allonlinenovel Chapter 184 Breakfast Stall
Chapter 184 Breakfast Stall
The next day, Gu Youhui returned to the bedroom on the third floor at around nine o'clock in the evening and handed a bunch of keys to Lin Wei. "Uncle, this is the key to the restaurant. You can use the stove and tableware in the kitchen as you like. You can also use the tricycle parked in the yard. It will be much easier to use the tricycle to carry food and other things."
"it is good."
Lin Wei took the key and told him to wash up quickly and go to bed early after a busy day. He also had to go to bed early as he had to get up in the middle of the night to set up the stall.
When I woke up again, it was already four o'clock in the middle of the night.
He quietly came down from the third floor. He Caiyun had already moved all the ingredients bought yesterday afternoon outside the door.
This is an era full of opportunities. As long as you are diligent and willing to endure hardships, you will not be afraid of not making money in the city.
Seeing that He Caiyun had prepared a shoulder pole, Lin Wei said, "Youhui, lend us his tricycle. We can use it to transport the ingredients."
"He gave the tricycle to us, but what about himself?" He Caiyun was worried that Gu Youhui was lending his tricycle to Lin Shu and Gu Jiu just for their sake.
It would be bad if anything happened and he was delayed.
He Caiyun didn't want the Gu family to think that they came to the provincial capital just to beg for money from poor relatives.
Lin Wei pushed the tricycle to the door and asked He Caiyun to load the food into the truck bed. "I asked him and he said that he hadn't set up a stall recently, so he lent us the tricycle temporarily so that it wouldn't delay anything."
Loading, transporting, opening the door, and starting to wash vegetables.
By the time all the breakfast dishes were cooked and all the side dishes were cut, the sky outside was just getting light.
Lin Wei and He Caiyun began to move out tables and chairs, and also moved out several stoves and pots for hot noodles.
After working for more than an hour, I filled my stomach while there were no customers.
In this way, the first breakfast from Gu’s breakfast stall went into the stomachs of the couple.
"Boss, do you think there will be business today? Are these people from the provincial capital willing to come out for breakfast?" After the two of them had their fill and looked at the deserted streets, He Caiyun began to worry.
In those days, a steamed bun cost five cents each and a steamed bun cost two cents each. Although food coupons were required for eating in state-owned restaurants, a bowl of flour with added filling cost fifteen cents.
Comparing the two, she thinks steamed buns are more cost-effective.
May I know that the steamed buns in state-owned restaurants are all the same size as your face, and people with small appetites can be full with just one bun.
Lin Wei glanced at the sign next to the stall. On it was written the price of each noodle dish, so he could clearly see the price.
"My prices are set there, and those who are willing to spend will naturally come to order food. Don't worry, there are many rich people in the provincial capital. Don't look at city people with our rural eyes."
He Caiyun nodded, "You're right. City people have their own spending habits. Unlike us country people, when we spend money on a bowl of noodles, the first thing we think about is not whether the noodles are delicious. Instead, we first calculate in our minds how long we can eat the food with the price of this bowl of noodles."
"Okay, since there are no customers yet, you can get some water and sprinkle it on the ground to prevent too much dust."
Lin Wei didn't expect to make as much money as Gu Youhui by setting up the stall this time, but he must give it a try and try to make back the loss of taking leave by going to the provincial capital.
If setting up a stall is successful, she will quit her job as a temporary worker at the power supply station and come to the provincial capital to develop her career.
Thinking of this, Lin Wei straightened his clothes and saw that there were already people walking on the street. They should be some people who got up early and went out to buy breakfast.
On a street lined with red bricks, black tiles and large slogans, a row of tables and chairs suddenly appeared, which still attracted people's attention.
"Hey, isn't this a self-employed restaurant? Why is it serving breakfast now?"
Grandpa Gao, who lives in the residential area behind, has lost his wife and his son and daughter are working in other places. He receives a pension every month, and his children also give him some subsidies during the holidays.
It can be said that his life in his later years was quite satisfactory except that there was no one to cook for him.
The only downside is probably that there is no one to help with cooking at regular times every day.
In this day and age, it is not very convenient for a single old man like him to find a nanny to take care of him, as he is afraid of gossip.
Lin Wei saw someone looking at his stall and took the initiative to greet him: "Comrade, would you like to have breakfast?"
Mr. Gao had originally wanted to go exercise first, but he stopped after hearing what he said, looked around at his breakfast stand, and walked to the stove: "What's for breakfast?"
Lin Wei smiled and introduced the breakfast served at his stall today, "Comrade, do you like spicy food or not?"
“The most important thing is that it tastes good. I can adapt to whether it’s spicy or not.” Grandpa Gao saw the meat and small intestines that had just been fried in the pot. He smelled the fragrance and felt that his stomach was empty after a night of digestion.
