Chapter 61 A Feast for the Eyes, Aroma, and Fragrance? Are you sure it's not a forfeit based on color, aroma, and fragrance? ...
"Meow~"
He Zhi lowered his head, and a small white kitten with pockmarked fur stood obediently at his feet, its little head tilted up, gazing at him expectantly. He Zhi bent down, picked up the kitten, and tentatively asked, "A-Fu?"
"Meow~" That's me.
"How did you become like this?"
Afu looked at Hezhi innocently with his round, blue eyes.
He Zhi, carrying the cat, turned to look at An Fusheng: ? ? ?
An Fusheng's eyes darted around, and he said in a flustered manner, "Oh dear, it's almost five o'clock, shouldn't we...shouldn't we go cook?"
Unexpectedly, Xu Sannian also hurriedly got up from the ground, "Yes, yes, I'll go too!"
"Bang!"
Looking at the closed kitchen door, he wondered: Could Uncle Xu have another son who has been living away from home?
In the kitchen.
An Fusheng and Xu Sannian leaned against the door, patting their chests with lingering fear.
"Why are we running?" Xu Sannian asked.
An Fusheng: "I don't know either."
Xu Sannian: "You know him?"
An Fusheng: "I worked at his company before I came to the welfare home."
Xu Sannian covered his mouth and laughed, "No wonder you call him Boss He, it sounds like a nouveau riche."
An Fusheng: "If we don't call you boss, what should we call you?"
Xu Sannian: "Calling me boss is fine, it's down-to-earth, hehe."
An Fusheng: "Do you also know Boss He?"
Xu Sannian: "Yes, we've known each other since we were kids. My dad and his dad were roommates and best friends in college. After graduation, they started a business together and became business partners. Our two families often visit each other. When I was little, my parents were very busy with work, and they even thought about sending me to his house so that he could help take care of me."
An Fusheng: "Wow, so you two are childhood sweethearts?"
“No!” Xu Sannian shook his head frantically: “He doesn’t like playing with me at all. On my first day at his house, he threw a workbook at me and wouldn’t let me talk until I finished it. Then he left me aside and went to read a book himself. Good heavens, I was only in kindergarten at that time. I was still drinking milk. I didn’t even get to drink milk that day.”
An Fusheng couldn't help but laugh. "And then what happened?"
"That was the end of it. The next day, I absolutely refused to go to his house." Xu Sannian said indignantly, "You don't know, when he was a child, he was always reading, doing homework, or attending extracurricular classes. If I had grown up with him, that wouldn't be called childhood sweethearts, that would be called childhood sweethearts going to the ends of the earth!"
"Hahaha."
What lies beyond just one door is more than: "..."
"I'll tell you a secret," Xu Sannian suddenly lowered his voice.
"What?" An Fusheng couldn't help but become furtive.
Xu Sannian paused, then suddenly said shyly and in a very low voice, "He is my idol, I like him."
"Huh???" An Fusheng stared at Xu Sannian in disbelief. "Didn't he refuse to play with you or give you milk? Why do you still like him?"
Xu Sannian: "He's handsome and academically excellent. We went to the same junior high and high school. His legend was everywhere in the school, and there was even a picture of him on the honor wall. He was super handsome!"
"Is he really that good?" An Fusheng was skeptical. "But he seems to be doing poorly these days. Although he owns a company, it's very small. After I left, he didn't have a single employee. He definitely doesn't make much money, and he might even be in debt. Besides, he has a bad temper..."
It's not just that their fists have hardened...
Xu Sannian said nonchalantly, "It's alright, my family has plenty of money."
An Fusheng: "..."
Xu Sannian whispered again, "Master, do you think I'm charming?"
An Fusheng nodded and said very seriously, "You are good-looking, have a good personality, and can fight. I think you are very charming."
"Oh, none of that counts," Xu Sannian asked. "I know he likes to cook. Do you think I can win him over with my culinary skills?"
An Fusheng: "I think it would be faster for you to subdue him by force."
The two of them talked more and more outrageously.
He Zhi finally lost his temper: "You two shut up!"
The sounds from the kitchen vanished instantly.
...
It wasn't just Mr. and Mrs. Xu who encountered their car breaking down on the way after meeting with clients. When they mentioned they were going to check on their daughter at work, he, having nothing else to do, gave them a ride. He originally planned to go back after dropping them off, but then he realized they had gone to the very place where An Fusheng was currently working. He decided to get out and say hello before leaving, but he never expected to see two people with such peculiar thought processes huddled together, talking badly about him, and clumsily plotting to take him down...
He not only said hello to Mr. Xu, but also left.
Mr. and Mrs. Xu said they wanted to stay for dinner before going home.
"Could it be that my mom came here specifically because she wanted to eat my master's cooking?"
Mr. Xu coughed awkwardly, "We just wanted to show our concern for you and learn about your work environment. We decided to stay for a meal because Dean Wen was so hospitable, and we didn't want to disappoint him."
"I don't believe it," Xu Sannian said quietly. "You didn't care about my last job either."
However, because Xu's parents wanted to stay for dinner, Xu Sannian's desire to perform exploded.
"Are there still peanut sprouts in the refrigerator? I want to make a peanut sprout dish myself to amaze my parents."
An Fusheng: "There are still some."
Unexpectedly, when Xu's mother came into the kitchen while she was cooking, she praised her, and Xu Sannian insisted on cooking the peanut sprouts all by herself.
