After finally following the crowd out of the main entrance of the Forbidden City, it was already past 3 p.m., and the three of us were a little tired, especially Hong Tao, who not only had to carry a hiking bag, but also had to be carried by Katie frequently.
In order to show his friendship as a landlord, Hong Tao decided to spend some money and invite the two sisters to Qianmen Quanju Delhi to cook a roast duck.
When he told the two sisters about his decision, they immediately understood Hong Tao's intention without hearing it a second time, and raised their hands and feet in approval. Sometimes Hong Tao was a little doubtful whether the two sisters were deliberately hiding their intentions.
Their Chinese proficiency was so high that they could deceive themselves into being free tour guides, because they didn’t understand the old Qianmen Railway Station after being told to them three times, but when it came to roast duck, they could immediately say the rather convoluted Chinese name of Quanjude.
Come.
"Eileen, what do you think of him? I think he's pretty good. At least I don't hate him. If I have to choose, I'd rather choose him." When Hong Tao went to the bathroom, his sister Katie suddenly changed from her original domineering attitude and said,
With a rebellious look, he approached Irene and whispered.
"What's the hurry just now? We have a whole month. No matter what, we can't lose to that slut. He is Sam's landlord. We can't mess around. Let's get acquainted with each other for a few days. I heard that Chinese men are
Very conservative, and we don't know if he has a girlfriend yet. Although it is a competition, we can't go too far. If Sam finds out, we will be dead." Irene was no longer the kind of good girl at this time.
He looked very cunning with the corner of his mouth curved.
"But Sam is on vacation and is at home every day, so it's hard for us to move." Katie seemed more innocent at this time.
"Shh, stop talking, he's out." As expected of her sister, Irene stared at the direction of the bathroom while chatting. When she saw Hong Tao's figure, she immediately pushed her sister away and immediately turned into the person who likes to talk.
Foreign girls taking random pictures with the camera.
Hong Tao ate more than 300 yuan in one meal. According to the per capita salary level at that time, it was almost equivalent to more than 1,000 yuan in later generations. Looking at Irene and Katie's stomachs that were not obviously bulging, Hong Tao really admired them.
Europeans and Americans are not good at eating meat. When these two sisters ate greasy duck meat, they did not wrap it in pancakes or apply sweet flour sauce. They just stuffed each piece into their mouths, and then spread the sweet flour sauce into the small sesame seed cakes.
, add cucumber strips and shredded green onions, and eat it as a sandwich. Hong Tao pretended to know how to eat roast duck and showed them how to eat it.
I don’t know whether she was overeating or tired from playing. On the way back, Katie didn’t embarrass Hong Tao too much. She just held Hong Tao’s arm and fell asleep all the way in the subway. After arriving home smoothly, she sent the two sisters back.
At Sam's house, Hong Tao opened the door, turned on the computer, found the love action movie album, and exhausted the five girls for once. Oh no, the whole day of being harassed by big white legs, small buttocks, and a big heart was really painful and happy.
In the following week, Hong Tao took Irene and Katie to visit the Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, Badaling, Ming Tombs, Temple of Earth, Temple of Heaven, Imperial College, Lama Temple, etc. Hong Tao could think of some of the more unique attractions in Beijing, such as Wangfujing,
Forget about commercial places like Xidan and Dashilar, which are reserved for outsiders and foreigners. Hong Tao himself blushed just looking at the goods sold there. Except for his enemies, he would never recommend shopping in these places.
Even though Hong Tao was young and energetic, the long journey for a week was a bit too much for him. After returning from the Great Wall on the last day, Hong Tao immediately asked Sam to tell his two precious daughters that he would have to fly the war-free card for at least three days!
It was only then that Hong Tao discovered the difference between carnivores and herbivores. The two American girls were fine and jumping around, but he, a seven-foot man, almost had a cramp in his calf.
He said it was a rest, but in fact, Hong Tao slept for a long time and went to the beach with the bait soaked in fish scale water. He wanted to try whether the bait that had been put out for 25 days would lose its effectiveness. Although there were two foreigners every day.
