Chapter 280: Aunt Qiao, will you ever suddenly

280. Chapter 280: Aunt Qiao, will you ever suddenly...

The free lottery's rewards were set up with ten items.

The first item is a free meal, but only for lottery participants, a free meal for one time.

No restriction on what to eat.

As long as you don't waste it, you can eat whatever you like.

The second item is a free drink, also limited to lottery participants, a free drink for one time; you can have whatever you want, including alcohol and beverages.

The third item is three free specialty snacks, given regardless of whether you made a purchase in the shop; you can choose whatever you want to eat.

The fourth item is a plate of specialty pickled pepper chicken feet.

The fifth item is a pot of specialty dry hot pot.

Items six through ten have nothing to do with food; they are handcrafted bears custom‑made by Qiao Sheng, each different, commissioned at the embroidery workshop run by Cheng Xianglan.

The consumption lottery means you can only draw after eating at their restaurant, but not everyone can draw; you must spend more than five taels of silver to be eligible.

The top prize is one hundred taels of silver, the minimum is one hundred wen of cash.

In short, there are none left for free.

If you draw, you are guaranteed to win.

The competition prize involves eating mixed‑sauce noodles; this mixed‑sauce noodle is not ordinary—both the sauce and the noodles are abundant, weighing a full four taels.

The first five fastest finishers receive ten steamed buns and ten taels of silver.

The rest.

Those who finish get no money.

Those who don't finish receive twenty wen.

Many people were eager to try, but when they learned they had to pay and the portion was still so large, many gave up; however, after watching others sit down and eat so heartily, some still joined in.

Don't say.

The mixed‑sauce noodles are truly delicious.

Even though Qiao Sheng had already explained the membership reward earlier, many people still came to ask her about it later.

Qiao Sheng explained it again.

"The membership reward works like this: anyone who spends money to become a member here receives ten taels of silver today; thereafter, when they dine at our restaurant, they get to taste our new dishes before non‑members, and each month they receive free dishes, the amount depending on their spending,"

In other words, the more you spend, the more you receive.

A monthly membership costs sixty‑six taels of silver, not cheap but not expensive either. In one day only ten people signed up, including Na Lan Ruo Lan.

Shi Jin and the others were curious whether money was made today; while Qiao Sheng was tallying the accounts, they all gathered around to watch.

Qiao Sheng couldn't help but think it was funny—why be so curious?

All settled.

Qiao Sheng sat up straight and said, "Alright, I've finished the calculations. Today our sales of drinks and dishes netted a profit of 205 taels of silver. Excluding the money and food we gave away, we lost 135 taels of silver, but the membership fees gave us a few hundred taels of profit. All told, today we made…"

Shi Yun said beside her, "Aunt Qiao, they signed up for membership here, but none of the money was deducted; today each person gave the fee separately."

"Do you think that because they became members I can let them leave?"

Qiao Sheng's meaning was obvious: that money is now in her pocket.

Fine.

Shi Yun had nothing more to say.

Shi Ren was increasingly convinced that Qiao Sheng was no ordinary person, let alone the former Qiao Lianhua.

He couldn't help but worry whether she might one day leave.

After Shi Jin and the others returned to their rooms to sleep.

Shi Ren went out and knocked on Qiao Sheng's door.

Qiao Sheng opened the door, saw it was him, and asked, "Shi Ren, what's wrong? Is there something you want to tell me?"

"Come in," he said.

Shi Ren entered, sat down, lowered his voice and said, "Aunt Qiao, will you ever suddenly disappear one day?"