Chapter 361 Small business

With Xu Lao Wuzang’s thirteen taels of private houses, Shi Yan’s rice noodle shop opened soon. It still used the previous storefront of the Miao family. The place is not big, and three or four tables can be placed in it, which is normal in Bai’an County. Rice noodle shop size.

According to the past, in the summer when the weather is good, there are still a few tables in the open space outside, and the business is done in this way.

But Shi Yan did not intend to do so.

He directly asked Liu Erbo to remove the table outside, cleaned the interior, and changed the signboard of the previous Miao Family Rice Noodles. When he woke up on the third day, Shi Shiran took Liu Erbo to the store.

Liu Erbo is Aunt Liu’s husband. He used to drive ox carts in the county town to earn money to support the family. He heard that Shi Yan needs people here. Aunt Liu recommended her to be the head of the family based on the principle that the fat and water will not flow to outsiders.

Liu Erbo is an honest man. He took Shi Yan’s salary and wanted to work hard to show his sincerity to the new owner. Who would have thought that after following Shi Yan for three days, he could be busy for one morning every day. It was hard work, and most of the rest of the time was idle at home.

As a last resort, I can only find work by myself, otherwise, I feel guilty about taking this money!

This morning as well.

Liu Erbo pulled the materials that Shi Yan had prepared early in the morning, and walked to the rice noodle shop. Liu Erbo didn’t think he was impatient, but looking at Shi Yan’s business attitude, he was already anxious for Shi Yan.

Anxious mouth blisters.

He glanced at Shi Yan who was following the ox cart, his hands behind his back and still in the mood to admire the scenery. After Liu Erbo hesitated several times, he finally couldn’t hold back his voice and said in a muffled voice, “Master, if we want to Do this business well, and get up early in the morning.”

It’s already three poles in the sun, and she is the mother-in-law of the lazy family. She can’t sleep on the kang and get up to look for food to eat. Now she is out to do business. People who normally get up early and eat breakfast have enough food and drink to go to work!

Shi Yan naturally understands this point, rice noodles can be said to be a specialty of Bai’an County, and there is bound to be a rice noodle shop within three to five steps on a street, with similar tastes.

People in this place can eat it as a staple food three times a day, and it is still the kind that never gets tired of eating.

Because there are many people who can do it, this business is actually very difficult to do locally. On weekdays, it maintains some old customers, and what it sells is a feeling.

Before the Miao family relied on the reputation accumulated over the decades, there were many such old customers to maintain the normal income and expenditure of the store, but the shopkeeper stole the recipe and ran away, and the master was dug up by the Tao family. In the eyes of outsiders, The Miao family’s rice noodle business is completely stale, and even if Tao Zhugong is alive, he can’t come back to life.

But Liu Erbo was very confident in Shi Yan. Thinking of the rice noodles he had eaten at Miao’s house in the past two days, Liu Erbo couldn’t help but secretly swallowed.

Growing up in Bai’an County, he never thought that rice noodles could be so delicious, and it was a taste of happiness until he dreamed at night.

It was precisely because he had confidence in Shi Yan and knew how fascinated his craft was that he couldn’t stand his time-wasting behavior. Looking at Shi Yan, who was walking leisurely beside him, he had no idea what the young man was thinking.

If you want to make money, you naturally can’t miss the good time to get up early. The Miao family’s situation is obviously very bad, but this person is not in a hurry and orderly. He has to sleep until he wakes up naturally before going to work.

Shi Yan did not explain to Liu Erbo, nor did he plan to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning and close the stall at 7 or 8 o’clock at night. money.

He is the one who intends to win with taste.

When the two arrived at the door of the store, Liu Erbo moved the pots and jars from the ox cart into the store one by one. Shi Yan looked at the sky, it was about half an hour before noon.

Take out a stove from the inside and put an iron pot on it. Inside is the soup that has been boiled at home, set it on fire, and throw in a seasoning packet that has been prepared a long time ago, and then greet Liu Erbo and let the other party watch the heat. I went to the kitchen to prepare myself.

Shi Yan didn’t pay any attention to the curious and contemptuous gazes around him.

Washing vegetables, chopping vegetables, making yam, and making soup, Shi Yan did everything in an orderly manner, everything was ready, and it was noon soon.

This is the time when people on the street are hungry. No matter where they are, the meal at noon must be indispensable, so this is the busiest time for restaurants and restaurants on the street.

Liu Erbo was very nervous and didn’t say anything, but surrounded Shi Yan and wiped the tables, chairs and benches in the store back and forth more than a dozen times. in a hurry.

