Chapter 31 The opening of the spicy chicken pot
Tuesday, 10 October 2000.
This day is the big day for the opening of Megumi Yanagishita's first store.
Although the previous white cut stall made money, after all, it was only a mobile stall that did not even have to pay taxes, and it was still very different from a store with a formal business license.
Although this shop is just a night snack shop, not a star-rated hotel, mosquito legs are also meat, and if this night snack shop is really opened, it will definitely be much more profitable than a white cut stall.
Therefore, for the opening of the spicy chicken pot tonight, Yanagishita Hui still attaches great importance to it.
Originally, after so many busy days, the things that should be prepared were basically ready, but Yanagishita Megumi still felt a little uneasy, and after eating at noon, he took his parents to check all aspects of the preparations for the supper shop.
My family's Luk Fook Hotel used to run a night snack for a while, focusing on snails and duck feet, so my parents are still very experienced in the operation of a night snack shop.
A family of three counted the same things, and basically everything they could think of was ready.
Jiang Shiyun said with a smile: "Son, don't worry, everything is ready!"
Liu Yuansheng said: "There is no problem in preparing for the opening, but according to our rural customs, we should buy a few firecrackers to set off when the new store opens, which is also a means to attract the attention of customers!"
Yanagishita Hui shook his head and said: "This is the county seat, not the countryside, firecrackers are not allowed here in the county, and what we do is food, firecrackers are really polluting the environment, it is better to put a few flowers to celebrate!"
Liu Yuansheng said indifferently: "This is whatever you want, if you don't want to set off firecrackers, then don't let them go, if you want to arrange the flowers, I'll buy you a few later!"
Megumi Yanagishita said, "Okay, then buy eight!"
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In China, the eating habits of different regions will be very different.
For example, in Tang Xiaomin's hometown, they are popular in drinking morning wine, so the kind of grand occasion in the morning, when the people on their side see it, they are afraid that they will be stunned.
After six o'clock in the morning, all the shops on the street are open for business, and people drinking morning drinks can be seen everywhere.
To put it mildly, from eighty to eighteen, almost everyone has a glass of wine, and it is really hard to imagine how so many people drink in the morning if you are not a local?
In Baizhou County, late-night snacks are extremely popular.
After seven or eight o'clock in the evening, Wenhua Road and Xinglong Road, the two most prosperous roads for supper, not to mention, there are also small bars in the row on Chaoyang Road, nearly ten porridge and noodle shops on the cross road of the street, and so on.
It is no exaggeration to say that in addition to the elderly and children, almost all young and middle-aged people in the entire county have the habit of eating supper, and even many young people can't sleep all night without eating supper for a day.
It was precisely because of the popularity of late-night snacks in Hakushu County that Megumi Yanagishita thought of opening a late-night snack shop.
Although Megumi Yanagishita set seven o'clock for the official opening, the time was less than six o'clock, and everyone was busy.
The first is to boil water and kill chickens, which is basically the job of the third cousin.
The two cousins are responsible for cleaning side dishes such as peppers and onions, as well as onions, ginger and garlic.
Mom started frying peanuts.
Dad is planning the placement of flowers, signs, tables and chairs.
Megumi Yanagishita is fiddling with the specially custom-made lucky wheel, this thing is the killer feature of his late-night snack shop, and whether he can make the spicy chicken pot famous tonight depends on it!
This lucky wheel has been widely popularized in later generations, and businesses from all walks of life have carried out preferential activities, as well as those company annual meeting lotteries, etc., and it will be used on many occasions.
Megumi Yanagishita tried twenty or thirty times in a row, and when she found that everything was normal, she went to chop the chicken in a happy mood.
Like the spicy chicken pot, if it is freshly killed and cooked, it will take a long time.
When there are few customers, it is nothing, but once there are more customers, I don't know how many people will be scared away just by waiting for time!
Therefore, in order to reduce the waiting time of customers, Megumi Yanagishita had to make the chicken pot into a semi-finished product first.
At that time, it will be processed a little, simmered for another 10 or 8 minutes, and it is ready to serve.
In the midst of the busyness, the time soon came to seven o'clock in the evening, and the father who had been prepared for a long time immediately took out the signboard.
Plug in the power, the signboard instantly lit up, and in the flashing of colored lights, the four big characters of spicy chicken pot are very eye-catching.
Then, everyone worked together, arranged flower baskets, set up tables and chairs, and finally carried the lucky wheel out, right next to the recruitment!
At this point in time, not only Megumi Yanagishita's night snack shop began to put things in preparation for business, but countless night snack shops (stalls) with or without stores on the same street also began to set up tables and chairs to prepare for business!
Megumi Yanagishita's neighbor to the left is a dog meat hot pot restaurant.
There are many dog meat hot pots in the whole of Baekju County, after all, the lychee dog meat festival in Yulin City is world-famous.
As the largest county under Yulin's jurisdiction, Baizhou will definitely be affected by this lychee dog meat festival.
Therefore, it is normal that there are many dog meat hot pot restaurants in the county.
The neighbor on the right is a beef bone soup shop, also known as a beef soup shop, which is very popular in Hakuju County, and the taste is a must!
Because the varieties we operate are different, there is not much competition between them.
Therefore, when the owners of the two stores saw the opening of Megumi Yanagishita's store, they all came over and said a few words of blessing.
Of course, people said this to Liu Yuansheng, and they all treated him as the boss!
After saying the scene, the two bosses were not in a hurry to leave, but stared at the wheel of fortune!
I saw that the wheel of fortune was divided into more than 20 grids of different sizes, each of which had different words written on it.
There are 10% off, 8% off, 7% off, 6% off, 5% off, 4% off, 3% off, 2% off, 1% off, free order.
One plate of melon seeds, two plates of melon seeds, one plate of peanuts, two plates of peanuts, one bottle of drink, two bottles of drink, one bottle of beer, two bottles of beer, three bottles of beer, a pack of paper towels, one side dish, one dish of sauerkraut, one dish of sour radish, two dishes of sour radish.
The more valuable something is, the smaller the lattice. And the cheaper the thing, the bigger the lattice.
And the arrangement is not in order, but in a broken up.
The owner of the cow feed and the owner of the dog meat are both old merchants, and they can see the awesomeness of this lucky wheel at a glance, and they can't help but secretly admire the marketing methods of this new neighbor.
At the same time, I was also wondering if my store could also make a lucky wheel like this?
The opening of the new store, both in later generations and now, is more attractive to onlookers.
Although it is still early before the actual night market at this time, there are already people out to hang out on the road.
There are even some greedy people who endure not eating dinner and go out directly to find supper to eat.
After all, many delicious foods can't be eaten during the day, and only at night will people come out of the stall, and beef bone soup is a delicacy that can't be eaten during the day.
Whether it's people who come out to hang out or people who come out to find food, they can't help but come over and have a look when they see a newly opened supper restaurant.
What's more, the name of this supper shop is Spicy Chicken Pot, and just hearing the name makes them feel like they have an appetite, how can they not come and take a look?
And as long as the people who come over, their eyes are basically attracted by the lucky wheel.