A few days later, the shop was tidied up and arranged according to Lin Mo's requirements. After everything was ready, Lin Mo trained Chen Qing and Chen Mu to let them understand the process.
After the shop opened, as Lin Mo expected, not many people knew about it. No more than fifty customers came every day, and half of them came regularly after their first visit.
Lin Mo didn't feel anything about this situation. After a few days, the customer flow should increase. However, Lin Mo was not worried about these things, but someone else was worried for him.
Chen Mu sorted the washed vegetables and put them in the basket on the shelf. After finishing, he glanced at the second boss who was sitting at the counter with his chin propped up and reading a book. After thinking for a while, he walked over.
Chen Mu glanced at the door leading to the backyard and confirmed that the boss was still inside cleaning the ingredients. Chen Mu took small steps to the counter.
"Second boss, there are so few customers these days. Should we promote it like Mingjiuxuan?" Chen Mu asked.
There was something that needed to be solved by Lin Mo before, so Chen Qing and Chen Mu went to Ming Jiu Xuan to find Lin Cheng. After going there, they realized that they could promote it in this way if they wanted more customers.
"Promotion? No need. There should be more customers in a few days. When the customers come in, go and entertain them." After Lin Mo finished speaking, he saw someone coming in out of the corner of his eye and reminded Chen Mu.
"Ah? Okay." Chen Mu heard it and hurriedly walked towards the guest who came in.
A few days later, just as Lin Mo said, the number of customers doubled. Lin Mo listened carefully to their conversation and heard that they were introduced by a friend. Lin Mo poured a cup of hot tea, changed to another book to continue reading, and he said, "Well, the number of customers will definitely increase."
After Cheng Yan prepared the ingredients, he walked into the hall from the backyard. The afternoon sun shone through the hollow layer on the door. Lin Mo lay on the counter, opened the book and covered his head with it, and part of the colorful sunlight fell on his back.
The late autumn afternoon sun was warm on his body. Although Cheng Yan didn't know why Lin Mo liked to sleep so much, he spent almost half of the day with his eyes closed, of course, when he was around. However, this kind of weather was indeed suitable for taking a nap.
Cheng Yan walked over quickly and asked the customer to keep quiet before he spoke. He took the note from the customer, calculated the bill according to the menu, showed it to the customer, and asked him to pay.
Neither of them spoke during the whole process. This customer was obviously an old customer who was used to the second boss, who was in charge of accounting, sleeping nearby while the big boss came to settle the bill.
Lin Mo's food shop currently has three types of food: malatang, various grilled skewers, and self-service hot pot. However, the most popular items among customers now are the first two, probably because the weather is not too cold yet.
All the utensils were custom-made by the blacksmith. The customers choose the ingredients for the spicy hotpot and skewers, and Chen Qing and Chen Mu will handle the rest. The fire used for the self-service hotpot is smokeless charcoal, which is more expensive, so the price of the hotpot is higher than other hotpots. Perhaps this is why no one orders hotpot.
Actually, Lin Mo, who was lying on the counter, was not asleep. He was just too idle. Plus, the sunlight was warm, so he covered his head with a book and closed his eyes to rest. Hearing footsteps coming over, Lin Mo was about to take the book off his head and get up to pay the customer, when Cheng Yan came over.
Cheng Yan's coming meant that he didn't have to get up, so Lin Mo continued to lie on his hands with his face down and his eyes closed. Cheng Yan was standing beside him, and Lin Mo, who was not sleepy at first, was a little confused by the sunlight.
After paying the bills for several customers, Cheng Yan saw that no one was coming, so he took the book off Lin Mo's head and put it in the cabinet behind him, then bent down and picked him up to go to the backyard. On the way, he met Chen Qing and asked him to guard the counter.
After the restaurant opened for a few days, they found that they were short of manpower, so Lin Mo hired three more middle-aged women. Two of them handled the ingredients in the backyard, and one cleaned up in the hall. After the last table of guests left to pay, she had to clean up the table immediately.
As for other matters, they were handed over to Chen Qing and Chen Mu. The two brothers had already sold themselves to Cheng Yan, Lin Mo and others, so they could deal with money. The other three were recruited and paid monthly. If they were not doing well, they could be replaced.
After autumn, when winter comes, more and more people come to the food shop to eat hot pot. There are also many food shops nearby that follow the example of Linmo Food Shop. But the customers who have come to Linmo to eat before have tried it. The price is cheap, but the quality and taste are poor. It does not have the unique taste of the soup in Linmo Food Shop at all.
After finally seeing off the last customer, the three middle-aged women cleaned the backyard and the hall, then left with the remaining ingredients that the second boss had given them.
Cheng Yan closed all the doors to block the cold wind that was blowing in. After walking to the backyard and giving instructions to Chen Qing and Chen Mu, Cheng Yan and Lin Mo, who was already dressed, left from the backyard door.
Lin Mo wanted to buy a house in the town, and Lin Cheng was also planning to buy a large yard, and then bring Lin's parents to the town. Lin Cheng had to go to the town every day. The academy where Lin Xing and Lin Cheng studied was also in the town. He came from Daling Village every morning and went back in the evening. It took a lot of time to go back and forth.
Besides, Xiaoya and Xiaonan haven't seen other adults in the family for a long time, except for grandma and mother. Therefore, it is certain that the Lin family will move to the town. Anyway, it is winter now and they don't have to worry about the farm.
