Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

I borrowed a table at the entrance of the alley and set up a wooden board with a piece of paper pinned to it with small thumbtacks: [Kyoto Restaurant, go one hundred meters straight inside, welcome to taste delicious braised food]. In front of me was a small pot and a bunch of skewers.

It was the time when classes were over and government offices were closed, so An Qiao did not set up a stall. There were not even a few restaurants nearby. After a while, a curious scholar came forward and asked what this was.

An Qiao handed the scholar a skewer and said, "Young Master, this is the braised pork offal, pig head, pig tongue, and pork elbow that we made at home. You can try it. If you like, you can go into the alley and buy it. You can take it away or eat it in the store."

The scholar, who had been in classes all day and was already starving, was naturally delighted. Although he disliked pig offal, he could still try other things. After trying a piece of pork elbow, the scholar immediately felt hungry. He pretended to be normal and nodded, but he didn't know that his frantic inhalation had already betrayed him.

Some people saw the scholar trying it, and they also came forward to try it. Some people thought that pig offal was dirty, and they didn't want to eat meat stewed with pig offal. But the smell was so delicious, so they went forward to try it.

Some people who passed by would just take a deep sniff, try it and then leave, either because they didn't like the taste or because they thought it was too expensive.

In less than half an hour, the small pot of food was finished. Some people queued for a long time but didn't get to eat, so they walked back to the alley. Some people were angry and cursed.

Then they heard An Qiao say, "Thank you all for your support. I will hold food tasting activities here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Those who like it can come back tomorrow." An Qiao's voice was not gentle and soft, and it was even a little jumpy, but with her bright voice and the fact that they could taste the food again tomorrow, everyone did not insist.

An Qiao carried the small pot back to the restaurant. The restaurant was already full of people, and everyone's face was flushed from eating. An Qiao nodded with satisfaction and went into the kitchen. She was very satisfied to see that there was only a little bit left before it was sold out.

An Qiao has modern thinking, so from the beginning, a large pine board was nailed to the left side of the lobby, with today's menu and tomorrow's menu written on the left side. The first scholar who had just tasted the new food was already full, and stood under the board with his servant to look around. There were several breakfasts for tomorrow that he had never heard of, so he planned to buy some tomorrow.

In addition, the handwriting is pretty good. This shopkeeper doesn't look like an uneducated lady. I don't know what happened in her family that made her start her own business and open a restaurant. Although this is Kyoto, there are also young ladies who open shops, but it is a tiring job after all. If there is someone in the family, the whole family will be involved. How can a young lady support an entire shop?

As the golden sunlight slowly filled the shop, Kyoto Restaurant also closed for the day. An Qiao took her two children to eat under the locust tree at the door. It was already June, and the locust flowers had long since withered, with only a few flowers left on the tree. It was too late to make the locust flower honey this year.

For dinner today, An Qiao made noodles and topped them with stewed vegetables and meat. Each person had a big bowl, and there were also a table full of cold dishes. It looked very appetizing. Jinli was just eating to his heart's content at the dental clinic, and he couldn't stand the aroma he had smelled all day, but his pride kept him silent, and he only occasionally looked at the table.

When An Qiao asked everyone to sit down, he hesitated for a moment. How could the host and the servants sit at the same table? Then An Qiao shouted again, "Why are you standing there, kid? I'm starving. Come and sit down." He also saw Qi Tao had already picked up the bowl and started eating, so he sat down angrily and started eating with the bowl in his hand.

The evening breeze carries today's air, An Qiao takes a deep breath, what a peaceful day it is.

The few of them wolfed down today's dinner. An Qiao then asked Qi Tao to take out the melons from the well in the backyard and share them among them. Only then was today's dinner over.

After dinner, they were not in a hurry to clean up, so An Qiao started to arrange breakfast for the next day.

"In recent days, we have been selling food for half a month. I think we should change the food from time to time so that customers will not get tired of it. Starting tomorrow, we will remove a few pancakes from breakfast and keep the pot cakes and buckwheat pancakes, as well as soy milk. We will make some new snacks. I have decided to make peanut drink and cold rice dumplings. We will also add a cold vegetarian noodle and a jelly. As a side dish, we will add a cold tofu. The weather is too hot and people can't stand eating these hot foods.

For dinner, we will add a dish of braised meat and a dish of vegetable salad. As for the sour plum soup, papaya water, and ice jelly, we will serve them all day long. What do you think? "

The two were stunned. They had never heard of many of the dishes, so how could they agree or disagree?

Seeing the two of them in a daze, An Qiao understood, "It's not dark yet, the dry food store should still be open, let's go buy some ingredients to avoid being exhausted tomorrow."

The two were still thinking frantically in their heads, what those foods were, and if the young lady could cook them all by herself, would she be able to do it in a hurry? However, An Qiao had already started to clean up the dishes, and the two quickly helped. They walked into the street in the sunset and headed straight for the largest north-south goods store.

There was a big bag of beans, peanuts, sesame seeds, walnuts, dried tofu, bean curd sticks, dried bamboo shoots, and today there was also dried kelp and dried shrimps from the beach. An Qiao took a big bag of all of them, and also a bag of various condiments, and even bought black tea, a big basket of brown sugar, and chopped roses.

All in all, he spent three taels of silver, which made Qi Tao very distressed.

After they finished shopping, they agreed with the shopkeeper to deliver the goods to their door tomorrow, and then walked out of the shop with a relaxed look. An Qiao took the two children to the night market, and bought brown sugar cakes and candied haws strings for the two children to eat until they were full.

Jinli was simply stunned by the generosity of the young lady. Did she really buy him to work? He just ate and drank all day long. Even when selling braised food, Sister Qitao helped out because she was afraid that she was not experienced enough, although she always said viciously that if he didn't obey, she would tell the young lady not to give him food.

Oh, isn’t this a trick to fool children? I understand, I understand.

An Qiao looked at the bustling night market. In addition, the area where she was located was actually quite suitable for adding a midnight snack stall. People who were drunk and returning home could come here to drink some sobering soup. The brothers on duty at the Dali Temple and Jingzhao Yamen after work could also come here for a midnight snack. Not to mention during festivals, this place would be very lively near the street corner. If it became a brand, it would make a lot of money.

Just thinking about peace and happiness makes you happy. How can you not be happy when you make money?

I just need to think about what to sell specifically. People who drink too much rice dumplings don't like to eat them, and the sales of big meat and dishes will definitely not be good at night. Think about the night markets in future generations. Barbecue can be considered, but even skewers require manpower, and I definitely can't do both at the moment.

Forget it, let me think about it slowly.

Jinli and Qitao looked at the young lady's unpredictable expression and didn't know what to do for a moment. Their young lady was just like that, crazy.