RPAGF Chapter 160 It'll be closing down sooner or later
Chapter 160 It'll be closing down sooner or later
"Oh my god, this feels so good."
Upon hearing this, the guests sat down in their respective seats.
"Hey buddy, give me a few spicy dishes."
"It's been so hot these days, I haven't dared to order spicy dishes for the past few days."
"That's right, I'll order a few too, it's cool here anyway."
"Hey, Manager Qian, shall we go upstairs to the private room? Is there this mechanism there?"
Qian Fu looked up at the calf upstairs, and the calf nodded repeatedly.
"They're upstairs too!"
When the window air conditioner upstairs is turned on, although it is a bit noisy, it can make the room cool and comfortable in a short time.
As Tian Tian came downstairs, Qian Fulai approached her and asked, "Why didn't Baishi Teahouse install these kinds of mechanisms?"
He himself has made a promise, and he will stick to it to the end.
Tian Tian clicked her tongue, "There's nowhere to put it."
Qian Fulai's mind raced, and he quickly realized what she meant. "You mean, there's no place on the roof to install that black panel?"
Tian Tian nodded.
"I have a good idea."
Qian Fulai winked at Tian Tian.
Tian Tian raised an eyebrow. "Tell me about it."
"Why don't you give the shop next to Baishi Teahouse some money and have those black boards installed on its roof?"
Tian Tian lowered her eyes and pondered; this was indeed a method.
Although there is a small alley separating the shop next door from the Baishi Teahouse, as long as the power lines are long enough, there will be no problem.
This era is different from hers; there are no tall vehicles, so there's no worry about them getting scratched.
“Well, I know the shopkeeper of the shop next door. I’ll go talk to him, and he’ll definitely agree.”
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Tian Tian didn't stand on ceremony at all and handed the matter over to him directly. "I'll wait for your good news."
*
In the afternoon, Tian Tian went to the Qian family's estate.
A potato vermicelli workshop was built in the village. Long before the workshop was built, Tian Tian had already installed photovoltaic panels and a mobile power supply here.
A commercial mixer was also installed.
She hired twenty women, who had already been trained, to start making potato starch.
The weather was so hot that the women didn't even have time to wipe away their sweat.
Potato starch is obtained by selecting raw materials, crushing, pulping, filtering, and drying.
Mix potato starch with warm water to make a thin slurry, then pour boiling water into the middle and stir quickly in a clockwise direction to form a very sticky dough.
Next, the noodles are boiled in water, cooled in the sun, and then bundled and packaged.
Tian Tian went in and out, and soon the air conditioner was installed in the workshop.
When they left, they packed dozens of kilograms of potato starch and five hundred kilograms of potato vermicelli into brown paper bags.
Within two days, Fulai Restaurant had several new dishes added, including sweet and sour pork, hot and sour vermicelli, ants climbing a tree (a spicy stir-fry), and cold mung bean jelly.
Baishi Tea House has also added several new dishes, including crystal steamed dumplings, crystal buns, fried rice noodle pancakes, as well as cold fish and large cold noodles.
Qian Fulai also negotiated with the shop next to Baishi Teahouse, agreeing to pay fifty taels of silver per year for the installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of their shop.
Tian Tian spent another night installing more than a hundred photovoltaic panels on the roof of the neighboring building, running long power lines to the Baishi Teahouse, and installing the air conditioner.
With the help of air conditioning, the businesses of Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Teahouse have become even better.
People from Baishi County, who used to only patronize the shops occasionally, now wish they could stay at the two shops every day.
It's delicious and cool.
*
Chang Baiwei sat at the entrance of Baiwei Restaurant, watching the bustling passersby.
It was lunchtime, but these people were in a hurry and didn't even glance at his restaurant.
His men were whispering amongst themselves...
"Sigh, there's nobody here..."
"If this continues...should we change employers?"
"I've wanted to change jobs for a long time, if it weren't for the pay..."
The workers grumbled irritably. Chang Baiwei was afraid they would leave, so he withheld two months' wages from them.
They want to leave but can't.
"If you ask me, we should just sell it sooner rather than later. Holding on like this... isn't it just a waste of money?"
"What a waste of money..."
"If we really sell the shop, will we still get our wages?"
"No way?"
"Is there anything I can't do..."
"Then what are we still doing here? We should go out and find other jobs as soon as possible."
"What kind of job are you looking for? We've always been waiters..."
"You could go to Fulai Restaurant or Baishi Tea House."
"Tsk, you guys forgot? That Xiao Si from Baishi Teahouse, back when Chuxing Restaurant was selling its shops, he came to our restaurant looking for work, but the young master kicked him out..."
"At that time, Miss Tian Er and Miss Tian Da also came."
"Yes, if we go to Fulai Restaurant or Baishi Tea House to look for work, will Miss Tian Er let us go?"
"What can we do... do we just have to wait it out like this?"
"If I persist for another half month and there is still no improvement, I will go back to farming."
"Actually, farming is not bad. Didn't Miss Tian Er already plant her second crop of high-yield rice? I heard that we can all plant this high-yield rice next year."
"Really? There are so many people in Baishi County, does she really have that many seeds?"
“The seeds are secondary, the key is... Miss Tian Er has to teach us how to plant them. I heard that her method of planting high-yield rice is different from the one we used to grow.”
"I heard that Miss Tian Er wants to buy our young master's shop..."
"real or fake?"
"It's true, but the young master refuses to sell, saying he won't sell to Tian Er no matter who he sells to."
"Ah...tsk, if only the young master would sell the shop to Miss Tian Er, maybe we would still have a chance to stay in the shop and continue working."
"Just like Xiao Si at Chu Xing Restaurant..."
"What are you saying?" Chang Baiwei turned around angrily, unable to bear it any longer. "Aren't you getting to work?!"
The waiter awkwardly shook his white towel. "Young master, there isn't a single customer in the restaurant. What are we supposed to do?"
"What? There's nothing to do? Wipe the table again, wipe the chairs and stools again..."
"Keep the shop spotless, so customers will feel comfortable when they come in," Chang Baiwei shouted.
The waiter muttered, "But it's not as comfortable as the air conditioning at Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Teahouse."
As they spoke, the group of men went to hide in the backyard.
"I heard that with that air conditioner, Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Tea House are very cool, almost like autumn and winter."
"Many wealthy merchants would rather pay more money than leave."
"That's not surprising. I've even heard that some people come all the way from the prefectural city, wanting to book a private room at the Fulai Restaurant or the Baishi Tea House."
"Some people even come specifically to ask for that air conditioner..."
"Compared to Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Teahouse, our Baiwei Restaurant... will have to close down sooner or later... sigh!"
Hearing his waiter's words, Chang Baiwei clenched his fists tightly.
What air conditioning?
When running a restaurant, you still need to look at the menu and check how clean the dishes are...
What's the point of all that fancy stuff?!