There was nothing to say all night, and Li Yi got up early the next morning!
Then he woke up Qiangzi, and after a brief wash, the two went straight to Dong'an Market in the city.
Although catering is profitable, it is also really hard work.
Especially for people like Li Yi who open high-end restaurants, the ingredients are very important and they must go to the market early to buy the freshest ones.
A slight deviation may affect the customer's evaluation and cause a bad impact.
Throughout the whole day yesterday, Li Yi's store sold a total of two and a half 60 kilograms of fat sheep, more than 60 kilograms of beef and more than 30 kilograms of pork belly, and more than 20 kilograms of muscle.
Today he not only needs to replenish the goods, but also needs to prepare more.
This does not mean that today's business will definitely be better than yesterday, but we must prepare for a rainy day, and we cannot let customers come and leave disappointed.
At six o'clock in the morning, the capital was foggy, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke. This was because every household was burning charcoal stoves.
The staff in Dong'an Market are already busy. They have to prepare all kinds of vegetables, eggs, meat and non-staple food before citizens buy vegetables at eight o'clock.
Of course, there are not no customers at this time, but they are usually purchases from large hotels.
Because the portion is relatively large and the food is picky, people usually come early.
Li Yi and Qiangzi came to the stall where they had been buying meat for the past two days and shouted to the strong man who was deboning: "Lao Yang!"
The strong man looked back and immediately recognized Li Yi, and then said with a smile: "It's you two, are you here to buy meat again?"
"Well, give me three Jie sheep today. They can't be more than one year old. And give me a hundred pounds of beef. I want steak or ribeye!" Li Yi said.
"Three sheep, your business is fine!"
"Haha, it just opened yesterday, it's not bad!"
"Okay, will I help you pick out the bones as per the old rules?"
"Yes, clean it up!"
"okay!"
Lao Yang selected his three carefully selected Jie sheep for Li Yi to inspect. After confirming that the meat was of high quality, Li Yi asked him to help deboning them.
And he took advantage of this gap to take Qiangzi to the vegetable stall not far away, and started a crazy purchase according to the order he placed last night.
After buying the vegetables, Lao Yang also removed the bones of the mutton.
Later, Li Yi hired a human-powered tricycle and returned to his hotel carrying the goods.
Back at the store in Beiguan Village, the sun has come out and Dongzi and others have arrived.
Everyone worked together to move all the meat and vegetable seasonings to the store, and Li Yi personally cooked a pot of hot noodle soup with meat for the little brothers.
After eating, Dongzi and others were busy preparing vegetables and meat for the noon business, while Li Yi went to the front desk to record all the morning expenses.
The biggest fear in catering is that the accounts are a mess, which will lead to a result, that is, the boss himself does not know whether he has earned or lost, let alone the specific amount of earned and lost.
Therefore, from his previous life, no matter what business Li Yi did, his accounts were kept meticulously and clearly.
Barbeque restaurants are generally not open in the morning because they are busy making various preparations before noon.
Soon, the morning was spent in busy preparations!
Before twelve o'clock, two cars came to the open space in front of the Grassland Fatty Cattle and Sheep Store, followed immediately by seven or eight young people.
Although Li Yi didn't know the names of these people, he knew that these people were the friends Jiang Longcheng called yesterday.
After these people entered the store, they immediately greeted Li Yi and then asked for a private room.
Immediately afterwards, another table came in a short while, including several small leaders from the foundry factory at the back.
Since then, customers have been coming into the store, and soon there were more than ten tables filled with customers.
Although for a large hotel with an area of 500 to 600 square meters, only fifty or sixty guests still seemed a bit deserted, Li Yi already felt very satisfied.
After all, he is not opening an ordinary ramen restaurant, nor is it a Sichuan stir-fry. The consumption is not cheap, so if it is full, it will be a big deal!
This is like those expensive Western restaurants. As long as the price is not cheap, there usually won't be many people eating there.
Because of this, the western restaurant feels quiet and elegant, not noisy at all.
Paired with some soothing light music, the dining environment suddenly feels different.
With yesterday's experience, Dongzi and others also behaved very calmly today. Although they are only four boys of sixteen or seventeen years old, they seem to be able to handle more than ten tables of guests with ease.
