Liu Yuanyuan was still a little uneasy. Pei Yuezhi said these things to reassure Liu Yuanyuan, not because she actually believed them herself.
Recalling the original owner's memories, this town was not small, with two large restaurants alone: one was called "Baiweiju" and the other was called "Qingquanlou".
This town is called Qingquan Town. At first, there was only one Qingquanlou Restaurant. Later, after Baiweiju opened, it poached talent from all around, taking away all the good chefs from the surrounding area.
Pei Yuezhi thought to herself, "This guy is a real gambler. He almost went bankrupt by poaching someone's talent. He really took a gamble and turned a bicycle into a motorcycle."
Later on, he really did expand his business, so Baiweiju became the dominant player in the town. Although Qingquanlou was not as good as before, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse, and it still managed to rank second.
Baiweiju resorted to any means to grab business, and the two companies became enemies from then on.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If Baiweiju makes things difficult for me again, I will have a way out.
Thinking of this, Pei Yuezhi also talked to Liu Yuanyuan about it, and the two of them were a little less worried.
Time flies, and it's time to pay the second month's rent.
Just after lunchtime, when all the guests had left, the landlady arrived.
"Oh dear, I just came over, but there were too many people, so I didn't want to bother you. Your business is really doing quite well."
"Auntie's here, come in and sit down."
After sitting down, the old lady looked at the room with satisfaction: "It was really the right decision to rent this shop to you. My husband and I have worked here for most of our lives and we have grown attached to this place. Seeing how clean you have kept it, it's clear that you have taken good care of it."
Pei Yuezhi poured her a glass of water: "Don't worry, Auntie. You still have to be dedicated to doing business. We will also be dedicated to this shop."
“Auntie, this is the two taels of silver for the lease renewal, and four hundred for the house. But I have to tell you that we will not be renting the house next month. We originally wanted to terminate the lease this month, but we kept forgetting when we got busy and didn’t tell you in advance.”
The old lady was easy to talk to. She took the money and said, "Okay, you won't be renting the house next month, right? I'll remember that."
After seeing the old lady off, Pei Yuezhi waved her hand and announced, "Tomorrow is a holiday!"
Liu Yuanyuan was overjoyed to hear this. It had been a tiring month, and although she had taken breaks during that time, she had basically had no rest since she started working harder.
The afternoon was a normal workday. Finally, it was time to get off work. After saying goodbye to her cousin-in-law, Pei Yuezhi put up a "Take a Day Off" sign on the door and the group went home.
Liu Yuanyuan was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at her expectantly: "Yueyue, it's been a month, let's count the money!"
"That's true. I haven't looked at how much money it is yet, but I estimate it's quite a lot."
Pei Yuezhi used her mind to check the space and was surprised to find that there were tens of thousands of copper coins and scattered pieces of silver that she hadn't exchanged for money.
"System, can you exchange money here?"
"It requires payment to unlock, 100 coins."
Pei Yuezhi gritted her teeth and unlocked it!
Having unlocked the new feature, Pei Yuezhi immediately exchanged all her money for silver coins.
“I used the system to exchange the copper coins for silver coins, so we don’t have to go to exchange money. I was always a little worried about exchanging too much at once, and exchanging too frequently would attract attention. So I simply spent 100 coins to unlock the money exchange function,” Pei Yuezhi explained.
"This feature is great, and it's not expensive at all, even at 100 yuan. It saves a lot of trouble," Liu Yuanyuan said.
Pei Yuezhi closed all the doors and windows and dumped the money onto the bed with a clatter.
Liu Yuanyuan's eyes widened; this was the first time she had ever seen so much money.
"Yueyue! So much money! How much is this?!" Liu Yuanyuan counted the money excitedly.
Pei Yuezhi could see the quantity in her spatial storage, so she didn't need to count it specifically: "It's a total of fifty-two taels. The money for buying things has all been spent, so this is pure profit."
"So much! Yueyue, we made money!"
Liu Yuanyuan stood up excitedly, picked up Pei Yuezhi, and spun her around.
“Yuanyuan, stop for a second, you’re dizzy.” After being put down, Pei Yuezhi continued, “This isn’t much. We started making more money after we started selling stir-fries. In the first ten days, the profit from selling boxed meals was about ten taels.”
"But there will definitely be more next month, and things will only get better!"
Pei Yuezhi counted the money and gave Liu Yuanyuan twenty taels.
"Why are you giving me so much? I don't want it!" Liu Yuanyuan pushed it back.
"This shop was opened by the two of us through hard work, so naturally you should own half of it. Please don't refuse."
Liu Yuanyuan looked helpless: "Yuanyue, are you stupid? We spent a lifetime together in our past life, and we're together again in this life. Why are you still arguing about these things? When have I ever been polite to you?"
"You should take it back now. Just consider it something you've been saving up there, okay?"
Pei Yuezhi thought about it and agreed, but then took out five taels and handed it over: "Take this as pocket money. In case you need to spend money, it will be convenient for you when I'm not around."
"Okay, then I'll take this."
The next day, Pei Yuezhi spent half the day browsing the mall. Since she had been busy, she hadn't had a proper meal.
Since the two students are on break, they should treat themselves well.
They had eaten hot pot after arriving, but hadn't tried barbecue yet. Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan hit it off and decided to treat themselves to barbecue!
Liu Yuanyuan found some bricks and began to study how to build a stove, while Pei Yuezhi whittled wooden sticks on the side.
While shaving, toss the food into a basin of water to soak; this will prevent it from burning or breaking when grilling.
It has to be said that Liu Yuanyuan's oven setup is quite good; it's both simple and convenient.
After she finished setting up the stove, Pei Yuezhi handed over the task of shaving the wooden skewers to her, while she went to the kitchen to cut meat.
I bought lamb leg meat and pork belly, those are the only two kinds of meat I have. Lamb skewers are the most delicious for barbecue, so I bought more lamb.
Cut everything into pieces and set aside. No marinating is needed. The meat in this system's store is all exceptionally fresh and of high quality.
In Pei Yue's previous life, the kebabs from her hometown weren't usually marinated.
I bought some more tofu skin to make vegetable rolls. I'll roll them with some cilantro and scallions.
I peeled a few more ears of corn, sliced the potatoes, and cut the long beans into sections.
That's all I prepared. Other things like shrimp and enoki mushrooms aren't convenient to take out and grill.
There was no grilling board for the garlic eggplant, but Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan found the barbecue quite monotonous; they just liked eating meat.
With the ingredients almost ready and the skewers nearly shaved, Pei Yuezhi called the three children over to skewer the food.
Liu Yuanyuan was teaching the children how to string things together, and after they learned, she went to burn charcoal.
Pei Yuezhi then went to get some barbecue seasoning.
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