After renting the stall, Chen Xing was not in a hurry to open it. Instead, he took advantage of the time to go shopping around the stall. After confirming the size of the stall, he began to think about what to buy.
When Chen Xing originally sold mapo tofu, he only had a wheelbarrow, so the items he sold were limited, but now that he has a fixed stall and can also light a fire, he has a lot more room to operate.
First of all, Chen Xing was going to get some bamboo curtains to cover both sides of the stall, so that it could not only block the wind, but also work when it rained.
Secondly, Chen Xing also needs to get two sets of tables and chairs to put there, which is convenient for customers and also increases the flow of customers.
In the end, Chen Xing also planned to add another item of food, so that customers could choose from more types, and he would get money faster.
Looking at the things he wrote down, Chen Xing sighed silently. He was very glad that the official did not ask him to pay a year's booth fee yesterday, otherwise he would never have the money to buy these things today.
Taking the list, Chen Xing went straight to the carpenter's shop where he bought the wheelbarrow last time, and asked directly how to sell the cheapest tables and chairs here. After all, he himself doesn't know how long this stall can last, and there's no need to sell it too well.
The old carpenter obviously knew him, and after listening to his request, he glanced at him, and then quoted a price that was still low in Chen Xing's estimate.
Chen Xing readily agreed, and then politely asked about the bamboo curtain.
This time the old carpenter did not reply immediately, but looked at him and asked, "What are you going to use it for?"
Chen Xing didn't hide it from him, he told him that he wanted to use the curtain to block the wind, and also euphemistically mentioned that he didn't have much budget.
The old carpenter looked at his worried look, and after thinking for a while, he gave a suggestion, "If you don't care about the appearance, I actually suggest that you use thatch to weave it. It is not only windproof but also waterproof. The most important thing is It’s because the cost of that thing is much higher than that of bamboo curtains, you can save almost two-thirds of the money.”
Chen Xing's eyes lit up immediately, and he responded hastily. He felt that he could not care about the appearance, and the most important thing now was to save a little.
Seeing that Chen Xing agreed, the two signed the contract, and the old carpenter also promised to move the seat Chen Xing wanted to the designated location in three days, and fix the barrier Chen Xing wanted.
After dealing with the carpenter's business, Chen Xing took the remaining money and went to the vegetable market. He wanted to add new food, so he naturally needed more things.
The owner of the tofu stand looked very surprised when he saw him, and asked in disbelief, "Are you okay?"
After Chen Xing found fault with Lai Jiu, he knew that he would not be able to open the stall for a while, so he came here and told the stall owner that he would suspend the supply of tofu.
Hearing this question from the stall owner at this time, Chen Xing was still a little puzzled, "What's wrong with me?"
The stall owner was a little embarrassed, he spoke in a creaking voice, and finally said, "You were too flustered when you came that day, I thought you were entangled by the grieving ghost in that house, so that you had to move to escape .”
Chen Xing looked at the embarrassed man in front of him a little speechlessly. He really couldn't figure out why he, a businessman, had such a big brain. It would be a pity not to compile a book.
However, Chen Xing quickly remembered that he was here to do business. He first explained his request to the stall owner. In addition to the original tofu, he also asked for some more soy milk.
The stall owner didn't ask any more questions after hearing the words. After receiving Chen Xing's deposit, he promised that he would help him deliver the things to Gu's mansion according to the agreed time in a few days.
A few days later, the booth that Chen Xing rented had a completely new look, and he was about to reopen it.
The night before the opening, Chen Xing specially cooked a table of good dishes to celebrate his new beginning with Gu Lang and the others.
Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing who was in high spirits, raised the corners of his lips slightly, raised the teacup in his hand, and said to him, "I wish you a happy business."
Chen Xing returned him with a smirk, and also picked up the tea in hand to clink with him, and thanked him cheerfully.
Gu Lang looked at the silly and cute Chen Xing, his eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything more.
The next day, Chen Xing made mapo tofu in Gu's mansion and a bucket of tofu curd with soy milk before going to his stall.
When he arrived at the stall, Chen Xing first lit a fire to steam the rice, then warmed the easy-to-cool mapo tofu on the fire, found a good place for the tofu curd, and finally took out the special chili oil for dipping.
When the former regular customers were looking for Chen Xing's stall, they first smelled a good smell of rice, then a smell of beans, and finally the unique spicy taste of mapo tofu.
The person who rushed to the front was Mrs. Sheng who hadn't seen him for a long time. When she saw Chen Xing, she yelled loudly: "You little boss, you have been running there recently. My grandson has been thinking about your family's food, but I have been I can't find anyone. I found you today, you should call me more later!"
