The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

After selling the dumplings, the Lin family went to Zhou Laosan’s butcher shop to sell meat.

"Brother Zhou, the weight is the same as yesterday." Lin Dajiang said, pointing to a piece of fat and lean meat.

Zhou Laosan went to Zhangji for a meal once.

The taste of the dumplings and fried dumplings is just average.

The meat was not tender enough and was a bit tough.

There is not as much juice inside as in Lin’s Xiaolongbao. Anyway, when you take a bite, there is no gravy rushing into your mouth, so it always feels tasteless.

After eating it once, Zhou Laosan still chose to buy the juicy dumplings from Lin’s.

Seeing that Lin Dajiang had bought less pork these days, Zhou Laosan said, "Brother Lin, I think you should open a shop. It will have tables and chairs like Zhang's, and it will be convenient for customers to eat."

Lin Dajiang looked hesitant. He had never thought about opening a shop in town.

Seeing Lin Dajiang hesitate, Zhou Laosan continued to persuade him: "I know your difficulties, Brother Lin. You see, those shops at the end of the street are all closed. You don't have to rush to buy them. Rent them for a year or two, and then buy them when you make money."

Zhou Laosan's words were like a thunderclap that broke the calmness of his heart.

If you can't buy a shop, you can rent one.

If they had a shop, they wouldn't have to rush around in the cold winter.

It can save two hours going back and forth.

He will then be responsible for taking care of the family's livestock.

He just needs to get up early and go to bed late, so his wife and children can at least get more sleep.

Lin Xiaoman didn't know that Zhou Laosan's words could make Lin Dajiang think so much that he actually started considering renting a shop.

The family returned home tired and hungry. Although Li Taohua had mixed feelings during those days, she never neglected her husband and children's meals.

I made some noodles and steamed two baskets of juicy dumplings left over from the day.

The family eats around the table.

Lin Dajiang hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: "Taohua, what do you think about us renting a shop in town?"

Li Taohua knew that the head of the family must have taken Zhou Laosan's words to heart.

She said that if the shops in the town were not expensive, she would just buy one with a small courtyard.

After all, they rented a house from the Li family in Shanglin Village, and the old house of the Lin family was also rented to his second brother. Even if they didn't rent it out, it couldn't accommodate the six of them.

I don't know how much the shops in town charge or what the market conditions are like.

I'll have to go and find out something tomorrow.

Although she didn't know the market situation of the shops with courtyards in the town, Li Taohua was extremely excited.

You have to know that in Shanglin Village, even the head of the village and his family couldn't afford to buy a shop in the town.

She actually dared to think about it.

Li Taohua, who had come out of her thoughts, smiled shyly and nodded in agreement, "Boss, you make the decision."

Lin Xiaoman blinked and understood.

Her mother also has an idea!

It would be great to be spared from her verbal advice!

"Then let's go to the dental clinic tomorrow."

Lin Dajiang made the decision immediately, and the frustration of being targeted in recent days went away along with the fresh juice in his mouth.

-

In the next two days, after finishing their business, the Lin family went straight to the pawnshop.

There are not many shops connected to the yard for sale, only two, and both are at the end of the street.

Lin Xiaoman didn't care. Good wine needs no bush.

But the price of the two shops with courtyards is not cheap.

One is slightly larger, with three rooms and a yard with a well. Behind the house is the shop.

The other one has two rooms, a small backyard, and a shop in front of the house.

The prices for both rooms were not cheap. The first room had a well and was priced at 90 taels, while the second room and yard were small and were priced at 68 taels.

Lin Xiaoman was shocked when he heard this.

It’s so expensive that she wants to swear!

This is just a lower town. If the houses in the town are so expensive, do they dare to dream of buying houses in Jialin County or even Lin'an Prefecture?

Li Taohua calculated the money in her family.

Excluding the initial expenses of buying the charcoal stove, iron frame and other items, the profit from selling breakfast in the past half month was only eight taels of silver.

Including the money earned from selling ice-cold frozen food and cold skin recipes, the total was seventy-eight taels.

However, Li Taohua thought that the money from selling the cold noodle recipe was Xiaoman's unexpected fortune, and she would not be able to save so much money in the future.

