Chapter 102
Jiang Jianping and Xu Lihua got up to wash and heard the noise outside.
The two men also put down their washbasins and came out from the inner courtyard to watch the excitement. When they saw the scene outside through the gate, they were stunned for a moment.
After a moment's silence, Xu Lihua suppressed her surprise and asked quietly, "What are these people doing?"
The Han family members turned around after hearing the voices. Han Lei and Li Lan closed the door. Han Qingtian turned around and said to Xu Lihua and Jiang Jianping, "They said they were waiting for the restaurant to open for dinner."
Hearing this, Xu Lihua and Jiang Jianping looked at each other in disbelief.
In the past twenty years or so, they had only seen this kind of scene, with so many people crammed together and unable to squeeze in, in Dashilan around the Chinese New Year.
But that’s Dashilan!
It’s the Chinese New Year!
This scene appeared in their Tianxian Temple.
This is simply beyond the ability to be described with the word "exaggerated"!
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In the restaurant's kitchen.
Four figures were busy in an orderly manner.
Chuxia, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei got up before dawn.
Lin Xiaohan also came here before dawn. If he hadn't come early enough, he would have had to squeeze in the crowd for half a day to get here from the entrance of the alley.
What they were busy preparing, of course, were the ingredients for today.
Some ingredients need to be prepared today to ensure that they taste fresh, so they didn't prepare them yesterday and left them to prepare this morning.
Because there are so many people paying attention to her restaurant, Chuxia thought that there would be a lot of people coming to eat today, but she didn't expect there would be so many, and they all came so early.
She, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei had already agreed that they would get up in the morning to prepare some dishes, and then set off firecrackers to open the restaurant at around ten o'clock, which would be just in time for everyone to have lunch.
There are so many people here now that the line has already stretched out into the alley. If they are asked to wait until ten o'clock, they will probably be driven to death by waiting.
Chu Xia glanced out through the window, then turned back and said to Tang Haikuan, "Dad, there are too many people here. Why don't we stop waiting and open the restaurant right now so that everyone can have dinner earlier. We have prepared enough food to cook a lot of dishes."
Tang Haikuan also looked outside.
After reading it, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's open the business right away."
After saying this, the four of them put down what they were doing.
Tang Haikuan went to get the firecrackers that he had prepared in advance, tied them to a bamboo pole, opened the door of the restaurant, and said loudly outside: "In order not to make everyone wait too anxiously, our family has decided to officially open the restaurant now. Please move aside and give me some space. I will set off these firecrackers, and then we will go into the restaurant, order food and eat!"
When they heard that the store was about to open, everyone who was waiting was excited.
The crowd shouted in unison: "Good!"
Then everyone cooperated and slowly moved back to make room outside the main entrance of the restaurant.
The space was almost cleared, so Lin Xiaohan helped Tang Haikuan hold the bamboo pole for hanging firecrackers. Tang Haikuan lit the firecrackers, ran back amid the sound of explosions, and took the bamboo pole from Lin Xiaohan.
Amid everyone's cheers and excitement, the firecrackers on the bamboo poles became shorter and shorter.
Tiny sparks exploded all the way to the tip of the bamboo pole, and the last firecracker exploded.
Tang Haikuan put away the bamboo pole and said, "Our Zhengyang Restaurant is now officially open! Don't crowd, come in one by one according to the order!"
Everyone was waiting to enter the restaurant to eat, so Tang Haikuan didn't say much else.
After saying this, he asked the guests to enter the restaurant one by one in order.
The first table sat down in the restaurant, and Lin Xiaohan went over with a pencil and an order book to listen to their orders.
The menu was posted on the wall of the restaurant. Customers looked at the menu and chose a few of their favorite dishes. Lin Xiaohan sent the ordered dishes to the kitchen, and Tang Haikuan started heating the oil in the wok.
Chuxia helped in the kitchen, continuing to prepare ingredients and prepare the dishes.
If someone ordered noodles with soybean paste, she would cook the noodles and blanch the prepared vegetables.