Looking at Shi Yan who was calmly burning the fire, he hesitated several times.

“My good owner, no matter how good we are, we have to shout twice, right? These days, the streets are full of rice noodle shops, and the fragrance of wine is afraid of deep alleys!

Look at the Longxu Noodles next door, look at the big restaurant opposite the house, the guests who eat are going to step on the threshold!

The little two at the door of the store can’t be too busy, and three people are enough to say hello. The shopkeeper’s money is going to be beaten and his hands are cramping!

Take a look at the door of our house again, and there is no one who even stopped to take a look! ”

It’s not right to say that he didn’t stop and watch. Liu Erbo had already discovered that the second child of the Tao family rice noodle shop was sneaking around in the vicinity in the morning. Is it still unclear why?

The most irritating thing is that the man knew how to hide his figure at first, and when he saw that no one from his side came to the door, he gave him a smug smile, then patted his **** and left.

gone!

How arrogant, everyone hits the face!

Liu Erbo thought a lot in his heart, but when he met Shi Yan’s indifferent eyes, he could only swallow all the words. He was anxious in his heart, while he spurned himself “the emperor is not in a hurry, the **** is in a hurry”, and he kept self-doubting “what if? What if other people don’t like the rice noodles made by the owner?”

What should Shi Yan do? Without being affected at all, he got up and lifted the lid of the pot to see the quality of the last pot of soup. He nodded in satisfaction, patted the dust on his body, and turned to leave the kitchen.

Liu Erbo was a little relieved, and swiftly followed Shi Yan to the door.

Then, he watched Shi Yan gently stir the iron pot at the door a few times. The pot seemed to have been casted by a fairy, and suddenly a very attractive fragrance was emitted, and he went straight to it. Drill in the nose.

First the nose, then the stomach, then the stomach, then the whole brain, and finally I feel that the whole person is surrounded by the smell, and the footsteps are unconsciously attracted by the smell.

When Liu Erbo reacted, he realized that he didn’t know when, he was standing half a step away from Shi Yan, gulping saliva at the pot of soup.

He hurriedly took two steps back, an embarrassed old face flushed red, which was not very obvious on his dark skin, but he felt that his whole body was burning embarrassingly.

Stubbornly explained: “Dong, Dongjia, that, what, no, I couldn’t hold back, hehe.”

Shi Yan said that he didn’t care, this was specially prepared for today’s opening. In the future, if you want to live a good life in Bai’an County, you will have to rely on this pot of soup.

Keep stirring with a spoon.

Liu Erbo was surprised to find that with Shi Yan’s stirring, the tempting smell became stronger again.

If it was said that the previous smell was that the person who hooked it didn’t consciously approach it, the current smell makes people unable to walk.

As time passed, Liu Erbo couldn’t tell how long he had been addicted to this smell. He felt that the smell had changed again, and the smell was not as strong as before.

From the common sense he has accumulated over the years, it is the taste that is more exciting, not the surprise at first sight, but the better the appetite, the urge to kill a big bowl on the spot.

To put it simply, it is to smell hungry.

Shi Yan curled his lips into a smile. These are the first three flavors of this soup. The strong flavor attracts the guests. The domineering flavor makes the guests unable to walk. shop.

As for the last thing…

Shi Yan felt that it would be more pleasant to leave it to the guests to discover for themselves.

After Liu Erbo touched his stomach, which was not very hungry, he realized that there were many customers who were drooling at the door of the store.

All of them stared straight at the soup pot under the owner’s hands, each with a coveted look, like a man who has been a bachelor for 30 years, holding a young daughter-in-law who suddenly fell from the sky.

Liu Erbo shuddered.

Then I remembered that the owner had set the price last night, the ridiculously high price, and the first-come, first-served rule that you can only smell the taste after arriving.

Biting his head, he greeted the guests with a grin: “Everyone, please, the big bowl of rice noodles is open today, there are hot and sour rice noodles, chicken rice noodles, and meat powder rice noodles.

Each kind of rice noodles has a price of upper, middle and lower. The lower price is all five cents per bowl, the medium price is fifteen cents a bowl, and the upper price is one bowl…”

Liu Erbo gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and quoted the price: “The best price is 8 taels per bowl!”

With a bang, the people attracted by the smell completely exploded!

Not to mention a bowl of eight taels of silver from the Arabian Nights, it’s just simple hot and sour rice noodles, no extra side dishes, no meat, but go to Bai’an County to inquire, who would dare to ask for five cents? Chicken and minced meat are not worth the price.

