59. It is difficult to invite someone to eat

After the field investigation, He Xiaojun immediately bought a set of hammers, axes and other carpentry tools at the market, and then rushed back to the barracks.

That night, He Xiaojun and Da Niu didn't sleep all night, and the two of them set up the stall in the bright moonlight of the summer night.

He Xiaojun needed a hut for things and two people to sleep on, a stand for making food, and a few sets of simple stools and tables for guests to sit down and eat.

In order to save expenses, and also considering that it is a low-grade business, so the utensils do not need to be so particular, He Xiaojun and Da Niu simply did it themselves, and used the bamboo cut down by Da Niu during the day to make huts, stands, stools, tables, and other facilities ready to open.

He Xiaojun and Da Niu are both powerful and energetic people, they can fight continuously without resting, plus squad leader Liu, who has different feelings for He Xiaojun, also came to help when he was free, and it only took a day and a night of work, and they had already done the simple stands, stools, and tables.

Although He Xiaojun made things simple, they were innovative and extremely practical. Because, these things were designed by He Xiaojun for half a day, referring to the style of some furniture in his previous life and the purpose of his own business.

After making the small utensils, he opened the materials needed for the hut, and then borrowed a cart from the barracks that the garrison usually used to transport, and transported these things to the place He Xiaojun liked several times.

Why didn't the hut also be made in the barracks? Hehe, although it is a hut, it is enough for two big men to live and put a lot of guys, what if this house is not built, nine square meters? Is it easy to transport something that has a nine-square-meter building? Of course, it will be produced on site.

It took another night for He Xiaojun and Da Niu to build a hut of about ten square meters in the place He Xiaojun fancied.

In this way, He Xiaojun's business stall has been completed.

On the morning of the third day when He Xiaojun came to the county seat, the people who set up stalls in the area of the wharf saw a chic stall called "Good Taste" that seemed to appear out of thin air, and the place they all thought was unlucky.

The stall called "Good Taste" says it's chic because it's made from all bamboo. Bamboo huts, bamboo tables, and bamboo stools.

The main hut of the stall is even more chic, not only the body of the house is made of bamboo chips, but also the roof of the hut is also made of split bamboo tubes in a semicircle, which are stacked as tiles in a staggered manner. Under the cornice of the "bamboo tile block", there is a signboard that is also made of bamboo chips, and the signboard reads "Good Taste", which is simple and easy to remember, and can also be used to make the name of the stall catchy.

On the signboard of the stall, in addition to talking about the name of the stall, there are also a few vivid simplified Chinese paintings that make people understand at a glance, with noodles, porridge and some unknown meat, so that people can know that it is a stall that makes food at a glance.

Seeing new things, of course, the habit of Chinese people is to watch the excitement, and the people of that era were no exception, and many curious people immediately walked over to see what was going on.

The people who came to see what was going on were immediately startled when they saw the scene of the stalls. Because, the stalls are full of soldiers.

It turned out that in order to thank Platoon Commander Yang and them, they took him in for two days, and in order to gather popularity, on the morning of the first day of opening, He Xiaojun entertained Platoon Commander Yang and all their garrisons, making them the first batch of customers in the newly opened stall.

Platoon Leader Yang entertained them with breakfast, porridge that He Xiaojun had stayed up all night and pork offal noodles that he made immediately.

Originally, Platoon Commander Yang and they had their own food, but in order to support He Xiaojun's little brother and let the people in the city know that the stall owner had an extraordinary relationship with the garrison in the city, Platoon Commander Yang accepted He Xiaojun's proposal to thank them for taking them in.

In this way, there is a scene full of stall soldiers that curious people see.

He Xiaojun's way of operating this food stall uses the on-site production method in his previous life.

The specific method is as follows: On the night before each day, He Xiaojun first made the porridge base and soup base, and then used a coal stove to keep the porridge base and soup base of the two large pots warm. When there is business, if the customer eats porridge, He Xiaojun scoops out the porridge base and puts it in another small pot, adds pork offal to cook, and then serves it; If the customer is eating noodles or vegetables, he will soak the soup base and serve it to the table.

When he met the master who wanted to drink two cups on the spot, He Xiaojun prepared to stir-fry side dishes on the spot.

On the first day of the restaurant's opening, business was not very good, with more people watching and fewer people eating.

Although He Xiaojun's on-site production is novel enough and can also allow customers to eat hot things, and the price is not expensive, it is not a traditional thing, and it is always not so easy to accept.

