That day, Tao Hongying went to the restaurant to cook her own dishes.

Li Laosan brought back a horse-drawn carriage, which was filled with two carts of tableware.

As soon as he jumped off the cart, he called out to his little niece, "Fu Niu'er, Fu Niu'er, come and see! The dishes are ready."

Jiayin is helping her grandma pick bok choy; they plan to steam vegetable buns for lunch.

Hearing her third uncle's shout, she quickly ran out.

Originally, the family wanted to order a batch of bowls and plates, but after everyone calculated, they realized that if each student ate one bowl of rice, two dishes, and one bowl of soup, they would need four bowls and plates.

Assuming there are over 300 people eating here, more than 1,000 dishes will need to be washed for just one meal...

Anyone who hears this number would be terrified, and the students can't carry four bowls and plates at the same time; they also need a tray...

In the end, Jiayin and Uncle San whispered to each other for a while, and then Li Laosan went to find the pottery kiln in high spirits.

The pottery kiln was delighted to have taken on such a big job, and the finished products were delivered back today.

Li Laosan carefully took a plate out of the car. The plate was 1.2 feet long and 1 foot wide, with four dents in the middle.

The large container holds rice, steamed buns, and flatbread; the two smaller ones hold vegetables; and the remaining round container holds a soup bowl.

The plate was not as thick and heavy as Jia Yin had guessed; on the contrary, it was light, thin, and sturdy.

Although it can't compare to those shiny stainless steel plates from my previous life, it's already surprisingly good.

Indeed, trusting craftsmen is never a bad idea!

In addition to plates, there are many ceramic basins and bowls, each with a mark on the bottom.

It was a round seal with the three characters "Food is Heaven" written in small seal script.

Yes, "Food is Heaven" is the new name of Li Family Canteen.

This name was already so common in Jiayin's previous life, but she still wanted to use it because in a foodie's heart, nothing is more important than eating.

Food is the most important thing for people, that's the truth, it couldn't be more true.

The Li family, young and old, also love this name. When Li Laosan sent the menu to the dean for review yesterday, he asked the dean to write a calligraphy piece. He plans to stay up all night and carve the plaque himself.

With everyone pitching in, they quickly carried all the tableware inside.

Boil it in water, let it air dry, and then it's ready to be used when the business opens.

The menu that the Li family sent to Dean Zhou included three set meals, categorized as A, B, and C.

Actually, there isn't much difference between the different set meals. The only difference is that the first-class set meal has two meat dishes, the second-class set meal has one meat dish and one vegetable dish, and the third-class set meal has two vegetable dishes.

Rice includes white rice, mixed rice, and sorghum rice.

Steamed buns include white flour steamed buns, as well as two kinds of buns and flatbreads.

The prices were set at 20 cash for Grade A, 15 cash for Grade B, and 10 cash for Grade C.

If this price can guarantee that students have enough to eat, it's really cheap and affordable.

Not to mention, there are free pickled vegetables and egg drop soup with every meal.

Of course, this was just lunch. Breakfast consisted of porridge, eggs, steamed buns, pancakes, and various stir-fried dishes. The cost for one person could definitely be kept to around ten coins.

Finally, it's time for dinner. The set meal will still be served, but in addition, we've added dumplings and stir-fries as special dishes so that students can have a change of pace.

Li Laosan had originally planned it all out. He found several fellow food vendors on the commercial street and invited them to do business together at the canteen.

As a result, although the group greeted him with smiles, they never mentioned going to the academy's dining hall.

Even behind their backs, people were gossiping, saying that Li Laosan was too arrogant. The academy's canteen had been open for so many years, and the students still came out to eat every day.

How could the students stop leaving the school just because the Li family took over the cafeteria!

After hearing about it, Li Laosan stopped caring about them altogether.

However, two families whose shops were about to expire paid a month's rent at the canteen and decided to give it a try.

One of these two businesses makes noodles, and the other sells casseroles and flatbreads.

After tasting the food, Li Laosan thought it was alright, so he rented out the two seats in the middle of the partitioned private room to them, while the two sides were reserved for the students to book their banquets.

The next day at noon, Dean Zhou, as agreed, brought several gentlemen to the cafeteria for a stroll and to sample the food.

The weather was fine that day, with a warm breeze blowing.

Needless to say, as soon as Dean Zhou saw the small garden, he decided to have his meal there.

Da Zhu's wife and Sun Ersao personally carried the food trays up, and they were quite excited.

They already respected scholars enough, but today, the people who came were all teachers who taught scholars!

Fortunately, Dean Zhou and the others were all very gentle and even nodded and greeted them.

The Li family did not arrange a first-class meal for all the gentlemen, but rather a combination of three types: A, B, and C, with complimentary soup and pickled vegetables also served.

Li Laosan also ordered a first-class set meal and ate with them.

He had been busy all morning and was both tired and hungry, so he didn't hold back when eating. He ate and drank soup heartily, which made Dean Zhou and the others at the same table have a better appetite, as if the food tasted even more delicious.

After they learned that the food was prepared by an ordinary cook and that the students would eat the same food in the future, the dean and teachers left with peace of mind.

In the afternoon, flyers announcing the cafeteria's opening the next day were distributed to all the dormitories.

The menu also includes a daily provisional menu and prices, all in great detail.

Many of the students usually eat at Li's restaurant and are very fond of Li's cooking.

Now everyone is happy that they can eat here without leaving the academy, and the canteen is even more spacious and clean.

That afternoon, during breaks in class, everyone kept talking about it.

The Li family boys have been going to the cafeteria a lot these past few days, which their classmates have all noticed.

They asked them a few more questions, and as a result, the cafeteria made new plates and built a small garden, which they told their classmates, making the students even more curious.

Of course, some people couldn't stand the Li brothers' "show-off" attitude and made sarcastic and unpleasant remarks.

Especially those two struggling students in Jiaren's class.

Seeing Jiaren surrounded by his classmates, chatting animatedly, one of them scoffed and exclaimed, "Oh dear, our academy is becoming more and more unscrupulous, accepting just anyone to study here."

"It's already shameful enough that your family runs a food stall, but now you've come to open a canteen at the academy. You're really shameless!"

Another student scoffed, "Yeah, how did such a money-grubbing guy end up in this place!"

These words were clearly directed at Jiaren. Several of Jiaren's close classmates were furious and were about to curse him, but Jiaren stopped them.

He didn't mince words, addressing his two classmates directly, and said, "Our Luo'an Academy has always been renowned for its broad-mindedness and adheres to the principle of education for all. As long as you love reading and are willing to work hard for it, you can become a disciple of Luo'an."

"But how did it become that Luo'an discriminates against merchants? Does that mean all classmates from merchant families who come to study in Luo'an are shameless?"

The two students were silenced, and seeing the dark faces of their classmates who came from merchant families, they knew they had said the wrong thing.

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