Chapter 132 Chapter 132 It’s not even payday yet…
It wasn't even payday yet, but the boss had already paid him almost half a month's wages. He was incredibly kind! He'd never earned this much in a day working hard at the docks carrying sacks, but he'd earned it on his first day here.
Although the boss said that it was only available on the first day and it was not a red envelope for the start of work, Lin Da was satisfied!
Thinking that his family had been out of rice for two days and that he hadn't eaten meat for several years, Lin Da took the three hundred coins and went to the rice shop to buy a bushel of rice and half a pound of fat pork before going home.
Lin Family,
When Lin Da returned home with these things, the house was deserted. His two younger brothers, even more pale and thin than he was, were hiding in the house. They saw him return through the window, still carrying so many things in his hands. They looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief and joy, but they were afraid to disappoint their hopes, so they only dared to ask cautiously, "Brother, what are you carrying?"
Lin Da wanted to give them a surprise, so he remained calm upon hearing this. "Come and see for yourself, and you'll know."
At this hour, it was already dark, with only moonlight covering the dilapidated courtyard. They were not afraid of being seen, so they just came out half-naked. Fortunately, it was hot in July, so they were not afraid of catching a cold.
The two men came to Lin Da and looked at the cloth bag in front of him at the same time.
Seeing this, Lin Da opened the cloth bag and took out the meat he had bought.
"It's meat! Second brother, did you see it? It's meat!"
Lin Er nodded in surprise to indicate that he saw it. The two did not ask where the meat came from, but just looked at their brother in admiration.
However, this was not the end. Lin San discovered the contents of the cloth bag and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, there's rice! Lots of rice!"
Lin Er looked over and saw that half of the bag was covered with a layer of moonlight. It was really rice!
They have rice to eat! They no longer have to eat bran and sweet potatoes!
"You haven't eaten yet, go and light the fire."
At Lin Da's command, the two of them instantly let out a happy "oh" and jumped towards the kitchen.
Soon, the rice and meat were ready. The two children sat at the tattered wooden table, looking at the white rice with the aroma of rice and the fat meat with the aroma of meat in front of them, and kept swallowing their saliva.
Lin Er asked for the second time, "Brother, you really don't want to eat?"
Being sensible, he thought that his elder brother was the same as before, pretending that he was not hungry and leaving all the delicious food for them.
Hearing this, Lin San held the bowl with confused eyes and said, "Brother, don't you want to eat?"
General Lin placed the bowl of meat in front of the two men and patted their heads. "Eat quickly. Your brother has already eaten at the restaurant."
After that, Lin Da told them in detail what he had eaten. They both looked longing after hearing it. Lin Da smiled and said, "When I have money in the future, I will take you to try it."
"Good!" the two cheered.
Lin Da, "Alright, eat quickly. From now on, if I come back late, you can eat by yourselves. You don't have to leave any food for me."
Having said that, the two finally picked up their bowls and started eating. Although there was only half a bowl of meat and half a bowl of white rice on the table, and there was only a little bit of sweet potato and meat in the white rice, they were both very happy because they had not eaten such food since their father was killed by a falling rock while doing corvee labor. So they both ate very cleanly, without leaving even a grain of rice in the bowl.
After eating, the two of them were very sensible and put away the dishes and washed them themselves.
Lin Daze carefully put the rice into the rice jar handful by handful. A dou of rice is not much, and after pouring it all out, there was only a thin layer left, not even half of it was filled. However, Lin Daze was extremely happy and satisfied in his heart. Since his parents died, he had never looked forward to the future like this again.
But now he was looking forward to tomorrow coming soon so that he could earn more money and let his younger brothers and sisters live a good life.
Like Lin Da, there was Qing, a woman who washed dishes in the restaurant's kitchen. When she returned home with the 300 wen the restaurant gave her, her husband, who had always looked down on her, stared at her with wide eyes. He had originally been a little dissatisfied with her working too long hours at the restaurant and wanted her to stay home to take care of their son, but for the first time, he remained silent for a long time before asking, "Is your... restaurant still hiring?"
When Qing heard this, she was so happy as if she had eaten the sweetest honey in the world. She even told everyone about this story in the restaurant, and everyone burst into laughter.
In addition to the two of them, there was also Li Chunhua. After receiving the silver, she still felt a little unreal, because this was the first time that she could keep the silver she earned with her and did not have to go back to give it to her mother Liu. This feeling was so good that she never wanted to go back to her previous life.
In short, because of Su Lifa's red envelope for the start of work, everyone in the restaurant worked as hard as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Almost no one was lazy. Everyone worked very hard, for fear that if they did not do well, the boss would fire them and hire someone else.
Of course, Su Li also saw their efforts. When paying wages at the end of the month, she also gave them an extra commission that should have been paid two months later. Everyone was so happy that they didn't know what to say and could only express their gratitude.
The guys made money, and the restaurant naturally made money as well. Su Li and Chen calculated the profits at the end of the month and found that the net profit was as high as several hundred taels, which made everyone very excited.
However, when some people are happy, others are sad. While Su Ji Restaurant is doing a booming business, Xiang Man Lou's business has declined a lot. The restaurant's regular customers have all gone to Su Ji Restaurant to eat. How can the business be good?
