Chapter 469: Who is a good person who opens the store overnight.
There was no shortage of pots, pans, and even a room to store the hot pot base had been arranged by her.
As long as we move the purchased items to the store early tomorrow morning, we can open for business right away.
Duan Ling has already arranged staff for other stores, and Ran Qingxuan's preparations are also nearing completion.
Gu Yanchen accompanied Ran Qingxuan and was busy all night long, and he didn't even have time to rest.
Most of the tables in the yard have holes in them. At first glance, you might think they are discarded tables that others don't want.
"Are these tables usable? Why are they dented in the middle?"
Gu Yanchen had never seen these before. Ran Qingquan gestured for him to set up a table and then put the round bracket in it.
The double-flavored pot has a ready-made red pot, which is placed on a heat-insulating rack with a space left at the bottom.
Under Gu Yanchen's puzzled gaze, she took some charcoal and put it in there.
"This design is to better place the pot so that people won't accidentally knock it over when picking up food."
"Safety is one thing, but this design is also for keeping warm while cooking."
This is the table she decided to buy after selecting it in the mall.
"What are the tables without holes for? Are they for copper pots?"
"You guessed it right. This is where the copper pot is."
There is no hierarchy in the ingredients in the hot pot; high-quality meat and the cabbage and vermicelli that ordinary people eat can all be put in.
While tasting different flavors, diners don’t care whether it is expensive or cheap.
But this was in ancient times. If people of different social classes were to eat together in the same hall, those who thought themselves noble would naturally not be happy.
And the whole point of eating hotpot is the atmosphere.
Let the literati and poets who discuss business sit together with the people who like to drink and chat and have a lively time. The things they talk about are different, and the atmosphere is naturally different.
The restaurant hall is quite spacious, able to accommodate fifty or sixty tables, and there are also quite a few private rooms on the second floor, twelve in total.
Once the hall is full of people, it will definitely not be quiet.
Guests who can enter the second floor are definitely not short of money. Once they pursue the environment, they will naturally choose the more novel copper pot to cook the meat.
As for the tables placed in the lobby on the first floor, they can be used to place double-flavored hotpots or red soup pots.
Even if diners want to try the copper pot, they just need to put the corresponding round plate.
In this way, the needs of high-end customers are met as well as those of ordinary diners, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
After listening to her explanation, Gu Yanchen understood it after a little thought.
"It has to be you, otherwise there will be one less delicious food in this winter!"
After the two of them confirmed that everything was ready, Ran Qingxuan asked him to help watch and bought a large solid wood counter from the tablet and placed it at the entrance.
Just as he finished all this, waiters and waitresses came one after another, and even the managers of the three stores were called up.
Everyone who came looked like they were still sleepy. No one knew where Duan Ling had gone and she couldn't be seen now.
The three shopkeepers were all old servants of the Duan family, and they were open for business, so they were very humble when dealing with others.
The three shopkeepers were Zhao Fu, Dou Qing, and a younger one, Xu Yongnian.
It was only one o'clock in the morning. The three of them hurried over after receiving the news. After Ran Qingxuan greeted them, the three of them were still a little confused.
"This girl..."
"I'm already married, you can call me Mrs. Gu."
The three of them were stunned for a moment, then they all bowed and saluted: "Mrs. Gu."
Shopkeeper Zhao was the older one and was the first to speak: "When Miss Duan sent someone to look for us, she only told us to find some people here, but she didn't say specifically what to do."
The remaining two people didn't know either, and they just looked at each other.
Ran Qingxuan was not in a hurry to assign tasks, after all, it was still early.
"Those of you who are here, please clean up first. When Miss Duan comes back, the two of us will tell you the details."
There were a total of eight waiters and waitresses. The cleaning tools provided by Ran Qingxuan were something they had never seen before, but they were the most efficient. Five of them cleaned the hall, and three of them cleaned the second floor. It was very efficient.
The three shopkeepers were not idle either, and helped to clean up. When they were almost done, Ran Qingxuan asked them to move in the tables, chairs and benches from the inner courtyard one by one.
But when they saw the rotten tables with holes in the middle, they all looked puzzled.
"Mrs. Gu, this table is broken, how can we use it?"
"Move to the location I specify first, and I'll explain it to you later!"
There is a double table near the street window, and there are large square tables in other places in the hall that can accommodate seven or eight people.
After the benches were in place and Ran Qingxuan made the final confirmation, she signaled a few waiters to carry out the stacked round basins.
"Put these in the slots and press firmly."
After placing one, they realized that the hole in the table actually had this effect.
The three shopkeepers were amazed, but they just couldn't understand why there was a hole on the table.
Ran Qingxuan asked the three shopkeepers and the waiters to stand together and put the stand and the pot in front of them. Only then did they understand.
"I think the three shopkeepers, who own a restaurant, know the best time to buy ingredients. Now all you have to do is go buy fresh vegetables and meat immediately."
"After we get back, let's have a midnight snack together and prepare for the busy opening of the store tomorrow."
When they heard that they could have a midnight snack, the people who had just been busy immediately smiled.
The younger shopkeeper Xu Yongnian thought about it for a moment and realized that the midnight snack that Ran Qingxuan mentioned was the food that they were about to sell in the store.
"I wonder what kind of food Madam Gu wants us to buy?"
Ran Qingxuan took out a piece of paper from the counter, on which the dishes that needed to be purchased were listed in advance.
"You have to buy pork, but you have to buy pork with both fat and lean parts. It has to be pork belly and spareribs, and of course, top meat is also a must."
The top brain meat is fat and lean, and it is most delicious after being marinated and blanched.
“As for beef, if it’s available, buy the whole one.”
"A whole...a whole one?"
Shopkeeper Zhao thought he had heard it wrong and confirmed it again and again before he dared to believe it.
"Beef is precious, so each part has its own unique way of eating it. Shank meat can be made into beef balls, which are tender and chewy after being cooked. Both the elderly and children can eat it."
“The tripe is chewy and even more delicious if you cook it a little longer to let the flavor penetrate.”
As he spoke, the sound of swallowing saliva was heard, Ran Qingxuan chuckled and continued.
"It's best to buy a whole head. If you can't buy that, just pick the good ones and I'll tell the chef how to make them when I get back."
"As for the vegetables, I've already made a list. You can buy whatever you like, but only the best and freshest ones."
Although it’s a bit early to buy groceries at this time, who would complain about it being early when there’s money to be made!
The vegetables listed on her list were all common in Northern Qi, so they were easy to buy.
Just as a few people were about to go out to buy with the menu list, Ran Qingxuan called them again.
"If you are lucky enough to come across one, you can buy both the rumen and the omasum of the cow."
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