Kitahara Shuji looked up and found that the store that had changed owners a few days ago had been renovated. Several workers were removing the dustproof net used for decoration, giving the entire store a brand new look.
It looks quite big, as if it swallowed up the two shops on the left and right and merged into one, becoming a giant on this street. It is obviously strong, and the decoration is full of classic elegance - there is a row of black on the top of the facade.
The gray tiles on the eaves are old and have a very traditional charm. Two huge white lanterns have the word "wine" written in thick ink on them, with round strokes, like mellow wine. They are hung high on both sides of the door. It looks like
Very eye-catching and stylish.
Suddenly it looks like a century-old traditional famous store. It has survived the vicissitudes of time. It is obviously designed with great care by famous designers and they have spent a lot of money on the work.
After a few glances, Kitahara Shuji took Yuki back to the Pure House. As soon as he entered the door, he found all the Fukuzawa family looking at the door. The shopkeeper Fukuzawa Naotaka looked a little serious, while Fuyumi's little carrot-headed face immediately darkened, a little
He looked at the shop opposite bitterly and cursed in a low voice: "These guys, why did they open the shop diagonally across from us? There is already an izakaya here, do you have to come here to steal business?"
Naotaka Fukuzawa shook his head lightly and said: "It's the other party's freedom to open the store wherever they want. It doesn't matter. So many bars in Ichiban Town have survived. It doesn't matter if there are competitors. We just have to be ourselves."
He was explaining to his eldest daughter, but Fuyumi couldn't listen at all. She still looked like she wanted to rush over and burn down the other side - their family's main income came from this izakaya, and they used to live alone on this street.
It's a big place, even if it's ordinary in all aspects, it can still be 70% to 80% full, but now that a bigger one has arrived, the business will definitely be affected. It's strange that Fuyumi doesn't get angry because of her nature of cherishing money as much as life.
But she didn't want to talk back to her father, but she was dissatisfied and secretly muttered: "It's so easy to say, what will the whole family eat if there is no business? Are we going to rest on our laurels?"
Fukuzawa Naotaka didn't speak anymore, but looked at it twice and went straight back to the study. After he left Haruna, he spoke. He took his mobile phone and said to Fuyumi: "Sister, there is a chain store across the street."
"Chain chain?" Fuyumi grabbed the phone and took a closer look. She checked the logo on the website and the name of the store opposite, and found that it was indeed the right one. Hideji Kitahara also got curious and took a look at it, and found that the other party came from Kyoto.
The one who came here is part of a large catering group "Ara". It probably wants to expand its territory and want to enter the Guanzhong market. One of the first few points I picked was across the street. The Fukuzawa family was also unlucky and belonged to a large group.
The strategic AOE was swept, and pure disaster fell from the sky.
If Tokyo in Kanto is a representative of Japan’s modernity, then Kyoto in Kansai is a representative of Japan’s traditional conservatives. It seems that if you are engaged in the traditional Japanese catering industry, if you are really from Kyoto, you should have two brushes.
It should not be underestimated. The local famous stores in Kanzhong are not necessarily rivals - the word Kanzhong may not be appropriate, but Nagoya people like to call the place this way. In fact, they are geographically closer to Kansai, and their accent is slightly more funny.
Western accent.
However, the locals in Nagoya neither liked the Kansai people, thinking they were vulgar and barbaric, nor the Kanto people, thinking they were philistine and cunning, but they were more comfortable with looking noble in character, so they forcibly established their own faction.
But the discord between Kanto and Kansai also belongs to Japanese tradition, and Nagoya is tortured by being caught in the middle - even the electrical sockets must be divided into two groups when living here, one group uses the Kanto plug standard, and the other group uses the Kansai plug.
The electric plug specifications in Kansai are extremely disturbing, and whether it is Kanto or Kansai, whoever is expanding their power is crowding into Nagoya.
Fuyumi looked at the other party's official website for a while, felt guilty for a moment, then looked around at the sisters and said: "Don't be afraid, even if the other party is a chain store of a large group, it is nothing special. Our store is our own, we don't have to pay rent, and the cost is lower than theirs.
Moreover, our selection of ingredients is more refined, so diners will not be easily swayed."
