Seeing Su Qingluan laughing so happily, shopkeeper Liang hesitated a little and asked slowly and thoughtfully: "Isn't it because Xianniece wants to open another restaurant?"
Su Qingluan did not answer this question directly, but instead asked: "Uncle Liang, what do you think of Lefeng Town?"
Although Shopkeeper Liang didn't understand what Su Qingluan meant, he still lowered his head and thought about it, and commented pertinently: "If you look at this small town, it is slightly remote, and there are not many people living in the town permanently. However, here It is an important transportation thoroughfare, and neighboring states and counties must pass by here whether they are going to the imperial capital to take exams or going south to do business."
Su Qingluan asked again: "Uncle Liang, how many of these people can afford to spend tens or hundreds of taels of delicacies?"
Shopkeeper Liang took a sip of tea thoughtfully.
He has been running this "Hongfu Building" for half his life, and it is not like he has never seen such luxurious guests in such a long time.
However, the vast majority of business travelers eat and sleep in the open and are in a hurry. Even having dinner and drinking at Hongfu Tower seems to be just an occasional thing.
In short, the flow of people is there, but high-end consumers are very limited.
After all, Lefeng County is neither an important imperial city nor a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River.
Su Qingluan explained: "If I'm not afraid of offending you, Hongfu Tower is the only one in Lefeng Town, not only because of Chef Xu's contribution, but also because of the good luck of the time and place."
"Niece Xian said," Shopkeeper Liang is not a stupid person. He knows the elegant meaning after listening to Xiange, "If the first one to open the pillars is the 'Hongyun Tower', 'Hongbin Tower' and 'Hongfei Tower', then I will Will the house never be open again?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "The passenger flow is limited, and the demand is mostly high. Either one restaurant can only support one restaurant, or two or more restaurants will be beaten to death by competing for customers, and then they will be unable to make ends meet."
This is just like in modern times, when planning store locations, no identical stores can appear within a certain range, otherwise it will cause two companies to passively compete for business, resulting in a situation where neither store can continue to open.
There are only five or six streets in Lefeng Town. In addition to Hongfu House, a relatively large-scale restaurant, there are also more than a dozen unique restaurants and dozens of mobile stalls like Sujia Burrito Stand.
If we open another restaurant, it will really be a lose-lose situation.
"So," Su Qingluan smiled, "unless I get dizzy, I won't—at least not at this moment—open another restaurant."
Later, she briefly talked about the symptoms of Su Guangfu's shoulder and back discomfort: "Although my father is one of the main reasons why I plan to rent a shop, but more importantly, I feel that the mobile stall is too restrictive after all."
It's a hot summer day, so that's okay. When the weather gets colder in another two months, and the mobile stalls have no charcoal fires and no shelter, they will sell food like burritos. By then, few people will want to eat cold meals and dishes in the rustling autumn wind.
Shopkeeper Liang nodded: "I understand, niece Xian, don't worry. If there is a suitable shop, Uncle Liang, I will definitely keep an eye out for you - but I also want to advise you, don't make a move at this time, the rent will be at least 20 to 30% higher." .”
Su Qingluan smiled and said: "This family member told me, but now is the peak season, so no one should sell the store now."
Shopkeeper Liang shook his head: "It's difficult, unless something happens suddenly, but this kind of thing is something you can only meet but cannot ask for."
Su Qingluan nodded, stood up and gave a blessing ceremony to Shopkeeper Liang: "Since this is a matter about the shop, I hope Uncle Liang will pay more attention to it. Qingluan will leave first."
"Hey, wait!" Shopkeeper Liang, as if he had just remembered something, stopped Su Qingluan and asked the waiter to get a dark brown ceramic jar sealed with a cork, "Niece Xian, please bring this bottle of ointment to Your Majesty, use it.”
As he spoke, he put the small jar into Su Qingluan's hand: "This ointment contains Ligusticum chuanxiong, Achyranthes bidentata, safflower, cinnamon, and borneol, but it has a miraculous effect on shoulder and neck pain!"
Su Qingluan didn't know much about Chinese medicine, but she also knew that cinnamon was a type of spice that could dispel cold, so she quickly thanked her.
But shopkeeper Liang didn't care: "Thank you for what? When niece Xian helped me, I didn't keep saying 'thank you' all day long, right?"
Shopkeeper Liang sent Su Qingluan out with a smile, but he didn't notice that an inconspicuous little chef glanced around and walked towards the kitchen angrily.
The name of this chef is Qian Liu, and he was originally just a waiter.
However, he has a sharp mind and a sharp tongue. He understands that there is no big future as a waiter, so he still goes to help in the kitchen. If he learns the craft from scratch, even if he is not the chef of Hongfu Building, he will become a chef who can act alone, or he can learn the craft. It’s also good to open a small shop on your own for craftsmanship.
Because of these thoughts, he always paid attention to being respectful and flattering to the head chef Xu Yuanwei. Even if he was not a helper in the kitchen, he would try his best to find opportunities to work in the kitchen, just to make Xu Yuanwei more impressed by him.
This depends on his unremitting efforts, and finally his quick hands and feet, and his sharp tongue. After a cook had to go home to mourn because his mother died unexpectedly, he had no foundation as a cook, but he was better than his quick hands and feet, and No matter how he was scolded, the waiter with a smiling face took over the position of the cooks.
Recently, Xu Yuanwei even started to let him learn skills from the master who was mainly responsible for red cases. It was a happy time for Qian Liu to watch the clouds clear and see the moonlight.
Unexpectedly, a little girl of unknown origin appeared on the way.
Qian Liu could see clearly that this little girl's cooking skills were incredible, and he even vaguely felt that Master Xu was also being outclassed.
But originally he didn't take the little girl seriously - but a female class couldn't serve in the kitchen of Hongfu Building.
But gradually he discovered that the recipes sold by this little girl to Hongfu Tower were all selling well, and recently they even gained the favor of Shopkeeper Liang.
In this case, will this little girl come to Hongfu Tower to be a chef? Can Chef Xu still keep his position?
If Chef Xu packs up and leaves because of this, wouldn’t all the time he spent trying to please him be in vain? !
No, he has to find a way out for himself...
Su Qingluan didn't know that someone would go so far into the drama without permission because she sold food recipes to Hongfu Tower.
But if she knew about it, she would only sneer "haha" and tell the other party: You think too much, please don't create imaginary enemies out of thin air.
At this time, he was holding the ointment given by shopkeeper Liang and strolling towards his stall.
When they were dozens of steps away, Su Qingluan vaguely felt that the customer talking to his parents in front of the stall looked familiar.
After walking a few steps quickly, Su Qingluan's eyes lit up and a smile emerged: "Why do you have time to come here today? But you are in good health?"
