Shen Leyan closed her eyes tightly, feeling as if she was pinching her liver.
If you open a shop and do business, you have to receive customers when they come to your door.
People just order whatever dishes are available, they have to pay for how much they eat, and they chase people away...
Then don't even think about it. The seven or eight men of yours can deal with one or two drunks, but if the other party has dozens of soldiers coming together, there is no way they can beat them.
I'm afraid Tianxianglou is just waiting for me to drive out customers, and these soldiers can destroy their shop.
Huang Changsheng and Shen Leyan's faces were wrinkled into bitter gourds. If this continues, how can they run their own business?
In Tianxiang Tower, Song Liyun, Zhou Xiang, and Sun Wencheng were talking.
"Hey! Manager Song, you don't know, my brother is very proud of himself. He even came over to show me yesterday. He ate ten large cakes and his stomach was so full that he couldn't walk."
Sun Wencheng touched his belly, crossed his legs, and walked like a crab.
Song Liyun rubbed her cheeks that were sore from laughter and worried: "How are you going to get back when you're walking like this?"
Zhou Xiang chuckled: "You're a worthless person who only knows how to eat big cakes and nothing else. It's a rare opportunity!"
Sun Wencheng raised his eyebrows and whispered: "I heard that the chef at Zuichunlou was so tired that he couldn't even knead the noodles today. Even the meat was cut by a waiter, tsk tsk tsk! Those shredded meats all have fingers. Thick head.
Speaking of which, Jin Xilou can still support it, so I directly hired another cook today and bought an extra pig."
Zhou Xiang wanted to laugh when he thought about the brothers in the guard station who heard that after running forty miles, the reward would be a meal at a famous restaurant in Qili County.
Everyone was so excited that they howled and ran like wild horses, unable to stop shouting.
A group of men came to Qili County hungry. Not to mention the cabbage and potatoes made in the restaurant, even the boiled water was sweet, and several more buckets were needed.
This idea came to Song Liyun.
She said that Jinxi Building is currently offering half-price discounts, and if you don’t take advantage of this advantage, it will be wasted.
The good news should not flow to outsiders, but opportunities must be given to Wei Suo's own brothers.
Anyway, the guard sergeants have to run and exercise every day.
Especially the 400 people transferred from the Zhenbei Army's Leizi Camp, who can't run 30 miles a day.
Then let people run to Qili County, eat and then go back.
Although the journey was a bit long and twice the usual amount of training, with the delicious food, everyone worked tirelessly and the wind was blowing under their feet.
The price of dishes set by the kitchen is usually fifty cents a piece, but now it only costs twenty-five cents during the half-price event.
The health center will subsidize half, and the rest needs to be paid by oneself.
In order to show its support for the brothers, Tianxianglou helped the sergeants subsidize part of their expenses, which was only a few taels of silver a day.
There is no need to eat for free, and these soldiers who are usually locked in the barracks and eat a big pot of food have no scruples.
They don't care about being exquisite, they just want to eat enough, stuffing their stomachs with big bowls of food. They queue up every day, from morning to night, and they put a lot of trouble into several restaurants.
You can’t chase people away, you have to take good care of them.
It's a pity that due to military orders, I can only eat but not drink. Otherwise, the wine shop will be empty.
September 15th is coming in a blink of an eye, and this day is the county government holiday.
One day in advance, two rows of long tables were set up on Yaqian Street in the center of the street.
On the day of the exhibition, silk cloth was spread on the long table and various foods were placed on it.
Merchants can stand behind a long table and introduce their products to customers passing by.
This time, there were more than 30 merchants willing to participate. Although the number was a little small, for the first time, Yaqian Street was also full.
The two ends of Yaqian Street were blocked by red silk and guarded by government officials. The onlookers could only look at the long row of colorful sheds inside, scratching their heads in anxiety.
The county magistrate, Mr. Jiang, had just cut the red silk and was pushed back to the county government office by the huge crowd before he even finished speaking.
At this time, more than twenty long tables were connected together, occupying the front door of the county government office.
Crowds of people watching the excitement came one after another, more than the number of people at the temple fair, and the usually spacious Yaqian Street was packed to the brim in an instant.
Everyone's attention is on the long table in the colorful shed in the middle.
The long tables are lined with the most beautiful porcelain and various pastries are beautifully arranged.
Although the items on display are the same varieties that are usually found in shops, the venue has been changed. There is no dark shop or greasy wooden cabinets. These candies and pastries suddenly become brighter under the support of the white silk shed.
Mung bean cake, red bean cake, and date cake are all in different colors, stacked like pagodas, making people salivate when they see them.
The steamed buns and steamed buns that have just come out of the drawer look better than usual.
The walnuts, peanuts, and chestnuts carefully selected by the grocery store are packed in palm-sized rattan baskets.
Various dry sauces and pickles are served in snow-white fine porcelain dishes.
Then there are those selling grain, oil, rice and noodles, dried vegetables, chickens, ducks and fish, tobacco leaves, and candied fruits.
They all try their best to present ordinary products in a fancy way.
Behind the long table, there are also freshly dressed and sharp-tongued waiters, shouting at the crowd to attract customers.
This novel sales method makes people feel very novel, and the price is one or two cents cheaper than usual. Some people watch the excitement, and some people buy it immediately.
It is impossible to stack goods on a small long table. Fortunately, the shops are all in this city. You only need to write down the things you want to buy here, and the waiters will deliver them to your door.
The most attractive thing is the barbecue stalls that occupy the widest area.
Guan Laoliu flipped the meat skewers quickly and fanned it with a cattail leaf fan from time to time. The special aroma stirred everyone's olfactory nerves.
The grilled skewers on the grill are both meat and vegetable, exactly the same as the dishes at Tianxianglou.
In front of his stall, people were crowded, and Guan Laoliu turned the skewers evenly like a gibbon.
He was used to doing things at the breakfast stall, and his hands and eyes were very agile.
He quickly became familiar with grilling skewers, and he could even do some fancy things, which made everyone laugh.
The helpers he brought collected the money in skewers, and each skewer could be exchanged for a rain of copper coins.
There were five other people learning skewers with him at Tianxianglou.
At this time, every house was surrounded by people from three floors inside and three floors outside. Everyone was waiting eagerly and their mouths were watering.
"It's delicious, it's delicious, hey! Fan Shao, how come your skewers have the same flavor as Tianxianglou's but are better than Jinxilou's?"
In the crowd, some familiar people were eating the snatched skewers and shouting.
Fan Shao chuckled: "I learned it from Tianxianglou. This is the taste of Tianxianglou."
On the other side, Guan Laoliu has been talking nonstop for a long time.
"This is the taste of Tianxianglou. Come on, try one. How does it compare with what you eat at Jinxilou...
It's delicious! That's right... Your brother is also a good eater, and he can tell the difference between his tastes as soon as he eats them.
Food cannot be deceived, it cannot be true or false, and false cannot be true.
Those people still say that Tianxianglou imitates others, bah!
When you ate grilled lamb chops at Tianxianglou before, have you ever tasted kebabs that taste like mine? Or should I say lamb chops that taste like this?... You definitely don’t have them!
It is said that great teachers give birth to great disciples, but have you ever seen a grandson born first and then a grandfather..."
Ha ha ha ha!
Guan Laoliu was sharp-tongued and interesting, and his words made everyone laugh.
Those who didn’t know listened to the fun, and those who knew nodded secretly.