Chapter 51 Opening



The wharf is bustling early in the morning, with cargo ships moored at the wharf. The men who come to work early get a sign from the manager and start moving cargo for the boatmen. Fishermen who go out fishing in the morning come back and sell their fresh fish here. Some people also sell fresh fruits and vegetables. People in the town come here to buy things early in the morning, and there are many people coming and going.

The roadside is full of food stalls selling all kinds of food. Today, a new food stall opened in the corner. There are clean square tables and benches. The stove in front of the stall is on fire. The soup is still simmering inside. The small stove next to it is simmering pig offal. The aroma spreads far away.

The pig offal is simmered with radishes. Radishes absorb water and are easy to taste. Cao Xiangnan was afraid that the radishes would taste too strong if they were simmered for too long, so he separated the radishes and packed them separately.

Cao Xiangnan thought that beef offal would taste better, but since cattle are farm animals, they are not allowed to be slaughtered at will, so beef is rarely sold here. Even if beef is sold occasionally, the price is very expensive, so it is not realistic to sell beef offal here.

It was still early, and most of the time, it was men who rushed to work from home, hurriedly bought a meal at the roadside stall, ate, and went to work. Their stall happened to be in a corner, and not many people passed by.

The stall was set up, but no customer came to their stall yet.

"Oh, why is no one coming? What should I do?" Sun Bailian was anxious when she saw that no one came. She walked back and forth, unable to stop for a moment.

"Don't worry, don't worry, trust me, someone will come in a while." Cao Xiangnan sat down on a stool nearby and took a look at the sky. Good wine needs no bush. Today is the first day of opening. He believes that their stall business will be booming.

Steward Chen came to the dock with a servant to buy fish early in the morning. He smelled a fragrance from a distance. He sniffed and asked the servant behind him, "Little noble, do you smell anything?"

The little noble shook his head and asked, "What smell?"

Steward Chen's nose moved, and he thought he smelled a meaty aroma, which he had never smelled here at the dock. His nose was most sensitive to the smell of delicious food, and he could smell any fragrant food from a distance.

This smell...

He made up his mind and followed the smell.

The little noble behind saw that their steward was not going to the fish stall, and he didn't know where to go. He took a look at the fish stall and had to follow him.

Well, this is the smell, and it is getting more and more fragrant.

Standing in front of a food stall, Manager Chen was staring at a pot of delicious food, his eyes almost green.

"Would this guest like to eat something? This is the first day of the stall opening. We sell pig offal rice noodles. A small portion of rice noodles costs two cents, a large portion costs three cents, and a large portion of pig offal rice noodles costs five cents." Cao Xiangnan was standing in front of the stall. He was responsible for serving rice noodles to customers. There were two bowls, one large and one small, on the stall. He pointed to the other party.

"Pig offal costs two cents extra, and radish costs one cent."

There was a sign with the price in front of the stall, but not many people here could read, and since the stall was newly opened, he was afraid that customers would not understand, so he still had to introduce it to the customers.

This price was decided after everyone discussed it. The people in Fenshui Town lived much better than those in the village, and the food here usually cost two or three cents a bowl, so they didn't set this price too high.

"What is this?" Manager Chen asked, pointing to the steaming pot.

"This is our secret pig's offal." Cao Xiangnan lifted the lid, and a rich aroma wafted out. He was very confident in the pot of food he made. He believed that anyone who smelled this smell would not be able to resist it.

"Yes, yes, that's the smell. Give me a big bowl." As soon as Manager Chen smelled this smell, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, not caring whether it was pig's offal or not. In the past, he never ate this kind of thing, but today he was tempted by the smell and swallowed his saliva. "

There are soup and mixed ones. The soup ones are made with thick soup, and the mixed ones are made with sauces. What do you want?"

"All right, whatever tastes good."

"Okay, here it comes. Please sit over there for a while." The smile on Cao Xiangnan's face got a little bigger. Isn't this a deal?

Cao Gang, who was standing over there, was pushed by his wife and hurried over to lead the customers, "This way, please."

"What is this?" Manager Chen, who was still standing there, asked as he looked at a large pot of white stuff.

"This is rice noodles, we make it with rice," Cao Xiangnan explained.

Manager Chen nodded with satisfaction, turned around and bumped into the little nobleman who was following him foolishly, and then he remembered that there was someone following him, and turned back and said, "Add another bowl, all large portions."

The little nobleman also smelled the fragrance when he approached, and was very happy to see that the manager did not leave him behind. He liked to follow Manager Chen out the most. Manager Chen loved to eat and was generous, so he would definitely be able to enjoy a feast when he went out with him.

