Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Master Hong and his team were really quick. When everyone returned to the store, the entrance had already been fixed.

There were also floor tiles and pebbles piled up at the door. I didn't know where they found so many pebbles so quickly. Passersby would point and comment on the store from time to time.

Because the shop stands out from the crowd in the street with only the shop door open.

It’s not that other stores don’t have windows, but the windows in other stores only have one or two windows, not full windows.

The shop has a back door. When everyone saw Master Hong and his team busy in the shop, they went into the backyard from the alley on the right side of the shop through the back door of the kitchen.

Mrs. Song was in the kitchen preparing dinner. When she saw everyone rushing in, she was so happy that she pulled her aunt and the others aside and started talking.

Liu Zezheng and the others were too excited to sleep during the whole journey and were beginning to feel sleepy. Of course, they couldn't sleep at this time.

So everyone waited for Song Laoer and the others who had unloaded their things in the dormitory to come back, and then everyone went to have dinner together and then went back to have a good rest.

After everyone chatted for a while, Song Laoer and his friends came back, and then a large group of people set out to have dinner.

Song Sanniang and her friends' previous visit to the capital city was not in vain. They had a rough idea of ​​where the delicious food was, what the approximate prices were, what to eat when there were few people, and what to eat when there were many people.

So Song Sanniang took everyone to try a nearby restaurant that was suitable for large groups of people and had large portions and good food. This restaurant specialized in stir-frying and stewing.

When I got to the store entrance, it was no exaggeration to say that both sides of the entrance were neatly lined with charcoal stoves.

There were large clay pots on the charcoal stove, all of which were steaming, and the aroma of the soup filled the street.

Seeing Song Sanniang and her group, the waiter stepped forward to greet them with a smile, "Are you all here together, sir?"

"Yes." As the head of the family and the host, Song Lao Er was the first to respond.

"One, two, three... nineteen people." The waiter counted them one by one, then smiled and said to Song Lao Er, "Since there are so many of you, we need to split into two tables. Please go to the third floor." Then he led the way.

Everyone followed me upstairs. Each floor of this store is almost 50 square meters. It's still early before dinner time, but the seat rate is already 50%. Business is really good.

On the third floor, there is no private room, but it is probably specially prepared for large groups of people to dine. The tables are all large round tables, and one table can seat twelve people.

So everyone sat down casually, and soon another waiter came to another table to take orders for everyone.

Song Sanniang and Song Ersao's aunt sat at one table, while Song Laoer and Liu Dajiu and Niu Laosan sat at another table.

So when it came time to order, everyone let Song Laoer's family order. Song Sanniang and her family's table were all filled with women and children. When the menu was given to them, they were a little embarrassed and just kept saying "whatever, whatever."

Niu Zhuangzhuang, on the other hand, didn't even need to look at the menu and shouted, "I want chicken legs," making everyone at the table laugh.

So I ordered the restaurant's signature ginger chicken and a lotus leaf chicken. Because there were many children at the table, there were not enough chicken legs to share, but we could share chicken wings, so we ordered two chickens.

Then we ordered lotus root, peanut and pork ribs soup, braised prawns, stir-fried pork liver, stir-fried cabbage, and stir-fried lettuce slices.

The men at Song Lao Er's place all wanted to drink, so they ordered some side dishes, including the signature Sand Ginger Chicken.

Then there were the ginger pork knuckle, pickled cabbage fried pork intestines, marinated goose meat, stir-fried squid, stir-fried pork offal, pan-fried spareribs, stir-fried lettuce, black bean and eucommia pig tail soup,

After ordering, everyone chatted while waiting for the food to be served. The waiter went to the kitchen to take down the menu and brought two small dishes to each table.

The side dishes were provided by the store, fried peanuts, sweet and sour radish, so everyone ate the side dishes and chatted.

After a while, the soup was served first. The soup and the soup ingredients were separated. The soup was served in a large plate, and the soup ingredients were served in a large dish. Each table was then provided with two dipping dishes.

The advantage of eating out is that the waiter will take care of all the trivial matters at the table. The waiter will serve everyone a bowl of soup before leaving.

