Yesterday, they finished tidying up the shop, so the two of them went shopping together. At the peak of the day, Pei Yuezhi announced that starting tomorrow, they would no longer be setting up a stall.

"What happened? You were doing so well, why did you suddenly quit?"

"Yeah, I've only been enjoying this comfortable meal for a short while, why would I quit?"

"Sigh, it's so rare to have something this delicious, and now it's all gone."

Seeing that the discussion among the crowd was getting louder and louder, Pei Yuezhi quickly told everyone to calm down.

"Please don't rush, everyone. It's not that we're not going to do it. We're planning to open a small shop. Right now, we can only sell pancakes here at noon. Not only do many people often miss out, but the selection is also too limited. After a while, people will stop liking them."

Our family has discussed it and we're planning to open a shop. People can come in for lunch, and we'll also make fresh dishes like fried rice and noodles in the afternoon. We'll start operating the day after tomorrow.

When everyone heard that they weren't leaving, but rather that there was a new shop and they could eat other things, they became happy.

He offered his congratulations repeatedly and assured them that he would definitely attend.

"Boss lady, where is the new store located?"

Just as Pei Yuezhi was about to tell everyone, someone asked, so she quickly replied, "Our new shop is on the street near the dock, at the end of the street. There's a sign that says 'Moonlight Restaurant' hanging at the entrance."

I promised everyone that there would be lots of delicious food for sale, and everyone left happily.

The two returned to their shop and eagerly hung the sign at the entrance. Looking at the sign that belonged to their shop, they smiled at each other.

The shop is almost fully packed up, but there are still some important things that haven't been prepared yet.

Pei Yuezhi planned to make boxed lunches, but she didn't have large bowls for serving the food yet. Then there were the plates. In ancient times, there were separate plates, but they weren't used much and they weren't cheap. After all, making them into special styles would take more time.

Thinking of the free shopping card and 50% off card she received as rewards from the last mission, Pei Yuezhi leisurely opened the in-game store.

It just so happens that today is the day the special offers section refreshes. I originally wanted to look at the vegetable platter first, but I ended up being drawn to the items in the special offers section.

Brown rice is two coins per pound, coarse noodles are two coins per pound, pork is five coins per pound, vegetables are two coins per pound, and eggs are three for one coin.

"System, have you changed your nature? There's no purchase limit anymore?" Pei Yuezhi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"The purchase limit hasn't been used up yet, and the store has already refreshed. There's no difference between having a limit and not having one, so we won't set a purchase limit again," the system replied.

Pei Yuezhi scoffed: "I told you a long time ago, your special offers store only has a few items, and it refreshes every five days, and it's still the same few items. I was worried that they would be gone the next time it refreshed, but I stopped caring when you refreshed it."

The system went silent and pretended to be dead.

Pei Yuezhi was just a little surprised, but she hadn't forgotten that buying a good bowl for serving vegetables was the most important thing right now.

"Yueyue, if we make boxed lunches, there will be a lot of food, and we won't be able to sell them all in a short time. How will we keep them warm?"

Pei Yuezhi thought for a moment and said, "We can buy a few large wooden basins and a wooden bucket, put hot water in them, and place the basins on top. This will keep the water warmer."

Liu Yuanyuan gave a thumbs up: "You're quite clever."

"System, please search for wooden buckets and basins that can be stacked together, with hot water at the bottom and food on top, preferably like a set, and also with individual serving plates."

"Okay." The system quickly provided relevant products.

After reading the details, Pei Yuezhi chose a size that fit perfectly.

"This set of wooden bucket and basin costs one hundred coins. If I cook four dishes a day, that's four hundred coins. And that's half the price of what I'd pay outside," Pei Yuezhi said with some surprise, as she hadn't expected the bucket and basin to be so expensive.

Unfortunately, the original owner's husband was a carpenter, and most of the things in the house were handmade by him, so she didn't have a strong concept of these things in her memory.

"System, give me four sets of buckets and basins," Pei Yuezhi said decisively with a wave of her hand. "And forty plates, the wooden kind that costs six coins each."

"Okay, host, pay 640 coins."

Before the system could deduct the money, Pei Yuezhi interrupted, "Use the 50% off card."

If I have my own card, I'll definitely use the 50% off card to take advantage of the deals; I wouldn't possibly pay for it.

System: ...The wool is actually myself.

Seeing the four large buckets and basins that appeared out of nowhere, along with a stack of plates, Liu Yuanyuan was startled: "Yuanyuan, you've already bought all this? It's so big, how much did it cost?"

"I used the 50% off card I told you about last time. It wasn't very expensive. It cost me 320 coins in total. I originally wanted to use the free card, but I was worried that I might need to buy something expensive in the future, so I didn't use it for now."

Liu Yuanyuan nodded: "Now that we've solved the problem of serving the food and plates, there's still one big problem."

“The oxcarts in our village go into town in the morning and return in the afternoon. We run a shop here and are busy until evening. It’s very difficult to catch a cart home.”

Although the village isn't far from here, and it's not a long walk, after a long day's work, I still have to walk back. It's tiring enough, but it's not safe after dark.

Pei Yuezhi's smile froze. She had actually forgotten such an important matter. She was so careless and stupid.

"I...I'm so stupid! I completely forgot about that." Pei Yuezhi suddenly became anxious.

Liu Yuanyuan quickly comforted her, "I was just looking at the time, it's almost time for us to go home, and I suddenly realized how we'd get home if we were running a shop."

Pei Yuezhi was on the verge of tears, but then she thought of something: "Yuanyuan, why don't we rent a place nearby, so we don't have to travel back and forth?"

"That's a good idea! We can consider it."

The two decided to walk around the nearby residential area to see if there were any nice houses.

After locking the door, the two set off.

Unexpectedly, I ran into an acquaintance in a nearby alley. The shop owners, a husband and wife, had just finished buying groceries and were heading home when I met them at their doorstep.

"Oh, it's you guys. Are you going home?" the proprietress greeted them.

Pei Yuezhi suddenly realized that the elderly couple lived nearby and might know where there were houses for rent, so she quickly replied, "It's like this, we don't live in town, but we're going to open a shop here, so we were thinking of renting a house."

Upon hearing this, the owners exchanged a glance and then laughed: "Oh dear, why didn't you say so sooner! I thought you had a place to stay, I didn't realize you didn't have anywhere to stay, isn't this a coincidence?"

“My son went to Jiangnan to do business last month, so he didn’t stay here. We moved into the house we bought for him. Our old house is still empty, and we were thinking of renting it out.”