Blissful Days After Widowhood

    But now Shiweitian has a takeaway department, it is a waste to just sell iced drinks, Gu Yin thought about letting them help with takeaway.

    No matter how fast the child's footsteps are, Gu Yin went to trouble Feng Carpenter again and made a small scooter for each of them.

    It is a car faucet plus a pole, which is connected to a standing skateboard and four wheels below, and a card slot is set on each standing board, just enough to hold a small wooden box stuck on it.

    Feng Carpenter has made a walker for people. The structure of this scooter is simpler than that of a walker, and the principle is similar. He is very familiar with it, and I don't know if it is because he has been "squeezed" by Gu Yin more recently, his hands and feet with his ten children are getting faster and faster.

    When the Dragon Boat Festival Temple Fair ends, ten scooters will be ready for a total of five taels of silver.

    And there is such a novelty to play, the children say they are willing to help even without wages.

    Gu Yin certainly won't give them money. Like later generations, the takeaway fee is determined according to the distance. The nearest one is a cent, and the farther is three cents. It is the hard-earned money of the children, and Gu Yin will not squeeze it, so as much as the delivery fee should be, the children will be given as much as possible, and each child will be provided with a meal and a glass of iced drink every day.

    Of course, because there is no telephone and network, it is definitely not possible to order takeaway in real time. You need to book in advance on the food for the day, and pay the takeaway fee on the spot. The two cents in the bento box do not need to be given, and they will be collected at the door when the meal is delivered the next day.

    A man who goes out to work in summer is too lazy to move his nest and can deal with it casually, but his wife and children still have to eat.

    In this era, all people burn wood. In this weather, it is no different to follow the stove in the stove. Even if it is the simplest meal, you will sweat all over. Not to mention cleaning the table and washing the dishes, which are all tedious and trivial tasks.

    The food is cheap. If you order a vegetarian bento, two vegetarian dishes are a main dish or a bowl of cold skin with side dishes, which is only five cents. If you want to eat meat, it is more convenient - the meat stalls are all large steel scales, not the small ones like drugstores, too little meat will not be cut. If you cut one more meal, you will not be able to eat it, and you will not be able to let go of two meals. But you don't have to worry about that when you eat a bento.

    Although it costs a few cents for one serving, the weight is absolutely the same as the one in the store. Women and children with smaller appetites will be satisfied with one serving.

    Even if you add a 1 cent delivery fee, which is 6 cents, it is not much more expensive than buying food and cooking by yourself, and most people can afford it.

    So at the beginning of the delivery service, many people came to order, as long as you clarify your taboos and preferences, and then pay for the meal and delivery fee in advance, and then wait at home for someone to deliver food to you done.

    The delivery service officially started after the temple fair. Gu Yin was afraid that the children would suffer from heat stroke, and explained that they should stop immediately if they felt uncomfortable.

    But these children are very skinny. Even if they don’t do these jobs, they have to play outside all day. No one has ever felt uncomfortable when sliding up and the wind blowing on them.

    There were originally ten children in total, but Song Shiliu had her original job as a clerk, and Wu An had to go to school every day, so two numbers were vacated.

    Since Gu Yin has delegated power to Gu Ye, she will also let him make the decision. Later, Gu Ye mentioned everyone's number in the premise, and then searched for two newcomers.

    Before the lunch market started, the children of the takeaway department were dispatched.

    They play nearby every day, and they are familiar with the routes one by one.

    For those a little further away, Gu Ye personally delivered them—there was no place in the whole town that he was unfamiliar with.

    In order to make it easier to confirm each other's orientation, Gu Yin prepared a bell for everyone and hung it on the faucet of the car.

    The residential area in the summer afternoon is extremely quiet, only the noise of cicadas can be heard.

    As soon as the crisp bell rings, the guest knows that it is the child who eats the food to deliver the meal.

    Some guests gave the children a code name, called Little Bell.