It makes sense, but the problem is that your chef's cooking skills are not good. The taste is mediocre, but the ingredients are made with care. What's the point? Kitahara Shuji muttered in his heart but didn't say it. Fuyumi, this little carrot, is trying to comfort the sisters.
Stabilizing military morale is the style of an eldest sister, so don't cause trouble for her - although she herself doesn't seem that confident.
After hearing a few words, Kitahara Shuji went directly to the library. There is no point in guessing now. Let's go back and see how the business is doing across the street. If there is no conflict in the customer base, there will be no need to worry - the opposite side looks quite high-end.
of.
Xueli always listened to Dongmei, but when her sister didn't care, she just forgot about it. She laughed and said, "I worked up a sweat today, I'm going to take a shower!" Then she walked towards the corridor.
Fuyumi pulled her back and asked in a low voice: "Did he teach you well?" Of course she had to ask. If he taught you well, she would continue to feed Kitahara Shuji. If he didn't teach him well, she would change it back to him.
Continue to eat dried radish and drink tofu soup.
Xueli was an honest child and nodded repeatedly: "I have been taught well, and I have dedicated myself to it." She also picked up the bag in her hand and said, "He also gave me a lot of notes to memorize."
Then she hesitated for a moment and carefully asked for instructions: "Sister, I think I can understand what he said more clearly and I will benefit a lot from it. Can I let him give me tutoring in the future?"
Although they were all studying, she felt that Kitahara Shuji was better than her sister, at least he would not get angry and hit her on the head.
Fuyumi refused straight away, "No, tutoring half a day a week can still be called helping. If he tutors you all day long, we have to pay him tutoring fees. It's not like I can't teach you, so why spend that money!"
Then she looked at the bag in Yuki's hand, took it over directly, took out her notes and looked through them, ready to see what good things Kitahara Shuji had given her sister.
She became a little fascinated after reading this, and murmured: "So there is such a method? I didn't even think of it. Where did he learn it from? No wonder his total score is more than twenty points higher than mine. There are
Going to cram school secretly? Cunning guy..."
Xueli stood aside and didn't hear clearly. She bent down and looked at the notes and asked curiously: "Sister, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing!" Fuyumi closed the notebook with force, pursed her lips and rolled her dark eyes as she began to hesitate - should she follow the principle of fair competition and defeat him openly or do some cheating?
She thought about it for three seconds. She really couldn't stand the temptation of winning against Kitahara Shuji. She put the notes back into the bag and said to Yuki: "I'll show you my notes later. I'll check his first."
Mistakes, lest you learn the wrong things.”
Study how this kid learned it. This is knowing yourself and your enemy, not cheating! She mentally found a reason for herself, but in the end she still wanted to save face. Feeling a little guilty, she turned to Haruna who went to the kitchen and shouted: "
Spring vegetables, in addition to pan-fried pork chops, add two more eggs."
At most, you can just pretend that you have asked him to tutor you a few times. This is called enduring humiliation and bearing a heavy burden.
She carried the bag of notes and went directly back to her room, but Xueli didn't care. To her, those notes were just scraps of paper on which she wrote some words and drew some diagrams. She washed them by herself - the papayas were stuck together again.
So sad.
Yuki didn't have the brains to tell the truth, but Haruna kept it in mind. She was afraid that the porcupine and the hedgehog, whose relationship had eased recently, would start to have conflicts again, which would affect her grand strategy, so she took the time to find Kitahara Shuji alone before the meal, and told her
He said: "Sister said you worked hard, so I fried two eggs for you to make up for it."
Kitahara Shuji burst into laughter: "It's nothing hard, just a small favor, but thank you very much."
It can't be said that the little carrot head is completely ignorant. She improved the food for her sister after she helped her. Although it was not valuable, it was considered thoughtful.
Haruna bowed slightly and said that she did not dare to take it as a word of thanks. She was very polite and then said tactfully: "My eldest sister saw the note you gave to the second sister and is very interested. Can she also read it?"
Kitahara Hideji was washing his hands and said casually: "Look, you don't need to ask about such a trivial matter, why are you so polite!"
He has never regarded Fuyumi as a competitor. He looked up to Noki Suzuki just because he lost for no reason. He refused to accept it, and he also had a competitive spirit - there are few men who are not competitive and are defeated by others.