At 2:30 noon, the last table of guests was sent away.
Li Yi immediately asked Dongzi to close the store door, and then brought the copper pot, and the five people had a hearty meal of mutton-boiled meat.
After eating, Li Yi asked a few brothers to go back to the rental house to rest and come back after 4:30.
And he cleaned up the mess alone in the store!
After all, Dongzi and the others are very tired from working in the morning, and they must take a break at noon, otherwise they will not be able to survive at night.
However, he had just seen off Dongzi and others, and was about to close the store and go to the kitchen to wash dishes, when he saw a jeep parked arrogantly at the entrance of the store.
At that moment, Li Yi frowned!
When Jiang Longcheng in the car saw Li Yi's expression, he knew that his behavior had made this kid unhappy.
He didn't know what he was thinking, but he immediately backed up the car more than ten meters, parked it squarely in the parking space, and then got out of the car with Ye Jianhua.
Seeing that Jiang Longcheng was sensible and didn't block the door with his broken jeep, Li Yi didn't argue with him.
"It's past dinner time, why are you two here?"
Jiang Longcheng said with a smile: "I knew you would be busy when I came here early, so I came here later!"
"Well, it's just the right time to come here!" Li Yi said.
"What are you doing?"
"Come on, wash the dishes with me!"
"Washing...dishes?"
Later, Li Yi took them to the kitchen, and then took them to wash pots and dishes.
Jiang Longcheng and Ye Jianhua were both confused. They were both born into big families. Although they could not hold their hands for food and open their mouths, they had never done such a thing since they were so old.
However, seeing Li Yi squatting there with them washing dishes and chopsticks, the two knew that they would be the coolies today.
Fortunately, there were not many customers at noon today. It took the three of us more than an hour to clean all the dishes, copper pots, and grates, and then tidy them up.
After doing this, Jiang Longcheng and Ye Jianhua felt sore in their backs and seemed to be exhausted.
Seeing the two of them acting like this, Li Yi smiled and said: "You two are too weak, you need to exercise more!"
"How to exercise?" Jiang Longcheng asked smoothly.
"Come to my store more often in the future, and I'll make sure you can climb six flights of stairs in one go without getting red or out of breath for up to a year!" Li Yi said.
Jiang Longcheng and Ye Jianhua looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.
"You kid, don't think about tricking me into working as a dishwasher for you!" Jiang Longcheng said.
"Haha, to be honest, if you two washed dishes here for a year, your health would definitely be better than now!"
"Nonsense, it would be better if I went to the dock to carry the big bag for a year!" Jiang Longcheng rolled his eyes at Li Yi and said.
"Okay, let's talk about it, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Longcheng glanced at Ye Jianhua, and then said, "It's up to you to tell me!"
Ye Jianhua immediately said: "Brother Li Yi, the two of us came here today mainly to ask you for a favor!"
"What are you busy with?"
"Help my sister-in-law tell her fortune!" Ye Jianhua said.
"Won't!"
"Uh...Brother Li Yi, my sister-in-law's situation is really not very good. She may ask you to help her at any time. No matter what the conditions, our Ye family..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Yi interrupted him and said, "What's going on with your sister-in-law? Although I can't tell people's fortunes, I may not be able to help!"
"My sister-in-law, who is also Lao Jiang's aunt, had an accident when she was young. The child in her belly was gone. Since then, her whole spirit has been stimulated."
Then Ye Jianhua continued: "It was okay in the past few years, with my uncle by his side, so it was okay. But in the past two years, my uncle was transferred to another province, and my sister-in-law was unwilling to go abroad with him, so the condition has been getting better and better. Times are bad, and we often get carried away and seek short-term advice, which makes both our families suffer a lot."
Li Yi thought for a while and said: "Your sister-in-law is suffering from typical depression. It's useless for you to come to me for this matter, you have to go to a doctor!"
"Suppress...depression?"
"Well, it's a mental illness. You can find out more about it from a doctor!" Li Yi said.
"It's useless. We invited the best doctors in the country, but they all said that she has a heart disease and there is no way to cure it!"
At this time, Li Yi suddenly thought of something, and then said: "Maybe I can really help with this!"
When Jiang Longcheng and Ye Jianhua heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and then they looked straight at Li Yi!
