"Three hundred? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!" Shi Songhong thought Zhan Aiping was crazy. Who would bargain like that? Her bottom line was one thousand.
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "I will only accept three hundred. If you don't agree, there is nothing I can do."
Zhan Aiping herself was not very interested in taking over Shi Songhong's Aiping Private Kitchen, she just thought the name was an eyesore and wanted to change it. Of course, if Shi Songhong sold it to someone else, the name would still have to be changed, so it wouldn't delay anything.
"I have something to do and I'm leaving." Zhan Aiping acted as if she was too lazy to talk to her any more. It seemed that she was totally uninterested in the huge Aiping Private Kitchen.
Shi Songhong watched her receding back, her heart bleeding. Such a large tiled house was definitely going to fall into her hands. What would she do if she couldn't move out
In her heart, she cursed the teachers she worked with, calling them all sons of bitches. Once they were about to break up, they would grab things faster than anyone else. She quickly moved all the valuable refrigerators and tables to her home, for fear that she would be taken advantage of.
Shi Songhong's idea at that time was to transfer the entire restaurant to the next person, including the valuable sets of tables, chairs, benches, freezers, etc. The person who took over would then hire a few chefs and start running the business. In this way, the entire set could be sold at a good price.
So Shi Songhong persuaded other teachers to return the electrical appliances.
Bah! But no one listened to her. Who would be willing to spit out something that had already been swallowed
These people said something very nice: "We don't want any sublease fee, we just take our own and leave. Teacher Shi, you said you can sublease it for a high price, so the lease of this house will be left to you, and we don't want the money."
"I paid for this refrigerator before, so I moved it back!"
“This is my share of the purchase…”
The entire store was emptied, and they handed the lease to Shi Songhong. Now Shi Songhong is alone and can't afford to continue running the restaurant. She is reluctant to invest money, so she can only choose to sublet it to others and earn a sublease fee.
This was a huge hot potato for her. She had to pay rent for the vacant space every month, which made Shi Songhong so anxious that she got several big blisters at the corners of her mouth.
She approached many people, but no one was willing to sublet her house.
"Such a big house, but it's empty inside. How much more money do we need to invest to open it?"
"There's no need for me to open a small restaurant here."
"There's nothing in it, just an empty house, why don't I just rent a normal one."
Nowadays, houses and land are not worth much. Land is only a few yuan per square meter. What are valuable are the buildings on them, the steel bars and concrete, and various furniture and appliances. Only brand new buildings are valuable. A tiled house on such a large piece of land is not valuable.
Shi Songhong found a few more people, but no one was willing to take over. Even if there were some who were willing, they backed out when they saw the empty space.
"It doesn't look like a restaurant, it looks more like a warehouse... Never mind."
Finally, Shi Songhong had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to Zhan Aiping. "I promised you three hundred yuan. Do you want to take it?"
Zhan Aiping stopped bargaining and said with a smile, "Then take it."
The two of them went through the formalities, and Shi Songhong transferred the lease of the house to her. After signing, Shi Songhong breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting rid of this hot potato.
Shi Songhong said: "Are you planning to continue to run a restaurant? I can introduce a few chefs to you."
Zhan Aiping said: "No need, I will find a chef myself."
Shi Songhong thought to herself with amusement, are you really going to open a restaurant? After Zhan Aiping opened the restaurant, she realized that opening a restaurant is much more troublesome than opening an oil tea house. The skilled chefs are all from the ancestors, and food coupons and meat coupons are not so easy to get. Various procedures need to be handled.
Zhan Aiping took over "Aiping Private Kitchen". The first thing she did was to remove the signboard, which looked an eyesore. Then she hired someone to renovate the house. Although the house did not need to be renovated, it would be better to repaint the exterior walls.
Shi Songhong spread the word about Zhan Aiping's acceptance of Aiping Private Kitchen everywhere. She was waiting to see Zhan Aiping's fun. Although Zhan Aiping could run a tea house well, she might not be able to run a restaurant well and might even lose money.
