northernbook Chapter 168 Space Upgrade Expected
Chapter 168 Space Upgrade Expected
Everyone followed the moving shopkeeper and looked over...
yes...
"Manager Shen?!"
Shen Zhian nodded to the others.
He arrived late and couldn't get a room upstairs, so he had to eat in the main hall first.
Moreover, he came alone and could only sit at a small table.
Since his abrupt encounter with Lu Tao, he has rarely visited Baishi Teahouse.
This time... I just couldn't resist, so I came in a low-key manner.
Tian Tian looked in the direction of the sound...
"Manager Shen, you've arrived."
"Why didn't you look for me... I arranged a private room for you upstairs."
Shen Zhian waved his hand, "I'm alone, I don't need to go to the side room."
"But since you're here, how about you teach me how to eat this hot pot?"
Shen Zhian was more worldly and knowledgeable than Qian Hai, but even he had never eaten hot pot like this before.
He really didn't know where to begin...
The other guests also craned their necks, "Yes, Miss Tian Er, why don't you teach us how to eat this hot pot?"
Unable to refuse such a kind offer, Tian Tian had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The guests in the second-floor rooms heard this and also stood up to look down.
In the kitchen, everyone's pot broths were brought out one after another.
The aroma of the broth was so enticing that everyone couldn't help but gather around to sniff it again and again, and even peeked at other tables to see how their broth differed from their own.
The waiter placed the pot base on the hot pot stand, turned on the switch, and adjusted it to the highest heat setting.
Taking the opportunity, Tian Tian started teaching everyone how to eat hot pot.
First, prepare a dipping sauce that suits your taste.
There are many varieties of dipping sauces, and Tian Tian explained them one by one.
There are four dipping sauce stations in the lobby on the first floor, and each of the private rooms upstairs has its own dipping sauce station.
Following Tian Tian's explanation, everyone took turns preparing the dipping sauce.
After returning to my seat, the pot started to boil again.
"Everyone can put whatever they want to eat into the pot. Once it's cooked, take it out, dip it in your own sauce, and it's ready to eat."
It can be taught in just one sentence; it's that simple.
"Vegetables are basically cooked after a quick blanch, but meat needs to be cooked longer."
"Everyone should give it a try."
Guests sat around tables, the broth bubbling and steaming, the air filled with a complex aroma of spicy, tomato, mushroom, and sour soup.
"Wow!" A middle-aged man exclaimed, his face flushed. "This spicy hot pot base is amazing! One bite and I'm sweating buckets!"
He exhaled hot air, "But it's so satisfying, the taste is amazing."
"Hiss... Hey buddy, give me a pot of tea."
As he spoke, he blew on the freshly scooped-out slices of meat and put them into his mouth.
"Wow, the flavor is so strong! The numbing, spicy, and fragrant notes all blended together... wow..."
An elderly lady was eating a mushroom hot pot. She picked up a piece of tofu and said, "I still think this mushroom hot pot is very fresh and delicious. You can taste the original flavor of the ingredients."
"The tofu made by the second young lady is tender and has the umami flavor of the soup base, which suits my taste."
"The sour soup base is also good, it's sour and spicy and appetizing, and the fish is so tender it's almost like tofu..." said a young man.
"The sweet and sour taste of tomatoes is delicious!" Even the children joined in the fun.
The people who hadn't yet reached the front of the line smelled the delicious aroma and watched the excitement, feeling incredibly anxious but helpless.
"So this is how you eat hot pot."
"A table full of people were eating, and the pot was full of soup and meat...it looked so fresh."
"Who says it isn't? This smell... it makes my mouth water even from a distance. I must have it today."
"Why don't these people eat faster? I'm getting so impatient!"
"Once you go in, you'll have to savor it slowly."
"That's true..."
"Tsk, when are we going to get a proper welcome?"
"Don't worry, we're at the front of the line. After this round, it will definitely be our turn."
Meanwhile, Lu Tao, Liu San Niang, and the others were secretly watching the situation outside from the backyard...
“Everyone seems to really enjoy hot pot,” Lu Tao said.
Liu San Niang nodded in agreement, "Yes, they ate very happily."
"Sweetie succeeded again, she's really amazing."
Lu Tao was overjoyed. "This girl... she's always fiddling with this and that..."
"The shop is opening today, and she'll be going to buy rice tomorrow."
"This child just can't sit still."
That day, a long queue formed outside the hot pot shop, and the number of people didn't decrease until dinner time.
Even after the shop closed, people outside were still reluctant to leave.
"Let's go, let's go, let's come early to queue up tomorrow..."
"I queued all day, I'm practically drooling..."
"Come early tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll come at Chenshi (7-9 AM) tomorrow!!"
"..."
*
The next day, Tian Tian did not go to the shop.
After yesterday's inspection, the employees' professional skills met the standards.
Yesterday, we ate hot pot all day long.
Fortunately, the power bank that Tian Tian installed had a large capacity and had been fully charged a few days earlier, otherwise it really wouldn't have lasted.
After final statistics, the daily turnover reached more than 500 taels. After deducting costs, the profit was conservatively more than 300 taels, which was more than that of Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Tea House.
To encourage the workers, she gave them a bonus of one or two coins yesterday, and the junior manager gave them an extra two hundred coins.
They will definitely try harder today than yesterday, so she doesn't need to be there.
On the contrary...
Li Huaiyuan and Ling Yao, who had promised to come and support us, did not show up yesterday.
However, Tian Tian also reminded Lu Tao and Liu San Niang that if they arrived, they should be led to a room on the second floor and the meal fee should be waived.
Today, Tian Tian's task is to purchase rice from local farmers.
When we planted high-yield rice for them before, we said that if we were to sell rice, we should give them priority.
With the second season of rice about to be harvested, many people's homes don't have enough space to store the rice.
That's why she's starting to harvest the rice...
She went door-to-door to collect the rice, paying eight coins per pound according to Daqi's price.
There are more than 30 households, with each household having an average of about three mu of land.
Everyone reserved three or four hundred catties of rice, and the rest were sold to Tian Tian.
Tian Tian drove her own horse-drawn carriage to acquire a company, and as soon as she stepped out, she sold the rice to the system.
"System detection: Rice, no pesticide residues and no pollution, 20 wen per jin, 2,000 jin in total, total: 40,000 wen."
More than 30 households, 120 mu, spent 1,056 taels of silver.
After selling everything to the system, I received 2,640 taels of silver.
By reselling these items, I made a profit of 1,584 taels.
That's not the key point.
The key point is...
Her system needs 100,000 taels of silver to upgrade from LV1 to LV2.
She...
Only a little over three thousand taels...
It's still a long way from being upgraded.
but...
There is still hope.
Next year, we'll plant high-yield rice varieties on a large scale...
It should be able to be upgraded soon.