The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Chapter 367 Opening a Restaurant

The three of them came to the tavern, ordered something, found a table and sat down, drinking wine while listening to the people in the room talking.

"Hey, have you heard that the person living next door to Chen Xueru's house is a spy, and he was reported a few days ago." Mr. Pian said to Mr. Niu next to him while drinking.

"How could you not have heard about such a big thing? I heard that guns were fired that day and many people died. What do you think these people think? They just want to live a good life but they have to become a spy. Now

Well, my life is gone." Mr. Niu spread his hands and said with a smile. He also had to understand the thoughts of these people. After all, he thought that the current life was much better than before, and these people still wanted to cause destruction.

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"What else could be the reason? It must be for the sake of money and high-ranking officials. I hope that the bald men in Wandao can be brought back, and then each of them can be promoted to a higher position."

"By the way, Teacher Xu, your family lives nearby. Do you know what happened that day?" Master Niu turned around and asked after hearing Teacher Xu's words.

"I usually work, so I really don't know much about this. I just know that it was reported by three people. By the way, I have to ask Chen Xueru about this. Their family keeps the next door."

Seeing everyone looking at her, Chen Xueru had no choice but to put down her wine glass and said: "Don't look at me, I don't want to mention this matter. I'm just a businessman doing my duty. I won't offend anyone. When something like this happens,

Son."

As she said this, Chen Xueru felt a little speechless. A group of spies appeared next door to her house. Who could she ask to explain? She felt scared just thinking about it. Fortunately, the blame was taken away from her, otherwise she would not have been able to sleep peacefully.

"If you want to talk about this, you have to ask me, I know." Qiangzi stood up and said at this time.

Hearing Qiangzi's words, everyone looked at him and replied with doubtful expressions: "You...you are a tricycle rider. What do you know?"

"Don't look down on me. This group of spies were reported by me, Quan Wu, and Yan Jiecheng. If it weren't for the three of us, I don't know when this group of spies would have been eliminated." Qiangzi felt aggrieved when everyone didn't believe them.

said.

As he said this, Qiangzi took out the certificate of merit that the street had just given him and handed it to everyone to look at.

"Oh, it's true. I didn't expect that a three-wheeler could catch a spy. It really makes Mr. Niu and I look up to him."

Yan Jiecheng was speechless when he saw Qiangzi's actions. In order to be in the limelight, he couldn't hold back at all. He wasn't afraid that the group of agents and accomplices would retaliate against the three of them. Really, he and Cai Quanwu didn't care.

Talk.

"Hmph, there's nothing to be proud of. He's just like a blind cat who met a dead mouse. If I go out, I can still find the spy." He Yongqiang at the counter couldn't see Qiangzi's arrogant look and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Seeing that Qiangzi wanted to talk, Yan Jiecheng quickly stopped him and told him to shut up. He couldn't be like the stubborn guy who blamed He Yongqiang for such a small matter. After all, this was in a tavern.

"By the way, didn't you come to our store last time to make clothes? Why didn't the fabric arrive after several days? Do you still want to make clothes?" Chen Xueru turned to Yan Jiecheng and asked, whom she had only seen before.

Yan Jiecheng didn't know his name until Qiangzi said just now that the three of them discovered the spy, which attracted her attention.

"I'm sure I'll do it. I've been so busy these days that I forgot. I'll send the fabric to you tomorrow." Yan Jiecheng smiled awkwardly. If Chen Xueru hadn't asked about this, he would have really forgotten about this paragraph.

I spent so much time focusing on the secret service that I didn’t think about anything else.

After drinking, the three of them left the tavern. On the way back, Yan Jiecheng kept telling Qiangzi and Cai Quanwu that from now on, it would be best for outsiders to talk about secret agents.

"Why, after all, we are doing meritorious service for the country, so we can't tell outsiders." Hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Qiangzi didn't agree at first. He did so much just to get the limelight, so why not tell outsiders?

Be in the limelight.

"Xie Cheng is right, we'd better not talk nonsense everywhere."

"No, why is that?"

"Why are you so stupid? Are you sure that this group of spies has an accomplice? If they knew it was us who reported them, would they let the three of us go?"

"Ah, this..., I just said it, what should I do?" Qiangzi began to be frightened when he heard this. He never encountered such a thing as an ordinary citizen, if Yan Jiecheng and Cai Quanwu hadn't reported it.

He doesn't know how to do anything like a spy.

