"Crackle, crackle..."

A short burst of firecrackers was lit, and several people nearby covered their ears. Everyone had a happy smile on their face, even Cao Gang, who rarely smiled, smiled a little. There was no class today, so a few children were brought over, and the children's laughter suddenly became lively.

Cao Xiangnan climbed up the ladder and reached out to remove the red cloth covering the sign. On the sign were two big characters: Cao Ji.

"Opening!"

"Today is the new store opening. If you eat five copper plates, you will get one copper plate off. If you eat ten copper plates, you will get two copper plates off. The more you eat, the more you will get off. And everyone who eats in the store today will get a free portion of winnowing basket steamed rice."

Winnowing basket steamed rice is a fresh food in the store. It is steamed layer by layer in a small winnowing basket with rice milk. The round noodles are stacked up and cut into pieces when eating. They are delicious.

A few days ago, they told the old customers who came to the stall about the move to the new store. The price of the food is the same as the original one. They told everyone that there would be free gifts for the new store opening today, so old customers came early in the morning. The old grandma who came to the pier to buy fish and meat early in the morning also liked to come to their stall to buy a pound and a half of rice noodles to eat at home. Hearing that the rice noodles would be cheaper today, she was waiting at the door.

When the door was opened, the customers who were waiting on the side walked in. There were neatly arranged tables and chairs inside, and the soup and meat stewing on the stove exuded fragrance. Everyone took their positions, the person in charge of selling food was responsible for selling the market, and the person in charge of entertaining guests was responsible for entertaining guests.

"Grandma Zhang, today we buy two pounds of rice noodles and get one pound free, buy four pounds and get two pounds free, and buy more and get more free." When a grandma came forward to buy rice noodles, Sun Ji introduced it to Grandma.

"It's so cheap." Grandma, who usually came to buy rice noodles to take home, was delighted when she heard this. This kilogram was free, and she bought more than usual, "Then give me two kilograms."

"Okay." Sun Ji packed the rice noodles for grandma neatly. When grandma handed over the copper coins, he counted out two copper coins and gave them back to grandma, "If you buy ten copper coins today, I will charge you two less. I'll give you these two copper coins as change. Take them."

The old grandma happily left with the rice noodles and the two copper coins she got back. When she turned around and saw her acquaintances, she told them that the newly opened Cao Ji was giving away one kilogram of rice noodles when you bought two kilograms, and also charging two big bucks less.

"Is it really such a good thing?"

"Why would I lie to you? I just bought some."

There were many shops on their street. When they heard the sound of firecrackers, some people came to see the food out of curiosity. When they smelled the delicious food, they also went into the store to order some food. Needless to say, the old customers followed the stall to the new store.

"Congratulations." Storekeeper Liu came in person with his people and gifts.

"Brother, you are here too. Come in, come in." Cao Xiangnan took the gift and hurriedly welcomed Storekeeper Liu in. He didn't expect that Storekeeper Liu would be so generous and come in person today.

"I made some fresh food today. How about serving it to you, brother?"

"Of course."

Cao Xiangnan brought a rice dumpling with diamond-shaped cubes cut into pieces for dipping in the delicious sauce. He also served a portion of each snack. After taking a bite of the rice dumpling, Manager Liu nodded, "Well, okay, this one is good."

"Brother, try this one."

"Well, it's really good. I can't taste the same food as this at my place. It seems I still have to come to your place to eat it." "Haha, welcome to come often, brother."

Their old customer, Manager Chen, also came over. When he came in and saw Manager Liu, he didn't expect that the two were old acquaintances. They greeted each other warmly as soon as they met. Manager Chen often comes here to eat, but it is the first time he sees Manager Liu. He is surprised and asks, "I have never seen you here before."

"My new store is opening, so I came to take a look." Manager Liu addressed Cao Xiangnan in a friendly tone, and it is obvious that the two have a very good relationship.

"Why are you here too?"

"The food here is delicious, hehe..."

"You, you, I knew you were so greedy. Wherever there is delicious food, there is you."

"Haha..."

Some managers from the neighboring stores who came to eat saw Manager Liu and Manager Chen, and they all greeted them warmly. They didn't expect that such a small shop would invite two great gods. They thought the food in this shop must be extraordinary. They ordered a lot of food and said it was good after eating.

They set up a stall at the pier. Most of the people who came to eat were men who worked at the pier. Today, they moved to this shop and there were many new customers. Cao Xiangnan took a look and understood that it seemed that finding a shop had many advantages. Most of these customers were willing to spend more money to eat.

"Little brother, you can go and do your work. I'll chat with Lao Chen here for a while. You can go and do your work." Liu, the shopkeeper, waved his hand, knowing that Cao Xiangnan was busy and didn't need him to accompany him here.