Of course, if Zhan Aiping managed the business well, Shi Songhong would wait to see the fun of those teachers and then scold them: "You see, it was you losers who wanted to break up the business, which caused me to transfer 300 yuan to Zhan Aiping..."
When they saw Zhan Aiping made a fortune by running a restaurant, they were so jealous that their eyes bled.
"Xiao Zhan, Teacher Shi said you want to open a restaurant now?"
"You took over their store?"
“You have so many stores?”
Shi Songhong's publicity let people nearby know that it was Zhan Aiping who took over the restaurant. Several chefs took the initiative to find Zhan Aiping, one of whom was named He Dali and the other was named Gu Youcai.
He Dali said to Zhan Aiping: "I used to work in Aiping Restaurant. They all know my skills. You have heard of it, right? It was because of those teachers who were more critical of me that I was forced to leave. In fact, I really wanted to stay in Aiping Restaurant..."
Gu Youcai: "I have feelings for this restaurant. If you want me to come back, I am willing. I used to like drinking your oil tea. Now that you, Doctor Zhan, have taken over the restaurant, I want to continue working here..."
Zhan Aiping smiled and refused: "I have already found a chef, and he is currently in training, so I don't need you chefs for the time being."
He Dali: "?!! You really don't want it? Who else's cooking skills are better than mine? Where did you find a new chef?"
Gu Youcai: "Doctor Zhan, the most important thing for running a restaurant is the chef's skills. Only if the food is good enough can you have repeat customers..."
Zhan Aiping sent the two of them away. Although these two chefs had skills, they did not really want to work in Aiping's restaurant. They just wanted to raise their own value by jumping from one restaurant to another, earning a few hundred more dollars a month.
Some chefs ask for a very high price, one or two thousand yuan a month, and they will never starve no matter where they go.
Moreover, they had a secret intention. The two of them wanted to steal the skills. The woman surnamed Zhan has always been a person with her own ideas. Her cola chicken wings and cola potatoes were very popular before.
Now that Zhan Aiping has opened a new store, she will definitely come up with some new things. They can come and learn from her and then be poached by others at a high price, thus killing two birds with one stone.
Zhan Aiping doesn't need these chefs who jump from one store to another. She didn't plan to open an ordinary restaurant. She planned to open an affordable grilled fish restaurant, selling grilled fish, beer fish, pickled fish and other special fish dishes, as well as strong-flavored foods such as malatang, barbecued fish and fried fish, and also sells beverages such as ice beer, cold tea, cola and so on... The whole store is dominated by the heavy taste of "spicy".
If the main business is grilled fish, then the chef is actually not very important. What is important is the person who knows how to grill fish and the recipe of the grilled fish sauce.
Zhan Aiping's son Gu Chen studies fish farming. Lu Cheng and Gu Yuan often go fishing. The three of them get to know many old men who have made a living by fishing on the river for generations, as well as the old men's "sons".
Among them, there were two people who were very good at grilling fish, one was called Sun Qiliang and the other was called He Ping.
The two were very confused: "We only know how to grill fish, we don't know how to do anything too complicated..."
Zhan Aiping said: "I heard that the fish you grilled with only salt are very delicious."
Sun Qiliang said modestly: "No matter how delicious it is... it will become bland if you eat too much."
Zhan Aiping said: "I have a secret sauce."
Zhan Aiping has researched many kinds of grilled fish seasonings. She has been a Chinese medicine practitioner for many years, and many of her spices are actually Chinese medicines. Although her cooking skills may not be up to par, it is not difficult for her to mix sauces with various flavors.
Some are mainly sour, some are mainly spicy, and some are mainly cumin. The sour and spicy taste can cover up the fishy smell of fish.
Zhan Aiping pulled Gu Sheng to give the two of them grilled fish training and spicy hot pot barbecue training. Of course, spicy hot pot does not require any technical content. The main delicious thing about spicy hot pot is the soup base and sauce.
