Jiang Bai's store officially opened twenty days later.
She completely renovated the yard, making it semi-open. On sunny days, one can eat while basking in the sun and watching the clouds. When the weather is bad, she lays a waterproof cloth on a high shelf, and the rain flows down, dripping onto the plants she has specially planted, creating a unique atmosphere.
The courtyard was divided into ten tables, with carved wooden panels separating the tables. The distance between the tables was not cramped, ensuring privacy during meals.
After everything was set up, even Wang Zhongyi repeatedly exclaimed in admiration of Jiang Bai's aesthetic sense.
Jiang Bai spent fifty coins to have a wandering Taoist priest calculate an auspicious day, and then thoroughly prepared everything. The family of three moved into their rented new house the day before the opening.
Wang Linlin's health has improved significantly. To fulfill her secret desire to have a child, Jiang Bai suggested that she continue taking her medicinal diet. According to Jiang Bai's conservative estimate, the elixir should allow her to conceive within about six months.
If you are indeed pregnant, then you should start designing a new medicinal diet menu.
Wang Linlin, understanding the difficulties Jiang Bai faced in doing business, stopped asking her to deliver the goods to her door and instead arranged for someone to pick them up every day, paying according to the market price.
By the way, the medical fees for Wang Linlin's treatment have also reached Jiang Bai's hands. General Lin Yong, seeing his wife's healthy condition, happily rewarded her with a lot of gold and silver jewelry.
An irresponsible estimate would be that the capital would be more than enough for Jiang Bai to open a medicinal cuisine restaurant this year.
Jiang Bai's restaurant is called Anle Medicinal Cuisine Restaurant, which is taken from the names of Zhao Ping'an and Zhao Xile, and also means a peaceful and happy life. In order to attract customers, the restaurant offered a 20% discount a month before it opened.
On the opening day, Wang Zhongyi went to support the business. Seeing the few customers, he comforted Jiang Bai, saying, "It's always like this at the beginning. Take it slow."
Jiang Bai nodded, not surprised at all: "It's alright, I'm fine with it."
She hired several sweet-talking and pretty waitresses, both men and women. Two stood at the door, smiling at everyone they met, while the others moved between the private rooms, ready to serve the guests at any time.
The first few orders came from flyers from Hongding Restaurant. The flyers clearly stated that if you brought one to the restaurant, you would get a 50% discount on the entire meal, so several regular customers took one.
Jiang Bai couldn't help but turn to Wang Zhongyi to express his gratitude: "Brother Wang, thank you for helping me."
Jiang Bai makes medicinal cuisine, which can cure illnesses if you are sick and strengthen your body if you are not sick, so it can also be considered a regular meal. After all, who would have enough room to go to a restaurant after eating several bowls of medicinal cuisine?
Therefore, Wang Zhongyi was practically promoting his competitor, and Jiang Bai had to accept this favor regardless of what the other party thought.
Wang Zhongyi quickly waved his hand: "You rented my courtyard and cured my mother's illness, so it's only right that I do this."
Jiang Bai then fell silent.
She inquired and found that the rent for a courtyard on this street was about eight taels of silver, and two other courtyards in better locations than Jiang Bai's were rented out for ten taels.
Wang Zhongyi asked for fifteen taels of silver upfront, but feeling a bit guilty, he couldn't help but say, "This rental price was set by my wife. If you rent for a longer period, I'll give you a discount."
Before Jiang Bai could speak, several portly merchants were ushered in. Wang Zhongyi, seeing that the visitors were regulars at the restaurant, went up to exchange a few pleasantries, and the topic of rent prices was thus dropped.
Seeing that some customers had already ordered, Jiang Bai quickly greeted them and went to the kitchen to start cooking.
The busiest time of the day was during dinner time, when the private rooms were half full. After finishing and cleaning up, Jiang Bai calculated that after deducting all costs, they were still losing money, but not by much.
This is already a very good sales figure on the first day.
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In the past two weeks, a trend has swept through all the wealthy businessmen in the county.
Some people have noticed that many of the businessmen who used to frequent restaurants and entertainment venues have suddenly disappeared, and every restaurant is asking who has stolen their customers.
Haven't you seen it? Even the usually busiest restaurant, Hongding Restaurant, has its owners looking worried.
Someone with connections inside the organization found out.
"It's neither a restaurant nor a brothel; it seems to be a medicinal cuisine restaurant."
"They said the dishes were very novel, almost never seen before, and tasted great."
"The proprietress and the staff are both exceptionally beautiful. I think they've bewitched all those old men. I wonder what kind of enchantresses they are."
The food tastes good and the dishes are novel, but surely we don't need to eat it every day? Is it really because the owner is exceptionally beautiful?
The owners of various restaurants couldn't sit still any longer.
Two people were the most eager and went the day the news came out, but they didn't expect they would have to make an appointment.
The courtyard wasn't big; the waiter said there were only ten tables, and they were all full—they were booked for the whole day.
The two quickly arranged to meet the next morning.
They arrived just as the shop opened, catching Jiang Bai just as she came out. She doesn't usually go out much and doesn't have much time; even hiring two helpers wasn't enough, as she was constantly busy.
She only comes out to greet the first group of guests and recommends the freshest dishes of the day.
The two restaurant owners were unfamiliar faces. Jiang Bai handed them the menu and smiled at them, "Is this your first time here?"
The two leaders nodded.
Jiang Bai asked, "Have you been feeling unwell lately?"
Not only her, but all the waiters have been trained on common ailments and will recommend suitable medicinal diets to guests.
The two looked at each other, and one of them said, "I've been having trouble sleeping and having vivid dreams lately..." How can you not have insomnia if you're not making money?
Jiang Bai hesitated for a moment and said, "The newly arrived lotus seeds are very fresh. How about a lily and lotus seed soup? The chickens we raise are all wild chickens hunted from the mountains. The meat is firm and flavorful. How about a chestnut chicken as well?"
The two looked at each other and nodded.
One or two dishes were enough for two people, so Jiang Bai wrote down these two dishes in his notebook and didn't recommend any more.
The two bosses had come all this way, so they certainly wouldn't be satisfied with just one dish. They looked at the menu and ordered a few more dishes with unfamiliar names before they were done.
As Jiang Bai lifted the bamboo curtain to go out, several merchants happened to pass by. They caught sight of the two of them out of the corner of their eye, paused for a moment, and came over to greet them: "Manager Qiao, you're here for dinner today too!"
The man he was referring to, Boss Qiao, gave an awkward smile, not daring to say anything more, and simply nodded: "Yes."
The person who came to greet them was a regular at Qiao's restaurant, and the two were quite familiar with each other. So the person winked and said, "Miss Jiang, your restaurant is doing well. I didn't expect even you to know about it."
What do you know?
Boss Qiao was stunned for a moment, looking at the other party with a puzzled expression, but only received a mysterious smile in return.
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