Chen Xing looked at Mrs. Sheng's vicious look, but the smile on her face did not diminish at all. Looking at her with a good temper, she said, "Okay. Something happened to my family recently, so I didn't open the stall for a few days , sorry!"
Aunt Sheng looked at Chen Xing with a gentle look no matter what she said. Thinking of the gossip she heard a few days ago, she felt a little embarrassed, and looked at Chen Xing's expression with a bit of embarrassment.
Chen Xing saw her embarrassment, but he didn't see it. He knew that Mrs. Sheng had a bad temper, but she was not bad, so he asked her with a smile, "Ms. Sheng, I still want two bowls of mapo tofu today." Is it? I made a new food, do you want to think about it?"
Hearing what Chen Xing said, Aunt Sheng looked at him suspiciously, "What food?"
Chen Xing smiled slightly and opened the wooden barrel of bean curd, and introduced to her: "This is bean curd rice, with a dipping water, suitable for people who don't like spicy food. Because there is no meat, it is cheaper than mapo tofu. A copy costs only five cents."
Aunt Sheng looked at Bai Shengsheng's tender tofu that was different from other places, then looked at Chen Xing's smiling face, hesitated for a moment, and said directly: "Then I want a bean curd rice and a mapo tofu."
"That's great!" Chen Xing took the money from Aunt Sheng, quickly typed two copies for her, and paid her a little more according to her instructions.
After Mrs. Sheng took her own food, more and more guests came later. What Chen Xing didn't expect was that the bean curd rice was more popular than mapo tofu. Most of the people who came chose after hesitation. Ordered bean curd rice. Seeing the rapidly decreasing number of bean curds, Chen Xing began to plan in his mind to prepare more bean curds tomorrow.
When Chen Xing was busy here, a boy was walking around with a piece of canvas at the place where he used to set up a stall, shouting as he walked, "Ma Po tofu has moved to the end of the street. If you want to eat it, you can eat it." Go there!" The boy's voice was so loud that almost everyone passing by could hear his voice.
After the boy yelled a few more times, a woman who was staying next to Grandma Sun gave the boy an annoyed look, then looked at Grandma Sun with a cold face, and said unhappily:
"Grandma Sun, your grandson isn't doing a good job of helping you with business at noon, what are you fussing about? If we lead the business to others, how can we do business!"
Grandma Sun handed the freshly made wontons to the guests, and replied without raising her head: "He originally greeted the guests who wanted to eat there, even if my grandson didn't greet those guests, those guests would not eat other things. How could it take away your business?"
The woman became more and more unhappy when she heard the words, but she knew that although Grandma Sun seemed polite, she was able to bring her grandson here to make a living, so it was obviously not something to be messed with.
So, the woman rolled her eyes and said loudly on purpose: "That day, the officials invited you and that brother, but that brother is kicked out of this street now. Could it be because of what you did? That's why the official punished you?"
Her words immediately attracted the eyes of the troublemakers around, and they all looked at Grandma Sun, wanting to know if what she said was true.
Granny Sun wiped her hands unhurriedly, and said slowly: "Plain-headed people like us, what kind of mistakes can we make? The official took us there because the magistrate knew that Lai Jiu kicked Chen The matter of the star stalls. Recently, the Lai family was fined and their property confiscated, and one of them was a stall on the corner of the street. In order to compensate him, the county magistrate rented the stall to him cheaply."
"What, the booth on the corner was rented out to him?!"
Grandma Sun raised her eyelids, and looked at the woman's distorted face because she knew about this, "Yes, the county magistrate is a good person, knowing that his brother doesn't have much money, he specially charged only half of it." money."
Hearing this, the woman clutched her chest with a heartbroken look, and said through gritted teeth: "Why can't such a good thing happen to me?"
The other peddlers who had been listening to their conversation also kept nodding. Everyone knows that the best place to do business is at the head and tail, because the entrance and exit are the places with the largest passenger flow.
And Chen Xing's current booth is not only in such a position, but also there are officers and soldiers stationed not far away, so it is not easy for anyone to make trouble. Most importantly, the booth fee is still so low.
Immediately, those peddlers who thought that Chen Xing had suffered a serious crime a few days ago all showed expressions of envy and hatred, wishing that they were the ones who were kicked out of the stall back then.
While the hawkers were beating their chests and regretting endlessly, a plump woman was leaning against the door of a restaurant not far away. The boy who kept yelling, said to the vacant boy next to him in a stern tone:
"Go and find out what the grandson of the dead old woman is doing, and then ask the little brother what's going on now."