Zhou was actually a little surprised.

Mrs. Jiang is a clear person. After seeing the situation clearly, she no longer mentioned marriage. Naturally, Qiu would not come over to make things boring. Since Changfu came, the two families have almost no contact. Except for the day Ji's hot pot opened, the Jiang family sent people to congratulate him, even the New Year banquet, they had never invited each other.

So when the Qiu family came to visit the door today, Zhou was a little surprised. But then he realized that he would entertain the Qiu family and daughter with a smile as before.

When the elders spoke, Ji Wan and others were inconvenient to interrupt, so they took Jiang Ying and Guo Yan to their room.

Jiang Ying looked at Ji Wan, who seemed to be more beautiful and beautiful, and her heart was mixed.

Originally, she thought that Ji Wan and her brother's marriage were almost certain, but she unexpectedly had such an accident.

Ji Wan received the gift from the emperor and was granted the title of the village king. Their family was about to return to the capital and join their parents' home... Jiang Ying was ignorant of the world and knew that although his family had a family background, his accessibility was not high. How could he climb to the family of officials?

Especially, Zhou has not visited the door again, this is a hint.

At first, she was a little angry and was worthless for her brother. But then she thought, what was there to be angry about? This matter had never been put on the surface, and even the layer of window paper was not broken. Even if they had some intentions, it was nothing.

After understanding this, Jiang Ying was no longer depressed. Then she remembered that the little sister she had just met was about to move away soon, and she was a little sad.

"Awan, won't you come back in the future?"

Ji Wan looked a little confused, "Probably not..." Then she smiled again, "But it may not be necessary. There is no way to tell what will happen in the future. Just like I never thought I would move to the capital before. Can't I guarantee that when will I come back to travel around my hometown?"

Jiang Ying thought that in two years, his brother would take the provincial examination and would be able to enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination and palace examination the following year. If he could enter the top three, he would be able to work in the central government. At that time, their whole family could move to the capital to settle down.

And at that time, Ji Wan should have been married, right?

Perhaps because he was about to part, he was reluctant to leave. Jiang Ying started to take Guo Yan's sisters over to the door every few days. The few young sisters had a heart-to-heart talk, and had long forgotten the slight unhappiness some time ago.

What is gratifying is that because of her colleagues during this period, the relationship between Jiang Ying and Guo Yan gradually improved, and she would play together at home on weekdays. Qiu saw it and felt relieved in her heart, and became more grateful to Zhou's mother and daughter.

...

Ji Wan quickly put the matter of moving aside, because as she expected, someone began to imitate her and opened a hot pot restaurant.

"Just on the back of our hot pot restaurant, I inquired about it. It turned out to be a restaurant and the business was pretty good. Seeing that Ji's hot pot business was so good, I followed it, but I only split the first floor lobby to do the hot pot business, and the price of the vegetables was cheaper than ours. The bottom of the pot was 15 cents, the meat dishes were 10 cents, the vegetarian dishes were 30 cents, and the seasoning plate was seldom paid. In addition, they also had some fruit."

Changfu reported the situation he found, "On the first day of opening today, the diners were full and there were a long queue. The young ones asked the diners to go eat, and they all said that the taste was not as good as ours, and their dishes were not as much as ours. At noon, many diners complained, saying that they were not delicious, and they shouted that they would never come again. It should not have any impact on us."

Ji Wan nodded, "Let them go. They are all hot pot. Some people must be greedy for cheap things and want to taste them. At the beginning, there will be a hot business. But if they cannot guarantee the taste and dishes, it will take only half a month to get the customer flow, and they will not be able to continue in the end."

She thought for a while, "After half a month, after deducting costs... even if you don't lose money, you won't make much money. And you will lose your old customers. Even if you restore your previous cooking, your business will probably be worse than before."

If you don’t do a good restaurant, you have to come and compete with her. And you are not greedy. A restaurant has two kinds of food and is not done well. Doesn’t this mean digging your own grave?

But this was a good thing for her.

The worse the hot pot restaurants in other people's homes are, the more they can show how popular their hot pot restaurants are. No matter how many imitators are, they will not be able to steal her business.

She thought that after the hot pot restaurant went bankrupt, she would open another branch herself.

