Otherworldly Days

"Crackling..."

A short section of firecrackers was lit and the people around covered their ears. Everyone had happy smiles on their faces. Even Cao Gang, who rarely smiled, had a little smile on his face.There was no class in the school today, and a few younger ones were brought over, and the laughter of the children suddenly became lively.

Cao Xiangnan climbed up the ladder and reached out to remove the red cloth covering the signboard. On the signboard were two large characters: Cao Ji.

"Open!"

"The new store opens today. If you eat at the store today and eat enough to eat five copper coins, one copper coin will be deducted. If you eat at the store today, you will be deducted two copper coins. If you eat more, you will get less. A dustpan cook."

Dustpan cooking is a fresh food in the store. It is steamed with rice milk layer by layer in a small dustpan, and then stacked to make round noodles. When eating, cut into pieces and pour sauce, it is delicious.

A few days earlier, they told the old customers who came to eat at the stall that they moved to the new shop. The price of the food was the same as before. They told everyone that there would be something delivered when the new store opened today, so old customers came here early in the morning. up.The old lady who came to the wharf early in the morning to buy fish also likes to come to their stall to buy half a catty of rice noodles to eat at home. I heard that it will be cheaper to buy rice noodles today, so I will wait at the door for this meeting.

When the door was opened, customers who were waiting on the side came forward. The tables and chairs were neatly spread inside, and the soup and meat stewed on the stove exuded aroma.Everyone is in position, those who are responsible for selling food are responsible for selling the market, and those who are responsible for entertaining guests are responsible for entertaining guests.

"Ah Zhang, we buy two catties of pho here today and get one catty free, buy four catties and get two catties free, and buy more and get more free." Sun Jitong Ah Mu introduced when Ah Mo came to buy rice noodles.

"It's so cheap." Ah Mo, who often comes to buy rice noodles on weekdays, was delighted when he heard that this catty was given away for free, so he bought more than usual, "That's two catties."

"Okay." Sun Jili put the pho on Ah Mo, and when Ah Mo handed over the copper coins, he counted two copper coins and returned them to Ah Mo, "If you buy ten copper coins today, you will be charged less." Two copper coins, these two copper coins will be brought back to you, take them."

The old grandma happily left with the rice noodles and the two copper coins she had recovered. When she saw an acquaintance, she said that the newly opened Cao Ji bought two catties of rice noodles and got one catty free today, and charged two less. big money.

"Is it really such a good thing?"

"What did I lie to you for? I just went to buy it."

It just so happened that there were quite a few shops on their street, and when they heard the sound of firecrackers, some curious people came to see it, and they also entered the shop for a meal after smelling the smell.Needless to say, the old customers, the stall moved to the new shop, and they also chased here.

"Congratulations." Shopkeeper Liu came over in person with a gift.

"Brother, you're here too, hurry up and invite inside." Cao Xiangnan took the congratulatory gift and hurriedly greeted shopkeeper Liu inside. He didn't expect shopkeeper Liu to show face like this, so he came here in person today.

"I made some fresh food today, how about giving the old brother a taste?"

"Of course it's good."

Cao Xiangnan sent a dustpan cooker to him, cut it into rhombus-shaped pieces, dipped it in delicious sauce to eat, and also sent each snack in a portion, shopkeeper Liu took a bite of the dustpan cooker Just nodded, "Well, good, this is good."

"Brother, try this again."

"Well, it's really good. I can't taste the same food when I eat it at my place. It seems that I still want to eat at your place." "Haha, brother is welcome to come often."

Their old customer Chen Guanshi also came over. When he came in and saw shopkeeper Liu, he didn't expect that the two were old acquaintances, and they greeted him warmly as soon as they met.Manager Chen often came here to eat, but it was the first time he saw shopkeeper Liu coming, and he asked in surprise, "I haven't seen you here on weekdays."

"My little brother's new store is open, I'm just here to take a look." Shopkeeper Liu called Cao Xiangnan in a somewhat friendly tone, and the relationship between the two was very close.

"Why are you here too?"

"It's not that the food here is delicious, hehe..."

"You, you, I know that you are greedy for such a bite, and you are there wherever there is delicious food."

"Ha ha……"

Shopkeepers who came to eat in some shops next door saw shopkeeper Liu and Guanshi Chen, and greeted them warmly.They didn't expect that such a small shop would invite such two great gods. The food in this shop must be unusual, so they all ordered a few points of food, and they all agreed after eating.

They set up a stall on the side of the pier, and most of the people who came to eat were men who worked on the pier. They moved to this shop today, and there are many new customers.Cao Xiangnan glanced at it and knew it well. It seems that finding a shop has many benefits. Most of these customers are willing to spend a little more money when they come to eat.

