Starting from selling lunch boxes at the construction site

Chapter 7 Investigating the Market
After Xu Heping left, Xu An dug out the paper and pen from the bedroom and began to count.

Box lunches can be made at home, and the weather does not need incubators these days, two large foam boxes are enough.There is only oil, salt, soy sauce and white sugar at home, and a lot of seasoning needs to be added. It is conservatively estimated that this part will cost 20 yuan.

Lunch boxes, packing boxes, plastic bags, chopsticks and spoons are all necessary, but these are not expensive, and you won’t buy too much for the first try, and you can get it for five yuan.

Next comes the most important thing, the meals in the box lunch.

Xu An recalled the videos of box lunches sold at the construction site that he saw on the short video platform. Basically, there were three dishes, one meat dish, one half meat and half vegetarian dish, and one vegan dish.

Then calculate the amount of ten parts according to this configuration.

For meat dishes, let’s start with braised pork, a box lunch plus about two taels of juice, and two catties of raw meat is enough.To make braised pork, you have to use pork belly, which is more expensive. It costs thirteen catties, and two catties is 26 yuan.

Half meat and half vegetarian, let’s have a scrambled egg with tomatoes, there are tomatoes in my own field.You can buy a plate of eggs directly, or eat them at home on weekdays, for a total of 12 yuan.

For the last vegetarian dish, let’s have stir-fried cabbage, which is refreshing and refreshing.

According to the statistics, the total cost is 63, the expenditure on ingredients is 38, and the discount of home-grown vegetables is about 45.

The more quantity purchased, the lower the cost.If you can buy a certain amount every day, the purchase price of meat and vegetables can be reduced by two or three yuan per catty, and the overall cost can be reduced by ten or eight yuan.

It's just that I don't know how much the price of the box lunch is appropriate. If the price is too high, the workers will not buy it.

Until graduation and work, Xu An never ate box lunches outside. He either cooked for himself or ate big pot dishes in the cafeteria. He didn't know the price of fast food box lunches at that time.

After work, I eat boxed lunches at noon, but in 16, a boxed lunch cost 15 yuan. This price has no way to survive on the construction site.

It's better to go to the vicinity of the construction site to inquire about the situation before making a decision.

When I went to Xu Heping's house, General Tie guarded the door, but he didn't come home, so I don't know where he went to play.

After wandering around the village, I finally found someone under the banyan tree at the head of the village. He was happily playing marbles with a group of seven or eight-year-old children. beads.

"Heping, I'm going to hang around the construction site to see what food is there, do you want to go?"

"Go, go, go, when I finish playing this one, I will win soon."

I knew that Xu Heping was talking about going, but why did it sound like he was letting himself go.

After waiting for 2 minutes, Xu Heping finally won the hand, and left with Xu An under the child's resentful eyes with two pockets full of marbles.

It takes half an hour from the village to the town, and half an hour from the town to the construction site in the city.

Xujia Village is not very big, and if one goes back three or four generations, one will find that their village is an outsider.

Xujia Village is where my grandfather’s generation suffered from famine, and the army moved all the way south. Two brothers chose to settle in this desolate place near the sea.

After years of cultivation and rest, from the first two families to the current more than 20 families, it has become today's Xujia Village.

There was a bus stop outside Xujia Village. There was a bus to the city at [-]:[-] am, [-]:[-] noon, and [-]:[-] noon. The two of them happened to catch the [-]:[-] am bus.

After getting in the car, Xu Heping took out the marbles in his pocket and counted them one by one. After counting the last one, he wanted to share his joy of victory with Xu An with a smile on his face, but found that Xu An looked distressed.

"What is Anzi thinking?"

Xu An said his thoughts, and Xu Heping's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he patted his chest and recommended himself: "I don't know how to cook, but it's okay to fight."

Then he sold his fish pond again.

"This can be regarded as a serious business. When I go back tonight, I will ask my parents to get some sponsorship. If it is money, forget it, and I should be able to get some fish."

Xu An understood Xu Heping's thoughts, he was not a boy who gave away money, and gave away his own fish to others indiscriminately.He just knew his current predicament and wanted to help himself as much as possible.

"I appreciate your kindness, but this is a business, and one yard is worth one yard. If you really want to use the fish, you have to count the money, as much as you want."

"If you have free ones, don't want them, you have some brain problems."

"Brothers settle accounts clearly, this is not a one-and-a-half-time meal like usual. If the business really starts, there will be a lot of places where fish will be used."

"Okay, okay, I can't tell you the truth, I'll ask them for a discounted price from the head office."

Seeing Xu Heping's nonchalant expression, Xu An knew that this kid didn't listen to his own words.

The plan to sell boxed lunches is still in the works, and even if it comes to fruition, it doesn't necessarily need to use fish.When the time comes to really use the fish, just skip this kid and communicate with his parents.

The bus passed by a construction site that was laying foundations, and Xu An felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this geographical location.

Xu Heping noticed Xu An's gaze, and looked out the window: "Isn't this the construction site where Uncle Dongliang works? It seems to be building a residential complex, and it seems to be called Bauhinia Garden."