Zhan Aiping would never give the sauce recipe to anyone else, so no one could learn it even if they wanted to.
Sun Qiliang and He Ping started to work officially after a month of training. They each took in an apprentice, and Zhan Aiping's "Mo Yu" grilled fish restaurant opened.
This Mo Yu Grilled Fish Restaurant has an affordable style and is very plainly decorated, almost without any decoration. The walls outside are painted white, which looks clean and tidy. The same goes for the inside. There is a kitchen, a refrigerator, and cabinets. There is a price list on the wall, and the rest are second-hand tables, chairs, and benches. This is a large tiled house, and after removing the private rooms, there is enough space for dozens of tables.
The table and refrigerator are both recycled second-hand goods, the cost is shockingly low. Apart from not looking very high-end, the appearance is clean and elegant.
Zhan Aiping also made two recipes for cooling herbal tea. She kept the prepared tea in the refrigerator and opened the shop in the evening, enjoying the cool and refreshing taste while eating barbecue.
On the day the grilled fish restaurant opened, there was nothing to drink, so Zhan Aiping asked Wu Qiliang to grill fish at the door. The aroma of the grilled fish wafted in the wind, and many people came following the fragrance.
"This private kitchen has become a grilled fish restaurant? Why is it empty?" Compared with the previous private kitchen, the grilled fish restaurant in front of him was indeed simply decorated, with tables, chairs and benches with peeling paint and cracks, and it was hard to tell at first glance how many times they had been purchased.
"This grilled fish smells delicious. Wow, this smell."
"Let's have a pot of grilled fish and a few bottles of beer!"
The aroma of the grilled fish attracted more than a dozen tables of people. Zhan Aiping also brought her relatives and friends to support the event. They ordered a pot of grilled fish and various barbecues. The grilled fish was large in size and had been cut, with the skin on both sides facing up. The fish scales were roasted to be crispy and spicy, and drizzled with a bright red secret chili sauce.
The grilled fish is in red soup, and there are fried peanuts, pickled radish, cucumber strips, potato slices, shredded radish on the fish... The whole pot of grilled fish looks extremely spicy and delicious.
Gao Jingmei praised the food highly. She didn’t like spicy food before, but now she likes it more and more. It can’t be without spiciness. It feels so refreshing to eat spicy food and drink at the same time.
"Pingping, come, let's drink!"
Gao Jingmei dragged Zhan Aiping to eat grilled fish and drink beer. The scene was particularly generous. She drank and cursed: "Men are just shit. Good sisters, good comrades, come, let's drink!"
Gao Jingmei can really drink. She has had a hard time over the years. She has a strong and upright personality and has suffered a lot of suppression because of her character. How could she not feel wronged
Zhan Aiping smiled and drank with her: "Yeah, men are nothing but shit, come on and drink."
You and I drink a glass, it's so refreshing.
Gu Sheng was taking care of the children, away from the two drunken women. Lu Cheng, Gu Yuan and Gu Chen were drinking herbal tea. These three half-grown children were big eaters, even more than adults. One pot of fish was not enough, they wanted two or even three pots of fish.
Gu Yuan said: "The little brat has bankrupted me. Fortunately, my mother opened a shop to support my brother."
Gu Chen: "It seems like you ate less?"
Lu Cheng never talks nonsense. He eats very quickly by himself. There are three of them at one table, with three pots at one table, and chopsticks flying everywhere.
Gu Yuan felt that she was at a disadvantage. She didn't eat as much as the two reincarnated hungry tigers. She regretted it and said, "If I had known that we would eat three pots, why didn't we each have one pot?"
Lu Cheng and Gu Chen, the two who took advantage, remained silent.
Gu Yuan was about to explode: "You guys are still eating! You guys are still eating! Just leave the fish tail for me!"
Gu Yuan held the bowl and ran to sit at the table with her father and sister. Xiao Mianhua ate slowly, and Gu Sheng also ate slowly. He couldn't possibly snatch the food from his daughter.
