Chapter 324 The Simplest Word of Mouth

Everyone in the kitchen was in high spirits, and they finished preparing the food with incredible efficiency by ten o'clock. Zhao Xiaojing had already stewed the spare ribs and beef brisket, leaving the chicken to Wan Yuyue and Yun Yongyuan.

Wen Jin's staff's work schedule remained unchanged. Only a small number of people worked during the day, and the braised hot pot was reserved for the evening, so they only had to cook eight or nine dishes for lunch. In twenty minutes, Zhao Xiaojing finished cooking all eight dishes, occasionally glancing at Wan Yuyue's roast chicken. As she finished cooking the last dish and packed it into lunch boxes, customers began arriving in the front hall. After a commotion, Wu Kaile stood at the front door and ordered four servings of pork trotter rice, then quickly ran into the kitchen.

"One portion of stir-fried beef and one portion of stir-fried pork liver!"

"Got it." Zhao Xiaojing quickly cleaned the pot and immediately started heating oil.

At present, the pork trotter rice and braised dishes have been moved to the next door, which is the location of the dumpling restaurant that was taken over before. They only need to be braised in the kitchen and then moved over there to keep warm. When someone orders, they can be cut directly there and supervised by two older sisters. Therefore, there are only three cooks left in the kitchen, and a takeaway packer, Lu Hongwen, who also does some odd jobs as a logistics staff member. The space has become much larger.

Before Zhao Xiaojing could finish cooking the first dish, Wu Kaile rushed in again, "Two servings of stir-fried beef!"

"Why are there so many customers arriving early today?" Yun Yongyuan was puzzled as he watched the hurried comings and goings. "Junior Sister, let's focus on practicing Junior Sister Zhao's stir-fried dishes this afternoon. These are the most frequently ordered dishes. If we keep ordering like this, Junior Sister won't be able to handle it all by herself."

"That's right. Then I'll go and learn from her, and you just watch the pot!" The action-oriented Wan Yuyue immediately left Yun Yongyuan and watched the chicken in the pot, and rushed to Zhao Xiaojing in one step, and began to watch Zhao Xiaojing cook carefully. Zhao Xiaojing also naturally began to explain.

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Yun Yongyuan was flustered in front of the cauldron. Why did he say that? Why didn't he just run over and let Wan Yuyue watch the pot? He was the one who came up with the idea, so shouldn't he be the one to ditch the pot and watch his junior sister cook? People who aren't outgoing really suffer in the workplace!

Before Yun Yongyuan's resentment lasted too long, people started to place orders for the twice-cooked pork and garlic chive bacon, two dishes that belonged to Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue. The two of them no longer cared about learning from each other or chatting, and they both buried their heads in washing the pot.

In the lobby, as more and more customers arrived at the store, different groups of people began to gather.

When Su Yuchen first came out to the hall to help, he thought they were all fans who had watched the variety show. However, he found that most of the faces were regular customers. None of them looked curious. Instead, they were eager to order. Many of them even entered the store without even looking at the menu and started ordering dishes.

As a result, the few people checking in and taking photos have become a minority.

"What are you taking pictures of? Why are there people queuing up to take pictures at one table?" asked an uncle who had just placed his order.

"Take a picture of the seats where Wu Lesheng and the others sat. Aren't you here to check in?" said the fashionable young man who had just finished taking the picture.

"Wu Lesheng? Wow, Wu Lesheng is here to eat too?" The uncle was very surprised.

"Yo! Really? When did you get here?"

"You just mentioned them. Besides Wu Lesheng, who else is there?"

"So celebrities also come to eat at small restaurants like this?"

Several regular customers who were dining next door were very excited when they heard that a celebrity had been there. They started asking questions one after another, and the fashionable young man immediately became the focus of the questions.

"Didn't you guys watch it? That variety show on Baitao TV a few days ago was quite popular online. It starred Wu Lesheng and Qin Zhichu..."

"I'm telling you..."

"Yes, it was at this location..."

"Then you are right..."

Gossip is human nature. Seeing so many people asking, the fashionable young man dragged a stool and sat aside to explain the general knowledge. A few fans who had finished taking pictures and didn't want to eat for the time being saw someone asking questions and joined in to add to the conversation and gossip.

After a while, all the customers in the store who didn't know the celebrity had been there knew about it.

"Hey, you are not a fan group, then why are you here so early?" The fashionable young man asked the regular customers.

"Eat! This place is really busy. Either come early or come late. Otherwise, there will be no seats during peak hours. But if you come late, the food will be sold out and you might not be able to eat."

"Yeah, we're not like you young people who like to follow fashion. We just haven't eaten here for half a month and we're craving it."

"I live upstairs. I wait for her house to open every day. I saw them cleaning yesterday and even asked about it!"

"Is it really that delicious?" The fashionable young man was very surprised. "If we come too late, it will be gone?"

"Yes! We are all old customers. Beauty, there are no pickled vegetables today?" The regular customer looked at the hot meal in front of him and subconsciously turned his head to glance at the side dish table.

"We just opened today, and the boss just bought the cabbages this morning. They probably haven't been pickled yet. I'm sorry." Ouyang Yidan smiled sweetly.

"It's okay, that means you use fresh ingredients in your pickles! The free pickles are made by the boss himself, no wonder they're so delicious, haha. I'll come back tomorrow to eat."

After receiving their rice bowls, several regular customers gradually stopped talking and ate in silence. The fashionable young man then looked around and realized that most of the seats in the hall had been taken. Seeing that people were still entering the restaurant, the fashionable young man suddenly felt a sense of crisis and quickly moved his stool to an empty seat. "Beautiful lady, order this way!"

Just after eleven o'clock, the last table in the entire store, the table where Wu Lesheng and his friends had sat and where fans lined up to take photos, was finally occupied by customers after all the seats in the store were full, and returned to its official use - eating.

The check-in and photo-taking activities also came to an end. Fans, led by the old diners, began to eat like crazy. Influenced by the fans, the old diners began to search for variety shows on their mobile phones while eating, and watched clips related to rice bowl shops on their mobile phones.

Afterwards, fans spread the news in their fan groups, posting check-in photos while enthusiastically recommending the food. Old diners spread the news among old diners, and when they met someone familiar, they would say that the store might become popular because a celebrity had been there.

So whenever a new wave of confused customers comes to the store, they will be educated by the old diners who have just learned about the situation, and the deliciousness and fame of the store will begin to spread through word of mouth.

"Sister, are we getting off work now?" Ouyang Yidan asked in disbelief as she looked at the sparsely populated hall.

It was only one o'clock at this time, and all the dishes had been sold out. Only a small part of the pork trotter rice was left to be sold in the evening. There were only a few customers who had just finished their meal in the restaurant.

"Yeah. I didn't expect that with more and more people coming, we can get off work earlier and earlier..." Su Yuchen was also surprised.