Making money! Making money!
As soon as the person walked to his seat, people began to come in one after another, some new and some old.
New customers felt they were getting a great deal when they heard it was 3.5 yuan and unlimited rice. Regular customers, on the other hand, were okay with it being 50 cents more expensive than a boxed meal, since it was all-you-can-eat rice and the 50-cent price increase was justified.
Whether they are new or old customers, everyone finds this model quite novel. In particular, when they see someone going to get more rice, many people spontaneously speed up their eating and want to experience the feeling of unlimited rice.
It seems that Wang Yao's flyers had an effect. Before midnight, most of the dishes Liu Xiangmei cooked in the first batch were almost gone, so she quickly went into the kitchen to cook the second batch. Fortunately, she had prepared more ingredients than she had yesterday.
Wang Yao and Sun Min returned to the restaurant before their voices completely went hoarse.
Upon entering the restaurant, one sees Liu Xiangchun and Liu Xiangqiu, the sisters, busily tidying up the tables, Chen Xiu serving food, and Old Man Li collecting the money.
It was clear that a group of customers had already finished eating and left, but there were still many people queuing in front of the food counter.
Hearing the sounds of cooking in the kitchen, Wang Yao, forgetting her fatigue, rolled up her sleeves and headed towards the kitchen, while Sun Min took the dishcloth from her mother's hand.
When Liu Xiangmei turned around and saw Wang Yao return, she quickly said, "You cook. I'll take out the piece of cured pork from the freezer and cut it up. We don't have enough fresh pork, so let's cook garlic sprouts and cured pork instead."
Wang Yao put on the hat hanging on the wall and seamlessly switched from handing out flyers to becoming a restaurant chef.
"The stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar are gone!"
"Mapo tofu is gone!"
"The spicy chicken is gone!"
"The twice-cooked pork is gone!"
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During the lunch rush, Wang Yao felt like she was swinging her spatula until it was almost smoking, but she still couldn't keep up. As soon as she brought out one pot, someone in front of her would shout that another dish was gone.
Liu Xiangmei kept chopping, and Wang Yao kept stir-frying.
Before Wang Yao was completely exhausted, she finally finished cooking all the prepared ingredients. She let out a long sigh of relief and heard Chen Xiu say to someone in front of her, "Sorry, we're out of ingredients today..."
After all the guests had left, everyone sat together to have some tea and catch their breath. Liu Xiangmei said while reviewing the dishes, "I thought we had prepared enough dishes for today, but it turns out it still wasn't enough."
Wang Yao thought to herself, "Thank goodness there's only so much. If there were any more, I would have died of exhaustion in the kitchen today."
Everyone was astonished by the number of customers in the store today. Is business really this good on the first day of opening? Is it really that easy to do business now?
Even though Chen Xiu and her daughter Liu Xiangqiu had both sold boxed lunches with Liu Xiangmei, they were surprised by how well business was doing today.
No matter how unbelievable it may seem, that's how it is. Fortunately, the restaurant was a huge success on its first day of opening.
With business so good, Liu Xiangmei was naturally happy. She waved her hand and said, "Let's go find a restaurant to eat."
She originally planned to cook a few dishes at her own restaurant and invite her relatives and friends who came to congratulate her to have a meal. The restaurant also has private rooms, which is very convenient.
But to my surprise, all the vegetables were sold out in just one noon.
The second largest restaurant in Zhou County is located on Dingyuan Road. Liu Xiangmei asked for a private room and ordered more than a dozen dishes. She only handed the menu back to the waiter when Liu Xiangchun shouted, "That's enough, that's enough."
Everyone had been busy all morning and was starving. As soon as the food was served, chopsticks fell like raindrops. After they were half full, Liu Xiangmei raised her glass to thank everyone for coming today and for their help.
She actually had a lot of gratitude to express, but felt it was too sentimental, so she put it all into the toasts she made to everyone.
Whether it was because she was too tired or because she drank too much, after everyone left, Liu Xiangmei went home and slept for the entire afternoon.
It wasn't until evening that Liu Xiangmei had the energy to sit down and go over the accounts with Wang Yao.
After deducting today's food costs, coal costs, and other costs such as oil and salt, their estimated net income for today is over two hundred yuan.
You have to understand that when they were selling boxed lunches before, their total income was at most a little over 300 yuan. And now the cost of rice has increased, plus rent and Chen Xiu's labor costs.
"Yaoyao, I think if our store weren't too small and the table turnover rate weren't too high, and we didn't run out of food, our income would be even higher. Let's double the amount of ingredients tomorrow."
Wang Yao immediately refused, "No, many people are just passing by today and want to try something new, and there are also many parents who brought their children to register. After that, those parents won't come anymore, and those who want to try something new may not come back. We can't increase the quantity now. Let's wait and see. If it's still not enough after five days, no, ten days, then we'll increase it."
Okay, Liu Xiangmei thought this made sense, so she nodded in agreement. Then she asked Wang Yao about going with Sun Dong to the blacksmith shop that afternoon to order a barbecue grill.
When Liu Xiangmei heard Wang Yao say that it would take three days to pick it up, she was a little dissatisfied. This was delaying her from making money, and all she could think about right now was making money, making lots and lots of money.
The next day was still registration day. Wang Yao had already handed out all the flyers she had drawn yesterday, so she stayed at the restaurant to help out today.
Today's dishes are a little different from yesterday's; the meat dishes have been changed to braised pork and shredded pork with green peppers.