After everyone finished drinking the soup, the rest of the dishes began to be served. I have to say that the soup was really delicious, rich and fresh. The dishes were also steaming hot and fragrant.

Two chickens came up, and everyone helped to give two chicken legs to Si Niang, Niu Zhuangzhuang and Qin Haoxi.

Then the chicken wings were given to Niu Qianqian and Liu Zezheng, which made Liu Zezheng and the others blush because they all felt like grown-up kids.

Everyone started eating enthusiastically. There is a reason why this restaurant is so popular. The portions are very generous. Each dish is served on a large plate. There are so many dishes that they are piled up, and they all taste delicious.

The heat is well controlled, the meat is tender when it should be tender, and the vegetables are not overcooked when they should be crispy. Moreover, each dish costs only 30 to 40 cents, and the vegetarian dishes are only a dozen cents.

After the meal, everyone went out holding their stomachs.

Because we had been traveling all day, we went back to the inn to rest after dinner, and rested for the next day.

If you want to visit the city, let Qin Haodong and Song Sanniang take you there. If you don't want to visit, just stay in the inn to rest or go to the store to play.

Rural people are used to working and are not so delicate. After a night's rest, they were full of energy the next day. They didn't want to trouble Song Laoer's family, so they had breakfast and went to the store.

Liu Zezheng and his friends wanted to go around and see what they could do to help.

However, Uncle Liu and his friends wanted to buy some cheap and novel things in the city, and become peddlers, and sell them while collecting grain in the countryside. So Qin Haodong and Song Sanniang took them to visit the city.

Because the wharf of the prefectural city is larger than that of the county town, and the flow of people is several times more than that of the county town, some things are cheaper than those in the county town, because there are many vendors selling goods in large quantities to the prefectural city.

Just like coconuts, not many people buy them in the county town, and they cost 15 wen each, but in the prefecture town they only cost 10 wen each.

Many people buy coconut water directly to drink. The boss helps to open it and then inserts a bamboo tube. Many people buy it.

Some people will ask the boss to split the coconut meat after drinking it, and take it home to eat or use it to make soup.

Custom-made items like those in gift shops are more expensive in the provincial capital than in the county town, because the shop rent in the provincial capital is expensive, and the labor cost is also higher than in the provincial capital. Some waiters in the county town earn two or three hundred wen a month, while those in the provincial capital basically earn four or five hundred wen.

Song Sanniang took them to visit Le'anfang, and then Uncle Liu and his friends bought some daily necessities and some wedding supplies at the wholesale market.

There is no shortage of these products for sale, and the basic price is a few cents cheaper than in the county town. They can also make a few cents by selling them back. Small amounts add up to a lot, and this is how low-cost businesses make money.

That day, Song Laoer's family took them to eat two delicious meals in the city, and then the next day, Uncle Liu and his family packed up and went back.

Song Sanniang asked them to bring gifts and delicious food to their second cousin and younger cousin. After seeing them off, her aunt and the others started to work.

The job is actually quite easy. It is to prepare the dishes for sale in the store, adjust the taste of the dishes, control the heat of frying, and mix the seasonings.

We can all learn together how to make small condiments like sugar water, and then let them divide the work according to their own strengths.

Taro balls, milk jelly, double skin milk, ginger milk, etc. are relatively simple and you can learn how to make them in one morning. As for making red bean paste, mung bean paste, and snow fungus soup, you basically just need to pay attention to the thickness and sweetness.

Then we need to figure out how to fry pork chops, chicken chops, popcorn chicken, chicken bones, and chicken wings.

Song Sanniang knew some methods to make chicken and pork chops tender, so she told everyone and they followed her example.

At the beginning, the temperature was well controlled, but the taste was bland, so I started to add more seasoning.

Song Sanniang bought a lot of different seasonings. Because of the water transportation, she could buy cumin, pepper, and Sichuan peppercorns.

But she didn't see any peppers or potatoes, so she asked the grocery store staff to help her find them and let her know when they found them.

At that time, grocery stores were similar to grain and oil shops, selling all kinds of rice, flour, grain, oil, seasonings, daily necessities, pots, pans, and the like.

At the end of the day, everyone was full after eating fried chicken steaks.