Shopkeeper Wu was so worried that his mouth was covered in blisters, but there was nothing he could do. Jin Buhuan, however, was only focused on listening to the music and was not worried at all. He even comforted Shopkeeper Wu, saying that Su Ji Restaurant was nothing to be afraid of...
This made it impossible for Manager Wu to imitate Su Ji Restaurant's storytelling, and he could only worry.
It was not until two months later, when Jin Mantang saw that the income in the account book was nearly one-third less than before, that he truly realized that something was wrong.
Coincidentally, that day, everyone who came to the restaurant was still discussing the food at Su Ji Restaurant and the stories they had heard. A, "I wonder if that Lin Feng succeeded in becoming a disciple."
Person B: "Yeah, it's really tempting to listen to this without any follow-up."
C, "Fortunately, Su Ji Restaurant will open tomorrow..."
A: "Speaking of which, brothers, do you feel that the food at Xiangmanlou is getting worse and worse?"
C: "I thought I was the only one feeling this way, but I didn't expect you to feel the same way!"
B: "Indeed, the food at Suji Restaurant is still the best."
A: "I think so too."
The few of them thought they were speaking quietly, but they didn't realize that their words had reached the ears of Jin Buhuan and Manager Wu who were standing at the cashier.
After listening to the whole thing, both of them had pale faces.
But he could only endure it. There was no other way. When opening a business, diners are the most important thing. This was the Jin family's ancestral motto.
However, just because Jin Mantang can't lose his temper with his diners doesn't mean he won't lose his temper with Manager Wu.
In the private room,
Jin Mantang, "Tell me everything that happened in Su's Restaurant in the past two months."
Shopkeeper Wu stood aside, sweating profusely, but he also felt a little pleased in his heart. He thought to himself, who told you to watch the show all day long? Now you feel anxious.
But after all, he still had to work here, and it would not benefit him if the restaurant business was not good, so he quickly told everything that had happened in the past few months.
Jin Mantang finally understood what had happened, but he would not blame himself. He would only blame the person in front of him, "You useless thing, why didn't you tell me all this earlier?"
Shopkeeper Wu: ...
He wanted to say what he had said, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he couldn't say them. He had no choice because he still had to continue working in the restaurant...
Jin Mantang felt comfortable cursing, so he slowly drank his tea and asked Shopkeeper Wu, "What do you think we should do next?"
Shopkeeper Wu had been waiting for this sentence the whole time. Upon hearing it, he leaned over to Jin Mantang and whispered a few words in his ear.
Jin Mantang was puzzled after hearing this, "Will it be useful?"
"Okay, go and arrange it."
A few days later, at Su Ji Restaurant, Su Li looked at the vacant seats in the restaurant and felt a little confused, but soon everything returned to normal. After all, the prices of food and drinks in the restaurant had returned to their original prices, and it would not be realistic to keep it the same as before.
Until a while later, I heard Lin Daqi running over, "The shopkeeper's Xiang Manlou is learning from us!"
Then he told the news he had heard.
Su Li then realized that Xiangmanlou had followed their example and made the food much cheaper these days. They also paid a large sum of money to invite a storyteller who was said to be from the provincial capital to tell a new storybook, and even claimed that it was even more exciting than the one at Su Ji Restaurant.
As a result of this operation, many diners who used to love eating at Xiangmanlou were attracted back, which led to fewer people coming to Su Ji Restaurant.
Lin Da was a little anxious, "Boss, what should we do now?"
Su Li was not worried at all and comforted her, "It's okay, don't worry about it."
As long as it's not some despicable trick, she can accept it. After all, in business, how can there be no competition? As long as it's healthy competition, she's ready to join in at any time.
However, Su Li was the only one in the restaurant who had a good attitude. Everyone else was worried because of this incident. Although everyone was sometimes tired and wished that it would be better if there were fewer customers in the restaurant, when there were really fewer customers, they hoped that there would be more people every day.
Even Lin Jing and others who came to eat noticed this change. After knowing the cause and effect, they went to Xiangmanlou to find out more.
As a result, after they came back, they all looked pale and had diarrhea. Let’s not talk about one person, the problem is that several of them were like this, which means they must have eaten something stale that day. After thinking about it, they remembered that when they ate the fish in Xiangmanlou that day, they felt it was a bit stale, but they just spent money and ate it anyway, especially those who were not from such a good family except Lin Jing, who ate a lot. After returning home, they vomited and had diarrhea, which was so scary. Fortunately, their family members saw something was wrong and sent them to the clinic quickly. The doctor diagnosed that they had eaten unclean food.
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At this point, Lin Jing couldn't help but feel fortunate that he didn't eat too much, otherwise it would have been him. The main reason was that he felt it as soon as he took a bite that day, so he stopped eating after a few bites. In addition, for some reason, Xiangmanlou followed Su Ji Restaurant's example and invited storytellers. The key point was that the tables inside were crowded. The weather was hot and there were so many people that no matter how delicious the dishes were, he couldn't eat them. This was also the main reason why he was able to escape the disaster.
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