"Ah, stop thinking about it!"
Yuan Tiantian had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't come up with a suitable solution. Hiring a chef was out of the question. First of all, she had no idea about their cooking skills. Moreover, the customers from different planes in her food store were not suitable to have unfamiliar people living with them. It was okay for normal interactions like the way Bai Jingyang and the others got along. However, a chef who would work closely with them for a long time didn't seem like a good idea.
"Let's deal with it when the time comes," Yuan Tiantian murmured to herself. For now, she could only reduce the number of dishes. There would still be four basic dishes, and an additional dish would be served in the private rooms every day. She would change the current ordering system later when she found a real solution. She could only "委屈" these customers for the time being.
Fortunately, the food in the food store was really delicious, so she was quite confident that she wouldn't lose any customers.
At around 3 p.m., Tiantian's Food Store finally closed for the lunch service. Jiang Shen went straight back to the village to rest. Yuan Tiantian told him to come back for the staff meal at 4:30 p.m. They had eaten at 10:30 a.m., so although they were a bit hungry from the hard work, they could still hold on. The main thing was that everyone wanted to rest for a while.
When she got upstairs, Yuan Tiantian fell onto the bed and fell asleep immediately. The noise of Xiaojiu and Ling playing on the small bed next door didn't even wake her up.
At 4:15 p.m., Yuan Tiantian was suddenly woken up by the alarm clock. She was shocked to find that it had been twenty minutes since the alarm went off. If it weren't for the alarm going off every ten minutes, she might still be sleeping.
Xiaojiu and Ling were still sleeping. Yuan Tiantian thought for a while and didn't wake Ling up.
After washing her face, Yuan Tiantian went downstairs.
Downstairs, Bai Ying was doing some simple cleaning in the store. She didn't see Sheng Jing.
"Where is he?"
Bai Ying knew who Yuan Tiantian was asking about and pointed in the direction of the private rooms.
"He's gone over there to clean."
Yuan Tiantian nodded and didn't say anything else. Then she went into the kitchen.
For the convenience of the lunch service, Yuan Tiantian had made a little extra of each dish, just for this staff meal in the afternoon. So this meal was very quick. All Yuan Tiantian had to do was heat up the food and make some fried rice with the extra rice from lunch.
Jiang Shen came over soon after. After everyone finished eating, he quickly went to the private rooms to clean them.
While they were all busy, the dinner service on the opening day of the private rooms started. Just like at noon, there were also opening-day discounts. Of course, if someone came back again, they definitely wouldn't get the discount. Fortunately, everyone was very self-aware, and there were no cases of people trying to get multiple discounts.
Busy as they were, time flew by, and it was already 9 p.m. There were no more customers in the normal dining area.
However, the private rooms were not finished yet. From time to time, someone would order food, and not all the customers had left. There were still two tables in each of Sheng Jing's and Jiang Shen's private rooms.
In the evening, more people were drinking.
Although Tiantian's Food Store didn't currently provide alcohol, Yuan Tiantian allowed customers to bring their own. There were no restrictions on this.
Thinking about alcohol, Yuan Tiantian felt a little tempted. Should she start providing some?
Thinking about this, Yuan Tiantian shook her head. She thought she would wait and see. When the fruits in the back mountain ripened, she could try making some fruit wine or fruit canning desserts.
She had to take it one step at a time. She couldn't rush!
Finally, at a little after 10 p.m., all the customers in the private rooms had left.
Liu Ming and Lu Yong staggered out together and walked to the village behind. They didn't plan to go back to the city tonight. Yuan Tiantian didn't know if they had reached an agreement on their business, but they seemed to have become good drinking buddies and had a great time drinking.
At night, after Yuan Tiantian finished washing up, she lay in bed and started calculating the day's income. To her surprise, today's turnover had reached a new high!
Just as Yuan Tiantian was overjoyed, the system also brought her good news.
"Congratulations to the host. The total turnover of Tiantian's Food Store has reached 78,888. You will be rewarded with a lucky draw for the turnover amounts of 58,888 and 78,888 respectively. Please go to the plane system to check."
Yuan Tiantian felt double the joy!
"This is really great!"
After opening the plane system, the lucky draw wheel indeed appeared directly on the current interface. There were two chances, and this time the wheel had seven slots. Three said "Thank you for your patronage," and there were four item slots.
Among these four items, Yuan Tiantian saw something unexpected.
"A recipe."
What was this?
Yuan Tiantian was extremely curious about this item. The other three items had appeared before: Shu Yang, purple gold, and an ordinary cooking pan.
They were all very useful things. Yuan Tiantian rubbed her hands excitedly and started spinning the wheel. However, unfortunately, the first time, the pointer landed on "Thank you for your patronage." Disappointment welled up in her eyes, but she quickly perked up. Finally, this time, the system favored her again!
In the end, the pointer landed on the "Incredible Recipe." Yuan Tiantian was stunned for a moment, then put it into the system warehouse. After that, Yuan Tiantian started to click on it to check the description of the recipe.
Recipe: An ancient cooking recipe that was lost in ancient times.
It was a very simple description, but Yuan Tiantian was quite excited. It was actually an antique recipe!
In the previous world, her former master had once said that many food recipes were actually mastered by the predecessors. At that time, there were fewer seasonings, but they could still bring out the natural flavor of the food. This was a real skill, the skill of making food delicious without relying on seasonings.
She never thought that she would actually get such a recipe today!
Thinking about this, Yuan Tiantian took out the recipe from the system warehouse.
When she got it, Yuan Tiantian could feel the antiquity of the recipe. It looked very worn-out, but when she opened it, the brush strokes were still very clear.
Yuan Tiantian flipped through it page by page. Reading the detailed cooking methods, she seemed to have a sense of improvement. She seemed to have a new understanding of food processing.
"Hey? Peach Blossom Cool Cake?"
After flipping through about two-thirds of the book, Yuan Tiantian actually saw the recipe for Peach Blossom Cool Cake. She immediately perked up.
After reading the content, Yuan Tiantian decided to make a batch tomorrow to try.
Of course, there were many other foods in this book that Yuan Tiantian had never seen before. However, she had an idea that the items that appeared in this book would definitely appear in the system later. So this was a treasure trove of a recipe!
Thinking about this, Yuan Tiantian carefully put the recipe back into the system warehouse.
She then lay down. It was already past 12 o'clock, and Yuan Tiantian was really so sleepy that her eyes could hardly stay open.
"Fortunately, it's only today," Yuan Tiantian thought to herself silently. Then, under the beautiful moonlight, she fell into a sweet dream.
The next day, Yuan Tiantian was woken up by the voices downstairs. She checked the time and found that it was almost 7 a.m.
Downstairs were the voices of Sheng Jing, the vegetable delivery staff, and Li Qing.
Sheng Jing was helping her deal with the matter.
It was really nice to have such a considerate and helpful employee from another plane!