Liu Yuanyuan and the others had already set out the food, and everyone lined up in an orderly fashion to begin the long-awaited meal service.
Pei Yuezhi no longer needs to fetch food herself; Liu Yuanyuan and Liang Zhenzhen do it now.
Zhang Hongying and her cousin-in-law were responsible for clearing the table and washing the dishes.
As for Pei Yunzhi, he was simply asked to help out wherever the work was busiest.
He goes to get food when the store just opened and there are a lot of customers. After a while, when there are fewer customers, he goes to wash the dishes.
Anyway, there's no particularly stable job.
As for Pei Yuezhi herself, she was in charge of selling the new products.
"Oh dear, there are eight dishes now. I can't choose from them all."
"Yeah, there are so many dishes, I don't know which one to eat."
Those queuing behind, upon hearing this, craned their necks to look ahead: "What? There are eight dishes today?"
Everyone was very excited, as there were now more dishes to choose from.
"Listen up, everyone! Our restaurant has just reopened, and not only have we added more dishes, but we've also introduced some new ones," Pei Yuezhi announced loudly to the guests.
As expected, the guests were drawn to this statement.
"Boss, what's this new dish you mentioned? Show it to us quickly!"
"Yeah, boss, stop keeping us in suspense."
Ever since these customers learned that Pei Yuezhi didn't have a husband and that she ran the shop with her friend, they stopped calling her "boss" and started calling her "boss."
To be honest, being called "boss" sounds a bit more pleasant than "boss's wife."
Pei Yuezhi gave him a look, and Pei Yunzhi went to the kitchen and brought out a vegetable basin.
"The new dish is braised pork knuckle rice, made with pork hock. One serving of braised pork knuckle rice consists of rice, pork hock, and some greens. It costs eighteen coins, and there are only thirty servings available each day," Pei Yuezhi explained as she prepared the braised pork knuckle rice.
Pei Yunzhi brought out the duck products again.
"This is braised duck, 20 coins a pound, 20 pounds a day, this is quite spicy."
The guests couldn't resist the delicious food, especially the freshly served pig's trotters.
Because it was so heavy, it took a lot of effort to put it down. The meat trembled violently as it fell, clearly indicating that it was ready to be stewed.
"Boss, I'll have a braised pork knuckle rice. I'm not having a boxed lunch today. Let me see what's up with this braised pork knuckle. It smells so good."
The diners who were already in line stopped waiting and headed straight for the braised pork knuckle rice.
"I'll try this new one too, this big pork knuckle."
"Yes, yes, those of you in front, hurry up and buy some braised pork knuckle rice, that way it'll be my turn sooner."
"You wish! I have to eat this meal."
Seeing that there were quite a few people buying the new products, Pei Yunzhi came over here to get his food.
“Yunzhi, there’s not much stuff here, I can manage,” Pei Yuezhi said as he approached.
Pei Yunzhi reached out and took the large cooking spoon from her hand: "Sister, go and rest for a bit. We can manage here. You've already cooked so many dishes, and you'll have to continue cooking tonight. You need to conserve your energy."
Hearing him say that, Pei Yuezhi also felt that there was some truth to it. Although Liang Zhenzhen helped with the cooking, she still did most of the cooking herself, which was quite tiring.
Since he's said so, let's go rest in the backyard.
In the courtyard, Pei Yuezhi moved a deck chair over, thinking that Pei Yunzhi was staying here and could relax in the cool air. Unexpectedly, she was the one who ended up lying down there first.
Although there are rooms here, it is still Pei Yunzhi's place. Although they are siblings, there is a difference between men and women. This little ancient person will definitely feel a bit awkward, so he can just rest in the courtyard for a while.
He told the group that he was going to rest in the courtyard and to call her if they needed anything.
Pei Yuezhi lay down, exhausted.
The repetitive work every day is tiring, but you get used to it. However, once you take a break, you feel tired again when you start working again.
Moreover, she had done a lot more today, so Pei Yuezhi fell asleep as soon as she lay down.
When I woke up again, it was already past mealtime.
She got up, stretched, and went to the front hall to take a look.
At this time of day, there are usually no customers left, and people are preparing to eat. I remembered that there are still customers today.
However, there wasn't much left; looking at the vegetable basin, there was nothing left in it.
When Pei Yuezhi came out, Liu Yuanyuan came over and asked her how she had rested.
"I just fell asleep. I was probably a little tired from cooking too much," Pei Yuezhi replied.
Liu Yuanyuan was a little tired: "There are a lot of customers today, but it's mostly the workers and students who ate before. Now there are also many people coming over with bowls to take away. They should be residents from the neighborhood."
"The vegetables were sold out just now. There were about five or six customers who arrived late and didn't get to eat."
Listening to Liu Yuanyuan recount what had just happened, Pei Yuezhi understood the situation. She had already prepared quite a lot of dishes today. Although each dish only yielded about sixty servings, the sheer number of dishes made it all worthwhile.
I had previously learned about the size of the town from Zhang Hongying, and I discovered that the town was much larger than I had imagined.
Otherwise, she would have wondered how there could be so many more guests when there are only so many people in the town.
It turns out that their town isn't a small town at all. My own village is small, so I assumed their town was small too.
Moreover, this place is not only not small, but it is also not far from the capital. It turns out that I underestimated them.
No wonder there are both schools and academies.
"You've worked hard, Yuanyuan. I left a few dishes in the cupboard today. I'll heat them up, and then we'll eat and rest." Pei Yuezhi looked at Liu Yuanyuan, who looked exhausted, with a touch of heartache.
Liu Yuanyuan nodded: "Yuanyue, hurry up and heat up the food, I'm starving!"
Pei Yuezhi quickly went to the kitchen to heat up the dishes, and after everything was ready, the guests all left.
"Let's eat first, we'll wash the rest of the dishes later," Pei Yuezhi called to everyone to come and eat.
The group sat together, all very tired, but their faces were full of joy.
My cousin's wife spoke first, saying, "I really didn't expect that on the first day of opening, even though we moved to a more distant location, these old customers would be so supportive."
“I see quite a few new guests today, some I haven’t seen before,” Zhang Hongying said excitedly.
Liu Yuanyuan was exhausted, but she became particularly cheerful when chatting: "Today we have a lot of guests we've never met before, and several of them took the food with them."
With more customers, we get busy, but it means business is getting better and better, and everyone is happy.
Pei Yuezhi smiled broadly and said, "Thank you all for your hard work today. Let's eat and then go back and rest. We still have a lot to do tonight."
Everyone was starving, and when it was time to eat, no one spoke anymore; they all lowered their heads and ate.
"It smells so good! I've been craving this braised pork while I was getting my food, and now I finally get to eat it."
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