NOVEL NEXT Chapter 221 Food Stalls 1
Aunt Chen heard the sound and came over from the fruit cake shop next door.
"Mrs. Hu, who am I going to marry? As a mother, I haven't spoken yet. How can you go around talking nonsense?"
Mrs. Chen usually doesn't argue or say anything, but as long as it involves her daughter, she won't give in.
Mrs. Hu realized that she was in the wrong, so she stopped clamoring and left Mao Xi's candy shop with several ladies who were traveling with her.
Mao Xi also hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Okay~ It's okay, it was just a misunderstanding. Let's all eat well."
Doctor Song, who was sitting aside, had already set his sights on the packet of peach gum in Mu Zhiyuan's hand.
"Shopkeeper Liu, do you want to give me your bag of peach gum first today?"
Mao Xi immediately took the peach gum from Mu Zhiyuan's hand. Brother Mu had worked hard to pick it today. She wanted to keep some to stew to greet the people around her.
She told a little lie: "Medical Officer Song, these peach gums are broken and defective. I plan to use them to cook and eat. The tributes to you are all large peach gums, and they are all drying~"
"That's it." Medical Officer Song seemed to be very satisfied with this answer, "Well, shopkeeper Liu, farewell! I'm waiting for your bird's nest, sea stone flower and peach gum at the medical bureau."
After seeing Medical Officer Song off, Mao Xi turned around and expressed her gratitude to Bingzhen Division Jia Yuanbing.
"Master Jia, thank you just now for speaking up and rescuing me."
"Hahaha... don't dare, don't dare, I can't bear to hear that woman calling you 'little wife' on the side, listening to the noise."
"Mr. Jia's ice-making business must be good recently, right? I heard that a new saltpeter mine was recently dug in Wutong Port, which has made the mining industry in Lingnan quite busy, and the cost of ice-making has also dropped a lot."
Jia Yuanbing had been looking for a chance to express his special thanks to Shu Xi for the saltpeter ice-making recipe.
"In the final analysis, your ice-making recipe is reliable, otherwise I wouldn't have had access to saltpeter. It used to be a raw material for making gunpowder, but now it can be used in people's livelihood. Miss Mao Xi, you should be a big contributor."
Mao Xi also got money from selling this recipe, so she didn't feel any pity.
After all, with the money from selling ice-making recipes, I bought my own house in Lihua Town.
When Jia Yuanbing saw the troublemaking Mrs. Hu leaving and she still had something to do, she stood up and left.
Mao Xi took the peach gum sent by Mu Zhiyuan and started to look through it.
These are not shredded peach gums, each one has plump particles, and the big ones are as big as a thumb.
"Brother Mu, why are you thinking about picking peach gum today and why didn't you call me?"
"I went up the mountain to have a drink with Mo Feng today, so I picked some and brought them back. I didn't bring some with me. Brother Mo is drying them for you."
Mu Zhiyuan understood that Mao Xi wanted to collect enough money as soon as possible to go to Panna Restaurant, so he helped pick some medicinal ingredients.
"Brother Mu, when are you free? I want to get the Liuxiang snacks on a plate. I have collected enough money. Let's find a time to go to Fang Ya to transfer the account?"
"You don't have to be so out of touch with me, I'm always available."
Taking advantage of not being busy today, Mao Xi went to Fang Ya and returned with Liuxiang snacks from Mu Zhiyuan.
She took out the money she had prepared, and Mu Zhiyuan also ordered Butler Wang to bring the land deed. After the formalities were completed, Ma Xi was considered the real owner of Liuxiang Snacks.
After collecting the land deed, Mao Xi took some more money and gave it to Mu Zhiyuan: "Brother Mu, this is the shop rent as of today. I can't forget to give it to you. Today is the middle of the month, so I will give you half a month's shop rent. As for the ...As for your monthly money, I’ll give it to you at the end of the month.”
"Ah Shu, why do you still need to calculate the monthly payment for me? I already told you that I will come and help you when I have time..."
"Okay, let's stop talking!" Mao Xi made a stop gesture, "I still need to prepare food for the night market tonight."
She returned to the kitchen and started her daily business again.
Ever since the seafood stall at the night market became popular, Mao Xi has always had a plan.
She wants to change the shop into a two-in-one business model that does snacks and stir-fries and sells seafood food stalls.
But it turns out that the outer hall of this shop can no longer be renovated unless... it is raised by one floor.
However, the structure of this house means that if an additional floor is to be built, this floor will also have to be modified, which is unrealistic.
Mao Xi simply added four or five tables outside the shop for diners to eat seafood outside.
Eating outside the shop in summer is not as stuffy as inside the shop, so people like it more.
Mao Xi went to the market and bought some small lanterns. She set up a stand outside and wrapped them with lanterns, creating a night market atmosphere like a food stall.
The seafood is also uniformly packed in wooden barrels, allowing diners to choose on the spot and eat it freshly.
That night, more diners came to the shop than before, all attracted by the lanterns set up outside the shop.
Mao Xi was worried that the guy from the Street Department would cause trouble by blocking traffic, so he specially arranged for Lou Lan'er to be outside to maintain order.
Mu Zhiyuan stood with Lou Lan'er and handed out paper leaflets to anyone he saw stopping at the door.
The flyers are filled with the names of various stir-fried and seafood dishes in the shop.
Whatever you are afraid of will come to you.
Sure enough, the guys from the Street Department came, two at a time.
"Tell your shopkeepers to come out. Don't leave tables and chairs around here. It will disrupt traffic."
Mao Xi has dealt with the Street Department many times, so she naturally has a way to deal with it.
Mao Xi came to the door of the shop with a small jar of rice wine and stuffed it into the hands of one of the boys she knew.
"Brother, this was the last time your dad came here to buy wine and he forgot to take it. You can give it to him for me." After Mao Xi finished speaking, he stuffed another piece of bacon and gave it to the other brother.
Mu Zhiyuan and Lou Lan'er stared at the two brothers. If they wanted to cause trouble, they could step forward to subdue them.
The younger brother glanced at Mu Zhiyuan and Lou Lan'er, weighed the rice wine wisely, but still wanted to show off his authority.
He pointed to the tables and chairs and said: "It can only be placed outside for two hours. It must be put away during the day, otherwise it will affect the carriages coming and going."
The guy holding the bacon seemed to have something to say, but was pulled away by another guy.
People really bully the weak and fear the strong!
The guy holding the wine knew that Mu Zhiyuan was not easy to mess with, and he didn't want any conflict. Anyway, there was wine and meat, so he could just take it and leave. Why not?
"Brother, walk slowly. Remember to come to the shop to eat when you have time another day!" Shu Xi greeted them politely and finally sent them off.
Although this street secretary was not a high-ranking official, Shui Xi did not dare to offend him easily.
Fortunately, Liuxiang Snacks is located next to Daguan Road, so it doesn't matter if there are a few tables.
During breakfast time, she often sets up two tables to greet diners.
The same goes for other shops, and everyone understands this tacitly.
But now that he has opened a food stall night market, he is making a lot of money. After all, he has attracted customers from several other food shops on the same road. They will definitely not be reconciled.
But as long as the street department doesn't tear down her tables and chairs, other families will naturally have nothing to say.
Mao Xi stood on the side of the road looking at the bustling night market, then turned around and went into the kitchen to supervise the work.
"Xiao Qing, don't overcook these boiled shrimps in water, otherwise the meat will become old..."