Gu Yuan complained, "Dad, my mom and Aunt Gao both gave birth to a cat son. Look at them. They don't even spit out the bones when they eat fish. They just roll the fish meat away with their tongues. How come it doesn't get stuck in their throats?"
Gu Mian said: "Sister, you eat very fast too!"
"Sister, you eat too slowly!"
On the opening day, the grilled fish restaurant was very lively. In the end, there were dozens of tables, and people were drinking, playing rock-paper-scissors, and bragging... It was almost like the roof was about to fall off.
Gao Jingmei finally got herself drunk. She pulled Zhan Aiping and said, "If your man has wronged you, I will help you kill him. I will do it cleanly and neatly, just a click—"
Zhan Aiping was also drunk. She laughed and said, "You don't have to do anything. I will kill him myself."
Gao Jingmei: “?!”
"You may not be able to beat our old Gu." Zhan Aiping patted her shoulder, "I still have to do it myself."
"What era is this? There's still fighting and killing. If he dares to let me down, I will destroy him and make him no longer a man."
Gao Jingmei put her arm around her shoulder and suddenly came to her senses: "Sister, you have a very vicious mind."
Zhan Aiping: "Really? I'm cruel?"
Gao Jingmei: "Your husband is listening right beside you."
Zhan Aiping: “Oh.”
Zhan Aiping turned around and saw Gu Sheng, who had an expressionless face behind her. Her brain froze for a moment. Because she had been drinking, she suddenly couldn't remember what she had just done.
She climbed onto Gu Sheng’s back: “Brother Gu Wu carried me back. I’m sleepy and want to vomit.”
Gao Jingmei slept directly in the grilled fish restaurant. Gu Sheng carried the drunk woman back home, and the children ran away on their bicycles.
Zhan Aiping was a little sobered up by the wind outside. She patted his face and shouted, "You bastard."
Gu Sheng: "... Comrade Zhan, let me remind you that I will write down everything you did and said today in a small notebook. They all know that I, Instructor Gu, hold grudges the most. You should think about it before you act."
The drunkard patted his face and said proudly, "What can you do to me?"
Gu Sheng laughed: "How old are you and still alone?"
The drunkard said happily: "I made a lot of money and sold a lot of fish today. I am so happy..."
"Meimei has bad taste, she doesn't understand the joy of making money, I am now a vulgar person..."
Zhan Aiping, who grew up in a compound, is like Gao Jingmei. She doesn't care much about money, but cares about other things, such as face and reputation. She wants to be the best, not necessarily for the benefits or money, but because she likes the feeling of being looked up to by others.
And now… Comrade Xiao Zhan thinks that money is the most practical thing, and she can make money to buy land!! Maybe Chinese people love to buy land in their bones! Invest in property! Hoard land! She has inquired about it. Since Pengcheng started the land sale mode, other places have also started to sell land. Guicheng also has land to sell. The land is very cheap now, only a few yuan per square meter. She wants to buy land and build a house!!!
She also wants to buy a courtyard house.
When she gets older, she dreams of owning houses all over the country. If she wants to go on vacation to the beach in winter, she can go to the beach to spend the winter. If she wants to go to the Northeast to experience ice lanterns and ice sculptures, she can go to the Northeast... When Gu Sheng retires, they will stay in many places.
Zhan Aiping fell asleep with a sweet dream. The next day, she had a headache due to a hangover. Gu Sheng made her a hangover soup and helped her wipe her body. Zhan Aiping clung to him and murmured, "Meimei, I really married a considerate and good wife."
Gu Sheng: "...Are you still drunk?"
"In the next life, I will be the man and you will be the woman, and I will make money to support you."
Gu Sheng laughed: "You should make money to support me now, Pingping, I want a car."
What man doesn't love cars? Even if you can't drive, buying a car and putting it at home is a kind of spiritual comfort, and it makes you happy just by looking at it.
Zhan Aiping: “?!”
But they have to buy land and build a house first.
(End of this chapter)