21. Persuasion and counter-persuasion
"Ningxi!" Meng Shuangshuang first shouted angrily, "Aren't you a cheater, you didn't say you wanted money at the beginning!" ”
The family background of the four selected people is not very good, fifty taels of silver is definitely a large amount for them, if they really have so much money, who would still set up a stall, and they would have opened a shop a long time ago.
"But I didn't say I didn't want money, otherwise how could there be such a good thing, pie in the sky!"
Two of them brushed their sleeves away first: "Hmph, it turns out that they tricked us into doing hard labor." ”
Song Tianshun also hesitated a little: "Miss Ning, isn't the number of fifty taels too harsh?" The whole stall is not worth a few taels of silver when you buy it! ”
Ning Xi said: "What I'm selling here is not a stall, but craftsmanship, signboards, understand?" This craft has been learned, but it can be polished for generations. You also saw the situation where we set up a stall in the night market a few days ago, and you calculate it yourself, is the fifty taels worth it? ”
Song Tianshun lowered his head and thought for a while, and saw that Zhou Chunli's eyes were full of eagerness, so he said: "Miss Zhou, I really can't take out the fifty taels of silver, but I can still make up the three or five taels at home, if you really want to learn, I can lend it to you first, and when your business is opened in the future, it is not too late to pay it back slowly when you have plenty of money." ”
Meng Shuangshuang was sad when he heard it, and pulled Ning Xi over and whispered, "Ning Xi, what's the matter with you?" You don't lack that little money. ”
Ning Xi patted the back of her hand and signaled her to be calm, only to see Zhou Chunli finally make up her mind, raised her head and said, "I can't take out this money now, but if Miss Ning can hand over the stall to me, I promise that within three years, I will definitely earn the fifty taels and return it to Miss Ning." ”
"There is no basis for your words, how can I believe that you will be able to pay off this money within three years?"
"Miss Ning, my three-year appointment is not a casual talk, I have seen you do business in the night market, and I also know the price of ingredients in the street market, and how much money you can make in a day can probably be calculated, as long as you work hard enough, I believe it will not be a problem to pay off this money within three years."
Ning Xi clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" Clear thinking and ambition! I've taken your apprentice. ”
Zhou Chunli looked surprised: "Really? Thank you, Miss Ning! ”
Song Tianshun was also very happy for her: "Great, Miss Zhou, you don't have to worry about the lives of your younger brothers and sisters in the future." ”
Ning Xi said with a smile: "Actually, Brother Song is also a kind person, if the two of you can trust each other, you might as well run this lo-mei stall together, after all, Miss Zhou is a girl's house, and it is not very convenient to go out at night, and it also takes a man to do these heavy tasks." ”
Song Tianshun and Zhou Chunli were both surprised and delighted: "Is this okay?" ”
"Absolutely! My goal is to find someone who really wants to make a good lo mei stall, and since you two are both good, I'll leave it to the two of you, of course, if the two of you can make a family, that's the best! ”
Ning Xi's words made Zhou Chunli's face flush with shame, and Song Tianshun only knew how to smirk, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Ning Xi stopped teasing them, and said seriously: "It's not early now, you go home first and explain, and start to study in the evening!" ”
The two took their leave and returned home happily.
Meng Shuangshuang patted his chest and complained to Ning Xi: "It turns out that you fought with this idea, it scared me to death, and I thought you really coveted the fifty taels of silver!" ”
Ning Xi said: "How can it, it's just that things that are too easy to get will make people not know how to cherish them." ”
As he was talking, Ozawa came back from school, and said loudly as he entered the house: "Eldest sister and second sister, who are you looking at here?" ”
The hippie smiling face came in behind Xiao Ze, who else could there be besides Rong Daquan's fat man?
Rong Daquan didn't work hard to please Xiao Ze today, not only brought Quanjufu's snacks to the academy, but also gave him a lot of gadgets bought on the street. After all, Ozawa is still a child, and he is easy to be coaxed by him, and he took the initiative to invite him home for dinner.
"Chef Rong, why did you have the time to come to the Humble House today?" Ning Xi got up to say hello, she thought that after the whole fish banquet was over, they should have little to do with Quan Jufu.
Rong Daquan said: "Isn't this the dish you taught me last time, dismantling the braised silver carp head, I made it a few times, and I always felt that there was something that was not good enough, and the taste was just a little worse, so I asked you for advice." ”
"Well, then you do it once, I'll see." In line with the principle of doing a good job in after-sales service, Ning Xi rolled up his sleeves and was ready to give a good guide to Rong Daquan, after all, he received five hundred taels of silver!
But in fact, Rong Daquan's main purpose today was not to ask for advice, he was ordered by the shopkeeper Shen to come over to persuade Ning Xi to come to Quanjufu to become a chef.
