Chapter 225 A Conscientious Boss, A Conscientious Price
Qi Bang led everyone through a series of turns, walking for a full half hour, until they finally arrived at the Dolphin Hotel.
Everyone: Is this the legendary "far away by a billion points"?
As they entered the hall, the group looked around and found that the only person in the empty hall was a middle-aged man with a stubble beard, who was leaning against the wall behind the bar.
Upon seeing everyone, he pointed to the number written in large red letters on the counter and said expressionlessly, "Add our store's contact number, then send us your names, and you will receive your room number. Then go to Qi Bang to pick up your room key."
Judging from the outside, the Dolphin Hotel looks a bit older than other hotels, and it's also a bit farther away. Now they have a bearded man sitting at the front desk. No wonder the business here doesn't look good.
"Boss, do you have prices listed for accommodation here?" Kang Zhenghao usually seems loud and boisterous, but he's actually quite thoughtful.
"Don't worry, the room number and price list will be sent to each of your wristwatches together."
"Tonight is the first night, and the accommodation is free. This is a special offer from our hotel; other hotels don't offer such a good deal."
The bearded man looked at him with an expression that said, "You guys got a good deal," so Kang Zhenghao could only force a smile and say, "Then thank you very much, boss!"
"However, the food is not free. If you want to eat, go to the kitchen and find the cook to register and pay. The menu and price list for lunch and dinner will also be sent to you."
The bearded man added another sentence, which almost made Kang Zhenghao lose his smile.
When adding the boss's contact number, Kang Zhenghao specifically reminded Zuo Shan to add it after him so that the room numbers might be next to each other.
Seeing this, Liu Lin followed the sisters and added the store's contact number.
As it turned out, the three room numbers were indeed consecutive: 17, 18, and 19.
Zuo Shan and Pan Duole chose a room; they couldn't let the little girl stay alone while traveling.
The accommodation and meal fees were indeed sent together, along with some other notices, such as a 200 yuan deduction if the room key was lost.
For example, tap water with moderate radiation is free, while tap water with low radiation costs 3.5 silver coins per 10 liters.
There is also corresponding compensation for damage to tables, chairs, benches, etc. in the room.
Overall, the standard is very detailed.
Kang Zhenghao grumbled, "Why are they deducting money from everything?"
"Commander Kang, it's actually better to have clear standards beforehand than to spend money blindly without knowing anything," Zuo Shan said with a smile.
"What you said makes a lot of sense. But the seafood at their restaurant is really cheap!"
Did you see that? A string of second-tier mutated baby octopuses, weighing 50 grams, costs only 100 silver coins. 20 strings, weighing 1 kilogram, cost only 2000 silver coins, and one string is given away for free!
"It's more than half the price of raw argali!" Kang Zhenghao said excitedly, pointing to the food price list.
Zuo Shan thought that the seafood here was indeed very cheap, but seafood is different from mutton and pork. You can eat a two-pound fish by yourself, but you definitely can't finish two pounds of mutton or pork.
Moreover, seafood is low in calories, and in this wasteland where food is scarce, the price of food is naturally determined by its calorie content.
Moreover, this place is right next to a clear blue bay, so hunting sea creatures here should be easy, and it's only fair that the price is a bit cheaper.
However, the owner didn't take advantage of the surge in visitors during the carnival to arbitrarily raise prices, which is quite considerate.
Since they were already here, Zuo Shan naturally wanted to take his family to try the local grilled seafood, and he wasn't worried about the cost.
Pan Duole felt a pang of regret upon hearing this and, reluctant to eat them, suggested that she order fewer skewers.
Zuo Shan earnestly tried to fool her: "It's not cost-effective for us to order too few. We'll give you one free skewer for every 20 skewers you order. Think about it, one skewer costs 100 yuan, so it's like getting 100 yuan for free, right?"
“Okay, it’s really a loss if you don’t order at least 20 skewers.” Pan Duole nodded, just like most consumers who have been fooled by these kinds of “buy more, get more” advertisements.
In addition to the mutated octopus, the barbecue lunch also included mutated sea cucumber, mutated yellow croaker, and mutated mackerel, all priced at the same rate.
Zuo Shan felt that the shop owner's business practices were too simplistic and crude. She suspected that he was simply bad at math and afraid of trouble, so he put a single price on all the seafood.
And most importantly, this restaurant doesn't serve breakfast; lunch and dinner are all barbecue!
Well, she shouldn't have had any unrealistic expectations of the food industry in this wasteland. If the cooking here isn't so bad, why is there no seasoning other than salt?
If it weren't for the fact that the people here cook terrible food, why would Xiaobai, Mina, Matt, Madam Gu, the old housekeeper, and Linghu Yi all praise every dish she makes?
Actually, by this point, although Zuo Shan hadn't eaten any barbecue yet, her heart had already grown cold. When the 40 different kinds of barbecue she ordered were served...
As expected... it's still passable!
The reason it's passable is because the ingredients are fresh, and seafood, once cooked, retains its freshness even without any seasoning or salt!
Moreover, they are all second-tier mutated seafood, so their taste is more delicious than that of ordinary seafood.
Unfortunately, the cook's skills were really not good. Her knife skills were rough, the pieces were too big, and the food was not evenly roasted, with some parts even burnt.
Even so, Zuo Shan still gave it a "good enough" rating.
With this cook's skills, if you asked her to roast lamb or pork, she'd probably burnt it on the outside and raw on the inside!
Lele and Xiaobao, whose palates had been spoiled by Zuo Shan, couldn't help but frown. They finally had a chance to eat out, and they spent so much money, and this was the result...
Master Liu's culinary skills have improved recently under Lele's guidance. He no longer finds grilled seafood, which he used to find delicious, as appealing.
He even began to wonder if there was something wrong with his tongue in the past, so why did he remember something that tasted so bland as delicious?
Everyone was eating barbecue, but baby Achen didn't seem particularly hungry today. He obediently held his bottle and drank his formula.
It's not that he doesn't crave good food, it's just that today's food tastes so strange, it smells awful. He really doesn't understand why Mommy and the others insist on coming to a place like this to eat.
Wouldn't it be better to stay in the room and eat the sweet and delicious cassava balls they brought themselves?
The first meal in the wasteland was paid for, and although the price was reasonable, the taste was really not good.
In short, it boils down to one word: disappointment!
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