Chapter Seventy-Three: Opening of the Chamber
Finally stayed up to the opening day, not only did Daddy Lin get up early, but also called the two little sisters together, Lin Mei was too busy these two days, and she didn't go back to Lin's house because she didn't care about it, but she asked someone to bring a message to ask Daddy Lin to bring his younger brothers and sisters to join in the fun when he opened.
Lin Mei didn't have many good friends, but she only invited a few of them, Ruojia's hometown, Huang Steward, and Lizheng in the village, Zhao Fuzi, Aunt Tian's family, Gu's family, and the fourth uncle's family to join in popularity.
Daddy Lin and his entourage rushed to the town early in the morning, only to see that the gate of Baiwei Building was open, with gold and red couplets hanging on both sides, and dense red firecrackers hanging high.
Lin Mei was wearing an apricot-yellow beard, her hair was tied directly into a ponytail, refreshing and capable, waiting at the door of the store early according to the appointed hour, seeing that Daddy Lin led Uncle Tian's four aunts, the Gu family, and the fourth uncle's family came together, Lin Mei was very happy, and invited everyone to the store to drink tea and rest.
"Big niece, Haizi didn't trouble you."
Fourth Uncle Lin Quan didn't know where to know a few days ago that Lin Hai was following Lin Mei to learn to cook, and his jaw dropped in shock, and he specially came to the restaurant to confirm the matter. When I knew that the restaurant was opened by Lin Mei in partnership with others, I felt that the five thunders were thundering, and the split hair stood up, but I soon felt that joy fell from the sky, this is the blessing of the ancestors of the Lin family, so that the second brother escaped from death, not to mention, and has to be such a capable daughter.
Seeing that the life of the second brother's family is about to develop, one is happy for the second brother, and the other is that the second brother's family has made it, and he does not forget to bring his nephew to him, and the second brother is sincerely happy. Thinking that the term of the contract he signed with the car dealer was almost two months, the haze was swept away. When the youngest son's errand is stable, the errand of the car dealer will not be done, and it will be the same when he goes home to serve the field.
That's why the fourth uncle asked.
"Fourth uncle, don't worry about it, you can rest assured that Haizi is handed over to me, although he is a little lacking in talent, but he is more diligent and able to endure hardships, and sometimes he gets up in the middle of the night to practice knife work, I am quite satisfied." Lin Mei directly pointed out Lin Hai's advantages and disadvantages, which made Lin Quan feel a little more at ease.
"This kid looks stupid and stupid, not to mention the hardships, he is a banker, that is, people are better than diligence, I run cars outside all the year round, and the fields at home are all managed by his brothers." Lin Quan still understands his second son's temperament very well.
The fourth aunt Wang couldn't listen to it anymore, and directly interrupted him, "Meizi, don't listen to his nonsense, although Haizi looks honest, he is actually dumb and eats rice balls, your fourth uncle can't keep his errand himself, and he doesn't know how to get it?" ”
"What's going on for a while, isn't the fourth uncle doing a good job in the car dealership?" Lin Mei was puzzled.
"Okay, okay, today is a big day, why are you talking about this, eldest niece, you are busy with you, you don't need to greet us, if there is a shortage of manpower, you squeak, we are all here to help, not to have an idle meal." Lin Quan directly interrupted the conversation between the two.
However, Lin Mei was indeed busy, so she said hello to everyone, and went to the back kitchen to check the ingredients that had just been delivered.
Aunt Gu and Aunt Tian were obedient, and spontaneously ran to the back kitchen, and saw that the vegetables that had just been sent were still on the ground, so they directly helped to sort out the vegetables and wash the vegetables.
Lin Mei persuaded for a while to no avail, and simply let the two of them go.
The three helpers invited, one surnamed Zhou; The other two are concubines, sister-in-law's surname is Guan, and brother-in-law's surname is Yao, and the relationship between the two concubines is good. People are also diligent, they are all people who hold their grandchildren, their families live in the town, and their families have a large population.