    Guests not only order meals, but also ice drinks. Gu Yin usually prepares a few more copies in the children's boxes, in case they accidentally spill it, as a substitute.

    But they are all the children selected by Gu Ye, who are playing scooters one by one, no one has ever been so careless, and the roads in the town center are also well repaired, not to mention bento, They haven't even spilled the drink, so they will sell all those bentos and drinks.

    There is no need to take the initiative to sell, customers will go out when they hear the bell and ask if there are unbooked bentos and ice drinks for sale.

    Bentos and ice drinks sold in this way also cost an extra penny, which is also the children's own income. The two cents for the bento box and the drink cup are also given separately, but everyone knows that it is very refreshing to return the lunch box and the cup for money, and no one will think that this is an expense.

      Can have as little as ten cents of money, as much as twenty or thirty cents of income.

    This afternoon, the children were all eating for the sky, and the bell at the door rang.

    Gu Yin had set aside meals for them all, and invited them to sit down to eat.

    After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Gu Ye came back last - he was in charge of the delivery in the farthest area, and naturally came back the latest.

    When he just parked the scooter at the door, the children all stood up and shouted "Ye Ge" one after another.

    Gu Ye walked up to Gu Yin first, asked his mother to help with the box and wiped the sweat, then took a cup of iced drink and took a few sips, then turned his head and said to the children: "Sit down, Have a meal!"

    Hearing his order, the children gulps.

    Gu Yin wants to laugh every time she sees him, a pretentious old cadre, but she doesn't show it in front of people. After the children have finished eating, the wages for the day are calculated. After returning home, he said to Gu Ye privately, "Why did you take all the orders from Yuanyuan?"

    Gu Ye said while grilling the rice: "They can't do it, I can do it, and they think I'm amazing and convinced me."

    Gu Yin looked at him funny. Now she will not be surprised, just like she has a talent for learning to cook, Wu An has a talent for memory, and the little brat's understanding of people's hearts is another kind of talent.

    "Furthermore, a quarter of an hour for one penny, and two quarters of an hour for three penny, it's not a loss!"

    When Wang shi heard this, he couldn't help laughing next to him: "This little money fan looks like, no one else will believe it if it's not your own!"

    Gu Ye followed with his eyes, "It was originally from my mother."

    Gu Ye also finished his meal soon, he no longer wandered outside, but went back to Zhenyi Lane to find Xiu Mu's Guan or Li to learn martial arts.

    In the past, I only studied for half a day in the morning, but now I study for half a morning, and then I come to eat for the day to work, and I have a meal in the afternoon to go back to school without stopping. , and then learn to read and settle accounts with Wu An in the evening. The itinerary is more crowded than adults.

    Wang was distressed to see that he had lost a lot of weight recently, and privately told him there was no need to work so hard.

    He didn't feel that it was hard, but persuaded Wang to say: "Mother is also tired, what am I?"

    Mother and son compete with each other as a model worker. By the end of May, Gu Yinyi calculated that because of the addition of delivery services, the so-called off-season did not affect her business. There are still two or three a day. The gross profit of two silvers.

    The delivery of the pre-ordered bento is only a one-off. The children also bring the sold bento boxes and drink cups, which are all to be returned. Once they come, they must stay for a meal.

    Since then, the reputation of Shiweitian's little bell became more and more popular, and customers in the wealthy area began to order meals.

    The meals ordered by the guests in this area are all expensive, and the profits are even more generous. When they see hot sweaty children coming to deliver meals to themselves, they will also give a few cents more as a reward. Obviously a fat poor, Gu Yin did not intervene, and let Gu Ye arrange the manpower by himself.

    He first recruited two other children, and also matched Gu Yinxin's custom-made scooters and bells to expand the delivery team to twelve.

    As for the manpower in the rich area, he let No. 2 and the other top performer do it.

    No. 2, also known as No. 4, the child king of Wencheng Street before Gu Ye came, called Fan Jinsong.

