Seed dealers in ancient times

After the restaurant opened, the business has been busy for several days in a row, most of them are customers who come to try new things. After about ten days, the enthusiasm for opening has subsided, and there is probably a fixed number of customers who come every day. Zheng Jiang stops Busy from morning to night, but gradually got on the right track while busy.

When he first opened the restaurant, he found the location of the restaurant. The location of the snack shop is remote, and the area is not big. He can't cook any expensive and attractive dishes. He simply produced rice bowls and fried rice for convenience, fastness and deliciousness. , I found a moderate price, [-] yuan for meat dishes and [-] yuan for vegetarian dishes, which is very suitable for eating alone.

There is actually quite a market for common people to eat, and they can earn a lot of money by selling small profits, which is very suitable for their family's current situation.

Jincheng is not like ordinary small counties with small consumer groups and closed terrain. On the contrary, Jincheng has a large river along the edge of the city, and cargo ships often pass by. There are many people who do business.

Because of this, there are many more inns in Jincheng than in other counties, and there are not a small number of restaurants. Along the main street, there are restaurants and restaurants lined up. Receive foreign guests, business is very hot.

At that time, Zheng Jiangting also thought about it, but the shops on the main street were really expensive, and he didn't dare to rent them if he didn't have any wealth. In addition, the restaurants along the main street were more expensive than usual in order to slaughter foreigners. Diners are not willing to eat on the main street anymore, if not for special circumstances, most of them will find other streets to eat when they have free time.

After comprehensive consideration, Zheng Jiangting gave up doing business with foreigners and honestly put the consumer group on the locals.

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In the afternoon, Zheng Jiang stopped to deliver a handful of dried fruits to repeat customers, and sent the last guest out of the restaurant. The leisure time between the afternoon peak and evening peak came.

During this period of time, there are few people eating, and the business is very sluggish. Everyone can be free. Brother Xian is sorting out the abacus in front of the counter, and Zou Yun is washing the bowls that have been piled up at noon. He is also fine, so he simply peels garlic at the door Li Cong, if someone passes by, he can still yell at them to come in for dinner.

"Master Zheng, I want a tomato scrambled egg rice bowl, can you send it to Mr. Ren when you have time?"

The one who came was a tall and big young man with a sack on his shoulders, and he didn't know what it contained. Zheng Jiang stopped asking, but said: "I can send it, when will I want it?"

"Just send it over in Youshi. I'll take it to work first. The master is still waiting."

Hearing the sound, brother Xian put down his abacus and came over, glanced at the man who had gone away suspiciously: "Why don't you ask where he lives, who is Mr. Ren?"

Zheng Jiang stopped working hard: "It's our master's house, and the shop is rented by Mr. Ren. He came to our shop two days ago. I asked you to send some dried fruit to the old man. He said that his teeth are not good, so he only took It’s an early adopter, I don’t know if you still have an impression.”

There are quite a few guests coming and going during the day, both men, women and children, Zheng Jiang stopped to give some dried fruit to the familiar guests, and he gave too many, so I really don’t have much impression.

Zheng Jiang stopped to see that he was a little confused, and said with a smile: "It's okay, next time he comes over, I'll point you to recognize him, his house is in Minxiang behind Wangmin Street, not far away, just a few steps away."

Chu Xian agreed: "Uncle Ren was the first one to have the food delivered to our door."

A word of emotion, but Zheng Jiangting was thoughtful: "I don't know what happened."

"Go and have a look and you'll know. You're busy, I'll check to see if we have any food boxes, and the food sent out must not be cold."

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Youshi is already a good time for restaurant business. In order not to delay, Zheng Jiangting prepared the dishes that Mr. Ren wanted in advance. Recently, there are many customers who eat rice with tomato scrambled eggs. In order not to keep the guests waiting for a long time, he usually They always make a large portion of tomato scrambled eggs first. When customers want to cover rice, they can serve it with a spoon. As for other dishes, I dare not do this. I am afraid that the sales volume will not be high enough, and the rest will not be hot and delicious. .

"Uncle Ren, I'm Zheng Jiangting, and I brought you the food you ordered at the restaurant."

The Minxiang behind Wangmin Street is not like Qingwu Lane has a yard, it is directly open the door to enter the house, he knocked on the door for a while, and the old man slowly came over and opened the door.

"Wait for a long time." Mr. Ren opened the door, he was limping, Zheng Jiangting quickly helped him, and helped him to the table.

"It's okay, you can still walk a few steps in the house." Uncle Ren sat down with a smile, opened the lid of the food box without concealing his greed, swallowed his saliva smelling the familiar sour smell, Pointing to the food, he said, "I've been eating this for a few days. This tomato is sour and sweet. It's delicious when soaked in soup. I just don't know what this tomato is? I haven't heard of it." I haven't seen it either."

After opening, many customers have asked this question, and Zheng Jiangting has been kind and helpful: "I got the seeds from other places. I saw them when I was a salesman."

