HLnovel Chapter 183 Bookstore
Chapter 183 Bookstore
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The air was filled with the aroma of barbecue, attracting many people to come in.
Barbecue sales are not good in winter. Even if people want to eat it, they are not willing to go out to eat it in the cold winter. Therefore, restaurants are closed at night during the coldest time of winter.
It has been open and closed all the time. It is open when people come and closed when no one comes.
The weather was great today, and Anqiao's mood naturally improved a lot.
The late night restaurant is open again.
This time, Anqiao made several types of ramen noodles, most of which were made with fresh seafood soup base. To be honest, in her previous life, Anqiao would occasionally eat instant noodles.
She has always thought that several brands of seafood-flavored instant noodles are quite good, so she often buys seafood-flavored ones.
Now that she makes her own ramen, she chooses seafood soup base.
Seafood is not actually a scarce resource in Kyoto Prefecture. Because there are fishing boats and merchant ships, you can buy fresh and delicious seafood at the dock every day.
It's just that due to resource limitations, it's difficult to catch too big fish, but there are indeed a steady supply of small fish, and there are also a lot of shells and oysters.
Anqiao also uses a lot of seafood. When it is cooked into seafood soup, people are so greedy that some customers who eat dinner even ask why they don’t make seafood porridge? How to sell this soup?
Anqiao took out a small half of the pot and sold it in the evening, but kept most of it for midnight snack.
She made her own ramen noodles. Most of the noodles she bought were instant noodles or dried noodles, which were not tough enough, so An Qiao tried to knead the noodles herself. Unexpectedly, she made it in one go.
The noodles are put into a large pot and cooked until soft or hard according to your needs. After being taken out, the seafood soup is poured in, and no other condiments are added. Although it is such a simple ramen, it can make the whole restaurant extremely fragrant.
Of course, some people waited for a long time before they got the grilled skewers, tofu and potatoes, skewered small pieces of meat, pork skin and chicken skin, dozens upon dozens of them stacked up and placed on one side.
Anyone who comes to eat can just choose what they want to eat and hand it to Anqiao.
"It's been a long time since you opened the midnight snack stall, young lady. I came several times before and it was never open." A diner sighed as he took the grilled meat skewers from An Qiao.
"Yes, it's too cold in winter and there are few people, so some people don't cook for three days and dry the net for two days." An Qiao smiled embarrassedly and handed the condiments to the diners.
"It's a bit cold, but I live nearby. It's just behind this restaurant, very close." The diner smiled but didn't say anything.
An Qiao thought about it and responded with two sentences, but her thoughts drifted away involuntarily.
Isn't that the location of the newly bought small house? Eventually, the entire restaurant can be combined into a square.
Because I was busy recently, I forgot about it. I just remembered it tonight when I heard this customer talk about it.
Originally, An Qiao was thinking of tearing down the whole building and rebuilding it, but sometimes she felt that the place seemed very suitable to be a book corner.
The original book corner had relatively few books, and Anqiao built a small area like a milk tea shop in accordance with modern people's habits, which was neither large nor large.
Also, because they didn't know what to buy when they first started buying books, they basically bought things that could be bought in bookstores. Although there were also storybooks, they were not many, which resulted in many girls having no books to read.
Since we don’t know what to change it to, we might as well push down the wall over there and make it a reading corner, separating boys and girls.
At that time, it would be nice to turn the original book corner into a special notebook room for girls.
You can also buy some comic books and storybooks, and the afternoon will pass quickly.
After thinking it over, An Qiao decided to ask a craftsman to dismantle the wall tomorrow, and put some soft cushions, tables, chairs and benches in the main house.
The small room was converted into a study room where one could read books for 15 or 30 cents. The environment was quiet and some tea was provided.
If you want snacks, buy them yourself.
When I have more money in the future, I will consider changing it to something else, or it would be a good idea to keep it as it is.
Fortunately, the restaurants in Kyoto have good lighting. Maybe it’s because there were no tall buildings in ancient times, so they all look good.
The little room is quite quiet, but also perfect for studying.
……
The next day, An Qiao called a few helpers and demolished the wall in no time.
It really looked like a real deal, and a new signboard was installed in the yard.
The prices of several teas and snacks were written down, as well as the prices and rules of the study room.
It's basically 5 cents to read a book, and you can read in the main room, with no time limit, but you don't get anything else except boiled water.
The study room fee is 15 wen per person per day. If you buy a monthly card, it is 12 wen. They only provide the most ordinary tea, but no snacks.
If you want a meal package, it costs 25 coins, which includes tea, three snacks, breakfast or dinner, and unlimited tea.
It’s also okay for others to drink tea, but they will be charged the usual price.
In just half a day, An Qiao moved all the books originally in the library here.
The original bookstore has temporarily stopped operating. An Qiao asked around last night and heard that there was an alley selling many different storybooks, so she could go and try it.
So in the afternoon, he took Qitao and Dahan out in a hurry.
The alley behind Cui'an Hall was full of merchants buying and selling second-hand books, and An Qiao even saw quite a few erotic pictures in them.
An Qiao was fine, but Qi Tao was already blushing.
An Qiao and Qi Tao were reading the storybook in the front. "Young lady, this one must be interesting."
An Qiao looked back and saw "The Prince's Guardian Angel", and her eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
This name is really simple and crude.
"Buy anything you find interesting." An Qiao continued to select books.
Anyway, I'm not buying these books to read myself, so it would be more interesting if I had a few different books.
In addition to these, Anqiao also picked out a lot of knitting, weaving, women's work, and fine brushwork...
There are countless books suitable for girls to learn skills or expand their interests and hobbies. Times are unfair. Girls in this era cannot go to school freely. Many girls who can read and write can only do so because their families are powerful.
So An Qiao thought about buying some skill books, so that even children from ordinary families could learn something when they went to her bookstore to read books. After all, her bookstore was not expensive.
An Qiao had thought it through. The cost of educating girls is low, and not many people are willing to let girls study.
Then it was changed to 3 cents for reading a book, and water was provided free of charge.
Although it’s not free, it’s much better than not being able to see the book.
Thinking of this, An Qiao simply bought some wool, cashmere, embroidery cloth and colored thread, and also bought a few sets of pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
She didn't know any of these things anyway, but if she wanted to practice, she could pay some money for the materials and practice directly in her restaurant.