It really hurts to spend sixty-eight taels of silver at once.

The most important thing is that there are only two rooms, and the six of them cannot live together, so they can only squeeze in.

Building a large blue brick and tile house in Shanglin Village would cost about forty or fifty taels of silver.

They went to check out the two shops at the end of the street. The shops had been in disrepair for many years. Even if they bought them, it would cost a lot of money to repair them.

If you add some more items, the total cost will be at least five or six taels.

By this calculation, they are not much different from being penniless.

Lin Xiaoman saw the conflicted look on Li Taohua's face.

If she were to say, she would rather rent a shop first and buy one when she has saved enough money.

There seems to be a big difference between ninety taels and sixty-eight taels, but the house with ninety taels has a well in the yard, which can save a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, fetching water in the town would cause a lot of trouble.

Besides, they are cooking, and washing and cleaning requires a lot of water.

After hesitating for a few days, Lin Dajiang wanted to buy the two-room house without a well, but Li Taohua was hesitant and couldn't make up her mind.

The two asked Lin Xiaoman separately, and finally decided to rent it first.

-

Zhangji’s opening promotion lasted for ten days.

Just as Lin Xiaoman expected, ten days later, Zhang's offered other discounts, which was basically a confrontation with the Lin family.

Since it is not possible to welcome guests openly, one has to do something sneaky in secret.

I don't need to do anything overtly bad, as long as I can stop the Lin family's business.

Yingkelai is a wealthy company, so Kaishangji may not make any money, but it's worth it to vent some anger.

Even if Boss Gu wants to protect the Lin family, he can't interfere too much in the business world.

Lin Xiaoman realized that even if they rented a shop, business would not be very good.

Except for frozen foods, whose raw materials cannot be seen obviously, other foods are too easy to be imitated.

She had many more snacks in her mind, but she couldn't resist the fact that Zhang Ji would follow suit and offer discounts on the snacks after only three or four days of their launch.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoman felt overwhelmed.

I can only rent a house first and then find a way out.

-

“Oops, it’s sold out!”

Lin Xiaoman was packing up his stall when a young servant in coarse linen clothes stood with his hands on his hips and panted with a look of distress on his face.

"Oh, it's my fault that my aunt tripped me up. The young master will be unhappy if he can't have any!"

The servant looked miserable. The young master had been eating one basket a day recently and it had become a habit.

If you don’t have it all of a sudden, you will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Lin Xiaoman saw the servant lingering in front of her stall for a few steps, then walked into Zhang's. When he came out, he had a bulging oil-paper bag in his arms.

She didn't pay much attention to it. Although most diners were attracted to Zhang Ji by the discounts, there were still diners like Zhou Laosan and Mingyitang students who were fond of the juicy dumplings.

Lin Xiaoman closed his stall and went to the dental shop with his family.

The dentist who used to be enthusiastic is now indifferent.

When Lin Dajiang mentioned that he wanted to rent a shop, the broker didn't even raise his head and said he didn't have one.

Lin Dajiang was surprised: "Weren't there three rooms yesterday?"

"No, I said no, then no!" The broker waved his hand impatiently.

Lin Dajiang realized that there must be someone behind the scenes as the difference between the front and back of the dealer was too big.

If not the guest welcomer, who else could it be?

Lin Dajiang pretended to be hesitant and asked, "What about the two shops with courtyards at the end of the street?"

The broker then looked up and said, "You mean the shop? The owner has raised the price. The one with a well is 200 taels, and the one without a well is 170 taels."

Lin Jingzhe said angrily: "Why don't you go and rob it?"

Two hundred taels might be enough to buy a nice yard in Jialin County.

The dentist smiled with a look of pity: "It has nothing to do with me. We are honest in this business. It's mainly because the boss wants a high price!"

Now that things have come to this, there is no need for Lin Dajiang to continue to dwell on it.

He took his family out, and after the broker saw them leave, he said with a bitter face, "It's your bad luck that you messed with the wrong people! Alas, what a pity for my business..."

-

Hey.

Lin Dajiang knew that people were evil, but in the past they were just minor fights in the village.

This is the first time that someone has been targeted for profit.

