Chapter 59: Earned Half a Month's Rent in One Day

If Xiao Shitou doesn't bring these up, Qiao Sheng would have almost forgotten some of the things Shi Lin said before.

Qiao Sheng had someone check the date, set the shop's opening day for five days later, and she went to prepare the menu that same day.

The menu listed not only the prices of various dishes, but also the prices of various fried rice.

That's right.

In her restaurant, you can order various dishes, and you can also order fried rice.

Fried rice—Qiao Sheng made five kinds.

The first is egg fried rice, four wen per serving.

The second is salted duck egg fried rice, six wen per serving.

The third is cumin lamb fried rice, eight wen per serving.

The fourth is garlic‑shrimp fried rice, the fifth is sausage fried rice, and they are also eight wen each.

There are more than ten varieties of stir‑fried dishes, divided into meat and vegetarian.

Prices.

Vegetarian dishes are uniformly five wen per plate, meat dishes fifteen wen per plate.

The steamed dishes are only braised pork and steamed meat; only thirty servings are sold each day, each at twenty wen.

The soup dishes are three wen per bowl for vegetarian, ten wen per bowl for meat.

The tables and stools in the shop had already been bought by Qiao Sheng, and were delivered to the shop the day before opening.

The shop can accommodate six small tables, of course including the stools.

The hot water in the shop is free, but the alcohol costs money.

As for treating guests.

She doesn't intend to treat anyone.

This way everyone saves effort.

On the morning of the opening, Qiao Sheng set out early with Xiao Shitou to hand out flyers around the shop; the flyers were made by her herself with paper and pen, containing text and pictures.

There are actually many restaurants on this street; including Qiao Sheng's, there are eight in total, but she is still confident, because the dishes at those restaurants aren't as tasty as hers.

By around noon, only a few people had arrived.

Qiao Sheng didn't get discouraged and busily got to work; as the aroma of her fried rice drifted on the wind, many students soon came over.

Fried rice is not offered elsewhere.

It has both dishes and rice, and it's cheap.

The students all liked it; most of the visitors went inside, and before long several tables were packed. Xiao Shitou, don't mention how excited he was, started asking questions one by one.

Not to mention.

His memory is quite good.

Qiao Sheng started noting orders and began frying; some people ordered the same, so she cooked several servings of fried rice at once, and before long half the customers had been served.

The diners came and went repeatedly, until the Wei hour, when Qiao Sheng could finally rest.

"Mom, you're tired, have some water."

Xiao Shitou poured a glass of water and handed it to Qiao Sheng.

Qiao Sheng hadn't fried for a long time, so she was quite tired and her hands were limp, but with Xiao Shitou being such a considerate kid, she suddenly felt it wasn't that exhausting.

Less than half an afternoon later, Qiao Sheng and the others began preparing the items to sell in the evening.

Before dusk, people came into the shop to eat; this time there were more people than before, and many of them ran in.

Sold out until nightfall.

All the food in Qiao Sheng's shop was sold cleanly, and she even sold a few bowls of noodle dumplings, because some people were determined to eat here.

The shop couldn't accommodate people staying inside.

She closed the shop.

Qiao Sheng took the ledger, took Xiao Shitou, and found a cheap inn to stay at; although a night only cost fifty wen, Xiao Shitou still felt a bit sorry about the expense.

"Alright, don't feel sorry about that money; we'll earn it back later, and besides, Mom doesn't take you to an inn every day."

"Mm."

Xiao Shitou nodded.

Finished washing up.

Qiao Sheng did the accounting; they earned a total of 861 wen today, and after deducting costs, made about four hundred plus wen.

They earned half a month's rent in a single day.

Actually, that's not bad.

Qiao Sheng also thought it was okay, just a bit tiring, and she plans to hire someone to help her, since Xiao Shitou is still young and also has to study.

(End of chapter)