Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Doom Restaurant
I spent reputation points in the service hall to post a recruitment notice, and before long, five NPCs chose to come for the interview.
The first NPC is called Ailan, a cute human girl. It is said that she just moved to the town with her family. Due to financial constraints, she chose to work outside. Her work experience is helping out at home. She can clean and make some simple desserts. The skill she possesses is affinity bonus.
Choosing this girl as a waiter can effectively increase the speed of ordering and reduce some unnecessary conflicts.
That's right, doing business in the game can actually trigger small-probability accidents such as unreasonable customers. Magic Continent is surprisingly realistic in this regard. The official explanation is to add fun to the game. Tang Li personally suspects that this is definitely the official's bad taste.
Apart from these minor incidents, time is money, and hiring this skillful girl will obviously bring her higher economic benefits.
Tang Li immediately decided to keep the person.
The second NPC to be interviewed is called Uncle Drew. He used to be a hunter, but now because of his old age and lack of physical strength, he decided to live in a small town with his family. His skill is that he has very good dicing skills.
Choosing this uncle will not only allow you to have an excellent vegetable cutter, but you can also use his channels to buy large quantities of fresh and reasonably priced meat from his hunter friends.
Tang Li was moved again and also chose to keep Uncle Drew.
The third and fourth candidates who came for the interview were a pair of elf brothers. It was said that they were once official adventurers of the Adventurer's Guild. The reason they chose to come for the interview was that during a mission, the brothers suddenly realized that there was nothing else worth remembering in their lives except adventure, so they decided to change their minds and return to normal society to experience the life of ordinary people.
It sounds like a playful thing, but because the character modeling is too good, and most importantly, as former excellent adventurers, these two can be considered geniuses in both combat and learning awareness.
He can be a waiter who attracts customers and work part-time as a thug. He can also be directly employed as a chef after simple training. It always feels like it would be a waste if we don't recruit such an excellent talent.
Although she didn't know how long they would stay here, the price was not expensive anyway, so Tang Li followed her inner choice and kept them.
The last interviewee was a hot-tempered tiger-beast auntie, and the only one among the five who had restaurant work experience.
This tiger aunt used to live in a large orc tribe and run a barbecue restaurant with her husband. Later, when they made money, her husband chose to cheat on her. She divorced him cleanly while they still had children and chose to leave that sad place. Later, she came to the vicinity of Baiyin Town. After hearing that this place was very good, she decided to live here.
"How is your ex-husband now?" Tang Li couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, him," Aunt Tiger said, looking like she'd already let it go. She pondered for a long time before finally finding a clue in her memory. "I was the head chef at that restaurant. I heard from customers I met later that after I left, the restaurant couldn't find a suitable replacement and closed down. I guess he wasn't doing well."
"That's good." Tang Li expressed her satisfaction. This is how a scumbag deserves to end up.
"Hahaha, lovely girl," Aunt Tiger was amused by Tang Li's angry expression. "Although he changed beyond recognition later, he also brought me a lot of happiness in the beginning. Compared to the memories that came later, I prefer to recall those happy times in the past."
Tang Li looked carefully and saw that Aunt Tiger had a bright smile without a trace of gloom on her face. It was obvious that she was speaking the truth.
He is unexpectedly free and easy, seemingly generous and good-tempered, and may even be misunderstood as cowardly, but in fact he is a strong man with a very independent personality and a very firm will.
Just as brilliant as this tiger aunt's mind is her culinary skills.
As the most perfect meat shield race in the magical continent, in the official setting, orcs are strong and eat a lot. Most orcs are carnivores. A small number of orcs whose prototypes are vegetarians will basically choose an omnivorous diet with meat as the main food and vegetables as the supplement in order to maintain their physical fitness.
In such a background setting, their culinary talents are basically focused on meat cooking. In this aspect of cooking skills, the orcs' internal competition is comparable to that of the college entrance examination provinces in her previous life. It can be said that any orc sent out to barbecue can beat other races.
In such an environment, making money by relying on the barbecue restaurant can prove how excellent the tiger aunt's skills in barbecue are.
Aunt Tiger showed Tang Li her skills during the interview, and Tang Li was amazed after trying it.
Regardless of whether she was the only chef among the interviewees or her cooking skills just made up for Tang Li's shortcomings in meat preparation, Tang Li decided to hire this aunt as the head chef of the restaurant.
In short, after a round of interviews, Tang Li was like a bad girl who liked everything. After hesitating for a long time, she still chose to keep them all.
