Xie Songlin's cafeteria officially opened on the first day of classes. All the students in the academy knew that it was Mr. Xie from across the street who had somehow managed to open a cafeteria in the academy.

Everyone has a good impression of Xie Songlin, and many students who have eaten in the Xing Canteen are quite interested in him opening a canteen in the academy, so the canteen was very lively on the first day of its official opening.

The students flocked into the cafeteria, looking at this new dining place curiously. The cafeteria was spacious and bright, with tables and chairs neatly arranged. The layout was simple and elegant, without too many complicated decorations, but it gave people a comfortable and relaxed feeling. Moreover, everyone in the cafeteria wore a hat, and their clothes were a uniform blue and white, which made people feel clean and comfortable at first glance. There was a piece of cloth sewn on the chest with their position and name written on it.

There is a large wooden sign hanging at the entrance of the cafeteria, with the name of the cafeteria manager written on the top: Xie Songlin

Listed below are the names of all the canteen staff, including managers, kitchen staff, front desk staff, etc. Each person's responsibilities and names are displayed on this wooden board.

This not only gives students a clearer understanding of the operation of the cafeteria, but also increases the transparency of the cafeteria's work. Students can know from the information on the wooden signs that there is a dedicated person responsible for each link, so they can enjoy the food with more peace of mind.

At the same time, this is also a form of supervision for all the staff in the cafeteria. Even if the students do not know someone, they can know who they are and what job they are responsible for just by looking at the cloth strips on their chests.

This supervision mechanism allows the cafeteria staff to remain highly vigilant at all times. They know that their every move is under the watchful eyes of the students and must be done to perfection.

Today is the first day of opening so it is very busy. Xie Songbai and the others came to the cafeteria to help after taking care of the store affairs. Xie Songlin sat in the place specially set up to sell meal tickets, while the others led the students to the place where meal tickets were sold.

"What kind of meal ticket do you want to buy, classmate?" Xie Songlin smiled at the first student who lined up.

The student obviously knew Xie Songlin and asked directly, "What kind of things do you have, Boss Xie?"

"One meat dish and one vegetable dish are ten coins, two vegetable dishes are seven coins, and two meat dishes and one vegetable dish are sixteen coins..." Xie Songlin introduced them one by one and took out a meal ticket from the cabinet on the side. "You can pre-order meal tickets. You don't have to buy them every day before dinner. You can buy more at a time. Next time, you can go to the restaurant directly without having to buy meal tickets here."

"Okay, then give me three tickets, two with meat and one with vegetable." The student was obviously a man who had plenty of money and would not treat himself badly.

"Student, the total is forty-eight coins." Xie Songlin quickly calculated the bill. After taking the money, he smiled and took out three blue meal tickets from the cabinet, each containing two meat dishes and one vegetable dish. He handed them neatly to the student. "Here are your meal tickets. Please keep them. Go to the window over there with your meal tickets to get your food. I hope you enjoy your meal in our cafeteria."

"Okay." The student took the exquisite meal ticket. He looked at it carefully and gently touched the pattern and text on it with his fingers. He didn't know what material the meal ticket was made of. It looked like paper, but it was not as soft as ordinary paper. Moreover, he didn't know how the text and pattern on it were drawn. There was not even a trace of ink.

But he was more interested in the food now, so he followed the instructions and went to the food window. There were ten windows that made him a little dazed, but the dishes at each window were the same, so he chose the first window.

Aunt Qiu was the one serving lunch at the first window. Seeing a student coming, she immediately greeted him warmly, "Student, just put your meal ticket in the little bamboo basket over here."

The student immediately placed his meal ticket in the small bamboo basket in the window. Aunt Qiu had already taken a dinner plate and, upon seeing the blue meal ticket, she said, "Blue meal ticket, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish. What do you want, classmate?"

He looked at the various dishes displayed in the window, feeling hesitant. His eyes swept over the delicious dishes, trying to pick out the one he wanted to eat most. Aunt Qiu waited patiently for the student's choice, introducing the characteristics and taste of each dish from time to time.

"I want this braised pork, that stir-fried chicken and one vegetable."

Aunt Qiu smiled and nodded, quickly serving the student the dish he had chosen. Her movements were deft and her hands were not shaken at all. After filling the plate, she handed it to the student and said, "Student, take your time. If you don't have enough rice, you can go over there to get more. There is also free soup over there."

The students who bought meal tickets later also came up to order food immediately. Soon, students started queuing up at all ten windows. However, after Xie Songlin's continuous training during this period, everyone was very skilled at looking at meal tickets and getting food.

The kitchen is managed by Zhou. She shuttles back and forth in the kitchen, busy and orderly, and also arranges the kitchen in an orderly manner to replenish the freshly cooked meals at the front serving window.

Although there were places to throw away leftovers and put away plates, many people were not used to cleaning up after themselves on the first day and just got up and left after eating. This situation is not uncommon in new cafeterias. After all, it takes time to develop habits. Those students may not have had the experience of cleaning up their own plates in their previous lives, and it is difficult for them to adapt to the new requirements for a while.

Xie Songlin did not force them, but simply arranged a number of people in the dining area to sweep the floor and clear the garbage on the table from time to time, take away the plates scattered on the table, throw away the leftovers, and put the plates in order, waiting for the kitchen staff to collect them.

Some people followed suit and took their plates to the leftover food opening, threw them away, and then put the plates back. Xie Songlin looked up while selling meal tickets and smiled slightly when he saw this scene.

Although only a few students do this, it is just a beginning. The positive signal it sends also shows that they are gradually adapting to the new rules.

Xie Songlin knows very well that developing habits does not happen overnight and requires time and patience, but he believes that everyone will gradually get used to it in the future.

As the days go by, more and more people will join this ranks, consciously cleaning up the plates and keeping the canteen clean. This good habit will not only make the canteen more orderly, but also cultivate students' sense of responsibility and public morality.

After working all afternoon, Xie Songlin stood up and stretched. Most of the people who had bought meal tickets had bought theirs, but there were still many people getting meals at the window.

Today was mainly because the restaurant had just opened. Except for some regular customers of the Star Canteen who bought a few extra meal tickets, other students basically only bought one to try the taste. Xie Songlin felt that he had not considered it carefully. In the next few days, he would still have to face a huge queue of people buying meal tickets. He decided to add another table to sell meal tickets tomorrow and let Cheng Hui help with the accounting and selling of meal tickets.

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