The fried sauce is also fried in advance in the morning.
When the noodles are cooked, place the vegetables neatly in them, pour the diced meat sauce on top, and then the noodles can be served.
Originally, everyone came here to eat because they were looking for something new and fresh, and they didn't really think too much about how the food tasted, thinking that it would be fine as long as it was good enough.
To put it bluntly, it is not to satisfy one's craving, but to pursue something new.
But after the dishes ordered by the first table of guests were served, the aroma of the food wafted throughout the restaurant. The first table of guests ate the dishes with extremely shocked expressions and nodded affirmatively.
The greed in the others' stomachs was instantly aroused.
People at other tables who haven't waited for their food asked the first table: "How is it?"
The guests at the first table gave a thumbs up and said with great certainty, "I can say without exaggeration that this is the most delicious dish I have ever eaten, especially the noodles with soybean paste..."
Then his tone changed, "I won't tell you anymore, you can taste it yourself later, I have to eat quickly."
She couldn't help swallowing her saliva at what he said and looked eagerly towards the kitchen.
When the dishes ordered by other tables were served one after another, after they tasted the dishes, their reactions were the same as the first table. They nodded affirmatively and then immediately picked up the dishes and put them into their mouths.
The guests who were having dinner had time to talk, but Chuxia, Tang Haikuan, Wu Xuemei and Lin Xiaohan did not.
After the restaurant officially opened, the four people were busy like spinning tops and couldn't stop for even a minute.
Chuxia and Tang Haikuan were busy preparing dishes in the kitchen.
Wu Xuemei and Lin Xiaohan were busy outside ordering and delivering food.
The guests at the first table were full and were about to leave. Wu Xuemei hurried to the counter to collect the bill and politely told them to take care, while Lin Xiaohan went to clean up the table.
The people at the first table go out, and the people at the front of the line come in.
Everyone was curious about how the food tasted, so they naturally asked those who had finished eating at the first table.
The people at the first table who had finished eating gave a thumbs up and said, "That's great. All the dishes we ordered were delicious, especially the noodles with soybean paste. I suggest you all try it."
Then people from the second and third tables came out.
They were all very satisfied with the meal. On the way out of the alley, they were asked by people who were waiting. The comments they gave were similar to those of the first table, all full of positive praise.
Not only are the dishes delicious, but the price is also cheap, so this meal is totally worth it!
Hearing such high praise, the people waiting behind couldn't help but swallow their saliva and began to look forward to the meal itself.
Then, as more and more dishes were served in the restaurant and more and more people ate the dishes, the aroma of the food became stronger and stronger, wafting through the windows and the door into the alley.
Just hearing people who have eaten it say how delicious it is, the people waiting in line in the alley felt it was okay and just swallowed their saliva while listening. But after the aroma of the food filled the alley and became stronger and stronger, everyone began to get uncontrollably anxious and wished they could get in line right away.
It is no longer just a few people who swallow their saliva, but the majority of people.
Some people were impatient and after swallowing their saliva, they shouted at the top of their voices: "There are so many people waiting at the back, those in front should go in and eat faster so that we can have a taste too."
The aroma of the food not only wafted into the alley, but also into the inner courtyard.
The fragrance drifted into the
The door floated straight into the yard.
Because there were so many people in the alley, it was inconvenient to go out because it took a long time to squeeze in, so today no one from the Han family or the Jiang family went out and all stayed in the yard.
Before, when their family members got together, they always talked about the Tang family opening a restaurant.
But today, they stayed in their respective homes for half a day without saying a word.
Especially at lunch time, both the east and west rooms were exceptionally quiet.
At the same time, I could smell the aroma of food wafting in from the front yard, and my meal felt like I was chewing hay.
In the west room.
Jiang Shan couldn't help but said, "I want to go eat too..."
In fact, she had long been craving for the food Chuxia cooked. Every time Chuxia cooked at home, she would smell the food in the yard and would keep swallowing her saliva.
Before, I couldn’t ask people to come over to eat, but now his family has opened a restaurant, so as long as I have money, I can eat there.