Fortunately, the shop the mayor gave her was a large two-story building, which could easily accommodate five people. If there was still no room, she could spend money to upgrade the shop.
"I plan to break through the wall between the store and the street and set up a food station to sell meals such as steamed buns and steamed buns that can be taken away. Ailan will be in charge of this food station." After the recruitment was completed, Tang Li assigned tasks to several people. Setting up the food station was not too difficult. Just spend some money to change the decoration, and then directly bind the stalls previously given by the official to the food station. Players and NPCs who don't want to enter the store can buy food directly through the window.
"Okay, okay, boss!" Ailan is a somewhat shy girl. When she heard that she was given an important task and would be independently responsible for a position as soon as she arrived, her face immediately turned red with excitement. She promised seriously that she would work hard to complete the task and live up to the boss's expectations.
It is so touching to see such a dedicated worker. If the salary had not just been negotiated when she started working, Tang Li almost decided to give her a raise on the spot.
Next...next time...next time for sure!
The affinity skill was so terrifying that Tang Li felt a slight pang of conscience when she made this decision, as if she had done something unforgivable, and she couldn't help but look away guiltily.
It's obvious that the other party has just started working and hasn't had time to do anything yet!
"Uncle Drew, I'll leave the preparation of the ingredients to you, and also the daily meat purchases, is that okay?" Tang Li turned her gaze to the uncle who looked very reliable.
"No problem, leave it to me. I guarantee that the ingredients we purchase every day are of the best quality!" Uncle Drew patted his chest and made the promise for the sake of his salary.
"Okay," Tang Li nodded, and it was Aunt Tiger's turn. "Your barbecue skills are excellent, but our restaurant mainly specializes in curse-themed dishes. So if we want to open this restaurant, we might need to discuss cooking techniques with each other. While retaining your cooking skills, we can also incorporate some of our specialty dishes."
"Wow, that sounds great!" Aunt Tiger looked very happy. "Boss, are you planning to teach me how to cook? I've heard of you before I came to this town. It would be great if I could learn your cooking skills!"
Tang Li was sweating profusely after hearing this. "That's too much of an exaggeration. There's no need for a name or anything like that. Besides, it's more like a mutual discussion and learning than teaching you cooking."
Her cooking is famous, part of it is made from ingredients modified by supernatural powers, part from the curious effects of curses, and part from the recipes of the royal chef.
Tang Li is not a very arrogant person. If she is now well-rounded, then Aunt Tiger is an expert in certain aspects of cooking. If the two can be combined, it will be beneficial to both of them.
Tang Li even had the idea of finding more professionals to learn cooking skills, but she couldn't leave for the time being, and Aunt Tiger's cooking skills were enough for her to digest for a while, so she could only suppress the idea in her heart and wait for a chance to try it again.
"What a humble girl you are! I'm really looking forward to our learning exchanges!" Aunt Tiger laughed heartily and patted Tang Li's shoulder happily.
Tang Li: "..." As expected of an orc, it hurts when he hits me. Thank goodness this is not the wilderness, otherwise... Tang Li estimated the strength of the opponent's hit and thought that at least half of his blood would be lost.
There was a kitchen in the restaurant. Before entering, Tang Li looked at the elf brothers who were full of anticipation and tried to recall their names. "Green and Lanser, if you're interested, you can come and learn. If there are customers, you can help take orders and serve the dishes as waiters. When it's not busy, you can be a mobile person and help Aunt Tiger or Ailan."
Adventurers with such excellent physical fitness always feel that it would be a waste of resources if they don't make full use of it.
"Can we learn too? That's great!" The elf brothers who were learning how to integrate into the lives of ordinary people had no sense of being exploited at all. When they heard that Tang Li was willing to teach them cooking skills, they became very enthusiastic.
"Boss...um," Uncle Drew glanced at the shy little girl Ailan and called out to Tang Li. Facing her questioning look, he stammered, "Can we, can we also learn from you?"
"You guys want to learn too?" Tang Li was a little surprised that there were people who took the initiative to learn things beyond their job responsibilities. They were indeed worthy of being the shop assistants she carefully selected (?). This awareness was so touching that it brought tears to her eyes.
She used her own customized cooking techniques, and the game officials still attached great importance to copyright protection. Even if they passed on Tang Lili's skills, they were not worried that they would make a profit from it.
And don’t forget that in addition to skills, the core of her cooking products is the ingredients. If there are only skills but no ingredients to match, the final effect of the ingredients will be greatly reduced.
