Chapter 48
They were busy until the evening, and after the night market started, Su Guoer's shop was already crowded with people.
Judging from the situation, there may not be enough braised meat to sell today, but Su Guoer is not worried. Only the braised meat that makes people linger and think about it can be deeply remembered.
What she wants is long-term profit and a brand for her store.
Because of this braised meat, her family will never lack customers. The new stove inside is already ready, and maybe she can add another 200 kilograms of braised meat tomorrow.
According to today's situation, we can sell out another 200 kilograms tomorrow.
Su Guoer placed a small cart in front of the store to sell pot stickers. She stood next to the cart and watched Chunniang and Li Si busy at the braised meat stall. Both of them had smiles on their faces and their hands never stopped moving. One was cutting and packing the braised meat, while the other collected money and packed the braised meat. They sent out bags of braised meat one by one.
From a distance, the entrance of the restaurant opposite the Bian River was crowded with people, lined up in two teams, and the teams were moving forward in an orderly manner.
Each of these people holds a small lantern, and the lanterns are neatly arranged on the shore. Looking from afar across the lake, it is quite spectacular!
Occasionally there were noisy shouts and the anxious urging of diners, as well as the chirping of children asking for meat, making this place seem very lively.
It also brought some popularity to Su Guoer.
Some people who didn't know the situation came over to ask what was being sold at the stall next door. Su Guoer took the opportunity to let them try the pot stickers that had just come out of the pan and the braised pork cubes that had been prepared long ago. After they had tried both, they could decide for themselves whether to buy them or not.
"Hmm, this diced meat is quite delicious, very fragrant. And this... pot, pot stickers, are they filled with lamb, right? They taste full of the aroma of lamb fat and green onions, and they are quite delicious!"
"How much are these in the store?" A pretty girl stopped in front of Su Guoer's pot stickers and asked.
Su Guoer: "Braised pork is 25 cents per portion, which is less than half a pound. Pot stickers are 15 cents per portion, which contains 20 pot stickers. It's convenient to carry them around and eat."
The young lady said: "Then give me one portion of both. I want braised pork and pot stickers!"
The sister who was following beside her asked, "Can you finish your meal?"
The young lady said: "You can finish it, you can finish it if you try it." Then she stuffed the sampled braised meat and pot stickers into her sister's mouth.
Yin's sister changed her mind decisively and said she wanted two servings.
Su Guoer was busy packing for them.
You can also buy braised meat here, but her stall mainly sells pot stickers. If diners really don’t want to queue, they can come to her and buy a portion of pot stickers. There is no need to queue for the braised meat.
This was a good opportunity to promote Suguoer's pot stickers. Of course, some customers doubted that Suguoer was selling these pot stickers in a bundled fashion, using the excuse of "braised meat" to lure them in with cheap pot stickers.
But after trying the pot stickers made by Su Guoer, there was nothing to say. Everyone who came had one or two pot stickers.
The pot stickers weren't bad, and they were actually quite fragrant. The aroma of scallions mixed with the dripping lamb and then wrapped in dumpling wrappers was quite novel. And since there were 20 of them in a serving, they definitely felt they hadn't lost out.
You can also get one or two portions of braised meat for free without having to queue.
Why not?
Just like that, Su Guoer's pot sticker business picked up. She sold out one pot sticker after another. Although it wasn't as popular as the braised pork, she expected the mutton to sell out completely.
Business is so good...
Make the vendors nearby jealous!
But there were many people around at the moment, and Su Guoer was protected by several people beside her, plus the maid behind her who looked like she could kill someone with one punch was there to support the scene.
They didn't dare to come forward.
You can't beat him even if you fight him.
It's embarrassing to curse, and the person who can open a restaurant here is a woman, so she might have some extraordinary background.
Therefore... before they knew Su Guoer's background clearly, they didn't dare to make things difficult for her openly.
Su Guoer felt that jealousy was about to come out of their eyes.
There are many people setting up stalls in this night market, but there are very few customers who actually buy things. In the past, everyone's business was the same, and they could not sell more than a few taels of silver a day.
Now a shop owner came.
In just three days, the entire road was jammed with traffic. How could they not be jealous?
But no one dared to step forward to make things difficult for her, which made her feel relieved.
Su Guoer is also very good at dealing with people. When she has free time, she will take the initiative to give some food to the vendors around her. After a while, the jealous looks at her have decreased a lot.
In this way, Su Guoer sold all the pot stickers and braised pork an hour before the night market closed.
I started packing up the stall and moved my things in for Li Si and Chun Niang to clean.
After cleaning, they were able to leave, half an hour earlier than the originally scheduled time to get off work.
After they left, Su Guoer was busy in the kitchen, stewing the mutton soup for tomorrow and the dough needed to make sesame cakes.
Now that winter has just passed, food can be stored for a long time, so if you cook it in advance and leave it outside, it won’t go bad.
But things were different in the summer. To keep food from rotting, you had to use ice, but you had to buy ice. It was such a luxury to use it to keep food from rotting. She might as well have gotten up an hour earlier.
This is a story for later.
After kneading dozens of kilograms of dough with the help of Pang Ya, Su Guoer poured two bowls of hot goat milk, and she and Pang Ya drank one bowl each before going back to sleep.
But the goat milk that had been simmering on the stove all day had not yet been imported when suddenly a loud noise was heard outside.
Su Guoer found the door was not closed, so she hurriedly pulled Pang Ya outside to take a look.
When I went out, I saw only a mess on the ground.
Yunniang, who sold jewelry boxes, was lying on the ground, with her two-year-old son Lian Yuaner lying on her and crying.
"Don't hit my mother, don't hit my mother, we are leaving now, we are leaving now, wuwuwu" she cried so sadly.
A group of people in military uniforms were standing nearby. Faced with Lian Yuaner's accusations, they were so angry that they laughed.
"You little brat? We told you a few days ago, didn't we? You can't set up a stall here without the necessary documents! How many times have we told you to move out? You refused to do so even though we asked you to."
"Also, when did my brother push you? He just bumped into your cart and accidentally hit your mother. How can you say he hit you? That's ridiculous!"
How could the two-year-old Lian Yuan'er distinguish these things? When he was scolded by the soldier, he was frightened and started crying loudly.
Su Guoer quickly stepped forward and hugged Lian Yun'er, and helped Yunniang up, and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what happened?"
The chubby market supervisor who was in the lead said, "Are you Su Guoer?"
Su Guoer nodded.
The fat city supervisor said: "In that case, then show me your business documents. Don't worry about anything else."
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