After several people discussed, they finally decided to hold the event for three consecutive days before the opening.
There are three activities
First, if you spend five taels of silver or more on that day, you'll get a plate of enoki mushrooms. If you spend ten taels of silver or more, you'll get half a pound of meat. If you spend twenty taels of silver or more, you'll get a bottle of wine.
Gifts are limited and are on a first-come, first-served basis while stocks last.
Using wine as a gift can be considered as an advance advertisement for Tianan’s wine sales next year.
The second is the lucky draw.
The lottery starts with 10 taels of silver. Spending 10 taels will result in one draw, 20 taels will result in two draws, 30 taels will result in three draws, and so on.
The prizes include participation prize, third prize, second prize, first prize and special prize.
The participation prize is a bottle of Huanyanfang hand cream, no limit on quantity.
The third prize is three facial treatments at Huanyanfang, limited to twenty places.
The second prize is a set of Huanyanfang skincare products, limited to ten places.
The first prize is a set of glass tea sets, limited to five places.
The special prize is the free installation of ten glazed windows, limited to three places.
Third, membership activities.
The minimum deposit is one hundred taels. If you deposit one hundred taels, you will get ten taels for free.
Deposit 200 taels and get 30 taels as a gift.
Deposit three hundred taels and get fifty taels as a gift.
Deposit 500 taels and get 100 taels free.
Deposit one thousand taels and get three hundred taels for free.
Although no one believed that anyone could really recharge 1,200 taels of silver into the hot pot restaurant, Tian An still insisted on setting this recharge level. What if someone is stupid and has a lot of money?
In order to make the hot pot restaurant pay off quickly, in addition to taking care of the store affairs, the few people were busy with promotion whenever they had time.
Tian An didn't know many people, so she asked Zhao Yiming, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi to help promote her in the college, and asked her father to greet everyone she knew.
When the wife of Duke Anguo heard that Tian An had opened a hot pot restaurant, she came over in person the next day and reserved a table with Tian An, saying that she would bring her family to support her on the opening day.
Tian Mingwu followed suit and asked Tian An to book a table for him, saying that he wanted to treat his subordinates Qin Wen and Chen Cheng to a meal as a reward.
Tian An waved his hand and asked her to put it on her account.
Tian Mingwu was unwilling to do so. "I still have enough money to treat my men to a meal. I said I would go to support you, so how can I let you pay for it?"
Ever since Tian An took over the Wounded Soldiers Village and the General's Mansion, he has not spent any of his salary.
Tian An usually took good care of him, and he was used to being frugal. He had no need to spend money, so he saved it all. Now he had more than a few hundred taels of silver in his hands.
If he hadn't refused Tian An's offer to give him monthly salary, he could have saved even more!
Seeing that he insisted, Tian An stopped trying to persuade him. As long as he was there, he would not be left without money.
In order to support their daughter's business, Gu Jinyan's parents not only recommended the hot pot restaurant to the ladies they knew, but also reserved a table for each family, preparing to bring their families to show their daughters face on the opening day.
The night before the opening, Zhao Yiming found Tian An and asked Tian An to reserve a table for him, saying that the prince was going.
Upon hearing this, Tian An felt that the hot pot restaurant was secure. With the prince's golden signboard, the hot pot restaurant must be popular!
After Zhao Yiming left, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi came to her secretly, saying that they wanted some of the New Year's money they had deposited with Tian An.
"Don't you have enough money to spend? Why do you want to touch the New Year's money?" Tian An asked in confusion, thinking that his two younger brothers were very well-behaved, so they couldn't have caused trouble outside!
Xiaokang looked at her with sparkling eyes and said, "We've invited a few close classmates, and we'd also like to order a hotpot table with you, sister."
Tian An raised her hand and pulled her two younger brothers to sit down before saying, "You two are still young, there is no need to help your sister so much. When you take your classmates to eat hot pot tomorrow, just put your bill on your sister's bill."
Xiao Kang was not happy when this was said, "Sister, we are not children anymore. We need to use our own money to entertain guests."
Xiao Qi agreed, "That's right. We've already told our classmates that it's our treat. If we ask Sister to pay for us, that would be a lie!"
Xiaokang nodded seriously, "The Master said, 'If a man has no faith, he is not worthy of trust.'"
Tian An was stunned and speechless. "Then how much do you want?"
The two men held up five fingers and said, "Five taels each."
"We haven't used up our monthly salary yet, so five taels per person should be enough."
Tian An reminded: "What are you two going to do for the rest of this month?"
Xiao Qi said, "Let's just not buy anything else."
"Okay!" Tian An readily took out ten taels of silver and gave them to the two little guys.
After taking the money, the two men solemnly wrote her a receipt, which was quite thoughtful.
The next day, the hot pot restaurant officially opened.
Several girls took the plaque, and after a long burst of firecrackers, Peng Zhang's usual lion dance performance lasted for half an hour.
In a private room by the window on the second floor, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, a middle-aged couple, Princess Yaoyao, and Xiao Chen sat around a round table.
The middle-aged couple looked at Zhao Yiming across from them, their hearts filled with mixed emotions. Even though they had a thousand words to say, in the end they only said one sentence: "As long as you're safe."
Zhao Yiming knelt down and offered tea to the two of them, "I'm sorry to have worried my uncle and aunt."
That’s right, the two of them are the current emperor and empress.
Ever since they knew Zhao Yiming was back, they had wanted to see him, but they couldn't reveal his identity in advance, so they had been holding back.
This time he came because he heard the prince say that Tian An was going to open a hot pot restaurant and he had even reserved a location, so he suddenly decided to leave the palace. On the one hand, he wanted to see his nephew Zhao Yiming, and on the other hand, he also wanted to meet Tian An.
As for hot pot, there is everything in the palace!
The emperor patted his shoulder heavily and said, "Just come back safely."
Xiao Chen, standing by, was stunned by the scene. His eyes widened, and it took him a long time to process what was happening. He pointed at Zhao Yiming in disbelief and asked, "So, you are my cousin Mingyu?"
Then he looked at the Crown Prince and the Empress, "You all knew about this? And you kept it from me?"
Yaoyao, who was beside him, tugged at his clothes and said pitifully, "Third brother, I don't know either!"
Xiao Chen looked down at her, and his heart suddenly felt balanced, "Third brother really loves you well."
As a result, before he could react, Yaoyao ran up to Zhao Yiming and said, "So Brother Yiming is my cousin Mingyu! Then Sister Anan is my cousin's wife."
Zhao Yiming lowered his head and touched her head, saying softly, "You can only call her that in private now. You still have to call her sister in front of outsiders."
Yaoyao nodded obediently, "I understand, cousin Mingyu." She even winked at him mischievously, "I promise not to reveal the secret."
After saying that, he turned to look at Xiao Chen and said worriedly, "Third brother, you can't let it show!"
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Tian An, who was busy with the opening ceremony at this time, didn't know that there was a "surprise" waiting for her in the private room on the second floor!
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