Feng Haidong lived an unremarkable life and passed away peacefully. After his death, he found himself back in 1996.
Now in his prime at the age of thirty, Feng Haidong resolves to try just a ...
At the night market, a group of regular customers stood in front of Sun Yongxing's food stall.
Suddenly, someone asked curiously, "Boss, where are your crayfish?"
When asked this question, Sun Yongxing turned his head to the side in a daze, only then realizing that Feng Haidong's crayfish restaurant had opened and that he would no longer be setting up a stall at the night market starting today.
Recalling the friends and relatives he met at Feng Haidong's restaurant at noon, Sun Yongxing couldn't help but smile.
Then Sun Yongxing said to several regular customers at the night market, "Oh, the owner of the crayfish stall no longer sets up his stall here. He opened his own crayfish restaurant."
As he spoke, Sun Yongxing took out a flyer for Feng Haidong's restaurant and handed it to the other party.
"If you want to eat crayfish in the future, you can go to this restaurant. The owner's crayfish are fresh and live every day. And now when you eat at the restaurant, they are cooked to order and they even give you beer. In addition, the owner has developed several new flavors, which are really delicious."
Several regular customers looked at the flyers and listened to Sun Yongxing's introduction, and they were all somewhat tempted.
At this moment, a regular customer said with a smile, "Boss, with you promoting this to others like this, aren't you afraid that we'll all go there to eat crayfish and your business will suffer?"
Sun Yongxing laughed and said, "Haha, that's my brother. His business is good, how could I be jealous? Besides, my brother only makes crayfish, he doesn't cook stir-fries, so it doesn't conflict with my family's stir-fries. If you want to eat stir-fries, you can still come over."
Several regular customers nodded in agreement.
Then someone else said, "Wouldn't it be great if you and your brother could be together? I really like your cooking skills, but I also like your brother's crayfish."
Upon hearing this, Sun Yongxing couldn't help but feel a little tempted.
He also felt that moving his food stall to Feng Haidong's crayfish restaurant might actually be a good idea.
But then Sun Yongxing thought that if he had to pay rent, the cost would be too high.
So Sun Yongxing could only say to the guests, "Haha, this is probably a case of not being able to have both stir-fried dishes and crayfish. If you want to eat crayfish, you can only go over there."
Another customer said, "Boss, since you're brothers, you can actually cook crayfish too. Why don't you have your brother pass on his skills to you?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Yongxing immediately became serious: "That's someone else's skill for making money, how can you just pass it on like that? Even brothers should keep clear accounts."
The customers didn't insist. Although there were no crayfish, they still sat down and ordered a few of Sun Yongxing's signature dishes.
After greeting the guests and having them all seated, Zhao Hongxia leaned close to her husband and said, "Several tables asked about crayfish tonight. It's summer now, and a lot of people want to eat it. Why don't you talk to Haidong about it? Didn't he say he'd teach you how to make spicy crayfish? Why don't you ask him to teach you? And you can set up your stall at the night market?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Yongxing immediately put on a stern face and said, "What are you talking about? That skill is what Hai Dong relies on to make money. If someone casually offers to teach you, do you really think you can just go and learn it?"
After being told that by her husband, Zhao Hongxia knew she couldn't continue talking.
Seeing his wife remain silent, Sun Yongxing earnestly said to her, "You mustn't go and tell Haidong about this."
Zhao Hongxia nodded and said, "I know, I can't possibly go to Haidong to talk to him."
Sun Yongxing then glanced at the area next to his stall and muttered to himself, "I really miss Haidong. I never felt this way before, but it feels a bit deserted tonight since Haidong isn't coming."
Hearing her husband's words, Zhao Hongxia couldn't help but say, "It's true, when Haidong is here, we all chat and laugh together, and the night seems to fly by. We don't feel tired at all when we're entertaining guests. But tonight he's not here, and it's really quiet."
Sun Yongxing then asked his wife, "I wonder how business is going in Haidong?"
Zhao Hongxia said, "Hai Dong is so capable, his business is bound to be good."
Sun Yongxing said, "Yes, Hai Dong is quite capable, and I believe his family's business will be good."
While Sun Yongxing and Zhao Hongxia were missing Feng Haidong, he was indeed busy serving customers in the store.
Feng Haidong probably didn't expect that on his first day of business, so many customers would suddenly flock in.
His newly launched flavors have also received unanimous praise from customers.
Just like how friends and family said the Golden Garlic Broth was delicious at noon, almost all the guests who came in the evening and ordered the Golden Garlic Broth crayfish out of curiosity thought it was very delicious.
Some guests even wanted to drink all the broth in the pot.
After finishing cooking crayfish for a group of customers, Feng Haidong came out of the kitchen to greet them and ask for their feedback on the taste.
When Feng Haidong asked the question, some guests immediately offered their opinions.
"Boss, your crayfish are really big! And you can see them in the fish tank. They're live crayfish, weighed, and cooked right away. I've never seen you do it this way before. You're really amazing."
Feng Haidong laughed and said, "Haha, this way everyone can see clearly and feel at ease eating it."
Customer A said, "Yes, yes, this way you can see that the shrimp are alive, and the fish tank is full of clear water, so the shrimp seem very clean. Unlike some restaurants, where the shrimp are cooked, you don't even know if they've been cleaned."
Customer B said, "Yes, I always feel uneasy about eating cooked shrimp."
Customer C said, "It's still the best here. I can see the live crayfish being weighed, so I feel more at ease eating them."
Customer Ding said, "It's just a little bit pricey."
When Feng Haidong heard someone say it was expensive, he smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do. These crayfish are all live ones that I caught. There will be some losses during transportation. Besides, I only select the big and good ones. The small crayfish that were rejected have all been made into salt and pepper crayfish tails."
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and I won't charge any extra processing fees. You'll pay by weight for the shrimp; the price is truly the lowest I can go.
Upon hearing Feng Haidong's words, the customers all expressed their agreement.
Although Feng Haidong's prices are indeed not low, customers feel that the crayfish are all live and kept in clean, transparent fish tanks.
At this point, another customer suggested, "Boss, you only have rice here, do you have noodles? I think you could prepare some noodles here, and then soak the cooked noodles in your crayfish soup base. I think that would be absolutely delicious."
Upon hearing this suggestion, Feng Haidong immediately recalled that some crayfish restaurants in his previous life did indeed serve crayfish in this way.
He immediately smiled and agreed, "Okay, I'll go get some noodles tomorrow. If anyone needs them, we can add noodles to the soup base."
As they were talking, another new customer arrived at the door, and Feng Haidong quickly went out to greet him.