"Captain Jiang, let's sit here."
Zhong Renlong led Jiang Yuan to a small shop. The shop was a simple rectangular storefront, one of a row, mainly intended for dining with several sets of tables and chairs inside. Outside, the entrance displayed goods to attract customers, like this shop which had several baskets of durians, making it apparent what was being sold to anyone passing by.
This type of roadside shop resembled the suburban street shops of China in the early 2000s or the early 2010s—constructed with prefabricated panels in the simplest and cheapest way, just whitewashed and ready for business, with minimal investment and the appeal resting entirely on the food and location.
Zhong Renlong led Jiang Yuan and the others to sit down, then smiled, "Durian shops are always like this because of the smell, they can't really be opened in large shopping malls or hotels."