Fisherman

After eating supper, the summer day is still hot and dry, and we have to wait until the middle of the night to cool off.

Zhou Geer is preparing the barbecue that will be sold tomorrow, while Zhao Qian cuts the bought hay into slices, shreds the tangerine peel, and boils it in boiling water with black plums. After Zhou Geer tidies up, the soup is ready.

He put it in a basin, cooled it for a while, and put it into the space. The two of them stored a lot of ice cubes in winter, and it was ready to use in summer. The temperature in the space was not high, and there were a lot of ice cubes After the ice cubes, it is more like a cold storage.

About an hour later, he took out the cold plum juice, and the couple drank the chilled plum juice while enjoying the cool under the tree in the yard.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

In the scorching summer, a mouthful of sour iced plums is naturally nothing to say. Zhao Qian doesn't like sweetness, so there is very little sugar in the sour plum juice, just to neutralize the sour taste. It's just right to drink by yourself, but Brother Zhou got a little sour after drinking it.

Seeing his frowning eyebrows, he smiled and said, "There is still sugar in the room, please put some more."

The sugar was very expensive at this time, Zhou Geer was not willing to add more, anyway, since he and Zhao Qian have been together for a long time, he has found that he is very good at making money, and it is good to be able to earn and spend. got used to.

"If we have a shop in the future, we can cook this sour plum juice and sell it. It's just a good time to eat barbecue to quench our thirst."

Zhao Qian nodded, that's exactly what he thought.

In the last month of summer, the Zhao family rented a shop in the market. The shop was not big, but it could accommodate four or five tables.After setting up a stall, Zhao Qian enriched the barbecue varieties as much as possible, dividing them into seafood, meat and vegetables.

The seafood is still the same, but what is more is that he bought some fine vermicelli, cooked them and grilled them on the sea shells to make garlic vermicelli shells, and the rest remained the same.

There is more meat, not only the previous mutton, but also chicken, pork, and beef. Anyway, there are all butchers that can be bought in the market. The amount of each item is not much, but the number is wide.

Vegetables are seasonal melons and beans, potatoes, and lotus root are essential. It is worth mentioning that I bought tofu at the tofu shop, and there are barbecued tofu. Tofu is not cheap at this time, and it is a delicious dish. It is even more delicious for barbecue.

Of course, based on the common idea between the two, Zhao Qian boiled a big pot of sour plum soup the night before the shop opened, and put it in the space to freeze overnight.

After a busy night, I finally got everything sorted out.After Brother Zhou took a shower, he stood at the door blowing the night wind, Zhao Qian put the last skewer into the space, washed his hands and followed him out.

"What's the matter? It's so hot that I can't sleep? You can take two ice cubes from the space and put them next to the bed. It won't be hot when you fall asleep at night."

Brother Zhou shook his head. He didn't care about it. The market is indeed hotter than the village. There are more trees in the countryside and the houses are far apart. Naturally, the market cannot compare with the village in these aspects.But how can people from poor families be so picky? He just saw that the rented shop was in a deep alley, and he was afraid that the business would not be good.

When I rented a shop, I considered the rent. Now that the shop has finally been settled, it is quite cheap, but it is remote. When Zhao Qian asked, he also expressed his thoughts.

Zhao Qian didn't care much about this. As the saying goes, the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys. Although this street is a little secluded, it would cost more than that to rent such a large storefront in the downtown area.

"Don't worry, it will get better slowly."

He is very confident.

The next day, the two of them got up later than usual. They had to rush over from the village before, but now they can save their time and sleep a little longer.

With a shop, Zhao Qian naturally brought back his grill, and while he was lighting up the fire, Brother Zhou was responsible for setting up other things.

After he stopped setting up the stall, he notified the customers to change the place to an alley. The old customers who love to eat barbecue came, and some customers who saw the stall and bought it for a while never saw it again.

Brother Zhou helped him and knew what the usual customer flow was like, but after opening the shop, the first day seemed to be unsatisfactory, and the number of customers was far less than before.

Although it received unanimous praise from the guests, saying that the dishes are richer, there is sour plum juice, and the conditions are much better than before, but Brother Zhou is not happy when he sees the money he has received.

Zhao Qian seemed to have seen through his thoughts, but he was busy greeting customers, and he couldn't comfort him. He waited for a group of customers to leave before he called him: "It's okay, when I first opened the stall, The business is not as good as it is now, but after the customers spread the word, the business will naturally improve."

