Su Yining finished his work and it was already dark.
"Who came to see you today and took so long?" Zhao Ling'er was a little curious.
Su Yi Ning was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, it's Liu Wenjie. He came to discuss an article with me."
"Oh." Zhao Ling'er didn't take it seriously. Maybe the ancients were more serious.
After dinner, Zhao Ling'er found it boring, so she asked Su Yining: "Which article were you discussing this afternoon? Bring it over and let me read it too."
"Ah?" Su Yi Ning was a little surprised.
"Ah what? I have read a lot of articles! Let me see what you wrote. Isn't this just idle time?"
"All right."
Su Yi Ning took over a pamphlet, pointed at one of the articles and said, "Take a look."
Zhao Ling'er read it and found that it was a nostalgic parallel essay.
When he read the sentence "The sun sets and the journey is far away, what is the world like on earth! When the general leaves, the big trees fall; when the strong men do not return, the cold wind blows." I felt that he was lamenting his father's experience, and he couldn't help but comfort him: "Okay,"
Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years. 'My father is getting old, so I just take this opportunity to have a good rest, won't I still have you in the future?"
Who knew that Su Yi Ning didn't hear what she said. He was thinking about what to do if the 5,000 taels of silver were spent. He had to think of a solution quickly, so he didn't listen to what Zhao Ling'er was saying at all.
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Zhao Ling'er noticed something was wrong with Su Yining, so she asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Su Yi Ning came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Oh, it's nothing. Maybe I didn't get a good rest last night."
Zhao Ling'er said with concern: "Then you go to bed quickly. I have nothing to do, just let Ah Zhen take care of me from now on. You should focus on studying."
Su Yi Ning did not answer.
"By the way, Ah Zhen!" Zhao Ling'er called Ah Zhen in and said, "Tomorrow morning you go to the hot pot restaurant and ask shopkeeper Wang to come over. Why haven't you come to report business to me for several days?"
Ah Zhen glanced at Su Yi Ning and whispered: "Yes."
Su Yi Ning watched A Zhen leave and hurriedly walked to Zhao Ling'er and said, "You don't have to worry about the hot pot restaurant. As long as I'm here, shopkeeper Wang will report to me these days."
"Really?" Zhao Ling'er was a little surprised. No wonder he always goes out for a long time these days. Could it be that... something happened in the store?
"Did something happen in the store?" Zhao Ling'er asked tentatively.
"No, how can there be? Everything is fine. You can rest in peace and recuperate. When you get better, I will take you out to enjoy the flowers." Su Yi Ning hurriedly defended.
Zhao Ling'er still vaguely felt that something was wrong. If everything was fine, he would just study at home. Why would he go out for long periods of time?
"Did something happen to my parents? Or something happened to my sister-in-law?" Zhao Ling'er suddenly thought of this and asked worriedly.
"No, don't think about it. Everyone is fine. You are the worst at the moment." Su Yi Ning comforted her.
Zhao Ling'er shook her head: "No, you must be hiding something from me. Although I am physically injured, my mind is not broken. Why do you go out for so long every day? Tell me, what happened?
thing?"
Su Yi Ning still wanted to prevaricate.
Zhao Ling'er said angrily: "You won't tell me? I'll go out tomorrow! I asked Ah Xin to carry me, otherwise I have to crawl out even if I crawl. I want to find out what happened!"
"Hey!" Su Yi Ning sighed heavily and whispered: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that our hot pot restaurant has a competitor. The products are the same as ours, and the price is much lower than ours. Now some customers come to their place
Gone to the side."
When Zhao Ling'er heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be just a competitor.
"What else? Are our family members okay?" Zhao Ling'er asked worriedly.
"Look what you said, I told you that you are the one in the worst situation in our family right now!"
"Where is our dad? How is he feeling? Are you depressed?"
"He is doing well. He puts many flowers in the garden every day. Our house is now a big garden!"
"Where's my sister-in-law? Is she okay?"
"Oh, don't worry about other people!" Su Yi Ning said anxiously: "Everyone in our family is fine now except you! The only thing that worries my mother and I is your hot pot restaurant! Our competitors are about to take over our business.
It’s all gone. I can’t eat or sleep these days. Mom also invested 5,000 taels of silver, so I probably won’t last a few days.”
"When did it happen?" Zhao Ling'er asked in surprise.
"It's been since the Chinese New Year. At first, shopkeeper Wang didn't know that a hot pot restaurant was opening next door. Who knew that he was well prepared? It opened within a few days. The food and dishes were exactly the same as ours, even the chili peppers.
The price is lower than ours..."
"What did you mean when you said that my mother invested 5,000 taels?"
"They offer a 20% discount, and we offer a 20% discount. They offer a 30% discount, and we offer a 30% discount. Aren't we trying to fight them to the end? Maybe after a while, they won't be able to bear it anymore."
Zhao Linger shook her head, saying that a price war would not solve the problem.
"Tell Shopkeeper Wang that we will restore the original price tomorrow."
"What? Restore the original price?" Su Yining asked in surprise.
"Go and find out where there are hydrangeas, and buy a batch. As our store's signature dishes, there are also Sichuan noodles, black bean curd, cuttlefish, fennel fried dough sticks, ice powder, steamed rice cake, small crispy pork..."
"Wait, wait, wait, what did you say? Hydrangea? Sichuan powder? What are these? I've never heard of it." Su Yining took Zhao Ling'er's arm and interrupted her.
"Ah..." Zhao Ling'er was speechless and said, "Go get a piece of paper."
Zhao Ling'er wrote down the dishes she just mentioned and explained them to Su Yining one by one.
"As for Sichuan noodles, they are made from sweet potatoes and starch. They come in strips. They taste very chewy. They can be cooked in a hot pot until they become transparent, and then..."
"Oh, just tell me how to make Sichuan noodles? We don't sell them here."
"Uh... well..." Zhao Ling'er didn't know what to say, because she didn't know exactly how Sichuan fans made it.
"Do you know vermicelli?"
Su Yi Ning shook his head.
It seems that this Sichuan noodles cannot be made.
Zhao Linger crossed out Sichuan fans.
“Have you ever heard of Hydrangea?”
Su Yi Ning shook his head.
"Ah, it is a fungus that grows in the north, like oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and fungus. Uh... it may grow on trees, or it seems to grow on the ground... Oh, forget it." Zhao Ling'er shook her head.
Shaking his head, he also crossed out the hydrangea.
"Black bean curd, you should ask the master who grinds the tofu about this. He will probably be able to think of a way. Remember to sign an exclusive agreement with him and not allow him to sell it to those Eight Immortals."
"Squid boy, you must not have this anymore." Zhao Ling'er said to herself and took the initiative to cross it out.
"Fennel fried dough sticks, you can definitely make this!" Zhao Ling'er said excitedly: "You can discuss it with the chef in the store and make it like this." Zhao Ling'er drew the shape of a small fried dough stick and showed it to Su Yining.
"It contains cumin, you must remember."
"Bingfen and glutinous rice cakes, skip these two for now. You can definitely make this little crispy pork. Just wrap the tenderloin with a layer of corn starch, fry the meat in an oil pan, and then sprinkle with cumin and
Chili noodles can be eaten directly on the table."
Zhao Ling'er made a comparison with Su Yining and took a look. The only ones that can be made are crispy pork and fennel deep-fried dough sticks.
"Tomorrow you ask the chef to try making these two things. After they are done, ask them to send them over for me to try. You go to the master to make black bean curd..." At this point, Zhao Ling'er smacked his mouth and said: "Oh, if I can do it now
Just go to Jingchen Temple and see what fresh dishes they have.”