Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

I had just cracked the eggs into the bowl when I heard someone shouting outside the door.

"Old Guo? Old Du? You haven't left yet?"

Lin Xiaoqian peeked out and saw several dark-skinned middle-aged men standing in the shop.

"Huh? Why is it a young girl? Where are Lao Guo and Lao Du?"

Lin Xiaoqian was still a little scared when she first saw several unfamiliar men.

But she still mustered up the courage to answer, "You're looking for the previous boss, right? They've already left."

One of the men turned to his companions and said, "See? I told you he was gone. You guys insisted on coming to see."

His companion ignored him and asked Lin Xiaoqian, "Little girl, are you the new owner of this shop?"

Lin Xiaoqian hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The man asked with interest, "So what kind of shop are you planning to open? Still a restaurant?"

Lin Xiaoqian replied, "Yes... I plan to open a restaurant."

"Hey, this is a restaurant too. How about we have lunch here?" After saying that, he asked Lin Xiaoqian, "What kind of food do you sell here?"

Lin Xiaoqian asked uncertainly, "Fried rice with egg?"

The group was taken aback: "Only fried rice with egg?"

Lin Xiaoqian nodded: "The new store hasn't opened yet, so we don't have all the ingredients. We only have fried rice with eggs."

Those people weren't picky: "A bowl of egg fried rice is fine with us today. Then give us four servings of egg fried rice."

Lin Xiaoqian nodded, turned around and went into the kitchen to start preparing fried rice.

The group of people outside found seats and started chatting.

Lin Xiaoqian learned from their conversation that they were workers from a nearby construction site who often ate at Aunt Guo's restaurant. Aunt Guo's fast food was not only delicious, but also plentiful and cheap.

Considering her mediocre cooking skills, Lin Xiaoqian added an extra egg and a small half bowl of rice for each person.

When the food was served, the workers were startled: "Young lady, how much is a plate of your fried rice?"

Seven pieces!

"Wow, this plate is really generous. This young lady is quite magnanimous in business."

Lin Xiaoqian smiled and went into the kitchen.

She didn't eat a single bite of the four bowls of fried rice she made, but the fumes from the cooking oil also made her lose her appetite, so she washed a tomato and ate it instead.

She bought the tomatoes from an old man; they were freshly picked from the field that morning, bright red, with thin skin, and you could see the veins inside if you looked closely.

One bite and it bursts with juice, sweet and sour, with a strong tomato flavor, completely different from the bright and shiny tomatoes you buy in the supermarket that actually have thick, hard skins.

This has been her favorite food since she was a child; when she was little, she could eat ten of them in one go.

After scrolling through my phone for a while, the workers' loud voices came through the curtain on the kitchen door frame: "Check out, young lady."

Lin Xiaoqian replied, "Yes, I'm here."

Lin Xiaoqian opened her phone to receive money before printing the payment code.

After paying, one of the workers said, "Young lady, you should put a freezer or a water dispenser in your shop, otherwise customers won't have anywhere to find water when they get thirsty while eating."

Lin Xiaoqian smiled and said, "Okay, I've got it."

When they left, Lin Xiaoqian was so excited she almost jumped for joy; she had finally sold five servings of fried rice.

He immediately called the system: "System, system! I've sold five servings of egg fried rice."

"I already know."

"Where's my reward?"

"There is a reward only if 100 copies are sold."

"Didn't you say you'd let me sell five servings of fried rice first? You lied to me!" Lin Xiaoqian angrily questioned.

"I'm not lying to you. Selling five servings of fried rice will give you 5 points of Chef's Experience. With these 5 points of Chef's Experience, your fried rice will taste a little better than before," the system explained.

After the system finished speaking, a progress bar appeared in Lin Xiaoqian's mind, with the words "Chef Novice" displayed in front of it.

The progress bar shows 5/100.

Lin Xiaoqian went into the kitchen again with some doubt and cooked another bowl of fried rice. For some reason, she seemed less clueless while cooking the fried rice.

I've vaguely grasped the concept of how well the eggs should be scrambled, when to add seasonings, when to add chopped green onions, and the appropriate heat.

After cooking, Lin Xiaoqian couldn't wait to take a bite. Hmm, it was indeed much tastier than before, at least good enough to open a shop.

After finishing a plate of ordinary fried rice and eggs, and with hardly anyone else coming into the shop, Lin Xiaoqian closed the door.

I also went to the small appliance store and bought a freezer and a water dispenser. The seller said they could deliver it to my door, but it would be a while later.

Lin Xiaoqian wasn't in a hurry. She went to a furniture store and bought a set of bedding. It was green with white floral patterns, and she liked it very much.

Thinking about how old and worn the curtains on the upstairs window were, she chose a set of double-layered green curtains with white gauze. She really liked green; it looked refreshing in the summer.

When I go shopping, I tend to buy a lot of things. I always feel like I'm missing something. One minute I'm grabbing a wastebasket, the next I'm thinking the upstairs neighbor needs a broom or mop.

If it weren't for my empty wallet, I really would have loved to move that shop to my location.

Not long after returning to the store, the appliance store staff came to deliver a freezer. It was a horizontal freezer with a fairly large capacity, and Lin Xiaoqian asked the deliveryman to carry it into the kitchen.

After the installer moved it in, he said to Lin Xiaoqian, "Young lady, so you're using it for a shop? If you're using it for a shop, you should buy a commercial one. It's not much more expensive than this one, and it's bigger."

Lin Xiaoqian was unaware of these things, but now that she had almost spent all her money, she couldn't exchange it for the time being; she would think about it later.

So he said to his chef, "I don't do big business. I'm the only chef, and I can't cook everything if I store too much food."

The master looked at Lin Xiaoqian and said, "You're quite impressive to open a shop at such a young age."

"Hehe, no, no," Lin Xiaoqian waved her hand shyly.

The shopkeeper, being a kind-hearted man, lowered his voice and said to Lin Xiaoqian, "Your shop is missing a beverage cooler. I'll let you in on a secret: you don't need to buy one. Just contact a beverage manufacturer, and they can provide it to you for free."

Lin Xiaoqian blinked, realizing that this was another way to do it.

"Thank you, master."

The master waved his hand: "No need to thank me, you have to contact them yourself. I just know that such a thing exists."

"Thank you very much." Lin Xiaoqian took out a bottle of drink and stuffed it into the driver's hand.

"This is for you to quench your thirst on such a hot day."

"Look, look, thank you, thank you." The driver smiled and said politely.

After the chef left, Lin Xiaoqian closed the shop door, went upstairs, cleaned the room again, made the bed, and changed the curtains.

After tidying up, Lin Xiaoqian lay on the soft bed and looked out the window. A gentle breeze blew the curtains, making them sway back and forth.

The sky was a clear blue, with a few fluffy clouds scattered about.

A gentle breeze occasionally brushed against Lin Xiaoqian's face; it felt so good.

Lin Xiaoqian fell asleep comfortably and woke up at around 5 p.m.

Lin Xiaoqian got up, went to the bathroom to wash up quickly, and then went downstairs.

She didn't know if any more customers would come, as she still had 95 servings of fried rice left to sell.