Brother Zhou nodded, Zhao Qian grilled a few skewers of squid and put them on the plate while there were no guests: "Eat something."

Holding a plate of squid, Brother Zhou said with a smile: "This is more than ten yuan, the boss is really generous."

He took out two pairs of chopsticks and handed a pair to Zhao Qian. The two sat at the table and ate squid. Zhao Qian also went to make two bowls of sour plum juice.Brother Zhou never thought that something worth ten or twenty cents could be eaten as a snack.

The couple were enjoying their meal, when suddenly a figure jumped in and said out of breath, "I have found your shop, I ran halfway to the market to find it!"

Zhao Qian put down his chopsticks. It was the waiter in the restaurant who used to sell to him. He knew that he had business again, so he quickly greeted him and asked Brother Zhou to make a bowl of sour plum juice.

Xiao Er was holding the light brown soup, and was a little curious about what it was, but felt that the rim of the bowl was ice-cold, and it was hot on his head, so he couldn't wait to take two mouthfuls: "This soup is really delicious! Give me another bowl! "

Zhou Geer glanced at Zhao Qian, sour plum juice is worth two cents a bowl!Zhao Qian gave him a wink and signaled him to go, so he turned around and went for another bowl.

Taking advantage of this spare time, Xiao Er wandered around the shop, looked at the cabinets for barbecues, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Now there are so many varieties! There are meat, vegetables, and seafood!"

Zhao Qian stood aside and said, "Didn't I mention it before! There are no guests now, do you want to get a couple of skewers?"

Xiao Er rubbed his hands, he knew that others bought these things with money, and he took advantage of them to taste them, so he quickly said: "You must try!"

He understood something, so he randomly picked up a few uneaten ones, but Zhao Qian went to pick up some more: "You haven't tried vermicelli scallops yet."

He baked a few plates of barbecue, which made the slippery mistress a little embarrassed. Zhao Qian put the baked food on the table, and the three of them ate it together. It was almost noon, so it happened to be lunch.

After Xiaoer ate a few squid with chopsticks, he ate grilled pork belly full of oil. He didn't brag about it. He worked in restaurants and restaurants since he was a child. He slipped into the kitchen and didn't eat any signature dishes. There are a lot of delicacies, but Zhao Qian's barbecue method is novel, the taste is really amazing.

Sour plum juice quenches thirst and relieves greasiness, just eat it with barbecue, just one word: cool!

"The customers in the restaurant asked someone to go to your stall to buy barbecue today, but they couldn't find anyone, so they asked me to look for it!" The restaurant he was in mainly sold wine. The wine was good wine, and the business was good. There are few food and drinks, customers like to buy some food outside, and the boss will not say anything, they often go out to help customers buy things, and they can get some rewards.

Since he and Zhao Qian reached a cooperative relationship, not only can they have a free barbecue from time to time, but they also get much more rewards than before.

He handed the food box to Zhao Qian: "Today is a table of rich young masters, all of them dressed like dogs, they are rich masters! Look, I gave two liang of silver directly, let me Buy more and go back!"

Zhao Qian asked to accept the money without delay, and got up to grill.

"Did you tell me to bake something?"

"They haven't eaten your barbecue before, and they heard it from other alcoholics. I just said something casually. Now that you have so many, give them some of each to open their eyes. You can do it yourself. Save some money." Xiaoer said, stuffed a mouthful of leeks, and went up to Zhao Qian: "You don't have to pay the full amount, these rich young masters don't care about these tens of pennies."

Of course Zhao Qian understood what Xiao Er meant, and it seemed that it was not in vain to treat him to some barbecue.

After the barbecue was done, the food box was full, and Xiaoer almost ate the barbecue on the table.

After the man left, Zhao Qian gave the money to Brother Zhou: "Look, isn't this business here? Don't talk about a day's money, a few days' money came all at once."

Brother Zhou was a little surprised. He didn't know there was such a way to make money, so he felt much better.The guests in the afternoon were still lonely, but he was safe in his heart.

In the evening, there are fewer customers, and the nightlife in the market is not prosperous. When it gets dark, there are fewer people walking. Originally, the barbecue was only opened at night, but it is good to be here, and it becomes a daytime business, watching others After all the shops are closed, Zhao Qian is not in a hurry, and it doesn't matter if they stay open for a while.

