Chapter 40 Preparing to Open a Store 2
Chapter 41 Preparing to Open a Store 2
Fang Qing ran back to the room and took out a long menu. Fang's mother took it and looked at it. "What kind of dishes are these? Why haven't I heard of any of them?"
Fang Qing slapped her forehead, wondering how could she have forgotten about this.
All of these dishes only appeared more than ten years later, and currently can only be eaten in large restaurants. I wrote them down based on my memory and went to the library to look up a lot of recipe teaching books, only then did I finalize the cooking methods for each dish.
But it was too troublesome to explain all this to his mother, so Fang Qing simply said that he learned it from a book. But Fang's mother was not reassured, so she took the menu and took her aunt to the vegetable market to buy a bunch of vegetables. She tinkered with them at home for several days, and after trying the dishes, she finally gained confidence.
Daya took a bite of the Longmen eggplant with chopsticks, her mouth full of oil, "It's delicious, this eggplant is more fragrant than meat, aunt, you cook it so deliciously!"
After receiving the compliment, Fang's mother became more confident and took Fang Qing to start thinking about the combination of dishes.
March is approaching, and the Fang family's new house has been renovated. The restaurant has also been cleaned up, and they are just waiting for the staff and equipment to arrive before they can open the restaurant.
Fang's father found an old man, calculated a good day, and moved the family there. His uncle and uncle-in-law also came to help carry the furniture. The family was busy all day, and finally moved everything there before dark.
The uncle stood in front of the spacious and bright new house with a look of envy on his face, "Second brother, your house is great! Last time you brought me to see it, it was still shabby, but in just one month, it has become like a new house! Second brother, how much did it cost you? Can't you live like this?"
Father Fang stood with his hands behind his back as he looked at the renovated house in front of him and let out a long sigh of relief. For the first time in such a long time, he felt that it was right to follow his daughter's advice and completely renovate the house.
"You don't understand. Your sister-in-law and I have been married for so many years. We have no gold or silver jewelry, no house, and no decent furniture, but she has never complained about anything. This is our first house, so of course we have to make it well. We have to live our lives, but this house must be comfortable to live in. Let's go in and take a look. Qingqing hired an expert to design the house. I can guarantee that in Jingtan County, no other house has a decoration style like mine."
The old uncle seemed unconvinced and strode into the house. As soon as the double wooden doors at the front door were opened, Fang Deli was stunned.
In the spacious room, there are two rows of cream-colored fabric sofas in the middle, a wooden tea table in the middle, two pots of large green leafed plants behind it, and a row of wooden bookcases against the wall, which are already filled with books.
The whole house is covered with warm marble floors, the walls are white, and there is a simple ceiling light in the middle of the stepped ceiling. The sun is shining brightly at this time, and the sunlight from the full window shines through the gauze, making the house instantly warm.
Except for the boiler room, all other rooms are decorated in the same way. The floor-to-ceiling wooden sliding doors make all rooms particularly transparent. Even the kitchen is equipped with a marble countertop, with a brand new gas stove and the latest range hood...
The uncle was more and more amazed and envious as he looked at it. "Second brother, do you have any spare rooms at home? I want to live with you guys, can I pay the rent?"
Father Fang smiled and handed over a cigarette. "Ask your sister-in-law. If she agrees, I'll have no objection. But you can't be like before, always bringing those bad friends home. Be careful that your sister-in-law will smack you with a broom."
Fang Deli waved his hands quickly, "That can't be possible. The past is the past. Who would be willing to waste such a nice house..."
For the first meal in the new home, Fang's mother showed off her cooking skills and cooked a large table of delicious dishes to entertain relatives and friends who came to help with the move today. It was also a good opportunity to spread the news of the opening of the store, hoping that they would come to support it.
Everyone was surprised when they saw the colorful dishes on the table.
"Sister-in-law, where did you learn cooking? I've only seen these dishes at wedding banquets at the county guesthouse. I didn't realize you're such a great chef!"
Fang's mother was a little embarrassed, "No, I didn't do it well, please don't despise me."
Everyone was drinking and marveling at the world, but they all had their own plans.
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Sandaogou Village, Jingtan County.
In a private house at the east end of the village, a middle-aged woman with gauze wrapped on her head was lying on the kang, wrapped in a torn quilt. Perhaps the wound on her head was very painful, the woman could not sleep comfortably and hummed from time to time.
Suddenly there was a hurried knock on the door, scaring the woman on the kang so much that she sat up suddenly.
"Who, who?"
But before she could ask who was outside, the broken wooden door in the yard was kicked open and several men with dark faces walked in.
"Sister-in-law Wang Er, why did you come back... without even saying hello to us?"
A bald man walked in from the crowd, holding a cigarette in his mouth. Seeing the sick woman on the kang, he twisted his mouth and said, "Oh, it seems that this job is not easy. Sister Wang Er has a wound on her head?"
The middle-aged woman called Wang Ersaozi turned pale as if she had seen a ghost when she saw the bald man. She shivered, threw off the quilt, and quickly got down from the bed, holding onto the edge of the kang. Then she knelt and crawled forward a few steps, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"Boss Cheng, it's not that I didn't tell you, it's just that I didn't get the goods this time. You are a generous person, can you please give me some more time for my diligence in the past? I will definitely deliver the goods as soon as possible..."
Baldy Cheng narrowed his eyes and scratched his shiny head. "Didn't you get the goods? Didn't you say you had everything ready? How did you fail? Hiss~ah! This is not like your style..."
Mrs. Wang Er, who was lying on the ground, raised her head in grievance, "Indeed, everything was arranged, and we took the goods away as planned, but who would have thought that something went wrong during the retreat...
We met a young man who chased me for two miles! My old bones are almost falling apart! I thought I would be fine as long as I crossed the river, but I didn’t expect that the man would follow me. Not only did he steal the goods, but he also knocked me unconscious with a stone... Look at the injury, it hasn’t healed yet. If I hadn’t been smart, I would have fallen into the hands of the police!"
Baldy Cheng rolled his eyes at the old woman on the ground and took a deep breath. "You useless thing! Even such a detailed plan failed. I guess you don't want this month's medicine!"
When she heard the word "medicine", the old woman immediately knelt down and crawled over as if she had been injected with chicken blood, grabbing Cheng Tuzi's pants and begging.
"Boss Cheng, please, I really tried my best. No one knew this would happen. Please, give me another chance. I promise to deliver the goods on time this time! Boss Cheng, please don't withhold my medicine... I can't live without it..."
Bald Cheng looked at the embarrassed Wang Er's wife on the ground and took a few steps back in disdain. "It's okay for me to give you the medicine, but you have to bring two back this time. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"
Then he took out a small brown paper bag from his arms and threw it at his feet.
"Remember your words."
Sister Wang Er rushed over and grabbed the paper bag, her eyes full of crazy laughter...
(End of this chapter)
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