Xia Tian stepped forward with a smile, "Thank you, Uncle and Auntie, for your support."
After saying hello, they got on the carriage and headed towards the restaurant.
She booked the restaurant to open at 11 a.m., and when they arrived, Uncle Gu, Aunt Gu, Uncle Chen, and Aunt Chen were all busy in the restaurant.
Cui Ling and Xiao You were also busy making snacks, cooking porridge and stewing soup. The two chefs were also in place with their apprentices.
Some of the waiters in the restaurant were hired from outside, while others were smart ones she brought from the second courtyard. Today they were all wearing clothes of the same color and style, looking neat and orderly, giving people a refreshing and novel feeling.
The second wife nodded secretly, knowing that this girl was no ordinary person.
Since she started cooking porridge and stewing soup in her own yard, she gradually benefited from it. People could eat the soup she made from time to time, and it tasted really good.
Even the third lady was a little jealous of her, because this girl only gave it to the old lady and herself, and no one else.
The restaurant opened today, and she had wanted to come over to see if there was anything she could do to help. However, when she arrived, she found that Xia Tian had already arranged everything in an orderly manner and did not need any help at all.
Xia Tian asked the second lady and the second master to go to the private room on the second floor to sit down and drink tea and have snacks. She was worried and checked the room inside and out again.
Are you all ready?" Xia Tian asked Uncle Gu.
Uncle Gu is now the owner of Yuejin Pavilion, and he is responsible for everything here.
"Madam, everything is ready. We are just waiting for the auspicious time." Uncle Gu replied with a smile.
Xia Tian looked at Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, Aunt Gu, Cui Ling, Xiao You and the two chefs again. They all smiled and nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
Xia Tian nodded and asked them to take their seats.
At ten o'clock, the dragon and lion dance team she asked Uncle Gu to invite arrived. The sound of knocking and banging could be heard, and the entrance of the restaurant became lively. Passers-by who heard the noise gathered to watch.
The road in front of the restaurant was temporarily blocked and the waterside pavilion was impassable.
It was almost eleven o'clock, so Xia Tian asked Uncle Gu to prepare the firecrackers and be ready to set them off when the time came.
The time was almost up, and the plaque unveiling ceremony began. She and Shen Nian each held one end. Uncle Gu shouted, "The auspicious time has arrived." Then the two of them pulled down the red cloth together.
Then the firecrackers started to crackle. After the sound died down, Uncle Gu stood at the door of the restaurant and shouted, "Dear folks, the restaurant is open today. All guests who come to dine today will get a 20% discount, and tea will be free.
Welcome everyone to come into the store and taste it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, some curious villagers came in, and Uncle Gu quickly took his people to get busy.
Today, every customer who comes into the store will be given a pot of tea and a small snack.
The guests who came in saw that the tea and snacks were free, so they all tried them and found them tasted exceptionally good.
There are many scholars and students on this street. In addition, the autumn examination will be held next month, and the nearby inns are full of students coming to Beijing to take the exam. It is almost lunch time now, and the lobby is soon full of people.
The prices of dishes ordered in summer are not expensive. Once someone places an order, the kitchen will soon become busy.
After a while, the waiter started serving the dishes, and soon the aroma of food wafted through the restaurant.
Uncle Gu was standing behind the counter greeting customers. Xia Tian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that although there were many people, everyone was not making a mess and was doing their work in an orderly manner.
When the guests had almost finished eating, she asked Uncle Gu to put a plate of sliced watermelon on each table. It was July, the time when watermelons were on the market in large quantities.
So watermelon is not expensive.
While delivering watermelons, Uncle Gu asked the guests what they thought of the restaurant's dishes. This was also what Xia Tian had instructed.
She opened a Cantonese restaurant, but this is Beijing, so she also needs to see the customers' reactions, which also allows her to make adjustments at any time.
The Second Madam and the Second Master also had lunch with Shen Nian and Xia Tian at the restaurant before returning.
The two also prepared a lucky cat ornament, which Xia Tian happily accepted and placed directly on the counter at the door.
The lucky cat is made of sandalwood, very lifelike, and has a good meaning, which she had not expected.
When she left, she packed a few snacks in a food box and asked the Second Madam to take it back for Chen Yan.
The second wife didn't hesitate, she took it with a smile and went back with the second master.
After getting on the carriage, the second master sighed, "Madam, you are right. This girl is not simple at all. Look at such a big restaurant. I heard Mu Feng say that she was responsible for arranging everything by herself, and Nian Ge'er didn't help."
The Second Madam nodded. "I've seen that a long time ago. If I didn't have some skills, how could Brother Nian be interested in me? After all, Brother Nian is the heir of our Wu'an Marquisate. His wife will be a clan member in the future and will have to support the entire Marquisate."
"That's right. Madam is the one who sees things clearly." The second master nodded in agreement. If the second madam hadn't asked him to come along today, he wouldn't have wanted to come. Even if it was just a restaurant opening, he didn't think there was any need to rush over.
It seems that he should listen to his wife and make friends with Shen Nian.
Xia Tian and Shen Nian stayed until the restaurant closed before returning to the Marquis' Mansion.
Before leaving, I took stock of today's cash flow.
The restaurant was recruiting an accountant before, and Master Liu introduced someone to them. This person also had the surname Liu, and was a distant relative of Master Liu within five generations, and also a poor student.
After the assessment, we found that his character and abilities were good, so we hired him.
At this time, Liu the accountant had already calculated today's cash flow, which was 26 taels, 3 qian and 52 wen.
When the others heard this, they all showed joy on their faces.
Xia Tian was a little confused for a moment. The cash flow was only more than twenty taels?
When she came to her senses, she felt a little amused and helpless. She had been a little arrogant recently. One of her paintings could easily fetch thousands of taels of silver, and some even fetched five thousand taels of silver. This made her think that making money was easy.
She completely forgot that when she first set up a stall selling braised meat, she only earned a few dozen or a hundred coins a day.
People like Uncle Gu and Ningxiang only get two taels of silver per month, so no wonder they were all delighted to hear this turnover. After deducting the costs, the net profit is more than ten taels of silver, which is considered very good for a medium-sized restaurant like hers.
From this perspective, today can be considered a good start.
"Madam, if things continue like this today, our restaurant will have a net profit of several hundred taels every month." Uncle Gu said happily.
"Yeah, that's great." Xia Tian nodded. "Thank you all for your hard work today. Tomorrow we'll continue to offer customers a 20% discount as we did today, and then we'll return to the original price in three days."
"Okay, ma'am." Uncle Gu responded with a smile.
"Madam," one of the chefs raised his hand, and when Xia Tian looked over, he continued, "We didn't prepare enough food today, and in the end, it wasn't enough."
"Okay, I understand. Uncle Chen, please prepare a little more tomorrow, but not too much, so as not to waste any leftovers."
"Okay, ma'am." Uncle Chen quickly agreed.
The main reason is that it is July and the weather is hot, and he was afraid that the food he prepared too much would go bad if he couldn't use it all. Also, he didn't expect there to be so many people today, which exceeded their expectations.
"Any other questions?" Xia Tian asked everyone.
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