Brother Zhou found time to cook dinner, it was just right to have some porridge on a summer night, Zhao Qian baked potatoes, and the two ate with porridge.

The two ate their meals slowly, and began to prepare the ingredients needed for the next day. Occasionally, customers who were outside to enjoy the cool came to buy a bunch of barbecued meat when they saw that the shop was still closed. The smell of barbecue was intermittent. Float out from the alley.

After getting everything ready for the next day, Brother Zhou saw that he hadn't closed the door yet, so he asked, "There are no customers, why don't you close the door?"

Both of them were sitting on the long bench. Zhao Qian put his legs on the bench and leaned against Brother Zhou. He was a little idle. Both of them smelled like barbecue, but no one disliked the other.

Zhao Qian looked out of the street, and asked without thinking: "Is there a hook bar in our market?"

Hearing this, Brother Zhou stood up suddenly, Zhao Qian had nothing to rely on, the bench tilted up, and fell to the ground with a thud.

He got up and saw Zhou Ge'er's face was ashen, and quickly said: "It's not what you think! I'm just asking."

Brother Zhou didn't answer his question, turned around and went into the bedroom.

"Hey! Shaoyu! Listen to me!" He beckoned to chase after him, but another guest came outside.

"Boss, some skewers of grilled squid!"

"The squid is sold out today, come back tomorrow." He waved his hand to dismiss.

But the man didn't follow the path, and walked in directly bypassing the grill: "Everything is sold out, I see there are still more."

Then he took a few strings of squid out of the cabinet: "Isn't it! Do you still want to do business!"

Zhao Qian had no choice but to back away, and went to the man who entered the shop: "Eat in the shop or..." He paused, the man smelled like rouge and powder, so he couldn't help but take a second look. , a face with nothing outstanding.

"I'll try grilling two skewers first, and then I'll consider whether to take it away."

Zhao Qian didn't ask any more questions, and quickly grilled the squid.

The man was standing beside him, and Zhao Qian could almost hear the sound of swallowing saliva.

After the skewers were baked, the man quickly picked them up without any hesitation, and began to eat, sighing about the delicious taste, while blowing on the hot skewers.

"Do you have a food box here?"

"We don't provide food boxes here."

The man said: "Let me borrow it first, and I will return it early tomorrow morning. If you don't borrow it, then you will miss out on a big deal. To put it bluntly, your shop is in this deep alley. It's not a person, who can find it."

Zhao Qian wanted to say that you came here as usual, but he was a guest, and he mentioned that he had a big business, so he said with a smile: "What business do you do?"

When asked this way, the man felt a little embarrassed: "I do odd jobs in the bar, and the girl there heard about your barbecue shop for some reason, and asked me to buy it."

Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows, big brother, if you came earlier, I wouldn't have to mention Gou Lanyuan to anger my wife.

He thought for a while, and with a shy face, he shouted into the room: "Shaoyu, take out the food box from our shop, there are customers who want to borrow it! I'm too busy here."

After a while, there was a rustling sound in the room, Zhou Ge'er had a serious face, but fortunately he obediently found out the food box.

Standing next to the barbecue grill, Zhao Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Brother Zhou coming over and carefully packing the things he had baked into the box.

"Let's grill a whole fish again!" The man crossed his legs in front of the table, looking at the two people who were busy.

Brother Zhou asked, "The bigger one or the smaller one."

The fish are all freshly killed, so that the grilled taste will be fresher.

The man asked for a big one without even thinking about it. Anyway, he didn’t pay for it. The girls in the hook bar made more money in one night than his monthly wages. If he bought more, he might have his share. .

Brother Zhou went to catch a big fish, cut open the stomach and took out the internal organs, cleaned it and handed it to Zhao Qian to roast.

Generally, Zhao Qian, who is a first-time customer, takes it very seriously, so it is easy to get repeat customers, and this kind of big business needs to be taken care of. He puts enough ingredients in the grilled fish, and puts some soft tofu in it.

The man stared intently.

"Go back and go faster, it won't taste good when it's cold." Zhao Qian handed over the heavy food box.

Holding the food box in his arms, the man tossed the money to Zhao Qian, saying, "That's up to you."

Zhao Qian took the money and shook her head. This man is not as good as Xiaoer. After he left, he closed the door, and the wife had to be coaxed, or she would have to sleep with the barbecue grill.