    His home is in the area of ​​Wencheng Street, and his father is still the second shopkeeper in the big shop. Because his family is not bad, he has no shortage of food and drink since he was a child. He lives up to his name, like a strong pine tree In general, even though he is only ten years old, his physique is considered strong among children.

    A child of this age is already a teenager, and it is naturally impossible to convince a four-year-old child.

    It's just that he ran slowly, couldn't catch up with Gu Ye, and he couldn't get much advantage if he was real, so he had to live peacefully with Gu Ye.

    Later on the Dragon Boat Festival, I heard that there was money to be made, so he signed up to participate because he was working for Shiweitian and Gu Ye was Shiweitian's young owner, and the relationship between the two eased a little.

    But after getting along during this time, he can be said to be completely convinced by Gu Ye.

      Later, he felt bad about it and wanted to share the reward money with Gu Ye, but Gu Ye also said no and let him take it himself.

    The way he looked at Gu Ye was no different from that of his own eldest brother!

    Whoever dares to complain, he will be the first to quit.

    Of course I work for food, play with scooters, earn money, and eat delicious meals and cold drinks. No one will complain, but I am afraid that I am not doing enough Well, let others rob you of your work.

    It didn't take long for the order from the wealthy area to be dispatched, and both Hanxiang Building and Wangyue Building couldn't sit still.

    Shiweitian's delivery service seems to them to be a petty mess. After all, their wealthy customers usually have servant servants. .

    But I didn't expect the servant to be human, who would like to run back and forth on this hot day?

    The food is famous for its deliciousness, and it is not inferior to the big restaurant. Food for the sky propaganda help.

    The two also followed suit again and launched delivery services one after another, and if it is the VIP of his two families, then there is no delivery fee.

    As soon as this move was made, first of all, the VIPs of the two families must have booked his home. Although their meals are more expensive, it is also within their affordable range.

    In the beginning, the two big restaurants wanted their guys to deliver the goods, but the staff of their own restaurants are fixed, and it may not be able to take care of them when they are dispatched to the store. And in this weather, it is a lot of money to recruit people.

    So they also learned to eat for the sky, and recruited the children in the town to help.

    As early as in the preparation stage of these two companies, Gu Yin already knew the news in advance.

    Because the scooter and the small wooden box were made by Carpenter Feng, both of them placed an order with Carpenter Feng after they found out.

    Feng Carpenter is a kind person, and he did not promise, so he came to inform Gu Yin first.

    Gu Yin asked him to do it anyway, because the structure of the scooter is not difficult, the children ride it every day, as long as you have the heart, observe more, or take advantage of the children to walk away carefully After reading it, anyone who is familiar with woodworking can make it. And the wooden box has no technical content.

    It's better to let Carpenter Feng earn that money.

    Of course, they can't make them cheap. Before, Feng Carpenter only charged half a tael for a scooter, and three taels for ten boxes. Later, he negotiated with Gu Yinyi and the price doubled directly.

    A total of 20 sets of scooters and small boxes were requested by the two families, that is, 16 taels of extra money.

    The silver money is divided between Feng Carpenter and Gu Yin 50 to 50 percent, and each person is divided into 82, which is regarded as an income.

    Then in June, the order of the wealthy area really decreased.

    But still, this is not the core customer of Shiweitian. It really fights with the big restaurant for a few delivery orders. Shiweitian does not have that capital for the time being. And in the past, Gu Yin still liked to watch scenes where neither of them could stand the other, but couldn't kill the other, so she gave them the stage.

    But Gu Yin remained calm, but Fan Jinsong in the delivery team was in a hurry.

    After they finished their meal that day, Gu Ye asked them to stay for a while, and then learned his mother's way and held a summary meeting.

    Of course, they didn't know what to say. In fact, it was just a few children gathering together and muttering a few words.

    When Gu Ye finished speaking, Fan Jinsong immediately said, "Brother Ye, several of our orders have been taken away, what do you say?"

