We took inventory yesterday, and after deducting the cost of the day, the total profit was as high as one hundred taels of silver, which is much more profitable than running a noodle shop.
But it's true that Jiang Sui spent all of his nearly 8,000 taels of silver to open this restaurant.
Judging from this business, it will take at least three or four months to make a profit, because the monthly salary paid to employees is a considerable expense.
In just a few days, Beimoting became the most popular restaurant in the entire South City, with a steady stream of diners coming to taste the food every day.
The limited number of ten roast ducks per day are almost all reserved in the morning. The same goes for the private rooms. Every morning, servants from various families come to reserve rooms. There are only five private rooms in total. If you come late, you will not be able to reserve one, so you can only settle for the next best thing and book a private table.
There were not enough waiters, so a few more were hired. Jiang Sui rented a small courtyard in the south city for Fang Miao to live in, so that it would be convenient for her to go to Bei Mo Ting every day. Otherwise, it would be a long journey from the west of the city. If someone with ulterior motives saw them, it would be easy to make a fuss about it as they saw the female manager of Bei Mo Ting going in and out of the Xiao Mansion every day.
This year is the year of the imperial examination, and the autumn examination is one of the hottest topics recently. People in Jeju are very concerned about it. If not the top three, at least there should be two Jinshi candidates this year, right?
Xiao Hechuan is the seed player of Baiyun Academy this year, and there is a great possibility that he will be admitted to the imperial examination. Xiao Hechuan's name is now a hot topic.
But he has been busy helping Liu Huaifeng find companions recently. When Jiang Sui heard that he had secretly set such a big trap for Ye Shu to fall into, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the future Prime Minister was indeed very scheming. In order to bring down a hateful person, he did not hesitate to spend so much effort and time to set a trap for others.
But he was insulted and hurt by Ye Shu in his previous life, and she kept pestering him in this life and attacked him several times. Jiang Sui didn't feel sorry for her at all. She deserved it.
Relying on his memories from his previous life, Xiao Hechuan gathered together several of Ye Shu's favorites from her previous life. Now with Liu Huaifeng's help, it was easy for him to recruit them without having to give them any benefits.
In this era, men are superior to women, and men who are willing to be women's concubines generally have no moral character. But they all have one thing in common, that is, they are poor and have no skills. Apart from their good looks, they have nothing else to offer.
But Liu Huaifeng did not admit this. He felt that he still had great value. If he could change his gambling habit, he might be able to achieve something in the future.
Xiao Hechuan arranged for them to be Liu Huaifeng's good friends and visit the house prepared for him by Ye Shu. As long as Ye Shu saw them and expressed her affection for her, it would be difficult for Ye Shu to resist the temptation given her current condition.
But neither the father nor the daughter is a good person.
Ye Congwen has not been idle during this period. Not only did he not allow Luo Ming to see Yanzhi, but he himself went to see her every few days.
Yanzhi knew in her heart that Mr. Ye's feelings for her were definitely not just simple friendship, but an undisguised love between a man and a woman. He regarded her as a substitute for his deceased wife.
At first, she thought Mr. Ye was a nice person, but after learning his true thoughts about her, Yanzhi instantly felt that he had gone against her will. Every time he came to see her, she would deliberately keep a distance from him and skip those sensitive topics.
She wanted to chase him away, but unfortunately, she had to rely on others for food and drink and was living under someone else's roof. Luo Lang's situation was not good either, so she could only put on a smile and endure it slowly.
She has already decided on Luo Ming for her whole life and would never betray him, nor does she want to be anyone's substitute.
How old is Ye Congwen? He still wants to date young girls. The most disgusting thing is that he actually likes his son-in-law's mistress. If this kind of thing gets out, it will be enough for people to talk about it for a year or so.
That day, as soon as Ye Congwen came out of Baiyun Academy, he went straight to Yanzhi's courtyard. He asked someone to go to Beimoting to order a few dishes and desserts to take away, and then he went to the courtyard directly with the food box and the wine.
The food at Beimoting is really delicious, at least in his opinion, better than any other restaurant he had eaten at before, and the service attitude is also very good.
He really didn't expect that the old man Zhong Yun would have such a brilliant idea and opened a restaurant. He was a nerd who only knew how to read and thought that this would be his life, but he turned out to be smart and started a business when he was old. There must be an expert guiding him behind the scenes.
Ye Congwen was curious and asked him why he wanted to do business. He told himself that he had adopted a goddaughter, so he wanted to save some family wealth for his daughter and son-in-law to have as a support.
This left Ye Congwen speechless.
Okay, this idea is correct. Xiao Hechuan is both a student and a son-in-law. I expect him to take care of me in my old age.
When Yanzhi heard that he came to see her again, she sighed helplessly. Facing Ye Congwen had become her biggest headache now.
Why is he here again?
This time, he also brought food and drinks. Simply chatting and drinking tea would be fine, but drinking was a bit unnecessary.
Before going out, Yanzhi took out a hairpin from the jewelry box and put it on.
Ye Congwen was already sitting in the pavilion, and his servants had put out the food and drinks. When he saw Yanzhi coming, he called her over:
"Yanzhi, come quickly. There's a new restaurant opened in South City. The food there is so delicious, and the desserts there are really popular with you little girls. I brought them back especially for you to try.
The restaurant has a very elegant name, called Bei Mo Ting. It has a signature roast duck, which is limited to ten portions a day. It has been sold out today. It’s a pity. Next time, I must ask Zhong Yun to save some for me and ask you to try it too. I guarantee you will like it too!"
Yanzhi heard this and smiled politely:
"Thank you for your trouble, sir."
"No, why bother? As long as you like it."
These words sounded extremely greasy when they came out of Zhong Yun's mouth. Even looking at the delicious food on the table, he instantly lost his appetite.
During the meal, Ye Congwen started drinking by himself and talking while drinking. Halfway through, he began to persuade Yanzhi to drink. Yanzhi politely refused several times, but Ye Congwen still persisted.
There was no choice but to drink two glasses to show her respect.
Fortunately, when I was in Ningxiang Pavilion, I was asked to drink some wine from time to time, and I could drink one or two glasses without getting drunk.
After three rounds of drinking, Ye Congwen was a little drunk. He held his forehead and looked unconscious.
Seeing him like this, Yanzhi immediately called someone over and prepared to send him back.
She thought it would be best to leave quickly so that out of sight, out of mind.
When the servant came to help Ye Congwen, Ye Congwen said vaguely:
"I'm not going back. I'm staying here tonight. I'm too lazy to bother!"
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