NOVEL NEXT Chapter 185 Selling Fried Chicken
Mu Zhiyuan has been away from the investigation for a week, and no news has been returned yet.
The shop purchased from Miss Zhou has been renovated, and Shui Xi decided to open it ahead of schedule.
The shop is close to the East Stage in the county, and many people come here to watch the show.
This shop does not sell cakes, but instead sells snacks such as fried chicken, sweet potatoes and popcorn. Lou Lan'er is in charge and named it [Liu's Fried Chicken]
Mao Xi asked Lu Da to help make a wooden chicken out of solid wood, painted it, and placed it outside the shop.
This shop has been renovated and the stove has been moved to the front of the shop. It specializes in freshly fried and sold food.
On the opening day, there was no fanfare like other fruit cake shops. Instead, there was a discount, with an instant discount of 3 cents per order of fried chicken.
Lou Lan'er used to sell popcorn and snacks at the East Stage, and the people who often came here to watch the theater all recognized her and were almost familiar with her.
Mao Xi helped sell food outside the shop. She took a small plate with some small portions of fried chicken popcorn and invited passers-by to taste it for free.
This chicken popcorn mainly attracts children.
A small ball of fried chicken, coated in batter, fried to a golden and crispy texture.
Mao Xi stuck each chicken popcorn on a small bamboo stick and showed it to passers-by.
At first, there were many people trying it, but not many people bought it.
Lou Lan'er looked at some chicken that had been fried in advance and complained: "Ah Shu, I think this fried chicken is not as popular as the fried skewers at the Liuxiang snack stall."
"Don't worry, when the stage team comes here to perform, there will be too many people watching, and you will be overwhelmed."
Lou Lan'er remembered that she used to sell popcorn and snacks here, and every time the popcorn would be sold one after another after the stage team started.
"I listen to you, why don't I get some popcorn and go to the stage to cheer?"
The two were discussing how to attract customers when the gongs and drums on the stage were already beating.
"The weather is beautiful, the spring is beautiful..." the actors sang gracefully.
Lou Lan'er took a few bags of popcorn and pushed her way into the crowd under the stage.
After a while, the popcorn was sold out. During the break, a few people who had not bought any popcorn came running.
Mao Xi took the opportunity to make a sales pitch: "Brother and sister, the shop is opening today. This fried chicken only costs 9 cents a portion. There are chicken popcorn, chicken steaks, and chicken wings. You can choose as you like."
A young lady bought popcorn and saw sweet potato sticks for sale on the shelf, so she asked, "Shopkeeper, are you still selling fried sweet potatoes? But sweet potatoes with sweet plums?"
"Yes, it's sweet plum and sweet potato. I have a good taste, little lady."
"I have only eaten these sweet potatoes at Liuxiang Snacks in Lihua Town. How does it taste to you?"
Aren’t they all one family? Great, this young lady turns out to be a regular customer.
Mao Xi greeted quickly: "Miss, I am the shopkeeper of Liuxiang Snacks. This fried chicken shop is a branch of Liuxiang Snacks. If you like sweet potatoes and sweet plums, I will sprinkle more sour plum powder on you."
Mao Xi put two more spoonfuls of sour plum powder into the bag, shook it well, and handed it to the young lady.
"That's great, shopkeeper, you finally came to Kaitang to open a snack shop. I really like the grilled skewers and roasted sweet potatoes you sell for midnight snacks."
"Young lady, please help our shop do more publicity in the future."
The little lady took the sweet plums and sweet potatoes and ran to the stage happily.
It seems that this little lady really likes her own sweet potatoes.
After the play was finished, four or five young ladies came from the auditorium, accompanied by the young lady just now.
The young lady promoted to the girl next to her: "Let me tell you, the sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes here are delicious. I used to have to go to Lihua Town to get them. Now we have opened a pond and opened a shop."
The people here were all buying sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes. Mao Xi took a tray and invited them to try the chicken popcorn, and by the way, he sold four more portions.
A girl in green finished her popcorn and asked Ma Xi, "Shopkeeper, do you still have spicy noodles? I don't think this one is spicy enough!"
"Yes, we have it as spicy as you want. You can choose from three options: mild spicy, normal spicy, and multi-spicy!"
"How spicy do I want it to be!"
Gradually, a small queue began to form outside the fried chicken stall.
Mrs. Chen brought some ingredients to the shop to restock, and Mao Xi asked her to go to the candy shop and bring two buckets of sour plum soup.
Atang, the waiter at the candy shop, brought sour plum soup and a bamboo cup to help with the drinking.
"Today's special offer, buy fried chicken and get 3 extra cents for free sour plum soup."
When sold together like this, the sales volume of fried chicken will be high.
The original price of this sour plum soup was 6 cents per serving. Some people were thirsty and originally just wanted to buy the drink. But now that they are doing activities and the fried chicken is so fragrant, they can't help but try the taste of the fried chicken.
The sour plum soup is sour and can relieve the greasiness of fried chicken. It has just arrived in May, so Mao Xi did not add ice to it, but reduced the amount of sugar to make the taste more refreshing.
On the first day the fried chicken restaurant opened, it was busy from the afternoon until the stage ended with the performance before closing.
For three consecutive days, fried chicken has been selling very well, with chicken steaks and chicken popcorn being the best sellers, followed by chicken legs and wings.
The late night snack stall of Liuxiang Snacks also has fried chicken.
Lou Laner went to Kaitang to sell fried chicken. No one was telling stories about Liuxiang Snacks, and it became much quieter than before.
Mao Xi invited Zhe Meihe and Wan Niang to come to the shop every other afternoon to sing some folk tunes to boost their popularity.
Because on the day of the concert, the night lady sang with her face covered, no one recognized her as the person that day.
When she opened her voice, the diners listened to this heavenly sound and wanted to order an extra pot of tea, add a plate of fruits, and listen to more songs.
Among the customers, a scholar-looking young man was drinking wine and tasting peanuts.
He recognized Wan Niang from her voice as the solo performer at the Spring Song Concert.
After the performance was over, the young man asked Mao Xi, "Shopkeeper, is the singer invited to the shop today the one who performed at the Spring Song Festival in Kaitang County?"
This young man has really good ears. Mao Xi raised his eyes and glanced at the young man.
He held a Qiang flute in his hand and seemed to be a music fanatic, so he asked: "You know how to play the flute? Are you a musician?"
The young man said modestly: "I don't dare. I usually like music and can compose some lyrics and music. Playing the Qiang flute is just a hobby and is for my own entertainment."
It turned out to be a young man who could write lyrics and compose music.
"Brother, the person who plays the piano is the piano master in our town. Eat more fruits, drink some tea, and then ask after they finish singing."