"Are you sure you don't need my help?" An Fusheng asked, full of worry.
"I can do it," Xu Sannian said confidently.
To prove that he really could do it, Xu Sannian fired several shots in front of An Fusheng without any fear.
"Right?" Xu Sannian said smugly.
An Fusheng nodded.
An Fusheng was then pushed out of the kitchen by Xu Sannian.
"Are you really good at cooking? Don't burn down their kitchen!" Mr. Xu said with concern.
Xu Sannian said, "I already told you, I made stir-fried pork with peanut sprouts for lunch. It was delicious and had great color, aroma and taste. Everyone who has eaten it says it's good. If I hadn't been in such a hurry to eat that I forgot to take a picture, I would have shown it to you."
An Fusheng nodded in agreement: "Xu Sannian made the stir-fried peanut sprouts with pork for lunch."
Mr. Xu suddenly felt a deep respect for his daughter: "I never expected that my daughter would change so much in just one day!"
"Just you wait."
"Bang!"
Xu Sannian closed the kitchen door.
The other dishes were already prepared. After the dishes were moved around, the group sat at the table waiting for Xu Sannian to prepare the last dish.
Fifteen minutes later: Xu Sannian awkwardly placed a plate in the center, chuckling.
If you didn't know she was making peanut sprouts, no one would guess what the haphazardly arranged black stripes on the plate were.
"Perfect in color, aroma, and taste?" Mrs. Xu asked repeatedly, "Are you sure it's not a forfeit based on color, aroma, and taste?"
"Hehe..." Xu Sannian continued to laugh awkwardly.
Mr. Xu picked up his chopsticks, took a peanut sprout, and ate it. "Actually, it tastes alright."
Then Mrs. Xu picked one up and put it in her mouth. After chewing it, she nodded and said, "It's really good. It tastes better than your father's. Not bad."
"Really?" Xu Sannian looked at her parents in disbelief. She tried one herself, and hmm? It wasn't actually that bad. "Wow! I'm so talented, hahaha!"
The children also chimed in, saying, "Sister is amazing! She succeeded on her first try!"
...
After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Xu took a taxi home.
Xu Sannian tirelessly taught Wen Xingrui and Wen Xinglan to recite poems.
An Fusheng and Wen Min talked about their idea of opening a restaurant at the welfare home.
"Why did you suddenly decide to open a restaurant?" Wen Min asked.
An Fusheng stammered, "We can make some money and give it to Fourteen sooner..."
Wen Min knew what he was thinking and said, "There are policies that support welfare institutions to carry out reasonable revenue-generating activities. From a policy point of view, there should be no problem for us to open a restaurant open to the public. There are also relevant cases in other regions. However, the problem we face is that we don't have enough manpower, and opening a restaurant requires initial capital investment, which we don't have."
An Fusheng thought for a moment and said, "Don't a lot of people like to order takeout these days? We can start an online restaurant first, and then start dine-in service once we've made some money."
In his previous life, An Fusheng had the idea of opening a restaurant in town and had done some research on it. He also looked up a lot of information last night. Although opening a restaurant in the city is much more complicated than opening one in a rural town, he has no other skills besides cooking, so he still wants to give it a try.
During dinner tonight, Mr. Xu mentioned that He Zhi had recently acquired a factory and successfully transformed the company from sales to manufacturing in a short period of time without relying on family support. Mr. Xu praised He Zhi highly, and An Fusheng suddenly had a new idea.
“He Zhi’s company development model was based on the fact that because of insufficient initial capital, he chose to focus on product sales in the early stages, which allowed him to accumulate capital and expand his customer base. Now that he has sufficient capital and has accumulated customers, he can smoothly transform his business by acquiring a factory,” An Fusheng said.
“We can also refer to this model when opening a restaurant. In the early stages, we can only open an online restaurant, which will save us the costs of decoration, air conditioning, water and electricity, tables and chairs, and service personnel that are necessary for dine-in, saving at least half of the money. We can cook the meals in the welfare home's kitchen, which will save another amount of money. Then we will only have the costs of ingredients, tableware, and delivery. We won't have many customers at the beginning, so these costs should not be too high.” An Fusheng thinks this model is very feasible.
Wen Min thought for a moment and agreed with An Fusheng's idea, "However, running a restaurant is not just about making delicious food. Especially since we are a state welfare institution, our restaurant nature and financial supervision are different from ordinary enterprises. If any accident occurs during operation, the impact will be very significant. Currently, none of the three of us understand business management, so I think we need to reconsider."
"What are you doing?" Xu Sannian asked curiously as he approached.
“We were talking about opening a restaurant at the welfare home,” Wen Min said.
"Open, open, open! My master's cooking is so delicious, his restaurant will definitely be a hit!" Xu Sannian said excitedly. "Not to mention anything else, my mom will definitely come to eat every day. She said she came to see me today, but she's really just here to freeload. If someone as picky as her likes my master's cooking, how can anyone else not win her over?"
Wen Min said, "But running a restaurant is not just about cooking; it also requires knowledge of business operations and management, and we don't have the manpower to support that."
"Cough cough cough!" Xu Sannian patted his chest. "How do I look?"
An Fusheng: "You understand?"
“My dad runs one company and my mom runs another. From childhood to adulthood, I’ve either gone to my dad’s company or my mom’s company. I’ve learned a thing or two from them.”
Xu Sannian proudly said, "Besides, don't forget what I studied. I studied hotel management! I'm a professional in service!"
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