“Fifteen wen? What’s more, don’t you still have a bowl of rice noodles? Can you sell the price of dragon liver and phoenix marrow? Do you have bird’s nest and sea cucumber in it?

Fifteen articles are enough for me to go to Lao Xuji to buy a pound of braised pork and go home for drinks! Just eat a bowl of rice noodles, Xu Laowu, are you thinking of money and crazy? ”

Obviously, these words expressed the hearts of many people, and those with good intentions persuaded them: “Xu Laowu, they are all neighbors in the neighborhood, and I know that the head of your family is gone, and your family life is not easy.

The neighbors will help those who can help. Even if you don’t have the skills of the original master, we will not say anything for the sake of neighbors for many years.

But business is not like this. If you continue like this, who would dare to enter your door? ”

Naturally, there are those who are mean, as soon as they say: “We know the basics, so naturally we won’t be deceived, but I’m afraid that some uninformed foreigner will come… Maybe they will not open for three years, open and eat for three years. idea!

A bowl of rice noodles is eight taels of silver, and if you catch two big people all year round, this business is not a loss! ”

As he spoke, he raised his nostrils and asked Shi Yan, “Do you think so? Xu Laowu?”

Shi Yan did not speak, but his subordinates kept moving. He tilted his head and asked Liu Erbo to enter the store and hang the sign made in the morning on the door of the store. The words appear on the paper, and the price is written, which is very conspicuous.

Don’t bother to bother with these people, because these people are not his target today.

But Liu Erbo couldn’t help it, although he also felt that what the owner did was to drive the guests out directly, which was not worth it! But the yin and yang faces of these people are really annoying.

Pointing to the brand, he said loudly: “Everyone, our owner said that it is a small business, honest business, and based on the principle of voluntary buyers and sellers! Our rice noodles are at this price. Before you enter the store, we will explain the price to you clearly. !

If you can accept it, please enter the store and taste it. If you can’t accept it, you can just leave! They are all honest people, and they can’t do things like forced buying and selling!

The reason why our family is called the big bowl of rice noodles is that it is genuine, the bowl is large enough, and one bowl can make people satisfied! Guarantee that the old man is not deceived!

Neighbors have been neighbors for decades, and there is no righteousness in buying and selling. Everyone, please! ”

When this voice went out, Liu Erbo was in a good mood. His boss was a little bit of a brain, but this pit, only pits his own people. He really didn’t intend to pit outsiders. They are so cheap!

Pooh!

But the people around them are not so happy, and the reason is very simple. Shi Yan’s rice noodle soup tastes so good, it smells so good that they have a moment in their hearts, and they even want to rush into the store and eat it first. He enjoyed the two bowls, soothing the restless temple.

As for silver or something?

unimportant!

But how can money not be important? Isn’t this a joke? That is the cheapest rice noodles that cost five cents a bowl! Put it in another ten-year-old shop a few steps away, and you can eat two bowls directly!

Shi Yan didn’t remind these people that he didn’t plan to sell too many rice noodles today, not only today, but also in the days to come.

He sells rice noodles, on a principle, quality wins.

It’s been a year. After watching many delicious dishes such as China’s Little Master, I thought hard about the recipe. I didn’t know how many people I conquered at that time. It’s not bad to be able to use it here.

Add some charcoal to the stove and stir it gently, regardless of the entanglement of the people in front of him, and continue to wait for the guests he needs to wait for, there will always be people who are not cheap and fresh.

Shi Yan was very calm.

At the door of the Zhou family restaurant, a few people chatted and laughed with the young master of the county magistrate’s house, and the second son respectfully stood at the door and greeted people, and skillfully said flattering words: “Liu son, Miss Yingying is already in the box on the third floor. I’m waiting here, Young Master Zhao hopes you will be satisfied.”

Several people who traveled with him knew that the young master of the Zhao family lingered in the flowers, indulged in beauty, and spent a lot of money for the girl Yingying. This is no secret in the entire county.

It’s not a big problem for young people to be greedy and lustful, but the problem is that this Yingying girl was the first to look at the county magistrate’s son, and this young master Zhao is so daring for women’s lust, he even has a relationship with the county magistrate’s son. Opposite.

As a result, the Zhao family’s business was hit hard, and his old man lay on the kang angrily and couldn’t get up for two months.

In order to quell the anger of the county magistrate’s son, Mr. Zhao directly ordered someone to break one of his younger brother’s legs, and sent them back to the country’s hometown overnight to escape the disaster. Sir, please calm down the anger.

It completely showed Zhao’s soft attitude.

