Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 21: Persuasion and Counter-Persuasion
"Ningxi!" Meng Shuangshuang shouted angrily at first, "Aren't you cheating, you didn't ask for money at the beginning!"
The family of the four selected people is not very good. Fifty taels of silver is definitely a large amount for them. If they really have so much money, who would go to the street stall and open a shop early.
"But I didn't say I don't need money, otherwise there would be no such good thing, and the pie will fall from the sky!"
Two of them walked away first: "Hmph, it turned out to be tricking us into hard labor."
Song Tianshun was also a little hesitant: "Miss Ning, isn't the number of fifty taels too harsh? The entire stall is not worth a few taels!"
Ning Xi said: "I'm not selling stalls, but craftsmanship, signboards, do you understand? If you master this craftsmanship, your ancestors will be able to get it right. We set up a stall in the night market a few days ago. You have also seen it, you can do the math for yourself, are these fifty taels worth it?"
Song Tianshun lowered his head and thought for a while, seeing that Zhou Chunli's eyes were full of eagerness to try, and said, "Miss Zhou, I really can't get the fifty taels of silver, but I can still collect three or five taels at home, if you really If you have the heart to learn, I can lend it to you first, and it will not be too late to pay it back when you have more money in the future when your business is established.”
Meng Shuangshuang was heartbroken when she heard it, she pulled Ningxi over and whispered, "Ningxi, what's the matter with you? You don't lack any money."
Ning Xi patted the back of her hand, motioning her to calm down, but Zhou Chunli finally made up her mind, looked up and said, "I can't take out this money now, but if Miss Ning can give me the booth , I promise that within three years, I will earn the fifty taels and return it to Miss Ning."
"There is no proof, how can I believe that you will pay off the money within three years?"
"Miss Ning, my three-year appointment is not just a random talk. I have seen you doing business in the night market. I also know the prices of ingredients in the market. I can probably calculate how much money I can make in a day. , as long as you work hard enough, I believe it will not be a problem to pay off the money within three years."
Ning Xi clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Clear thinking and ambition! I have accepted your apprentice."
Zhou Chunli looked surprised: "Really? Thank you Miss Ning!"
Song Tianshun is also very happy for her: "That's great, Miss Zhou, you don't have to worry about the lives of your younger siblings in the future."
Ning Xi said with a smile: "In fact, Brother Song is also a kind person. If you two can trust each other, you might as well manage this lo-mei stall together. After all, Miss Zhou is a girl and it is not very convenient to go out at night. It takes a man to do the heavy lifting too.”
Song Tianshun and Zhou Chunli were both surprised and delighted: "Is this okay?"
"Of course! My goal is to find someone who really wants to be a good lo-mei stall. Since both of you are doing well, I'll leave it to the two of you. Of course, if the two of you can make it together One family, that's the best!"
Ning Xi's words made Zhou Chunli blushed with shame, and Song Tianshun only knew how to smirk, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.
Ning Xi stopped teasing them and said seriously, "It's getting late, so go home and explain, and come over to study in the evening!"
The two left happily and went home.
Meng Shuangshuang patted his chest and complained to Ningxi: "So you're playing with this idea, it scared me to death, I thought you were really greedy for those fifty taels of silver!"
Ning Xi said: "How can it be, it's just that things that are too easy to get will make people not know how to cherish them."
While speaking, Ozawa came back from school, and while entering the room, he said loudly: "Big sister, second sister, look who is here?"
The hippie smiling face came in behind Ozawa, who else but the fat guy from Rong Daquan?
Rong Daquan put a lot of effort into trying to please Ozawa today, not only bringing snacks from Quan Jufu to the academy, but also many gadgets bought on the street. After all, Ozawa was still a child at heart, so he was easily coaxed into joy, and he took the initiative to invite him home for dinner.
"Chef Rong, why do you have the time to visit the humble house today?" Ning Xi stood up to say hello. She thought that after the Quanyu Banquet was over, they would have nothing to do with Quan Jufu.
Rongda said: "Isn't this the same dish you taught me last time, braised silver carp head, I've cooked it a few times, but I always feel that there is something that is not good enough, the taste is just a little bit worse, so I'm here to ask you for advice."
"Well, then you do it once and I'll take a look." In line with the principle of good after-sales service, Ning Xi rolled up his sleeves and prepared to give some pointers to Rong Daquan. After all, did he charge five hundred taels of silver!
But in fact, the main purpose of Rong Daquan's visit today is really not to ask for advice. He came here on the order of the shopkeeper Shen to persuade Ning Xi to go to Quanjufu to become a chef.