"Just say it. Just be careful in the future. Be careful these days. If you find anything wrong, come to me and Quan Wu."

"Okay, that's all it can do."

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The next morning, Yan Jiecheng took the fabric out of the space, picked out a piece of black Nizi fabric, and sent it to Xueru Silk Shop, where the tailor made him two sets of Chinese tunic suits.

After all, there are not many styles of clothes in this era, so it would be nice to wear a Chinese tunic suit.

After measuring the size, Yan Jiecheng left the silk shop and walked along the street towards the neighborhood committee.

It has been more than half a month since he came to this world, and Yan Jiecheng thought that he couldn't just sit back and have nothing. Although the materials in the space were enough for him to live for a lifetime, having no source of income would also arouse suspicion from others.

But Yan Jiecheng was not willing to go to the factory to work as he had in his previous life.

After thinking about it, it would be better to open a restaurant. Although it will be a public-private partnership in another year, even if it is a public-private partnership, you can still get ten years of dividends, which happens to be from 1956 to 1966.

Even if it doesn't work anymore, I can still run to the port city in advance. Anyway, I won't die of peeing while I'm alive.

Arriving at the neighborhood committee, Yan Jiecheng went directly to the director of the neighborhood committee, Aunt Wang.

When Aunt Wang heard that Yan Jiecheng wanted to rent the house from the neighborhood committee and open a restaurant, she shook her head like a rattle.

The above has already issued a document that all private companies on the street must be rectified. How can she still agree to the emergence of new private companies?

So when Yan Jiecheng brought it up, Aunt Wang simply refused.

"Aunt Wang, listen to me."

"You, it's better to stop talking and go back to work at the grain station. Okay, let's go quickly." Aunt Wang waved her hand and wanted Yan Jiecheng to go out quickly.

"No, Aunt Wang, please listen to what I have to say first. You see, for the public-private partnership mentioned above, someone must take the lead first, otherwise the other owners will definitely be worried. If you agree with me to open a restaurant, then we will

I will take the lead in public-private partnerships in the streets and be the first to do so."

After hearing what Yan Jiecheng said, Aunt Wang put down the pen in her hand, thought about it, and felt that this method was not bad.

Anyway, there are hundreds of shops on the whole street, and this one is no different. But where the restaurant is located is a problem. The good seats are all taken by people. If it is opened in a corner, not many people will go there.

After thinking for a long time, I found a suitable location, which is next to the tavern. The house happened to be under the name of the neighborhood committee, so it was convenient to take it over and use it.

But the rent still has to be paid. Thinking of this, he said:

"Okay, since you've thought about it, let's do it. There happens to be an empty house next to the tavern, and I'll rent it to you. The rent is ten yuan per month. If you think it's okay, just sign the contract.

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"No problem, no problem." After hearing Aunt Wang's words, Yan Jiecheng quickly agreed. Yan Jiecheng also knew about the house and had looked at it several times before going to the tavern to drink.

In the TV series, that house was later merged into Xu Huizhen's tavern, but Xu Huizhen didn't want to feel that she was at a disadvantage.

Yan Jiecheng felt that she was so blessed that she didn't know how to be blessed. The house was much bigger than her tavern. Although many people went to the tavern to drink, the money they made was definitely not as good as that of a restaurant.

After all, the tavern is following the civilian route, and the price is lower than that in other wholesale markets. If it is not mixed with water, I will probably have to pay for it.

Even if Xu Huizhen later took over the tavern and went directly to the winery to sell wine, the profit would not be high. There would definitely be no way out just by selling wine.

After all, you can drink wine anywhere, and if her store sells it at a higher price than other places, no one will go there.

Moreover, most taverns are open at night. It is too unreasonable for Yan Jiecheng to employ so many people after a public-private partnership like in the TV series and still pay wages.

After discussing the store affairs with Aunt Wang, Yan Jiecheng returned home after leaving the neighborhood committee.

In the afternoon, I went to clean up the house next to the tavern, and then went to the market to buy some pots, pans, tables, chairs and benches necessary for opening a restaurant.

When the three of them gathered in the evening, Yan Jiecheng told Qiangzi and Cai Quanwu about opening a restaurant.

Qiangzi and Cai Quanwu were surprised to hear that Yan Jiecheng was going to open a restaurant. After all, they had never heard of such a big thing before.

"I said to Jie Cheng, opening a store is no joke. You should think it through before making your decision."