Today is the time for the county magistrate to enjoy the fruits of his victory.

The few people who followed, including the Zhao family’s lobbyist and the county magistrate’s son’s friend, were of complicated condition. They nodded with satisfaction when they heard the words. They felt that the county magistrate’s son took away Miss Yingying today.

Who would have guessed that the county magistrate suddenly wrinkled his nose after listening to Xiao Er’s words, and said uncertainly, “What new dishes did the restaurant have today?”

Xiao Er smiled and shook his head: “The master chef of our Zhou family restaurant produces a new dish every two months, and tomorrow will be the day for a new dish!”

The county magistrate continued to sniff and asked his friends: “Brother Ziyue smells a special and attractive scent, which is more irritating than Miss Yingying. I wish I could rush up and taste the fragrance now?”

The man known as Brother Ziyue also nodded hesitantly. After looking at the people around him, he pointed in one direction on the street and said, “It seems that it came from there.”

After speaking, he took a long breath, closing his eyes and showing a fascinated smile on his face: “It’s really fragrant, the fragrance I’ve never seen before, compared to Miss Yingying, she’s completely reduced to a vulgar fan!”

Saying that, my throat couldn’t help swallowing twice.

“No, if you are fortunate enough to taste this flavor, why not see Miss Yingying from now on?”

If it were in the past, some people might think that the person who said this was sick, but now, even the shopkeeper of the Zhou family restaurant was standing at the door, nodding involuntarily in approval.

In fact, not only these few people, but almost half of the people in the street are fascinated by this taste.

So the county magistrate’s son and his party resolutely abandoned the girl Yingying, who had been fighting with blood a few days ago, and obeyed their own wishes, and followed this domineering taste all the way to the door of the big bowl of rice noodles.

These few people who are walking sideways in Bai’an County don’t care what a bunch of people are doing in front of them. In their opinion, these people only have one role, which is to block their pursuit of delicious food!

The county magistrate’s chin raised, and some people rushed to open the way for him. When the people swaggered in front of Shi Yan, they couldn’t help but take a deep breath of the strong aroma emanating from the air.

People who were not hungry at first, their stomachs rumbled instantly.

This is not someone who will feel wronged. He strode in and waved his hand, and someone said for him: “Bring your signature dish to the table! It’s faster!”

Liu Erbo is already stupid. He has never seen a rice noodle business of dozens of taels at a time in his life. He doesn’t know how to use his hands and feet, and he doesn’t know how to pronounce his mouth.

The more I try to make him look good, the more the body goes against the idea.

Shi Yan reminded a few people who were already sitting inside: “This is a rice noodle shop in our house. We have high-quality rice noodles, and a bowl of eight taels. Today, we only prepared three kinds of rice noodles. What kind of flavor?”

Saying that, he motioned Liu Erbo to take the price tag at the door and show it to a few people.

How many people spend extravagantly does not mean they are stupid, what is the concept of eight taels of silver? The Zhou family restaurant that just passed by when a few people came here, a good meal, but only six taels of silver.

It contains eight meat and eight vegetables plus melon and fruit snacks and a pot of good rice wine.

Including restaurant service and good box environment.

And what can eight taels of silver have here?

These sons and brothers sat at three full tables, with four people at a table, and if each person ordered a bowl, it would be a full ninety-six taels of silver!

Among them, the monthly money given by the son and brother’s family is not enough to eat a bowl of rice noodles!

Does this sound like a word?

Obviously outrageous!

But he just happened naked under their noses!

But what can they do?

At this moment, I can smell the wonderful smell that fills my body, and I feel that my legs and feet can’t walk anymore, so I can only grit my teeth and say fiercely to Shi Yan: “If the young man finds out, your rice noodles are not worth eight taels of silver, hum!”

Shi Yan was not worried at all, and gave these people a kind suggestion: “My family has a large amount of rice noodles, and one bowl per person is usually enough! It’s your first time here, why don’t you try four bowls of each type first.” , this pot of soup is also used up.

As for how to save money to eat a bowl of rice noodles every month, after trying it, you will probably have a headache?

Shi Yan is not very responsible.

After ignoring the eyes, people who are unwilling to leave, and who are unwilling to enter the store to spend money, bring the soup pot directly into the kitchen, and they are busy again. Rice noodles are out.

In the middle of each table were four seemingly unremarkable large bowls of rice noodles, and a normal small bowl in front of each person. After Shi Yan and Erbo Liu finished serving the dishes, they directly carried a chair and placed it at the door of the store, lying comfortably on the table. above.

