The Lu family is now quite lively.
There were people everywhere, inside and outside the house.
The villagers, young and old, ranging from eighty-year-old grandmothers and grandfathers to three-year-old girls and boys, gathered outside to discuss Lu Sen's family affairs.
"The Lu family's luck has really turned around; they're on the verge of making a fortune."
"Hey, don't you guys know that Lu Sen's pastry shop has daily sales of over ten thousand? I went to check it out. It opens at nine in the morning, and there are so many customers, it's like a swarm of ants."
"You're talking nonsense! Over ten thousand? That's a lot of pastries you'd have to sell! It must be tens of thousands of yuan!"
"Seriously, you should go see it next time! I guarantee it'll scare you to death."
Inside the house, Yunping and Lu Chunhe and their brothers were chatting about the past three days at the pastry shop.
The dim sum shop will be closed for the day because of a banquet tomorrow.
Regular pastries can be left unsold, but premium pastries must be sold on time.
So we have to prepare it in advance and deliver it to the customer beforehand. This was promised beforehand, and we must keep our word. Besides, we've already received the money; we can't just return it.
Once the money is in their own pockets, who would be willing to return it?
So the customer was asked to pick it up at 3 p.m. Despite the hot weather, the customer didn't mind because there was a refrigerator.
With Lu Jingxing being the top scorer in the college entrance examination, the news spread, making not only the people of Shuanglong County happy, but also the citizens of the entire province and city happy.
Moreover, as its reputation grew, more and more customers came to buy its premium pastries, but the quantity remained at two hundred pieces, without increasing by one piece despite the booming business.
This is An Wan's idea: no matter how good business is in the future, she can only sell 200 premium pastries.
Yunping and her husband, along with Lu Jingxing and his six brothers, all supported her decision.
Firstly, the amount of spiritual spring water is limited and cannot be used on a large scale.
This was her way of saving her life.
Secondly, there was a risk that too many premium pastries would be released, and if the scent of the spiritual spring water became too strong, it would inevitably attract the attention of some extraordinary individuals.
Increase the risk of being invisible.
Thirdly, the production volume has increased, which Yunping and her team cannot handle. It's okay to be tired for one day, but if it's like this every day, people will be exhausted.
Unless we open a branch and hire a few more waiters.
Fourth, she felt she was earning too much money.
The business has grown quite large now, and I estimate that many people can guess the turnover of the pastry shop. It's probably enough to fill a hospital ward for people with conjunctivitis.
Even if she wants to make money, she has to find another way.
Dispersing those with ill intentions is the only way for a dim sum shop to thrive in the long run. Otherwise, being too high-profile might attract unwanted attention and cause trouble in the coming days.
Fifth, if there are too many premium pastries, it means that many wealthy people will live to be a hundred years old, which will widen the gap between them and ordinary people.
She feared changing the fate of many people, or even altering the course of history.
During the few days she opened the shop, she saw several people with black mist swirling around their heads, seemingly on the verge of death, but she did not offer them any help.
First, I am by nature indifferent and never care about the life or death of those people.
Secondly, there's the fear that changing someone else's fate might lead to unexpected events for oneself, such as shortening one's lifespan or transferring bad luck.
She does understand the principle of conservation of energy.
It is impossible for someone to be so powerful as to destroy the world and yet remain unharmed.
Even after the three-day free tasting and buy-one-get-one-free promotion ended, business remained strong, with sales of regular pastries increasing from 300 jin initially to 200 jin now.
The amount of high-end pastries also increased by 100 jin.
The turnover increased by 1,100 yuan.
That would have been a huge sum of money in the 1990s.
Lu Zhili loves to talk about things at the shop, especially about how customers rush to buy pastries.
"The premium pastries have become a sensation in Shuanglong County's upper class. Dozens of people come to place orders every day, but the quantity is limited. Those who can't buy the premium pastries use their status and power to threaten us. If it weren't for Ah Chen, I guess those people would have smashed up the shop and robbed us, or even arrested us."
Lu Jingxing recounted what he had seen and heard over the past three days, and even now he still felt a bit scared.
Over the past three days, I've encountered one powerful person after another and experienced various verbal threats and intimidation.
If it weren't for He Sichen's presence and his revelation that he was the real owner of the pastry shop, it's likely that the shop would have been demolished by those people back then.
An Wan hadn't expected things to be so serious. Once you've tasted the spiritual spring water, no one can resist it.
Those clever people guessed what was added to the premium pastry, but they all thought it was spring water from Shenxian Mountain.
No wonder there have been more strangers in the village these past two days; they all came after hearing the noise.
Lu Chunhe clenched his fist and slammed it on the table. "It makes me angry just thinking about it! Dad, Wanwan, you have no idea what those people are like. They act like they're the king of the world just because they have money and power."
"The gentler ones say they'll try to buy our pastry shop, but when we ask the price, they're only willing to offer a few thousand dollars. The more aggressive ones say they'll destroy our shop if we don't sell them premium pastries. And the most aggressive ones just say they'll take us to the police station."
Although Lu Chunhe did not reveal the identities of those people, An Wan and Lu Sen could guess their identities.
They were all either rich or powerful, or involved in both the legitimate and criminal worlds.
Fortunately, He Sichen has been in charge these past few days, otherwise it would have been really difficult to suppress those villains.
An Wan thought that it was fortunate that she had already added spring water from Shenxian Mountain to the premium pastries, and that once the news spread, it would at least divert attention.
Because Shenxian Mountain truly possesses spiritual energy, though it may be faint, it is real.
Moreover, the legend of Shenxian Mountain has been passed down for thousands of years. It is said that immortals live there, so naturally the mountain spring water is effective.
However, the mountain is rugged and shrouded in mist all year round. Entering the outer area is easy, but entering the inner area is as difficult as climbing to heaven.
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