Chapter 3
The first buffet in Liuyun City, all-you-can-eat for 50 copper coins
It was dinner time, and there were five full plates of food placed in front of the door of this small restaurant. Just looking at them made people look sideways, and almost immediately attracted passers-by.
Xiao Yue put all the food away, looked up and saw that some people had stopped. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
On the first day of the new store opening, she certainly couldn't just sit there and wait for people to come, she had to make a big show!
Xiao Yue picked up the wooden board prepared in the corner, wrote on it with charcoal and shouted loudly.
"The first buffet restaurant in Liuyun City is now open, all-you-can-eat!"
"Only fifty copper coins per person!"
Seeing such a strange scene on the street, some people had already been attracted by the aroma of the food. Now, after hearing these words, even more people stopped.
For a moment, discussions of varying degrees of severity arose.
“What’s a buffet?”
"Fifty copper coins, is that true or not?"
"Don't imitate Shixianglou again. You're talking about cheapness, but I'm charging you a hundred or eighty for the last bowl of white rice!"
"The food in this city changes every day..."
"But those dishes smell so delicious, don't they?"
Xiao Yue listened to the sounds around him and found that many people were talking, but no one came forward.
She was not in a hurry. As long as she attracted people, it would be the best time to promote it.
Just as Xiao Yue was about to strike while the iron was hot, a female voice came first.
"50 copper coins for all you can eat, who are you trying to fool?"
Xiao Yue paused and looked in the direction of the sound.
A woman with extraordinary temperament walked down from the bridge, looked her up and down, then cast her eyes on a few pots of food, her tone full of questioning.
"Don't mention that I've never heard of this buffet. Even if you said it's only fifty copper coins, I don't believe it. Can you eat meat and vegetables for fifty copper coins?"
The woman's tone was not friendly, but it was exactly the question that the people around her wanted to ask the most.
Seeing her look of "I have to expose you", Xiao Yue was not angry but laughed.
“Not only can you eat it, you can eat it at will!”
When I feel sleepy, someone hands me a pillow!
Xiao Yue lifted the board with the words on it and spoke calmly in front of everyone.
"As the first self-service restaurant in Floating Cloud City, this shop is absolutely fair to everyone! That is, as long as you give me fifty copper coins, you can choose any of the prepared meals after entering the shop! You can use your own bowls and chopsticks throughout the meal, and you can order as much or as little as you want. You can also add more dishes at will after you finish eating until you are full!"
With the woman's doubt as a guide, Xiao Yue's words came out more naturally.
Not only was there a look of disbelief on the woman's face, but the onlookers also cried out in amazement.
"As long as you pay, you can eat as much as you want?"
“Can you get yourself a new meal after you finish eating?!”
"But there's chicken there, is that true?"
“This buffet is quite interesting…”
Xiao Yuejie listened to what was going on and saw that someone was ready to make a move, so he added, "But our restaurant also has rules. You can't take away food or waste it. If the weight of the leftovers exceeds two taels, you have to pay an additional 100 copper coins for every two taels."
It was a little quieter, but some people were still interested.
But before he could go forward, the woman spoke again.
"It's good that food can't be wasted, but you have to pay before entering the store..." She was picky, "What if the food doesn't taste good?"
Seeing the woman staring at the braised chicken, Xiao Yue thought for a moment and simply served a bowl of it on the spot, picked up the chopsticks and walked over to hand it to her.
"Everyone has different tastes. So, I'll give you one for free. How about you be the first person to taste it in our store?"
These words made people feel comfortable. The woman was stunned for a moment, but without being shy, she took the bowl and chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it into her mouth.
Seeing this, people who were about to enter the store stopped and looked over.
The price of fifty copper coins simply broke the lowest price in Liuyun City and was so cheap that it was unbelievable.
Therefore, it is really hard not to doubt the taste of the food. Maybe it is very unpalatable?
Everyone knew that the woman's eyes widened as soon as she took the first bite of meat.
The chicken is firm and not dry, the chicken skin is soft and chewy, and the soup is filled with rich sauce flavor!
The woman chewed it briefly and swallowed it down, ignoring the people around her asking if it was delicious or not, and picked up the potatoes in the bowl.
The potatoes are neither too big nor too small. When you take a bite, the outer shell is crispy and obviously fried. After softening, it has a unique taste. When you bite it open, you will find the soft, sticky and hot core inside.
Wrapped in rich soup, the taste is so wonderful!
Seeing that the people around her couldn't hold back any longer, Xiao Yue asked her with a smile in her eyes, "How does it taste?"
The woman then realized that the food in her bowl was almost gone. She coughed and said, "It's a new restaurant after all, so the taste is just okay. I'll just eat here today."
"It's really an honor for our store!" Xiao Yue couldn't help laughing, but he didn't expose her. He took the copper coins the woman quickly gave him and raised his hand to signal her to enter the store: "I have already told you the dining rules, please go ahead!"
The woman nodded, walked in without realizing how quickly she was walking, and came to the table where the dishes were placed.
Although there are not many dishes, each one is quite large in portion, the colors are appetizing, the appearance is very tempting, and even the white rice is fuller than that in ordinary restaurants!
The smell of food was rushing to my nose, as if urging me to eat.
The woman looked around, picked up a bowl, and scooped a full bowl of rice.
Seeing her looking back at him, Xiao Yue continued to serve another bowl of braised chicken that was almost overflowing.
Perhaps because they felt embarrassed, and given the rule that buffet food could be refilled at any time, the women only took a small amount.
Then she looked up and glanced around the yard, found a seat that suited her, and walked over with the food and dishes on a tray, not quite familiar with the situation, and sat down.
