Fisherman

The next day, Zhao Qian went to the sea market. Although he bought seafood, he did not buy all the sea fish. It was much easier for the villagers to go to the market to sell fish.

"Hu San'er, are you here to sell fish too?" He walked into the fish market, and saw Hu San'er standing in the old place selling sea fish from a distance, still looking dazed.

Seeing him passing by, Hu San'er was also a little happy, and quickly waved to him.

"Why did you come to the fish market? Are the seafood you bought last time gone?"

"Yes, I came this time to ask the folks for something, but I didn't expect you to be here."

Hearing what he said, Hu San'er wiped his hands on his waist and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Qian leaned over to whisper in his ear for a while, Hu San'er slowly frowned, and then stretched out: "Don't worry, everyone will do what you told me, I'll go back and talk to the folks." gone."

"Then thank you!" He patted Hu San'er on the shoulder.

Hu San'er laughed twice, then scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "When are you free to go back to the village?"

"Has something happened in the village?"

"It's okay, it's still the same, but I'm getting married soon, I want to invite you and Brother Zhou to a banquet, I don't know if you are free."

Hearing this, Zhao Qian was a little surprised, and he gave Hu San'er a fist: "You're fine, boy! We're finally getting married! When will Shao Yu and I definitely come."

"It's only a while, and it will look like half a month." Hu San'er's face was filled with joy, and Zhao Qian felt a little familiar.

"Yes, after the sale is finished, go to the store and eat lunch before going back."

These few days the business of the shop is not as good as before, but Hu San'er who went there for the first time was still extremely surprised, after all, a customer is really earning money, which is much faster than casting a net to catch fish at the seaside.

Zhao Qian showed his hands, and at noon, the three of them had a meal together, and the two of them drank wine, feeling like they were eating together for the first time in the village.

"You have made a lot of money in this shop. You are the most promising in our village. Not long ago, a few people from Xiayu Village came up to find work. Our village chief has the confidence to talk about you." Zhao Qian ate The barbecue skewers couldn't help saying: "I didn't expect this squid to be so delicious when grilled."

Zhao Qian smiled: "The shop is going downhill now, otherwise I wouldn't ask the folks."

"Everyone treats you as a family, so don't bother if there is any trouble, and the villagers will be happy when you are successful."

Hearing such words, Zhao Qian was undoubtedly moved. After all, they have experienced life and death together, ate a pot of food, and spent so many days together day and night. It is inevitable that their hearts are much closer than people in other villages.

"Do you want to come to the market and follow me?" He paused and said, "In a few days, I will be short of manpower."

Hu San'er was very surprised when he heard this, and his non-stop moving cheeks stopped, but everyone in the village knew that it would be much easier to find a buddy at the market than in the village, and the monthly money was stable. Yes, it's not that tiring. He is going to marry Brother Cheng, and he will spend a lot of money. When he was in a shipwreck, he doesn't have much money on hand now. Brother Cheng said he doesn't care about the gift money. Living with him is enough. Even so, Brother Cheng's parents were gone early, and his uncle was following him. It was not easy to drag him all the way, so he had to give him a bride price no matter what.

Aside from the large sum of dowry, there is still a banquet to be held. This big event is difficult to handle even if the family is empty. Seeing that the day is coming, he has not raised enough money. These days, he has been working day and night When I work, I just want to earn a few more copper coins, so that I can borrow less money when the time comes.

Now that Zhao Qian offered such good conditions, he was very pleasantly surprised. With a buddy in the future, there will be a certain amount of repayment when borrowing money from others. When Lingling grows up, she has to prepare a decent dowry. Home is not afraid of being seen clearly.

"It's good to be able to follow you, but I don't know what you want me to do?"

"Help the shop with some miscellaneous work, do some things in the gambling house, don't worry now, wait until you get married."

"And what about the casino? You..."

Seeing Hu San'er's horrified expression, Zhao Qian explained: "I'm also helping the gambling shop, just follow me, don't worry, it's serious business."

Hu San'er breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that if he entered the gambling house, he would get a gambling habit, and the villagers would have some money to gamble with, so Zhao Qian felt relieved when he said this: "Okay, I'll follow your arrangement. "

The two had a drink, and at the end of the meal, Zhao Qian winked at Brother Zhou, and then went to the back room, came out after a while, and put 20 taels of silver in front of Hu San'er.

"I know that you must spend a lot of money to get married, so don't refuse. When Brother Zhou and I got married, I knew the cost."

Hu San'er put down his chopsticks and pushed the money back in shock: "How can this work! It's not easy for you to earn some money, I can't take it!"

"I lent it to you, and I will return it when I make money in the future, but the difference from others is that we don't rush you."

Having said that, Hu San'er was a little moved. The villagers don't have much money, and it's not so easy to borrow money when they go out. Now that Zhao Qian has given it all at once, there will be no need to borrow money from several families, and concentrate on paying back the money. It’s fine for him to be alone. After thinking about it, he took ten taels of silver: “Twenty taels is too much. for you."

Seeing that he took the silver, Brother Zhou took the remaining ten taels to Zhao Qian for safekeeping. In silence, Zhao Qian looked at Brother Zhou with bright eyes. It's so good, it's the first time my wife gave so much money. .