Liu Xiangmei had seen Wang Yao make braised pork once before, but shredded pork with green peppers was a new dish, and Wang Yao was still directing her. Liu Xiangmei took notes as she cooked.
For example, fresh pork tenderloin needs to be sliced along the grain to prevent it from breaking apart during marinating and stir-frying. Also, a little egg white needs to be added during marinating to ensure the pork strips are tender and smooth.
After stir-frying the shredded pork and green peppers in turn, add the pre-prepared sauce and stir-fry again to get a bright, oily and glossy dish of shredded pork and green peppers.
As soon as the ten dishes were placed on the serving counter, customers arrived. All the guests were immediately drawn to the trembling, dark red braised pork as soon as they entered.
"Boss, I want a big spoonful of braised pork, and also..."
No one can resist the temptation of braised pork, so everyone who enters the store will definitely ask for a spoonful of braised pork.
However, Chen Xiu was a cafeteria worker who had been personally taught by the cafeteria ladies. Her skill in shaking the ladle was not perfect, but she had mastered it to a high degree. Therefore, you could always hear customers complaining and begging in the restaurant.
"Sister, sister, stop shaking, or it'll all be gone..."
"Auntie, could you give me a few more pieces? This meat looks so delicious..."
The superiority of the two statements becomes immediately apparent upon comparison.
After uttering what she thought was a polite form of address, Chen Xiu's hand tremors would always worsen.
When young boys and girls sweetly call someone "sister," even the most hard-hearted person can't help but smile.
Of course, the proportion of students among today's customers is not very high. Wang Yao did not hand out flyers today; most students were attracted by the aroma of the food in the restaurant.
After midnight, when the workers went home, long queues started forming again at Liu Xiangmei's shop.
The contractor, Liu Hai, was too busy to come over yesterday at noon. When he came to check in the afternoon, he found the shop was closed, so he rushed over as soon as he got off work today.
As soon as I entered, I took a deep breath. It smelled wonderful; the aroma of meat was indeed the most tempting scent.
Seeing Liu Xiangmei wiping the table, he tucked his handbag under his arm and congratulated her, "Boss, congratulations on your grand opening!"
Liu Xiangmei looked up and saw a familiar face, so she smiled and replied, "Great luck, great luck, we all have great luck."
While waiting in line, Liu Hai asked why the store wasn't open in the afternoon. This wasn't just a question Liu Hai wanted to ask; many people had actually come to the store empty-handed yesterday afternoon.
Then everyone heard Liu Xiangmei say, "The self-service rice is only available at noon. If you want to eat it, you can only come at noon."
Upon hearing this, some people started criticizing Liu Xiangmei, saying that such a good business shouldn't only be open at noon, as they also wanted to come and eat in the afternoon.
Liu Xiangmei then started promoting her barbecue restaurant: "Starting from September 2nd, we'll be serving barbecue in the evenings. Everyone is welcome to come over after get off work for some skewers and beer!"
Upon hearing about barbecue skewers and beer, some people immediately became excited and asked, "Why aren't you selling them tonight? I happen to have time tonight."
"Yeah, boss, why don't you sell tonight? Your food is so delicious, your grilled skewers must be amazing!"
Liu Xiangmei: "I also want to sell them, but the custom-made tools haven't arrived yet, so I can't sell them even if I want to. But as for the taste of the skewers, we went to learn from a master chef, so the taste is definitely not bad. Everyone come on the night of the 2nd and give us your feedback."
Yes, that's right. Wang Yao considered it learning just by looking at the stall!
Some people immediately started when they heard someone offer a suggestion.
"Boss, I like lamb skewers. Please prepare more when you come. Don't let it be like yesterday, when I came in the middle of the day only to be told that they were out of food."
"Boss, I like potato chips, and I want them baked until they're soft..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted, "Old Liu, you really haven't eaten anything good. What's so great about rotten potato slices? I've been eating them since I was a child, and I'm sick of them. When you eat kebabs, you have to eat meat. In my opinion, the best kebabs are grilled pork belly, grilled until it sizzles and is slightly crispy, which is the best accompaniment to alcohol."
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Suddenly, many customers in the shop started talking about which skewers were the best. It gradually turned into a skewer stand complaint session, with complaints about Chen Laosan's skewers on Hejie Street using rotten meat, and the hat-shaped kebabs near the stadium being both salty and dry...
In the end, the topic gradually took a bizarre turn.
Some people eat their meals silently, but their ears are perked up. They originally wanted to hear which barbecue place had the most positive reviews, write it down, and try it themselves next time. But later they completely forgot about it and only focused on remembering the gossip everyone was talking about.
Old Zhao's wife and Qian's husband often exchange flirtatious glances; there's a driver at the bus station who's having an affair with a widow who sells clothes...
In short, the meal was quite lively. Some people were even full but didn't want to leave, standing aside chatting with those who hadn't finished eating, making room for the next person at the table.
After seeing off all the guests, it was already 2 p.m.
Liu Xiangmei and the others finally had time to sit down and have lunch. There were four of them having lunch together today because Old Man Li took on the role of cashier again because he saw that Chen Xiu was too busy.
For the entire noon, the grandfather and grandson spent their time one collecting money and the other sitting next to them, munching on their rice.
Liu Xiangmei felt very embarrassed for troubling Old Man Li for two consecutive days. After thinking for a while, she thanked Old Man Li and then asked him if he would like to stay in the shop and help out.
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