Young Master Liu is feeling very complicated right now.
He never expected that the shop was actually run by the Lin family, nor did he expect that the Lin family's cooking was so delicious that it attracted so many people to come and queue up!
What he didn't expect was...
The Lin family already owns a shop in the county town, yet they didn't invite him!
They didn't even call him!
Is this reasonable?
Is this appropriate?
Young Master Liu's rationality told him that the Lin family was able to support themselves and earn their own money, and did not want to rely on his family, which showed that their family values were truly upright.
But his irrationality was also telling him something.
Jealous!
He's jealous right now!
I'm so jealous...
Young Master Liu thought he and Lin Weiming were now like brothers, but the other man hadn't even informed him about opening his shop.
If it weren't for this chance encounter today, the Lin family probably wouldn't have even thought of him, let alone invited him to come and show their support.
The usually easygoing and chubby young master Liu, who had a big appetite, had a rare look of grievance on his round face, as if a storm was brewing.
"Oh, Young Master Liu, you've arrived?" Lin Weiming felt inexplicably guilty when he saw Young Master Liu looking at him with that accusing gaze.
"..." Young Master Liu stared at Lin Weiming for a while before saying, "You always told me to call you Brother Liu."
"Um... Brother Liu, what brings you here? Come, come and sit down." Lin Weiming immediately complied, put down what he was holding, and led Young Master Liu to the table.
Lin Wanyue was sitting at the table, drinking soy milk, eating grilled meat slices, and flipping through a small storybook.
Unfortunately, her second, third, and fourth brothers hadn't been able to decide a winner yet, so they couldn't come and keep her company. Only Little Pink Butterfly stayed by her side, reading those little storybooks with her.
"Why didn't you tell me you opened a shop?" Young Master Liu certainly didn't dare to be angry with Lin Wanyue, but he had a lot of grounds to be angry with Lin Weiming.
"Well..." Lin Weiming replied embarrassedly, "Our family has already benefited greatly from your help in getting into the city this time, but a family can't rely entirely on your kindness to settle down and make a living, so we're thinking of making some food to sell ourselves."
"We've only been open for two days, so we don't know if everyone will like it. I'm really sorry to send it to you. If you like it, why don't you try some?"
"No, I think you just look down on me as your brother! No matter how good or bad it is, I have so many family members. If you just told me, would I not support you?" Young Master Liu said somewhat angrily.
"I'm really sorry, it was my oversight," Lin Weiming apologized immediately.
Young Master Liu's expression softened somewhat, and he asked the servant beside him, "How many servants do we have in our household?"
"Reporting to the young master, if we include those on the estate and in the shops, there are probably... around three hundred." The servant replied immediately.
Lin Weiming quickly realized that the reason Young Master Liu asked this question was because he wanted to support their family!
However, it was a bit too extravagant for Young Master Liu to show his support.
Their family only made 500 sweet potato wrappers last night. Could it be that Young Master Liu planned to make half of them all by himself?
That won't do!
If they can't open up sales channels and attract more customers to buy, will their business still be able to succeed in the future?
Lin Weiming was simple-minded and unaware that there was a marketing method called scarcity marketing in later generations.
"It's not that, Young Master Liu..." He was still worried that most people wouldn't be able to buy any, so he quickly said, "Ah no, Brother Liu, I didn't tell you. It was really my oversight. But we don't have that many in total, so it's not appropriate for you to buy so many. How about this, if you want to try some, I'll go bake a few for you right now and add extra ingredients!"
"I want to buy you more so you can take it back to them to eat. It won't go to waste, and you can get some rest earlier and earn more money." Young Master Liu had a good idea.
Lin Weiming refused, saying, "But Brother Liu, if you buy it all at once, then there won't be any more customers left. Wouldn't that mean they've been waiting in line for nothing?"
“Yes, alright then, bring me two portions... no, and give each of these servants one as well.” Young Master Liu reluctantly agreed.
Lin Weiming quickly went to help with the grilling. His family had received a lot of help from Young Master Liu, and since Young Master Liu was willing to eat, he stuffed in as much filling as possible, making the sweet potato skin bulge out. The filling inside was almost bursting out, and the color and aroma were extremely tempting.
The servants happily accepted the food and ate it.
Only Young Master Liu, who had been reminded by his mother and sister to eat at home and was already full, managed to eat one bite. Even though it tasted good, his stomach wouldn't allow him to eat any more.
There was nothing else he could do but pack this portion up.
At that time, there were no takeout packaging boxes, and even paper was extremely precious. They used various dried lotus leaves for packaging.
Young Master Liu used these dried lotus leaves to pack a portion of roasted sweet potato skins to take back, intending to give it to his younger sister, Liu Baozhu, to try.
Since Liu Baozhu fell ill last time, her health has become weaker, and her family, who dote on her, do not allow her to go out freely.
Young Master Liu felt sorry for his younger sister, who stayed at home all day. Whenever he went out and came across something delicious or fun, he would bring some back for his sister to try.
Young Master Liu left, but the number of people queuing in front of Lin's Restaurant only increased.
"Boss, you're amazing!" Some people even gave Lin Weiming a thumbs up. "Your family is so generous, you don't even make money, but you're thinking of us. From now on, my family will eat breakfast here. Give me a few extra portions."
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