Song Yuzhou was on a mission and the restaurant would open tomorrow, so Jiang Zhining went to the hot pot restaurant to do the final cleaning work.
"Boss Jiang, the meat and fish you requested are here." someone shouted.
Jiang Zhining heard this and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
As he was talking, he came to the ingredients, confirmed that the meat was fine, and then handed the money to the other party.
"Boss Jiang, your shop is really well decorated. Is this a copper pot?"
"Yes." Jiang Zhining used an old Beijing copper pot and charcoal to make a fire.
After sending the people away, Jiang Zhining took out all the vegetables that had been harvested during this period from the space while no one was in the store.
She planned to use the ingredients in the space during the first month of business to retain customers.
When the business grows bigger in the future, I will go to the farmers to buy vegetables.
Before the dishes were laid out, a voice rang out: "Captain's wife, we are here."
It turned out that four military wives were hired to work in the store before, and today they all came to the hot pot restaurant to help.
A hot pot restaurant doesn’t need a chef. It only needs someone to cut the vegetables and prepare the dishes, a waiter to serve the dishes, a person to clean up, and a cashier.
"Thank you all for your hard work. Let's eat hotpot together after you're done." Jiang Zhining said enthusiastically.
"Okay."
So, everyone worked together to clean up. The best cook was in charge of chopping the vegetables, thirty-year-old Li Furong, the most skillful, was in charge of serving the food, and the diligent Zhao Chunsao was in charge of cleaning.
Li Furong's younger sister had just married a soldier and had been to school for a few years. Li Furong recommended her for work, and Jiang Zhining asked her to work as a cashier.
The day of the hot pot restaurant opening arrived in nervous anticipation.
Early in the morning, the crackling sound of firecrackers attracted the attention of passers-by.
Jiang Zhining stood at the door and said to the onlookers with a smile: "Dear brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, our hot pot restaurant has opened a new branch. All guests who come to our restaurant to eat will be given a plate of sliced meat for each table."
Meat was still quite expensive in the 1980s. When they heard that Jiang Zhining was going to give away slices of meat, some people asked, "Is the meal expensive?"
"Whether it's expensive or not is up to you. Because our hot pot restaurant uses a self-selected menu. If you choose a small number of dishes, and they are all vegetables, the price will naturally be cheaper. If there are more meat and fish, the price will naturally be more expensive. The decision is in your hands."
Jiang Zhining said with a smile that in the first few days after the new store opened, she mainly wanted to attract attention and did not expect to make money. This was to let more people know about hot pot.
"Besides, the weather is a bit cold. It would be so refreshing to eat some steaming hot pot." Jiang Zhining said enthusiastically.
Just as the onlookers were getting ready to make a move, a client who had cooperated with Shuxiangdao arrived.
"Boss Jiang, I'm here to support you." Boss Chen said with a smile on his face.
"Welcome, welcome. Boss Chen, please come in." Jiang Zhining gestured for him to come in. "Sister Furong, serve Boss Chen the set meal."
In order to make today's opening more lively and to give back to customers for their support of Shuxiangdao, Jiang Zhining specially prepared a set meal.
Those customers who have had a lot of cooperation with Shuxiangdao were invited to have a free set meal of hotpot.
"Then I won't be polite. Boss Jiang's spicy hot pot is so good, this hot pot must be good too."
As he spoke, Boss Chen walked into the store.
Everyone was surprised to hear that she was the owner of Shuxiangdao. Passersby, who were tempted, went into the store to try it.
As customers came into the store one after another, the twelve tables in the store were filled with people.
The customers were eating, drinking and chatting, full of the atmosphere of life.
"This thing called hot pot is so delicious."
"Yes, it's delicious in the winter. Madam, I want more dishes."
"Okay, you can choose whatever dishes you want. We have clearly marked prices and calculate them according to the color of the dish." Jiang Zhining responded with a smile.
Although the portion of meat Jiang Zhining sent was small, it did not affect everyone's enthusiasm at all.
After all, it’s delicious!
Seeing the customers in the store eating so happily, and more importantly, the aroma that kept coming out, the people waiting outside the store were jealous: "Why isn't it ready yet? When will it be our turn?"
"Right away, please wait a moment." Jiang Zhining said with a smile, distributing melon seeds to the waiting guests for free.
The guests were happy and happily ate melon seeds.
"Sister Zhining, this business is really good." Li Li said happily.
"Work hard, and don't make any mistakes when you're doing the arithmetic later." Jiang Zhining said friendly, "Business is booming, I won't treat you unfairly."
Li Li nodded vigorously: "I know, the sisters-in-law in the small workshop often praise Sister Zhining."
Because she made money in the workshop and Jiang Zhining was generous, Liu Zhilan and others were very grateful to her. They spoke well of her everywhere and won her a good reputation.
As they were talking, Boss Chen came over, having finished his meal and giving a thumbs-up. "Boss Jiang's hot pot is just one word: amazing! I've had shabu-shabu before, but I didn't expect it could be eaten this way. The taste is so different."
"The key to hot pot is the base. The quality of the base determines whether the hot pot is delicious or not." Jiang Zhining explained.
Boss Chen was surprised: "It's also base material? Will it sell? If it can be sold, I will definitely come to buy more."
"Yes, they are all base ingredients. More than a dozen ingredients are used, so of course they taste good. The base ingredients are not for sale at the moment, but they will be available in the future." Jiang Zhining responded with a smile.
"I like this hot pot and will come here often in the future."
"Okay, Mr. Chen is our honored guest. I can give you and your friends a discount and give you a more favorable price."
Hearing Jiang Zhining say this, Boss Chen smiled and said cheerfully, "Because of what Boss Jiang said, I must come here often."
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