Shin Min usually came to help half an hour before the end of the dinner. In other words, the arrival of Shin Min indicated that there was only half an hour left for the dinner. Therefore, the dinner ended very soon.
"Boss, welcome back. I'm leaving now." Zhou Jia said goodbye to Yuan Zhou earnestly.
"Um. Be careful on the way." Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
"Bye, Jia Jia." Shin Min also said goodbye to Zhou Jia.
"Bye." Zhou Jia waved her hand and left quickly. The night class would start soon.
The rain stopped unknowingly.
"Boss Yuan, I'm going to clean up the second floor." Shin Min looked at Yuan Zhou inquiringly.
"Um. Go ahead." The towel Yuan Zhou took out in winter was always warm.
"Thank you, Boss Yuan." Shin Min received the towel and nodded her head. Then she ran to the second floor of the pub quickly and prepared to wipe the chairs and tables.
"Zhi". After thinking for a while, Yuan Zhou opened the partition and walked out of the kitchen to the door.
It got dark early in the winter in Chengdu. At 8: 00 am, the sky was already dark. At this time, there were still many shops open for business on the side street. However, if Yuan Zhou was doing BBQ today, there would be more shops open later.
As long as the Yuanzhou shop was open, it meant there would be business. Only a few people would come to the pub. However, it was different for BBQ. There would be more people coming to the other shops.
"It's really dark." Yuan Zhou raised his head and looked around and then muttered to himself.
Only after he saw it personally did he know it was even darker than what Yuan Zhou remembered. There were only two street lamps at the intersection of the whole side street. Moreover, they were on the main road of Yuan Zhou.
He estimated the distance of the street and found it was too narrow to install street lamps.
Yuan Zhou said again, "It seems that it's time for this prince charming to come out."
"Boss Yuan is waiting at the door personally today. Is there any new dish?" Chen Wei's voice interrupted Yuan Zhou's imagination.
"No, the time is almost up." Yuan Zhou restrained his expression and said solemnly.
It was as if he was waiting to see if the customers had arrived. His reason was very legitimate.
"Oh, I thought there would be a new dish to go with wine." Chen Wei stroked his head and revealed a regretful expression.
"Please come in." Yuan Zhou stepped aside and invited Chen Wei and the others to enter.
Then, Shin Min came downstairs and started to greet the customers, leading them to the second floor of the pub to drink.
Yuan Zhou sat alone on the kitchen chair and took out his phone.
"Um. If I pay before 11: 00 am, it can be delivered on the same day. Not bad." Yuan Zhou looked at the shop with the fastest delivery time and decisively clicked on it.
In order to match the environment of the shop, Yuan Zhou chose a simple style, but it still had lotus patterns on it.
"This can still reflect my taste." Yuan Zhou looked at the simple lantern and was very satisfied.
Having finished his business, Yuan Zhou relaxed and prepared to rest for a while. Then, he started his daily practice.
The next morning, after the breakfast time of Yuanzhou shop ended, Yuan Zhou came out to have a look again after he saw the customers and Zhou Jia off.
"It hasn't been delivered yet. It will probably arrive in the afternoon." Yuan Zhou stood at the door and couldn't help muttering when he didn't see any express delivery among the passers-by.
There were usually many breakfast stalls at the door of Yuanzhou shop. After a long time, the stalls here even had their own fixed spots.
"Boss Yuan, Boss Yuan. Hello." Yuan Zhou was stopped by someone when he was about to enter the restaurant.
The person who stopped Yuan Zhou was a young man dressed in a black down jacket. He was about 26 or 27 years old and was carrying a plate in his hand. The plate was still steaming.
"What's the matter?" Yuan Zhou turned around and asked lightly.
"Here's the thing. I want to invite you to taste my fried dumplings. Please." While saying that, the man handed the plate to him respectfully and courteously.
There were four white and plump fried dumplings on the plate. The bottom was brown and steaming. Besides that, there was also a pair of clean chopsticks on the plate.
"Why?" Yuan Zhou asked straightforwardly.
"It's like this. You know I've been here for half a year. The business used to be very good, but now it's much worse than before. You went to Japan and closed the door, but there are still many people coming to see you every day. Since your craftsmanship is so good, could you please take a look at it? Please." While saying that, the young man lowered his head again and said sincerely.
"Sure." Yuan Zhou didn't refuse him.
The reason why Yuan Zhou agreed was very simple. Firstly, this person was very polite. Yuan Zhou wasn't willing to socialize with others, but it wasn't that he didn't know anything. Under such circumstances, it wasn't appropriate for him to refuse.