When she passed by Xiao Yue, she glanced at her full bowl of braised chicken and felt a little uncomfortable.
The familiar Xiao Yue smiled, looking very open and confident, not only explaining to herself, but also to everyone around.
"Today is the first day of our store's opening. We don't have many dishes, so please bear with us! We will have new dishes every day, and it's still 50 copper coins for unlimited eating. Welcome..."
"Boss, let me try it too!"
Before Xiao Yue could finish his words, a burly man strode in.
He paid the money consciously and went straight to the dining table.
Unlike the woman, the man ordered a bowl of each dish, with the red chopped vegetables piled so high that they were puffed up, and a circle of red oil flowed out from the edge of the bowl.
The man didn't care at all. He sat down nearby and couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and taste the red three-diced dish.
As early as when Xiao Yue started to bring out the dishes, the man stopped on the bridge to watch, and saw with his own eyes that she brought out a red and green dish.
He recognized it at a glance, the green one was his favorite pepper!
Fresh chili peppers are not cheap. In other stores, it's hard to even get one for eighty, let alone fifty. And the taste is not guaranteed.
But men love spicy food very much. Just smelling the spicy taste will make their mouths start to salivate.
Of course, maybe it's just the smell, and men are already prepared to accept it no matter how ordinary the smell is.
What if it’s only fifty?
Unexpectedly, when the man picked up the chopsticks, picked up the dish and put it into his mouth, he didn't even blink.
Because at that moment, sourness and spiciness filled the tip of the tongue, and after another chew, the meat juice burst out and swept through the mouth, hot and refreshing, making people want to eat it with rice!
The man actually did so, and when he came to his senses, he ate his rice fiercely and praised incoherently.
"Oh my dear! My dear, what kind of vegetable is this? It's too delicious!"
This was a bit exaggerated, and Xiao Yue wanted to laugh. He replied, "As long as Big Brother likes it! This dish is called Red Three Chops, and it's a very delicious home-cooked dish..."
After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and patted her head.
oops!
I was just interrupted by a woman's question and realized that I had forgotten to write the name of the menu!
Xiao Yue quickly turned around and wrote down today's buffet menu on the wooden board with charcoal.
——Braised chicken, cabbage and tofu soup, flavored eggplant, red chopped vegetables, and cold cucumber salad.
Xiao Yue had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a man and a woman outside the door who finally couldn't help themselves and walked over.
"boss!"
“We want to try this buffet too!”
This was not the first batch. After that, four or five more guests came to the door. They all looked like ordinary people.
After all, in Liuyun City... no, even in the entire Dachen Country, they have never heard of this way of opening a store. All other restaurants, even snack shops, sell their products at a higher price.
What? Today’s ingredients are fresh, tomorrow’s dishes will be new, but the day after tomorrow when it’s a festival they will be even more expensive.
Fifty copper coins?
A plate of peanuts is enough!
Therefore, everyone was shocked by the price, and at the same time worried that since it was so cheap, the taste would be hard to describe.
But looking at the woman who was skeptical at first but now ate without slowing down, and the man who ate voraciously, the two of them even finished one bowl and ordered another...
All this shows that the food that can be eaten for fifty copper coins tastes really extraordinary!
Everyone finally couldn't bear it anymore.
So next, Xiao Yue received customers one after another into the store, and his hands were almost sore from collecting money.
She did not forget to look back at the store and found that everyone was not used to serving their own rice and finding a seat to eat at the beginning, but because it was new to them, they were happy to learn and everyone managed to eat successfully.
Xiao Yue heaved a sigh of relief and continued to smile as he took the copper coins handed over by the next customer.
Her focus is on the customers' adaptation, while the customers' focus is naturally on the taste of the food.
They were worried at first, but when the dishes were officially eaten, there were bursts of suppressed exclamations in the restaurant.
“This tastes so delicious!”
"I actually ate it for only fifty copper coins?"
"This flavored eggplant is so crispy and fragrant! If it's sold in a big restaurant, it must be sold for three hundred, right?"
"Can tofu soup be made so sweet and fresh? I had it at a certain food store before, and it tasted as bland as water, but they sold it to me for 180 yuan!"
"Why do I feel like the cucumber salad here is different from others? No, I'll go get some more!"
A quarter of an hour later.
Xiao Yue looked at the full seats inside and outside the store, and was enveloped in excitement. At the same time, he heard someone mutter in his ear:
"Why is there no bowl?"
"I'll be right there!" Xiao Yue responded quickly, and hurried to collect the empty bowls on the table and wash them.
After cleaning, she wiped it dry and put it back next to the steamer.
After a while, the five pots of food were almost finished!
Xiao Yue was busy and sweating. Seeing that there were no new customers coming, he prepared to go back to the kitchen to cook.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, an impatient voice came from the dining table.
"Boss, why do you only order this many dishes?"
Xiao Yue paused, looked back, and found that the person who was speaking was a well-mannered young man in blue clothes.
He sat at the stone table in the front yard. Originally, the table was big enough for four people, but because there were too many bowls in front of him, he occupied half of the table by himself, so only two people could sit at the stone table.
But the other person was wearing the same blue shirt as him, so it was obvious that they were together.
That was enough. Xiao Yue noticed that the man who was speaking had already eaten from four empty bowls.
But there were still several bowls full of food left on the table, and they were just a chopstick here and a spoon there.
But after he finished speaking, the impatient young man burped.
Xiao Yue's eyes deepened slightly, and he walked over with a kind smile on his face.
"I'm sorry, it's the first day of our new restaurant opening, so we do have fewer dishes. Do they not suit your taste?"
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