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Su Ji Restaurant, Qingshui County.

The Su family members were unaware of the farce unfolding in Shanghe Village; instead, they sat in a row in the main house in the backyard, counting their silver.

There was a thick door between the restaurant and the backyard. When the door was closed, the front and back became separate areas. The restaurant had already closed, and only the waiters were busy finishing up. In the main house in the backyard, Su Erhu was surrounded by his family in the middle.

He held an account book in his left hand, an abacus in his right, and a full money box in the middle.

The man's fingertips flashed across the abacus beads like lightning, his words moving at a speed that matched the clattering of the abacus. "Today, the restaurant had two customers who signed up for Black Gold membership, three for Gold membership, and ten for Silver membership, collecting a total of 14,000 taels in membership fees."

All thirty private hot pot rooms on the second floor were fully occupied, and the total revenue, excluding member discounts, was 488 taels of silver.

The barbecue stall on the first floor earned 263 taels of silver, and the spicy hot pot stall earned 32.5 taels of silver.

Today's total revenue was 784.5 taels of silver, and with the membership notes collected, it totaled 14,784.5 taels of silver, exactly the same as the amount in the money box.

Upon hearing this, everyone swallowed hard.

Fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-four taels and five mace of silver—a number that the restaurant had never even dared to dream of before—was earned in a single day!

If it's over ten thousand a day, how much would it be in a month, and how much in a year?!

Su Hua coughed lightly, extinguishing the pink bubbles in the family's eyes, "This 14,000 taels is all membership fees collected, which is equivalent to advance payment. The actual revenue is 784 taels and 5 mace of silver. Moreover, this includes the first day of opening and the young masters and ladies of the prefecture city. The future revenue should be much lower than this amount."