    Gu Ye frowned, and the little fat next to him saw him like this, and immediately said: "The boss didn't speak, don't make our Ye brother embarrassed."

     "That is, we are all just working, don't you want to make trouble because you have less money?"

    Before putting it aside, no one in this area would dare to talk to Fan Jinsong like this. And now, although everyone is still terrified of him, they are more convinced of Gu Ye, and naturally they are on Gu Ye's side.

    Fan Jinsong was not angry when someone said that, but his face was red and he was a little embarrassed. It was true that he lost several pennies a day, and he felt extremely uncomfortable, so he took the initiative to mention this matter without waiting for Gu Ye to speak.

    As soon as Gu Ye raised his hand, everyone was silent.

    "This is really annoying."

    Fan Jinsong was happy, squeezed his fist, and immediately said: "Then I'll beat them all?"

    Gu Ye said no, "Mother won't let you fight, I have another way."

    …

    Li Dachun is a new courier at Wangyuelou.

    Although he is only eight years old, he also knows that it is a beautiful job - those children who are hungry for food are ringing the bells and riding scooters every day, and they can still earn several pennies every day. Eating in a restaurant has long been the envy of children in the town.

    Later I heard that they were going to recruit two more people. Li Dachun was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, so he went to sign up early that morning.

    Unfortunately, the leader Gu Ye let him go home as soon as he heard that his uncle was working in Mochizukilou.

    Li Dachun cried for several days after returning home, but not long after, Wangyuelou also recruited children.

    Li Dachun's mother was afraid that he would not be elected and would cry at home, so he immediately asked his father to ask his uncle to help.

    In Wang Dafu's view, anyone can do this kind of work, so Li Dachun's uncle, Li Cheng, took this beautiful job to his nephew when he moved around a little.

    Although Wangyuelou doesn't care about meals, and still has to collect part of the delivery fee, but just being able to ride a scooter is enough to make the child happy.

    On this day, Li Dachun came out of Wangyuelou and was riding a scooter majestically to start delivering his first order when he met Gu Ye who was also riding a scooter.

    "It's so hot." Gu Ye was sweating profusely, he was putting his scooter aside and playing with a spinning top in the shade.

    Li Dachun couldn't help but stop when he saw him. Gu Ye saw him and handed him his little whip and asked him, "Do you want to play?"

    Li Dachun's heart is broken, but he hasn't forgotten his errand, why is it: "No, I'll be too late."

    "In time, I have experience."

    We all know that Gu Ye is the leader of the food delivery team, and his scooter is indeed parked next to him. Li Dachun immediately put the scooter aside and played with the top.

    As he played, he almost forgot his surname. Later, Gu Ye reminded him that it was almost time and let him go.

    Li Dachun quickly stepped on the scooter and started delivery, but the time must have been delayed.

    But he is young, and even if the guests are not satisfied, most of them will not embarrass a half-old child.

    But I definitely had a bad impression of the delivery service of Wangyuelou, especially Li Dachun was sweating, his face became a cat, and his hands were still stained with black Mud, the meal handed over from his hand is unappetizing.

    On the other hand, food is heaven, because Gu Yin and Wang are both clean people, and since Gu Ye was adopted, he also loves clean day by day, so under his leadership, Fan Jinsong, they all I began to pay attention to it. Not only did I trim my nails every day, but I also carried a handkerchief with me. I wiped my hands immediately after sweating. Although there must be some sweat, I would not get myself dirty.

    Moreover, Li Dachun was not careful when he threw the car aside. The car was placed under the sun. Although there was a layer of ice in the small box, it had already been scorched by the sun. When he delivered it to the last family, as soon as the family opened the lunch box, the food inside had a faint smell of rancidity!

    Gu Ye followed Li Dachun all the way, and when he saw that things were developing similar to what he thought, he stepped on a scooter and returned with an empty wooden box.

    After one success, Gu Ye doesn't need to go out in person.

