nycdaug Chapter 273 Drunken Immortal Pavilion's Self-Destructive Actions
Chapter 273 Drunken Immortal Pavilion's Self-Destructive Actions
A spring breeze blows.
The wind ruffled the strands of hair on Shen Cao's forehead.
Two figures, one tall and one short, stopped in their tracks.
Ji Lingfeng looked down at the girl in front of him, trying hard to suppress the urge to fix her hair.
Just as the morning light shone down, he could even clearly see the girl's slightly upturned eyelashes.
His pink lips parted slightly as he tried to hear her voice clearly.
“Because…” Shen Cao said these two words and immediately ran away.
He stopped a short distance away from him, then turned around and put his hands to his mouth.
He said silently, "Anyway, I just know!"
In truth, Shen Cao couldn't explain it either; she seemed to have inexplicably trusted him from the very first meeting.
Perhaps it was because they saw someone preferring to stay in the kitchen rather than enter the master bedroom, even though the room had long been uninhabited.
Perhaps it was seeing him, even though he was covered in dirt, still cleaning someone else's kitchen.
Perhaps it was because I was amazed by his appearance at first sight that my values followed his looks.
It could also be what they call "love at first sight"...
In short, she knew he wasn't like the rumors suggested, and the facts proved her guess to be correct.
……
On the first day after the opening ceremony of Baicaoyuan, there were no long queues at the entrance of Baicaoyuan.
However, there were quite a few customers inside.
Most of the customers come specifically for the mutton shumai.
For three consecutive days, the manager and waiters of Zuixianlou have been swatting flies in the lobby with fly swatters.
In the past three days, the business of Zuixianlou has plummeted.
They opened early this morning.
Seeing the stools folded up at the opposite entrance, the manager of Zuixianlou was delighted.
He knew that the reason why Baicaoyuan had been doing so well before was entirely due to the opening promotions.
Now that the opening event is over, there's no one left.
He told the waiter to quickly set out the things he had prepared.
The waiter carefully placed the wooden frame with the red notice on it at the door.
After arranging everything, I glanced at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper nodded.
"Drunken Immortal Pavilion's latest promotion: all dishes are on sale."
"For every customer who spends one tael of silver or more at the store, a free signature roast chicken will be given."
"..."
The waiter's words quickly attracted the attention of passersby.
Before long, a crowd gathered at the entrance of Zuixianlou.
How much cheaper are the dishes at Zuixianlou?
[They had an opening promotion across the street, but only charged 60% of the price.]
When the shopkeeper heard someone ask, he smiled and said, "They want 60%, but we only offer half price."
We can just raise the vegetable prices a bit later.
Anyway, they don't know the price.
Many people were very interested after hearing what the shopkeeper said.
It should be noted that Zuixianlou is a long-established restaurant in Xin'an County, and it has never held any promotional events in all these years.
Ordinary people have never eaten the food inside.
They were all very curious, having heard that the signature roast chicken of Zuixianlou was absolutely amazing.
I wonder what it tastes like.
They all went to the opening event of Baicaoyuan across the street and ate there; it was delicious and cheap.
Zuixianlou must be located in such a good location and has been open for so many years, so its taste must be no worse than Baicaoyuan.
It might be even better than Baicao Garden.
If the dishes are half price, I can still afford it if I grit my teeth.
Thinking this, the hall of Zuixianlou was soon filled with people.
The shopkeeper looked happily at the full house of customers and glanced smugly across the street.
The other side is having an event, right? We can do that too.
He had previously sent someone to inquire about the vegetable prices at the Baicao Garden across the street.
At that price, plus the opening promotions, it would be good if they didn't lose money, let alone make a profit.
Even without opening promotions, we wouldn't make much money even at the original price.
I don't know if the owner of the restaurant across the street is out of his mind, but the prices of the dishes in such a luxurious restaurant are only slightly higher than those of ordinary eateries.
They really don't know how to make money.
Even if a restaurant like that is packed with people for a whole month, it probably still doesn't earn as much as my own restaurant does in a single day.
He seemed to see money constantly flowing towards him.
"What! So expensive!" The argument interrupted his thoughts.
"I remember their signature roast chicken used to be only 200 coins each, how come it's 500 coins now?!"
He turned around and saw the waiter's pleading expression.
He put on a smile and walked over to the table. "Sir, please don't worry. The reason why our signature roast chicken has increased in price is firstly because the cost of the ingredients has gone up. Before, a chicken only cost twenty or thirty coins, but now it costs fifty coins just to buy a chicken."
"Do you think I don't know the price of chicken? A chicken only costs twenty or thirty coins, where did you get fifty coins from?" The guests at this table were noticeably less assertive than before, and only dared to question in a low voice.
The reason was simply because the waiter was dressed in coarse cloth, which was even worse than his own, while the shopkeeper was wearing glittering brocade.
He dared not offend this gentleman.
The shopkeeper ignored his words and instead turned threatening, his face darkening. "Sir, let me finish what I have to say."
"How can the chickens you usually buy for twenty or thirty coins be compared to my chickens?"
"The chickens here are fed with the finest grains and drink the spring water from the mountains, so naturally they are more expensive than the ones you buy."
"Besides, you've already ordered the chicken, and the waiter has already brought it. Do you really want to cancel it?"
The shopkeeper's imposing manner startled him, and he dared not continue arguing with the shopkeeper.
The manager of such a large restaurant is not the same kind of person as those who usually do hard labor.
He only dared to yell at the waiter, but he lost his composure in front of the shopkeeper.
This restaurant usually caters to the wealthy and powerful.
He had no choice but to accept his fate, but luckily he had only ordered one roast chicken.
We haven't ordered any other dishes yet.
Looking at the roast chicken in front of him, which was not much bigger than his two fists, he could only admit defeat.
After hearing the argument, the others were too frightened to speak.
They felt completely uncomfortable eating at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
The shopkeeper looked down on them completely.
They dared not leave either. Judging from the shopkeeper's expression, he certainly wouldn't let them go easily unless they sat down and had something to eat.
They have long been accustomed to being bullied and oppressed by powerful and wealthy people of all kinds.
Thinking it best to avoid trouble, they, as usual, prepared to settle things quietly.
The manager didn't care about these customers at all, since they didn't usually come to Zuixianlou to eat anyway.
However, now that they've entered Zuixianlou, he certainly won't let them leave easily.
After everyone in the hall finished their meal and left Zuixianlou, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
What a terrible place! I'm never coming here again.
The Baicaoyuan across the street is better; it's more relaxed and comfortable, and most importantly, it's cheaper.
The Drunken Immortal Restaurant claims that all dishes are half-price, but not a single dish is actually cheap.
The price of one dish is almost more than their daily wage.
If I hadn't only ordered the signature roast chicken today, I probably wouldn't have been able to leave Zuixianlou.
As for that signature roast chicken, ugh, it was absolutely awful!