Lin Mei saw that her hands and feet were clean, and the rice was full of grains, neither dry nor soft, so she was responsible for cooking.
The Lin family had never bought rice before, first, rice was expensive, and there were four or five families when the grain shop collapsed, but there was only one family selling rice in the whole town. There is no indica rice near Taiyuan, so indica rice is the most expensive, 30 wen a catty; Japonica rice is second, new rice costs 22 wen a catty, and old rice is cheap 18 to 15 wen a catty; Brown rice is cheap, but it is not suitable to open a restaurant with brown rice, and finally I entrusted the blessing of Boss Jia, knowing that Taiyuan City is much cheaper, and the new rice is only 15 Wen a catty, and Chen Mi is only 12 Wen to 10 Wen a catty, so he simply asked him to go to buy every month, and help bring 500 catties of Chen Japonica rice from Taiyuan City.
The second is that the surrounding people are accustomed to eating pasta, almost every household eats pasta, and even there are several noodle restaurants in the town.
Lin Mei simply followed the customs of the locals and made second-hand preparations, Aunt Guan was responsible for cooking, and Aunt Yao was responsible for making steamed buns.
Aunt Zhou is responsible for helping the two of them, so after this calculation, the manpower is a little insufficient.
"The owner, someone sent a congratulatory gift, and the ancient shopkeeper asked you to go." Lin Mei thought it was indecent to scream, so she named him "Dexing", and Zou Gouyu was happy, no, Zou Dexing was happy for several days, and he saw that people praised the Dongjia for giving him a good name.
Lin Mei thought it was an acquaintance, but she didn't know any of the five posts. When I was wondering, outside the store, gongs and drums were beating, and it was very lively.
Lin Mei walked out of the door and saw a team of opera troupes playing suona and drums, and two lions were dancing vigorously and performing outside the store, attracting many onlookers.
Luo Sicheng came out of the crowd with great interest, and said triumphantly: "What's the matter, the troupe invited by the young master, isn't it lively?" ”
Lin Mei glanced at him, and Ying Ying smiled and said, "Why did you sneak out today, be careful that your father will come to clean you up later." ”
"No, you can rest assured, I told him, today Yipinlou opened, I am half of the owner, and it is the first time to open a store, he can't be a father in person, even if he can't come in person, he can't stop me from coming." Luo Sicheng said with a grin.
Lin Mei looked at him with a smug face, and really wanted to pull the big ear brackets over, when the preliminary preparations were so busy, there was no one to see, and she was left to work alone.
But I also understood his difficulties, and handed him the big red post in his hand.
"Look, it's not a guest you've invited."
Luo Sicheng took the posts and opened them one by one, looked at them, nodded, and said: "They are all good classmates in the private school, and they are estimated to come over after school at noon. ”
Lin Mei made a straight face, glanced at him with disgust, and said, "Don't invite some indiscriminate gentlemen, you don't have to bring Shanzi to ruin." ”
Luo Sicheng couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "How can it, Sister Meizi, if you don't worry, I'll introduce you to you, this one is Zhang Fugui's, and his family is a gold and silver jewelry shop in the town; This is Ning Tianlei, the young master of the Ning family, his aunt is married to Guo Governor of Taiyuan City, and she has the strongest relationship with me, this one is ......"
"Come on, come on, you just have a number in your heart, the Lin family was originally from a farmer's family, don't let Shanzi be bullied, you can watch it then." Lin Mei waved her hand, the drum outside the door was too loud, and the noisy person had a headache, so he didn't have time to listen to him chanting like a Tang monk.
Lin Mei turned around and asked another guy, Zhao Changhe, to take the gift box to the backyard door and put it in the store to get in the way.
The guests in the store were also attracted by the sound of gongs and drums, Xi'er was afraid that Peaches would be lost, so she firmly remembered the instructions of the eldest sister, and kept holding Peaches' hands tightly and following behind Daddy Lin.