Chapter 54 (Second Update)
Fuxiang Restaurant was closed for a day for rectification, and everyone was assigned work by An Rou.
Li Kangfu learned to make pickled fish from An Younian. Before An Rou left the restaurant, he had already created a dish. After twenty years as a chef, the taste was 90% similar, but he needed to keep improving.
Shopkeeper Jin was in charge of reprinting the menu. All the signature dishes were removed, and the main items were pickled fish, plus some cold dishes, snacks and drinks selected by An Rou.
Lao Huang and some of his men were sent to purchase a large amount of food. Part of it was used to prepare for the opening tomorrow, and An Rou requested that the other part be sent to the farm.
The remaining employees were responsible for other things needed for the reopening, such as promotional posters, flyers, newspaper advertisements, small firecrackers that the townspeople loved to see, and replacing the restaurant sign.
After deciding to separate An Yongnian from the restaurant, An Rou gave up the idea of changing the name to "Nianfeng Restaurant" and simply changed it to "Yong'an Hotel", the same name as the farm.
Naturally, the cost of such a set of equipment was inevitable. An Rou advanced them a total of 80,000 gold. With the "Employee Code of Conduct" in place, there was no need to worry about anyone falsifying their accounts.
She was busy until the afternoon, when she finally drove off to the farm with a long convoy of tricycles following behind her, attracting countless people to stop and watch.
An Rou made such a big noise on purpose.
Firstly, there was too much stuff to purchase, and they needed people to transport it to the farm. Secondly, it was a good opportunity to attract attention, so they had the staff unfurl a red silk banner on their tricycles to announce the grand opening of the Wing On Hotel. Thirdly, it resolved An Rou's long-held concern.
As the various facilities on the farm gradually improve, it's bound to grow larger and larger. Just like before, it's done covertly. Players familiar with Zhongsu Town will find the sudden appearance of a large farm in such a remote place extremely suspicious.
I might as well take this opportunity to create witnesses and let the matter spread quietly in the town to prevent players from being surprised.
Of course, An Rou didn't forget that the farm was now a den of ghouls. Before leaving, she connected with the consciousness of the rich man through the air and asked him to call all his cubs back to the house and hide them.
But An Rou didn't expect that this action would scare Paopao so much.
He finally mustered up the courage to gather the five ghouls outside the bungalow and begin staff training. He had been talking all day, his mouth dry. Now he went back to the house to drink some water.
He had just finished drinking half of the water when the ghouls suddenly rushed into the hall and surrounded him. One of them even slammed the door shut.
Paopao was so scared that he choked on his saliva, but he held it in and didn't dare to cough.
His face flushed red, and his legs were shaking: "You...what do you want to do?"
The ghouls said nothing, just looked at him, each with an expression of hunger and thirst on his face.
There is only one living person in the entire farm, and he is a destined person. For them who are just born, the smell of running souls is really delicious.
"Gurgle..."
“Gurgle gurgle…”
I don't know which ghost started it, but the sound of swallowing saliva quickly spread.
Paopao had a profound experience of what it felt like to have a roasted pig placed before a hungry person. Of course, he was the pig.
Paopao couldn't stand it anymore and screamed: "Brother! Brother Baofu, help me!"
After calling for help for a while, he found that Baofu's face was floating at his feet. His eyes, which were bigger than his shoes, were staring at him motionlessly.
Paopao suddenly had a bad feeling: "No... No way, brother, you don't want to eat me too... We are colleagues, we have worked together for the boss for so long, how could you... How could you have the heart to do that?!"
He became more and more angry as he spoke, and finally got a response from Baofu - "Gurgle..."
Paopao: ...
!!!
"Boss, help me————"
Unfortunately, at this moment An Rou was parading with a convoy of tricycles and had not even left the town, so it was still too early for them to reach the farm.
Wang Er suddenly said, "It's very noisy!"
Paopao's screams stopped abruptly, and he looked at it with tears in his eyes.
Wang Er said, "Laugh!"
After it finished speaking, it opened its mouth first, revealing its white teeth. The other ghouls followed suit.
——What does it feel like to be stared at hungrily by a group of grinning ghouls? Paopao knows it all too well.
His voice trembled: "You, you are all going to eat me, how can I laugh!"
"Cry!" Zhang Da said immediately.
He could run around, but he immediately raised his brows, tears welling up in his eyes. "Big, big brothers, please don't eat me. There are five of you... ghosts, and I'm only one. It's not enough for you to share..."
Paopao was stunned to see that all the ghouls had drooped brows and pouty mouths, but there were no tears in their eyes at all. It looked so fake.
"Angry!" Wang yelled.
The five ghouls frowned and bared their white teeth at the same time, which scared Paopao so much that his heart trembled.
Sun Da: "Daze!"
Zhang Er: "Respectful!"
…
Paopao finally realized that these ghouls were practicing the facial expression management that he had taught them all day!
He breathed a sigh of relief, but still clung to the edge of the table, not daring to move. He waited anxiously for every second that felt like an eternity, until finally, he heard the faint sound of a car horn.
Paopao closed his eyes and rushed out from the gap between Wang Da and Zhang Er.
"boss--"
He shouted so passionately that An Rou was stunned for a moment.
It must be a good thing for the employee to see her boss so happy, right? At the very least, it means her push that morning was right.
An Rou reached out and held Paopao's head, rejecting his big hug.
