While the two were talking, Aunt Hu next door banged the gong loudly and shouted: "They sell fried rice with lard and eggs, it costs 25 cents a portion!"
Zhou Caiyun was so angry that she vomited: "Damn it, you did something bad again!"
Lin Mai thought for a while and said, "Let's move all the pork bone radish soup and braised pork to the front of the store."
As soon as the pork bone and radish soup and braised pork were placed at the entrance of the store, the aroma spread all over the place.
Many of the diners who were attracted by Aunt Hu's gongs and shouts were attracted by the aroma of these two foods and asked, "How do you sell bone radish soup and braised pork?"
"A bowl of bone and radish soup costs two cents, and a bowl of stewed soup costs three cents."
"Where's the staple food?"
“Lard and egg fried rice.”
"price?"
"Thirty cents a piece."
Many customers were unhappy: "Your neighbor sells it for 25 cents a piece, but you sell it for 30 cents. It's a bit sinister."
Lin Mai smiled and reasoned with these customers: "A watch made in China costs more than 30 yuan a piece, and a watch made in Shanghai costs 50 yuan a piece. What do you say? There are reasons why it is expensive."
A customer asked: "How expensive is your lard and egg fried rice?"
"It's all about the taste." Lin Mai pointed to a bowl of chili sauce on the table, "When you order lard and egg fried rice here, you can add a spoonful of fresh and spicy chili sauce to fry it together."
A customer asked: "If I don't like spicy food and don't add chili sauce, will it only cost 25 cents a serving?"
Lin Mai thought for a while: "That's okay."
After thinking about it again, he added: "You can also just buy white rice for a dime or two taels, and pair it with bone radish soup or braise it."
Even if her neighbor steals her business, she can make temporary adjustments.
Some customers come here just for her bone radish soup and braised soup.
I heard that you can order rice directly with bone and radish soup or braised it. Many diners bought two taels of rice and a bowl of braised rice on the spot.
Although the braised pork is made from pig offal and lungs, it is so fragrant and it is still meat, which makes people drool.
Some diners have no money and can only buy a bowl of bone radish soup to satisfy their craving.
Some diners like spicy food and were very interested in the chili sauce recommended by Lin Mai, so they asked her to add the chili sauce for him to stir-fry lard and egg fried rice.
The lard and egg fried rice fried in this way is indeed fresh, spicy and has an extraordinary taste. It is worth spending an extra five cents.
Lin Mai's lard and egg fried rice without chili sauce also sells for 25 cents a piece, but Aunt Hu's lard and egg fried rice has no advantage.
Kelinmai also has two killer options: bone radish soup and stewed stew.
In the competition between the two families at noon, the neighbor next door was completely defeated, and Aunt Hu was so angry that she lost her temper.
Fang Zhuoran hurried over from get off work at noon and saw that Lin Mai's business and Aunt Hu's business had dropped drastically compared to the morning.
The business of Lin Mai's family was booming, but the business of Aunt Hu's family was deserted, and her anxious heart finally settled in her stomach.
I walked up to Lin Mai and ordered a bowl of braised pork and a bowl of lard and egg fried rice.
Lin Mai was a little hesitant: "As a surgeon, wouldn't it be difficult for you to accept braised food?"
She was afraid that if he ate these delicacies made from pig waste, he would think of human organs.
As a top surgeon, he sees human internal organs every day.
She doesn't want him to have a bad experience, she just wants him to enjoy every time he eats at her place.
Fang Zhuoran felt confused: "Why is it difficult for me to accept it? What I eat is the organs from pigs, not the organs from humans."
His words scared off several customers who wanted to buy braised pork.
Lin Mai wailed in his heart, Professor, can you please stop talking casually~
When making fried rice with lard and eggs for Fang Zhuoran, Lin Mai not only gave him more lard, but also gave him one more egg.
The diner who had just bought a piece of lard and egg fried rice stared straight-eyed and asked, "Why did he give an extra egg?"
Lin Mai smiled and said: "You can also give me an extra egg, just add an extra cent."
The diner had no choice but to carry his lard and egg fried rice angrily and find a seat to sit down and eat.
Fang Zhuoran finished his simple but delicious lunch and said to Lin Mai when he left: "Your braised pork tastes really good."
Lin Mai whispered to him: "There are still a few ingredients needed, otherwise it can be made even more delicious."
Fang Zhuoran wanted to ask her what kind of marinade she needed, but seeing that there were so many customers standing in front of her, it was not easy to ask.
I was afraid that when I asked, some caring customer would take note of it and reveal Lin Mai's recipe.
Although he is a doctor, he also knows that many foods require secret recipes.
So he said to Lin Mai: "Tonight I have to stay up all night again, remember to prepare dinner for me."
Lin Mai said hello.
I don't know if it was because she was still young, but her voice was crisp and moving like a silver bell. Fang Zhuoran found it particularly pleasant.
Just a pair of pig large intestines, a pair of pig small intestines and a pair of pig lungs. The resulting stew is not much, only enough to sell thirty bowls.
Fortunately, they sold a lot of rice with braised pork and bone soup, so Lin Mai's lunch business ended before two o'clock.
When closing the stall, Zhou Caiyun glanced at the neighbor next to her in relief.
Next door, Aunt Hu and several of her helpers were still shouting hard.
After closing the stall, Zhou Caiyun became worried: "The old witch next door will definitely learn from us how to make bone and radish soup tomorrow and make braised pork and sell it."
Lin Mai was not in a hurry at all: "I am very particular about simmering bone and radish soup and making stew.
Even if someone next door plagiarizes, they can only learn a superficial knowledge, but they can’t learn the essence. The taste is not as good as ours, and even if they steal business, there is a limit.”
Zhou Caiyun hit the nail on the head: "But the old witch is good at cutting prices. One price is cheaper than the other. As long as she sells the same food cheaper than us, the business will be better than ours."
Lin Mai waved his hand: "Leave it to her, cooking food is all about word of mouth.
As long as our ingredients are good, the taste is good, the service attitude is good, and we have a good reputation, it doesn't matter if the price is higher.
You see, the tofu skin in Laotongcheng is more expensive than anywhere else, but there are so many people eating it. This is the effect of word-of-mouth."
Zhou Caiyun said angrily: "Word of mouth depends on hard work, how long will it take~"
Lin Maidao: "Which century-old brand is not the result of hard work?"
After cleaning various kitchen utensils and pots and pans used in business, Zhou Caiyun fried two vegetables and braised a white silver carp, and a simple lunch was ready.
Although Doudou had eaten a bowl of braised pork before, he was having lunch as usual now.
Zhou Caiyun gave her a piece of fish belly without bones.
Thinking of Fang Zhuoran specifically telling her that he would stay up all night tonight and asking her to prepare dinner for him.
After eating and taking a two-hour nap, Lin Mai went to the black market to buy meat tickets and planned to go to the state-owned market to buy meat ingredients to make him a nutritious meal.
Working the night shift consumes mental and physical energy, so you must eat well.
If she buys meat in the afternoon, she won't buy it on the black market.
The meat stalls in the black market are all open-air, and the weather is hot now, so the pork is already stale by the afternoon.
But the state-owned vegetable market operates indoors, and although the pork is no longer fresh in the afternoon, it is still much better than the pork sold at black market meat stalls.