The carriage stopped at the gate of Yipinzhai. Fang Ziye, who had been out for the afternoon, came back. The person who entered the door took a look at the stall on the side, said something to Ershun, and went upstairs.

After changing into a clean set of clothes, Cao Xiangnan went up to the private room to see Fang Ziye. There was barbecue on the table, and the people sitting there were eating. Fang Ziye saw Cao Xiangnan coming in, "It tastes good." He said.

Recently, he found that his appetite was particularly good, and he wanted to eat everything he saw. In the past, he preferred light tastes, but now he especially likes this kind of strong-flavored food.

"It's good that you like it, but don't eat too much of it, it's easy to get angry. I'll ask Ershun to make you a cup of chrysanthemum tea later to help you get rid of the fire." Cao Xiangnan sat down on the chair, and seeing Fang Ziye eating it with relish, he also grabbed one and ate it.

He tasted a few skewers when they were grilling just now, and now he was sitting with Fang Ziye to eat, and suddenly he missed the days when he went out for barbecue and beer with his friends.

After coming here, Cao Xiangnan never thought about the people and things in his previous life. After his parents divorced, he lived with a grandmother. Although the relationship was not close, she was his grandmother after all. She was not good to him, but she did not do anything to let him down. Later, when his grandmother passed away, he was actually sad and depressed in his heart. It's

just that birth, aging, illness and death are the laws of nature, and no one can escape this circle.

Even if he were gone, his irresponsible parents wouldn't care whether he lived or died. He didn't have many friends growing up, and it was only after he went to college that he got to know a few classmates and friends with whom he had a good relationship. Probably knowing that he was gone, his friends would be sad for him, and he felt a little sad when he thought of this.

"Xiangnan." Fang Ziye saw Cao Xiangnan eating in silence, and didn't understand why he exuded a sense of sadness. Hearing Fang Ziye calling him, Cao Xiangnan exclaimed "Ah" and asked with his eyes what he was going to say.

"What were you thinking about just now?" Fang Ziye asked.

"I remembered something." Cao Xiangnan smiled, and the gloom just now seemed to have never appeared. "Yes, I have an idea here, let me tell you."

"Well, go ahead." Fang Ziye nodded, letting Cao Xiangnan continue.

"I think we can open another night snack stall, just like the barbecue stall we have today, we can find another place to open it. It happens that the weather is hot now, we just need a place, put tables and chairs, sell barbecue and porridge and noodles at the same time, as long as the food is good, people will definitely come..." Seeing that Fang Ziye was interested, Cao Xiangnan continued to tell Fang Ziye about his idea.

The people who come to Yipinzhai are all rich young men and ladies. They have plenty of money in their pockets, and they just want to eat happily. The night snack stall he is going to open now is for the common people. Ordinary people in Nanyang have some money in their pockets, so they will naturally be willing to spend some money to go out for a night snack with three or five friends.

Don't underestimate the cheap food of a night snack stall. The business is good and there are many people coming to eat, that's money.

Yipinzhai's business is good now, but from morning tea to night snacks, the business will gradually become saturated, and there is not much room for development. Besides, the people working in the building are busy from morning to night, and everyone is very tired. This three-story building is large in comparison to the houses here. There will be guests staying upstairs. If the downstairs is too noisy day and night, it will disturb the guests' rest.

Fang, the shopkeeper, was called up. As Cao Xiangnan talked about the barbecue stall, his eyes lit up.

"The business of Yipinzhai is so good now. If we do it separately, we won't make others jealous." This is also a consideration. Don't put all the eggs in one basket at the beginning. It's better to divide them into several baskets. When each basket is filled with eggs, it will be spectacular.

Cao Xiangnan also suggested that they should find another shop to run a barbecue and hot pot restaurant, and then they could open one in all the major casinos in Fengchao. Yipinzhai is a high-end restaurant, serving breakfast and lunch. He also has many special dishes, and will introduce new dishes every once in a while.

The reason why he considered opening a night snack stall in Nanyang was based on some basic conditions of the city. For example, in Fenshui Town, there is basically no one outside the street at night, and people come to eat even if you set up a stall. But it is different here. There are still many people outside visiting the night market at night. If they open a night snack stall, business will definitely be very good.

After some discussion, they decided to open another night snack stall, and the specialized barbecue and hot pot restaurant would be placed in the back.

With Fang the shopkeeper, they quickly found a place for the night snack stall. The location is close to the pier, not in the center, but it is large and has horses on both sides. Cao Xiangnan came to see it and thought that the geographical location is pretty good.

After learning about the prices of shops in Nanyang City, Cao Xiangnan realized that any ordinary shop here would cost at least four or five hundred taels, and a place as big as this would cost at least a thousand taels.