Since everyone wanted to learn, it was of course a good thing. Whether it was the restaurant that was about to open or the empty gang warehouse that needed to be filled, they all needed a large amount of cooking food. Since everyone was willing to rush to serve as labor, there was no reason for Tang Li to refuse. She waved her hand and said directly, "Come on."
"Great!" Ailan and Uncle Drew were very happy, and followed the group into the kitchen with surprise on their faces.
"Boss, you're so generous!" The Elf Brothers pretended to wipe away their nonexistent tears, looking deeply touched. "We originally applied for the job just to eat your delicious cooking every day, but you actually taught us your skills directly. It's so touching!"
"Yes, I originally thought that I needed to work for a while to prove myself before I could get the opportunity to learn from you!" Aunt Tiger expressed the same emotion.
"Thank you so much, boss!" Ailan and Uncle Drew were the happiest. They originally thought they had no chance, but they didn't expect the boss to be so easy to talk to.
Several people had heard of Tang Li's name before attending the recruitment. Even if they didn't know her before, after the three-day celebration, almost everyone in the town knew her.
The five of them didn't say that they all came for Tang Li's cooking skills, but this was indeed the main factor that attracted them. They originally thought that since they were close to the water, they would get some free food, but they didn't expect to get an unexpected reward.
Although they cannot use the learned skills to make a profit without Tang Li's consent, learning this kind of skill is profitable. Even if it is not profitable, making it for three meals a day to satisfy the taste buds is a good choice.
Even though they soon realized that the delicious ingredients of the food played a part in the taste, but then again, the taste of the ingredients in the Magic Continent was just average and not bad. Even if they were not as good as Tang Li's, they were much better than what they had known before.
And don't forget that there are many magical plants on the magical continent. If you look carefully, you may be able to find suitable substitutes. Although magical plants are expensive, it doesn't matter if they are more expensive if you use them to cook and eat them yourself.
All I can say is that everyone has their own considerations. If I have to say it, this is a win-win situation. Everyone benefits and no one suffers.
All six people squeezed into the kitchen at once. Fortunately, the kitchen was the product of space expansion, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people at once.
Before learning to cook, Tang Li first filled the storage compartments in the kitchen so that everyone could freely access the ingredients inside.
System: [Adventurer Lucky Star is teaching you [Cooking. Delicious Steamed Buns]. Would you like to learn?]
System: [Adventurer Lucky Star is teaching you [Cooking. Delicious Flower Rolls], would you like to learn?]
System: [Adventurer Lucky Star teaches you [Cooking. Delicious Meat Buns], would you like to learn?]
…
Seven or eight system prompts appeared in front of several people, and the shop assistants decisively chose to accept them.
"Thank you for the great magic of learning. This is the most practical magic spell in the world. I think I almost understand how to do it. The next step is to prove it through practice." The elf brothers Green and Lanser did not disappoint Tang Li's evaluation of genius. Not long after the skills were taught, the two brothers said that they had almost used up all the knowledge.
"I also think I can give it a try." Aunt Tiger opened her eyes shortly afterwards and looked at the ingredients Tang Li took out, eager to try.
"Let's give it a try." Tang Li moved aside, giving them space to try.
Whether it is a player or an NPC, when trying life skills for the first time, they need to proceed step by step. Only after they have successfully produced it once can it be included in the system and mass-produced.
Of course, in the game setting, this process is called cooking magic, which is a very magical common sense of life.
Whether it's the magical elements flowing in the body, the magical names of the various functions of the system, or the living NPCs and the game progress that can be influenced by players, sometimes it really makes people forget that this is a virtual world.
"Here, you must use force when kneading the dough to expel the air inside..." Tang Li came back to her senses and carefully instructed Lanser to knead the dough.
"Okay!" Lanser nodded in agreement. "That's a really useful technique. If Green and I had known this when we were adventuring before, we wouldn't have starved in the wild."
"It's all because of someone!" Green clearly remembered what happened back then. "Elves are naturally favored, yet you actually got lost in the forest? It's because you took the wrong path that we missed the town we were supposed to stay in."
The two brothers began to complain bitterly, accusing each other of having suffered so much that they should not have suffered because of their carelessness.
"Then try to learn more, so that if you go out on adventures again in the future, this kind of thing won't happen again." Tang Li listened with a smile and thought it was quite interesting, so she suggested.
"In the future?" The elf brothers were stunned. It was precisely because they were confused about the future that they planned to stay for a while.