"Little brother, just go and do your work. I'll have a chat with Lao Chen here. You can go and do your work." Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand, knowing that Cao Xiangnan was busy, so he didn't need to accompany him here.

Cao Xiangnan saw that shopkeeper Liu had a good chat with Guanshi Chen, so he went to work.

It's newly opened today, and everyone in the store is busy. A few children came over. The younger ones can't work, but the older ones can already help.The little one is sitting obediently at the door of the stall next door, next door is the newly added Mala Tang.

There are two large pots at the door, one clear pot and one spicy pot. On the shelves are the dishes that should be placed. The skewered fish balls, meatballs and tofu are already cooked in the pots.Sun Bailian also came over early in the morning, and saw a few young people sitting there obediently, and he even made a small bowl of food for them to sit there and eat.

The house was being built at home, and there were many things at home, Qi Wanfeng couldn't leave, so he stayed at home to do other things, so he didn't come to town.

However, in the past two days, Qi Wanfeng has learned from his husband how to make spicy soup base, and how to make fish balls and meatballs. Fulang said that in the future, he and Sun Bailian will manage the shop , so even if he can't go now, he will try his best to help and do what he can.

"Boss, what kind of food do you sell here?" There was a brother who walked by with a child, and the boy he dragged saw a few children sitting there eating, so he asked him to come, so he brought As the child walked over, the smell was very fragrant.

"There are fish balls, meatballs and tofu here, and there are vegetables over there. You can choose by yourself. You can order two vegetarian dishes for a copper coin, a string of meatballs for a copper coin, and noodles for a copper coin." Sun Bailian said one by one. Introduce to incoming guests.

"Em, I want to eat, I want to eat." The child tugged on E'Mu with an anxious expression on his face.

"Okay, okay, eat, eat." The brother ordered something, and took the child in.

A few brothers came from behind, some people like spicy food, some people don’t like spicy food, they all entered the shop, and the cooked Mala Tang was brought up in big bowls, and the portions were quite generous.

Cao Xiangnan took a look at the door, chatted with Sun Bailian and Aning, and walked over to him with a few young ones.

When the carriage went back to the village, Cao Xiangnan took the younger ones away with him. Kangkang and Xiangzi refused to go back and wanted to stay in the shop to help, so he simply asked the two older ones to help there.Kangkang, Xiangzi, and Xuanxuan and the older boys are already able to help with the work, and the younger ones will only make trouble if they stay there, and they have to be distracted to watch them. Time for them.

After returning home to pack the steamed rice noodles, they will soon go back to town.

The store opened today, and the amount of pho sold in one morning is the same as the previous day. Fortunately, they made more pho today, and they will be able to sell it later.Today, even Sun Apa didn't carry the rice noodles to sell, and came to help make rice noodles.

When the carriage passed by the town, the family happened to be fine, so Cao Xiangnan took Father Sun to help him there.

There is a kitchen here in the backyard, and the vegetables bought back in the town are fried here and sold before being served out.There is a water well here, and the water is also convenient. The washed vegetables are sorted and put away, and the cut meat is fried directly in the pan.Cao Xiangnan marinated the meat with spices today, and the meat in a big pot was cooked and fragrant.

In the past, people at the stalls took the civilian route and sold cheap food. When Cao Xiangnan came here, he realized that besides making cheap food for the men working on the wharf, they also have a group of potential Big customer.

As long as the food is well prepared, and it is cheaper than going to a restaurant, and the taste is not worse than that in a restaurant, naturally no one is afraid that no one will come to eat.

When it was almost noon, more people came to eat in the store, and the men who worked on the dock also found them, and there were three or five of them, "So you moved here, this place is easy to find, easy to find."

"Haha, yes, you can find it by walking along this side. It's not hard to find. What are you guys eating today? If you eat five copper coins today, you will get one back, and if you eat ten copper coins, you will get two back." , and a fresh food delivery."

So it only takes four copper coins to eat food for five copper coins, and there is a fresh food delivery today, but it will cost money to buy it later. Naturally, some people spend an extra copper coin to buy food.

"Oh, buy two and get one free of rice noodles. Do you want to take one home to eat? It's only available three days before the opening. After that, there is no place to give it away."

"Buy two catties and get one catty free, yes, I will take the two catties away later."

A group of people went into the store, carrying food and looking for a seat.

There was a climax of eating in the store at noon. Auntie Sun came to the town to help out for the first time, and was shocked to see so many people.A lot of people come here because they earn more money, and the more they earn, the smile on Apa Sun's face never stops afterwards, and he works harder.

The business here is good, and the Malatang business next door is also quite good.

After noon, the number of people who came to eat in the store gradually decreased, and the pot of stewed meat was also sold out.Fewer people came to eat, so they have time to sit down and have a meal, but no matter how busy they are today, each of them is busy and very happy.