"Master, what happened to your foot?"

"It's useless to be old. I stumbled on the road when I came back from the tea shop today. The doctor said that my tendons were pulled, and I will have to take care of it for ten days and a half."

Zheng Jiangting heard the words and worried: "How convenient is it for you to live alone, did you write to the county master?"

Uncle Ren waved his hand: "Don't cause these troubles, I can do simple things, but it's a little troublesome to eat during the day, and I plan to send a message every day, so I can eat in your restaurant, that's all. I don't know if you have time to send it over."

Things that can make money, how can they not, Zheng Jiangting said straightforwardly: "Yes! I don't bother you to send a message. When I deliver each meal, you can tell me the next meal, and it will save others from running away."

"Okay, it couldn't be better." Uncle Ren was very happy: "That's it, the restaurant must be busy at dinner time, you go quickly, don't delay."

Zheng Jiangting was not polite to stay any longer, and before leaving, he said: "Master, take care of yourself."

When I went back, as I expected, there were many guests in the restaurant, and Zou Yun who ordered tomato scrambled eggs was served, and he had to do the rest himself. After apologizing to the guests, he hurriedly started The food is here.

After a few days, Zheng Jiangting brought the old man food as usual. The old man had lived a lot of hard times before, and only had two meals a day, and they made them pay for it in the restaurant.This time to deliver meals, Zheng Jiang stopped to take Brother Xian with him to identify the person and the way. He couldn't leave the restaurant when it was time for dinner, so he had to let Brother Xian go. .

This is not the first time for Mr. Ren to see Brother Xian. He had met him in the restaurant. Like many diners, he felt that Brother Xian was extraordinary, so he speculated about the relationship between the two, and now he looked at the two of them shoulder-to-shoulder. Side by side, they are like husband and wife.

Zheng Jiangting is tall and handsome, and he is also a good person. He originally wanted to find one or two for his grandniece and daughter, but now it is a pity. He praised: "Xiao Zheng is hard-working, and my husband is also good at finding her."

Zheng Jiangting's explanations for these misunderstandings were a little numb. The restaurant said that the two were husband and wife, and he was almost catching up with the number of asking what tomatoes were. Ask Brother Xian to bring you some food, and I'll take him for a walk, so you can see him familiarly."

Mr. Ren had a lot of ups and downs, and he was still a little confused. A passing neighbor interrupted his thoughts.

"Old man, the restaurant has brought you food again today, what are you eating?"

"Fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl."

"I've smelled the scent from afar. Our two little ones have long wanted to go to the restaurant at the end of the street to try something new. I was talking about taking two for dinner tonight." This is to say to the old man. Yes, it was also said to Zheng Jiangting and the other two.

Most of the people in this alley are businessmen, and most of the shops are on Wangmin Street. The living conditions are generally good, and you can go to restaurants every few days. That is to say, most of them will go to restaurants, unlike the neighbors in Qingwu Alley. , Talk about it, that is to say.

Zheng Jiangting greeted people warmly, and then left with Brother Xian.

As he walked, he said: "These days I was delivering meals with the old man Ren, and I suddenly felt that the business in the restaurant alone is not enough, and I can expand the business."

Chu Xian didn't understand, so: "How to expand? Not everyone will live alone and hurt their feet like Mr. Zheng."

"It's not just someone like Mr. Zheng who can deliver food."

Before Zheng Jiang could finish speaking completely, he had some ideas in his mind.

The next day, before lunch, he fried a few servings of rice bowls on the menu, and told Zou Yun and brother Xian, "I'll go out later, if there are guests, you can add rice bowls after ordering." Just serve the dishes, if you order other dishes, tell the guests that they can’t do it for now, if they want to wait, they can wait, and if they don’t want to wait, they won’t stay.”

"What are you doing here?"

Zheng Jiangting walked out with two food boxes prepared early in the morning: "Expand the business."

Zou Yun sighed, "This child."

Zheng Jiang stopped along Wangmin Street, and even though it was lunch time, the shops along the way were all open, and the shopkeepers couldn't leave the shop all day long, for fear that the customers would miss it when they left. In business, a meal at noon has become a problem. Zheng Jiangting has tried the ideas of these shopkeepers, but later found that every day when the time comes, people will send meals to their homes. It is not his turn to worry about it. one, but not many.

What he was still thinking about was the wharf. There were a large number of people unloading and loading goods on this wharf every day. There was a large flow of people, and the work was manual work. It shouldn't be a problem to sell the food.

There are two large ships docked at the pier on the Jinyan River, one is loading and the other is unloading. At noon, the cargo is almost finished, and a group of shirtless men are stranded on the deck. A man with clothes hanging over his shoulders walked to the pier.

Zheng Jiangting seized the opportunity and yelled as he walked along the pier: "Don, rice! Freshly cooked rice! It's juicy and the rice is full!"

Just now he yelled, before pulling away the guest, he bumped into an acquaintance first.