Chapter 15 The Big Red Envelope
Cheng Meng protected his chest with both hands, staring at Mu Fan vigilantly, with the expression of a girl who met an old pervert on her way home in the middle of the night.
"Brother Meng, don't make fun of me. Even if I'm looking for Brokeback Mountain, I don't dare to look for you. Mu Fan looked at Cheng Meng who was on the back of a tiger, and was speechless in his heart, with Cheng Meng's size, it was easy to break his back when he climbed his brokeback mountain, "I'm buying real firecrackers, real firecrackers." ”
"I'm not just a firecracker. Cheng Meng pointed to his crotch and said with deep meaning.
"It's firecrackers. Mu Fan's face was black, knowing that Cheng Meng was deliberately teasing himself in order to avenge him knocking on the door in the middle of the night.
"Oh, I don't understand if you said that. Cheng Meng put down his hands, hehe, and asked, "But there is no festival and no celebration in the middle of the night, what do you want firecrackers for?"
"Uncle He's restaurant was transferred to me and opened today. Mu Fan replied.
"Lao He's restaurant, you took over?" Cheng Meng frowned slightly, and said in an admonishing tone: "Xiaofan, it's not a wise choice to run a small restaurant on our street." In the past, Lao He pointed to those small white-collar workers to make money, but now that the food street is opened, the restaurant's life can be cut off. ”
"I know. Mu Fan smiled and said: "But as the old saying goes, the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and my cooking skills are not comparable to those chain fast food in the food street." ”
"Yes. Cheng Meng became interested, "What are you good at?"
"Steamed steamed buns. Mu Fan raised his face and replied proudly.
"I'm asking about specialty dishes. ”
"Vegetables?" Mu Fan scratched his head a little embarrassed, "Except for steamed steamed buns, I won't do anything else for the time being." ”
"Damn, dry food, that's so choking. Cheng Meng said: "Besides, if there are only steamed buns, it is not a restaurant, it is just a steamed bread shop." ”
"Restaurant, restaurant, restaurant. Mu Fan defended very concernedly: "In the future, the dishes will gradually increase, and customers will not be allowed to eat steamed buns, and the store will provide free mineral water." ”
"I'd better get you a cannon. Cheng Meng rolled his eyes, turned around and rummaged through the shelves, "How loud do you want it?"
The opening of the cannon is to attract customers, and the second is to ask for good luck. It's impossible to attract customers at this o'clock, at most it attracts a burst of swearing. And if you want to talk about good luck, according to customs, of course, the more rings, the better.
"To the most. Mu Fan said without hesitation.
No matter how you say that you are also a small boss now, there are no friends to congratulate you when the restaurant opens, and it is really a little chilling to make a big firecracker without bleeding. Besides, after the task is completed, the big red envelope rewarded by the system will be issued, and there must be one thousand or eight thousand, so now Mu Fan really doesn't take this little money seriously.
"I'm only 10,000 rings at most, do you want it?" Cheng Meng asked, he was a small shop, and there weren't many firecrackers on weekdays, and the 10,000 rings were only in two plates.
"Okay. Mu Fan nodded, paid the money and was about to leave with the firecrackers.
"Hey, wait. Cheng Meng in the back grabbed Mu Fan and asked, "When are you going to put it?"
Mu Fan looked at the time, there were still twenty minutes until twelve o'clock. If you want to say that it will open normally, it must be the most appropriate time to fire a cannon at seven or eight o'clock in the morning. But now I definitely can't wait for the auspicious time, thinking that cooking skills were learned in Yudu, since I can't catch up with the morning, then open at midnight.
Thinking of this, Mu Fan grinned and said, "I'm going to put it at twelve o'clock." ”
"You kid is really unique, come on, it won't be long, I'll be with you. Cheng Meng casually put on a shirt and said, "Save yourself from being startled by the sound of cannons." ”
Mu Fan looked at Cheng Meng's evil taste on his face, and naturally knew his thoughts. It was nothing more than wanting to see the neighbors who were about to be woken up, and Mu Fan's scolding.
"Okay, then I'll thank Brother Meng for cheering. Mu Fan replied with a smile, opening by himself may seem a little lonely, and it is good to have someone to accompany him.
Cheng Meng closed the door of the store, and the two came to the front of the restaurant with cigarettes in their mouths. The orange light hit the two of them through the glass door, Cheng Meng looked at the restaurant that had changed a lot, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, Xiaofan, when was it renovated?"
"It's not been an hour since it was finished. Mu Fan replied with a smile.
"Not bad, not bad. Cheng Meng looked up and down, raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, there is no plaque, what is the name of your restaurant?"
"Dingjia kitchen, the brand hasn't had time to make it yet. In fact, Mu Fan deliberately did not make a plaque, no matter what kind of business it is, the first thing people see must be a plaque. Therefore, a good plaque is particularly important, but the price of a good plaque is too expensive. For his casual perfunctory making a color-printed cloth sign, Mu Fan would rather not hang anything. After the red envelope of the system comes down, the design of the eight classics will be customized.
"Dingjia Kitchen, what kind of broken name is this, it's better to call the delicious steamed bun directly. Cheng Meng joked.