"Yingkelai is going too far, we can't let him off easily." Lin Jingzhe held his chin, thinking hard.

What should we do?

Asking for help from Boss Gu?

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Lin Jingzhe immediately shook his head.

No, I relied on Boss Gu for support last time. Do I have to trouble Boss Gu every time in the future?

No! They have to stand up on their own.

Although it is said that a real man does not stand under a dangerous wall, now that others are riding on their heads and acting wildly, if they continue to endure it, they will really become cowards.

How to do it?

What can they do to compete with Yingkelai?

Lin Jingzhe tried hard to frown and pretend to be mature.

It seems that if I act more mature I can come up with a solution.

Unfortunately, the young man is still a young man, and the white flour he has eaten is not as much as the salt Lin Dajiang has eaten.

Not as much water as Li Taohua drank.

The first thing he thought of was to ask for help from Mr. Gu, but he rejected it as soon as he thought of it.

At this moment, he was thinking about cooperating with Tong, the manager of Ruyi Restaurant. After all, they had a common enemy.

But how to cooperate specifically?

He scratched his already untidy hair and his face, but still couldn't figure it out.

"Brother, if I still have any delicious recipes, do you think Manager Tong will accept them?" Lin Xiaoman tugged at the hem of Lin Jingzhe's clothes.

Here, Lin Jingzhe and Manager Tong have been dealing with each other for the longest time.

"Of course I will accept it! But I won't be welcoming guests."

Lin Jingzhe saw Manager Tong sighing in front of the abacus more than once.

"Pickled fish counts as one, grilled fish counts as one..."

Lin Xiaoman counted on his fingers.

"Grilled fish, is this the grilled fish I made?"

Lin Jingzhe was dumbfounded. Could the grilled fish he made be served on the table at Ruyi Tower?

"of course not."

Although Lin Xiaoman couldn't bear to pour cold water on her brother, time was running out, so she had to tell him the truth at the cost of hurting his fragile heart.

"The grilled fish I mentioned requires a hot pot, and the fish is not really grilled, but fried until fragrant and crispy, then put into the hot pot, add sauces and side dishes, and cook in the hot pot."

Just saying it, Lin Jingzhe felt that the process of grilling fish was a bit complicated.

Soon, he heard Xiaoman's mouth opening and closing as he continued, "It's already the end of September. When the weather turns cooler in a month, we can serve the grilled fish. In the cold winter, it will be served with a grilled fish hot pot. The more you eat, the hotter it gets, and the happier you'll be."

The image of hot pot automatically popped up in Lin Jingzhe's mind.

He couldn't help but mutter.

Why does Xiaoman have so many things in his head?

How could he not think of it?

"Then, what does it have to do with our business?" Lin Jingzhe asked puzzledly.

"Yingkelai Kaizhangji wants us to stop doing business. Now they are using their power to force the brokers not to rent houses to us. Even if we want to buy a shop, the price will be shockingly high."

Lin Xiaoman looked at Lin Jingzhe and continued, "If that's the case, don't blame us for coming up with a new trick. Yingkelai and Ruyi Restaurant have been rivals for more than ten years, and Ruyi Restaurant has always been suppressed by Yingkelai. I guess they want to surpass Yingkelai every day, right?"

Lin Jingzhe thought of the sighing old man Tong, and said, "You are right. Not to mention the owner of Ruyi Restaurant, even Tong has the same idea."

"This time, besides making money from selling pickled fish and grilled fish recipes, I have another plan, which is to ask the owner of Ruyi Restaurant to let us open a place in the restaurant for us."

Lin Jingzhe continued: "We are going to sell juicy dumplings in Ruyilou?"

"Yes!"

Lin Dajiang had been listening to the two children's mumbling.

When I heard Lin Xiaoman’s idea, I thought it was brilliant.

I just don’t know whether the owner of Ruyi Tower will agree.

It just so happened that Lin Jingzhe asked his doubts.

"Will the owner of Ruyi Tower agree?"

Lin Xiaoman replied calmly: "Whether it is true or not, we will have to wait and see tomorrow. I have to trouble Daddy and Brother to go fishing in the river again today."