Secondly, although this person looked young, he was very well-behaved. Since he set up the sign of "Take Away the Trash by Yourself", he would clean up the ground every time he finished setting up the stall. Sometimes, he would even help the granny who sold steamed buns.
Yuan Zhou saw all that.
"Thank you, thank you. Sorry to trouble you, Boss Yuan." The young man immediately thanked him with a surprised expression.
"Um." Yuan Zhou picked up the chopsticks and directly picked up a fried dumpling.
A fried dumpling was no more than the length of a finger, so he ate it up in two or three bites.
"How is it? How is it?" The young man looked at Yuan Zhou nervously and waited for Yuan Zhou's evaluation.
"You eat up the fried dumplings with this end." Yuan Zhou suddenly handed the chopsticks to the young man.
"Ah?" The young man didn't react for a moment and revealed a puzzled expression.
"Eat." Yuan Zhou reminded him.
"Okay." Only then did the young man take the chopsticks and pick up the dumplings to eat.
The young man only carried four fried dumplings over. Yuan Zhou ate one and there were three left. The young man ate two in one go and couldn't bear it anymore.
"Boss Yuan, do you mean to let me eat the current fried dumplings and then think about the fried dumplings in the past to make a comparison?" The young man raised his head and asked.
"Finish it." Yuan Zhou looked at the last fried dumpling on the plate and said.
"Oh, okay." The young man picked up the chopsticks again and ate up the fried dumpling in one bite.
"I see. Boss Yuan wants me to taste the taste by myself?" The young man seemed to be suddenly enlightened and understood the purpose of Yuan Zhou's doing this.
Therefore, he said to himself, "I tasted it carefully. I don't think there's any difference. If there's a difference, I used to pack less meat. Now I have more meat and it's also good meat. I feel that the business should be better." The young man swallowed the dumpling and couldn't wait to speak out his thoughts.
"No, I let you eat it just because I've had breakfast and I can't eat four." Yuan Zhou shook his head, indicating that he didn't mean that.
"Uh …" The young man choked and said, "No way. In the past, people would eat a few more when they smelled the aroma of my fried dumplings after breakfast." The young man retorted almost subconsciously.
"Then why not?" Yuan Zhou nodded his head and asked back straightforwardly.
"Why? Yes, why didn't they come? "The young man looked at Yuan Zhou with a puzzled expression.
While Yuan Zhou looked at his stall, the young man also followed Yuan Zhou's gaze.
His fried dumpling stall wasn't big. There was a stove, a large pan, a kneading machine beside it, a meat grinder and unfinished stuffing.
In the beginning, his stall only had a large frying pan and a stove. The dough kneading machine and meat grinder were added later, after his business improved.
The two of them were silent for a while. Suddenly, the young man seemed to react and bowed to Yuan Zhou to thank him.
"Thank you, Boss Yuan. I understand." After saying that, the young man turned around and left.
He had already understood that it wasn't a problem with his craftsmanship, but with his heart.
In the past, he had just set up the shop and had no money, so the meat used was ordinary. Although it was ordinary, he went to the meat stall before dawn and carefully selected it. He only needed plum blossom meat. If there wasn't any, he would go to the vegetable market and buy plum blossom meat.
Plum blossom meat was the most suitable to make the meat stuffing of fried dumplings. The same was true of flour. In the past, the flour was an ordinary small bag, but he would knead and mix the stuffing with great enthusiasm every day.
But now?
Speaking of which, this young man was a person with a conscience. As the popularity of Yuan Zhou's restaurant increased and the flow of customers increased, so did his business. Therefore, after he made more money, the materials he used were all upgraded to a higher level.
For example, pork. In the past, he bought ordinary plum blossom meat at the price of about 16 RMB, but now he bought "grain pig" at the price of about 20 RMB. The flour was also used well, so the profit was much lower. However, he thought of small profits and quick turnover.
Just because he made money, the kneading and mixing of the stuffing were all handed over to the machine and became an assembly line. When he bought pork, he no longer only bought plum blossom meat. If there wasn't any, he would buy another piece. After all, what he used now was expensive meat.
Even if the materials were better, no one was short of such an ordinary breakfast. His fried dumplings were no longer competitive.
"You're welcome." Yuan Zhou turned around and went back to the shop.
Cooking was too fair. Whatever attitude you used, the food you cooked would only have the same taste.
Delicacies couldn't be fooled.
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