037, a good start
037, a good start
Lu Mingfei took three small bowls to make soup. This soup was a clear broth made from bones. Part of it was used to braise the meat, and the rest was in this pot. They poured a little water into it and boiled it longer. However, this soup tasted much better than the vegetable soup without oil or water.
He poured soup into three small bowls and put a small spoonful of chives into each bowl. He then handed them to the three guests, first giving it to the steward who seemed to have the highest status. "Uncle, please drink some hot soup first. The meal will be here soon."
"Okay." Manager Zhang looked at the child, who was only slightly taller than the table, and reached out to take the bowl from the child. The bowl was hot, and the soup inside was still steaming. As soon as he held it in his hand, he could smell the fragrance of green onions, and the soup was covered with chopped green onions and oil.
The other two young men also reached out to take the soup when the child brought it to them.
The soup had a fragrant aroma. Manager Zhang took a sip and realized it was a clear broth made from meat, not the oil-free broth he'd assumed. It also seemed to have some spicy spices added to it, making it taste incredibly sweet and fresh with a hint of spice. After drinking half a bowl, his entire body felt warmed up.
The two young men drank the soup while looking at the steaming meat and couldn't help swallowing.
Here, Liu Sanniang took a large bowl and first got three servings of rice, then put some braised meat, braised vegetables and three braised eggs into the large bowl. Then she put the meat on the sticky board that had been washed in advance, cut the vegetarian food with a knife and put it on the bottom, then cut the meat into thick slices of even size, put the meat slices on top, cut an egg into two halves and put it aside, and finally poured half a spoonful of marinade on the meat slices.
The other two servings of braised pork rice were laid out in the same way, and each bowl looked to be filled to the brim, three full bowls.
In just a short while, three servings of braised pork rice were ready.
"Three great gentlemen, please enjoy your meal." Liu Sanniang brought three portions of rice to the guests, one by one, and asked them to enjoy. "There are chopsticks in the bamboo tube, please help yourselves."
"Great." Manager Zhang looked at the bowl of rice that was sticking out, topped with meat and eggs. He thought it looked great just by looking at the appearance. He picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He couldn't help but let out a long "hmm" and said, "Yes, this is the taste! Delicious!"
The two young men next to him showed a little surprise on their faces after taking the first bite, and then they buried their heads in eating.
Taking advantage of the fact that there weren't too many customers at the moment, Lu Mingfei asked his mother to get him another bowl of braised pork rice. He brought it to the pancake shop and gave it to Boss Lu, "Uncle, I'll bring you a bowl of braised pork rice here. Eat your fill before you start working." As soon as he put down the meal, he turned and ran away.
"Hey!" Boss Lu, still busy, hadn't reacted when he saw the child place the bowl of meat and rice on the table, turn around and run away. He couldn't catch up. However, he also knew that if he offered money now, Liu Sanniang would not accept it, so he had no choice but to accept the mother and child's kindness.
The pancakes in his stove were still baking, so he couldn't leave for the time being. He could only wait and get two more pancakes for the mother and son.
After Liu Sanniang's stall received its first order, customers began to come to eat there one after another.
His mother was serving food to the guests, and Lu Mingfei was responsible for serving soup and collecting money.
Seeing that the three guests who sat down first were full and about to get up, Lu Mingfei came over to collect the money: "There are three of you here, and three bowls of braised pork rice will cost you thirty coins in total."
"You can count, right?" Manager Zhang took out thirty coins from his purse and placed them on the table. He smiled and asked the child to count them himself. "You count them yourself, right?"
Upon hearing this, the guests sitting at the long table all looked in the direction of the little kid.
Lu Mingfei knew that the adults were teasing him, but he was not afraid. He counted the copper coins seriously and told the customer who gave him the copper coins, "That's right. Thank you for your patronage. You are welcome to come again next time."
"Haha, good, the little kid is really smart." Manager Zhang was enjoying his meal and was also amused by the little kid.
After having a full meal, Manager Zhang took the two young men away.
The three empty seats were quickly occupied by new guests.
They only had one long table and three long benches, so there wasn't a lot of space. Some customers came and didn't mind the lack of space. They ordered a bowl of braised pork rice and ate it on the side of the road. After finishing, they put the bowl down, paid, and left.
After finishing his meal, one customer asked, "Do you have any lunch boxes? I'd like another portion of braised pork to take away."
"Uncle, can I use a small clay pot to fill it for you?" Lu Mingfei took out a small clay pot from the bottom while speaking and asked, "It will cost one hundred coins to fill this pot. If you bring the pot back next time, I can refund you ten coins."
