A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 506 Changing Zhu Xiaobei's Fate

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight from the east broke through the darkness, Lu Cheng had finished his daily morning routine exercise and rode his bike to Zhu Xiaobei's "Sisters' Baozi Shop" to have breakfast.

Since today is the weekend and there are no classes at school, Lu Cheng doesn't need to rush. He eats while checking the latest newspaper.

In this age when mobile phones and computers are not yet fully popular, newspapers are still very popular, especially some official newspapers, which can provide a lot of useful information.

For example, local land policies, support and favorable policies for various types of enterprises, development trends in various industries, etc.

After reading a newspaper and writing down some useful information, he saw that there were not many diners around. Zhu Xiaobei was helping his sister clear the table and wash the dishes.

When Zhu Xiaobei was done with his work, Lu Cheng called out, "Xiaobei, sit down and chat for a while."

Zhu Xiaobei stood up and walked across from Lu Cheng, moved a long bench and sat down: "Lu Cheng, how come you are so free today? You took so long to have breakfast."

"I have something I want to ask you and your sister."

"And my sister? What's the matter? Tell me."

"Besides selling buns in the morning, do you do any other business in the evening?"

"For lunch, we also make some noodles here. Recently, we have added small wontons that the locals like to eat, but the business has not yet started. As for the evening, there are usually few people."

"Have you ever thought about having a barbecue at night? This place is close to Dongda University and not far from Nanjing University. There is a lot of traffic here. There are many college students who come out for late-night snacks and shopping every night. If we can have a barbecue stall, it will definitely be very popular."

Sister Zhu, who had just finished her work, heard the conversation between the two and came over. "We haven't done this before. I can only make steamed buns, but I don't know how to do anything else. I heard that barbecue requires the ingredients to be prepared well and the heat to be controlled, but we don't know how to do that either."

"I can grill, and I have a recipe. I guarantee it will be delicious, but I don't have time to do it. I saw that the location of your store is not bad, so I would like to cooperate with you."

"This..." Sister Zhu was still a little hesitant, but Zhu Xiaobei beside her nodded: "I think it's worth a try. It's hard for Sister to make buns every day, and she doesn't make much money. If there are other ways, the situation may be better. Besides, it's not a big deal to give it a try."

"How about this, Xiaobei, come with me. We do have a small barbecue stove at home, and some charcoal, which I usually use to grill skewers. Let's bring it over and buy some meat to try. You can also try it and see if it works for you."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Zhu Xiaobei did not hesitate and immediately got on his bike and followed Lu Cheng to his home.

Finally, the two of them brought the barbecue stove, charcoal, skewers, and the barbecue ingredients that Lu Cheng had prepared in advance, and came to the sisters' bun shop. Sister Zhu also bought some mutton according to Lu Cheng's request.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng demonstrated his knife skills again and skillfully cut the mutton bought by Sister Zhu into small pieces of even size and marinated it for a while.

Taking advantage of this time, Lu Cheng briefly taught the two sisters some barbecue techniques.

When the meat was almost marinated, Zhu Xiaobei helped Lu Cheng to light the stove at the door of the store, and Lu Cheng began to grill the meat skillfully.

Soon, the aroma of barbecue wafted in the air. Although the two sisters had not tasted it yet, they were already sure that the lamb skewers grilled by Lu Cheng would definitely not be bad.

It was almost noon and it was the weekend. Some people who were shopping on the street were tired and started looking for food. Naturally, some of them were attracted by the smell of the barbecue.

Before the mutton skewers were finished, someone came over and asked, "How much are your mutton skewers? How much is one? They smell so good, give me a few to try."

When Sister Zhu saw the customer coming, she said a little embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry, we baked it for ourselves this time and are not ready to sell it yet."

Lu Cheng smiled and said, "We are preparing to open a barbecue restaurant. We are now testing the effect of the barbecue. I will give you a skewer to try first. When we open in two days, don't forget to come and support us."

"If it tastes good, I'll definitely come without you telling me, that's what I like."

Not long after, when Lu Cheng had grilled more than a dozen skewers of mutton, seven or eight people had gathered in front of the stall. Lu Cheng gave each of them a skewer, and also gave two or three skewers to each of Zhu Jiamei's sisters.

After tasting the skewers, everyone praised them highly: "This mutton skewers are grilled very well. This is the first time I have eaten such delicious mutton skewers. Can you give me a few more? I'll pay for it."

"I want it too, I want it too."

"Give me a few too."

"I'm really sorry, we have limited materials prepared today, and we are not ready for business yet. Please wait a moment, we will arrange it as soon as possible and start selling skewers."

Afterwards, Lu Cheng roasted all the remaining mutton and distributed it to some of the attracted guests for tasting, which could be regarded as a wave of advance publicity.

After finishing his work, Lu Cheng looked at the Zhu sisters and asked, "How is it? Can this business be done?"

Zhu Xiaobei nodded immediately: "Absolutely. With your barbecue skills, if you open a shop, it will definitely be a big hit."

Sister Zhu also nodded and said, "It's the first time for me to eat such delicious lamb skewers. Judging from the expressions of those who have eaten it, they should be quite satisfied. It's just... I don't know if I can grill it well."

"What's the big deal? Grilling skewers isn't difficult. I'll teach you. Just study hard and practice more. Besides, the most important thing about grilling skewers is the sauce recipe."

"Yes, sister, go buy some more mutton, and we'll start practicing tonight."

"Xiao Bei, if we do this business, should we talk to Lu Cheng about the profit sharing first? If we don't do it, we can't learn other people's skills for nothing."

"Yes, this is something we need to discuss, but we have no experience either. Lu Cheng, what do you think?"

"How about this, I'll give you the recipe and the grilling method, and we'll split it 20-80, with you taking 80%."

Zhu Xiaobei immediately objected: "No, Lu Cheng, this ingredient is so delicious when baked, anyone who gives it to you will make a lot of money, we can't take advantage of it. In my opinion, you should take the lion's share."

Sister Zhu also nodded: "Xiao Bei is right, we can't take advantage of you."

Lu Cheng shook his head and said, "Although I have the recipe, I don't have the time to run it. Everything in the future will be handed over to you. Buying raw materials, paying rent, and running the store all require money and energy. I can only help a little, that is, I will invest in technology at the beginning, so there is no reason for me to take so much.

As for finding someone else, I am not confident. It would be better for you to leave it to Xiaobei. Xiaobei is my classmate, so he can't run away, right?"

"This is not good, how about..."

"Okay, that's it, no need to say more."

If we start influencing Zhu Xiaobei's fate in advance, perhaps what will happen in the future can be avoided directly, and some trouble can be saved.

In the evening, Lu Cheng taught Sister Zhu how to grill meat for the whole afternoon. Before leaving, she took away some lamb skewers that she grilled herself. Lu Cheng put some of them in a bag and put them in the storage space to keep them fresh. He carried the rest directly back to the boys' dormitory: "Hurry up, I've brought you some delicious food."

"Brother Cheng is generous!"

"Thank you, Makoto!"

"Thank you, Lu Cheng."

Afterwards, when Lu Cheng left the boys' dormitory building, he had a basket of barbecue skewers in his hand.

When I got to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory, I called Lin Jingyi and said, "I brought you some food. Come down and get it."

"Okay, I'll come right away."

Not long after, Lin Jingyi came downstairs wearing slippers. Her hair was a little messy. She wore a butterfly-shaped hairpin on her head and a delicate little bracelet on her hand, both of which were given by Lu Cheng.