Of course, you have to find your place again. People who give in directly are unlikely to have any great future.
As for Fuyumi, she has no conflict with her own goals and has not defeated her, so it doesn’t matter. Fuyumi’s goal is to go to Nagoya University, and she obviously wants to stay in the local university to go to university so that she can take care of the old, sick, and small children at home.
My goals are much more flexible. As long as the top schools are within my choice, there is no need to compete with Fuyumi for a spot.
Haruna's favorable impression of Kitahara Shuji immediately increased by 2, and she felt that he was very arrogant. If it were her eldest sister, she would have to snatch the notes back. She gently handed Kitahara Shuji a towel and said quietly: "Thank you.
is you!"
"Okay, don't be so polite all the time!" Kitahara Shuji wiped his hands and prepared to have a work meal. Recently, he can enjoy the whole piece of meat alone. Today, he will also add eggs. I don't know that Yuki has passed the exam and is a stingy guy.
Will you serve a whole fresh fish with roe and a stewed pullet to thank yourself?
Ah, it's a bit too beautiful to think about. It's true that the stingy guy will burn bridges when the time comes.
After a group of people had eaten, Fuyumi drove everyone to work like a sheep. Today happened to be Xueli's turn to take a vacation. She gave Xueli a bunch of homework and then locked her in the public activity room.
She is not allowed to come out until she is done.
Xueli cried and shouted that she wanted to carry the plate, but her little arms couldn't twist her thighs, so it was of no use.
Kitahara Shuji is still working as a cook for Fukuzawa Naotaka, and it is indeed very reasonable to find that competition promotes progress. Fukuzawa Naotaka obviously worked a lot more seriously tonight, striving for perfection in everything, and cooking with 120% of his heart. However,
He had no talent as a cook, so even though he tried his best, the diners still had no response, as if he had done a useless job.
Kitahara Shuji looked at his [Culinary Skills lv8] and felt that if he became a chef, he would probably be better than Naotaka Fukuzawa now, but he couldn't speak - he became a chef, what would Naotaka Fukuzawa do? Vice versa.
Give yourself a leg up? Go serve the plates and pour the wine? Retire directly and live in seclusion?
This middle-aged man is extremely weak and feels as good as a seventy-year-old man, but he still grits his teeth and stands by the stove every day, probably just for the sake of the children of this family.
This involves a father's dignity and whether he can raise his children until they grow up. It is really difficult for Kitahara Hideji to open his mouth.
Naotaka Fukuzawa noticed Kitahara Shuji's expression and thought that he was also upset - his eldest daughter always glanced at the store opposite when passing by the store entrance, although the opposite side had obviously just been renovated and had not yet opened - and said with a smile: "Kitahara
Sir, keep your heart and be yourself."
"I understand, Mr. Fukuzawa." Kitahara Shuji retracted his thoughts and focused on his work again.
Now that he has had more contact with Fukuzawa Naotaka, he feels more and more that he doesn't look like a Japanese anymore, but more like a traditional Chinese scholar. No wonder he has raised a group of holiday daughters.
The idol that Fukuzawa Naotaka admired the most was Wang Wenchenggong—that's what he usually called—actually Wang Shouren, also known as Mr. Yangming.
This man has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. When he got older, he changed his job and became a believer. He is also a strange person. After persuading Kitahara Shuji to read some miscellaneous books to cultivate his character, he found that he had "self-taught" Chinese, and he felt that he was really a rare person.
He is a genius, so if he has nothing to do, he will take him to talk about Wang Shouren and explain the truth to him.
This person has an old mentality and really likes to talk about truth.
And Kitahara Shuji was also drunk. He, a Chinese, came to Japan to listen to a Japanese martial artist talking about the literati theory of the Ming Dynasty in China. No one would believe him!
He lowered his head and skillfully opened the belly of the fish with a single stroke of the knife and pulled out the fish's internal organs. Okay, just work hard and improve your skills. If the business goes bad, you can secretly help this old guy when your skills are improved.
, can be regarded as taking care of Mr. Yangming’s disciples and grandsons.
Of course, saying that, he actually has a good salary here, good food, and a library with fringe benefits, so he doesn't want to move anywhere easily.