Chapter 39
Chong Biao: "Brother Lu, what are you standing there for? Come on and drink. Come on, we haven't seen each other for many years. Don't be polite. Come and try this osmanthus braised pork. It really tastes like osmanthus!" He had already tasted it before, and after taking a bite, he wanted to strongly recommend it to his brother!
After saying that, he watched Lu Ping'an pick up a piece of trembling braised pork. The braised pork looked soft and sticky, but it was hanging on the chopsticks and couldn't be shaken off, making a "duangduang" sound.
It melts in your mouth, with a touch of sweetness and osmanthus.
"Hmm? It really tastes good," Lu Pingan praised. He collected his thoughts.
After a few days, there was a chorus of praise at the dinner table. As they tasted each dish, it was like playing dice. Every time they opened a dish, they were surprised. They ate so much that they almost forgot to reminisce about the past. They were all impressed by Su Guoer's dishes and praised her endlessly at the dinner table.
Su Guoer heard all the praises and kept them in her heart. Having someone recognize her craftsmanship was something she had been longing for!
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Su Guoer had already ordered people to set up the stall outside. As more and more people came for night outings, Su Guoer's braised meat officially started to sell well.
There's no need to shout at all.
Those who had eaten her braised meat yesterday came to buy it again today because they were greedy.
Those who were eager to try but couldn't bear to buy it yesterday, also rushed to pay for it when they saw that Suguoer braised pork was selling so well, fearing that they would not be able to buy it if they were late.
What about the night travelers passing by?
Seeing so many people gathered in front of Su Guoer's stall, they had to join in the fun.
So Su Guoer brought the cut meat for them to try.
You won’t know until you try it, and you’ll be surprised when you try it. When did Bianjing have such a delicious braised meat restaurant? This made them admire it, and they remembered Su Guoer’s shop, “Su Ji Fresh Food Restaurant”, and it became known among the people.
After trying the food, they naturally ran over to pay.
But there are too many people, so you need to queue.
So in a corner of this night market, near the famous Mingyue Tower in Bianjing, people spontaneously lined up in a long queue, one after another standing in a snake-like manner on this Qingyan Street.
It took up half the street. Passersby were amazed and inevitably attracted to join in the fun. As a result, even more people lined up!
This makes other stall owners envious.
Su Guoer knew without even looking that the owners of the other braised meat stalls were probably looking gloomy at the moment, right?
But it was late at night, and she couldn't see with her dark face, so she didn't need to pay attention to the envious eyes of other stall owners. She just focused on selling her own braised meat, and strived to promote her braised meat as soon as possible!
The braised meat was eaten up very quickly. Su Guoer was so tired from collecting money that she didn't even know what time it was. She just collected money while handing out the packaged braised meat to the endless stream of diners.
Some diners ordered more, some ordered less, and soon all the buckets of braised meat were gone.
But there was a trend of diners coming up from behind continuously.
After Su Guoer roughly calculated how many servings of braised meat were left, she went forward to inform the diners behind her that they didn't need to queue up and asked them to come early tomorrow to buy the braised meat.
Some of the diners left in frustration, and some even blamed Su Guoer for not knowing how to do business. For so many people, she only braised such a small amount of meat, making them make a wasted trip!
But there is no way,
She hadn't expected business to be so brisk. She only had five large pots, including the one on the stove, and with all five working simultaneously, they could only braise 600 kilograms of meat. She hadn't expected it to sell out so quickly.
She felt deeply sorry for this, and then she thought to herself that she would ask a chef to set up three more large stoves in the yard tomorrow so that she could stew more braised meat.
The four large stoves in the kitchen were not enough to cook the meat at the same time. After the meat was cooked, it had to be washed and then cooked for the mutton soup to be sold for breakfast tomorrow. It can be said that the stoves were always busy.
However, there is a wide passage outside the kitchen, so if we add two more stoves, we can also add another stove in the open space inside the kitchen. In this way, seven stoves can be used at the same time, and more meat can be stewed. This is the only way to make money, right?
Su Guoer thought about asking someone to come and fix the stove early tomorrow morning and finish the work as soon as possible so that she could continue to make money. At the same time, she was also thinking about asking the butcher shop owner how many pounds of meat would be appropriate tomorrow.
Seeing that it was getting late, the night market would soon be over, right? However, there was only three incense sticks left, so if there was any sale, I guess it wouldn't be much.
How about adding another 200 kilograms of meat?
That means we need 800 kilograms of braised meat. What about the mutton soup? We'll see how much we need after we sell it tomorrow.
Feeling a little tired, Su Guoer simply took a break. There wasn't much braised meat left in the bucket anyway, so she just let Chunniang and Cui Niangzi watch it, and she herself sat on the steps with her legs hanging down.
Looking behind him, Chong Biao and Lu Ping'an had already left. There were still plates of leftover food on the table. Those plates were almost eaten clean, without even a single scallion left.
Logically speaking, this would make the restaurant seem stingy and unwilling to give them more food, but Su Guoer knew that they ate so much and everyone came out with a full stomach, so she was really willing to give them more food. Every dish here was worth two dishes in other restaurants!
They all agreed that the portions were large, and the plates were empty because the food was so delicious. No one complained to her, and Su Guoer even added two plates of braised meat for them at the end. It was quite good to buy so many dishes for 4 taels of silver.
"We must have collected quite a bit of silver today, right?" Su Guoer saw that her own money box was almost full, and roughly estimated that there were at least a hundred taels. One hundred taels plus four taels for the banquet, minus the twenty-five taels for the purchase of goods.
Net profit...79 taels of silver.
If we deduct today's house rental fee of 11 taels of silver and Chunniang and Cui Niangzi's wages, the total is 67 taels of silver.
He sold 67 taels of silver in one day.
She now felt a strong sense of accomplishment. Although she was a little tired, it was truly worth it and she lived a fulfilling life, much more fulfilling than her previous life.
only…………
The prince's official position is in the Imperial City Department. Why would he come here in broad daylight? And rescue her?
This made Su Guoer feel a little uneasy, but in the end she found herself very funny!
She had already left the Duke's Mansion and had drawn a clear line with the Crown Prince. She had also made up her mind not to have anything to do with the Crown Prince anymore, but now she was the one who was feeling uneasy?
Really, she would be terrified like a cat with its fur standing on end at the slightest sign of trouble.
What is she running away from?
Su Guoer couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried, and even felt that she was making a big deal out of nothing.
What if the prince was on official business? What if he just happened to be here and saw someone crying for help, so he saved them?
What if...? Bianjing City is not that big. It's normal to meet someone in such a small place, right?
Oh, by the way, she hasn’t received her compensation yet.
What does this mean?
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