To Liu Erbo, who was in a daze, he said, “Okay, let’s hang up our closing sign, and let’s do business here today!”

Liu Erbo kept thinking in his heart, “Ninety-six taels! Ninety-six taels! Twelve bowls of rice noodles and ninety-six taels! God, I must be dreaming, is this rice noodles made of gold?”

Completely lost the ability to think independently, Shi Yan can do whatever he says.

After the closing sign was put out, he suddenly said, “What about the prepared dishes?”

Shi Yan: “Send it away.”

Liu Erbo is about to jump up again!

How can this be given away? Take a look at the food of several young masters and brothers, and you can see how much they like their rice noodles!

The rich sons and brothers like it, a bowl of rice noodles that can sell for eight taels of silver, how can you give it to someone directly? Isn’t this the money to give people white flowers?

Heartache!

Shi Yan didn’t explain it either, and to the people who stood at the door or watched the fun, or waited for Shi Yan to recognize the reality and lowered the price, or waited for a few young masters inside to get angry, making Shi Yan unlucky and said, “It’s not open for business today. Come on, everyone, please be early tomorrow!”

Liu Erbo thought to himself, “Please come early” means after the sun rises three poles.

But can these people leave easily? At this time, who doesn’t want to know whether the few people who are not easy to mess with at first sight will give Shi Yan ninety-six taels of silver?

This is a full ninety-six taels!

You must know that 90% of the people in the rice noodle business on this street can’t earn 96 taels all year round.

Who can be convinced?

You don’t need to talk about it, you can understand a thing or two just by looking at their food.

The county magistrate took the last bite of hot and sour rice noodles in his bowl, couldn’t help burping, and said viciously to brother Ziyue next to him: “My, let me come! The money you like everyone’s pen It’s yours to wash!”

Brother Ziyue didn’t give in, he grabbed the bowl in his hands and dragged him in front of him: “Qian everyone’s pen wash is expensive, but you can buy enough rice noodles for a year, let it go, let me do this, I don’t want your pen wash. !”

Such delicious food, I can’t believe I can eat it for the second time. What if there is no next time? Be sure to eat enough this time!

What kind of fairy rice noodles is this, and it tastes happy! Happy people want to cry!

Can’t stop!

When these people drank the last drop of soup in their bowls and squinted happily and leaned back on the back of the chairs, Shi Yan walked into the kitchen and packed the five cents of rice noodles, soup and powder that were prepared in the morning. , put it in front of several people with a smile.

A big pack.

In the confused look on everyone’s face, Shi Yan explained: “It’s the rice noodles that were prepared for sale early in the morning, and it has a unique flavor. Several of them are the first customers of the store’s opening, so I will give it to you, please take it home and try it. ”

These people have eaten rice noodles for eight taels of silver, and they don’t like rice noodles for five cents anymore, but when they think about this store, even if it costs five cents, maybe it is better than the other side, so take it back to the next person next to you. It is also made for people to try new things.

The art of the emperor, the grace and the power are applied together, nothing more than that.

did not refuse.

This time, the county magistrate was the first to speak, with a very serious expression: “You, very good, what’s your name?”

Shi Yan: “My surname is Xu, and my family is five.”

The county magistrate said, “Boss Xu Wu.”

Shiyan: Okay, Xu Wu is only Xu Wu. It only takes a few days of work. The second Miao family, Mr. Miao, Xu Laowu, the owner, Xu Shiyan, don’t call them too many, it’s okay to have one more.

The county magistrate took a deep look at Shi Yan, put down the 100 taels of silver notes, and let people bring the packaged rice noodles. A group of men left with happy faces and dreamy faces.

Waiting for the people to leave, the crowd around them was instantly in an uproar.

“It turned out to be really silver! That’s one hundred taels! One hundred taels! It’s just a few bowls of rice noodles, why?”

“Why?” The three words took root in everyone’s heart.

In less than a stick of incense sticks, the story of Xu Laowu’s newly opened rice noodle shop for eight taels of silver per bowl of rice noodles spread on this street, but the news didn’t stop there…

And what about Shi Yan people?

He took Liu Erbo, drove the ox cart, and walked home. At this time, the sun was just beginning, and it was only an hour before the big bowl of rice noodles opened.

Liu Erbo was in a trance, the soles of his feet were fluttering, and he felt that everything was unreal.

Shi Yan, on the other hand, handed the long-packed rice noodles to the belated Hu Peng Gou friends: “Today’s business is still going well, I’ll take a break early, I’ve agreed to keep it for you.”