"What are you doing on the second floor?"
"Brother Wang asked me to come up and wipe the floor," Banan said.
The man glanced at the floor, and it was indeed half-dry, which dispelled his suspicions. Banan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the last bit of his hand, and hurried downstairs.
Boss Rong went downstairs, and Brother Wang, who asked Banan to help, also came back, pretending to be cleaning the table and perfunctory.
After seeing off the guests in the morning, Boss Rong closed the door and signaled that the lobby on the first floor would not be open for the time being in the afternoon, but to rearrange the hall on the first floor.
"It's all set for me! You can entertain big people at night!" Boss Rong patrolled the hall with his hands behind his back.
Boss Rong is now instructing the juniors in the store to set up the storefront. Since noon, he will no longer receive new customers and vacate the entire store.
Boss Rong's store is at least five times larger than the store in Luo Chaoxi, and the decoration is very luxurious. The daily flow of water can reach nearly one hundred taels of silver per day and will not affect too much.
The boss is very hostile to Luo Chaoxi, and even wants the store to close down, it is best to take a lawsuit, and it is best if he can go to jail.
"Come here." Boss Rong pointed at someone casually, gave him an address, and asked him to get something quickly, so he focused on Banan, who was slowing down because of the pain.
"Banan! Why are you still lazy!" Boss Rong was behind his hands and oversaw the work in the store. The young men in the store tightened their skins, and the movements on their hands became faster and faster, which made Banan's movements slower.
But Banan's leg was still sore after being kicked by him just now, and it is already amazing willpower to be able to work now.
Banana was kicked to the ground again, and his knees slammed hard on the hard stone floor.
This time, Banan heard a crackling sound, and the leg that was already so painful was even more unbearable this time.
Banan finally couldn't help the pain and wail in pain. Both Xiao Er and Boss Rong were taken aback and hurried over to take a look.
As long as anyone with eyes could see Banan's leg protruding at a strange angle, it was obvious that Banan's leg was broken.
"Why is the leg broken? Why is it broken?" Boss Rong is not alarmed.
It was just a broken leg, not a head, and not one or two of the boys who had previously been broken by him in ribs. They were all sent away with a few taels of silver.
But Banan would not give up even a few taels of silver.
He casually pointed at the little Er and threw him a small piece of silver: "Go and take Banan to see it, hurry up and come back."
The Little Er quickly took the money and took Banan to a nearby medical clinic.
But everyone also knows that after Banan leaves, he will not be able to come back.
Boss Yi Rong's character will never leave a disabled person to work in the store. The second shop assistant who was injured in their store before was thrown away like this.
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Luo Chaoxi finished mixing the marinade and marinated all the chicken wings and meat. When he was about to take the bamboo stick, he found that yesterday's all had been used up.
Luo Chaoxi looked at the pricing in the system and decided to go directly to the physical store to buy it.
"Musa, take a look at it for me, and I'll go buy some bamboo skewers."
"Okay—" Musa was happily tossing peanuts beside him and returned without raising his head.
Luo Chaoxi washed his hands, and then went out with the silver.
He planned to go to the store he went to yesterday, it was in stock and the price was not expensive, but when Luo Chaoxi arrived at the store, he was told that because he sold too much yesterday, many people bought all the stock to follow the trend. Gone, there may not be enough left.
Luo Chaoxi could only buy the rest, and then went to other stores, but he went to several stores and couldn't buy them all.
That's ridiculous.
Luo Chaoxi came out of this store and wondered if he could go to the system to buy it. After seeing the time delay for so long, he immediately prepared to go back.
When he walked to the intersection of Nanluo Alley, he happened to see a very thin boy leaning on the wall and walking out by himself, with a wooden board between his legs, which looked like it was broken, and was leaning on a cane in his hand.
The boy's expression was a little dazed and his body was thin, but his clothes were still clean and tidy. It could be seen that he was a very poor child in the family. Luo Chaoxi touched the purse in his sleeve, but he still couldn't bear it and went forward.
Because the little boy looked so pitiful.
The little money that Boss Rong gave was only enough to put his legs on the board to fix it. If he took a few more medicinal herbs, there would be nothing left. Although he knew that Boss Rong might not give him this month's wages. With the stick he walked inside the door of the Rong family restaurant and was kicked out, he was still at a loss.