In fact, Rong Daquan is not a person who values fame and fortune very much, for him, cooking skills are more than the sky. Therefore, when Shopkeeper Shen proposed to recruit Ning Xi, he didn't think that his position as chef was about to be lost, but that it was too good that he could learn a lot from her!
If it weren't for the taboo in the chef industry in this era, he wouldn't mind using himself as a man in his thirties to go to Bainingxi as a teacher.
Therefore, as soon as he heard the order of the shopkeeper Shen, he immediately ran over, and even finished the speech along the way, and took this opportunity to ask for advice.
"Ningxi, I heard that you are planning to open a restaurant?"
"yes, I'm looking at the place!"
"You are a girl's family, it's not easy to open a restaurant! Let's just say this storefront, you can't find a good location, and there is no customer source in a bad place, even if the place is found, this big place needs to be decorated, furnished, and invited the shopkeeper, cook, running hall, account room, handyman, this person is a lot, the heart is scattered, it is not easy to manage so many people, besides, opening a restaurant is not just as simple as opening a restaurant, this white and underworld, the relationship between the top and bottom has to be done well, these things, you are a little girl's family, can you handle it? ”
When Ning Xi heard this, this made sense, she had also opened a restaurant in her previous life, and it was also the top chain restaurant in the country, but at that time she had a good brother, and she helped her take care of all the trivial things, she only needed to study how to cook well. But now, it's all counting on her alone......
Seeing Ning Xi's thoughtful expression, Rong Daquan felt that there was a play, and said more energetically: "Even if the restaurant is opened, you can't pack tickets and you will definitely make money, right?" If you can't make money, the restaurant won't be able to survive in a few months, then all the money you invested in the early stage will be wasted! In fact, I think the safest thing is to find a famous restaurant to be a chef, not only do you not have to worry about managing the restaurant, but also can ensure the income from drought and flood, and you can save money as a dowry! You said no? ”
"In fact, with such good craftsmanship as Ningxi, no matter which big restaurant you go to, you can gain fame and fortune, so why bother opening a restaurant in Baal?"
"Brother Rong, in fact, what you said is also very reasonable, but I'm a person, I'm used to freedom, and I don't like to be managed! It's like Brother Rong, you are the chef in Quanjufu, which is the first in the capital, but in the final analysis, Quanjufu is all Qi Wangye's, Qi Wangye said that he wants to eat sweet, do you dare to make it salty? ”
"This, naturally, you have to listen to the prince, but even if you open a restaurant, don't you have to listen to the guests? It's not what do you want your guests to eat? ”
"Of course not, of course I am in charge of the restaurant I opened, I think a dish is so delicious, if you want me to do that, I'm sorry, this restaurant will not entertain."
Rong Daquan laughed: "Then you have to be confident enough to dare to say this, how dare ordinary chefs say this, if you do this, the restaurant should have closed a long time ago." ”
"It's not that I'm boasting, Brother Rong, in fact, have you ever thought that if I go to Quanjufu, it is very likely that you will not be able to sit in the chef's seat?"
"What's this, your skills are better than mine, and the chef should naturally be yours."
"It's best if you think so, but what about other people, do they see it that way? There are so many people in the kitchen of Quanjufu, how can there be no people who praise the high and the low? Wouldn't someone gossip that you weren't skilled and that you were squeezed out of your position as head chef? Even if you don't care about this, but the corresponding monthly silver can't get so much as it is now, what about your family? What would you think? ”
Rong Daquan was speechless for a while, he really didn't think of these problems, it was no problem to be gossiped about, but there were old and young people in the family, all of them lived on his monthly silver, and they were all used to the life of abundance at hand now, if his income was suddenly reduced by a lot, it would be impossible to say that there were no complaints.
Ning Xi struck while the iron was hot: "But the restaurant I opened is different, the so-called heaven and earth have people outside the sky, if there is someone who is better than me in cooking, it is too late for me to be happy, anyway, in the end, the money I make is mine!" Brother Rong, why don't you come and open a restaurant with me! Let's all have money to earn together, how about it? ”
Ning Xi didn't actually want to win over Rong Daquan, but didn't she hear him talk about a lot of difficulties in opening a restaurant just now, she thought that she still had to find a local native who was familiar with the restaurant business to help her, and if she wanted that person to help her desperately, the best way was to let that person take this matter as her own business.
It's really effortless, isn't the Rong Daquan in front of you the best candidate? So Ning Xi exerted all her strength and wanted to say that Dongrong Daquan would do it with her.
"Brother Rong, you are working hard to cook and take apprentices now, but in the end, you are not making wedding clothes for others, and when you are old and decrepit in the future, where will there be a place for you in Quanjufu? And how easy is it for them to find the right chef? But the restaurant you opened yourself is different, think about it, it can be passed on to your children and grandchildren, and your ancestors have been your Rong family's property for generations. Brother Rong, do you want your son to be just the son of a chef? Or the young owner of a restaurant? ”