Chapter 70: A Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household in Three Days

“Here are the accounts for the past three days, Sister Xia. Please take a look.” Zhang Xiaoyu respectfully handed over the ledger. Mi Xia took it, muttering to herself, It seems that Little Fish has grown quite a bit in just three days.

Mi Xia hadn’t been to the shop except for the opening day. While the grand opening was rewarding, she knew that with her current acumen, she couldn’t lose no matter what she did.

Plus, she wanted to train Zhang Xiaoyu; she couldn’t do everything herself. After all, she had vowed to become the richest person in the country! If she did everything herself, she’d work herself to death.

“Let me see.” After glancing at the ledger, even with her mental preparation, she gasped, “Ah, how did we make so much?”

The ledger clearly showed that in the three days since opening, after deducting raw materials, labor, and other costs, they had made a net profit of 11,582 yuan!

The spending power of people in Beijing was terrifying! In just three days, they had essentially created a ten-thousand-yuan household. At that time, a ten-thousand-yuan household was quite rare; a county in central or western China might not even have a few.

“Yes, Sister Xia, business has been booming day by day. There are even professional queue-standers now,” Zhang Xiaoyu replied. “By the way, Sister Xia, there’s something else I need to report.”

“What is it?” Mi Xia put away the ledger.

“Well, the queue has been getting longer and longer these past two days. Many people wait in line all day and still can’t buy anything, leading to quite a bit of resentment outside. What do you think we should do about this?”

“Tell me your thoughts. Since you brought it up, you must have a solution.”

“Okay, Sister Xia. My initial thought is… I don’t know if it’s feasible. Our current daily production capacity is limited, so should we restrict the number of cakes and bread people can buy? Like, limit it to ten breads per person. Otherwise, sometimes, as soon as a batch comes out, one person buys it all.”

After saying this, Zhang Xiaoyu looked at Mi Xia nervously. What kind of store doesn’t let customers buy more if they want to?

Mi Xia, however, was delighted. Zhang Xiaoyu was indeed cut out for business; he even thought of implementing purchase limits. With some training, he would be able to handle things independently.

Although she thought this, she still asked, “Hmm, that’s one way. Are there any other suggestions?”

Zhang Xiaoyu scratched his head for a while, then shook his head, indicating he couldn’t think of anything else.

“The reason you don’t want customers to buy too much is so that more customers can buy our products, right?”

Zhang Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly in agreement.

“But have you considered that even with this, many people still won’t be able to buy our bread?”

“Right, how do we solve that!” Zhang Xiaoyu was now as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. After all, he owned 15% of the store, meaning he had earned 1500 yuan in three days—something he wouldn’t have dared to dream of before.

Mi Xia continued, “To solve the current situation, there are two points. First, our daily output is fixed, right? Go and tally the output of each product, then set a purchase limit for each person based on the output. Based on the output, fix the number of tickets issued daily to reduce unnecessary queuing.”

“Second, open a branch.”

As soon as Mi Xia finished speaking, Zhang Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up.

“I’ll handle the house. You train a store manager. You can’t handle everything yourself. We’ll open many branches in the future; you won’t be able to manage them all.”

Zhang Xiaoyu nodded in agreement. If they opened another store, he wouldn’t have time to manage everything. He’d have to oversee the new store’s renovation and still check on the current one.

“I’ll go back now. Pay more attention to things here.” Mi Xia said before leaving.

With the store running smoothly, she had more free time than before, able to play with her little girl and read her stories every day.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day Mo Haoyue had off. “Haoyue, let’s go to Tianlefang?” Mi Xia was already impatient.

Seeing Mi Xia so excited, Liu Haoyue smiled and nodded.

“You hold Xiaxia, let’s go together.”

“Papa, hug.” The little girl stretched out her arms.

At the entrance of Tianlefang, Mo Haoyue, seeing the long queue, had an adorable look of surprise. “So many people.”…

Mi Xia: “At the opening, there were even more people than now. The queue has been significantly reduced; those who couldn’t buy anything were persuaded to leave.”

“My wife is amazing. Let’s go, back to the compound.” Mo Haoyue said with a smile.

Mi Xia smiled like a flower. “Let’s go home first. I’ll make some cakes to take to Mom and Dad.”

Mi Xia went into her space and made a fruit cake, egg tarts, bread, sandwiches, and toast.

She packed them in Tianlefang’s large bags and went out. It has to be said that Tianlefang’s packaging was very attractive; many people on the road used the bags as purses.

“Mom, is Dad coming home for lunch?” Liu Haoyue asked.

“Your dad is in the study. Something wrong?” Wang Fen asked.

“Yeah, Mi Xia wants to open a new store.” Liu Haoyue replied.

Wang Fen and Liu Baoguo knew that Mi Xia’s store was very popular. Liu Baoguo had even sent Xiao He to queue up to buy things; Xiao He was Liu Baoguo’s security guard.

“Why doesn’t your daughter-in-law bring some over here? We can’t have Xiao He queuing up every day,” Liu Baoguo grumbled.

Wang Fen: “What are you acting like a child for? Mi Xia probably wants to come with Haoyue when he’s off. If you want to eat, just have your daughter-in-law make some for you. Just wait.”

Liu Baoguo would be called a foodie in modern times, but the word didn’t exist then.

At the study door, “Dad, can I come in?” Liu Haoyue asked.

“Come in.”

Liu Haoyue entered and saw Liu Baoguo with a stern face. “Dad, what’s wrong? Who upset you?”

Liu Baoguo snorted. “Your wife, your wife upset me.”

Liu Haoyue was stunned and then asked, “My wife didn’t even come, how did she upset you?”

“She didn’t come to see me, that’s why I’m angry!” Liu Baoguo said angrily.

Liu Haoyue was even more confused after hearing his father’s answer.

“Dad, I brought some new items for you to try. If you don’t like them, I’ll develop new varieties.” Mi Xia walked in carrying several bags.

“My daughter-in-law is still the best, she remembers me. Unlike this stinky boy.” Comrade Liu Baoguo strongly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Liu Haoyue couldn’t help but laugh and cry. It turned out that his father wanted to eat the things from Mi Xia’s store.

“I wonder who was just now angry that my wife didn’t come to see you.” Liu Haoyue teased.

“Xiao Xia, don’t listen to this kid’s nonsense. Your mother and I both like you very much. You being our daughter-in-law is Haoyue’s good fortune from eight lifetimes of blessings.” Liu Baoguo glared at Liu Haoyue, then smiled at Mi Xia.

“Dad, let’s go out to eat.” Mi Xia asked.

“Okay, let’s go out to eat, and let your mom try it too.” Liu Baoguo was very happy inside, but he didn’t show it on his face, calmly saying.

The group went to the living room.