Guangzhou, 1980.
It has been almost three years since the resumption of the college entrance examination. In these two years, the educated youth who went to the countryside either took the college entrance examination and returned to the city, or they tried various ways to return to the city.
Ye Yulian's sons have also returned to the city. It doesn't matter if they don't have jobs. Since the reform and opening up, Guangzhou has changed rapidly, and now there are more people doing private business.
Ye Yulian's son didn't get into university, but now he's making a lot of money selling things at a street stall.
Although many people say that being self-employed is not respectable and that having a stable job is more respectable, there is nothing shameful about making money.
After the policy was relaxed, Chen Suwen quickly bought a piece of land and prepared to build a restaurant.
In her previous life, she did consider opening a shop, but it was quite troublesome, and in her time, delicious food was everywhere, with all kinds of restaurants and snack shops, so her competitiveness was not very strong.
She is indeed very talented in cooking, but she is far inferior to those chefs who have apprenticeships, and she may not be able to compete with those chain stores.
So in her past life, she just set up a stall, sold out her goods, and went home. She could go to work whenever she wanted.
It was very relaxing and pleasant.
As a result of being reborn into this life, already a grandmother, she insisted on starting a career.
Because she had previously collaborated with government agencies and made a lot of money, she could afford to buy a piece of land to build a house and open a restaurant.
The plot of land wasn't very big, only about 100 square meters, but she had a five-story building built on it.
In addition to serving three meals a day, she plans to also sell desserts at this restaurant, including both Chinese and Western pastries.
Chen Suwen also plans to sell some milk tea.
The milk tea stall is on the first floor, while the dessert stall is on the second floor, and the restaurants are on the third floor and above.
The fifth floor is where they sell hot pot.
People in Guangzhou aren't very good at eating spicy hot pot, but they can make congee hot pot, spicy chicken hot pot, and hot pot with fermented rice and vinegar.
Chaozhou hot pot is also very popular.
The land was purchased in 1978, and it took almost two years to build and renovate the building.
It has been 80 years since Chen Suwen's restaurant officially opened.
Chen Suwen's restaurant had a very simple name; it was simply called "Suwen Grand Restaurant".
She had already obtained a business license and a health certificate; in short, all kinds of certificates had been obtained within the past two years.
In March 1980, Chen Suwen chose an auspicious day, and the grand restaurant opened.
"Crackling and popping—"
As the sound of firecrackers rang out, the sound of gongs and drums gradually rose, and the two lion dance teams began their performance.
Lion dance is very famous in Guangdong Province. When Chen Suwen opened her shop, she planned to go a bit extravagant and invited a family lion dance troupe to perform.
People love to watch a good show, and people from Guangdong province certainly wouldn't miss a lively event like a lion dance, so they all gathered around to watch.
"Wow, that lion head is so powerful!"
"Look at that lion's tail, it's so cute! The lion's tail sways back and forth, and its bottom wiggles so adorably."
Not only children enjoy watching lion dance performances, but adults also love them, gathering in front of the restaurant to watch the lion dance team perform.
Because Guangdong province is developing rapidly, as soon as the lion dance comes out, everyone knows that some new store may be opening.
People living nearby knew a couple of years ago that a five-story building had been built here, but they didn't expect it to open today.
"'Suwen Grand Restaurant'? Wow, is a restaurant going to open here?"
"Grand opening special offer: half price on every cup of milk tea?"
"What is milk tea? Pearl milk tea, taro bubble milk tea... there are so many kinds of milk tea."
"They even have lemonade? Lemonade is so cheap, only 15 cents a cup?"
"Come and see! There are so many breads and cakes here. What's this?"
Besides the milk tea shop, there's also a bakery on the first floor, offering all kinds of desserts.
Traditional mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, mung bean pancakes, wife cakes, peach crisps, lotus flower crisps, and egg yolk crisps are all available, but there are also other items.
They have garlic and pork floss bread, pork floss hot dogs, sandwiches, egg tarts, pizzas, and all sorts of other breads.
"ice cream!"
Because the lion dance attracted so many people, those on the outside couldn't squeeze in and could only look around.
Unexpectedly, they actually saw what the store was selling: milk tea and fruit tea. These things looked delicious, and the prices weren't expensive either.
A simple glass of lemonade costs only 15 cents, and watermelon juice, strawberry and grape juice also seem very cheap.
"Xixi, come here quickly, there's chocolate ice cream here!" A young girl pulled her friend into the milk tea shop.
Yes, the ice cream isn't at the bakery, it's at the milk tea shop.
"Hello, please give me two chocolate nut ice creams," the girl, holding her friend's hand, said to the clerk.
The clerk asked one more question, "Do you have any nuts that you're allergic to? We have these kinds of nuts in our store; you can order whatever you'd like."
The clerk pointed to the counter next to the ice cream machine. Behind the transparent glass were various nut crumbs, including peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pine nuts, walnuts, macadamia nuts, and more.
The young girl looked at the various nuts behind the glass, thought for a moment, and said, "I want sunflower seeds, I want all sunflower seeds!"
She doesn't dislike peanuts and sesame seeds, but she prefers sunflower seeds, and chocolate and melon seeds go better together.
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