Chapter 317 Don’t you have money to spend?

Su Yuchen looked at Zhao Xiaojing and smiled bitterly, "He's not an old customer and he's not a fan of mine. Where do I get my fans from?"

"Not your fan? Then why did they let you play guitar?"

"Because they watched the show! They're all Qin Zhichu fans, from the Qin Zhichu Jiangcheng fan club group. They said they watched the show yesterday and made an appointment right then and there. Some of them came all the way from Shengte District today."

"Two hours' drive?" Zhao Xiaojing was surprised. Shengte District was a bit out of the way, in the southernmost part of Jiangcheng. Zhao Xiaojing had never been there since arriving in Jiangcheng because it was so far away. Even driving there on the elevated highway would take two hours.

"No, they took the intercity train from Shengte District Railway Station to Jiangliu District Railway Station, and then transferred to the subway. It took 40 minutes. Isn't it amazing?"

"Awesome! I didn't even know you could take the train. That's incredible! But is this show monetizing so quickly?"

"When we were cleaning earlier, fans of Wu Lesheng and Dong Dongdong came over! But I told them that the shop was not open yet, so they left without saying anything. As for Qin Zhichu and her fans, they came because they were too far away, and they made me want to cook for them." Su Yuchen shook his head, feeling both amused and helpless.

"Then we need to quickly connect to the internet," Zhao Xiaojing said in a daze. She finally understood why Xiaozhi had doubled the number of meal prep options. So, was star-chasing really that crazy?

"Yeah, let me look for it." Su Yuchen immediately picked up his phone and started checking.

"It's this one! These are the two!" Zhao Xiaojing was about to enter the kitchen when two more people came in from outside. They looked at them, then at the sign with excitement on their faces.

"Boss, give me some pork trotter rice! And some stir-fried pork with chili peppers!"

"I'm really sorry, we haven't opened yet. We're still cleaning today and will officially open tomorrow." Su Yuchen raised his head and gave a very skilled fake smile.

"Huh? It's already the twelfth day of the first lunar month and they're still not open? The statutory holiday has already passed for five days!"

"Yes, five days! Do you know how much less money you lost in five days? Don't you need money to spend?"

The two guests were heartbroken.

"We in the restaurant industry are busy all year long, and we only count on these few days of rest at the end of the year. Do you know that in order to get these extra five days off, we wake up at 5 a.m. and work overtime until 10 p.m. all year long?"

Su Yuchen was also heartbroken and acted in an exaggerated manner.

Zhao Xiaojing suppressed her laughter and silently moved several boxes of food from the ground to the kitchen.

"Look, in order to run a restaurant, this frail body has to carry dozens of kilograms of food ingredients every time, several times a time, and it takes a whole year. What is this for? Just for five more days of rest!" Su Yuchen was like a drama queen, pointing at Zhao Xiaojing who was moving things and continuing to exert force.

Upon hearing this, the 'weak' Zhao Xiaojing was so frightened that she immediately lowered her head and quickened her pace.

"Uh, boss, I'm sorry, please keep your ambitions high and work hard!" The two guests were serious and motivated and slipped away.

Su Yuchen calmly lowered his head and continued to check his phone.

By the time Zhao Xiaojing and the other two took out the pig's feet and prepared to sear the hair, Su Yuchen had already completed his task and posted Zhao Xiaojing's phone number and business hours on every available platform.

"Okay, I'm hanging up your phone. Let Xiao Wanzi answer it when he's delivering the takeout. I'm afraid you'll hang up my phone because I won't be in the store at night and won't know about some situations." Su Yuchen said as he put on an apron and joined the others in processing the pig's feet.

Although the receipt and reminder of takeout orders were bound to Zhao Xiaojing's mobile phone, Zhao Xiaojing had no time to handle it because she was cooking, so she always handed it over to Lu Hongwen.

"Okay, let Xiao Wanzi come. Someone came outside just now? It sounded very noisy." Zhao Xiaojing asked.

"That's right. Seeing that I couldn't eat, I asked where Wu Lesheng was sitting. We took turns sitting there and taking pictures. Before we left, another group came. Seeing those people taking pictures, they also lined up to take pictures! Our table has become a check-in spot."

"Haha, no wonder, I didn't expect that." Zhao Xiaojing laughed.

"Boss! Is anyone there? Is anyone here?" A shout came from the front hall.

"Here!" Su Yuchen shouted in response, put down the pig's feet, lifted the door curtain and ran out.

"Another fan of Qin Zhichu." Thirty seconds later, Su Yuchen sighed and came in after opening the door curtain.

“Boss! Boss!”

Su Yuchen put down the pig's trotter he had just picked up and went out again.

"Wu Lesheng's." Su Yuchen felt hopeless and lifted the door curtain.

“Boss! Boss!”

"It's not open yet! Tomorrow!" Su Yuchen paused and shouted from under the door curtain.

"Why don't you just stay outside? The three of us are enough." Zhao Xiaojing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Su Yuchen nodded randomly and went out.

"Wow! This has disturbed the fans!" Hou Guihua laughed.

"I have never seen a celebrity in my life. If Guihua and I had known, we could have come two days earlier and seen Wu Lesheng." Geng Mingyan looked regretful.

Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua arrived in Jiangcheng a few days after the celebrity's visit, so they just missed the event. When the first wave of fans arrived in the morning, Su Yuchen was about to explain the whole story to them when a second wave arrived, and Su Yuchen was busy greeting them again.

It was not until Zhao Xiaojing came back and went to the kitchen that she explained the whole story to the two of them. They were extremely envious after hearing it, especially Geng Mingyan, who was a fan of Wu Lesheng.

"Didn't Xiao Zhao say there was a TV? Let's watch it on TV later! Xiao Zhao, please help us find it on our mobile phones when you're done!" said Hou Guihua.

"The mirror phone can watch the extended version. I'll play it for you after dinner so you can watch it together." Su Yuchen lifted the curtain and came in again, saying with a relaxed look on his face.

"Why did you come in again? It's dinner time now, and someone else will definitely come soon." Zhao Xiaojing said.

"It's okay if you come. I've already closed the door and posted a note in black and white saying we'll be open tomorrow."

"...Smart." Zhao Xiaojing gave a thumbs up.

For lunch, Zhao Xiaojing heated up the braised pork belly prepared by Su's mother, fried the sausage with garlic sprouts, and stir-fried the spinach bought from the vegetable market that morning. She made some egg drop soup and cut a plate of braised beef, and the four of them had a simple meal.

Although the door was closed, the four of them found a corner table to sit at to avoid the guests seeing them through the glass door.

"Don't say it, I think it's mediocre when I eat it every day at home, but how come it suddenly tastes so good when I bring it to Jiangcheng?" Su Yuchen ate several slices of sausage and braised pork in a row, with an expression of endless aftertaste.

"The same goes for beef. The marinade is the same, but I didn't notice it at home. Why does it taste so good here?" Zhao Xiaojing felt the same way while eating beef.

"That's because I ate too much good food at home! In the past, when I went back home for the Chinese New Year, nothing tasted good. Before I left, my mother packed sausages for me, but I was always reluctant and only packed a small bag. Then when I got to the construction site, I would heat one every day and eat two bowls of rice!" Hou Guihua said with a smile.