Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

"Little boss, give me a bowl of rice first. I'll mix it with spicy cabbage."

"Hey, Lin Yao, give this big brother a bowl of rice." Chen Jun shouted.

"Come on, come on!"

They had just set up the stall, and the neighbors living nearby were keeping Chen Jun and his partner busy.

I worked until twelve o'clock and finally finished preparing the meals they ordered.

Before I had time to catch my breath, new customers started queuing up.

"Boss, do you have any more braised meat? Cut me a portion first, and fry some pork intestines for me, and give me a bowl of rice."

"Okay, I'll cut it for you right away." Chen Jun only rested for half a minute.

Just as he was cutting the stewed meat with a knife, a fragrant breeze blew by and Chen Xueru came over with two seamstresses from the shop.

"Oh my, it's only twelve o'clock, why are there so many people here?"

Chen Jun looked up and said with a smile, "There are so many people here every day. You can find a seat first and tell Lin Yao what you want to eat."

Chen Xueru took a quick look and found that there was no suitable position.

There were only two seats available at Master Liu's place, but there were three people in their group.

There was no other choice, so Chen Xueru asked the seamstress in the store to share a table with Mr. Liu, and she found a separate seat next to Chen Jun.

"Hey, your stall is good in every way, but it's too far from mine." Chen Xueru complained carelessly: "If you go to Zhengyangmen to set up a stall, I will take care of your business every day."

She is a straightforward person and says whatever she thinks.

Going to Zhengyangmen to set up a stall? That's too far.

Chen Jun smiled and replied, "Boss Chen, if you want to eat the food here any day, you can ask the waiter in the store to order food in advance. I usually open the stall at 11 o'clock, so just ask the waiter to arrive at 11 o'clock."

Hey!

When Chen Xueru heard this idea, her eyes lit up. The method Chen Jun mentioned was feasible.

Anyway, we have employees in the store, so why not use it?

"Okay, then if you're too lazy to come next time, just let the waiter in the store come and pick up the food."

"By the way, your and your sister's clothes are almost ready. If you have time this afternoon, go try them on and make alterations if they don't fit."

Chen Xueru drank a sip of the tea poured by Lin Yao and felt a lot warmer.

In this cold winter, it is quite a pain to rush from Zhengyangmen to Dongda Street to eat.

"Okay, I'll go over after I finish my work this afternoon."

Chen Xueru was indeed a wealthy woman. She ordered four dishes for the tailor lady in the store and also ordered four dishes for herself.

In her words, if you can’t finish the food, you can take it away and still have a good meal in the evening.

So she ate while chatting with Chen Jun, and they ate until about one o'clock in the afternoon.

After some experience in setting up stalls, Chen Jun can roughly calculate how many customers eat there every day, so when the stall is closed, there are still some ingredients left on the stall.

Chen Jun and Lin Yao had their lunch at the stall.

Chen Xueru reluctantly put down her chopsticks, touched her swollen belly, and said with emotion: "Chen Jun, how come your cooking is so delicious!"

"If it tastes good, eat more." Chen Jun was starving at the moment and replied casually.

Seeing Chen Jun being so perfunctory, Chen Xueru couldn't help but curl her lips, moved a chair and sat directly next to Chen Jun, raised her eyebrows, and said somewhat ambiguously: "What if you don't set up a stall in the future, where can I go to eat more?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jun paused for a moment while eating, but soon returned to normal.

Chen Xueru waited for a long time but didn't hear any response.

Good guy, he actually pretended not to hear. This made Chen Xueru laugh.

"You guy, I'm not looking for you to open a store together."

"Oh, then I won't set up a stall anymore. You can also come to my house for meals. We are friends after all!" Chen Jun said with a smile.

Chen Xueru: “…”

Okay, okay, I can hear it again now, right?

Although she really wanted to get Chen Jun to open a restaurant together, Chen Jun's attitude was very firm and there was no room for negotiation.

If you don’t know, you would think that restaurants will not be allowed to open next year.

"Hahaha, the young boss is really scared by you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xueru turned her head and found that Mr. Liu had not returned home. Instead, he was happily drinking tea and watching the two of them chatting.

"Master Liu, what do you mean by being scared of me? I am doing this for his own good. As a man, you must be ambitious and can't just stay in a corner. You must become bigger and stronger and create more glory!"

You know what, when these words came out of the mouth of a strong woman like Chen Xueru, there was no sense of incongruity at all.

Master Liu smiled and did not respond to Chen Xueru's words. Instead, he reminded Chen Jun, "Little Boss, your business is so good every day. Have you completed the procedures for setting up a stall?"

Are there any procedures required to set up a stall?

Chen Jun frowned and shook his head, indicating that he had never heard of this thing.

Upon hearing this, Master Liu pointed to other stalls and said, "For these stalls, it doesn't matter whether they go through the formalities or not, but your business is so good, you can't be sure that someone will come to cause trouble one day, so you have to be on guard against it."

After saying that, he added: "You shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jun looked towards Fengdeng Tower not far away, and he understood what Master Liu meant.

He was the one who asked, "Then the procedure of setting up a stall will not affect the composition, right?"

There are a lot of people setting up stalls to sell things these days. Some people sell vegetables from the countryside to the city, some sell homemade cloth shoes and gloves, and some sell snacks like sugar figurines and candied haws.

Selling these things does not, strictly speaking, change the composition of the home.

After all, it's just a little money earned to supplement the family income.

But Chen Jun was not clear about the procedures for setting up a stall.

Upon hearing this, Master Liu waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Just fill out a form and pay a fee. You don't even have to write your name."

Hearing this, Chen Jun felt relieved and said to Mr. Liu, "Okay, I'll go there this afternoon and pick up some clothes from Boss Chen's store."

Mr. Liu also smiled, drank the tea in the cup, then got up and went home.

"Go home and bask in the sun."

"Hey, Master Liu, take care." Chen Jun smiled and waved to Master Liu.

This old man knows a lot and even knows the procedures for setting up a stall.

Chen Xueru packed up the food and left with the tailor aunt.

After lunch, Chen Jun and his sister packed up their stall and left.

There are a lot of things to do in the afternoon, including handling formalities, picking up clothes, and buying some ingredients. I will try to cook some cooked food in the evening.

On the other side, Shopkeeper Liu of Fengdeng Tower came back slowly from the kitchen, made himself a pot of jasmine tea, and then waved to the shop assistants.

"Go, get the account book."

The clerk in the shop nodded and hurried to get the account book.

Shopkeeper Liu was a professional and he couldn't help but frown after just a glance.

"It's really strange, why can't our Fengdeng Building's turnover go back up?"