
Then, Li Xiuxian asked, "I saw many students buying things at the small store this morning. The business seems good. Did you make a lot of money?"
Great-Grandfather was an honest man, and he laughed, "Haha, the business is indeed good. We earned about six dollars this morning, much better than working outside."
Li Xiuxian was stunned. Six dollars in one morning? That would be over ten dollars a day!
That would be two to three hundred dollars a month!
Even more than what the couple earned combined!
Is running a small store this profitable? Li Xiuxian started to regret her decision.
If she had known the small store would be so lucrative, she would have agreed to Jiang Xia's suggestion and let her parents run a store too!
Li Xiuxian glanced at Jiang Xia.
Why didn't Jiang Xia mention such high earnings earlier?
(End of Chapter)
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