Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1219 - 128 Free (third update)

Chapter 1219: 128 Free (third update)

Xia Zheng was held back by a mouthful of tea at his throat, almost laughing himself breathless, lifting his hand to tap Lin Yuan’s forehead teasingly, "Why, feeling the pinch now? When you were throwing out silver like water earlier, why didn’t you think about how much you’d lose!"

Lin Yuan swatted away his hand from her forehead, pouting gloomily, "Two taels of silver isn’t really a lot, but what if none of these people meet my standards? Do I really have to go find another batch? What if the next batch doesn’t fit either? I can’t keep tossing out two taels of silver repeatedly like this, right? This really seems like a money pit!"

Of course it’s a money pit!

Xia Zheng’s slender fingers rhythmically tapped the desk, chuckling, "Silly girl, why don’t you think of it the other way around?"

The other way around? Lin Yuan blinked, staring at him.

Her innocent gaze struck deep into his heart, and his smile softened even more, "If they are chosen, they get three times the salary, and if not, they only get two taels. One side gets six taels every month, while the other only gets a one-time payment of two taels, even a fool would choose the former! Don’t worry, they will surely practice diligently, and I guarantee, you probably won’t be able to weed out many."

Lin Yuan blinked, nodding gently, as if it truly made sense.

However, before she could speak, Shopkeeper Xiao, who had been standing by, suddenly spoke up, "Boss, there’s something I don’t know whether I should say?"

Lin Yuan, still upset about the silver she had mentioned earlier, nodded indifferently, "Shopkeeper Xiao, feel free to speak your mind."

"Yes."

Shopkeeper Xiao nodded, clucking his tongue a few times, "Boss, I hate to say it, but look, you haven’t even opened for business yet, and you’re willing to pay them three times the monthly salary. Not to mention the Capital City, even elsewhere doesn’t offer such high wages! Also, Boss, what exactly are you planning to do with those girls you’re hiring? Are they supposed to serve dishes and run errands? These girls can’t handle those tasks! If they can’t serve dishes or run errands, are they supposed to pour drinks for customers who come to drink? Oh dear, Boss, that absolutely should not be done. Our Yi Ran Residence is a restaurant, not a brothel, the job of pouring drinks and coaxing customers to drink is reserved for brothel girls, we really can’t do that!"

Shopkeeper Xiao kept rambling on, and Lin Yuan felt her ears ache, rubbing them uncomfortably, she seriously suspected that the non-stop old gentleman in front of her was Dong Qing in disguise.

Tugging at Xia Zheng’s sleeve, Lin Yuan whispered, "Are you sure this Shopkeeper Xiao isn’t Dong Qing’s father?"

Xia Zheng chuckled, holding back his laughter suspiciously, shaking his head firmly, said earnestly, "No."

Lin Yuan pouted, shaking her head privately, "We should really ask Dong Qing to change this habit soon, otherwise he’ll end up just like this when he’s old."

Really irritating!

Initially, Lin Yuan was just considering firing Shopkeeper Xiao, but now she utterly wanted to dismiss him immediately, she couldn’t keep such a pedantic shopkeeper in her Dong Tian.

"Shopkeeper Xiao." Lin Yuan rubbed her sore ears, seizing a moment when Shopkeeper Xiao swallowed water to quickly cut him off, "Shopkeeper Xiao, could you please hold off and let me say a few words?"

Shopkeeper Xiao stretched his neck and swallowed, raising his hand to wipe the spittle from the corner of his mouth. He nodded and said, "Boss, please speak freely, I’m all ears."

Lin Yuan gave a dry laugh and nodded. She intuitively felt this man should not be a shopkeeper; he should be a teacher in a private school, even Meng Liang Dong was not as pedantic as him.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, you are right, we are running a restaurant, not a charity house, so our main goal should indeed be to make money. However, making money should not mean mistreating our staff, after all, a restaurant isn’t just run by a single boss and a shopkeeper. Most importantly, one aspect is the service of the staff and the other is the culinary skills of the chefs. Only with these can we retain customers and make them willing to come to our restaurant."

She paused, not giving Shopkeeper Xiao a chance to retort, and continued, "As for those girls, I have my own use for them, but rest assured, these girls are carefully selected by me, I wouldn’t want to let them serve those stinking men who come to eat."

Tsk tsk, hearing the words "stinking men," Xia Zheng couldn’t help but grimace and silently lifted his sleeve to smell: Not stinky at all.

After speaking, Lin Yuan looked at Shopkeeper Xiao with a cute smile, "Does Shopkeeper Xiao have anything else to say?"

Shopkeeper Xiao smacked his lips, how could he dare to say anything more? If he did, wouldn’t he be calling himself a stinking man too? He quickly shook his head and fell silent.

Lin Yuan curved her lips and turned back to Xia Zheng, "What happened to the old tables and chairs that were here before? Replace the ones that need replacing, and get rid of the old ones with splinters. Also, change these curtains. The color is too gloomy. We’re running a restaurant, not a Charity House. Why make it so dim?"

"Hey, hey." Xia Zheng couldn’t stand it anymore and quickly interrupted her, "What Charity House, don’t talk nonsense!"

Lin Yuan pursed her lips. Although what she said wasn’t pleasant, it was indeed true. The curtains in Yi Ran Residence were either gray or green, lacking any ambiance. Most of the diners here were wealthy, and she wanted to make them stay, not to drive them away quickly, so of course, she didn’t want such dark colors!

"Fine, fine, that’s the gist of it anyway." Lin Yuan waved her hand nonchalantly, "Change all these curtains, and in the future, we also need to have nice tablecloths on the tables."

The already stunned Shopkeeper Xiao blankly said, "Tablecloths too? Even in the main hall?"

"Of course!" Lin Yuan turned around, "Not just in the main hall, here and here too. We should also set up some tables and long benches. Oh right, it would be best to add some tea and pastries. In the future, if our restaurant is full, let the customers wait here, so they don’t go to another restaurant."

Looking in the direction Lin Yuan was pointing towards the empty space at the entrance, Shopkeeper Xiao silently wiped his sweat, "Here? How would we charge for that?"

"Charge?" Lin Yuan widened her eyes in shock, "Did I say anything about charging? Of course, it’s provided for free. You want the customers to wait here, shouldn’t we offer them convenience services? If there was a charge, those people would have gone somewhere else to wait long ago."

Shopkeeper Xiao was troubled, "If we don’t charge, wouldn’t we incur a lot of losses?"

Lin Yuan raised a finger and slowly shook her head, "Not at all, how could there be losses? We do this to retain customers. As long as we keep the customers, we’ll earn back more silver with a few pieces of pastries!"