"What's the big deal! As long as I can make Yingkelai lose face, I'll even let you ask me to dig out shit!"

When Lin Jingzhe mentioned welcoming guests, he felt itchy again.

-

The next morning, the Lin family set out early.

There is an extra bucket on the cart.

There were two lively grass carps in the bucket.

Today, we still only made fifty cages.

The waiter who failed to buy steamed buns yesterday came early to queue up and bought four baskets at once.

"I didn't buy your soup dumplings yesterday, and the young master was so angry that he didn't even eat." The servant complained with a smile.

"Xiaolongbao can only be eaten for breakfast, how can we not have rice?" Lin Xiaoman, relying on his young age, spoke casually with a smile on his face.

"That's right! Young Master doesn't eat and we're all worried." The servant smiled and waved his hand: "Look, he came to line up early."

"Hey, little brother, here's your juicy steamed bun."

The servant took the bowl from Lin Xiaoman and carefully protected it as he left.

As there were not enough juicy dumplings, they were sold out in half an hour.

The Lin family packed up their stall and left.

After they left, the two people sitting in the bun shop in the distance slowly turned back to Zhang's.

"Zhang San, Li Si, why are you back so early today?"

"Manager Jin, the Lin family only makes fifty servings of Xiaolongbao every day, and they will be sold out in less than an hour."

“They don’t plan to lower the price?”

Zhang San and Li Si shook their heads.

"Okay, I'll continue following you tomorrow."

After Zhang San and Li Si left, Manager Jin left Zhang's through the back door and went straight to greet the guests.

When he did something wrong and was discovered by his boss, his boss didn't blame him at all.

Later, when the boss heard that the Lin family was reselling the juicy dumplings with a strange sounding name, he came up with this idea after tasting them.

If the forceful approach doesn't work, then we'll just take it slow and force the Lin family to be unable to sell their products.

At that time, the owner bought the recipe of Juicy Xiaolongbao with a few words...

-

Lin Dajiang took his family for a walk, stopping from time to time, wandering around the grocery store and asking prices in front of the grain store.

I went to Zhou Laosan’s butcher shop and bought meat for tomorrow’s meal.

I also took a walk around the Jixiang Bookstore near Mingyi Hall.

After many twists and turns, we finally arrived at Ruyi Restaurant.

As the weather turns cooler, cold noodles are not as popular as in the summer, but diners who are used to eating it always order it every now and then.

Shopkeeper Tong hadn't seen the Lin family for a long time. When he saw them suddenly, he immediately went forward to greet them.

He saw the big barrel at the door and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since a wild rabbit came to our house. Today, it finally came."

Leader Jingzhe scratched his head and apologized, "Manager Tong, we didn't bring any wild rabbits today. We brought fish instead."

As he said this, he carried the bucket in with one hand.

Shopkeeper Tong looked into the bucket and saw two big grass carps.

The diners in town don't actually like fish.

The steamed fish and braised fish they make are not popular.

Shopkeeper Tong politely declined: "I'm afraid we can't keep this fish."

Lin Xiaoman said with a smile on his face: "Uncle Tong, I am not selling fish. I have two recipes that I want to sell to my boss."

"Oh?" When talking about the recipe, Shopkeeper Tong immediately became interested, "Is it related to fish?"

Lin Xiaoman nodded.

Fish...

Shopkeeper Tong was a little undecided.

Diners in Dayi Town and even Jialin County hardly like to order fish.

Lin Xiaoman saw that Shopkeeper Tong was hesitant, so he said, "Uncle Tong, how about I make it first, and if you like it, then we can decide."

"Okay. But the kitchen is busy right now and I'm afraid they won't be able to spare a pot for you. How about this, you guys go upstairs first and wait until after noon?"

Lin Dajiang nodded in agreement. He pulled the cart by the door to the door behind the kitchen of Ruyi Building and parked it there. Then he came back and followed the waiter upstairs.

When Shopkeeper Tong saw that the Lin family stayed, he hurriedly sent someone to inform his boss.

The boss said last time that whenever the Lin family sells a new recipe, they must be treated with courtesy no matter what.

This time the recipe is related to fish, so the host has to make the decision himself.