Chapter 234: Opening
In the afternoon, Qin Qiangding's model arrived, two workers carried the model over, I saw that the model was a light box, made into a crayfish look, in addition to the shape is a bit dull, basically recognizable, although I am a little dissatisfied, but can also make do.
The water tank sent by the third grandfather also arrived, the village drove a tractor to send it, a water tank of shrimp, I was busy unloading the goods, unloading the goods I began to prepare with Meng Xue again, the evening will open for business, the mood is quite nervous, we did not engage in any publicity gimmicks, one is too late, the other is bottomless.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, fortunately, there is a foundation for opening a hot pot restaurant, I can still hold on, but I haven't opened a store to do business for a long time, and my heart is inevitably up and down, I didn't expect a good start, I know that I have done catering, and the business of opening a new store is too small, and I basically have to stay up for a few days, unless you get some relatives and friends to warm up, a new store needs a process for people to be willing to enter the door.
After Mengxue and I were busy in the kitchen, I didn't dare to make too many shrimp, because it was very likely that I couldn't sell it on the first day, I asked the third grandfather to send only enough shrimp for thirty pots, this is the number I set myself, my price for a pot of shrimp is thirty yuan, basically one yuan for a shrimp, this pricing was not cheap at that time, but my cost is here, this pricing I also discussed with Mengxue, although the third grandfather didn't ask me for a penny, but he found someone to catch shrimp, and transported, and our store here is the cost, since doing business naturally has to make money, these costs must be counted in itγ
I put up the lobster light box before dinner time, in fact, it is not dark, this time is almost about to start the customer, of course we are a new store, and we are doing supper business, and the customer time can only be estimated.
I made two pots of shrimp stuffed in the pot in advance, simmering slowly over low heat, I found someone to send the beer in advance, at present there is nothing else in my store except shrimp, the time is too rushed, I didn't care, in fact, I know it's too hasty, but I do want to do it while doing it, or that sentence, I don't have any hope for opening the door.
Qin Qiang was much more anxious than me and Mengxue, he stood in front of the store and kept walking around, and kept muttering: "Why hasn't anyone come yet, why hasn't anyone come yet......"
"Brother Qiangzi, sit down for a while, my eyes are dizzy from you. I screamed.
"Xiaoyu, did you and Mengxue really open a hot pot restaurant before?" Qin Qiang grabbed me and asked.
"Yes. I nodded.
"Is it normal for you to say that there is no business when a new store opens?" I told Qin Qiang before that there would probably be no business when the door opened, so let him not be in a hurry.
"It's normal, I opened the door today for a trial opening, so there's no need to rush. I barely smiled at me, saying that, but why didn't I hope for a miracle in my heart, people are strange creatures, and the difference in heart and mouth is common to most people.
"Hey, how can I not be in a hurry. Qin Qiang grabbed his head and sat down, he finally shut up.
"Haoyu, there will be many people here until it gets dark, so you can sit down for a while. Meng Xue came over and said with a smile, Meng Xue is the most calm of the three of us.
"I'm fine, I expected it a long time ago. I forced a smile as I remembered the first day the hot pot restaurant opened, and I was much more nervous than I would have been.
It was getting dark, the small square lit up, the lights around were lit up, except for a few restaurants around the square, many other shops were closed, the small square gradually became more crowded, the horn of the nearby cinema kept sounding music, and some people curiously walked to our store to ask.
"Boss, what are you selling here?"
"Spicy crayfish. I replied.
The people who asked were dialing and dialing, but those who were willing to try didn't, and at this time my mood really calmed down, and my hope for a miracle was shattered, and I quickly accepted the reality.
Qin Qiang and I sat together, smoked and chatted, and Mengxue took care of the stove in the store.
"Boss, what are you selling?" a voice floated over.
"Spicy crayfish. I didn't even look back, I just replied.
"How much does it cost?" the voice continued.
Now I turned my head.
"Thirty pieces in a pot. β
"How many?"
"Thirty. β
"You're not cheap, isn't it delicious?"
"It's not delicious, you don't need money. I laughed.
