The group of them went to the Yamen first, and after picking up Boss Liu, they went to see the shop together.
Xie Xiuwen got out of the car first, then helped Liu Ruolan down, and finally held Xie Rongzhao in his arms and coaxed her to buy candied haws.
The shop is not big, with a total of two rooms, a small yard and two main rooms at the back. Because the yard is small, there are no east and west wing rooms, only a clean room.
Even if it is a small shop like this, ordinary people cannot afford it.
Boss Liu worked in the yamen and had some dignity. After talking with the Yamen, he finally decided to rent it for a year.
If you buy it, it will cost you at least two hundred taels of silver, because there is a well in the courtyard, and running a restaurant requires water, so this place is very suitable.
Xie Xiuwen left the shop and walked back and forth on this street twice. He felt that the location was good. The pier was not far away. A restaurant with simple and cheap food could still attract a lot of diners.
Next to this shop is a shop selling buns and steamed buns. It is smaller than this shop, but the business seems to be okay.
How fast Xie Xiuwen's mind spins!
If the workers who are carrying bags on the dock come to eat, a bowl of hot and sour noodles with one or two big steamed buns will be quite filling. This will not only boost their own business, but also bring the neighbors to sell with them. Goods, this way you won’t offend anyone.
When running a restaurant, the biggest fear is that if the business is so good that it outshines others, then it will cause public outrage, which can easily lead to trouble.
It looks similar now. The one diagonally opposite, three shops away, sells meat patties and vegetarian pancakes, which can also be eaten with their hot and sour noodles or chicken soup noodles.
good!
This bunk was well chosen!
Xie Xiuwen thought it was okay, and Boss Liu also inquired about it, and eventually the two parties began to negotiate the rental price.
After all the contracts are signed, there is another copy that needs to be sent to the Yamen for filing. If it is an ordinary private house rental, there is no need to send it to the Yamen, but this is a restaurant and must be approved by the government.
Boss Liu called Xie Xiuwen into the room to talk, while Xie Rongzhao was left in the courtyard counting ants.
"Brother-in-law, we have discussed it. Our Liu family will pay for the capital of this restaurant. The three of us brothers will each hold 20% of the shares. My brother-in-law will also hold 40%. I wonder what my brother-in-law wants?"
Xie Xiuwen quickly refused: "No. This restaurant needs your brothers' work. I just provided a recipe, which is nothing. How can I get the stock?"
"Brother-in-law, there is no need to refuse. If we don't have this recipe, what kind of restaurant will we open?"
Uncle Liu Er also echoed: "My eldest brother is right, this recipe is our lifeblood. You gave it to us, so we can't be ungrateful."
Xie Xiuwen refused to take it, but the Liu family insisted on giving it. In the end, it was negotiated that Xie Xiuwen would take 20%, and the remaining 20% would be given to the old man of the Liu family.
The Liu brothers had no choice but to accept this result, because Xie Xiuwen's attitude was firm enough and he just refused to have it.
After the old man and the old lady of the Liu family heard about it, they no longer insisted on giving Xie Xiuwen 40%. Two would make 20%. It would be good if they knew that this son-in-law had intentions.
However, the old couple still had other plans in mind.
The restaurant still needs to buy more tables, chairs and benches. It cannot be opened in three or two days. Xie Xiuwen obviously has to leave before that day.
Xie Rongzhao fell into a drowsy sleep, and was woken up by Xie Xiuwen again.
"Daddy?"
"Well, Dad will take you to play in the county!"
Xie Rongzhao closed his eyes again, hugged his neck tightly with his little hands, and fell asleep again.
Today we rode the Liu family's mule cart to the county together. Xie Xiuwen wanted to take his second uncle to Shiweitian Restaurant, a restaurant owned by the Song family.
When the shopkeeper saw Xie Xiuwen, he immediately raised his hands and said, "Hey, it's Xie Xiucai here. Are you hosting a banquet today, or are you here for a drink?"
"No need to bother, I came here today with a recipe for your restaurant."
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's face became bright and he immediately made an invitation: "It's still early now. Please sit down in the private room on the second floor. I'll have someone prepare a pot of tea. Let's talk slowly."
Xie Xiuwen nodded: "That's fine."
The first two dishes were sold for more than one hundred taels of silver. Xie Xiuwen knew that the Song family was powerful and would not care about the more than one hundred taels of silver.
But it's one thing for the Song family to not care. Whether or not they are sensible here is another matter.
Xie Xiuwen is too aware of how condescending and self-righteous those powerful people are.
In order to prevent the young master of the Song family from regretting or being provoked in the future, he decided to come first and silence the Song family.
This time Xie Rongzhao brought out a dish of Mapo Tofu, and told Xie Xiuwen that this was the only dish, and there would be no more.
The shopkeeper got the recipe and immediately arranged for a cook to make it. In addition, he specially left the two of them here to have lunch.
It was still early and there were not many customers in the restaurant yet.
After a while, the aroma wafted out, and Xie Rongzhao knew that the shopkeeper was going to be happy this time.
Sure enough, as soon as this dish comes out of the pot, those who know it will know that it will be very popular.
The most important thing is that the cost of this dish is not high. It seems simple, but not everyone can make it.
The shopkeeper himself was delighted: "This time we have another treasure in the restaurant!"
Because Xie Xiuwen repeatedly said that it was for free, the shopkeeper couldn't insist on giving money anymore.
"The shopkeeper can rest assured that I gave the money to my old friend last time, which helped him a lot. He was grateful, so he asked me to give this dish to the restaurant as a token of his gratitude. I only hope that The business of your restaurant will be prosperous, and you will make a lot of money every day."
"Haha, thank you very much. I wish you both good luck."
Xie Xiuwen and his daughter were preparing to have lunch here. Before they could call the Liu family to join them, Master Song came in first.
Accompanying Master Song was a beautiful woman dressed as a woman.
Song Yi smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Xie Xiucai, what a coincidence today. I smelled the aroma as soon as I entered the restaurant, so I thought I might as well not go back and bring my wife over to try some new dishes."
Only then did Xie Rongzhao know that the beautiful woman was Song Yi's wife.
Xie Rongzhao's eyes flashed slightly, and his eyebrows twisted. He thought that in his previous life, Song Yi's wife was divorced less than two years after the marriage. The reason was that he had nothing to do. I heard that Song Yi was unwilling to divorce his wife at that time, but was forced to do so by Mrs. Song. Forced.
Afterwards, Mrs. Song took the initiative to marry her natal niece. However, Song Yi's relationship with her had always been cold. He would rather go out to look for flowers than touch this new wife. However, this caused discord within the Song family. for a long time.
Xie Rongzhao blinked. Now that he has met him, can he give me a reminder?
The ending of Mrs. Song in her previous life was not very good.
