Joe's Farming

Compared to snack bars, the food in restaurants and hotels during this dynasty was quite bland, and few local residents could eat spicy food. Not to mention Qiao Yu added spicy flavor, which was only slightly spicy for him, but it was a delicious hit for the locals.

Only a few customers thought it was too spicy, but they would rather have a bowl of rice and rinse the food with water before eating. It can be seen that food is the same no matter which world it is in. The hesitant customers, whether they were eating set meals or skewers, all looked like they were eating with relish. They all entered the restaurant, but unfortunately there were only twelve tables in the snack bar, and they could no longer accommodate them.

Fortunately, Qiao Yu learned from his past life experience and prepared enough number plates. In addition to the dishes in pottery bowls, the rest of the people could pick them up when their numbers were called. This greatly reduced the labor cost, and Wen Ge'er could help cook and speed up the serving of the dishes.

Qiao Yu didn't expect the business to be so good. People kept wanting to come into the store, but he didn't prepare a waiting area in advance. Because he wanted to dine in, he didn't prepare bamboo tubes for take-out.

Qiao Yu thought of a solution in a hurry: "Dear guests, our store is full at the moment. If you are willing to wait, you can choose your dishes first, and we will cook them for you when you are done eating. If you don't want to wait in the store, you can go home and get a bowl. We also provide take-out service."

“Take-out service?”

"Yes, so everyone can take the skewers home to eat. The price is the same."

"That's great. I'll go home and get a bowl so that everyone in my family can taste the spicy braised skewers." A man smiled and ran home to get a bowl.

Qiao Yu looked at the dishes on the shelf and roughly estimated that they would not last for an hour. While secretly happy, he also blamed himself for not preparing enough. But he couldn't be blamed for this, as this was the result of their hard work since they had been busy before dawn.

Qiao Yu asked the old man to help her collect the money, and took Gu Feng to the backyard: "We have to quickly skewer some more vegetables, it seems that there are not enough to sell."

"Hmm. Qiao Er, which ones do you want to cut?"

"Cut some potatoes and lotus roots. I'll wash these vegetables first."

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng worked together and quickly skewered a large basket of vegetarian dishes. Except for the meat dishes they kept for later, the rest had already been placed outside. When Gu Feng brought out the basket of vegetarian dishes, Wen Ge'er breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately the dishes are here, the guests complained that there were no more dishes."

After washing her hands, Qiao Yu came out to see that the dishes were almost all gone. The customers had changed several times and were no longer the old customers Qiao Yu was familiar with. Qiao Yu said to the three children who were welcoming guests, "Today's dishes are almost sold out. If anyone comes over again, please tell them that there are not many dishes left and they can come back tomorrow."

The children nodded. They were no longer nervous and saw that they could answer questions clearly for guests who came to ask questions.

Just after noon, there were only three tables of customers left in the shop, and only a few pieces of cabbage and radish were left on the vegetable rack. Everyone finally had a break. They didn't feel tired when they were busy, but once they stopped, they all felt a little tired. Only the three children were full of energy. Children are really different.

Qiao Yu touched his stomach and announced loudly: "I'm starving. Now it's our turn to eat. Brother Gu, bring out the dishes we left for ourselves!"

Everyone laughed happily, except for the three children, who had been so busy since noon that they had no time to eat and were already starving.

Gu Feng brought out the meat dishes and tofu and yuba that he had reserved earlier. They didn't have any skewers for their own food, which wasted time and bamboo sticks. Li Li Niang and Wen Ge'er washed some vegetarian dishes and brought them out together. Qiao Yu prepared a brazier, put a thick bamboo mat on the table, put an iron rack on it, and placed a casserole on it. He filled it half full with soup and put all the blanched vegetables in it. This was the idea he had before he made the hot pot.

The rice was steamed for another round. Nine people sat around a table, the three children sat on one side, Qiao Yu and Gu Feng sat on one side, Wen Ge'er and Wang Jie sat on one side, and the old man and Li Li's mother sat on one side, just right.

"Boss, this pot looks really good. It must be warm enough to eat in this cold winter. Can you calculate how much we ate?" The last table of guests stood up to pay the bill.

Qiao Yu stood up and counted their bamboo sticks. Vegetarian dishes were all sold for two skewers for one cent, and meat dishes were sold for one skewers for one cent. Including the soup base, it was ten cents. "Thank you for your patronage. The total is one hundred and twenty cents. Today it's half price, sixty cents."

When the customer heard this, he didn't expect that he and his friend would eat so many skewers. After hearing the half-price price, he thought it was worth it and paid the money without hesitation: "Boss, your food is so delicious. I will bring my family over to eat some other day."

Qiao Yu smiled widely: "Thank you, thank you, welcome, welcome."

After seeing off the guests, Wen Ge'er wanted to clear the table, but Qiao Yu stopped him and said, "Let's eat first! We are starving."

Wen Ge'er had no choice but to sit down. Everyone waited for Qiao Yu. After Qiao Yu sat down, they started to eat. Qiao Yu picked up the bamboo cup and said, "Thank you for your hard work today! Come on, let's have tea instead of wine. I wish our business will prosper!"

“Haha…business is booming!”

"Little Daddy is the best!"

"Hahaha, Olaf is awesome too! Everyone was awesome today!"

When everyone was halfway through their meal, a horse-drawn carriage stopped outside the shop. Qiao Yu looked over in confusion and found Xu Ning lifting the curtain. Xu Ning smiled as soon as he saw him, then got out of the carriage and led the people out.

Xu Ning carefully supported her husband. Xu Yuan looked obviously healthier than the last time they met. He got out of the car and walked straight towards Qiao Yu's table with a smile on his face.

"Brother Qiao, why didn't you call me today when the shop opens?" Xu Yuan pretended to be unhappy, took out a red envelope from his sleeve and handed it to Qiao Yu with both hands.

Qiao Yu stood up happily and did not refuse: "You... are completely fine! Come, come, try our skewers." It's not that he didn't want to call Xu Yuan, he was just afraid that he was weak, so he didn't say it. Who knew that he would come here by himself.

Xu Ning moved a bench from the next table, and the others also moved theirs to make some space for them. Although it was a bit crowded, no one minded at all.

Xu Yuan said embarrassedly: "I took Aning to Yipinxuan for lunch at noon, and then I heard from the shopkeeper that you were opening today. Aning and I have already eaten, you don't have to worry about us." Then he paused, "Aning, you can eat a little more."

When Qiao Yu was preparing the dishes, he went to Yipinxuan to ask the owner about the dietary preferences of the indigenous people. He knew Xu Ning's appetite, so he quickly added two more sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Qiao Yu introduced them to everyone: "This is my sworn brother Xu Yuan, and this is his husband Xu Ning. Xu Ning and I are old acquaintances, so don't be polite, just eat as much as you want. If it's not enough, there's more in the kitchen."

Xu Ning looked at her husband embarrassedly. Xu Yuan smiled at him and put a piece of meat in his bowl.

When Gu Feng met Xu Yuan for the first time, he thought that Xu Yuan was young, but very gentle towards his husband. Sitting next to Xu Ning, they were an indescribable match, so his impression of him inevitably improved a lot.