"Need help?" Luo Chaoxi walked over and asked.
Banan was stunned for a moment. He followed the voice and saw a handsome young man. He was dressed in Tsing Yi, and his skin was fairer than those of the young men he had seen in the restaurant. Compared with him, he seemed to look like a person in the mud.
Banan shook his head indiscriminately and took a step back: "No, it's fine."
The money earned by himself is not enough for medical expenses, the family's money is barely enough to eat for half a month, and his legs are... Although this young man is kind, he can't cause him trouble.
There was still a little bit of money in his hand to pay for the medical expenses. He was thinking about how to use this money to keep himself and his family alive when Luo Chaoxi took out an oil paper bag from his sleeve.
"Then I'll give this to you." Luo Chaoxi thought for a while, and then exchanged two cornmeal buns from the system mall for the child, "Be sure to remember to eat it."
Banan took it in a daze, and found that the oil-paper package was hot, and seeing Luo Chaoxi go away, Banan opened the oil paper bag.
Inside...it turned out to be two buns!
He watched Luo Chaoxi walk into Nanluo Alley, and then walked to a store called [Nine O'clock Water], and saw a man from the Western Regions calling that son's name.
Boss Luo.
He, is he the one that Boss Rong wants to kill?
Thinking of what he had heard, Banan immediately ignored his painful leg and limped after him.
"Is this looking for you?" Luo Chaoxi had already sat down to continue processing the ingredients, and suddenly asked Musa, who was facing the door.
Luo Chaoxi looked back in surprise, only to see the child who he had just given the steamed buns standing at the door looking at him nervously.
"Well, that is Boss Luo? I have something... something I want to tell you," he said.
"What's wrong?" Luo Chaoxi wiped his hands and walked over, only to see Banan.
"I used to be working at Rongji Restaurant. I heard in the morning that the people from the Kangzhou Chamber of Commerce and Boss Rong said that they want to give you medicine." Banan finished speaking in one breath. After he finished speaking, he held the door and planned to leave. Luo Chaoxi hurriedly stopped him, "So are you being kicked out now? Do you want to come to the store to help? There are only two of us in the store, and we are a little too busy to pay you wages."
(T/N: "give you medicine" is like giving revenge)
Banan hesitated this time.
Because he was short of money, especially when his leg was broken, he was even short of money. Thinking of his grandfather and sister at home, he still nodded.
Luo Chaoxi then took him into the front hall. Musa looked up at Banan, a little strange: "Are you a guest?"
"No, come to help."
Luo Chaoxi taught Banan how to handle the ingredients, and pick and wash vegetables It's easy to do with stringing, Banan was awkward at first, but quickly got into the hustle.
The sky was getting darker outside. Luo Chaoxi and Musa had already made most of their preparations. There was less than half an hour before the opening time that was promised yesterday, and a few people from the Kansai caravan just slowly be late.
Luo Chaoxi didn't expect them in the first place. Most of the things were prepared before they came, and now they are just making the final preparations.
Here came four men who looked relatively mild and unrestrained. They wore clothes that were convenient for work. As soon as they saw Luo Chaoxi, they greeted him with a smile.
"We are usually in charge of cooking in the caravan." The four said, "Leave the roasting to us."
Luo Chaoxi didn't want to stay in front of the stove in the summer.
Yesterday it was because there was no choice, today he has the conditions. Of course, people who come to help can't help in vain, and he doesn't mind eating while baking, as long as the used bamboo sticks are collected in advance so that they can be counted after the end.
Luo Chaoxi has set the door to open at five o'clock in the evening. It's summer, it's dark, but it's still bright. At this time, guests are looking for a place to come. Seeing that Luo Chaoxi is already busy, there are also shelves outside. The barbecue grill and low table maza were set up outside, and consciously found a place to sit down.
Luo Chaoxi came over with a menu and a pencil, while Banan sat in the back and continued to divide the meal. In addition to this, he was also responsible for dividing the plate. After all, there were brine peanuts and edamame, and he even had to pour Coke. and beer.
Lo Tide came up with a menu and pencil, and Banan sat back to serve out the dishes, which, after all, included brine peanuts and edamame, and even coke and beer.