She really wanted to eat now and had no mind to do anything else.
Xu Lihua raised her eyes and glanced at Jiang Shan coldly, saying to her: "Have you never been to a restaurant in your life?"
Jiang Shan muttered in a low voice: "That restaurant is different from other restaurants. I don't believe that you guys haven't drooled after smelling it for so long..."
Jiang Jianping, Xu Lihua, and Jiang Guanjie: "..."
Jiang Jianping cleared his throat and said, "Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly."
Jiang Shan refused to shut up and looked at Jiang Jianping and said, "I can't eat it. You said that his family can't make back the money they spent on the refrigerator. Judging from the situation, they should be able to make back the money in a few days."
Jiang Jianping: “…”
This kid always likes to expose the shortcomings of his family members.
He took the chopsticks from Jiang Shan's hand and said, "If you don't want to eat, go into the room and read or do your homework."
It just so happened that Jiang Shan really couldn't finish the food at home.
He decisively got up and went back to the house.
In the east room.
At the dining table where the eight members of the Han family gathered, there was a quietness that had never been heard before.
Even Han Mengyuan and Han Feipeng, who usually loved to make noises and quarrels when it came to meals, now just lowered their heads and ate without any taste, making any other sound except the sound of their chopsticks hitting the bowls.
No one spoke for a few minutes after dinner.
Then Su Yun, who never said anything at the dinner table, suddenly picked up a piece of celery and put it in Han Ting's bowl. She sighed and said, "I feel so sorry for you. Why didn't you realize how good your sister Chu Xia is earlier?"
Han Ting: “…”
He turned his head slightly and looked at Su Yun.
The other people in the Han family also raised their eyes and looked at her.
The reason why Su Yun was so weird was, of course, because she had been holding her anger for a long time.
The Han family was slapped in the face by the restaurant being packed with customers today and couldn't say a word for a long time. She was just watching the fun and was happy to see the Han family unhappy.
But Han Ting's condition in the morning made her very unhappy.
She knew that Han Ting regretted it the first time he saw Chu Xia on their wedding day, and he also understood Chu Xia's feelings for him before, but she just didn't admit it for the sake of face.
His behavior was usually not too obvious, but every time he saw Chu Xia, his eyes would unconsciously stick to her, staring at her for a few seconds, and then looking away with bated breath.
But today, probably because Lin Xiaohan was helping out in the front, he couldn't hide the irritability and sourness in his heart at all, and it was all clearly shown on his face.
Han Ting has no patience at all for Su Yun now.
He looked at Su Yun for a while and asked, "What do you want to do now?"
Su Yun is no longer as gentle and submissive to Han Ting as she was in the countryside.
She smiled and said softly, "I didn't mean to do anything, I just feel sorry for you. If you had realized Chu Xia's feelings for you earlier, then Chu Xia, this considerate, caring and capable wife, would be yours. The Tang family's large yard would also be yours. The restaurant you opened now and the money you made would also all belong to yours..."
Then she looked at Wang Cuiying and asked with a smile, "Isn't it, Mom? You also feel it's a pity, right?"
Wang Cuiying: “…”
It was suffocating enough for her to say these words herself.
Su Yun said this to her, which was like a slap in the face, deliberately making her feel embarrassed and suffocated.
She was so angry that she couldn't eat anymore. She put down her chopsticks and said to Su Yun in a vicious voice, "It's not because our San Er was bewitched for a while and married someone like you!"
Su Yun was neither angry nor annoyed.
Still smiling, he said, "Even if you don't marry me, your son won't be able to marry me. When I first went to the countryside, I fell in love with the son of the factory director who was admitted to Peking University."
Wang Cuiying became more and more angry, and her vision went dark and her whole body was shaking.
Han Ting's face darkened a few shades and he said, "You're never going to stop, are you?"
Seeing that all the Han family members had unhappy faces, Su Yun achieved her goal and felt relieved.
She smiled at Han Ting again, said "No more", and continued to pick up food and eat.
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