Such a small earthenware jar can hold two pounds of meat, and charging one hundred coins is not too expensive.
Because pork is expensive in the city, a normal pound of pork costs more than ten coins; and the spices they use to braise the meat are not cheap either, and the soup made with bones is also very expensive. Therefore, they set the price of a pound of braised meat at fifty coins, and two pounds of meat at one hundred coins is already a conscience price.
This small earthenware jar of meat would cost you several taels of silver in the restaurant, and the quantity might not even be as large as what they have here.
"Then fill two jars for me, and I won't return the jars." The man said when he saw that the jar was not big.
"Okay." Lu Mingfei called his mother over to get two small clay pots to put the meat in.
When his mother took the small earthenware pot to put the meat in, he smiled and said to this big customer, "Don't worry, uncle, our pots are all clean. You can take them home and heat them on the stove when you eat them. It will taste better."
"Okay." The man looked at the little kid who was helping the family with the business at a young age. Then he thought of the two naughty kids at home and couldn't help but shake his head. It turned out that other people's children were better.
Liu Sanniang brought two small clay pots to serve the guests with braised meat. She first filled the bottom with meat, then put three or four braised eggs in, and then poured two spoonfuls of marinade into them. The pot was now full of meat and marinade.
The jar had a lid, but it wasn't screwed on tightly. After the jar was filled, the lid was put on. When Liu Sanniang handed it to the customer, she reminded him, "Put the jar upright, or it will fall out."
"Okay, I understand." After paying the money, the man picked up a clay pot in one hand and left.
A customer later saw that it could be taken away, so he asked if there were any more of these small clay pots, as he also wanted one to take away.
It just so happened that Lu Mingfei asked his mother to prepare four or five small clay pots for takeout. After the first one was opened, the remaining three clay pots were taken away by the customers one after another to fill with meat.
These take-out customers are basically the bosses or managers of the caravans that are leaving the city in the morning. They buy a can of braised meat to take with them on the road, and when they are hungry, they can heat it up as a snack for themselves and everyone else. It is much better than eating dry food.
On the first day they opened their stall, they met a group of wealthy people who had plenty of money. As a result, all the meat and food on their stall were sold out within an hour. Even the soup in the pot was gone, leaving only a little bit of vegetables and soup in the basin.
"Wow, Mom, we're sold out!" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at the empty pots on the ground. In the past, when he and his father set up a stall, the things were never sold out. They would sell one day and continue selling the next day. But this time, they sold out in just a short time!
It seems that his suggestion to switch to the food business was correct!
Liu Sanniang raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and with a happy smile on her face, she said, "Yes, we've sold everything. Let's pack up, wash up, and go home."
The city gates have just opened and it's still early.
"Qillang, do you think we should go buy some more meat later, go home and braise a pot of meat, and then we can set up the stall again in the afternoon?" Liu Sanniang thought of her son's last suggestion. It seemed like a good idea to set up the stall in the afternoon and do business in the afternoon and evening.
However, Lu Mingfei advised his mother: "Mom, this is our first day setting up the stall, and we don't know how the business will be in the future. Let's try it for half a day, and then slowly add more things to sell. If the business continues to be so good in the future, we will hire two more people to help, and you won't have to be so tired." The mother and son got up since dawn and worked until now. In fact, they have been working for five or six hours, and they didn't stop in between.
If they set up the stall in the afternoon, then the mother and son would have to work more than ten hours a day. Not only would his young body not be able to withstand such high-intensity labor, even his mother, an adult, might not be able to withstand such daily work.
There is no end to making money, but you have to have the life to spend it after making it. If they continue like this, both the mother and the son will be in poor health within three years.
Liu Sanniang looked at her child, who had to raise his head to look at her when talking to her. She also remembered that this child had been getting up before dawn to accompany her until now. Although making money was important, she was reluctant to let her child get tired. "Okay, mother, I'll listen to you."
"We're out of clay pots, so we'll have to buy some more, clean them, and drain them for tomorrow. Since we can't set up the stall twice a day, we'll prepare some more braised meat and eggs starting tomorrow. Our braised eggs are selling well today. Oh, and as for the tofu and dried tofu you mentioned, let's buy some later."
Today's business also made Liu Sanniang realize that some customers like to take a portion away after eating, and most of these traveling customers are generous, otherwise their braised meat would not be sold out so quickly. They need to prepare more clay pots here, otherwise they will have no clay pots to give away meat to customers who come to ask for it later, and they will miss many opportunities to make money in vain. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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