Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 188: Fengnian Restaurant Opens with Good Fortune

After a few words, they closed the shop door, put the sign inside the door, checked the stove and pots, and made sure everything was ready before returning to the backyard.

The next morning, although she no longer had to pull a cart to set up a stall in front of the market, Shen Yu still woke up on time at three o'clock in the morning. She lay on the bed, wanting to sleep a little longer, but she couldn't fall asleep.

He turned over in bed, but couldn't lie there any longer, so he put on his clothes and sat up, but he heard low voices coming from Li's room next door.

Shen Yu guessed that Li and Jiang were also used to getting up early and it would be difficult for them to change in a short time.

She looked at Yutao who was sleeping soundly on the bed next to her, smiled and shook her head, saying that children are better, they are carefree.

After sitting against the head of the bed for a while, Shen Yu thought carefully about what he had to do after opening the store today. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he fell asleep again in a daze.

Shen Yu was woken up by Yu Tao. She sat up suddenly and hurriedly put on her clothes: "Did I get up late? What time is it?"

Yu Tao combed her hair and said with a smile: "Don't panic, sister, it's not too late, it's not too late, it's not dawn yet, Zhou Dalang hasn't come yet."

Shen Yu finally felt relieved. He put on his clothes and went out to see that Li and Jiang were already up.

The lights were on in the kitchen converted from the wing room. The two of them were making dumplings there. The fire in the stove next door had been refueled with charcoal and the water in the pot began to steam.

Li saw Shen Yu coming over and said with a smile: "Yuzhi, you are up now. This stove is really good. Add coal and you don't need someone to look after it. It is clean and convenient."

Shen Yu took the hanging apron, tied it on, washed her hands, and came over to make it.

Li was still making dumplings and said, "I'm discussing with Sister Jiang that from now on, you and Yutao don't have to get up early, and even Zhou Dalang doesn't have to come so early."

Shen Yu was rolling the bun wrappers nearby, and said in confusion: "How can we not get up early? Even though we don't have to set up a stall, we can't sell this meal too late in the morning."

Li said, "Look, we need to set up a stall, load the goods, unload them, light the stove, and then start making dumplings and honey cakes."

"With fewer people, the cart can't pull, and two people can't handle the stalls. But now there is no need to pull the cart to set up the stalls."

"First, using coal to make a fire is fast and labor-saving. I have tried it. In the morning, I just poked the suppressed fire, added some coal, and started to boil water."

"Here you don't need to set up a dough counter. You can start rolling out the dough and making dumplings right after you enter the kitchen. It's much faster than setting up a stall."

Jiang put the wrapped buns into the steamer one by one and then stacked them up layer by layer.

Li continued, "So I thought, you don't have to get up early to make dumplings for breakfast, you can sleep until the end of the morning."

"It's just right that you guys are up and the buns are ready. You two are still growing, so you can't always get up so early."

Jiang also said, "There will be more guests after Chenshi in the morning. It won't hurt if you sleep a little longer. We can rest after we finish this morning's work."

Shen Yu looked at Zhou Dalang and Yutao who were sitting idly beside him. After making a fire with coal, they really had nothing to do at the moment.

Jiang and Li are now very skilled in making dumplings. After the steamer stove was modified, it was labor-saving and fast, so they nodded and agreed: "Let's try it this way first. Thank you for your help tomorrow morning, mother and Aunt Jiang."

Li waved her hand indifferently and said, "You have been busy repairing the store these days, working from morning till night every day."

"Don't get up early in the morning, go to bed early at night, and eat well for every meal. Look, you have lost weight."

Ever since Shen Yu started renovating the shop, he only ate in two or three bites, as long as he wasn't hungry.

In addition, he went to various shops to buy things and ran around all day, rarely having time to sit down and rest. He was indeed a little tired, so he nodded and agreed obediently.

Seeing that the buns were almost done, Shen Yu and Li opened the shop.

Li took out a string of firecrackers that she had bought a few days ago and asked Zhou Dalang to pick them up with a bamboo pole and stand at the door of the shop.

Li put his hands together and bowed to the east, muttering, "May our ancestors bless us, may our wealth flow in, and may we open our business at an auspicious time."

After checking the time, he took the incense and lit the firecrackers.

After a lively "crackling" sound, the ground was covered with red confetti. Li and Jiang each held a pot of evergreen and placed it at the door of the store.

The two pots of flowers and trees are growing lushly with plump leaves. A red hydrangea is tied to the large flowerpot with red silk, and the red and green contrast very vividly.

Shen Yu was surprised and said, "Mom, when did you buy this? I didn't see it."

Li smiled proudly and said, "I asked Sister Liu to buy all of this for me. It was delivered yesterday."

"You are busy setting up the stove and buying ingredients, how can you take care of these things? Mrs. Liu said that all the shops here display this flower tree. Look, this flower is so well-maintained, it brings wealth and festive atmosphere."

After Li finished speaking, she rushed to the backyard like a gust of wind and took out the seeds of wealth that Lu Lang had given her, and placed them on the table at the entrance of the store.

Shen Yu didn't understand any of this. He placed a few pots of red and green flowers and trees and put up a sign at the door, with red confetti all over the ground. There was indeed an atmosphere of a new store with a new look and auspicious opening.

After finishing this, Zhou Dalang set up the winnowing basket stand at the door of the store.

Jiang and Li went to the kitchen, put the steamed buns in a winnowing basket, and carried it to the shelf in front of the store. Before they had time to cover them with a cloth, a customer arrived.

Shen Yu was originally worried that since the store was a bit far away from the market, there would be fewer customers on the first day.

Unexpectedly, the old customer didn't care at all about walking a few steps because the meat buns tasted so good, and the customer was almost the same as usual.

A customer walked around the store while waiting to pack up and asked curiously, "What kind of food do you sell for lunch? I see chicken, fish, and meat skewers on your sign. When do you start selling them?"

Shen Yu smiled and replied, "The market opens at 9:00 pm every day and closes at 10:00 pm."

The guest was pleasantly surprised and said, "That means you can eat whenever you want, and all the food is hot."

Shen Yu nodded: "It's always available. If you're hungry, just come over and eat. You don't have to wait."

The guest took the packaged buns and said, "This is really good. I will come here to eat it at noon today and tell my neighbors about it. Let them try it too."

Shen Yu thanked him and said with a smile, "Today is the first day of opening. Every customer who comes to dine in the store will receive a free skewer of meat. For the first three days, there will be a free skewer if you buy one. Customers can tell their neighbors and come and try it."

The guest was even happier and said, "I will definitely come over at noon."

After the guests left, Li said worriedly, "If we give each person a skewer of meat, we'll have to give away a lot of meat in these three days."

Shen Yu knew that Li was worried about the money, so she said hurriedly, "Mother, when we first opened the store, customers didn't know how the food tasted. If there wasn't some extra money, how could they be willing to come in and try the food?"