Chapter 22 The opening is auspicious
At dawn the next day, except for Jiang Hua and Jiang Lihua, everyone including Jiang Xiaohu got up. Everyone hastily ate the leftover meal from last night as breakfast, and then began to work.
Old Man Jiang, Jiang Xiaohu and Zhao Yongzhong, father and son, were responsible for carrying tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans into two trolleys and transporting them to the shop for decoration.
Originally, the Jiang family only had a small trolley for transporting fish, and this cart was good for transporting small objects such as pots and pans, but it was not good for transporting tables, chairs and benches. Although Mr. Jiang and Zhao Yongzhong both said that they really couldn't do it, even if they worked hard to carry it, they didn't need to buy a new car. But Zhao Siniang thought about it again and again, and insisted that Mr. Jiang buy the big trolley back when he ordered tables, chairs and benches. It's hard to open a food shop, but you can't exhaust people just to save a few dollars, right?
Jiang Shi, Jiang Yue'e and Zhao Sanniang took the soybeans soaked the day before to the public stone mill to grind soy milk.
Zhao Siniang began to make peace with Yang. She plans to take the noodles to the shop after they are ready, and if the customers order the noodles, they can start to ramen or roll them out.
As soon as the two of them reconciled the noodles, Jiang came in with a bucket of soy milk. So they started making tofu brains and tofu.
In order to attract customers to the door, their shop launched half-price tofu on the first day, and it is estimated that many people will come to buy it, so they decided to make more today. Therefore, Zhao Siniang put the belly lung soup that had been stewed in the pot all night into a wooden barrel, and emptied the two stoves to make tofu.
But even if the two stoves were full of firepower, because it took more effort to make tofu, when they were all ready, Zhao Yongzhong and Zhao Sanlang had already returned from the shop and stood aside and waited for a long time.
Then everyone put two buckets of belly lung soup, a bucket of tofu brain, and three plates of tofu into the trolley, and let Zhao Yongzhong and his son pull them to the shop. Zhao Siniang and Jiang Yue'e also went with the car.
When she arrived at the noodle shop, Zhao Siniang saw that there were already many people walking around on the official road, and found that a new grass hut had been built here, and people stopped to look inside from time to time.
Like the Jiang family, there are also two stoves in the noodle shop. So Zhao Siniang immediately asked Zhao Yongzhong to pour the belly and lung soup into one pot and continue to stew, and asked Zhao Sanlang to heat the other pot as well, and pour the fat intestines that had been marinated last night into the pot and stir-fry.
For a while, the vicinity of the noodle shop was filled with mouth-watering dry fragrance, attracting many passers-by to stop and watch.
After a while, the fat sausage will be fried. After Zhao Siniang picked it up, she brushed the pot clean, and then poured half a pot of water into it, and let Zhao Sanlang continue to burn.
At this time, the belly lung soup had been boiled again, Zhao Siniang lifted the lid of the pot, and a rich aroma suddenly floated out of the pot, accompanied by the dry fragrance just now, it was even more tempting, and there were already many people around the door of the noodle shop, asking what their family was doing to eat so fragrant.
"Our family has a noodle shop, and what everyone smelled just now is our noodle soup and freshly fried dry sausages. Would you like to come in and have a try? Old Man Jiang said with a smile.
Although the taste was very fragrant, everyone was just watching, but no one really paid for it, and Old Man Jiang was a little anxious.
"Uncles and uncles, although our white noodles are four dollars a bowl, and Sanhe noodles are three dollars a bowl, but our noodle soup can be sold alone, and it is the same as this dry and fat sausage, which is only sold for one penny, and you want to eat it for a second time after eating it for a while!" I saw Zhao Siniang smiling and groaning, while holding up a bowl of belly lung soup and a plate of dry fried fat sausages on a tray to show everyone.
Everyone saw that the soup in the bowl was pure white in color, lined with green garlic flowers, which was very attractive; The fat sausage on the plate is shiny with oil, and the meat is fragrant, which is even more appetizing.
"Are these really just a penny?" A middle-aged man with a bamboo basket on his back asked.
Zhao Siniang saw that he was still holding a seven or eight-year-old boy in his hand, and the child was wrapped around the man like twisted candy, shouting for meat.
"Of course! Uncle, you're tired of walking such a long way with your children, aren't you? Hurry up into our shop to rest, drink our noodle soup to relieve fatigue! Zhao Siniang greeted with a smile.
"Done! Then a bowl of noodle soup and a plate of this fat sausage! The man put two pennies in Zhao Siniang's tray and led the child into the shop.
Zhao Siniang directly sent the soup and vegetables on the tray to the table where the man was sitting.
When others saw that they could really eat such good soup and good dishes for two pennies, they also paid for it one after another. Some of them want both, and some have only the same.
At this time, the people drinking the noodle soup were suddenly pleasantly surprised to find that there was meat in the soup, which did not taste like pork, but it was more fragrant than pork when chewed, and they shouted that it was delicious.
With such a living sign, business in the shop was naturally better, and after a while, most of the seats in the noodle shop were full.
"Huh? Ah Hua's father, your business is so good? Is there still tofu? An old woman with a bowl in her hand asked.
The old man Jiang, who was busy collecting money, turned his head and saw that it was Liu Dagui, the mother of Zhang Dagui in the same village. Her son, Zhang Dagui, was one of the people who helped build the straw shed yesterday.