In fact, Rong Daquan is not a person who values fame and fortune very much. For him, his cooking skills are superior. Therefore, when Shopkeeper Shen proposed to recruit Ning Xi, what he thought was not that his position as head chef was about to fail, but that it was so good that he could learn a lot from her!
If it weren't for the fact that the chefs of this era are particularly taboo to teach art investment teachers, he would not mind going to worship a teenage girl in Ningxi as a big man in his thirties.
So as soon as I heard Manager Shen's order, I ran over immediately, and I even wrote the speech along the way, and took advantage of this opportunity to ask for advice.
"Ningxi, I heard you plan to open a restaurant?"
"Yeah, looking at the place!"
"You're a girl's family, it's not easy to open a restaurant! Let's talk about this storefront, you can't find a good location, and there are no customers in a bad place, even if the place is found, this big A place needs to be renovated, furnished, and hired shopkeepers, chefs, running halls, accountants, and handymen. When there are too many people, the heart will be scattered. It is not easy to manage so many people. Besides, opening a restaurant is not only It's as simple as opening a restaurant, this white and gangster, the relationship between the top and bottom must be managed well, these things, you are a little girl, can you handle it?"
When Ning Xi heard this, what she said made sense. In her previous life, she also opened a restaurant, and it was a top chain restaurant in the country. But at that time, she had a good brother and helped her take care of all the trivial matters. , she only needs to study how to cook well. But now, all are counting on her alone...
Seeing Ningxi's thoughtful expression, Rong Daquan felt that there was drama, and said even more vigorously: "Even if the restaurant opens, it can't be guaranteed to make money, right? If it can't make money, after a few If Moon Restaurant can't keep up, then all the money you invested in the early stage will be wasted! In fact, I think the safest thing is to find a famous restaurant to be a chef, without having to worry about managing the restaurant, and It can guarantee income during drought and flood, and even if you earn money, you can save it as a dowry! Do you think so?”
"Actually, as good as Ningxi, you can earn both fame and fortune no matter which big restaurant you go to. Why bother to open a restaurant yourself?"
"Brother Rong, what you said actually makes sense, but I'm used to being free, and I don't like being controlled by others! It's just like Brother Rong, you are the chef in Quanjufu. This is the first one in the capital, but after all, Quan Jufu belongs to Prince Qi, who said that he wants to eat sweet, do you dare to make it salty?"
"This, of course, you have to listen to the prince, but even if you open a restaurant, don't you have to listen to the guests? It's not that you have to do what the guests want to eat?"
"Of course not. Of course I am the owner of the restaurant I open. I think it is delicious to do this. If you want me to do that, I'm sorry, we will not entertain you."
Rong Daquan laughed: "You have to be confident enough to dare to say that. How can a normal cook dare to say that. If you do it like you do, the restaurant should have closed its doors long ago."
"I'm not boasting, Brother Rong, actually, have you ever thought that if I go to Quan Jufu, there is a good chance that you won't be able to sit as the chef?"
"What's the matter? Your craft is better than mine, so the chef should be yours."
"It's best if you can think that way, but do others see it the same way? With so many people in the Quanjufu kitchen, how could there not be people who are high and who step down? Wouldn't there be people who gossip and say You are not skilled, and you were squeezed from the seat of the chef? Even if you don't care about this, you can't get as much Yueyin as you are now, right? What about your family? What would you think?"
Rong Daquan was at a loss for words for a while. He really didn't think of these questions. It's okay to be gossiped, but there are old people and children in the family. If his income suddenly dropped a lot, it would be impossible to say that he had no complaints.
Ning Xi strikes while the iron is hot: "But the restaurant he owns is different. It is said that there are people outside the world. If there is someone who is better at cooking than me, I will be too happy. It's mine! Brother Rong, why don't you come and open a restaurant with me! How about we all have money to make together?"
Ningxi didn't really want to win over Rong Daquan, but didn't she hear him talk about a lot of difficulties in opening a restaurant just now, she thought that she still had to find a local native who was familiar with the restaurant business for help. Only then can she do it, and if she wants that person to help her with all her might, the best way is to let that person take it as her own business.
It's really easy to get it, isn't the Rong Daquan in front of you the best candidate? So Ning Xi did all her strength and wanted to persuade Dong Rong Daquan to work with her.
"Brother Rong, you are working hard to cook and take apprentices now, but in the end, you are not making wedding clothes for others. When you are old and infirm in the future, where will there be room for you in Quanjufu? And How easy is it for them to find a suitable chef? But your own restaurant is different. Think about it, it can be passed on to your descendants. Your ancestors are the property of your Rong family from generation to generation. Brother Rong , do you want your son to be just the son of a chef? Or the young owner of a restaurant?"