Chapter 27: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

The several people surrounding him were owners of nearby snack shops and street vendors.

Lu Feng, surrounded in the middle, was completely baffled.

What did I do?

But soon, from those people's chattering descriptions, he figured out the reason.

The diners who had queued for ages could only buy one portion of soup dumplings from Lu Feng.

Not nearly enough to eat.

And those customers who queued until the end still hadn't bought any soup dumplings.

They couldn't just go back hungry, could they?

So they simply went to eat something else at nearby shops.

Although the taste of those nearby small shops couldn't compare to the soup dumplings at all.

At least they could fill their stomachs.

So tonight, the business of those few nearby snack shops and street stalls was better than ever.

Those bosses naturally knew this was entirely thanks to Lu Family Restaurant.

"Boss Lu, I've been vending here for over two months, business has always been terrible, I was about to give up, thanks to you I have confidence to keep going!"

The uncle selling fried skewers grabbed Lu Feng's hand and shook it nonstop, his sun-darkened face full of gratitude.

"Yes, my shop usually has only a few customers at mealtime, tonight my seats were never empty!" the ramen shop boss beside him said with a smile.

"Boss Lu is young and accomplished, I've run my restaurant so long, I've never seen a shop explode right after opening, Boss Lu, I'm convinced!"

"Boss Lu's soup dumplings are so fragrant, if I weren't too busy today to leave, I'd definitely buy a portion to taste!"

"Following Boss Lu to open a shop, how could one not make money!"

"……"

Hearing these grateful words, Lu Feng didn't know what to say, could only smile and respond to each one.

But in his heart he grumbled: I just didn't want to be too tired, limiting each person to one portion I could barely keep up, if I let them all eat their fill I'd drop dead.

Originally he thought the system restricting business to only two hours a day this week was a bit of a trap.

Now it seemed, he should thank the system for only letting him be busy two hours.

"Boss Lu, you've been busy all day, you must be hungry, come eat something at my shop!"

The ramen shop boss grabbed Lu Feng's arm and was about to lead him to his shop.

Lu Feng was about to refuse, but the other bosses seemed inspired, one by one they came up and pulled him, not willing to be outdone.

"What's so good about ramen! Boss Lu, come eat at my place, I'll make you our shop's signature dumplings!"

"Boss Lu! Our shop's crayfish are the freshest today, eat as much as you want!"

"You don't even ask if Boss Lu is willing, just pull him like that... Boss Lu, you must try our barbecue!"

"Boss Lu, I don't know what to entertain you with... Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Sister Liu, at your age you could be Boss Lu's mother..."

"Get lost! I mean I have a niece, she's very pretty, Boss Lu, leave your mobile number, I'll have her contact you when I get back!"

"Boss Lu, don't listen to her! I've seen her niece, her legs are thicker than my waist, I'm telling you, my daughter is the school beauty, just started university this year, want me to introduce you?"

"Boss Lu, do you like older women? My cousin just turned thirty, has a car and a house!"

"……"

"Stop!" Seeing everyone getting more and more worked up, about to turn into a large-scale matchmaking scene, Lu Feng hurriedly shouted stop.

"I appreciate everyone's enthusiasm and kindness, actually I helped everyone unintentionally, so you don't need to care so much... also I have no plans to find a girlfriend for now."

"I'm like you all, making a living by culinary skill, whether we run restaurants or vend at stalls, to last long, service, quality, hygiene—none can be lacking."

Everyone listened and nodded, very approving of Lu Feng's words.

"Boss Lu, rest assured, the customers are brought by you, we definitely won't lose face for you!"

The fried skewers uncle patted his chest and loudly guaranteed, others echoed in agreement.

"Alright, that's it, I should go back, everyone disperse now!"

Lu Feng said what he needed to say, hurriedly slipped away, without time to say goodbye.

He didn't want to keep listening to them introduce girlfriends to him and such.

How great being single is, one person eats full and the whole family isn't hungry, do whatever you want.

Sleep whenever you want, wake up whenever you want.

Why insist on being hopeless and finding someone to boss you around?

Taking a taxi back to the rental house, Lu Feng woke the system and checked the current mission progress.

Mission progress showed: 350/500.

At his current speed of 100 portions limited per day, he could complete the mission by Friday.

Lu Feng also thought about just selling 150 portions tomorrow to complete the mission directly.

But after thinking it over he gave up.

Now he sells 100 portions a day, one portion per person limit, just right to finish when business ends.

Selling 150 portions, two hours enough to choke.

Customers bought quickly, but during that time he still had to pack xiaolongbao and steam xiaolongbao.

Of course, canceling the purchase limit was not impossible.

But selling 150 portions in two hours was too exhausting.

It was not that Lu Feng was lazy; when Lu Feng worked at that bankrupt company, he was quite diligent.

From his first day on the job to his last, Lu Feng's Full Attendance Award had never been interrupted.

Not to mention asking for leave, he had never been late or left early.

Back then he not only had to provide for his own food and clothing, but every month he also had to send a sum of Living Expenses to his grandfather in the countryside.

After his parents passed away and he had no one to rely on, the pressure of life forced him to become diligent.

But now it was different; with the Shenjiang Technique given by the system, making money was no longer difficult.

Now that the system was here, he did not have to work as desperately as before.

He would still follow his own plan.

Besides preparing Ingredients and the hours the Shop/Store was open for business, the remaining time he could arrange for himself.

Life still had to be grasped in his own hands.

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Early the next morning, Lu Feng woke up.

In the morning he received a call from Hu Daye, asking Lu Feng if he needed to Send Off vegetables to the Shop/Store today.

Half of the fifty jin of Green Onion bought yesterday remained, so Green Onion was temporarily not needed.

Lu Feng thought it over and felt that today he could add a New Flavor to the xiaolongbao.

"Hu Daye, do you have Leek on your end?"

"Yes, yes! Young Man, how much do you need? I'll go cut them in the field right now!"

Hu Daye's voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat surprised.

His acquaintance with Lu Feng was no more than a passing nod; he originally thought Lu Feng saying he would buy vegetables from him from now on was just casual talk.

Hu Daye got out of bed before dawn as usual in the morning.

He had already decided that even if Lu Feng said he would not buy vegetables, he would still be very Grateful to him.

After all, yesterday the other person had already helped him a great deal.

If all else failed, he would still continue selling vegetables at the farmers' market; although he sold Not Much every day, it was still better than doing nothing.

His granddaughter was still in university, and Living Expenses still had to be saved up.

Hu Daye felt it was fine if he himself went hungry, but he could not let his granddaughter go hungry.

Hu Daye, sitting in the courtyard, hesitated over whether to call Lu Feng, and he was also afraid that calling too early would Disturb Lu Feng's rest.

He sat there restless until nearly eight o'clock, then tentatively dialed Lu Feng's Mobile Phone.

He did not expect Lu Feng to actually remember his promise, and this made him involuntarily thank heaven for really letting him meet a good person.

"It's fine, Hu Daye, I'm not in a hurry to use them; just Send Off them at six in the afternoon. I don't do business during the day, and the weather is quite hot, so when you come in the afternoon remember to take a taxi; I will Reimburse you the Travel Expenses."

Lu Feng exchanged a few words with Hu Daye on the other end of the phone; that side thanked him again and again, and also told Lu Feng to continue resting.

Hearing the simple and sincere concern from a strange old man, Lu Feng felt quite Comfortable in his heart.