"Okay, get us one. β
The conversation with me was a young couple, the girl held the boy's arm, and the two of them looked happy, such a young couple is the most willing to consume, and it is also the most receptive to new things, because happiness is willing to try anything.
There were two pots of shrimp simmering in the pot over low heat, and the taste had already been simmered, so I went to serve a pot of spicy crayfish to the little couple, and the girl sniffed her nose: "It's so fragrant!"
"Taste one!" the boy reached for one with his chopsticks.
I sat back on Qin Qiang's side, I didn't speak, my eyes kept paying attention to the little couple, Qin Qiang was the same as me, we were all watching the reaction of the first pair of customers.
"Shhh
"Boss, do you have anything to drink?" the girl called.
"There was beer. I replied.
"Take two bottles!" the girl said, biting down impatiently.
"Four bottles!" cried the boy as well.
I took four bottles of beer and smiled and asked, "How does it taste?"
The boy grabbed a bottle of beer and blew it, took a sip of wine, and pointed directly at me: "Boss, bring us another basin!"
I was stunned for a moment.
"You just ate it?"
"It's definitely not enough, it's so delicious. The girl licked her fingers and said, saying that the girl's hand reached directly into the basin to catch shrimp, completely ignoring the image.
"Brother Qiangzi, another pot!" I turned and shouted.
"Okay!" Qin Qiang jumped up.
Strange to say, the couple sat down to eat, and soon there were guests again, and we prepared a total of eight folding tables, five at first, and soon three tables of guests were seated.
Mengxue and I were cooking shrimp in the store, two tables of guests outside were eating shrimp and drinking beer, and the other table was sitting and waiting, I looked at Mengxue and smiled: "If you open the door, there will be business, a good sign!"
"Maybe it's luck. Meng Xue smiled.
"I've been lucky to have you there. I laughed back.
Three tables of guests consumed a total of seven pots of shrimp, when the checkout they all praised me, saying that this spicy shrimp tasted good, delicious, especially the little couple also said that tomorrow again, I am in a good mood, open the door of the business this is a good luck!
After the three tables of customers left, after a while, suddenly the small square ushered in a flow of people, and a movie ended!
The flow of people passed through my shop, and then there were three tables of customers, just like that, a pot of sales, that day we were open until 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, 30 pots of shrimp were basically sold, when it closed, Qin Qiang was very happy, he was thinking about selling 30 pots a day, how much he could sell in a month, I and Mengxue were not as optimistic as him, this was only the first day, everything was still unknown!
The next day, I got up early in the morning, I went to the vegetable market, after the first day of trial operation, I have a certain experience, I also have a number, my shrimp shop must be enriched with some other food, just selling shrimp is obviously not good, I actually paid attention to it when I visited the vegetable market before, I went to a stall selling lo-mei, I have tasted this lo-mei, it tastes good, I don't plan to do it myself, my idea is to operate jointly, he is responsible for delivering goods to me, the price must be cheaper, so I can also do it, anyway, the wool is out of the sheep, and I can also earn a little bit of lo-mei when the customer points to the lo-meiγ
One morning, I talked about a few stalls, in addition to lo-mei, there are some snacks such as peanuts and rice stinky dried seeds, and the water tank sent by the third grandfather in the afternoon arrived again, or yesterday's quantity.
In the evening, my spicy crayfish shop opened its doors again!
"Boss, bring us three pots of crayfish!"
Not long after the door opened, the little couple came yesterday, and they brought three friends with them.
"I'm definitely not exaggerating, the shrimp here are absolutely delicious, I ate a pot by myself yesterday!" the boy bragged to his friend.
I asked Qin Qiang to go over to say hello, and then I started making shrimp with Mengxue, this table came early, and we haven't started to do it yet.
The lo-mei side dishes that were ordered in the morning were all laid out, and the guests at the table ordered some by the way, and after waiting for half an hour for the shrimp to be ready, I brought the shrimp to the table.
As soon as it was delivered, another customer came, and I saw that it was the same customer as yesterday, and like the little couple, they all brought friends and family with them, and soon several of our tables were filled.
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