Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

"Give up opening a restaurant?" Everyone's eyes were filled with shock, especially Chef Zhang and Chef Jiang, who had come all the way.

They followed their boss through mountains and rivers, partly to escape the war, but also hoping to make a name for themselves in Kyoto with their families.

But now, the boss says he doesn't plan to open the restaurant anymore. If that's true, then won't they, as chefs, have no place to use their skills?

"Boss, may I ask why you decided to give up opening the restaurant?"

Master Zhang is older, so he is relatively calm.

Lian Rongrong and Manager Yun exchanged a glance, and then Lian Rongrong said:

"Today, Manager Yun and I went to the city's most bustling restaurant street. The situation is really not optimistic."

Manager Yun nodded and agreed, "That's right, we've roughly assessed the situation."

Aside from a few large restaurants, the other smaller shops were all deserted.

“Jian’an City is only superficially prosperous; in reality, it has long been rotten inside,” Lian Rongrong said again.

"The reason why those grand restaurants are still full of guests is that Jian'an City has no shortage of high-ranking officials and nobles."

But we have no connections, so achieving that level is simply impossible. But what if we rashly open a small shop…”

"There won't be any customers at all, right?" Master Zhang had already understood what Lian Rongrong meant and replied somewhat helplessly.

"That's true. In the current situation, even the people of Jian'an City don't have enough money to eat out."

Therefore, opening a restaurant is not a viable option at the moment.

Lian Rongrong and Manager Yun explained to everyone what they had seen that day.

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent, after all, anyone who had gone out today had seen the true state of Jian'an City.

Behind this bustling capital city, there are dark corners that cannot be exposed to the light of day.

"Was it a mistake for us to come to Beijing?" asked Lu Er, the shop assistant who had gone out with Lian Yijun to look for a house.

"Today, I went out with the eldest young master to look for a house. You wouldn't believe it, we didn't dare to look for a house in a good location or with too much space."

But those prices… a year's rent is enough to buy a luxury apartment in Liangye City. Guess how much the most expensive rent we saw today was?

All eyes were on Lu Er. Although no one spoke, everyone was clearly very curious.

"One gold ingot!" Lu Er held up one finger, his face full of exaggerated expressions.

Upon hearing this, the others couldn't help but gasp in shock.

At this moment, another colleague who had also been sent out to look for a house joined in, saying:

"The situation is the same here. I really don't understand, are all the houses in Kyoto built of gold?"

Throughout the entire process, only Ruan Nianzhi remained silent, but judging from Ruan Nianzhi's expression, Lian Rongrong suspected that things hadn't gone very smoothly.

Just when everyone was feeling dejected, Lian Rongrong stepped forward and said loudly with an optimistic expression:

"Hey everyone, we've only just arrived in Kyoto, why do you all look so dejected?"

Lian Rongrong's optimism clearly didn't affect the others; Lu Er even asked Lian Rongrong somewhat dejectedly:

"Boss, if we close down the restaurant, we won't have any income at all. But the expenses here are beyond what ordinary people like us can afford."

Even if you, boss, are rich, we can't just shamelessly let you support us.

Lu Er actually had half a sentence left unsaid, which he kept to himself. In fact, he didn't believe that Lian Rongrong had enough money to spend lavishly in Jian'an City.

Lian Rongrong glanced at Lu Er, then at the others, smiled, shook her head, and stepped forward, saying:

"I was interrupted before I could finish speaking. I said I was giving up the restaurant, but I didn't say I wouldn't do anything else."

"Anything else?" Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look up at Lian Rongrong, their eyes gleaming with a sliver of hope.

But Lian Rongrong nodded confidently and explained, "We can't squeeze into the restaurants in Jian'an City."

But if we offer something that's not available here, do you think those big-spending old men would flock to our place because it's something new and exciting?

"Make things that aren't available here? But when we were strolling around the city today, we found that there are all sorts of novelties here."

"There are so many things we've never even heard of, let alone seen," someone in the crowd couldn't help but say.

"Okay, you guys rest first, I'll call you for dinner later."

Lian Rongrong smiled mysteriously, while everyone returned to their rooms, filled with questions.

Lian Rongrong stood there until everyone had left before returning to her room.

What new and exciting things is Mom planning to make?

Fu Bao was present the whole time, so he overheard Lian Rongrong's conversation with the others.

Lian Rongrong smiled and playfully pinched Fu Bao's little nose, teasingly saying, "It's a secret, I won't tell you!"

[Mommy is mean; she bullies Fu Bao.]

As Fu Bao was complaining, Lian Rongrong suddenly disappeared in front of him.

[Mommy, why don't you take Fu Bao in with you? Honestly!]

Lian Rongrong entered the space, and with a slight thought, the finest coffee beans and milk appeared before her.

With another thought, egg tarts, mousse, and cream cakes also appeared.

"What else should I have?" Lian Rongrong pondered, looking at the things in front of her.

"Oh right, get some more sushi and sandwiches." With that thought, all sorts of sushi and sandwiches appeared before my eyes.

"Not bad, not bad, that's about right."

Lian Rongrong smiled slightly, just about to send her thoughts out, when she suddenly heard Xiaobai's voice.

[It smells so good! What's that smell?]

Xiao Bai's voice was lazy, sounding like he had just woken up.

[Master, what's that? It smells so good!]

"Bamboo eats too?" Lian Rongrong looked at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression.

【Master, I am not bamboo. Besides, what living thing in the world doesn't need to eat?】

It's just that the food is different. Stop talking, Master, let me try that.

A small white flower drifted down onto the milk. It turned out this guy wanted to drink the milk?

"I didn't expect you to be so healthy, little one?" Lian Rongrong said as she opened the milk.

【Master, just pour it at the base.】

Following Xiaobai's instructions, Lian Rongrong poured the milk at the base of the bamboo, and Xiaobai immediately made a sound of enjoyment.

Mmm~ That's delicious. One more, please!

Lian Rongrong poured more than a dozen bottles of milk before the greedy little guy was finally satisfied.

However, Lian Rongrong noticed that after Xiaobai drank the milk, the petals seemed to have a purer color.

"I'll bring it to you again next time. I have to go now." Lian Rongrong told Xiaobai, then left the space with all her belongings.

At dinner, everyone sat around the table, looking at the strange and unusual things in front of them with puzzled expressions.

"Boss, this is..." Manager Yun asked.

"This is what we're going to do next."