Chapter 1339: All-Vegetarian Restaurant

If it were before, after the rice soup was served, everyone might have complained: a thousand-plus family set meal! Starting with two small side dishes and a bowl of rice soup, there couldn't be a more unreliable shop in the world, right?

But now, recalling the dishes they ate at noon, looking plain and even leftovers heated in a microwave, but eating them overturned all the delicacies they had tasted in the past!

It shows that the world is big, and expensive must have its benefits.

Therefore, when the rice soup was served and the photos were finished, everyone picked up their spoons to ladle the soup first.

Don't say, starving, and in the late spring season when it was still slightly cold, after a day of tiring running around, having such a bowl of hot milky white rice soup, although it was really just pure rice soup without a single grain of rice in sight, but one sip down, it was truly comfortable!

From the throat all the way to the stomach, the whole tired body relaxed.

And—

"It's really fragrant!"

"Yes! The fragrance and sweetness of rice, but more attractive than the rice we just steamed at home."

"Wow, you guys try this complimentary side dish!"

"This cold lettuce, this cold shredded carrot... really delicious! Sour, and the texture is especially good, just right!"

The chef's meticulous work, with color, fragrance, and taste, was naturally more delicious than the reheated food in the lunchbox at noon! The girls ate happily:

"Sure enough, money spent where it should be is good!"

"It's really delicious!"

"Eat less! This side dish can't be refilled! Ah, I remember when eating barbecue, this can be refilled all the time."

"Everything is good, just too stingy..."

The three of them huddled together laughing, but heard someone greet from the side, "Waiter, serve two more plates of this side dish."

In an instant, everyone around looked over, their eyes burning.

It wasn't that they wanted to join in the fun, but to see if the waiter could refill it. If they could, they also wanted to refill 10 or 8 plates.

However, the waiter smiled, "Dear guest, this side dish is a complimentary gift for the rice soup and cannot be refilled for free. Would you like to order a separate portion?"

The other party was instantly unhappy, "The food is so expensive, I didn't say anything. But this lettuce, this carrot, can this still be anything good? If you don't even give refills for this, are you obsessed with money?"

"Exactly!" The family member also chimed in, "It's not a precious ingredient; the rabbits in the zoo eat better than this."

The waiter was used to dealing with such things and didn't change her expression, "Our ingredients are specially supplied. You generally can't buy them in the market, and the price is indeed high. Please be understanding. Our shop is so big, and the cost and expenses are not small every day. This really cannot be supplied for free. If it could be given away, we wouldn't be stingy about this little bit, right?"

She used a series of soft and hard tactics, "You ordered the family set meal, this is only for appetizers, and eating too much is not good for the stomach. The fried rice and white fungus soup in our set meal are the truly outstanding ones. I see the dishes are about to be served, why don't you save your stomach and wait a little longer..."

These words were soft, but the meaning was firm. And the shop was indeed luxuriously decorated with style and not cheap. The other party wanted to make a fuss, but considering it was hard for his wife to grab it, he finally had to sit down.

Then he sighed resentfully, "Really stingy."

The waiter followed with a smile, "Yes, yes, our boss is indeed quite stingy... Our shop previously had limited salted duck eggs, and he felt heartache when he ate them himself!"

With this step down, the surrounding customers went back to what they were doing. The 3 girls also sighed with regret, then stared at the half-bowl of rice soup left on the table, looked at the small bowl in front of them, and hesitated, "Should we just drink it? I have a big appetite, it shouldn't be wasted."

"No, no!"

The friend still had reason, "The reviews all say, don't drink the rice soup first, don't! Otherwise, you'll be full to your throat, which is both happy and uncomfortable. Bear with it, they serve dishes very quickly..."

Another one looked forward to it, "We only ordered the most popular set meal, and even the rice soup and side dishes are so delicious... I wonder what Song Qiao and the others are eating tonight?"

What was Qiao Qiao eating tonight?

Boss Chang used all his skills. In addition to the dishes Lu Chuan ordered, he also served some new products, especially those that were labor-intensive and exquisitely plated.

Qiao Qiao kept taking photos with his phone. Under the unique lighting of the restaurant, the dishes looked extra tempting. Sending them to the new friends, it instantly made them drool.

Wuwu... shouldn't have asked!

The rice soup that was just drunk seemed not so fragrant anymore.

And Boss Chang, who was already full, sat there reluctantly, looking affectionately at Qiao Qiao, Lu Chuan, and Song Tan in turn.

Qiao Qiao took photos ignorantly, ignoring his hesitation.

Lu Chuan's expression was gentle but his heart was only on Song Tan.

Song Tan...

Song Tan was eating the boiled cabbage, which was quite good, and scooped a spoonful for Lu Chuan.

Boss Chang's heart was ignored, so he had to speak resentfully:

"Boss Song, eating the dishes in my shop, do you feel something is missing?"

"No." Song Tan was puzzled, "Aren't the ingredients quite good? It's a different cooking style from home, quite fresh."

"It's nutrition!" Boss Chang gritted his teeth, "The nutrition is not comprehensive enough!"

"Do you know how the business district here talks about me now? They say I am obsessed with making money but devoutly Buddhist. Now I don't even eat meat, switching to all-vegetarian! Soon, the entire Chang Le Ju will become an all-vegetarian restaurant!"

"Now there are several other restaurants in Huacheng following our lead!"

He said pitifully, "Tell me, do I not want to eat meat myself?"

The Song family didn't supply it, and other meat dishes were always missing something. Slowly, diners would only order vegetarian dishes, and not only was there no meat, but there was no lard or good soybean oil.

Now there was no fish, and no eggs.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient and there was nothing fresh to eat. In this modern society, opening a restaurant and not even getting a drop of oil?

Boss Chang was heartbroken!

"Also, our cattle and sheep have been raised for so long. I won't say supply three or five a day—one a day is fine!"

"Looking at the pigsty last time, didn't we buy seventeen piglets this year? I don't want them now, but I should be able to get ten by the end of the year!"

He touched his pink, round face, and tears struggled to well up in the corners of his eyes, "You just look, where is there a restaurant owner as pitiful as me!"

"I have hundreds of people to support, old and young!"

And Qiao Qiao put away his phone and suddenly became curious, "But you sell one lettuce for three portions of 188, can't you support your family like this?"