Danniu and Mr. Zheng took five days off.
On the first day, I went up the mountain to fight a tiger. On the second day, I went with Tian An to find aiyu fruit. Then I took the men in the village to pick fruit for two days. On the last day, I went with Master An to buy materials for building the village.
Tian An was busy with the shop opening all day. She didn't need to worry about the Aiyuzi, as she had left it to Mangzhong.
The fruits were picked the night before, and Grain in Ear and other people were brought in to process them early the next morning.
The sun is so strong that the fruit can be dried in one afternoon. On the evening of Grain in Ear, people can be brought in to scrape the seeds off the peel and preserve them.
Although the store was fully equipped and cleaned by Chunxi and her team, Tian An felt that since it was a newly opened store, it needed a new look.
He bought some paint and asked Chen Feng and Wang Erdong to repaint the doors and windows of the shop, and they looked like new.
When Tian An asked Chun Xi to ask Wang Er Dong if he was willing to help in the shop, Wang Er Dong was very happy to hear that he could work with Tian An and agreed without thinking.
Unless his head is covered in cow dung, he would not agree. As for discussing it with his family, there is no need for that. His family will only be happy for him and encourage him to work hard.
Tian An and Daniu had agreed on the name for the noodle shop. The two storefronts had separate signs: the left one, "A Bowl of Noodles," dedicated to noodles, and the right, "Half a Bowl of Sweet," for aiyu jelly and sweetened water. Once Peng Zhang got her the milk, she'd be able to offer more desserts.
The words on the plaque were written by Daniu, whose handwriting had already begun to take shape. The characters flowed smoothly, with powerful strokes. Once completed, they were made into a plaque and hung above the door, covered with red cloth until the day of the grand opening.
Not only the signboard, Tian An also asked the carpenter to make number plates for each table, and asked Da Niu to write the numbers on them. He also asked Chun Xi, Chen Feng and other people who helped in the store to familiarize themselves with them in advance.
Tian An thought that no one had ever tasted Aiyu jelly, so he asked Daniu to draw a picture of Aiyu jelly. After it was finished, he would put it on a shelf at the door for promotion.
Tian An thought that since the two sides sold different things, he should add a partition in the middle. The partition was a fan-shaped arched hollow partition, which was not a complete partition but also served as a partition.
After that, it was time for decoration. For the "bowl of noodles" on the left, Tian An asked the farmhands to weave a few half-flower baskets with bamboo, and also took some heavy barley ears from the wheat field and inserted them in the baskets to hang on the wall as decoration.
As for the "half bowl of sweetness" on the right, Daniu would dig up some flowers or small, attractive saplings while he was in the mountains. Tian An would build a few wooden boards on the wall and plant the plants in ceramic pots on top.
Da Niu didn't know much about flowers and plants. He had just seen a few pots of orchids at Mr. Zheng's place. When he saw this one in the mountains, he thought it looked similar, so he dug up three and brought them back.
Then I saw two peonies with buds, and thinking they would be nice if they bloomed, I brought them back too.
Tian Andu couldn't help but sigh that he was lucky. The five plants he dug were all flowers, and not a single one was a weed.
Afraid that the flowers would not survive after being dug up, Tian An planted them all in the space, and would move them into pots when the store was about to open.
After the shop is set up, the next issue is the ingredients. Flour is the most important ingredient for a noodle shop.
The wheat in the field was about to be harvested, and once the wheat was harvested, he could use his own flour to make dough. Tian An only bought 500 kilograms of white flour to make do for the time being.
Everything is proceeding in full swing. With everyone's joint efforts, Tian An's shop is finally about to open.
The day before the opening, Tian An transplanted the flowers out of the space. The flowers stayed in the space for a few days and were moisturized by the soil in the space.
Even the orchids have buds, ready to bloom, and the peonies are in full bloom, overflowing with fragrance and alluring beauty. Once placed on the wooden countertops, they add a touch of color to the entire shop.
In the evening, Tian An, Daniu and Mangzhong stayed in the shop to make preparations.
The pig's head and offal had been delivered in advance, but the watermelon needed to make the love jade jelly would have to wait until the next day when Luo Youcai and Wang Erdong arrived.
The jelly will not be sold until noon, so there is still time to chill the watermelons with well water when they arrive.
Fortunately, there is a well in the backyard, otherwise water would be a problem!
After preparing the braised meat and putting it into the pot to stew, the pork bone soup base for the noodles was boiled, and then Da Niu was left to watch the fire while the others rested.
Because of the store opening, Da Niu took another day off. If it weren't for his solid schoolwork, Mr. Zheng would have been angry that he had to take a day off during this period.
Da Niu kept watch until Tian An and Mangzhong woke up the next day before going to rest.
After tidying themselves up briefly, the two of them went into the kitchen and started working.
First, the braised meat was taken out, and then a large pot of braised eggs was cooked. The braised eggs were prepared for the opening ceremony. On the opening day, buy a bowl of noodles and get an egg for free.
After boiling another large pot of water, the two of them went about their business, washing onions and chopping cilantro. A short while later, Chen Feng arrived and began kneading the dough.
The kitchen was almost ready and other people arrived.
After Luo Youcai and Wang Erdong set up the braised meat stall, Xiaokang also got up, and Wang Erdong went to take Xiaokang to school.
By this time, daybreak had broken down, and people were already arriving at the county school gate.
Because the shop had been busy cleaning up these two days and there was quite a lot of noise, Tian An wrote a notice in advance and posted it at the door, so many people knew that the shop would open today.
Some students who arrived early looked into the store out of curiosity.
Seeing this, Qiu Tian took the initiative to step forward and said, "Sir, would you like a bowl of noodles? We're opening today, buy a bowl of noodles and get a braised egg for free! What a great deal."
The young man blushed when he saw the little girl come forward to ask. He then heard that buying noodles would give eggs for free, which was indeed a good deal. Besides, he had left early and had not eaten anything, so he followed Qiu Tian into the shop.
"We have braised pork noodles, stewed pork noodles, and spicy chicken noodles in our store. Which one would you like?" Qiu Tian said enthusiastically.
The young man asked, "Are the prices the same?"
Qiu Tian said, "It's all the same, eight cents for a big bowl!"
"Then let's have a bowl of braised pork noodles!"
Qiu Tian then shouted towards the kitchen: "A bowl of braised pork noodles."
Then he said to the young man who was eating noodles, "Please wait a moment, the noodles will be here soon."
Then he went out to greet new customers. Whenever he saw someone looking into the shop, he would take the initiative to go up and ask.
It was still early, and the people buying the braised meat hadn't come yet. Seeing that Qiu Tian's method of attracting customers was indeed effective, Luo Youcai also learned to go to the door to attract customers.
Since all the people who come to eat noodles at this time are students, many of them know each other, and when they see acquaintances in the noodle shop, they follow them in.
Then I enjoyed my meal and invited classmates passing by to come in.
When Wang Erdong sent Xiaokang back, the noodle shop was full of people, and even Qiu Tian had to help carry the noodles.
There’s no way, it’s a good start!
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