Thinking of this, she immediately ordered someone to go to the neighboring county to see if there are any suitable restaurants or large inns to sell.

She thought that when she opened a branch, the owner of the hot pot restaurant was litting the lamp and knocking on the abacus, looking very excited.

"Hotpot is indeed profitable. Although the profit is small, the number of diners is large. Today's income is three times that of the previous one..."

"Boss, there is another way for the younger ones to reduce our costs?"

The middle-aged shopkeeper came over and offered a suggestion.

The boss paused his abacus and looked at him, "What's the solution?"

"We can leave the used pot bottom, clean the leftovers, boil them with oil again, and continue to use them the next day. Wouldn't this save a lot of money?"

You know, the peppers used in the base are not cheap.

The boss's eyes were bright, "Okay, that's it."

He only thought about how to make more money, but he didn't consider that if the bottom of the pot is not clean, he might have a bad stomach.

By then, it will not be possible to solve the problem with a few dollars.

...

"Girl, the younger one found out that there is a three-story restaurant in South Street, Mingxian, which is twice as large as our current hot pot restaurant. It is also because of the business depressed and the losses were continuously lost. The shopkeeper had no choice but to close the door and plan to sell it. The land was good and the traffic was large, so the selling price was not low, it cost 2,000 taels."

"How much population in Ming County is compared to Deng County?"

"It's about half the price."

"Do you have to have fewer wealthy merchants?"

"Yes." Changfu said: "Deng County is the largest and most prosperous county in Yancheng, with the largest population and a concentration of officials and wealthy businessmen."

Generally, those who go to high-end restaurants are mostly rich people. No wonder the restaurant in Mingxian has a huge and good location that has to close down after losing money.

Ji Wan pondered for a moment, "You go in person, start renovating immediately after buying it, invite more people, and add the equipment as quickly as possible, and it is best to open it before the end of next month."

"yes."

Changfu immediately took the order.

He was efficient in his work and soon took the restaurant down and hired manual decoration according to the drawings drawn by Ji Wan.

At this moment, something happened to the half-restaurant and half-hot pot restaurant that had previously imitated Ji's hot pot restaurant.

"Their pot bottom is reused. Some even used it for several days, and some were not sealed tightly. Some diners found scorched fruit flies at the bottom of the pot... The table was a few carpenters, who had a bad temper, and they started to make a fuss at that time. The table was pushed and pushed. The hot pot bottom was spilled on a child next to the table. The child was crying heartbroken. His family pushed the waiter away, but just hit a guy serving the food behind. The people and the vegetables fell to the ground. Those who lined up, closed the plate.

All of them were implicated, and the entire lobby was completely in chaos and quarreled. The disaster never came alone. Someone ate their hot pot one day and had diarrhea and sued the government directly. There were many such families. When they saw that they sued, they also followed the county government to complain. The official sent a search and found several untreated pot bottoms in the kitchen, as well as ingredients that were not fresh enough... The magistrate was furious and immediately seized the store, sentenced the boss and the shopkeeper to two years in prison, and compensated the victim for silver."

Ji Wan was amazed at her mouth.

So, she also thought that if the store was operated properly, it would be able to last for at least a while. But she didn't expect that she would kill herself so quickly?

I can only say that I suffer.

Shaking her head, she no longer cared about this matter and continued to be busy with opening a branch. Since she had recruited Qi Jiu as a partner at the beginning, the branch naturally had Qi Jiu's dividends. So she gave Qi Jiu the arrangements for the chef's accountant and manager.

Qi Jiu smiled and said, "Little girl, are you planning to be a hand-off manager?"

Ji Wan said with a smile: "You have been running a restaurant for so many years, with rich experience and wide connections. These small things are easy to deal with."

Qi Jiu laughed, and his flattery was very helpful.

"You have put such a tall hat on me. If I refuse, it would be too unkind."

Ji Wan nodded repeatedly, but she complained in her heart that he was still behaved when he got the advantage.

Creativity is what she thinks about, the raw materials are also what she gives, and the cost is also what she pays for. The role of Qiji is to provide "talents" and be her solid backer.

She gives him a full 40% dividend every year.

Of course, Ji Wan also knew the Qi family's family's background, which can be seen from Qi Min's brows and giving her a box of pearls without frowning.
Chapter completed!