She glanced at the back of the car: "This is Paopao, my secretary. From now on, when you see him, it's like seeing me. Remember?"
"Remember!" the guys answered in unison.
Paopao then noticed the huge convoy of tricycles. Being stared at eagerly by dozens of pairs of eyes, his face immediately flushed and he shrank behind An Rou.
"Boss, what's going on?"
The clerks, the coachmen and the temporarily hired peasant laborers were busy unloading the goods, running after An Rou closely.
An Rou was busy giving orders and had no time to explain.
"Pour all the fish and shrimp into the pond, and sprinkle the minced meat in, spreading it out a bit."
"After you unload the cargo, you will be responsible for tilling and loosening the soil in that field. Plant the vegetables and onions there. Remember to only plant the large ones, and don't plant any rapeseed."
"The chicken coop is over here, the duck shed is over there, the big and small ones are housed separately. Remember to spread some millet."
"Plant these saplings by the pond, so they don't block the pickle shed. Yes, that thatched shed across the pond. I want to be able to see it as soon as I go out."
“…”
After finally explaining everything one by one, An Rou finally had time to deal with the dumbfounded Paopao: "Where is he?"
"People?" Paopao took a moment to react. "Oh, they're all in the house. Boss, I was scared to death just now."
An Rou raised her eyebrows: "Is there anyone who is disobeying the rules?"
Paopao was speechless, paused and scratched his head: "Not really."
If he really disobeyed, his soul would have been torn into pieces long ago. Ultimately, it was because he was too timid and hadn't fully digested the fact that he suddenly had a group of ghoul subordinates.
Soul Calling Song is a monster-killing game. Players and ghouls are natural enemies from the root. Who would have thought that they would one day coexist?
It's too buggy.
An Rou understood from his hesitant words and smiled helplessly. Whether it was running or being a ghoul, they would get used to it sooner or later.
She asked Paopao to pick up a big package and walk towards the bungalow.
The wooden door opened, but before it could be closed, a ghost shouted, "Respect!"
All the ghouls lowered their heads at the same time, with their arms hanging at their sides, looking honest and obedient.
An Rou looked at Paopao with satisfaction: "The training was good!"
Paopao laughed dryly.
An Rou walked up to a ghoul and looked at it carefully.
Its clothes were tattered and wrinkled from being soaked in poisonous water for too long, revealing the white sleeveless armor underneath. One of its string gloves had fallen off, and the back of the other hand was also torn, revealing a shallow scar.
After removing the stains, it can be seen that he is fair and handsome. Of course, few players like to make themselves look ugly.
"What's your name?" An Rou asked.
The ghoul raised his eyes and looked at the person who was half a head shorter than him - a living person.
With its species instinct, it could tell that An Rou was not the Chosen One, but the soul fragrance she exuded was even stronger than Paopao. However, because of its instinct, it did not dare to covet An Rou's soul.
Ever since it discovered that An Rou could speak in its mind, it had an instinctive awe for her. The presence of Ghost Mother Baofu only heightened this awe.
The ghoul did not answer An Rou's question, gritting his teeth until he saw Paopao Wusheng open his mouth wide out of the corner of his eye.
An Rou noticed its panic and turned around suddenly. Paopao reacted very quickly and shut up suddenly.
At the same time, the ghoul finally spoke: "...Wang Er."
Paopao slapped his thighs silently: What are you talking about? You are Wang Da!
An Rou was satisfied. Although her reaction was a little slow, she finally established her identity.
She couldn't help but think of the former Liu Qingsong.
After Liu Qingsong turned into a ghoul, he perfectly disguised himself as a player and infiltrated Qin Wudi's team. Not only did his words and actions act exactly like a living person, he was also very good at observing people's words and expressions - this was the ideal employee An Rou wanted most.
But Liu Qingsong was different from the Wang Er before him. He had been possessed by the previous generation's Wang Da, and his soul hadn't been damaged at all. But the current Wang Er, on the other hand, was a completely new ghoul, his soul damaged and differentiated, and could only be considered a living dead.
Every movement imitating a living person exudes a sense of awkwardness.
It takes sufficient training to achieve the desired disguise.
An Rou asked them one by one, with Paopao secretly hinting at the side, and the other ghouls also answered their names smoothly.
Perhaps they all felt invisible pressure in front of An Rou, and Paopao helped, so when they looked at Paopao, the eagerness in their eyes faded a lot.
This made Paopao feel completely relieved, and he even took the initiative to step forward and give orders, asking the ghouls to perform expressions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness for Anrou.
Someone knocked on the door outside: "Boss An, except for those farmers, we are almost done."
"Wait a moment." An Rou said.
After the footsteps outside the door faded away, she gestured to Paopao to put the bundle on the table and said to the ghouls, "These are the clothes prepared for you. Clean yourselves and change into them. I know you are very hungry, don't worry, I promised to feed you. However, you need to be patient for another day."
An Rou looked at Paopao and said, "The restaurant will reopen tomorrow, so we need to send at least one new employee."
"Boss, do you mean to speed up the training progress?" Paopao asked.
An Rou nodded: "Can you work overtime tonight?"
Paopao grinned happily: "Online at 10 pm, no problem!"
You can earn 1,000 gold by working overtime once. Anyone who doesn’t earn it is a fool.
An Rou also laughed: "From 10 pm to 8 am, that's 10 hours. It's considered as one day of overtime, and the overtime pay will be doubled."
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