Fang Ziye gave him 30% of the night snack stall this time. Now that he has some money on hand, Cao Xiangnan also gave a share of the money as a token of his investment, and he couldn't always take advantage of Fang Ziye. This amount of money is nothing to Fang Ziye, but it is a matter of principle for him.

Once the location was determined, the night snack stall was prepared intensively.

The shop was ready and could be used after a simple renovation. The perimeter was surrounded by bamboo and a row of lanterns were hung outside. Tables and chairs were laid out inside, and there were pillars on both sides of the aisle with lanterns hung on them, so even at night, these many lanterns were enough for lighting.

Three days later, the night snack stall was successfully opened.6 When night fell, lanterns were lit one by one, and the whole night snack stall was lit up. There were two big lanterns hanging at the door, and two words were written on the lanterns: Good Taste, which is the name of their night snack stall.

The night snack stall is the same as the original idea. This stall mainly does barbecue business, and sells porridge and noodles.

The porridge is made of special clay pot porridge, which is cooked white porridge. Customers who come here can order what kind of porridge they like, and after ordering, it is cooked in a clay pot, so it is called clay pot porridge. As for making rice noodles, this is his forte, but he only makes a simple pig offal rice noodles, not too complicated.

The barbecue stall outside was set up, and the charcoal fire on the grill was burning. There were special people in charge of grilling meat. The two boys were specially trained by Cao Xiangnan in the past few days. They came over to inspect and found no problems. "First, grill the chicken wings and chicken legs, which are difficult to cook."

He asked them to grill the meat first. When the smell spread out, would they be afraid that no one would come?

Yipinzhai was already busy enough, and Fang, the storekeeper, could not spare time, so the people here were all arranged by Fang. In addition, a manager was arranged to be in charge of this place. He was about 40 years old and was steady. As soon as he accepted the job, he arranged things in an orderly manner, and he did not need to worry about anything.

On the first day of business, Fang, the shopkeeper, came in person and invited some of his old acquaintances to come. All the invited guests came with great respect. Cao Xiangnan and Fang, the shopkeeper, greeted the guests at the door. Fang introduced these old acquaintances to him. With Fang, these people were also polite to him, an unknown boy.

There is a boy guarding the door. When customers come, he will take them inside and say, "Dear guests, please come in."

As soon as the aroma of barbecue wafts out, people come in after smelling the smell. Three or five men who come to the stall look at the meat being roasted on the rack. It's this smell. "What kind of food do you have here?"

"Dear guest, we have barbecue, meat and vegetarian food. The meat costs four skewers for ten copper plates, and the vegetarian food costs four skewers for five copper plates."

"Here we have casserole porridge, white porridge costs five copper plates per pot, and boiled meat costs two copper plates per portion, you can choose. In addition, there is pork offal rice noodles, a large bowl costs ten copper plates, and a medium bowl costs eight copper plates."

These are the prices agreed upon by Cao Xiangnan and Fang, which are twice as expensive as the food prices in Fenshui Town, but compared to the food in Nanyang, these prices are relatively affordable, not expensive, and ordinary working men can come here for a midnight snack.

And don't look at these strings, small portions, in fact, the quantity is not much, so the net profit is terrifyingly high.

After hearing this, the men agreed that it would only cost 20 copper coins per person for a meal for all of them. After ordering, they found a seat and said, "Dear guest, please take your sign. Someone will bring the food to you later." Cao Xiangnan brought Manager Zhou with him and explained everything here. Manager Zhou would still be responsible for the management of this place in the future. He didn't plan to live here yet. At most, he would come here once in a while to take a look.

He had been away from home for several days. Every night when he went home, he thought about the evening breeze and children at home. He thought that after he had dealt with things here, he would go home and couldn't wait to see his wife and children first.

On the first day of opening, the night snack stall had a pretty good business. Later on, many people came, mostly men in ordinary clothes. Three or five of them came together, found a seat, ordered food, and had a drink with friends.

There were many people eating at first, but as the night went on, fewer people came. People who left left, and when the last table of guests left, they packed up the stall and closed the door. They took down the lanterns, leaving only two big red lanterns at the door. I went back and took

a shower. I went to bed too late last night, and slept until the next day when it was bright. Cao Xiangnan woke up. Listening to the lively sounds downstairs, lying on the bed and looking at the ceiling, thinking that this trip was not in vain, a smile appeared on his face, and he turned over and got out of bed.

"How was business last night?" Fang Ziye was sitting in the private room having breakfast tea, and asked him when he saw him.

Cao Xiangnan sat down opposite Fang Ziye and told Fang Ziye about the situation at the stall last night. Now there is nothing that Fang Ziye needs to do in person, and all things are ordered to the people below to do, so he knows how lucky he is to meet Fang Ziye.

The meeting between people is actually destined and a clever opportunity.