Next, Shen Er, what's your business?

Chapter 704
mid night canteen.

As the name suggests, a canteen that is only open late at night is only open at night.

It sounds like a very common supper stall, but in Japan, this is a unique culture that only belongs to this overseas island country.

Unlike ordinary restaurants and bars that open at night, the menu of this type of restaurant is extremely simple, just a piece of paper with several items printed in order:

XX set meal - XX yen.

XX noodles - XX yen.

XX wine - XX yen.

Entries are generally limited to single digits, usually five to six.In addition, you can also order dishes that are not on the menu, as long as there are ingredients in the store and the owner can make them, they will sell them.

Don't expect to eat any delicacies from mountains and seas in this kind of place. The small area of ​​this kind of restaurant is more than ten square meters, and the large one is only thirty to fifty square meters. It is easy to deteriorate, and there is even what is cheap to use whatever.

What, do you think there are any customers in such a restaurant?Can it continue to operate?

In other countries, unless there are no restaurants nearby, it is really difficult to operate such a restaurant.But in Japan, such restaurants are quite popular, and the longer they stay open, the better their business will be.

This has a lot to do with Japanese society and culture.The social ethos in Japan is not to go home after get off work, or to find a place to drink and eat with customers, or with three or five colleagues, and then go home after eight or nine o'clock.If you don't, you will appear useless, your colleagues will exclude you, your boss will look down on you, your family will dislike you, and the company will even fire you.

This custom mainly emerged in the last century when the Japanese economy took off. At that time, evening entertainment became the mainstream of society. In many companies, the receipts for entertainment can be used to deduct taxes.Although Japan's economy was no longer so brilliant later, this custom was inherited as a culture.

On the other hand, because Japan is a fast-paced country, Japan is under a lot of pressure. After a day of work and life, I have accumulated all kinds of pressure and complaints, and I need a place to talk.And the more people living at the bottom, the greater the pressure, so this kind of cheap restaurant that can provide a place to talk is very popular.Perhaps what the guests eat is no longer food, but a feeling similar to home.

The "Grumble Pavilion" in Iwate County, Hokkaido is such an ordinary late-night canteen.

"Whistle Pavilion" was originally not called "Whistle Pavilion", but a more common name. The owner is an old man over [-] years old, but recently it was replaced by a young man who doesn't seem to be a local, with a Kansai accent.I heard that he is a relative of the boss. He has been hanging around outside all these years and has achieved nothing. Just as the boss is getting old and his health is not as good as before, he took over the small shop and changed the original name from the original to the current "Complaint Booth". .

At first, the old customers were worried that the familiar place would become strange.But soon, they found that although the name of the store had changed, the decoration of the store had not changed, and the acquaintances around were still there. The young people were doing the same cooking and work as the previous boss, and their speech and behavior were not the same as they are today. The young people are so impetuous, but they have experienced the facts.

Opening a shop is not an easy task. Once the government has been settled, there are also (black) poles. Every year, there will be conflicts between businessmen and poles, causing bloodshed, and young people account for the majority.But this young man is different. No matter what situation he encounters, he always looks amiable and resolves the matter in a few words. When the members of the club who are usually arrogant come to the store, they also become amiable. Sometimes I will sit down and eat something like the guests.

It's still the original formula, the same original taste, and more importantly, the familiar feeling has never disappeared. The small waves of changing the name of the store and changing the boss have disappeared with the passage of time.It didn't take long for the old customers to feel that the new store name was very appropriate. After all, everyone came here to complain.

And the young new owner also brought a lot of surprises to everyone. Compared with the previous owner who could only cook local dishes, the new owner can cook a lot of things, not only the Kanto, the Northwest Kaido, and Okinawa, but also can cook. A little foreign food.

A curious customer asked the owner: "You are so good, why don't you go to a better place."

The young man just smiled and replied: "I just went to a lot of places when I was dawdling, and I learned a little casually. It's not as exaggerated as you said, and I don't have a chef certificate. And I'm leaving, who will cook for everyone Woolen cloth?"

Then there were all kinds of teasing and memories from regular customers, and the atmosphere in the complaint booth became a little more active.

However, this is only a small episode that happens very rarely, and most of the time the atmosphere in the complaint booth is stable and somewhat dull.

The guests walked into the store, ordered a glass of wine silently, the older ones would order sake, the younger ones would order beer, and they would announce the names of the dishes that had been mentioned many times before, and then they would talk about the wine and food in a low voice complain.Probably only when someone encounters something happy or the young owner is bored and develops new dishes, there will be some different atmosphere in the store.

Old customers call this time a surprise.The last surprise was eight or nine days ago, when the boss got a few small bottles of wine called "Erguotou" from somewhere.It looks the same as sake, but only when I taste it, I realize that the taste is much stronger than sake. When I ask carefully, the alcohol content is as high as 52 degrees, which is three to four times that of ordinary sake. It’s a good thing he can get this kind of thing , it seems that his saying that he is Lu Ziye is indeed not empty talk.

Of course, there are also regrets.After all, they are young people, and the new store manager is not very good at some dishes that only the elderly know.At this time, the store manager will sincerely apologize to the customer, and then humbly ask for advice. If the customer does not know, he will take time to visit the local elderly.Soon, there will be a new name for the boss's order item that is not written on the menu.

It is this serious attitude that makes the shop more and more famous in the neighborhood, and the business is getting better and better. Some old customers even think that it is not a bad thing to marry a woman of the right age at home to the boss, and they also start Tried the matter around the bush.

But soon they dismissed this idea, because this seemingly innocuous young man, like passer-by ABC, actually has a beautiful and outrageous girlfriend.

Every time it’s late at night, when the customers are about to leave, the girl who likes to wear white clothes will walk into the store, shouting in a voice that is incompatible with the atmosphere in the store:

"Nah, I'm hungry, Shen—ah, Chunxi."

or--

"It's so boring, play with me, Chunxi."

Whenever such a thing happened, the young boss would throw a knife or a menu or just throw a tomato or apple in the past.

"Don't make trouble, how many times have I told you, don't affect others, Hesha. Just wait a while when you are hungry, and I will cook for you, and come and help me wash the dishes when you are bored."

As a result, another youthful and beautiful figure appeared in the store.

PS: Well, both Dongma and Xuecai are good girls, but it’s a pity that they are limited by the short-lived species. The long-lived species are better, what do you think?Yustisa, Alquite, Master?
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