"Okay, sit down for a while, I'll be right there." Cao Xiangnan's face was full of smiles, he picked up the rice noodles and put them in the bowl, put them in the clear soup to roll, put them back in the bowl, put the thick soup on top, and then spooned radish and pork offal, a big bowl full. If

he didn't open the shop, he wouldn't open it, but as soon as he opened, a rich customer came. Judging from the other party's clothes, he was well-dressed, so he didn't need these few coins. It seemed that he met a generous customer as soon as he opened the shop, but he had to hold on to this generous customer.

Cao Xiangnan put two bowls of rice noodles with pork offal on a tray, and added two servings of clean radishes, and said to Cao Gang, "Brother Gang, remember to tell the two guests that the clean radishes are free."

Cao Gang took them over, put them on the table, and said, "Please enjoy your meal, two guests." He repeated what Cao Xiangnan had told him.

"Okay." Manager Chen was very satisfied with the stall owner for sending two servings. The

area around the stall was swept clean, the tables and chairs were wiped clean, and the bowls and chopsticks for serving food were clean and not greasy. The most important thing is that this bowl of food exudes a strong fragrance. Manager Chen lowered his head and smelled it, saying, "Hmm, it smells so good."

He picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, nodded, and then took two bites, three bites...

The little noble also swallowed his saliva, picked up the chopsticks and took a chopstick of rice noodles into his mouth, and then the chopsticks never stopped.

Another man came over smelling the smell. Cao Xiangnan received the first customer, and by the second customer he was already familiar with it, introducing their food. However, this customer was not as generous as the previous customer, and only asked for a large portion of Zhaihefen.

Cao Xiangnan saw that the man looked like a man working at the dock, and he had an idea. He whispered to Cao Gang and decided to give a portion of clean radish to all customers in the next three days, while supplies last. The main purpose of this was to attract a group of customers and get more patrons in the future.

"This is the first day of our stall opening. We will give a portion of clean radish to all customers who come in the first three days, while supplies last." Cao Gang, who was dull and could not speak, was just responsible for repeating what Cao Xiangnan told him to say, and he would repeat this sentence to the customers who came later.

After receiving the portion of radish, the man clasped his fists to the stall owner standing there.

Radishes are not expensive things. When they are cheap, you can get two for one penny. But because it is free, people are in a good mood when they receive it, especially when it tastes good, they will just feel that they have made a profit.

Manager Chen ate a bowl of pork offal rice noodles in big mouthfuls, and even drank up the soup in the bowl. He also ate a large portion of radishes until only a little soup was left. The taste of the radishes was no worse than that of pig offal. It was the first time he found that pig offal was so delicious.

"Hmm, delicious." He touched his bulging belly. If he was not really unable to eat, he would really want another bowl. Manager Chen wanted another portion. He took out ten copper coins and put them on the table, stood up, and left with the servants.

"Sir, please go slowly." Cao Gang, who was standing by, went over to clean up the dishes and put them on the wooden tray at the back.

Considering that there were many people coming and going at the dock and Sun Bailian was a brother, they decided to let Sun Bailian take charge of washing the dishes at the back. If there were too many customers and they couldn't entertain them all, they would let him entertain them. Sun Bailian had no objection to this. Sun Bailian looked at her husband talking to the customers with a wooden face and couldn't help laughing. Didn't she understand her husband's character? On weekdays, they didn't say a few words all day, but now this morning, he has said as much as Ping'er in a day.

It seems that after receiving more customers, her husband's habit of being taciturn will be cured.

After the first order, their stall gradually had customers. The business in the morning was not very good. But compared with other food stalls, their business was still good. They

said the radishes were free, and they had money in their pockets, so naturally there were customers who were still not satisfied and were willing to spend a copper coin to buy a large portion to eat their fill. It's not that they haven't eaten radishes before, they just haven't eaten radishes that tasted so good. What

they didn't know was that the customers who ate rice noodles in their stall and received an extra portion of radishes went out and told the people next to them how delicious the food at the stall they ate was.

"......That stall has been giving away radishes for the past three days. I tell you, the radishes taste really good. You've never had such delicious radishes before." They were cooked with real meat, so even if they were radishes, they tasted like meat. "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

This word spread from one person to another, and later many people knew that there was a newly opened stall that used rice noodles. You only need two or three cents to get a big bowl. If you go there for the first three days, you will get an extra portion of clean radishes.


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