The beauty is accompanying him, but Hong Tao is not yet carried away, these baits are his future.
The results of the test made Hong Tao very happy. Although the bait had been drained, but after being sprinkled with water and remixed, there was no obvious difference in the effect. The carp that should be fished would never be grass carp, and the crucian carp that should be fished would never be carp. So far.
, Hong Tao basically determined that there must be a special substance on the scales, which has a very strong attraction to fish, and this substance does not volatilize or volatilizes very slowly. It can still survive within 25 days at least under the condition of simple sealing at room temperature.
It can be used and the effect is not reduced.
And after a month of testing, the fish scales concocted about dozens of liters of water, divided into different brewing time periods, but until the end, the effect of the fish scales did not weaken, which shows that the substance of the fish scales
The content is very high and should not be used up in the short term. In this way, Hong Tao will be more confident in opening a fishing gear store. As long as those baits have passed the 2-month shelf life test, his business plan will be fine.
Officially implemented.
You can't open a fishing gear store just by having bait. A fishing gear store needs some fishing gear. You can't just put bait on all the counters. Then it becomes a fish and food store. Where can you get the fishing gear?
Procurement, this is really not a problem for Hong Tao. We can’t get the goods at the manufacturer’s sales price, but there is still a place to find fishing gear at the wholesale price, and this place is not too far from Beijing, a little further east from Tongzhou District.
Dachang Autonomous County in Hebei Province is home to the largest fishing gear city in the north, where many fishing gear manufacturers have set up wholesale counters.
Hong Tao often went there to buy fishing gear in later generations. Although it took a lot of fuel and effort, it was not much cheaper than buying it in the city, but there were more types to choose from. In addition, negotiating prices was also a fun part of buying fishing gear.
Buying the same equipment at a cheaper price than others is also a kind of bragging capital.
With the supply of goods and special effects bait that others do not have, half of the conditions for opening a store are met. What is the other half? The other half requires a front room, and this front room also needs to have location requirements. According to Hong Tao
According to his wishes, he has two choices. The first is to find a suitable front room as a store on Houhai. This way it is closer to his home and there are many fishermen nearby. He can quickly open the fishing gear shop for him.
spread your reputation;
The second is to go to Guanyuan Market to rent a small store for business. Guanyuan Market is in Xicheng District, near the southeast corner of Guanyuan Overpass at the northwest earring corner. Its full name should be "Guanyuan Flower, Bird, Fish and Insect Market", which is
Since the reform and opening up, it has been the largest and most popular flower, bird, fish and insect market in Beijing.
Speaking of flower, bird, fish and insect markets, this should be a unique culture in the Beijing-Tianjin area. As early as the Qing Dynasty, there were two famous flower, bird, fish and insect markets in Tianqiao and Longfu Temple. They sold all kinds of gadgets, such as various
Birds, songbugs, goldfish, flowers and their derivatives, men in old Beijing and Tianjin at that time all liked to play with these things. If you went out in the morning without mentioning two bird cages, or in the middle of winter you didn’t carry one in your arms.
Grasshopper Hulu is very unfashionable and unsociable. When you are sitting in a teahouse drinking tea and chatting, you have nothing to talk to when sitting with others, a bit like how almost every household has a puppy nowadays.
In addition, these little birds, crickets, small goldfish, etc. are not produced locally in Beijing. Most of them have to be sold from various places. So when there is demand, there is a market. When the great revolution was over, many people liked these.
People in old Beijing started to quietly tinker with these things again, and gradually formed a climate and turned into a free market, specializing in selling these things.
Fishing gear can be regarded as cultural and sports supplies, but they are rarely sold in big shopping malls. I guess the sales volume is too small and too specialized, so they are slowly being collected in Guanyuan Market. In the market shed, there are
There are more than a dozen small shops that specialize in selling fishing gear. The largest number of fishermen gather there, but it is difficult to find a vacant shop there. Every carrot and pit is full.