"Yes, you must have a good chef to open a restaurant. The salary of a good chef is dozens of yuan per month, and even more than a hundred yuan. If it is not possible, the money earned is not enough to pay wages."

"You two don't need to talk. I have already thought about it. I don't need to hire a chef. I can cook the food myself. The reason why I ask you two is to ask if you two are willing to work in the restaurant."

"This...I'll forget it. I still want my dad to sell the house in my hometown and invest some money for me to open a transportation team. You'd better ask him. Anyway, he works as a temporary worker at the food station.

You can’t make much money in a month.”

Hearing Qiangzi's words, Yan Jiecheng looked at Cai Quanwu aside, wanting to hear his opinion. Before, the two of them only earned about ten yuan a month at the grain station, otherwise they wouldn't be able to do this.

I haven't saved any money for many years. When I have nothing to do, I have to borrow Qiangzi's tricycle to do work.

"Look at how this works. When there is work at the grain station, I go to the grain station to work. When there is no work, I go to the restaurant to help." Cai Quanwu did this mainly because he was afraid that Yan Jiecheng's restaurant would not last long, which would destroy the grain station.

What to do after losing your job?

"Qiangzi, you can also come to the restaurant to help first, and it won't be too late to leave after your transportation team opens. In this way, I will only work half a day a day, and I will give you two ten yuan a month, and I will also take care of the food."

Yan Jiecheng said to Qiangzi, because he knew that Qiangzi's transport team became yellow after working for a short time. This was mentioned in the TV series, although he didn't know the reason.

"Okay... let's do it this way. When will our restaurant open?" Hearing Yan Jiecheng say that he would pay ten yuan a month to take care of the food, Qiangzi thought there was nothing else to do now, so he agreed.

Just like that, a restaurant called "Dazhong Canteen" opened next to the tavern two days later.

In this era, everything was practical. There was no furniture in the restaurant, just seven or eight square tables and more than twenty benches.

There are no private rooms, just a hall, where all the diners sit. In order to reduce trouble, there are not even small stir-fries in the store, only big pot dishes.

When it's time to eat, Yan Jiecheng will fry the vegetables in advance, frying several vegetables at a time. After frying, he will put them directly in an iron basin and warm them with boiling water. When the guests come, they can cook whatever they want, and they won't leave them when they are sold out.

Do.

Anyway, Yan Jiecheng opened this restaurant not to make a lot of money, but mainly to find something to do.

On the first day of opening, Yan Jiecheng personally cooked several specialty dishes, and they were all meat dishes.

When the food comes out of the pot, the aroma wafts directly out of the store. The main reason is that Yan Jiecheng is not willing to use oil when cooking. In this era of lack of oil and water, it arouses people's greed.

When the aroma wafted to the tavern, the people drinking in the tavern had no intention of drinking, so they all stuck their heads out one by one.

"What does this taste like? It's so fragrant, why do we want to drink it?"

"What else could it be? There's a new restaurant next door. This smell must have come from them."

"No, this smell has brought out the greedy food in my stomach. I have to go see what good food is cooked there."

"Master Niu, why don't we go over and have a look too." Mr. Pian also wanted to go over and have a look. The main reason why he called Mr. Niu was because he had no money in his pocket.

Mr. Niu was also attracted by the smell and was not in the mood to drink, so he agreed, and the two of them left the tavern and went to the restaurant next door.

"I said Cai Quanwu, why are you here? Do you own this restaurant?" Mr. Niu and his wife came to the restaurant and saw Cai Quanwu and Qiangzi standing in front of several large basins serving this dish to everyone, so he said

asked.

"No way, how can I have such ability? This restaurant is opened by Yan Jiecheng, and we are just here to help him." Cai Quanwu replied to Mr. Niu while serving food.

"Oh, Yan Jiecheng, this person is quite interesting, and the name of this restaurant is also very good - "Dazhong Canteen". The food here is not expensive, and everyone can afford it."

"Master Niu, please don't talk about this now. You see, we are all here, so we have to be complimented by others." The film master stared at the vegetables in the big iron basin with his mouth watering, and pulled Mr. Niu along.

Said the sleeves.

"So you are waiting for me here. I said why do you insist that I come with you? Okay, now that we are here we can't go back empty-handed. Cai Quanwu, you give me a portion of each dish here.

Send me to the tavern next door later."

"Okay, five dishes, three meat and two vegetarian, $3 each, pay over there." Cai Quanwu pointed to the direction of the counter.

(End of chapter)