Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 826 - 816. Anchor visits stores (Group Portrait)

Chapter 826: 816. Anchor visits stores (Group Portrait)

"This live streaming restaurant exploration should be a good thing. From the way she speaks, her attitude seems quite calm."

Boss Chang watched for a while and carefully observed the bullet comments, quickly coming to a conclusion and sighing in relief.

Although he was confident in the solid capability of his restaurant, who would want to start business with bad reviews, right?

Suddenly, the cashier checking the phone also boldly spoke up: "Boss, there’s a guy here not being very polite in his review."

Boss Chang became interested.

The waiters also gathered around and then remembered, "I know this guy. He put a big reflector in the aisle, and I took it away."

"Ah, me too! When I was serving dishes, I heard him saying in the live stream that our restaurant’s lights were bad, making his face look dark."

"He wasn’t very fair-skinned to begin with, not as fair as you, Boss."

Boss Chang: ...

He waved his hand: "Let’s first watch this Xiaoyun and then this one with over 400,000 views, and see if they find any faults?"

On the big screen, Xiaoyun showed a faint nostalgia: "This restaurant used to be very popular in River City. When I was a child, our family would only come here for significant holidays—it wasn’t all too expensive, just that kind of feeling, you know what I mean?"

The waiters babbled: "What kind of feeling?"

"Our place was alright before, not too expensive, but now it’s indeed quite pricey."

"Was our restaurant so famous before?"

"Don’t mention it, my mom used to work here as a waitress, she said back then they were already secretly running private dining rooms before the economy opened up..."

"Why did you end up working here?"

"That’s different! I’m on the management team now... If you don’t listen, I’ll be docking your bonus."

"Pity, later we kept doing Chinese cuisine, but it was all foreign stuff that was trendy and making money back then... Look at the ecological center across the street, used to be called ’Delicacies of the Land and Sea’, rich folks and especially those real estate and big bosses loved it..."

Boss Chang seriously watched the screen and listened to the clamor of his staff, which made him reminisce about the old days.

But soon, the bullet comments snapped him back to reality!

[Wow, the decoration looks amazing]

[I really love the straw grasshopper in the bushes]

[Given the location, Xiaoyun must be splurging today]

[Hahaha Xiaoyun go ahead and explore, I can’t afford to eat there anyway]

Xiaoyun quickly lowered her phone’s camera: "Oh dear, the restaurant doesn’t mind me live streaming, but they don’t allow filming customers’ faces—though it’s really crowded here!"

"Look at the hustle and bustle of people; the new restaurant opened quietly, I only saw it advertised on the official account, how come so many people showed up?"

[Eat for the nostalgia]

[Yes, usually such old restaurants can’t keep up with the times and struggle to survive]

[If it were a century-old restaurant reopening near my home, I’d go check it out too.]

[Just checking is okay, eating there doesn’t seem worth it... luckily Xiaoyun is alone, at most she’ll order two dishes, so it won’t be too costly]

Just as this comment appeared, Xiaoyun exclaimed, "Damn," and displayed two paper menus to the viewers.

"Folks, I’m really eye-opening today—look, Changleju has reopened and offers two types of menus. This deluxe menu has stir-fried hollow vegetables at 28 per serving. Slightly expensive but acceptable—considering the size of this place, right?"

"Then, look at this gourmet menu—jeez, who just said I’d only order two to three dishes and it won’t be too expensive? You think too highly of me?"

On the screen, the zoomed-in price of the stir-fried hollow vegetables appeared—288 yuan.

"Where is the justice?!"

Xiaoyun yelled frantically.

She turned to a waiter nearby and asked, "Why is this gourmet menu so expensive? Is there something extraordinary about it?"

The waiter, face unseen, responded sweetly, "It’s a limited supply; maybe try our deluxe dish? Our chef is really skilled."

Xiaoyun was shocked: "Are you implying I can’t afford it? You’re not even promoting it!"

[Pfft, you asked so directly]

[Hahaha I wanna hear how the waiter replies]

[The girl’s voice is quite pleasant, she’s probably just kindly suggesting]

[Explore! Go for that 288 stir-fried dish, I want to know what it tastes like!]

[That’s it! Xiaoyun eats the 288 hollow vegetables!]

The waiter’s voice came through again: "Ah, no, it’s because our dishes are truly limited in supply, the boss said not to promote them—our deluxe dishes are tasty too, our chef is incredible!"

[No way, the more you say that, the more I want to try the 288 one.]

[Young people nowadays really embrace defiance]

[I really wanna know whether there’s ginseng stuffed inside this 288 stir-fried hollow vegetable? Where’s the pricing authority?]

[Oh my, so expensive for nostalgia]

The 288 dish had Xiaoyun’s heart aching. But considering the last exploration at a Japanese restaurant cost her 598...

She clenched her teeth: "I’ll have it then—one order of the 288 hollow vegetable, and a bowl of rice!"

The waitress hesitated for a moment: "Wouldn’t you prefer scallion oil pancake or scallion oil noodles instead... You’ll see from the price of the rice alone, to be honest, it sort of ruins the hollow vegetable."

Xiaoyun: ...are you hearing yourself?

Checking the scallion oil pancake, 128 per serving.

Scallion oil noodles, 228 per serving.

Looking at the bullet comments—

[Hahaha indeed, twenty yuan for a serving of bamboo-tube rice really doesn’t match]

[Am I really falling for marketing tricks?]

[Host, does the lobby smell nice?]

[This lobby is well separated, Xiaoyun is in a small booth on the edge, she probably can’t smell much...]

Xiaoyun paused, looked at the green curtain in the middle of the booth: "Indeed, as you enter the lobby, there isn’t that mixed smell ofApples at serving time, but rather a fresh, grassy scent..."

She looked at the waitress, who crisply explained:

"Our boss spent a lot of money on these barriers, and this grass curtain—you’re smelling the scent of the grass, Miss, it may look unimpressive, but just this curtain costs over a thousand yuan each!"

In truth, it was just a few hundred yuan, but a little exaggeration doesn’t hurt when boasting.

Xiaoyun, her expression numb, addressed the camera:

"Suddenly, I feel a thousand yuan for a grass curtain is reasonable—after all, I’ve spent 288 on hollow vegetables that cost four yuan a bunch at the market, right?"

She gritted her teeth: "Scallion oil pancake, one order please!"

"Alright." The sweetness oozed from the waitress’s voice: "You’ll need to wait a bit though, the private rooms are all ordering this dish, so it will take longer to serve."

"But since it’s the opening day, the boss is giving each table a complimentary serving of chestnut cake, super worth it!"

Moments later, Xiaoyun aimed the camera at the elegantly presented white plate, featuring three chestnut cakes the size of quail eggs, and found herself at a loss for words.