Chapter 32: Coming out
At dawn, the sky had just turned white, and the air was still cool in the mid-autumn morning.
"Bang... Bang... Bang... Pudu sentient beings, save suffering, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas! The time has come, the sky is about to dawn, and the sky is sunny today! ”
Wang Ran, who was meditating on the bed, opened his eyes when he heard the sound of Toutuo announcing the dawn on the street, got out of bed and stretched his body, and then began to box.
That day in Qingcheng County, Li Shun heard that he wanted to go to Chengdu Mansion to take revenge, so he taught him a method of breathing and breathing and a set of boxing techniques, so that he could practice more when he had time to improve his ability to protect himself. Since then, he has been getting up every day to meditate and vomit for half an hour, and then get out of bed and punch for two quarters of an hour, and then go to wash.
Day by day, he found that not only did he punch well, but he also jumped higher and higher. With his height of five feet and six inches, he could originally jump up and touch eight feet, which is not low, but now he can touch nearly nine feet, thinking of the one-foot-high wall of the Yamen of the Bomai Division, Wang Ran's eyes flashed with eagerness.
Closing his fists and calming his breath, Wang Ran opened the door with a slight sweat, saw that the sun had slowly risen in the sky, and then walked into the hospital to fetch water and wash.
After the incident, I came to the teahouse in front of the hospital, and I was startled as soon as I entered the store, only to see that Lin Jiuniang was already sitting in the store, and Wang Daju was also yawning behind the counter, why are these two people so early today?
Although the people in the countryside generally work at sunrise and rest at sunset, but this era is not the case with the people in the city, there is no curfew in this dynasty, so the night market in the city is prosperous, and even in the early hours of the morning, there are still people playing in the streets, because most of the people in the city also sleep very late, and get up late.
Especially in this comfortable and leisurely Jinguan City, there are many people who are still asleep after noon, so the shops in this city are also open late, especially in the sub-city, except for the food shops, most of the other shops will not open until Chenzheng.
Wang Ran is used to going to bed early and getting up early in the mountains, and he is not used to this kind of work and rest, so he still gets up early every day, and then goes to the store to sweep the floor and wipe the table.
Lin Jiuniang and Wang Daju only started at the beginning of Chen on weekdays, but today they are already sitting here before Mao Zheng, Wang Ran understood the reason after a little thought, and couldn't help but smile in his heart.
Wang Ran said hello to Wang Daju and Lin Jiuniang, and was about to go to fetch water to wipe the table and sweep the floor, but Lin Jiuniang suddenly asked: "Little Wang Qi, you said that our new tea came out today, can we become famous in one fell swoop?" There was unconcealed tension on his face.
Wang Ran smiled and said with relief: "It's a matter of people, even if you can't succeed today, you can always accumulate word of mouth slowly, and our tea fragrance is not afraid of deep alleys." ”
"Yes, not to mention that this alley is not deep at all, it is still a first-class prosperous area in this city, there are always those who can discern pearls, let's wait for it, it is not beautiful to be too anxious." Lin Jiuniang, who had been tense for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Xiao Wang Qi is really good at talking, you can get busy first, and my sister will make you a morning meal." ”
Wang Ran cleaned up the inside and outside of the store, went to the well on the next street to transfer two loads of water, and after using the morning food, he took out the tea that had been fried yesterday afternoon from the back room and put it behind the counter.
Wang Ran stood at the door of the store and waited, and Lin Jiuniang also sat behind the counter, staring intently at the street while waking up the sleepy Wang Daju.
Wang Ran's heart was actually a little nervous, after all, this was the first time that the tea made by the roasted tea method had officially come out, and he naturally hoped that this tea would be a blockbuster and live up to the hard work of his master Wang Zhichuan.
After waiting like this for nearly an hour, no one entered the store to patronize, so that Wang Ran and Lin Jiuniang, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, couldn't help but be a little frustrated.
Wang Ran's eyes lit up, and he slapped his hands and spat out: "I see!" ”
Lin Jiuniang was startled and wondered, "What's wrong?" Xiao Wang Qi, are you enlightened? ”
Wang Ran smiled embarrassedly, and then explained: "I found the reason why no one came to drink tea." ”
"Why?"
"Because no one patronizes our store, we have good tea, and the pedestrians on the street don't know." Wang Ran said.
