To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Gu Juncheng stood outside for a while before finally turning and leaving.

I had forgotten something and came back to get it, but... it wasn't really that important, so I decided not to take it.

In a few days, Lin Qingping will also be starting school. She has been very busy these days, as she has to oversee the finishing touches on the shop's renovation and teach Gu Youlian and Sister Zhao basic baking skills.

As preparations for opening, she couldn't come to the shop to bake cakes and bread herself. So, when she had free time in the evenings, she simply made a menu of the desserts that the shop would sell, and wrote down how to make each one so that Gu Youlian and Sister Zhao could learn.

As for coffee, she bought a coffee machine and simply handed it over to Gu Youlian to use. She estimated that in this era, not many people would accept coffee. Most people would react to coffee in the same way as Gu Youlian and Sister Zhao, thinking it was like drinking Chinese medicine. Therefore, it was just an option for drinks, and she did not intend to make it her main beverage.

She did recall the later popularity of milk tea, so she focused on tea and fruit drinks.

After looking at the list she had made, Gu Youlian suggested that the traditional sweet soups from her hometown were also very delicious. Since it was a dessert shop, could they also sell sweet soups?

This reminded Lin Qingping of X Ji and XX Mountain, both of which were once glorious enterprises. However, her small dessert shop could not develop so many products. So she listed several categories with readily available ingredients, such as mango pomelo sago and durian pancakes, since mangoes and durians are not so easy to buy now.

At this point, the initial categories of dessert shops have been determined: beverages, desserts, breads, sweet soups, and dairy products.

There are 5-9 kinds in each category, and that's enough for Lin Qingping to teach, as well as for Gu Youlian and Sister Zhao to keep busy.

In addition, Xiaomai also needs to go to school.

Of course, Lin Qingping didn't need to worry about this; Gu Juncheng had already made the arrangements. All she had to do was take her to register, and she would be in the same class as Zhiyuan.

After getting all these things done, Lin Qingping was ready to start school.

The dessert shop is also about to open.

She chose a weekend to open.

That day, she, Gu Youlian, and Sister Zhao got up at four o'clock, brought the sweet soup that they had cooked at home in the middle of the night to the shop, and then started kneading dough, baking, and making desserts.

We were busy until 10 o'clock, when we had almost finished stocking all the products and opened for business.

Since we're opening for business, it should be a lively and bustling affair.

She put on a rather grand opening ceremony, and almost half of the teachers and students in the school knew that a dessert shop called "Honey" had opened.

Of course, she herself did not come to the front to show up; she just kept an eye on the opening from behind.

So far it seems to be doing very well. At least from the moment we opened for business, the seats in the store have never been empty, and there are even queues!

Therefore, queuing is not a thing of the past; people just love novelty.

Lin Qingping temporarily set up a queuing area, separated it with windproof curtains, lit a charcoal fire for heating, and gave each customer in line a hot bowl of sweet soup.

This only fueled everyone's curiosity. If the free sweet soup tasted so good, what exactly was in it?

Such dessert shops are indeed quite novel for most people. In an era of abundant resources and food decades later, many of the shop's items can cause a nationwide trend. In addition to marketing, the food itself is indeed popular, especially at this time.

Lin Qingping also introduced a membership system, where members can enjoy member prices.

In no time, the membership registration book was filled with several pages.

In an era when there were no computers to manage members, this was truly a huge undertaking.

The shop was bustling with activity. She sat in the back, brewed a pot of hot tea, and welcomed a curious onlooker—Liang Jiaqi.

Liang Jiaqi went straight to her, exclaiming in amazement, "Your business is amazing! Compared to yours, my shop was practically deserted when it opened!"

That's an exaggeration. His shop opened three days earlier than hers, and business was just as good!

Lin Qingping laughed, "I'm just running a small business, selling drinks for a few cents a cup. It can't compare to yours."

Liang Jiaqi shook his head repeatedly, "Boss Lin, you are too modest. I need to learn from you."

The two sat in the back, drinking tea and chatting about how to open a shop. Lin Qingping had done a great business in her previous life, so she didn't intentionally give him advice, but just mentioned a few points when the conversation came up.

Liang Jiaqi clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful!"

"You're a genius!" Liang Jiaqi praised her.

The two chatted until they finished a pot of tea, then ordered another.

Gu Juncheng came in during the busiest time of the day. His sister was busy registering members at the cashier and didn't have time to serve him. She pointed to the kitchen and said, "The bottle is in there! Go find it yourself."

Gu Juncheng then walked through the crowded scene in the store to the back kitchen.

I didn't go in, I just glanced at the entrance and saw Lin Qingping sitting and chatting happily with a young man, looking very pleased with himself.

He paused, but didn't go in.

Back in the store, every seat was taken.

After tidying up a table, Sister Zhao saw him and said, "Hey, the bottle was in the back, didn't you find it?"

“Found her, she’s busy,” he said simply.

"Then, then sit here and try our new flavors, you've never had them before!" Sister Zhao said excitedly.

She has put a lot of effort into this store. This feeling is different from being a nanny. Although in this new era, it is honorable to earn money through labor, she feels particularly motivated working in the store!

Gu Juncheng had initially thought the shop was so busy that he wouldn't take a seat, but then Wu Tianjiao, Wu Tianping, and Mei Li arrived at the door.

They were definitely going to entertain them. As soon as they came in, they saw Gu Juncheng and went straight to him. The four of them sat at this four-person table.

Just then, Sister Zhao noticed that the cream cakes were almost sold out, so she came in to inform Lin Qingping.

Lin Qingping then said to Liang Jiaqi, "I have to go now, you sit down for a while!"

"Okay!" Liang Jiaqi was quite pleased with herself.

Lin Qingping put on her hat and began to take out the risen dough to shape it. When Sister Zhao went out to take a look, she realized that it was the Wu siblings. She was about to go back to the kitchen to tell Lin Qingping.

Wu Tianjiao stopped her, "Sister Zhao, no need, let Pingzi do her work. It's the same as us talking to Gu Juncheng."

"Alright, you can sit down for a bit! I'll bring you whatever you want to eat." Sister Zhao said cheerfully and went back to her work.

"Let's go order something to eat." Wu Tianjiao winked at Mei Li.

They knew the store had a membership system, and as best friends, they had to support it, right?

Going to top up my account!

"Then I'll go too." Although Wu Tianping didn't like sweets, he was very curious about what kind of shop Chengzi's wife had opened that was so popular.

At this moment, Liang Jiaqi came out.

He came out to help.

Seeing that Sister Zhao and the hired waiters in the shop were so busy that their feet barely touched the ground, and since he had nothing to do in his own shop since it wasn't mealtime, he decided to help out by running errands. So, he came to Gu Juncheng.