A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

"There are still two days of activities to come, everyone, come on, well, we've been busy all day, everyone should take a shower and have a rest, we still have to be busy tomorrow."

"Okay, Yueyue, you too."

Over the next two days, the business of the three shops became better day by day. On the last day, the total profit of the shops reached three hundred taels.

Zhang Yunyue looked at Zhang Xingyun and the other three shopkeepers sitting in the main hall, and said:

"The discount promotion has ended today. In the next few days, the store's business will decline. Everyone should be prepared for this. There is no need to panic. We will see the situation after it stabilizes in a few days."

"Yes, boss."

"it is good."

After half a month, the store's business had stabilized, with a daily profit of about two hundred taels.

During this period, Li Da also went back to Zhangjia Village to transport goods, and also watched the training of Zhao Hu and others.

Everyone trained very hard and their martial arts improved rapidly. Zhao Hu would often let them fight against each other to improve their combat experience.

Zhao Hu asked Li Da to bring back a message that next time he went back to transport goods, he could ask them to protect him and that they had already taught him martial arts.

Although I have accumulated some combat experience, I still need to practice in the field so that I can make faster progress.

Zhang Yunyue continued to paint in the house when she had nothing to do. She was now planning to stock up on more calligraphy and paintings so that she could use them directly when she opened a branch store. Otherwise, it might be too late by then.

Zhang Xingyun came back from the hot pot restaurant with a worried look on his face and said, "Yueyue, the hot pot restaurant business has been a little worse in the past two days."

Zhang Xinghao also said: "I also noticed that the barbecue restaurant's business has been a little worse in the past two days. The kitchen prepared the ingredients according to the amount of the previous few days, but some of them were left over in the past two days. I thought they prepared too much at first, but after checking, it was not the case."

Zhang Yunyue thought for a moment and said, "Well, big brother, second brother, let the waiter listen to what the guests say while serving the dishes and walking around, and see if he can find any problems first."

"Okay, then let's send an order to check the situation first."

The next night.

Zhang Xingfeng: "Yueyue, according to what you said yesterday, the waiter at the hot pot restaurant heard a customer saying that someone has opened a hot pot restaurant in the city. It seems to be a restaurant called Fugui Restaurant, and they just launched a hot pot restaurant two days ago."

Zhang Xingfeng also said: "The waiter at the barbecue restaurant also heard today that a customer said that a Fuyuan barbecue restaurant had opened. It also opened two days ago. Hey, brother, you heard about Fugui Restaurant, and I heard about Fuyuan barbecue. These two restaurants are not related, right? Or are they owned by the same owner?"

Zhang Yunyue also knew that no matter what he did, there would inevitably be people imitating him. He had already thought about this problem before coming to the city.

I originally thought that since I have my own secret recipe, even if someone wanted to imitate it, it would still take some time. I didn’t expect that only half a month has passed and there is already a similar store on the street.

"Well, big brother, tomorrow Uncle Li and I will go to these two stores to check out each other's background. After all, you are busy in the store every day, so there is no guarantee that you will not be seen.

Uncle Li and I were there for the first three days of the business opening. It’s been so long, so not many people will remember it. After work tomorrow, you two can come back with the two shopkeepers.”

"Okay, then you and Uncle Li should be careful."

Li Da was listening silently at the side, and when he heard himself being mentioned, he nodded in agreement.

Noon the next day.

Zhang Yunyue and Li Da went out, preparing to visit the Fugui Restaurant and Fuyuan BBQ that they had mentioned yesterday.

Both stores are also located on South Street, but they are some distance away from Zhang Yunyue’s store, so they did not receive any news.

The two went to the Fugui Restaurant first.

The waiter at the door of Fugui Restaurant saw Zhang Yunyue and the other person and came forward to greet them eagerly, "Please come in, two guests."

The two found a seat in the lobby and sat down.

After patrolling around, I found that some people in the store were eating hotpot, while some were eating stir-fried dishes.

Zhang Yunyue called the waiter over and said, "I heard that you have hot pot in your restaurant. What flavors do you have?"

"You asked the right question, sir. We started selling hot pot a few days ago. We have both clear soup and red pot. They are similar to the hot pot at Four Seasons Hot Pot Restaurant. Here is the menu. You can take a look at what you want."

Zhang Yunyue ordered a red pot, and then ordered some side dishes and meat.

"Okay, that's all I need."

"Okay, wait a moment, sir. The hot pot will be served to you in a moment."

After a while, the waiter brought the hot pot, put the side dishes on the table, and then left.

"Uncle Li, let's try this hot pot too." Zhang Yunyue and Li Da joked, then used chopsticks to put the side dishes into the hot pot and cook them.

Li Da smiled and said, "Okay, I'll try it and see how it tastes."

When the dishes in the hot pot were cooked, Zhang Yunyue tasted them. After the first bite, she found that the taste of the hot pot was not as fragrant or rich as the taste of her own home.

But for those who have never eaten our own hotpot, the taste is still okay.

There are many spices in our homemade hot pot. Most people here don’t know how to use spices. Currently, the only one that can be used on the dining table is Sichuan pepper.

After tasting it, Zhang Yunyue felt much calmer and waited for the two to finish eating.

When paying, Zhang Yunyue discovered that eating here was still cheaper than eating at her own hot pot restaurant.

After leaving Fugui Restaurant, the two went to Fuyuan BBQ.

Just like the Four Seasons BBQ restaurant, there is a stall in front of the door, which provides barbecue for customers who do not want to enter the store and for customers who buy it to satisfy their cravings.

Zhang Yunyue and the other person lined up in front of the stall. They had just finished eating hotpot and were not very hungry, so they just wanted to try a few skewers. As long as they knew how the food tasted, they would be able to tell how good the barbecue was at this restaurant.

When it was two people's turn in line, Zhang Yunyue ordered a few skewers of barbecue for herself and Uncle Li, and then ate them while walking.

Wait until you finish eating.

Zhang Yunyue looked at Li Da next to him: "Uncle Li, is there anything you want to say?"

"Hotpot and barbecue are not as delicious as the ones in our store. People who have never eaten them may be attracted to them, but after eating in our store, they will find that the taste here is really incomparable."

Zhang Yunyue nodded: "Yeah, I feel the same way. I can talk to my eldest brother and second brother about it when I go back tonight."

night.

Zhang Xingyun: "Yueyue, we are back"

Zhang Yunyue saw Zhang Xingyun and others in the main hall, as well as the owners of the hot pot restaurant and the barbecue restaurant.

"My boss."

"You two should sit down too."

Seeing that everyone was seated, Zhang Yunyue said, "Today, Uncle Li and I went to these two stores to try their food, but it wasn't as good as ours.