"That's it. We will definitely come when you get married."

Hu San'er didn't stay in the shop for long, and hurried back to the village after eating, fearing that there would be no ox cart to go back to the village, but when he went out from Yongning Lane, he didn't go directly to the ox cart, instead he ran for a while. Go to the meat market.

The reason why Zhao Qian wanted Hu San'er to follow her was still a little thoughtful. First of all, the two had known each other for the longest time, and they knew Hu San'er quite well. As for the matter, it is not to say that it is too busy. Several brothers from the Di family are here to help, so there is no need to worry about manpower.

But in any case, these people are Di Guangzu's people. It's not that he can't trust Di Guangzu. I came down from my own hands, firstly to get acquainted with each other, and secondly, it also solved the food and clothing of a small number of people in the village.

During these days, although the business in the barbecue shop is not as good as before, the traffic of customers is slowly picking up. But at this moment, Zhao Qian closed the shop, got up very early every day, and always went outside in a hurry Run, see no one.The guests who came to eat barbecue bumped into the wall several times, saying that Zhao’s barbecue shop could not continue to open. For a while, everyone regretted that such a delicious barbecue shop would not open, and wanted to ask the boss to find out. What's the situation? In the end, I can't meet anyone, but I can only shake my head when I meet the boss Lang, and I can't ask anything.

Upon hearing this news, Cao Fang was overjoyed, and hurried to her barbecue restaurant: "Master, look, those couple will go back to the village if they can't do it anymore, and then I won't be able to bother you!"

Qiu Guisheng just came back from the gambling house, he was full of bad luck. After the Di family's gambling house introduced two ways of playing in a row, every day the gambling house was full of seats, and the business of the Qiu family's gambling house was worsening day by day. Some old and friendly guests held their breaths, fearing that they might not be able to go on.

Now that my aunt has brought such news, I feel a little more at ease, and it can be regarded as the best news these days: "These two should have gone back to the village long ago, and it's time to send someone to send them off."

Cao Fang smiled all over her face: "Master, when Zhao Qian's barbecue shop is completely closed, we will be the only ones doing the barbecue, and we will definitely make a lot of money back then, not less than the gambling shop."

Qiu Guisheng glanced at Cao Fang, pushed away her hand that came to pinch his shoulder, he was not very happy, how could a woman who stayed at home and enjoyed wealth all day understand his suffering, and knew how to spend money, he sighed and drank some After tea: "I still have business matters, you should go back first."

"Master, won't you go back for dinner? Fangfang has prepared a lot of good dishes."

Qiu Guisheng waved his hand impatiently, Cao Fang gritted her teeth secretly, and had to go back empty-handed, and sent everyone away. Qiu Guisheng brought a sedan chair, turned around and went to Huaxian Tower.

It is estimated that after half a month, the day of Hu San'er's marriage is approaching, Zhao Qian finally stopped his busy work, and it is almost time.

On the third day of August, there was a new shop opened on the long street outside Yongning Lane. This shop happened to be next to Qiu’s BBQ shop. things are different.

On the opening day, firecrackers blared for quite a while, and everyone who was idle in the market came to watch the fun. Qiu Guisheng, who was devastated in the shop, ran out with a few scattered diners, watching the grand spectacle of the next shop.

Red lanterns were hung from upstairs to downstairs, festooned with lights, and two rows of young men stood at the gate, with a veil on their left shoulders, neatly arranged. The gate was already full of people.

Qiu Guisheng stood in front of his own shop, stretched his neck and looked to the side. When the shop was prepared, it opened without hearing any wind. There are faces from Di Guangzu's gambling shop, small shop owners and big bosses he knew in the past, everyone, and I haven't thought about it for a while.

Until I saw Huang Erda, the handyman of Huaxianlou, knocked on the gong, and shouted: "Welcome everyone to come and join us today. Next, we will invite our shopkeeper to come out and say a few words to everyone."

Following the atmosphere, everyone was very curious about who the owner of this new shop was. Amidst the doubts of the crowd, a tall figure walked out of the gate, well-dressed, and couldn't help but make people's eyes shine with admiration, such a handsome man .

The man walked out and tore off the red cloth covering the signboard at the door. Zhao's big characters fell into everyone's eyes every day. Those who could read read it aloud, and those who couldn't read knew what was written on it.

"Daily Fresh is open today. Welcome everyone to come in and taste the dishes. I am afraid that most of you here have also eaten barbecue in my Zhao Qian's barbecue shop. Believe me, if Zhao Qian's craftsmanship comes in, all the dishes today There are discounts for all!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately became excited. At first glance, they looked familiar, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be Zhao Qian from the barbecue shop. He used to be dressed in shabby clothes, and he didn't look very outstanding. It's like that.

The cheers of watching the excitement came one after another, they were all curious about what was sold inside, and squeezed into the door like a swarm.

Zhao Qian stood at the door and greeted the guests to come in. Today, Di Guangzu took time to bring his brothers over to maintain order. There were more customers than expected at the opening today. Tea is poured.

