"These are all copper coins. I suddenly remembered that I hid them under the bed a long time ago. I almost forgot about them," Luo Suyue said with a smile as she opened the small cloth bag, revealing the copper coins inside.
"Wife, why are you saving so many copper coins?" Fan Sheng asked, somewhat amused and exasperated.
His wife always liked to nag that eggs shouldn't be put in one basket, and that silver should be stored separately, but he really didn't expect that the other party would even keep copper coins separate.
Luo Suyue smiled at him, but did not explain.
These copper coins were saved before she gave birth to Yaoyao. At that time, she didn't take them too seriously. Whenever she had spare change, she would save one or two copper coins, thinking that if something happened to the family in the future, these coins could help the family get by for a while.
Later, Yaoyao was born, and her mother-in-law's health wasn't very good either. She had more and more things to worry about, and gradually forgot about this matter.
After the family moved to the county, Fan Sheng realized he hadn't told his son about the move. He was worried that if his son went back to his hometown on vacation and found the house empty, it would be quite a joke.
Fan Siyuan looked at his father with a blank expression: "Our family has moved to the county? Dad! Why are you only telling me now that such a big thing has happened?"
"I was just worried about interfering with your studies, and besides, you can't really help anyway, so it's no different if you find out now," Fan Sheng said, though he was a little guilty, he didn't show it at all, and even tried to justify himself.
Fan Siyuan: "......"
Fan Sheng briefly explained that his family had bought a shop, which would officially open tomorrow, and invited Fan Siyuan to bring his classmates for dessert when they had time.
"Yuan'er, remember this: our shop is called Fan's Dessert Shop. Don't go to the wrong place."
"I know, I'll bring my classmates over when I have time," Fan Siyuan said with a helpless expression.
Fan Sheng was in a hurry to get back to his shop to prepare for the opening tomorrow, so he didn't linger. He asked his son a few more questions and then went home.
Meanwhile, Luo Suyue was also busy in the shop, wiping all the tables, chairs and benches again. When the people handing out flyers returned, she paid them their wages.
"Thank you, Madam Luo. Please come to us again if there are any good opportunities like this next time." The group of teenagers happily took their wages and left, not forgetting to promote themselves before they left, since handing out flyers was an easy job that could earn them money.
Luo Suyue smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I'll definitely come back to you next time."
Actually, the idea of ​​distributing flyers was Xia Qingqing's. Luo Suyue had never seen such a strange way of advertising, but she and Fan Sheng blindly followed Xia Qingqing's advice and believed her when she said it was okay.
Fan Sheng went to a bookstore and found a few scholars to write 500 flyers. The content on the flyers was very simple, basically announcing the opening date of Fan's Dessert Shop. If you bring the flyer to the shop to drink dessert, you can enjoy a buy-one-get-one-free offer.
Of course, not everyone in the county is literate, so when Fan Sheng hired people to distribute flyers, he asked them to repeat the contents of the flyer to everyone who received it, so that it wouldn't matter whether the person could read or not.
That evening, Fan Sheng was very nervous and went over the opening ceremony with Xia Qingqing once again.
Xia Qingqing smiled and reassured him, "It's okay. Even if people over there don't like milk tea, we can think of other businesses. I know a lot of other food businesses. If one doesn't work, we can try another."
That's what they say, but Xia Qingqing still thinks that no one dislikes milk tea. After all, in modern times, from 80-year-old grandparents to 3-year-old babies, no one can escape the "it's so delicious" law.
There are hundreds or even thousands of flavors of milk tea, so you can always find one you like.
After hearing Xia Qingqing's words of comfort, Fan Sheng felt a little more at ease.
He's overthinking it. Even hunting in the mountains doesn't guarantee you'll catch prey every day; returning empty-handed is common. How can he guarantee success on his first attempt at opening a shop?
The next day, Fan's Dessert Shop officially opened.
Fan Sheng placed a large flower basket, which he had commissioned, at the entrance of his shop, and set off several strings of firecrackers. Many passersby were attracted to the scene, and for a time, the entrance of Fan's Dessert Shop was bustling with activity.
"Huh, what does this shop sell? It looks weird, and there are so many flowers at the entrance."
"The sign says it's a dessert shop, but I don't know how it tastes."
"Yesterday I saw someone handing out some kind of flyer, saying that if you take the flyer to the store, you can buy one bowl and get one free."
"Really? Do you still have that order?"
"What a coincidence, I also got a bill. I'll go buy a bowl and try it out."
"Wait a minute, you can't finish two bowls by yourself anyway, how about I buy some with you, then we'll both only pay half the price."
......
Soon, the first customer entered the store, and Fan Sheng, who was standing at the cashier, immediately greeted him warmly: "What would you like to drink, sir? We're having a promotion for the first three days of our opening. Customers with our Fan Ji Dessert Shop flyers can enjoy a buy-one-get-one-free offer, and customers without flyers can enjoy a 30% discount."
The man asked curiously, "How much is a serving of sweet soup in your shop?"
Fan Sheng said with a smile, "The original sweet soup is 7 copper coins a serving, the taro ball sweet soup is 10 copper coins a serving, and the pearl sweet soup is also 10 copper coins a serving. You can also add red beans, peanuts, raisins and other toppings. Each topping costs 1 copper coin."
The man was a little confused. He had never heard of many of the things mentioned, but he knew what pearls were. However, he had never heard of pearls being edible.
This inevitably piqued his curiosity about the pearl syrup: "Then I'll have a bowl of pearl syrup."
"Alright, the pearl sweet soup is originally 10 copper coins, but it's 7 copper coins after the discount," Fan Sheng announced with a smile.
The man's smile deepened upon hearing this; he had gotten a 3-copper-coin discount, which gave him a sense of having made a good deal.
After the man placed his order, Luo Suyue started making bubble tea. The taro balls and tapioca pearls were made early in the morning, and the bubble tea had been brewed and kept warm in the bucket.
It's especially convenient to make this now, and a warm bowl of sweet soup is ready in no time.
Luo Suyue brought the prepared pearl sweet soup to the man and said with a light smile, "Sir, this is your pearl sweet soup. Please enjoy."
"This is pearl syrup? Could this dark stuff be pearls?"
Luo Suyue explained with a smile, "These are not real pearls, but they are shaped like pearls, hence the name 'Pearl Sugar Water'."
"I see, I'll try it first," the man said, putting the spoon aside and taking a big gulp from the bowl.
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