Chapter 37: Feng Huáng Restaurant
Sister-in-law Li was envious and happy, "Ale, if you continue like this, when your elder brother comes back, you might as well let him follow you."
"As long as the eldest brother is willing, I'm eager to do it!" Li Changle said, turning Chen Yongwei around and said to her, "Sister-in-law, you said you would introduce a partner to Ah Wei, have you ever gone back to your parents' house and asked the girl's family?"
Sister-in-law Li nodded and said, "I went back and asked. I just saw each other a few days ago, and we both looked at each other, so I didn't mention Ah Wei."
She said and looked at Ah Wei, "But I told my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to help you keep an eye on her and introduce you to a suitable girl."
Li Changle poked Chen Yongwei, who was standing there with a blushing face, "Young man, thank you quickly!"
"Thank you, sister-in-law, thank you..." Chen Yongwei said repeatedly with a red face.
Sister-in-law Li looked at Chen Yongwei and her neck turned red. She smiled and joked, "Don't thank the matchmaker yet. When the matchmaker is done, you can give me a big red envelope to thank the matchmaker."
Chen Yongwei nodded like a fool, "Okay, I'll make sure to give you a big red envelope!"
The eldest nephew Li Xiaoyang stepped forward and looked at the bucket Li Changle was carrying, "Wow! It's really a snow eel. Third uncle, why have you started fishing in the sea too? I remember when we went to my grandma's house, you and grandma He said, I’ll kill you for not going to sea fishing!”
Niece Li Xiaoqing and nephew Li Xiaotao also looked at him with smiles, as if it was really unusual for him to go fishing.
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Chen Yongwei smiled sullenly, and Li Changle touched his nose. Why is this child so unlovable?
"There are no rules!" Sister-in-law Li patted Li Xiaoyang, "Why are you talking to your third uncle?"
Li Xiaoyang touched his head and looked at his mother-in-law dissatisfied, "Why are you beating me? I'm not talking nonsense!"
Li Changle smiled and patted his head, "You brat, you're not talking nonsense! Come back, my third uncle sold the snow eels and bought meat for you to eat."
After hearing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "Don't waste money. They ate at grandma's house, and they still have the ginger candies you bought at home."
"Wow! There are also ginger candies! Let's go home and eat ginger candies!" The three children ran home in a swarm.
Li Changle walked to the side of the road and waited for a while, then stopped a minibus. When they got to Tuxiaqiao, they got off the bus outside Fenghuang Road. After walking a few dozen meters, they entered Fenghuang Street.
He looked at the four-story restaurant and realized that the luxurious Phoenix Restaurant in his memory was nothing more than a rustic compared to the renovated Phoenix Hotel in later generations.
Chen Yongwei looked at the revolving door at the gate and the people who were obviously different from them coming in and out, and asked cautiously: "Brother, everyone is inside, who can I buy from?"
How about we go to Chen Kee? How embarrassing would it be if you were scolded for going there?"
"We don't steal or rob, so what's the shame in selling something?" Li Changle looked around, "You stay here while I go in and ask!"
He felt that there was a saying in later generations that was very good: the less money you have, the more you need face, and the more you need face, the less money you have!
As the old saying goes, "If you are thin-skinned, you won't get enough; if you are thick-skinned, you will get enough"!
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei quickly picked up the bucket, fearing that others would come out to chase him away.
Li Changle carried the bucket and swaggered towards the revolving door. Before he reached the revolving door, he saw the security guard standing at the door nodding and bowing and calling a middle-aged man in charge.
His eyes lit up, and it turned out that the manager of Phoenix Restaurant came out, "You're lucky, you can get whatever you want!"
Li Changle happily came forward with a bucket, smiled and said to the steward: "Boss, do you want to buy a big snow eel?"
The steward waved his hands arrogantly and scolded Li Changle as if chasing away chickens and ducks: "Go, go, go! You sell things here without even looking at where this place is."
"Damn! Why are you, a manager, so arrogant?"
Li Changle stood aside with a fume, pointed at the snow eels in the bucket and said to the steward: "Phoenix Restaurant is a famous restaurant, and I want to recommend the freshest and best ingredients to you..."
The steward glared at him and said, "Leave quickly, or I'll call the security guard if you don't leave!"
"Don't be like this, peace brings wealth! As the old saying goes, if business cannot be done with kindness, why use violence?" Li Changle did not expect that the plot on TV would not work for him, so he made his last effort with a smile on his face,
"Boss, listen to me. The snow eel is delicious and has very high nutritional value. It has been regarded as a top-quality nourishing food from ancient times to the present. The ancients also called it water ginseng. If you don't buy it, you will suffer a loss... "
"Young man, bring the snow eel over and let me take a look."
"Boss Gu called you," the restaurant steward glared at him, "Why don't you bring it over quickly!"
"Hey!" Li Changle turned around happily, and then he saw a middle-aged man in straight clothes standing at the door.
He hurriedly walked over with the bucket, "Boss, I just caught it this morning. You can't tell whether it's big or small. It's the most nutritious."
Boss Gu looked at it and said, "How much do you plan to sell it for per pound?"
I happened to call over there and asked for snow eels, and I happened to meet someone offering snow eels for sale. It seemed that the sale could be successful this time.
"Boss Gu, to be honest, this is the first time my brother and I have caught such a big snow eel. I heard that the seafood store charges 5 yuan per catty. I want to sell it for more money, so I have the courage to send it here to try. .
Boss Gu, you can get a dollar and a nickel for an extra kilogram. A snow eel weighing more than thirteen kilograms can be sold for more than ten yuan. It takes my wife more than ten days to make a net."
Li Changle thought that the seafood store would charge three or four yuan per catty, and the price would at least double per catty when sold.
Besides, big restaurants must have fixed suppliers, and they should know the prices. If they shout too high, they will probably be kicked out. If they shout lower, as long as they are one or two yuan per catty more than the purchase price of the seafood store, their income will be the same. Very impressive.
After hearing this, Boss Gu smiled and said, "You are an honest person, so I'll give you 6 yuan." Then he turned to the steward waiting aside and said, "Akun, take him in and weigh him."
"Thank you, Boss Gu!" Li Changle took the opportunity and added, "We still have more than 20 kilograms of blue crabs, seven or eight kilograms of catfish, cobia, stone fish, and mackerel, all of which were caught in cages this morning. What do you want? If so, I’ll sell it to you cheaper.”
"Akun, let's take it together!" Boss Gu ordered and walked towards Santana at the door.
"It's the boss!" Akun responded respectfully. After seeing the boss off, he said to Li Changle with an arrogant look on his face, "Let's go! Go to the kitchen to get weighed."
"Thank you, Akun, for taking charge! Thank you!"
Li Changle thanked him gratefully and cursed in his heart. No wonder the old saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. You can never achieve the status of a big boss in your lifetime as a manager.
A Kun glanced sideways at him, "Stop talking nonsense, take the fish and go!"
Chapter completed!