"Brother Di hasn't tried the dishes in Ri Ri Xian Li yet. We will prepare a table later for the brothers to try together."

Di Guangzu stood at the door laughing, pointing at him: "It's really you. I saw you closed the shop a while ago, and I really think you should devote yourself to the gambling business, and don't care about the barbecue shop."

"If you have money but don't earn it, if you give it to the Qiu family for nothing, then there's no way it will work. If you don't count the time to make a big move, the Qiu family won't be able to wake up."

Just as he was talking, Qiu Guisheng poked his head around and wanted to sneak in with the guests, but was caught by Di Guangzu, and Zhao Qian walked over: "Boss Qiu is flattering the small shop, I, Zhao Qian, are really flattered!"

Qiu Guisheng wanted to go in and see what was being sold inside, but unexpectedly he was spotted. He shook his sleeves, straightened his back, and said coldly, "I didn't expect you to be able to open a new shop so quickly. .”

Zhao Qian touched her chin: "There are so many things you didn't expect, but I have thought about everything about you."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Look at your barbecue shop. There are no customers in there, right? Earlier, I sent people to my shop to learn some skills and rushed to open the shop. The taste is not good, and not many people are willing to buy it. You are a famous person in the market. People, with a wide network of contacts, many friends, and a lot of money, it’s no problem to spend money to open a shop, but if you spend money without making a profit, no matter how much money you have, there will be times when it will be used up.”

As he said that, Zhao Qian smiled disdainfully: "Go in and have a seat, Boss Qiu, and see if we can open a bigger shop with the same dishes."

Qiu Guisheng's face turned blue and then red, narrowed his eyes slightly and gave Di Guangzu and Zhao Qian a look, and went back to his shop angrily.

Looking at the chubby angry back, Di Guangzu couldn't help laughing: "It's the first time I've seen Qiu Guisheng so angry."

"I'm exhausted, the Qiu family is almost here."

Facing his self-confidence, Di Guangzu was a little puzzled: "How to say?"

Zhao Qian walked in with her hands behind her back, explaining to him at the same time.

After he went to the Qiu family's barbecue shop to taste the barbecue, he knew that the shop was not far away, and poor craftsmanship was the most fatal point. He has been making barbecue for more than ten years, with only a few seasonings and only one grill , but the work in it is not that simple. The control of the heat and the amount of seasoning not only depends on the accumulation of time, but also requires a certain talent. If you learn something secretly and rush to the battle, how can the guests pay the bill.

The reason why there were so many Qiu family shops before was mainly because Qiu Guisheng had a good publicity and a wide network of contacts. From the mouth of the old bustard in Huaxianlou, it can be seen that many people in the market have to give him face, no matter whether it is delicious or not. , I have to go to cheer, and I have to be taken care of in the future. This is already a part of the customers. Moreover, Qiu's barbecue shop attracts strange customers because of the low price. Many individual customers have heard that the big shop is better than the small shop. It's also cheap, who doesn't like to covet a little bit of cheapness.

In addition, another point is that the Qiu family's barbecue shop is located in the local area, and it is a place specially selected to grab their shop's business. After hearing the news, the customers who came here couldn't find their shop, so they naturally entered their shop. Door.

Although it does have some advantages in attracting customers, the disadvantages cannot be ignored. These customers are not attracted by the delicious taste.

"At this time, I will go to the village to ask the villagers to increase the price of seafood. The cost of his purchases has risen, and he cannot make ends meet, so he can only subsidize the money to operate. The businessman of Qiu Guisheng's family for generations, even if he is no longer capable, he has been affected by it a lot. These theoretical issues can definitely be seen when he calms down, but the reason why he didn't understand it was because the big business at the gambling house has gone down, and our gambling house has pushed two new ways of playing in a row. In an unprecedented crisis, the main focus is on the gambling house, and in the end, both sides lose money."

After saying that, the two of them had arrived at the private room on the second floor, Zhao smiled slightly and said, "Brother Di said that the Qiu family is about to die."

Di Guangzu couldn't help clapping his hands: "I thought brother Zhao would only play gambling games, but I didn't expect him to be so shrewd in business. I really admire him."

"Hey, Brother Di, don't say such kind words. If it weren't for your help, things wouldn't be so easy."

Di Guangzu laughed a few times: "Don't be modest anymore. With you in the casino, the road ahead will be open. We two brothers should have a good drink today!"

The two chatted happily, and sat down one after another. Zhao Qian specially prepared a table to eat to take care of his brothers. The signboard of Zhao's daily fresh food is to let everyone know Zhao's craftsmanship, and secondly, the seafood is seafood.

Autumn comes, and oysters are in season again. He uses the ancient method to cook oily oysters. With this seasoning, the weather cools down again, so hot pot is naturally indispensable.

There are two types of hot pot, the traditional hot pot that is spicy enough, and the seafood hot pot. A large table of dishes is prepared in the private room, including seafood, meat slices, and vegetables. The brothers get together and get closer to a family. .

Zhao Qian thinks that when the weather is colder, hot pot will be the main seller. In summer, different foods will be served in the shop one after another. As for sashimi, it is just around the corner...