Potatoes should be added to the stewed chicken too. Pei Yuezhi quickly peeled a few potatoes, cut them into chunks, and added them in.

Next, let's prepare the last dish: braised tofu with scallions!

To make braised tofu with scallions, first prepare a sauce: light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, a pinch of sugar, a little thirteen-spice powder and pepper, a pinch of chicken bouillon, and salt to taste. Then add about half a bowl of water.

The sauce needs to be simmered for a while, so the cornstarch water should be prepared in a separate bowl.

After the oil is hot, Pei Yuezhi breaks the tofu into pieces and fries it for a while until each side is golden brown. When it's almost done, she adds the scallions and stir-fries them until they release their aroma. Then, she pours the sauce from the bowl along the edge of the pan.

Simmer for a while to enhance the flavor, then drizzle in cornstarch slurry, stir-fry evenly, and it's ready to serve.

By this time, the meat and vegetables should be ready, and Grandma Liu has brought over the rice.

Remove the solids from the braised pork, reduce the sauce over high heat until it thickens slightly, then add some MSG before serving.

Pei Yuezhi opened the pot lid for the chicken, poked the potatoes, and found they were quite soft and ready to be served.

Pei Yuezhi was almost exhausted after cooking four dishes. The wok was huge, and the portions were so large; her arm ached from wielding the spatula.

"Yueyue! There are several people looking this way from the doorway!" Liu Yuanyuan excitedly ran over and said.

"Okay, I've served all the food. You can wash the pot and then boil some water. I'll add the hot water to the wooden bucket in a bit."

Pei Yuezhi ladled out the last spoonful of food, and the three of them carried the dishes out together.

"Boss lady, we're here! It smells amazing!"

"Yes, it smells so good! The rich aroma of meat is just too delicious."

"I could smell this fragrance from the doorway."

"Yes, yes, I was worried I'd gone to the wrong place, but this fragrance is definitely the right one."

Pei Yuezhi smiled as she introduced the food: "We won't buy pancakes today. We'll have new boxed meals. One meat and one vegetable dish is ten coins, one meat and two vegetable dishes is thirteen coins, two meat and one vegetable dish is fifteen coins, and two meat and two vegetable dishes is eighteen coins. They're delicious and filling!"

When everyone heard the price, they found it acceptable, and the whole house smelled delicious, with a large bowl full of meat.

The braised pork was the last dish to be served, and everyone watched as it was placed on the table. The meat was trembling, and it looked incredibly delicious.

"We only made four dishes at the beginning, two meat and two vegetable. This is braised pork, with a rich and dark sauce, the meat is tender and savory; this is stewed chicken with potatoes, the potatoes are soft and the chicken is tender and flavorful."

These two vegetarian dishes are a refreshing and delicious stir-fried cabbage with vinegar and a fragrant braised tofu with scallions. They are both perfect with rice!

And today is our store's first day of business, so every meal comes with a complimentary tea egg.

"Tea eggs? I've had them in the city before, they were so delicious, with a strong tea flavor, salty and fragrant."

"The proprietress is so kind! The dishes smell so good, and she even gave me an egg. I'll have one to try first! I'll have a braised pork, a chicken stew with potatoes, and a stir-fried cabbage with vinegar!"

"Alright, fifteen coins!"

"I'll have one too!"

"Me too."

Once one person placed an order, the others followed suit. Pei Yuezhi generously served herself rice and added a tea egg to the plate.

"Boss lady, your cooking is amazing! I've never had such delicious meat before!"

"This chicken is really flavorful, but these potatoes are too soft."

"Yes, and this cabbage too, it's actually cooked so well!"

"I still like this braised pork the most. How is this pork made? It melts in your mouth and isn't greasy at all."

The constant praise from everyone made Pei Yuezhi feel embarrassed.

There are only six tables in the restaurant, so many people share tables. At the same time, there are only about twenty or thirty people seated. At first, it was okay, there weren't many people. But after some people finished eating and went out to spread the word, plus some regular customers came back, the restaurant suddenly became packed.

There were only forty plates, so Grandma Liu and Liu Yuanyuan hurriedly tidied up and washed them.

The food was gone quickly, and several people arrived a little late, so the food bowls were empty. Some people brought their own dry food, so they didn't get any rice, and they were charged two coins less, leaving a lot of rice uneaten.

"Boss lady, I just found your shop, but you're out of vegetables?"

Some people arrived late, looking distressed.

"Could you make a little more tomorrow?"

Pei Yuezhi said apologetically, "I'm sorry, there are too few people in my shop, and my dish bowl can't hold too much. This is quite a lot. Please come earlier tomorrow. We don't have any vegetables today, but we can still make fried rice. The rice is fried with eggs, and it's five coins a serving."

"Then give me a plate of fried rice."

"I'll have one too."

Pei Yuezhi received six more servings of fried rice and quickly started cooking them in the kitchen.

Once the eggs have solidified, add the rice, stir-fry until loose, then add salt and soy sauce. Turn off the heat, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and serve evenly in six plates.

After cooking these few portions, we can close the shop for lunch.

After cleaning up the shop, the three of them were exhausted. Pei Yuezhi stir-fried the last bit of rice, along with some leftover stir-fried cabbage and seven tea eggs, and took them home to eat with the children.

I didn't expect to be hungry, but after all this work, I'm a little hungry now. I'll have to set aside some food for myself next time.

After Grandma Liu finished her meal, it was time for the oxcart to leave, so she went home first.

Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan were really tired, so they fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.

In the afternoon, Pei Yuezhi mixed a lot of dough and put it in her space. If anyone comes, she'll sell fried noodles or something.

No other things were prepared because Pei Yuezhi always felt that there might not be many guests in the afternoon.

Since most people go home for lunch in the afternoon, not many people will come to the restaurant to eat.

Sure enough, after sitting in the shop for a long time, only a few people came by sporadically. They ordered fried noodles with an egg for six coins a serving, but only five servings were sold, and then no one came anymore.

Pei Yuezhi closed the shop door and prepared to go home to cook.

After having noodles with gravy for dinner, Pei Yuezhi pulled Liu Yuanyuan back to their room.

Pei Yuezhi took out the money she had earned that day from the system space.

"Yueyue, this is too much! How much is this? Did you earn it all today?" Liu Yuanyuan asked, slightly surprised.

When Pei Yuezhi placed the money in her spatial storage, she deliberately used her mind to separate the money she earned that day from her previous savings, so that she could see how much money it was.

"We earned 1,100 coins today, which is more than one tael!"

"So much! This is only the money from lunch! That's great, that's great! Yueyue, you calculate how much we made net!"

"We have a special offer mall. The cost is only 130 or 140 yuan. To exaggerate a bit, it's pure profit."

Liu Yuanyuan excitedly hugged Pei Yuezhi: "Yueyue! We're going to get rich! I'm so happy!"