Qiao Wanyue clapped her hands.
A young man wearing a black apron walked over; he was also a waiter hired by Qiao Wanyue.
"Sister Wanyue, the five hundred portions of base sauce are ready and packaged. When will they be distributed?"
Qiao Wanyue said, "Open the door first, the first table of customers will eat for free, and after they bring us a gift we prepared in advance, once the store is full, give the soup base we prepared in advance to the people in line and let them come back in the afternoon."
Do we need to add any more base ingredients?
"No need. Once we've delivered 300 portions, we won't be delivering the base sauce anymore, not even if you offer money."
"Okay, I'll take care of it."
Aunt Xie understood somewhat.
"Wanyue, your idea is good."
Qiao Wanyue smiled and said, "Auntie, the person will be here soon. Please keep an eye on things in the shop and make sure the hot soup doesn't burn the child. Also, make sure to tell our staff to provide good service and not to give customers a hard time."
"Don't worry, Auntie has arranged everything."
Aunt Xie rushed downstairs.
Qiao Wanyue stood on the second floor, watching the people coming and going.
11 o'clock.
Nanbeiju officially opened for business.
This isn't some southern delicacy, nor is it some northern elegance; it's a hot pot restaurant. As you can see from the name, it's elegant yet grand, but the name itself is rather strange.
It doesn't look like a proper hot pot restaurant.
Dozens of people rushed in, and the store was bustling with activity.
The winter in Beijing is below -10 degrees Celsius, and everyone comes here because of its reputation. After waiting for half an hour without the line moving at all, people started to get impatient. The elderly and some unemployed young people started to complain.
I won't go into the unpleasant things they said.
The locals' mouths were like loudspeakers, their sarcastic remarks making the shop assistants, who were trying to appease them, want to disappear into thin air, but they couldn't explain that their shop was indeed crowded.
People say you're just creating a gimmick, but you're not actually arranging seats.
I'm calling you a pretentious jerk.
They have a whole repertoire of insults.
It was below zero outside, and the guests who had been waiting for a long time were even colder than the weather. Before even entering Nanbeiju, they already had their own opinions.
Just as I was about to leave.
Aunt Xie came out.
"Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend the opening ceremony of our shop. We apologize on behalf of the owner for our shortcomings today. We feel very bad for making you wait for half an hour in this sub-zero weather, which is almost lunchtime. Our owner has specially prepared 300 servings of soup base. Everyone who is queuing today can take them home to cook vegetables or other dishes. They are free for you today. If you don't know how to use them, just ask our staff. We guarantee you will learn how."
"Free?" someone shouted.
"Our exclusive secret-recipe seasoning is free, only for the first wave of people in line. If you come late, it will be gone. This is our shop owner's apology to everyone. We also welcome everyone to come in the evening. There are indeed quite a lot of people in the shop right now, so we apologize." Aunt Xie shouted loudly.
"Give me one quickly, I can't stand the smell."
The woman closest to Aunt Xie shouted. She had brought her child and wanted to try it out, but when it was her turn, she wasn't allowed in. She was furious. She knew she was unlucky, but she was also upset about why she couldn't go in.
Seeing that she still had a child with her, Aunt Xie said, "Give this lady a serving first. It's quite cold outside with your child. Go home first and come back to queue up tonight."
She happily accepted the seasonings and took her child home.
The same is true for others.
"Wanyue, that's all."
Qiao Wanyue stood on the second floor, looking at the people outside the door who were still holding number plates and waiting for their seats.
"Have the people at the first table left?"
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