(T/N: if you watch anime (isekai Izakaya: Japanese food from another world) then you definitely know about edamame, it's beans it is served as an appetizer to alcoholic beverages)
A lot of work and very busy, but Banan does not feel tired.
The boss pays him a high salary. If he can really get the money, he can not only save enough money for his family to eat but also get medicine for his grandfather and a new pair of shoes for his sister.
"There are a lot of employees today." A few customers who had met him yesterday saw that the store was busy, and immediately joked, "This time the food should be served soon."
There were only two people yesterday, so they were busy at all. However, it takes time to make skewers, of course, it is very slow, and the guests are waiting to taste the new flavors, otherwise, they will be troubled long ago.
Today Luo Chaoxi learned a lesson, hired more people, and bought an extra stove. He didn't know how many people would come today, adding a stove to prevent problems.
"Of course, we have several people to help this time." Luo Chaoxi gave the menu to a few guests. Fortunately, these guests are all literate and can read the names on the menu. Even if they don't understand, there are pictures to read.
These are all exchanged by the system, and the system is really easy to use when you have money.
Rather than compiling it himself, it is better to let the system help. After making ten plastic-made menus and placing them on the table, Luo Chaoxi ordered several blank order menus directly from the system, which can record the items ordered at each table.
It perfectly reproduces the business model of modern life roadside stalls.
Luo Chaoxi thinks it is very convenient, and the guests are also quite novel.
"You've raised it this much." Several guests took the menu and were a little surprised when they saw the new price on the menu. "I thought you would double the price."
This price was beyond the expectations of all the guests. Because Luo Chaoxi has said before that he will increase the price.
After all, there are peppers and other precious spices in it. There are many rich people among the diners, and some spices have never been seen before.
If you let them set a price, the guests will set a price that is unusual enough.
"It's okay, the cost is enough." Luo Chaoxi said, "Do you want to try new products? There are many new products today, and the prices are not expensive."
"I'll have a few, then."
The price after the increase is much cheaper than everyone guessed, especially when the price of the new product on the menu is the same as yesterday's price, everyone will not refuse a new set.
They're also curious about what beer and coke are on the menu.
"Coke is a drink without alcohol. Children and the elderly can drink it. Beer is a wine brewed from barley. It's not very strong. It has bubbles in it. It tastes different from wine. If you have someone to drink, you can try it." Luo Chaoxi also prepared a big mug for drinking beer.
He wasn't sure whether these ancient people could accept the taste of beer, so he didn't prepare too much, and now it's all in it, cold in ice cubes.
"Wine? Let's have a glass then, a glass is only 20 cents?"
Barley brewed wine is so cheap?
The price of food is not expensive now, but the wine that can be brewed with a large amount of food is also very expensive. Luo Chaoxi wrote the order on the paper and put up a small sign on the table.
"Wait a minute, I'll be up in a minute." Luo Chaoxi gave the man a list. The person at the table ordered a portion of brined edamame and peanuts, 20 skewers of Orleans roast lamb, and 20 skewers of ordinary roast lamb, steamed buns, and bread. There is no order of this kind, and two portions of mushrooms and tofu skins, as well as horse step fish with a long forefinger (T/N: it's a long type of fish but small), are also ordered. They also ordered a few skewers of the other types of meat recommended by Luo Chaoxi. Everyone also ordered a glass of beer and a glass of cola.
"Just a moment. I'll be up in a minute."Lo Tide gave the man the list, and the table ordered one of the brine peas and peanuts, twenty kebabs of Orleans roast mutton, twenty kebabs of plain roast mutton, steamed buns, and bread.
It can be seen that people prefer to try new things.
After the people sat down, a lot of people came one after another. Seeing that they had already started, they also followed Luo Chaoxi's process like the people at the first table.
The price is still a bit unexpected.
After yesterday's publicity, the ten tables in the store and the ten tables outside the door were all filled with people.
The few people who came to help had already started roasting, and the meat gradually changed color. As Luo Chaoxi said, they grabbed a handful of cumin after the meat changed color, and sprinkled it on the skewers.
Cumin fell scattered on the charcoal below, and a few small flames suddenly stirred up, then a breathtaking fragrance broke out.