Some people wonder if He Xiaojun's porridge that has only been rolled twice is enough to be hot? Some people wonder if the thing made with "pig in the water" is delicious? Some people even doubt that a young person like He Xiaojun will be able to make food?

After the restaurant opened, except for the garrison who ate dozens of bowls of porridge and noodles, until noon that day, he didn't sell anything more, and the big bull next to him who didn't see the situation was right, after asking He Xiaojun if this business was going to work N times, he didn't bother to ask again, and sat in a corner and took the opportunity to make up for the sleep he hadn't slept in the past two days.

This continued until the evening, when a few of the coolies at the docks finished their work and came to ask for the price of the side dishes that were being delivered.

In that era when there were no refrigerators, how could things such as "pigs in the water" be kept overnight? Therefore, He Xiaojun simply made a favor and said to the coolies: Today's stall is new, and you are the first customer to patronize the appetizer business, and you are invited to eat for free today.

He Xiaojun's free solicitation made several coolies suspicious of this pie falling from the sky. In this world, is there really a free dinner? A few coolies estimated that the young owner of the restaurant must be playing tricks on them, so they hesitated for a moment to decide whether to eat here or not.

However, after hesitating for a while, it may be that there are many people on his side, and there is nothing on his body that can deceive people, so he hugged the barefoot one who was not afraid to wear shoes, sat down, and saw what tricks He Xiaojun, the boss, had.

He Xiaojun served tea to several coolies, and at the same time woke up the big cow who was still dozing off, and asked him to knock the tail of the stone snail.

After a while, the stove that made He Xiaojun open the seal turned red, and then, the aroma of breaking the news head wafted into the entire street with the wind. After another minute or so, a plate of stir-fried pork offal was placed in front of several coolies.

After carefully looking at the fragrant appetizer in front of him, and finding nothing strange, several coolies were stunned, unable to believe that pies had really fallen from the sky, and asked He Xiaojun questioningly: "Boss, are you really giving us this dish?" ”

"Yes, there's also a plate of fried snails, and I'll be up soon." After He Xiaojun finished speaking, he turned around and went back to work.

After a few coolies looked at each other suspiciously, they wondered if there was something wrong with the food and it had deteriorated, otherwise, how could there be such a good thing?

After a moment's hesitation, one of the coolies finally grabbed a piece of pork offal to verify that the food in front of them was as they thought.

After sniffing the piece of food, there was no peculiar smell, and the coolie carefully took a small bite and tasted it.

At this taste, the coolie was stunned, not only did the food not spoil, but it still tasted good.

After listening to the words of the tasting coolie, the coolies were even more suspicious, wondering why this boss was so kind to invite them to eat such good things for free?

Although, the boss had already said that they were the first customers, so they were invited to eat, but they had never said that there was such a good thing.

Seeing that the other party did not do anything with the food, several coolies did not dare to touch the dish for a while, for fear of the other party's trap.

After a while, after He Xiaojun brought a plate of fried snails, he saw those people sitting there, and the dish he served just now didn't move, so he couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly asked, "Big brothers, what's wrong, isn't this dish done?" ”

"No, it's not that the food can't work, it's because we don't understand why the boss sent us food to eat."

"Didn't I just say that? It's new today, and you're the first guest, so I'll invite you to try my craft. ”

"But we've never heard of such a rule."

Alas, people at that time were really the same thing, and weren't the rules set by people? If you are the boss, of course, you have the right to set the rules, but who knows that when you invite someone to eat, you have to explain a lot.

"Brothers, in the future, I will do business here, and I will be neighbors with you, and I will treat you to food, just as I will make friends with you, and please take care of me in the future, this is okay?"

Seeing a few coolies and still suspicious, He Xiaojun was depressed, why is it so difficult to invite someone to eat? He almost wanted to bring back the two free dishes, so as not to be thankless.

Later, after seeing a bottle of wine brought by a few coolies, He Xiaojun had an idea and said to a few coolies: "Brother of a few people, it's better to be like this, I invite you to eat, you invite me to drink, how about we make friends?" ”

The people who do coolies are crisp people, and the reason why they don't dare to eat He Xiaojun's dishes is because they have never heard of such a precedent, and they are afraid of being played. Now, since the other party proposed that they serve the wine, they thought it was fair and immediately agreed.

Just when He Xiaojun greeted Da Niu and was about to sit down for a drink with a few coolies, his first real business came.