"Who knows what will happen in the future?" Maybe they will be completely tired of being adventurers and choose to stay with the boss as an ordinary clerk, or after a short stay, go to other cities to continue experiencing life.
"Let's leave the future for later. The most important thing now is to enjoy the present." Seeing the two people's confused expressions, Tang Li smiled and pointed at the steamed buns they had just made. "Don't you want to give it a try? This is what you should taste the most right now..."
Tang Li actually understands them very well, because she is also confused about what the future will be like, but she is different from her elf brothers. Instead of thinking about the future now, she would rather be down-to-earth and experience the present life.
The elf brothers were stunned, tentatively picked up the freshly baked steamed buns and stuffed them into their mouths, then smiled widely.
“It’s so delicious!”
“It tastes exactly like the one made by the boss!”
"The same goes for curses!"
“Hahahahahaha how funny!”
"It's great to be young." Aunt Tiger glanced at the silly smiles of the elf brothers, picked up the steamed buns she made, took a bite, and smiled happily.
"What? We elves are a long-lived race. Even though we look young, we are actually over 100 years old!" Green and Lancer protested against the word "young" mentioned by Aunt Tiger.
"Okay, newly-adult elf child."
"Hello!"
Elves become adults at the age of 80, and their average lifespan is at least 1,000 years old. It is true that those over 100 years old have just reached adulthood, but it is only because the two brothers left the tribe and lived on their own at a very young age that they appear to have extra experience.
"Isn't that the same as me?" The little girl Ailan showed a surprised expression when she heard this. Because of their different life experiences, several people except her, including the boss, had a strong feeling that she always felt out of place. Now, when she heard that the two elf boys had just reached adulthood in their race, she seemed to have found her own kind, and her gaze towards the two of them instantly became close.
If Tang Li knew what she was thinking, she would definitely complain. What a strong feeling! This is exactly the gap between a child who has not entered society and a corporate slave.
"Boss, I think I've learned it too. Could you please give me some guidance?" Ailan became much more lively instantly after finding her own kind.
"I can do it now. Boss, please give us some guidance." As the last clerk to learn cooking skills, Uncle Drew smiled a little embarrassedly.
Ailan and Uncle Drew were indeed a little slower. The Elf Brothers and Aunt Tiger tried two or three times before they finally completed their cooking with some difficulty.
However, this did not have much impact. The final product, the steamed buns, was very good. After learning how to make it, they were able to mass-produce it.
Looking at the five fresh helpers, Tang Li expressed satisfaction. While everyone continued to practice, she began to decorate the restaurant.
For the sake of harmony and unity, the elf-style appearance cannot be changed significantly. Tang Li simply installed a small window of the same style as a dining station, and after adding some tables, chairs and simple decorations on the first floor, she turned and went to the second floor.
The view from the second floor is better than that from the first floor. Tang Li plans to set up the second floor as a private room. In addition to the more exquisite decoration, she also purchased anti-eavesdropping and anti-disturbance devices to accommodate people who like quiet and don't want others to hear their conversations.
After all this busy work, Tang Li’s gold coins were almost gone.
"We should open the business soon, otherwise the capital chain will really break." Tang Li looked at her empty wallet and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
As expected, the bigger the business, the easier it is to go bankrupt. When it was a small business, I could run it no matter what, so there was no need to consider these things.
However, there are still two issues that need to be resolved before opening.
The first is the dishes. Professor Tang Li only provided everyone with steamed buns, steamed buns, cakes and other foods sold at the food station. If you really want to run a restaurant, you definitely need proper dishes.
Therefore, the next focus is for Tang Li and Aunt Tiger to discuss and learn from each other and jointly formulate a suitable recipe. The elf brothers are also allowed to study together because of their outstanding talents.
A few days passed like this.
"The next most important thing is the restaurant recruitment. We must come up with a catchy name. How about Lucky Restaurant?" Tang Li not only asked the clerk, but also consulted Li Zi and others.
“But the boss’s dishes all have debuffs. Isn’t it weird to call it Lucky Restaurant?” The shop assistants hesitated.
"Xiao Li, do you need me to remind you of the label you're known as in the minds of the players?" Li Zi and the others replied directly, "Witch of Doom."
"But my name is Lucky Star..." Tang Li felt that she could still be saved.
"Xiao Li, just accept your fate. Ever since the news of you opening a restaurant spread, everyone has already accepted that name."
"So, it can only be called the Restaurant of Misfortune, right?"
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