"I didn't see it either. Could it be that I'm really too stupid?" Xiaodai pondered beside them. Is this why others said he was stupid?
Li Yuzhu forced out a couple of awkward laughs. "Hehe... It would be abnormal if we did see it..."
Li Yuzhu even suspected for a moment if the mushrooms weren't cooked properly. But that couldn't be it. They had been cooked for so long.
Could there be some food incompatibility? That couldn't be it either. She had checked, and besides, they had eaten it just yesterday without any problems!
It must be the guests' issue then. Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "Stop thinking about it. It's just that we haven't read enough books."
The guests ordered a few more drinks one after another. They didn't stop until they couldn't eat or drink anymore.
"Brother Baizhou, having a sister who can cook like this, you really have a good appetite!" A chubby man patted Xu Baizhou on the shoulder, with envy in his eyes.
Xu Baizhou smiled. "I hope you gentlemen will take care of my sister's business in the future and help promote it."
"Sure!"
"Definitely!"
Everyone was satisfied with the food and happy with the drinks, so they readily agreed.
After seeing off the guests, the restaurant became quiet again.
"We really should have spent more silver to rent a place in a bustling area at the beginning." Li Yutao hung her head dejectedly, very worried.
Li Yuzhu sighed. "My silly sister, the problem is that we didn't have that much silver."
"With sister's cooking skills, if we rented a place on the main street, there would probably be a queue by now." Li Yutao pouted, a bit depressed.
Li Yuzhu rested her head on her arm and stared blankly at the store entrance. "So we have to work hard to make money and move to a bustling and prosperous place soon."
Xiaodai asked a very interesting question. "Sister Yuzhu, how can we work hard to make money?"
The three of them wilted and fell into silence again.
Since the guests brought by Xu Baizhou left, no one had entered the store during the noon and afternoon.
It wasn't until evening that two tables of guests came in sparsely. They were all introduced by the noon guests.
When they closed the stall and went home at night, Li Yuzhu sat in the yard looking at the moon and thinking. How could they attract customers?
Rely on natural traffic? But there weren't many people passing by the door every day.
Rely on word - of - mouth? But that was too slow. How long would it take to see any improvement? She was still waiting to make money to open a real hot - pot restaurant!
"Sigh!" Li Yuzhu let out a long sigh to the sky. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind. She could use the promotion methods from her previous world!
Li Yuzhu went through the promotion methods she knew in her mind and finally chose a feasible one: distributing flyers.
Early the next morning, Li Yuzhu dragged Li Wensong and Xu Baizhou over to be her helpers and asked them to make flyers.
Li Yuzhu described, and the two of them wrote and drew. Finally, they completed five flyers.
The flyers included pictures of hot - pot, the names and descriptions of ingredients and drinks, as well as a map to the Jianghu Eateries.
The name of the store was temporarily thought up by Li Wensong. Li Yuzhu thought it wasn't too bad, so she agreed.
Li Yuzhu also asked them to make three menus by the way. Only then was it all done.
"One flyer for each of you. Come on, let's go to the street to promote!" Li Yuzhu stuffed a newly written flyer into each person's hand and then said.
In an era when paper was still relatively expensive, Li Yuzhu couldn't really distribute a flyer to every passer - by like she did in the past. Besides, there were fewer literate people in this era, so there were many pictures on the flyers.
So more importantly, they still had to rely on people to promote.
Li Yuzhu sighed. "It seems that I can't escape the fate of being a salesperson anywhere!"
The five of them drove the donkey cart to the busiest place in the capital.
The five of them were divided into three groups. Li Wensong and Xiaodai were in one group, Li Yuzhu and Li Yutao were in one group, and Xu Baizhou was in a group by himself. They started their promotion work.
"No need!"
"I don't like it!"
"I'm in a hurry. I don't have time."
"It's too far away."
...
Li Yuzhu heard a lot of rejections and felt a bit discouraged.
The situation with Li Wensong and Xiaodai wasn't optimistic either.
"Brother Wensong, the food made by sister Yuzhu is very delicious. Why don't people want to go?" Xiaodai didn't understand.
Li Wensong thought for a while. "Maybe they haven't tasted it before."
"Then let them taste it. Then they'll know!"
Li Wensong was stunned for two seconds. Who said Xiaodai was stupid? He was clearly very smart!
Li Wensong stopped promoting and pulled Xiaodai to find Li Yuzhu.
They weren't the only ones who came to find Li Yuzhu. Xu Baizhou also came.
"Yuzhu, Miss Jiang wants to try your hot - pot." Xu Baizhou ran in front of Li Yuzhu, beaming.
Li Yuzhu swept away her gloom and looked behind Xu Baizhou.
Xu Baizhou scratched his head shyly. "She didn't come over. I asked her to wait for me over there."
Li Yuzhu nodded in understanding. "Okay, then let's go there now."
"Yuzhu!"
"Sister Yuzhu!"
Just as they took a few steps, Li Yuzhu was called back by Li Wensong and the others.
Li Yuzhu looked at Li Wensong excitedly. "Did you also get some customers?"
Li Wensong shook his head. "No."
"Oh." Li Yuzhu turned around and continued walking.
Li Wensong quickly caught up. "But Xiaodai thought of a good way!"
"Tell me on the way." Li Yuzhu quickened her pace. A ready - made customer was more important than a method.
The four of them followed Xu Baizhou to the place where Miss Jiang was waiting.
"Miss Jiang?" Li Wensong was a bit surprised. This questioning greeting was also a kind of hello.
"Um." Jiang Wanyi nodded slightly.
Li Yuzhu, Li Yutao, and Xiaodai walked in the front, busy going back to prepare.
Xu Baizhou and Li Wensong lagged behind a bit.
To avoid suspicion, Jiang Wanyi walked behind with her maid.
"Miss, I just saw that the store is in a remote alley. Are we really going? Will there be any danger?" The maid was a bit anxious and tried to dissuade Jiang Wanyi.
Jiang Wanyi looked calm. "What danger could there be? They... They are father's students. Don't worry."
"Okay." Although she answered like this, there was still uneasiness and nervousness on the maid's face.
"By the way, don't tell anyone that I met him today, and don't say that I went to eat hot - pot." Jiang Wanyi ordered.
The maid nodded in agreement.
When they arrived at the Jianghu Eateries, Jiang Wanyi chose a seat in the back and sat down. She ordered a glass of the beautiful black mulberry drink and a serving of clear - soup hot - pot.
While waiting for the hot - pot to be prepared, Jiang Wanyi casually asked Xu Baizhou, "It seems like it's been a while since I saw you go to see father."
Xu Baizhou replied with a smile, "There were some family matters before, so I went back home. I just returned to the capital not long ago."
Jiang Wanyi gave a gentle smile and nodded. "Father mentioned you... Oh, you all the other day. He said that you all study hard and are very talented."
Although she said "you all", Jiang Wanyi's occasional glances only stayed on Xu Baizhou.