"Yes! Yes! Old Man Jiang hurriedly smiled, turned around and planned to call Zhao Siniang to cut tofu for Liu's, only to find that Zhao Siniang was rolling Sanhe noodles for the guest.
Seeing that Zhao Yongzhong was busy making soup and cooking for the guests, Zhao Sanlang and Zhao Shilang, one of the brothers was responsible for running the hall and the other was responsible for cleaning up the table, and they were also very busy. Even the youngest Jiang Xiaohu sat behind the stove and looked at the two stoves.
There was no way, the old man Jiang who was in charge of collecting the money had to go out in person. He took the bowl from Liu's hand and quickly ran to the table where the tofu was placed, and then he was pleasantly surprised to find that Zhao Siniang, who was preparing for a rainy day, had already cut a plate of tofu into sixteen pieces, so he picked up a piece, and handed the bowl to Liu after it was loaded.
"Dagui damn it, it's delicious, come back next time!" Old Man Zhao said with a smile.
"I can't afford to eat it! I heard that it was sold for a penny today, so I came to buy it. Liu sighed. After that, he handed Mr. Jiang a penny and went away.
"What? Old man, your tofu is only sold for a penny? "A guest sitting next to Old Man Jiang drinking soup, although it was clear that the old woman did only give a penny and took away a piece of tofu, but he still couldn't believe it, it was too cheap!
"Of course, it's not so cheap in normal times, but today is the day our shop opens, so the tofu is half price, as long as it costs a penny and a pound! Little brother, would you like to have a piece too? Next time, it's two pennies a pound! Old Man Jiang persuaded.
"Oops! I never thought there would be such a good thing today. I went to the town to repair farm tools, I didn't bring a bowl, I didn't bring a basket, and I didn't have a place to put it! The guest sighed.
The guest didn't bring a bowl or basket, but the other guests did have baskets, and even those who had planned to go to the town to sell tofu and brought a bowl with them, and when they heard that it was half price today, they hurriedly took out the money to buy tofu.
When passers-by heard about it, they also came in to buy one or two pieces. Many of them originally just wanted to come in to buy tofu, but it can be seen that the guests sitting there are eating with relish one by one, so they order a bowl of noodle soup or dry sautéed fat intestines to relieve their hunger.
After a while, 48 pieces of three-plate tofu were sold out.
"Auntie, although the tofu is gone, we still have tofu brains, a big bowl of two pennies, a small bowl of a penny, much better than tofu! The tofu brain is very tender, and children can eat it! Zhao Siniang, who finally ordered good noodles for the guests, was free, and saw a young woman holding a three- or four-year-old boy in her arms.
In fact, Zhao Siniang originally planned to price the tofu brain as two cents a bowl, and there was no big bowl and small bowl. It's just that later, considering that tofu brain is a new thing, although the amount of two pennies a bowl is very sufficient, but the price of the guest may not be acceptable, so a small bowl was introduced, which can be tried by the guest for a penny.
"Tofu brain? What's that? The woman's maiden home was in the village near Jiangjiatan, and now she is taking her husband and son from the village on the other side of the river to her mother's house. They had just come down from the dock and heard that there was cheap tofu for sale in this shop, so she came in, but she didn't catch up. However, I came in, and I was tired of walking for a long time, so I simply sat down and rested. Although I don't know what tofu brain is, anyway, a small bowl is only a penny, so you might as well buy a bowl. So she beckoned her husband, who was standing outside the shop with a large bag and a small bag, to come in and asked him to pay for a small bowl.
As soon as the woman's husband put down what he was carrying and sat down, the tofu brain was brought up.
I saw that on the half bowl of milk-white soup, there were several snow-white bean curd, and the bean curd was accompanied by green green onions, green leeks, light red shrimp skin and golden soybeans, which was very beautiful.
The woman picked up the spoon and scooped it and tasted it, only to find that the soup was salty and delicious, and the tofu was tender and smooth, so she hurriedly fed a spoonful to the child in her arms. The child ate it and called it delicious, urging his mother to feed him again, and after a while, a bowl of tofu brain bottomed out.
When her husband saw that the child was eating sweetly, and the daughter-in-law had only eaten one bite, he hurriedly bought a large bowl for his daughter-in-law. When the woman saw that her husband was considerate, she was so relieved that she was reluctant to eat a large bowl alone, so the husband and wife shared the same bowl.
The people next to them saw that their family was eating happily, and they were all curious about what this tofu brain tasted like. So several people also ordered a small bowl to try it, and those who had eaten it said it was delicious. For a while, tofu brain also sold well.
After a while, the noodle shop was full of people, and among the late guests, those who patiently stood at the table and waited for people to leave, and those who were impatient just stood with the bowl and ate. Later, I couldn't even eat standing up, because there weren't enough bowls.
Jiang Yue, who was squatting behind to wash the dishes, regretted it very much, she didn't expect the business to be so good, and insisted on taking the dishwashing job by herself, so she insisted on letting Jiang and Zhao Sanniang stay at home to dry sweet potato flour, which made her tired and sweaty now, and she still couldn't keep up with the speed of removing the dirty bowls.
But after half an hour, Jiang Yue'e could finally breathe a sigh of relief, because the dry fried fat intestines, belly lung soup and tofu brain were sold out one after another, and finally no one urged her to ask for a bowl.
The old man Jiang in the front shop was also excited, and after seeing off the last guest, he began to clean up quickly.