    Since the establishment of the delivery team, his appeal is not comparable to before, and with Fan Jinsong, the original child king, it is even more powerful.

    So every day near Hanxiang Tower and Wangyue Tower, there will be a lot of children with new things Shuttlecock, sandbag...

    All kinds of dazzling play, let alone children, even some adults can't help but take a second glance.

    So the delivery orders of the two big restaurants are overtime and dirty, and it has become a common thing to do. .

    The children of the two delivery teams changed batch after batch, and the gadgets that hooked them were also introduced.

    One of the children's favorites is soapy water to blow bubbles.

    This is the **** that Gu Ye asked when he couldn't think of other things. Gu Yin thought he wanted to play, so he fiddled with it.

    This thing is low-cost and simple to make. It can be played with a small flat circle made of strips. Gu Ye has seen it once, and then turned his head and let Fan Jinsong get it out for free. Play with those kids.

    This is even better, the little delivery guys from those two families not only have fun, but also get soap suds on themselves. Pour in soapy water.

    This is even worse, delivery orders are decreasing day by day, but more and more complaints come to the door.

    In less than a month, Hanxianglou and Wangyuelou both dismissed the delivery teams composed of children, and only hired temporary laborers for the delivery of money.

    The wages of part-time workers are calculated on a daily basis, but there are no helpers that can be hired for a dozen or twenty cents a day. The last two did not make any money at all, and they lost a lot of money because of complaints, and they wasted a bunch of scooters and small wooden boxes.

    Before the two of them hired the small delivery man who was having too much fun outside, and the little stroller stopped to the side, and he couldn't take care of it. Naturally, there were other children who went up to play. It was broken, it was so bad that the wheel fell off.

    Feng Carpenter took it back and repaired it, turned his head and gave it to Gu Yin directly. Whether it is to expand the delivery team in the future, or to replace it with a broken car, it will be very useful.

    Gu Yin only found out after Gu Ye's plan was implemented for almost half a month - and it was not what Gu Ye said, his mouth was tight as if he didn't want to say half a word They didn't show it to the outside world. It was Gu Yin who found that many children came to Gu Ye every day to return and take toys, and the small box where Gu Ye kept money was also becoming lighter at a speed visible to the naked eye. She felt that something was wrong. , used three bowls of milk tea to buy Xiaopang in the delivery team, only then did he know a few words, and then guessed it by himself.

    Since Gu Ye didn't want to tell him, she saw that his plans were well organized, so she just pretended not to know.

    In June, Hanxianglou and Wangyuelou withdrew from the delivery market, and Shiweitian was the only family. When the business was the most popular in July, the delivery team expanded to 20 people. Thanks to the batch of scooters and wooden boxes sent by Feng Carpenter, Gu Yin saved a fortune while making money.

    In August, the weather is getting cooler and the delivery service is coming to an end. Gu Ye has become the king of the town. Among the children in Hanshan Town, they may not know what the current emperor is called, but no one does not know Gu Ye. Even Li Dachun, who was trapped by Gu Ye before, is now a solid supporter of Gu Ye.

    At that time, he was very sad when he lost his work and went home, and was scolded by his uncle. Later, when he met Gu Ye, he also called Gu Ye a bad person.

    Gu Ye didn't get angry with him either, apologized to him, and continued to play with him, smoking spinning tops, soapy water, sandbags and shuttlecocks... All of them were bought by Gu Ye at the expense of others. Brothers are good to them!

    To what extent do they support Gu Ye? Gu Yin sometimes greets a woman when she encounters a woman, and the other party calls her "wild brother and his mother". Obviously, their children only call Gu Ye Ye Ge, and they often repeat it, so that they all think Ye Ge is Gu Ye's name.

    Gu Yin is not easy to explain, anyway, big families in this era, or ordinary people who pay more attention to it, will also call their children a certain brother, and they will make their fortune ahead of time.

    In the crowd of adults who open restaurants, as the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, a new round of competition is about to begin.