freenovelworld Chapter 362: Taste House
Chapter 362: Taste House
They chatted for a while, and now the porridge was just the right temperature, neither cold nor hot.
After Lin Jingyou finished his porridge, Aunt Zhang forced him to sleep and rest. She had to stay here, otherwise Lin Jingyou would have to start dealing with official business again.
Shen Wanning slept until about two in the afternoon. Knowing that Shen Wanning hadn't slept all night, Aunt Zhang didn't let anyone disturb her. She just waited for her to wake up naturally and then asked the kitchen to serve her food.
After dinner, I went to see Lin Jingyou again.
As soon as she left, Aunt Zhang gave her her seat and went back to her room to rest.
"How do you feel now, Third Brother?" Shen Wanning asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Maybe the effect of the painkillers is gradually wearing off. I can already feel a dull pain in the wound on my shoulder." Lin Jingyou seemed to be more energetic than in the morning.
"Then do you want to take another painkiller? Otherwise, if the pain continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest well."
Lin Jingyou shook his head. "Not for now. Let's see later tonight. If the pain is unbearable, I can eat it."
"Okay, since you don't want to take painkillers, then take an anti-inflammatory pill! You can't stop taking the medicine just when you get better." As she said that, Shen Wanning got up to fetch hot water, and took out some antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs from the express station and fed them to him.
Some netizens had already discussed this with her in the live broadcast room. Perhaps because Lin Jingyou had never been exposed to antibiotics, the effect was particularly good.
He only needs to take one anti-inflammatory pill a day, not two pills a day as the instructions say.
In the evening, the yamen runner came to report that the governor heard that he was seriously injured, so he sent people here to help suppress the bandits.
After meeting the person sent by the governor, Lin Jingyou explained the specific situation to him.
The next day, the man led his troops to suppress the bandits, and eventually arrested all the bandits and imprisoned them in the Baocheng County Prison.
Lin Jingyou's injuries gradually stabilized. Seeing that he was not in danger of life, Aunt Zhang decided to return to Daqing Town first to inform her family about Lin Jingyou's news.
Shen Wanning stayed in Baocheng County for a month. She didn't return until Lin Jingyou's injuries were fully healed.
Unexpectedly, the first person to greet her was Lin He. "Aunt, Aunt, you are finally back. I named our restaurant Qianweilou. What do you think, Aunt?"
He had already hired the chef, the shopkeeper, the waiter, and other things, and everything was ready for the restaurant, just waiting to open. But Shen Wanning didn't come back, so he thought about waiting for Shen Wanning to come back and then go to Fuzhou together to prepare for the restaurant opening.
Therefore, when he saw Shen Wanning coming back, he was happier than anyone else.
"You kid, your aunt just came back and hasn't rested yet, but you're already pestering your aunt about business matters. Aren't you afraid of tiring your aunt out? I think you're obsessed with money." Aunt Zhang heard Lin He's voice and hurried out of the house.
"Wan Ning, are you hungry? Come, eat first. The food will be ready soon. Go wash your hands first and go back to the main room to sit down."
"Mom, I'm not very hungry yet, don't worry."
"Grandma, I'm hungry!" Lin He shouted.
"Okay, okay, go to the kitchen and see if your mother's meal is ready. If it is, serve it out." Aunt Zhang said.
"Grandma is so partial." Lin He muttered softly, but still went into the kitchen and brought out the food.
After dinner, Lin He brought a small stool and sat next to Shen Wanning to discuss the opening of Qianweilou with her.
"Aunt, do you have any ideas about our Qianweilou?" Lin He asked humbly.
"I do have some ideas. Listen to them. If you think they are good, you can adopt them. If you think they are not good, you can improve them or not adopt them." Shen Wanning said as he recalled some methods used by modern restaurants to attract customers.
In the evening, everyone had nothing to do, so they sat together and listened to Shen Wanning talk about business.
"First of all, when we open the restaurant, we have to attract a certain number of customers. Then we can prepare the menu when we open and write the price behind each dish so that customers can choose the dishes freely." Shen Wanning said slowly.
"Will some vegetables not be sold because they are too expensive?" Lin He asked humbly.
"Of course, dishes in a restaurant are both cheap and expensive. We write the prices here so that customers can choose dishes that are within their budget. It's better than making a scene when you find out the dishes are too expensive when you pay the bill later!"
Lin He nodded. "Auntie, what you said makes sense. It's just that paper is a bit expensive. This is not easy to handle!"
"Then we can write it on a wooden board and hang a large board on the wall, leaving some blank space so that new dishes can be added in the future." After considering it, Shen Wanning said.
Some modern restaurants do this, putting a large poster on the wall with the dishes and prices written on it, so customers can tell the dishes and prices just by looking at the wall.
"That's great. Then I can ask someone to carve some pictures on the wooden board, so it doesn't look out of place." Lin He agreed.
After saying that, Lin He went back into the house and poured out a cup of hot water, respectfully handing it to Shen Wanning, "Aunt, please drink some hot tea to moisten your throat."
"This kid..." Lin He's action made everyone laugh.
Shen Wanning took the tea, took a sip, and continued, "Besides that, it's best to separate the various dishes, such as vegetables, soups, spicy dishes, hot pot, etc."
If such vegetables are not available in winter or a certain season, you can cover them with paper and tear off the paper when the vegetables are available.
After all, ancient times were different from modern times. Fresh vegetables were basically unavailable in winter. Only some wealthy families might grow some in their hot spring villas.
If other families want to eat vegetables in winter, they can only eat dried and preserved vegetables, such as radish, beans, lettuce and so on.
"Okay, I know what to do about all these. What else? Does Auntie have any other suggestions?" Lin He asked impatiently.
"Also, since we have just opened our business, we must increase our visibility. We can do something like Zui Hong Zhuang and hold an event three days before the opening, offering a 20% discount at checkout. At the same time, we can also have a recharge event, where for every 20 taels of silver you recharge, we will give you one tael." Recharge is similar to a modern membership card or recharge card.
"Wan Ning! I don't understand. What does it mean to charge twenty taels and get one tael free? Does it mean that if he spends twenty taels of silver on food, we will reduce his salary by one tael?" Xu was confused and didn't understand what Shen Wan Ning meant.
"That's not the case. We can just treat it as a form of prepayment. They can pay twenty taels of silver first, and we'll charge them twenty-one taels. If they dine at Qianweilou in the future, we'll deduct it from the twenty-one taels of silver," Shen Wanning explained.