"Dear fellow villagers, I want to open a restaurant to supplement the household income. Please take care of all the neighbors in the future."

At noon the next day, Wang Tong stood up and raised his glass and said in the private room of Zhenxing Building.

His face was childish and his words were old-fashioned. These shopkeepers in their thirties and forties felt interesting. They didn't dare to smile, but they stood up and replied politely:

"It's all neighbors, why are you doing so politely?"

When Wang Tong said this, he saw that the face of the shopkeeper Xia from Zhenxing Building suddenly changed. He wanted to open a restaurant. Isn’t that competing for business with this Zhenxing Building?

Sure enough, the shopkeeper Xia hesitated and said as politely as possible:

"Mr. Wang, the owner of our Zhenxing Building is the cousin of the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. Although he doesn't come here often..."

The humble and hesitant words are not the case. The reason behind our Zhenxing Building is not simple. Lord Wang, if you want to grab a business, you have to consider it.

"Shopkeeper Xia must be worried that I will grab the business here!"

Wang Tong said it straightforwardly, and a few sitting next to him couldn't help laughing out loud. This man is really a child, and he said whatever he has to say. Wang Tong ignored the embarrassing expression on Manager Xia's face and said with a smile:

"How much is this banquet cost?"

"We are all my family, just counting the workload, and the wine is about six taels of silver."

"Shopkeeper Xia, Wang runs that restaurant without selling wine, there is no table with more than four people, the price of vegetables is not higher than one hundred cents, and he does not accept weddings and white matters, and does not book a venue."

Speaking of which, the expression on Manager Xia's face relaxed a little, but there was always a hesitant look on his face. Wang Tong smiled and said:

"Wang is young, but you can see what you do. If the restaurant is different from what I said today, then Wang quit his job as the Jinyiwei and moved out of South Street."

It was very heavy, and everyone in the private room smiled, but Manager Xia clearly relaxed and his face was awkward. He just used the backstage to suppress people, but now he is a little embarrassed to get the knife into the sheath, and I don’t know what to say.

Not selling wine, not taking on the table, and not selling dishes worth more than 100 minus, this has no conflict with Zhenxing Building. However, rich people have their own chefs, and those who don’t have money will not pay attention to it. What business will be like in this small restaurant? Zhangguan Xia thought so in his mind, but he said it:

"Since Lord Wang is going to do this, I can ask more questions if you have any questions. There is always a staff officer."

Wang Tong said "Thank you" lightly. Seeing the other person's dry smile while rubbing his hands, he couldn't be sincere no matter how he looked.

Many people waited for Wang Tong's restaurant to open with a joke. If they wanted to build the store, they would have to do so. Everyone was busy with the New Year in the twelfth lunar month. Who would go to a place where people would eat?

Unexpectedly, it opened on the fifth day of Wang Tong's banquet, which is November 5th.

In the south city of the capital, Nan Street is a small center. People come and go every day. People who can come and go for business are well-off.

But in Nan Street, there is only Zhenxing Building, where you can eat properly. The wealthy family does not mean that you can go to a restaurant to consume at will. However, those who are a little more particular about food sold by hawkers carrying bamboo baskets and packages are not considered to be hygienic.

South Street is close to the Imperial City, and many houses have only been built in the past few decades. The places where these people who are shopping live are far away from here. It is really hard to walk back to eat hungryly.

As noon approached, several men stood at both ends of South Street. Each of them held a stack of paper in their hands. Seeing that the man who was dressed in a decent manner, he stuffed the piece of paper in his hands, and said loudly with a smile:

"The delicacy restaurant will open today. You can eat a full meal for ten cents and eat a full meal for twenty cents. It is clean and safe. Please give me some guests."

The piece of paper was just an ordinary yellow paper, with simple drawings of food on it, and there was no text. Just as the man at several intersections began to shout and divide the paper, the whole street began to smell the aroma of food.

At this time, everyone was a little hungry. Smelling the aroma of the food, and the paper and shouting were really fresh. They came to go shopping and had nothing to do, so they would not lose anything when they went to see it.

Zhenxing Building does not accept individual customers. When eating this whole table of banquets, all the guests who come and see each other are decent. If the food in the kitchen is full of flavor, it will definitely be disgusting. His kitchen has been specially treated so that the taste will not be too overflowing. The scale of cooking for residents is too small.

So there has never been such a strong aroma of food on the South Street. Many people took the paper and started to be just curious about going to see it. As they walked, they were hungry and their paces accelerated.

The man with the flyer at the intersection just pointed an approximate direction, and some people were worried that they would not be able to find a place, so they laughed a little after walking a few steps.

On the side of Nanjie Street, a wooden pole is erected high, with flags flying on the pole, and the pattern of the meal is drawn with simple strokes. It is the same as on the yellow paper. It is as conspicuous as it is.

After walking over, the bamboo poles and tarpaulins surrounded by the past few days had disappeared, leaving only a brand new and spacious door. Unlike other places, the kitchen of this "delicious restaurant" was actually located on the street. The windows were railings. Although the cold weather was airy, people outside could see clearly.

It is said that "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen." In fact, there is also the reason why he can't eat when he sees the cooking process. It is a consensus that the kitchen is dirty and messy.

But the kitchen of this delicious restaurant is cleaner than that of many people's living rooms, and a few women are busy wiping there with plain white aprons.

The stove on the stove was steaming hot. At this location, the aroma of the food was even stronger. A clever servant at the door kept calling the guests.

Looking outside, there was a stove on the right side of the entrance. There were two large open cages on the stove. One was filled with several large pots of vegetables and the other was rice.

The water vapor below kept coming out, obviously to keep the food warm. Two strong women kept cleaning and wiping in the store, making the place where they eat was cleaner and more neat.

Customers spend money to buy a few wooden signs, and then give the wooden signs to the person in front of the two cages. Their own friends put the meals into the dishes according to the color and number of the wooden signs, and brought them to the table with a square wooden plate.

In this winter, the dishes are nothing more than radishes and cabbage, but you can tell at a glance that the intention of making is not the random stew of clear water.

What’s even more exciting is the two meat dishes, one is a sautéed meatball, the sweet and sour smell makes people appetizing, and the other is even more attractive, with a braised pork with red and shiny sauce.

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Chapter completed!