Lin Wei introduced: "Today we serve boiled meat noodles, stir-fried pepper meat noodles, stir-fried pepper small intestine noodles, or half small intestine and half lean meat, which we call half intestine and half lean meat noodles. We also have rice tofu and pig blood."
Grandpa Gao looked at the processed pig blood and nodded, "Pig blood is good, it cleanses the intestines and stomach. Boss, can I cook half intestine and half lean meat and add a spoonful of pig blood?"
"Sure, half intestines and half lean meat, 15 cents a bowl. If you add pig blood, you'll be charged an extra 2 cents."
Grandpa Gao nodded and asked him to cook a bowl for him.
He Caiyun saw Grandpa Gao find a table and sit down, wiped his hands and wanted to help pour a cup of tea.
Grandpa Gao waved his hand and said he could do the job of pouring water himself.
He touched the teapot on the table and found the water inside was hot, which made him feel more satisfied with this breakfast stall.
Not long after, Lin Wei brought up a bowl of rice noodles with a lot of small intestines and lean meat. "Comrade, there are pickles on the table. If you like them, you can use a small plate to pick some up and eat them."
"Thank you."
The small intestine and lean meat are fried with green and red peppers, and the aroma is rich, probably because of the soybean oil. Add the smooth and chewy rice noodles, and the taste is so tempting that one or two bites will whet your appetite.
"Your powder tastes good."
Lin Wei was very happy to hear this, "Thank you, it's great that it suits your taste. Please come often in the future."
Grandpa Gao nodded and said, "I'll come back next time to try your other two noodles. You two should be husband and wife, right?"
Lin Wei: “Yes.”
"In addition to noodles, state-owned restaurants also have fried dough sticks, soy milk, buns and steamed buns. Compared with them, your breakfast variety is a bit too monotonous. Why don't you think of adding a few more?" Grandpa Gao was really confused about this.
Lin Wei smiled helplessly and said, "We would like to make more dishes to cater to every customer, but it's just the two of us, and we can't handle too many dishes."
Just like Lin Shu said, as long as they prepare these breakfast items well, they can still retain diners.
The provincial capital is so big that if they can retain some of the diners, they will have made their business successful. They can't be too greedy and try to win over all the diners in the provincial capital.
As they were chatting, several more guests arrived. He Caiyun invited them to order their food and sit down at a table, while Lin Wei hurriedly boiled the noodles and seasoned them.
After Grandpa Gao finished his meal and paid the bill, he patted his full stomach. It seemed that he would not be able to exercise today, so he could only schedule his exercise for the afternoon.
Liu Xiao'e was thinking about Lin Wei's breakfast stall today. After Lin Shu got up and had breakfast, and took care of the two babies after giving them a bath, she said something to Lin Shu and asked Gu Jiu to ride his bike to take her to the entrance of the restaurant.
"Brother Jiu, is business in the provincial capital so good?"
At the stall in front of the restaurant, five or six tables were occupied, some with one or two people, and some with three or four.
Lin Wei was busy cooking breakfast for the diners, while He Caiyun was busy cleaning up the dishes and wiping the table, while also collecting money and making change.
Gu Jiu was also a little shocked. He didn't expect that Lin Wei's breakfast business would be so good on the first day of the stall. "It's easy to do. Big brother's breakfast business is so good. It must be that the breakfast they cook suits everyone's appetite."
He Caiyun saw them coming and asked with a smile: "Mom, Jiu Ge'er, why are you here? Have you had breakfast?"
Liu Xiao'e rolled up her sleeves and said, "We've eaten, don't worry about it. Is there anything I can help with?"
He Caiyun's face lit up: "Mom, please help me clean the table. I used a lot of bowls. I'm afraid there won't be any bowls for breakfast later. I'll go wash the bowls first."
Gu Jiu nodded to He Caiyun and walked to the stall. Lin Wei wanted to ask the customer what he wanted to eat, but when he looked up, he saw that it was Gu Jiu, and asked in surprise: "Jiu Ge'er, why are you here? Aren't you at home taking care of the baby?"
"Mom was worried about you guys, so she asked me to bring her here." Gu Jiu glanced at the stall where many customers were sitting and said with a smile, "Brother, business is good?"
"Not bad. Today's business also surprised me." Lin Wei was busy while laughing, "Brother Jiu, do you think today's business is a success?"
"Let's try it out for half a month. If it can remain stable, this business can be considered a success."
After half a month, we can still retain some old customers. This breakfast business is recognized by everyone.
Lin Wei smiled and nodded: "It seems that I can't be proud yet. I have to work harder and make this breakfast stall well."
After staying at the entrance of the restaurant for half an hour and seeing that there were three people busy with the breakfast business, Gu Jiu rode his bike back home first.
As soon as I entered the compound, a woman stopped me.
Gu Jiu frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with the woman who blocked his way.
Zhou Xinyue also frowned slightly: "Gu Jiu, what's with that expression? I just stopped you and wanted to ask you a few questions. Is it necessary to be so impatient?"