Mu Fan smiled, first put the firecrackers on the street facing the store, disassembled and rolled them into a spiral, found the twist, and then clapped his hands and returned to the restaurant. Moved out two chairs and sat side by side with Cheng Meng by the door, chatting and waiting for time.
Seeing that there was still a minute to go until twelve o'clock, Mu Fan lit a cigarette and prepared to light the fire. Cheng Meng, who was on the side, stood up first, patted Mu Fan's shoulder and said: "No matter how you say it, you are also a boss, how can you personally start such a thing as opening ignition, leave it to me, it can be regarded as after-sales service." ”
"Then thank you, Brother Meng. Mu Fan knew that this was a rule unique to the opening of their grocery street.
"Wait and be scolded. Cheng Meng smiled evilly, walked to the firecracker in a figure-eight step, took a puff of cigarette and held it in his hand, lit the cigarette ash, and accurately put the orange cigarette butt on the cannon twist.
With the sound of the twist, a wisp of green smoke floated up. Cheng Meng covered his ears and turned around and walked back without hurrying. After taking three or four steps, the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out. Especially on this silent street, the sound of firecrackers was particularly loud, which shocked Mu Fan to quickly learn from Cheng Meng and cover his ears to death.
At the same time as the firecrackers exploded, the entire room on the second floor of the grocery street was lit up one after another. Neighbors opened their windows one after another, poking their heads out with anger on their faces. Many of them were frightened out of bed by the sound of the cannons, and they were already scolding before they even opened the windows.
When the sound of the cannons died down, the whole street was filled with scolding.
"Damn, I'm scared to death, who put the artillery on it!"
"It's just, I don't sleep in the middle of the night, what kind of nerves do I have!"
"If you set off a cannon battle in the middle of the night, you want to die, right?!"
"Call the police, this is a serious disturbance to the people!"
“……”
Cheng Meng, who was standing on the side, was already grinning behind his ears at this time, and looked at Mu Fan with a smile.
Seeing that the anger of the people had been aroused, Mu Fan hurriedly ran to the middle of the street, raised his hand high, and said cheekily: "Neighbors, I'm really sorry, I set off this firecracker." ”
At this time, the lights were still on in Mu Fan's restaurant downstairs, and he ran and shouted like this, and the attention of the big guys was attracted to him.
"Guys, it's my little restaurant opening tonight. Originally, I was going to set off a cannon tomorrow morning to celebrate, but Mr. forgot it, if the cannon goes off during the day, it can only be red with my family. But if the cannon goes off at midnight tonight, our entire street business will be on fire. Mu Fan casually made it up: "As the old saying goes, it's better to believe it than to believe it." I, Mu Fan, am not a person who seeks personal gain, so I chose this time to open a firecracker. I didn't have time to inform the old and young masters in advance, and I ask the big guys to bear with me. ”
Hearing Mu Fan's words, the people on both sides stopped scolding. First, many people believe what Mu Fan said, after all, no one wants to open at twelve o'clock at midnight. Second, many people know Mu Fan, even if what he just said is false, but the opening of the house is true, and the neighbors in the street will not send two swear words on the day of the opening. So the big guys all extinguished the fire, and the neighbors returned the salute and said two words of congratulations.
A public anger caused by an artillery battle was resolved by Mu Fan.
Looking at the neighbors who turned off the lights and rested again in turn, Mu Fan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Thanks to his quick reaction, otherwise he would have been crippled by everyone's punches.
"Yes, this nonsense will come as soon as you open your mouth. Cheng Meng, who originally wanted to see more of the excitement, said quite lost.
"I'm not talking nonsense. Mu Fan replied: "After my restaurant opens, the business of our entire street will rise to a higher level, including Brother Meng's shop." ”
Mu Fan said this very seriously, as long as the reputation of his restaurant spread. The number of diners here is sure to be full, and the increase in foot traffic will naturally drive the business of the surrounding shops.
"Blow it, no one will take your money anyway. Cheng Meng pouted and smiled, walked towards the street, turned his back and waved his hand: "Go back to sleep, I wish you a good business." ”
"Thank you, Brother Meng. Mu Fan waited until Cheng Meng walked away, then immediately ran into the store, closed the door, and ran up to the second floor. In the afternoon, he had already found time to move his luggage over, and Uncle He even gave him the household appliances upstairs, which can be said to be a real bag to live.
Just when the sound of the cannon disappeared, the system prompted Mu Fan that the task was completed, and the big red envelope of the reward had been distributed to the backpack and could be used at any time. It's just that at that time, Mu Fan was trying to dispel the people's anger, and he didn't care to check it.
"Big red envelope, big red envelope. Mu Fan muttered happily in his heart, and at the same time, he threw off his shoes and jumped onto the bed.
After taking a deep breath and trying to calm his mood, Mu Fan entered the system interface, and in the lower right corner of the home page, there was indeed an extra backpack icon. After Mu Fan gave the order to open the backpack, a storage compartment similar to a warehouse appeared in front of him.
In the storage compartment on the far right of the top floor, there is indeed a large red envelope that is shining.