Cao Xiangnan saw that the storekeeper Liu and the manager Chen were chatting well, so he went to work.

Today was the new opening day, and everyone in the store was busy. Several children came over. The younger ones didn't know how to work yet, but the older ones could already help with the work. The younger ones sat obediently at the door of the next stall, which was the newly added spicy hotpot.

There were two large pots at the door, one for clear and one for spicy. The racks were filled with all kinds of dishes, and the skewered fish balls, meatballs, and tofu were already cooking in the pot. Sun Bailian also came over early in the morning, and seeing the children sitting there obediently, he even filled a small bowl for each of them to sit and eat.

There was a house being built at home, and there were many things to do at home. Qi Wanfeng couldn't leave, so he stayed at home to take care of things there, so he didn't come to the town.

But in the past two days, Qi Wanfeng learned how to make the soup base for spicy hot pot and how to make fish balls and meat balls

from his husband. His husband said that the store would be handed over to him and Sun Bailian in the future, so even if he couldn't go now, he would try his best to help and do what he could. "Boss, what kind of food do you sell here?" A guy was walking by with a child. The kid he was pulling saw a few kids sitting there eating and pulled him to come over, so he walked over with the child. The smell was very fragrant.

"Here we have fish balls, meatballs, and tofu. There are also vegetables over there. You can choose for yourself. You can order two servings of vegetarian food for one copper plate, a skewer of meatballs for one copper plate, and a serving of noodles for one copper plate." Sun Bailian introduced them to the guests one by one.

"Mom, we want to eat, we want to eat." The child pulled his mom, looking anxious.

"Okay, okay, eat, eat." The boy ordered the food and took the child in.

A few more boys came later. Some liked spicy food, while others didn't. They all went into the store. Bowls of spicy hotpot were served one after another, and the portions were quite generous.

Cao Xiangnan came to the door to take a look, chatted with Sun Bailian and Aning for a while, and then took the children to his side.

When the carriage went back to the village, Cao Xiangnan took the children away with him. Kang Kang and Xiangzi refused to go back and wanted to stay in the store to help. He simply let the two older children help there. Kang Kang, Xiangzi, Xuanxuan and other older children were already able to help with the work. The children would only cause trouble if they stayed there. He would have to distract himself to watch over them. There were too many people and he was too busy to take care of them.

After returning home and packing the steamed rice noodles, they quickly went back to the town.

Today, the store opened, and the amount of rice noodles sold in one morning was the same as the amount sold in the past day. Fortunately, they made more rice noodles today, so there was enough to sell later. Even grandpa Sun didn't go out to sell rice noodles today, but came to help make rice noodles.

When the carriage passed the town, there was nothing to do at home, so Cao Xiangnan took grandpa Sun to help.

There is a kitchen in the backyard. You can buy vegetables in the town, cook them here, and sell them in the front. There is a well here, so it is convenient to use water. Wash the vegetables and put them in categories, and cut the meat and cook it directly in the pot. Cao Xiangnan brined the meat with spices today, and the big pot of meat was cooked and the aroma was overflowing.

In the past, the stalls were all about the common people, selling cheap food. Coming here made Cao Xiangnan realize that besides making cheap food for the men working at the dock, they also had a group of potential big customers.

As long as the food was good, and it was cheaper than going to a restaurant, and the taste was not worse than that in a restaurant, there would be no need to worry about no one coming to eat.

Around noon, more and more people came to the restaurant to eat, and the men working at the dock also found their place, three or five of them at a time, "So you moved here, this place is easy to find, easy to find."

"Haha, yes, you can find it by walking along this side. It's not hard to find. What do you guys want to eat today? If you eat five copper coins today, you can get one change, and if you eat ten, you can get two change, and also get a fresh meal for free."

So a meal worth five copper coins only costs four copper coins, and today there is a fresh meal for free, but you have to pay for it later. Naturally, some people also paid an extra copper coin to buy food.

"Oh, buy two rice noodles and get one free. Do you want to take one home to eat? It's only available for the first three days of opening. There

will be no more free meals after that." "Buy two pounds and get one free. OK, bring two pounds and take them away later."

A group of people went into the store, carrying their food and looking for seats.

At noon, the store was crowded with people eating. It was the first time that Grandpa Sun came to the town to help. He was shocked to see so many people. Many people came to the store because they made more money and earned more money. Grandpa Sun kept smiling and worked harder.

Their business was good, and the malatang next door was also doing quite well.

After noon, fewer people came to the store to eat, and the pot of brine was sold out. With fewer people coming to eat, they finally have time to sit down and eat. However, no matter how busy they are today, they are all busy and happy.