Gu Jiu glanced at her and said, "What on earth is stopping me? Just tell me."
Zhou Xinyue heard his impatient tone and didn't dare to argue anymore. She asked directly, "I heard that your wife gave birth? And she gave birth to a pair of boys and girls?"
Gu Jiu thought of the twins at home, his eyes twinkled, "Yes, Dabao is a son, and Erbao is a daughter."
"What a lucky country girl!" Zhou Xinyue muttered, with an expression of obvious resentment on her face.
Gu Jiu warned: "What's the matter with the village girl? She is my wife. Please be careful with your words."
Zhou Xinyue didn't take his warning seriously and waved her hands, saying, "Okay, okay, she's your wife. I don't mean anything else. I just feel lucky that she's so lucky. A country girl married a man like you who's so reckless, and she even gave birth to twins for you."
After hearing her words, Gu Jiu was not convinced, "Hey, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by me being a frivolous man?"
He is a grown man who is not only handsome, but also a family man who loves his wife and children. What's wrong with that?
"You can figure out what I mean by that." Zhou Xinyue took out a pair of small bracelets from her bag and stuffed them into Gu Jiu's hands. "This is a gift for your twins. Please pass it to the babies for me. I won't go to your house, so as not to irritate your village girl and make her think I want to snatch you away."
Gu Jiu: “…”
I don't understand what this woman means?
Last time he had a tit-for-tat with Lin Shu, and today he came to give gifts to the baby again. Now, even he was a little confused about what kind of medicine Zhou Xinyue was selling.
Zhou Xinyue didn't care what he was thinking and waved her hand: "Brother Jiu, go back quickly, lest the village girl get jealous again."
Gu Jiu looked at the woman, then looked at the small silver bracelet that was forced into her hand, and rubbed her forehead with a headache. What was going on?
"Gu Jiu!"
At the gate of the compound, the security guard was standing at the door calling him.
"Uncle Li, what do you want me to do?" Gu Jiu had no choice but to push his bicycle back.
"There's a letter for you in the message room. Come in, sign it and take the letter back." Uncle Li pointed to the message room at the door.
Gu Jiu parked his bicycle, wondering who wrote to him, and followed Uncle Li into the message room.
Uncle Li took out a stack of letters, found Gu Jiu's letter, asked him to sign in the receipt book, and then gave him the letter.
"Gu family boy, I heard that your lover gave birth to twins?"
"Yes, Uncle Li, a pair of twins, a boy and a girl."
"Tsk tsk tsk, what kind of luck do you have, Gu family? You even gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Your wife is really amazing." Uncle Li gave a thumbs up.
In this era, childbirth was basically based on natural conception, and the probability of having twins was extremely low, unlike in later generations when artificial conception was used, where twins and multiple births were common.
Everyone knows that if a daughter-in-law in a family gives birth to twins or more, everyone will talk about it with relish and marvel at her fertility.
Gu Jiu boasted, "Uncle Li, my Shushu is amazing, and I am also amazing, right?"
Otherwise, how could it be possible to successfully sow two seeds at one time.
Uncle Li smiled and patted him, "Yes, you are awesome, keep up the good work, and you may have twins next time!"
Gu Jiu didn't dare to respond. Who knows what the result will be next time? He didn't dare to make big promises.
Uncle Li looked at the boy who ran away pushing his bicycle, smiled and shook his head, then checked again to see which letters had not been delivered to the recipients.
When you get off work later, be sure to pay attention to who is coming in the door and deliver the letter as soon as possible.
Gu Jiu returned home.
"Shushu, I received a letter from my hometown. I don't know who sent it."
"Bring it to me and see."
Lin Shu took the letter and looked at the sender. It was Li Xiu. "Li Xiu is the name of my second aunt."
The letter was sent to Gu Jiu. It goes without saying that it was sent to her, and Gu Jiu was just receiving it on her behalf.
Lin Shu was just curious. If Li Xiu wanted to talk to her about something, why didn't she let Liu Xiao'e bring the letter over, but had to make it so complicated by writing a letter and sending it to her.
Gu Jiu guessed: "It takes about ten days to half a month to send a letter from a town to the provincial capital. Second Aunt must have sent the letter first before she knew that Mom and the others were coming to the provincial capital."
Lin Shu was very curious about what Li Xiu wanted to talk to her about, so she opened the envelope and took out the letter inside. The handwriting was crooked and ugly, and the sentences were not very fluent.
To sum up, the general idea is to tell the story of how difficult it was for Lin Mei to get pregnant, and then she suffered a miscarriage due to the bullying of her in-laws, and lost the baby.
Gu Jiu asked: "What's the matter with Second Aunt writing to me?"
Lin Shu handed him the letter. "The letter said that Lin Mei had a miscarriage and wanted to come to the provincial capital to relax because she was depressed. If you wanted to come here to relax, why didn't you come with my mother?"