Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 16 Business Opening

"Fathers and folks, my younger brother wants to open a restaurant to supplement his family income, so please take care of me in the future."

At noon the next day, in the private room of Zhenxing Building, Wang Tong stood up and toasted.

His childish face has not faded, but his manner of speaking is old-fashioned. These shopkeepers in their 40s and [-]s all find it interesting. They dare not laugh, but they stand up politely and answer:
"They're all neighbors, why is Mr. Wang so polite?"

When Wang Tong said these words, he saw that Shopkeeper Xia's face in Zhenxing Building suddenly changed. He wanted to open a restaurant. Wasn't he competing with Zhenxing Building for business?

Sure enough, the shopkeeper Xia hesitated for a while, and said as politely as possible:

"Master Wang, the proprietor of our Zhenxing Building is the cousin of the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, although he doesn't come here often..."

The words are humble and hesitant, but the meaning is not the same. The background behind our Zhenxing building is not simple. Mr. Wang, if you want to grab business, you have to weigh it carefully.

"Shopkeeper Xia must be worried that I will grab business from here!"

But Wang Tong said it directly, and those who sat on the side couldn't help but burst out laughing, this master is really a child, what to say, Wang Tong ignored Shopkeeper Xia's face With an embarrassed look on his face, he smiled and said:

"How much money is this banquet?"

"It's all from my own family. I only counted the labor cost, and the wine is about six taels of silver."

"Master Xia, the restaurant opened by Mr. Wang doesn't sell alcohol, there are no tables for more than four people, and the price of dishes doesn't exceed [-] yuan, and it doesn't accept weddings and funerals, and doesn't book the restaurant."

In other words, the look on Shopkeeper Xia's face relaxed a bit, but there was always a hesitant look on his face. Wang Tong smiled and said again:
"Wang is young, but everyone knows what he does. I swear here that if the restaurant is different from what I said today, then Wang will resign from Jinyiwei's job and move out of South Street."

The words were serious, everyone in the private room stopped smiling, but shopkeeper Xia obviously relaxed, his face was embarrassed, he used the backstage to suppress people just now, and now he is a little embarrassed, he doesn't know what to say.

They don't sell wine, don't take over banquets, and don't sell dishes worth more than [-] yuan. This has no conflict with Zhenxing Building. However, rich people have their own cooks, and those who don't have money don't pay attention to it. Business, shopkeeper Xia thought so, but said:
"Since Mr. Wang is also going to do this business, you can ask me more if you have anything to do. There is always a staff member."

Wang Tong said "thank you" lightly, seeing the dry smile of the other party rubbing his hands, no matter how you look at it, it is not sincere.

Many people waited for Wang Tong's restaurant to open with the mood of watching a joke. It would take the twelfth lunar month to set up the store. Everyone was busy in the twelfth lunar month. Who would go to a place that sells common people's meals for dinner.

Unexpectedly, it opened on the fifth day of Wang Tong's banquet, that is, the fifth day of November.

In the southern city of the capital, South Street is considered a small center, full of people coming and going every day, and those who can come to shop and shop are from quite wealthy families.

But here on South Street, the only place to eat seriously is Zhenxing Building. A wealthy family does not mean that you can go to a restaurant to consume casually, but those hawkers on the street carry bamboo baskets to sell the food. Crude, it feels unhygienic.

The South Street side is close to the imperial city, and many houses have been built in the past few decades. These people who go shopping live far away from this side, and it is really hard for them to walk back to eat hungry.

Near noon, a few men stood at both ends of the South Street, each with a stack of papers in their hands. Seeing that the well-dressed men were between 20 and 50 years old, they took the papers in their hands. Pushing it over, he introduced it loudly with a smile on his face:

"The Delicious Restaurant opens today. You can eat enough for ten yuan, and eat well for twenty yuan. It's clean and rest assured. Guest officials, please appreciate it."

The piece of paper was just an ordinary piece of yellow paper, with a picture of the food on it with a sticky pen, and there was no text. Almost when the men at a few intersections began to yell and distribute the paper, the whole street began to be filled with the aroma of food.

At this time, everyone was a little hungry, smelling the aroma of the food, and the paper and shouting were really fresh, so they came to go shopping, they had nothing to do, and there was nothing to lose by going to have a look.

The Zhenxing Building does not accept individual guests, and all the various guests who eat the whole table are respectful. If the food in the kitchen is full of smell, it will definitely be offensive. His kitchen has done special treatment to make the taste Not too diffuse.And the cooking scale of the resident is too small.

So there has never been such a strong food aroma on South Street. Many people who took the paper and wanted to see it at first just because of curiosity, became hungry as they walked, and their pace quickened.

The man handing out leaflets at the intersection just pointed in a general direction. Some people were worried that they couldn't find the place, so after walking a few steps, they laughed dumbfounded.

On the side of South Street, a wooden pole was erected high, with a flag fluttering on it, on which the pattern of food was drawn with a simple pen, exactly the same as that on the yellow paper, as conspicuous as possible.

After walking past, the bamboo poles and tarpaulins surrounding it a few days ago have disappeared, leaving only a brand new and spacious front. Unlike other places, the kitchen of this "Delicious Restaurant" is actually located near the street, and the windows are used to It's a railing, even though it's cold and windy, people outside can see it clearly.

It is said that "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen". In fact, there is a reason that if you see the cooking process, you will not be able to eat. Everyone agrees that the kitchen is dirty and messy.

But the kitchen of this delicious restaurant is cleaner than the living room of many people, and several women wearing plain white aprons are busy cleaning it.

The pots and stoves on the stove were steaming hot. In this position, the aroma of the food was more intense. A clever young man at the door kept calling the guests to come inside.

Looking from the outside, there is actually a stove on the right hand side of the entrance. On the stove, there are two huge drawers with the lids open. One drawer is filled with several large pots of vegetables, and the other is rice.

The steam below is constantly coming out, which is obviously used to keep the temperature of the food. There are two strong women who are constantly cleaning and wiping the restaurant, making the eating place cleaner and neater.

Customers spend money to buy a few wooden signs, and then give the wooden signs to the people in front of the two cages. The staff will put the food into the dishes according to the color and number of the wooden signs, and give you a square wooden plate. Take it to the table.

In this winter, the dishes are nothing more than radishes and cabbage, but you can tell at a glance that they are made with care, not the random stewed vegetables in a large pot of clear water.

What's even more exciting is the two meat dishes, one is fried meatballs, the sweet and sour smell is appetizing, and the other is more attractive, braised pork with red sauce and oil.

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