Chapter 45: Facade (1/2)
Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhong Ziqi's small stall changed again. Zhao Zhengan found Zhong Ziqi to be too hard in the wind and sun every day, so he found a shop in the town for him.
The facade is not very big, and there is a certain amount of rent every day. Zhong Ziqi consulted with Zhao Ama and Huang Ama. The three companies will rent this facade together. Then, any good things they make at home can be put in the store, one for each person.
It is very close to the pier, so there is no need to worry about losing customers. And there are a few tables in front of the shop, one by one for eating, just right.
Zhao A-Ma and Huang A-Ma went home to ponder, and felt that the matter was worthwhile. Anyway, following Brother Qi, they couldn't be wrong, and the two agreed to Zhong Ziqi's proposal.
On the day when the rent was paid, Zhao Ama and Huang Ama followed, and then each took out their own money and rented the store for a month. Although I felt distressed that most of the money I earned was lost all of a sudden, but thinking that I would earn more than this in the future, I felt a lot better.
Because Uncle Huang is a carpenter, Zhong Ziqi asked Uncle Huang to make a wooden plaque and apply a layer of bright paint, and then he wrote the words ”quite delicious” with his pen.
Zhao Zhengan praised his good handwriting. He himself has been away for so many years, and he has recognized a lot of words, but if he is asked to write, it is almost like a dog.
Since they were always going in and out of the store, everyone soon knew that the best stall on the pier had moved, but fortunately, he hadn't moved far and was still near the pier.
When everything was ready, this ”quite delicious” opened smoothly. The two firecrackers in front of the door crackled and kept thinking about it. Both adults and children covered their ears and hid away. Until the firecrackers were over, everyone came over to Zhong Ziqi and said they were happy. Whether it was Huang Ah, or Zhao Ah, the people on the dock were familiar with them. They didn’t live one by one. I started ordering my favorite, and ate a lot.
Zhong Ziqi was busy selling fried dough sticks in the store, while Zhao Zhengan stood at the door to greet the guests: ”If you enter the store in the future, if you consume 15 copper plates, we will have a chance to draw a lottery. There are various mysterious rewards for this prize. Oh.”
When the customer heard the words, he was immediately aroused by curiosity: ”What reward? Tell us about it.”
Brother Zhao Zhengan draped the man's shoulders nicely: ”Mystery prizes, of course, you only know if you eat them. If I tell them in advance, there will be no surprises.”
”Boss, give me ten cents of fried dough sticks and a bowl of tofu nao, how about? Enough for fifteen cents, right?” a guest asked loudly.
Zhao Ning brought him the food, collected the money and said something to wait. Walked away for a while.
Everyone stretched their necks and waited for what kind of surprise there would be. After a while, Zhao Ning took a bamboo tube with a lot of bamboo sticks in it, and put it on the person's table: ”Objective, you can pick one.”
The man looked left and right to see that the call was coming, but after a while he gave up: ”Can I shake it?” The man was also afraid of fraud.
”Yes.” Zhao Ning handed him the bamboo tube.
The man took it and shook it like a dice.
”Zhao Laoliu can do it soon? Did he have a gambling addiction again?” Someone familiar with that person anxiously exposed his old bottom.
The man scratched his head awkwardly, put down the bamboo tube and looked around, and finally picked a bamboo stick in the middle, and couldn't wait to take it out to see what it was. There were indeed a few small characters under the bamboo stick, but he was illiterate and had to look at Zhao. Ning asked what he meant.
Zhao Ning was trained by Zhong Ziqi, so he took a look: ”Congratulations to the guest, this sign is written with a penny reward.” Zhao Ning said and showed the bamboo sticks to the onlookers to look at, and the literate nodded. It is indeed a reward for a penny.
”So we returned a penny objectively to this person, promise, the guest official's penny will be collected.” Zhao Ning took a penny and handed it to that person.
The man smiled in his arms and found it interesting.
The onlookers also found it very interesting. They also ordered food for 15 cents. Some got one cent, some even got two cents, some got an egg, some got two fried dough sticks, etc. It's not the same, but as more people are drawn, there is a kind of bamboo stick that has also been drawn, that is, ”Thank you for your patronage.”
The people who got the draw stupidly asked if it was the big prize?
Zhao Ning explained to the man, the man was immediately depressed, why is his hand so mournful? The people around him laughed at him, but gradually, many people drew ”Thank you for your patronage.” Compared with those with prizes, their luck is really stinky.
The senior gambler immediately thought about it, it seems that it is not suitable to make a move today, and it must be out of luck. When the gambler is lucky enough, he will happily decide to go to the casino to bet two. Everyone has different thoughts, but they are all attracted by Zhong Ziqi’s unique business methods, the flow of passengers and profits throughout the day. Almost more than doubled than in the past.
Jin Sheng in the Jinhua restaurant was directly shocked. The crowded shops were almost more crowded than their restaurants. Some people were happy and gleeful, while others were frowning and downcast.