The next morning, the Gan family's courtyard was bustling with activity.
Old Man Gan got up before dawn to make braised pork. By daybreak, it was ready to be taken out of the pot and plated. He planned to have his daughter-in-law take it to the dock to sell shortly.
Grandma Gan was also busy, cleaning up the kitchen with Qiao'er, while Gan Quan chopped firewood in the yard.
Gan Mingli and Zhao loaded popsicles and braised pork that Old Man Gan had prepared onto the oxcart, preparing to head to the dock to set up a stall.
When passing by Ganli's dilapidated little courtyard, I called out loudly, and Gantian came out with her little satchel on her back, jumped onto the oxcart, and we went to town together.
And Ganli, unusually, quieted down.
After arranging everything yesterday, Old Man Gan suggested that since they were already capable of these tasks, they should move the 'work' location to the Gan family's old house, hoping to give their daughter a little more rest.
Ganli knew his good intentions and naturally had no objections. However, she couldn't rest either, as the restaurant's decoration hadn't been finalized yet.
Gan Tian had gone to school. Back in the house, she looked at the snow-white Xuan paper in front of her, held a piece of charcoal in her hand, and began to think about the decorating style of her family's restaurant.
Since you're going to run a food business, the environment naturally can't be too bad.
However, she didn't plan to make it too luxurious, since her target customers were mainly ordinary people in the town. But it also couldn't be too sloppy, because the location was at the dock, where there were many tourists. In short, it had to be different from the food stalls at the dock.
After thinking for a long time, she finally decided that since it was a restaurant catering to ordinary people, it didn't need to be luxuriously decorated; simple, elegant, clean, and tidy would suffice.
In her past life, she had seen many trendy restaurants, which were decorated in a magnificent style, but in reality, the actual dining area was quite cramped.
She didn't want her restaurant to become like that. Rather than wasting money on decorations, she preferred to leave more space and put more tables there.
As Ganli pondered this, she began to sketch and draw on the paper.
She plans to divide the restaurant into two parts: the front will be the dining area, and the back will be the kitchen, storage area, and living quarters.
The dining area needs to be spacious and bright. Houses in this era are all made of wood, as is the shop she bought today. Although it saves her from having to paint the walls, the shop is old and needs to be sanded and waxed again. She also needs to pave the floor with blue bricks and put in wooden tables and benches.
As for the kitchen and storage room, practicality should be the priority. The kitchen should have multiple stoves and a cutting board, while the storage room should have several shelves for serving and storing food.
There's no need to plan the room for sleeping; you can just furnish it later if someone moves in.
Ganli sketched out a rough draft of her idea, and the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became.
Just then, Gan Mingyi arrived. She showed him the sketch and asked him excitedly, "How is it?"
Looking at the messy things on it, Gan Mingyi honestly said, "I don't understand."
Ganli: "..."
She pulled Gan Mingyi to sit down and explained the details to him, pointing to what was drawn on the sketch.
With her explanation, the previously chaotic lines suddenly seemed to become clear, and Gan Mingyi nodded:
"Great! Little sister, how did you develop such a clever mind?"
Faced with his praise, Gan Li remained calm—after all, she had already figured it out these past few days; the two brothers in the Gan family were doting on their sister, and whatever their sister did was good.
She gave a perfunctory smile to show her gratitude for Gan Mingyi's praise, and then returned to the main topic:
"That's my idea, but we don't know if it will work. We need to find a craftsman to take a look first."
Gan Mingyi patted his chest and assured him, "Just give me the blueprints, and leave the rest to me. I guarantee I'll handle it perfectly!"
He used to work at the docks in his spare time and knew a lot of guys there. He listened to their conversations and knew a fair bit about these things.
Ganli, however, was a little worried: "I'll go with you to take a look. After all, it's my drawing. If there's anything unclear, I can explain it to you more clearly."
"Alright."
The brother and sister hit it off immediately, grabbed the design drawings of Ganli, and rushed to town.
They first went to the largest lumber shop in town, found the shopkeeper, and explained their purpose.
Seeing a customer arrive, the shopkeeper dared not neglect him. He quickly put down his ledger and said with a smile:
"Renovating a restaurant? You've come to the right place! The carpenters in our shop are renowned for their excellent skills, you can rest assured!"
Upon hearing this, Gan Mingyi felt reassured.
"Alright, Manager Li, quickly find me a few skilled cooks at reasonable prices!" Gan Mingyi said.
"Alright!" the shopkeeper replied, then turned and called to the shop assistants, "Go and call Carpenter Wang and Mason Zhang over here!"
Before long, two middle-aged men followed the waiter to the shopkeeper.
"Carpenter Wang, Mason Zhang, this old man wants to renovate his restaurant. You two should go and take a look and give him an estimate!" the manager introduced.
When Wang the carpenter and Zhang the mason saw that there was work to be done, they immediately perked up and quickly took the blueprints from Gan Mingyi's hands.
"Take a look, you two. If we follow these blueprints, how long will it take to complete?" Gan Li asked.
"this……"
Carpenter Wang pondered for a moment, looked up at Gan Li, and was about to speak when he realized that the two people in front of him looked very familiar. He asked in surprise:
"Aren't you...aren't you from Gan Kee Dessert Stall at the pier?"
Carpenter Zhang also examined the sweet pear closely and suddenly realized:
"Of course! My brother and I even bought braised pork from your stall before! The taste, wow, it was absolutely amazing!"
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