Lin Jiuniang suddenly said: "Yes, only we know what is the use, we have to let others know." ”
The two of them were nervous, and they forgot about the situation of this tea shop, Wang Daju on the side rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, You two have finally reacted.
Wang Ran looked down the street and saw an endless stream of pedestrians, so he said to Lin Jiuniang: "Sister Jiuniang, I'll go to the street to pick up some guests." ”
"Okay" Lin Jiuniang hurriedly said, and then gritted her teeth and ordered: "You just said that our tea shop doesn't charge money today, please drink tea for nothing!" ”
"Okay." Wang Ran should leave the store.
Wang Ran stood on the street and looked left and right, looking for a target. The first way to open the door to welcome customers: there is a target, you can't find the target customer, and the business will be difficult to do, which is what Su Daya taught Wang Ran.
Wang Ran thought for a moment, first of all, the passers-by who were in a hurry must be in a hurry, and it was not appropriate to pull them hard; Secondly, women and little ladies wearing skirts and deep clothes are not good targets, they often prefer sweet drinks, flower teas and the like, and most of the sweet and astringent tea leaves are not to their taste; Again, it is not suitable for the commoners wearing short brown cloth shirts, although most of them must like to drink tea, and Wang Ran does not care about inviting them to drink, but now the focus is to spread the reputation of this new tea, these people have too little influence, and they know that tea is good, and they cannot encourage others to come; Therefore, Wang Ran targeted two types of people, well-dressed squires and nobles and elegantly dressed literati.
But Wang Ran didn't see these two types of people passing by in front of the store for a long time, and he was helpless to see them, when he suddenly saw a man in a round-necked shirt walking over from afar, although the appearance was simple, but it seemed that he should be a Confucian student, and he could barely reach the rank of a scholar, so he hurried to meet him.
"Hello official, I am Wang Qi of the Wang Family Teahouse." Wang Ran first said hello, and then saw that the man stopped and looked at himself, his face was very gentle, Wang Ran raised his hand and pointed to the teahouse and said with a smile: "There is a new tea coming out in the small shop today, and I want to invite an elegant person like an official to taste one or two, and no penny will be charged, can the official appreciate the face?" ”
The Confucian suddenly had some restraint on his face, bowed his hand back, and then said with a straight face: "Congratulations." ”
"Thank you, the official is polite." Wang Ran replied, worthy of being a scholar, it seems to be a good temper, Wang Ran had to inch in, and directly took it to the teahouse, the man seemed to be not good at refusing, so he had to follow Wang Ran into the store step by step.
Lin Jiuniang saw that someone finally came to patronize, so she hurriedly stood up and said with a pleasant face: "The official is fine, please sit down and try the new tea in the shop." ”
The man seemed to be more and more restrained, and he also bowed to Lin Jiuniang and said, "A certain gong... Congratulations. ”
Lin Jiuniang was also stunned, so she had to reply: "Thank you, thank you, the official is polite, please take a seat." ”
Wang Ran took the tea and saw that the man's face was suddenly flushed, and he didn't seem to be standing or sitting, so he asked, "What's wrong with the official?" Do you want to clean your hands? ”
The man's face was even more embarrassed, and he opened his mouth for a long time before he spoke: "No... No... No, so-and-so is saying... Say something called... Called Gong... Gong... Enjoy. ”
Wang Ran and Lin Jiuniang suddenly realized that this person had a stutter, and he didn't want to congratulate us on the advent of our new tea, but to say that his name was Gong Xi, Wang Ran was happy, and Lin Jiuniang couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood the meaning of the official, don't blame me." Lin Jiuniang said embarrassedly.
Gong Xi breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and signaled that it was okay, as if he had long been accustomed to such a situation, and then sat down unhurriedly.
Wang Ran hurriedly poured a bowl of tea for Gong Xi and said, "Official, please." ”
Gong Xi thanked Wang Ran, looked down at the tea bowl, with a hint of surprise on his face, and then carefully picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, he couldn't help but close his eyes and enjoy his face, and blurted out after a while: "It's really good tea!" ”
Wang Ran and Lin Jiuniang glanced at each other, their faces were full of joy, they could make a stammering and not stammering, is this tea not popular?
"Xie Guanren approves, officials please use it slowly." Since this person was stammering, Wang Ran couldn't talk to anyone anymore, so he put down the teapot and went out to continue to solicit customers.