Bauhinia Garden!

Xu An finally remembered that he would pass by here every year when he returned home during winter and summer vacations during college.Looking at the desolation from the beginning to the turmoil of people behind, watching the house price here rise from 3000 per square meter to [-] per square meter, which is [-] yuan per square meter higher than other surrounding communities.

Because this community includes various supporting facilities such as housing, commerce, education and medical care, it can fully meet the daily needs of all residents in the community.

The most important thing is that the construction site in this community is large enough, there are enough workers, and the construction period is long enough.It won't happen that you just came to work for a month or two, and after getting acquainted with each other, the project is over, and you have to find a new construction site for a new round of business.

The pre-sale of the first phase of houses will be in March next year. After more and more people came here to buy houses, various snack streets and commercial streets began to slowly form in the surrounding area.

Now here is still barren, there is not much competition, but the demand is very high.

This is a very good choice.

Coming out of the bus station in the city, the two got on the bus, and after only two stops, they came across a construction site.

There is security at the entrance of the construction site, so it is still difficult to sneak in.But now it happened to be the break time after work at noon, and there were many workers wandering outside the construction site.

Xu An stared at a simple and honest man sitting in the shade of a tree outside the construction site, chomping on his boxed lunch.

This man's wrinkled dark face and distorted big hands like cattail leaf fans are all proofs that he has worked on the construction site for many years.

Most of the box lunches have been wiped out, and the dishes can be deduced from the remaining meals.

The lunch box is divided into two compartments, the large compartment contains white rice, and the small compartment contains stir-fried cabbage and half a chicken leg.

He took out a box of Double Happiness bought at a small shop in the village from his pocket, took out one and handed it to the man.When the man took the cigarette, he squatted down beside him.

"Brother, are you working at this construction site? How is the treatment at this construction site?"

The two men finished the lunch box, carefully put together every grain of rice in the lunch box, put it in their mouths, and then licked their chopsticks, stacking the lunch box with the clean and new one on the ground.

"The treatment is not bad, otherwise I wouldn't come all the way to work on this construction site."

"The boxed lunch you just ate was provided by the construction site. The dishes look pretty good, and there are even chicken legs."

The man made a 'cut' sound with some disdain.

"You've seen chicken legs, how could it be the food on the construction site. I have traveled all over the country for more than ten years, and worked on [-] or [-] construction sites, large and small. None of the construction sites can have large pieces of meat in the food, and there can be a piece of meat floating on it. A layer of oil and water is not bad."

Xu An understood it, but asked knowingly, "Who was that lunch box just now?"

"Hey, did you see that happy restaurant across the street? That's where I bought it. Those who work on the construction site need to work hard, not the energy that comes from oil and water. You still have to eat meat every now and then, otherwise No strength to work."

"Why don't you eat it in the store, the weather is so hot now, you can blow the fan and drink a free soup when you eat in the store."

"The two of you look like melon eggs, and you have never worked on a construction site." The uncle clamped the cigarette he had been playing with behind his ears, and then continued: "Do you know what a construction site is, as long as you work for an hour, The white clothes turned black, the black clothes turned white, and the ashes fell down when we walked. If we go into the store to eat, only three or two, then the boss will never want to do other people's business."

As he said that, the man suddenly smiled.

"Although we are not allowed to go in and sit and eat, the boss will give us an extra box of white rice as compensation. Sitting on the side of the road and eating can get a box of white rice for free, and we are not losing money."

Looking at the man's two sly smiles, Xu An was a little at a loss for words.Most of the workers on this construction site are honest, hardworking and capable middle-aged people. They all come from poor areas and left their hometowns just to earn more money.

As for discrimination or something, they don't care at all.In their hearts, a big box of white rice is worth more than sitting in the store and blowing a fan.

"How much does this meal cost?"

Hearing Xu An's question, the man showed a bit of pain on his face.

"It's not cheap, as long as it comes with meat, it costs eight yuan a piece."

After passing another cigarette to the man, the two got up and left.

In one afternoon, the two went to four or five construction sites. Some construction sites were not allowed to enter, and the workers ignored them.Workers on some construction sites were very enthusiastic. When they heard Xu An's question, they gathered around and talked about what they knew.

After some investigation, Xu An also learned about the pricing of box lunches near the construction site.Eight yuan for one meat and one vegetable, six yuan for two vegetarian dishes, and one box of white rice for one yuan.

If you want to tempt the workers, buy lunch boxes from small stalls, one meat and one vegetable are fundamental, and it is best to have something that can tempt them.

What can make the workers' hearts flutter is naturally that there should be more dishes, enough food, and it is best to have soup to warm their stomachs and make them feel comfortable.

The specifications of the box lunch have been decided in this way, three dishes and one soup, and there must be a big meat dish in the three dishes!The price is tentatively set at eight yuan, with small profits but quick turnover.

Regardless of the construction site, the workers' demand for lunch boxes is not low. As long as they can open up the situation, they are not afraid of not being able to make money.

(End of this chapter)