Both families wanted to buy a house, so Cheng Yan and Lin Cheng bought a large courtyard. The environment inside was good, the house and furniture were semi-new, and they could move in directly after a little cleaning.
So, Lin Mo lived with the Lin family again, but now there was one more person, Cheng Yan, as Lin Mo's husband.
Today is the day that Lin Xiu returns from his day off, or more precisely, the day that Lin Xiu returns from his holiday. After this winter, Lin Xiu will go to the capital to take the imperial examination next spring. Lin Xing and Lin Chen still have a few days before their academy closes, and the whole family will gather together for dinner today, so Lin Mo and the others have to hurry back.
The house they bought was between Lin Cheng's Mingjiuxuan and Lin Mo's Food Shop, just a few minutes' walk away.
After Cheng Yan warmed up his pocket, he pulled Lin Mo's hand over and put it in his pocket. Lin Mo was in poor health, and his hands and feet were often cold in winter. When he woke up the next day after sleeping at night, his feet were still cold.
Fortunately, there is Cheng Yan, a natural heater. As long as Lin Mo nestles in his arms, he won’t be woken up by the cold in the middle of the night.
When the two of them returned home, the others had already prepared the food. There was a ground heater in the room, and Lin Mo felt a lot warmer as soon as he entered. Cheng Yan helped him take off his coat and put it aside.
"Mo Ge'er and Da Cheng are back. Go wash your hands and we can start eating. There's hot water in the kitchen." Lin's mother stood by the table and put the harder-to-cook meat into the pot.
They are having hotpot tonight, with clear soup and red soup, after all, the kids can't eat spicy food.
"Fourth Uncle, you're back!" Lin Xiaoya said happily when she saw Lin Mo coming in.
"Fourth brother, hurry up, it's ready to eat!" Lin Xing sat at his seat with chopsticks in his hand, staring at his mother putting the ingredients in. When he saw his fourth brother coming back, he waved at them and said.
"It's okay, you guys eat first." Lin Mo waved his hand and told them to do as they pleased.
"Mom, did you put too many chili peppers in the pot?" Lin Xing saw that the other half of the pot was full of red chili oil floating on top, and his tongue felt numb.
"If you can't eat spicy food, you can eat the other side." Lin Chen, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said.
"Who... who said I can't eat it?" Lin Xing retorted, but his momentum was a little lacking.
In the kitchen, Cheng Yan scooped a basin of warm water for Lin Mo to soak his hands. Lin Mo put his hands in the basin to soak, and Cheng Yan put his hands in to rub his cold and stiff hands.
"Why are your hands still so cold? Do you want to buy some ginseng to replenish them?" Cheng Yan asked while rubbing his hands.
"What can eating ginseng replenish? Don't bother. My cold constitution is probably innate." Lin Mo shook his head. In his previous life, he had a cold constitution. In winter, he had to turn on the air conditioner, otherwise his hands and feet would be cold. It is probably the same now.
Cheng Yan didn't say anything, but rubbed his hands to stretch his muscles, then scooped a basin of hot water for him to soak in. When Lin Mo's fingers were almost flexible, they returned to the room, just as the food in the pot was almost cooked.
After the two sat down, the others also started eating. Cheng Yan helped Lin Mo pick up the meat and lotus root from the non-spicy side, then scooped a bowl of soup for him before he started eating.
This soup was specially made by Lin's mother for Lin Mo to warm his body, and other children in the family also had to drink a bowl of it at every meal. The warming effect was very obvious on other people, but it didn't work much on Lin Mo. However, in order not to worry Cheng Yan and Lin's mother, Lin Mo still drank it every time.
Lin Xing picked up some meat and soft lotus root and Chinese yam for Xiaonan, then took a look at the meat in the red soup and couldn't resist the temptation to pick up a piece to eat. The next second, Lin Xing's eyes instantly turned red and his mouth was numb.
"You know you can't eat spicy food, but why are you asking for trouble?" Lin Chen moved his cold boiled water in front of Lin Xing, saying helplessly.
Wasn't it like this before? Every time I was so spicy that my mouth turned red, I wouldn't touch it the next time, and I wouldn't learn my lesson the next time.
"Let him try it a few more times. Maybe he will be able to eat spicy food in the future." Lin Xiu, who was happily eating spicy food, looked up at Lin Xing and couldn't help laughing.
"Even my second brother can eat spicy food, why can't I?" Lin Xing drank a bowl of cold water, barely reducing the spiciness in his mouth, and said unwillingly.
"Neither can I, nor Xiaonan and Xiaoya." Lin Mo looked up at Lin Xing and spoke.
"Fourth brother, you are different. I just wonder why second brother, as a scholar, can eat spicy food." Lin Xing said depressedly. Fourth brother is a brother, Xiaoya and Xiaonan are children, how can they be the same?
"What gave you the illusion that scholars can't eat spicy food?" Lin Mo opened his mouth and ate the meat that Cheng Yan fed him, asking while chewing.
"Scholars shouldn't be weak... uh..." Lin Xing was halfway through his sentence when he realized that his second brother was also here.
"Huh? What did you say? What about weak?" Lin Xiu held the chopsticks in his hand, looked up at Lin Xing sitting opposite him, and smiled gently.
"Nothing... nothing, I mean scholars shouldn't be weak, like my second brother who is very strong." Lin Xing quickly changed his words and said seriously. After that, he lowered his head to eat, not daring to look up at his second brother.
Lin Mo ate while looking at the others with a smile in his eyes, and found that they all seemed to be used to it. It seemed that this was how they had interacted with each other before.
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