Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 407 - 397: Two Middle-Aged Internet Addicts
The bright moon hangs high, the stars shining brilliantly.
It’s a little past 8:10 in the evening.
All the ingredients prepared in the store have been completely sold out.
This afternoon, 50 more portions of Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce were added compared to the lunchtime.
But even so, it still wasn’t enough to meet the demand.
Of course.
The sales of other dishes weren’t affected at all, still selling briskly!
As always, completely in a "many monks but little porridge" state, causing a large number of customers in the queue to not be able to buy the dishes they’ve long desired.
And today’s daily sales once again broke one hundred thousand, and today was slightly higher, at one hundred thousand and thirty-eight yuan.
An extra thirty-odd yuan is still more!
Huang Tao is very satisfied.
And feels very secure!
After all, every penny was hard-earned by him.
Working hard to get rich is the most glorious thing!
As for the system’s store points!
They’re currently depleted and being accumulated again! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Who told him to spend over two million points in one go this morning to exchange for two Huaxia snack recipes...
Huang Tao stretched his back and smilingly said to the three capable assistants in the kitchen, "Xu Hao, I’ll leave the cleanup here to you guys!"
Xu Hao, with a serious face, promised, "Hey, okay, boss, don’t worry, we’ll ensure it’s neat and spotless."
"I trust you guys to handle the work."
Saying that, he took off his chef’s uniform and walked out of the kitchen.
The last batch of policemen and traffic officers dining in the store, upon seeing him come out of the kitchen, warmly greeted Huang Tao one after another.
"Boss Huang, your culinary skills are truly amazing, not only delicious, but consistently so, can’t get enough..."
"Yeah! Boss Huang, your braised pork rice is simply too fragrant! You don’t know how long I’ve been craving this taste. Now that I taste it, it’s really soft and delicious, just a light poke with chopsticks breaks the meat, the texture is particularly good."
"This braised pork rice is indeed super fragrant, I couldn’t eat the fatty part before, always felt it was too greasy, but Boss Huang, your braised pork is fatty but melts in the mouth, and the lean and fat meat combine perfectly, extremely tender, not greasy at all. The rice is coated with a layer of caramel-colored broth, adding some extra meat aroma, it’s very delicious, I could eat three bowls!"
"Exactly, exactly, with a taste like this, it’s the best braised pork rice I’ve had in years!"
Huang Tao was amused by the policemen and traffic officers’ compliments.
Alright, alright, he admits, he also, like Xuanxuan, loves being praised!
He smiled and said, "Officers, you guys are really good with words, eat more if you like it. I’m happy that you enjoy my food."
"Boss Huang, how can you cook so deliciously every time? I’ve tried making tomato scrambled eggs at home a few times, but the taste is always a bit different!"
Ge Jingyi glanced at Huang Tao, smiled lightly asking, while tucking a loose lock of hair behind her ear, her voice exceptionally gentle.
Huang Tao responded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "It’s all about experience."
"You must be a genius then!"
Ge Jingyi’s beautiful eyes sparkled with admiration, a charming smile spreading on her lips.
Huang Tao modestly replied, "You flatter me..."
"Boss Huang, you’re just being humble here..."
Huang Ziqing couldn’t help but interject, then continued chatting with Huang Tao, "Boss Huang, your shop is great in every aspect, except that the portions are too small. Poor us, every time we come over after work, we couldn’t get your dishes, only a braised pork rice to satisfy our cravings."
"Why not hire more assistants, or buy machines? For chopping meat, you could use a machine directly, and for mixing seasonings, a machine could do that too, so you could prepare more, making it easier for you."
Huang Tao laughed, "Currently, the manpower is sufficient, no plan to hire more. As for using machines to mince meat or mix seasonings, it would greatly compromise the taste. Also, the vegetables and meats we purchase daily have varying water content and growth conditions, these differences lead to adding different amounts of seasonings each time, it can’t be rigidly measured and added, otherwise, the taste would be unstable."
"It’s not only about the ingredients themselves but also the cooperation between seasonings and ingredients is crucial..."
His words enlightened the policemen and traffic officers, all showing expressions of sudden realization.
Huang Ziqing, looking enlightened, said, "No wonder my wife’s cooking is sometimes salty, sometimes light, there’s a lot to learn here!"
Ge Jingyi murmured, "No wonder my tomato scrambled eggs taste different each time! So that’s the difference between a master and a novice!"
Other policemen and traffic officers looked at Huang Tao with even more admiration.
After exchanging a few more words, Huang Tao went to find his precious daughter.
Xuanxuan sat in her exclusive high chair, bending over the clean table, carefully drawing with her colored crayons on a white sheet, completely focused!
As if sensing him coming over, the little one suddenly lifted her head, turned to him, happily raised her little hand, and said, "Dad, look, how’s my drawing?"
Her small face was flushed, a faint dimple appeared, filled with proud joy.
"Not bad!"
Huang Tao looked at the somewhat crooked house on the paper, gave a thumbs up, and praised, "You drew a beautiful house!"
"Daddy, that’s our home! Inside, there’s you, me, grandpa, grandma, and Mimi,"
Xuanxuan’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled at him, afraid he wouldn’t understand, she pointed at the house on the paper and explained, "Daddy, look, Xuanxuan is being held by you watching TV!"
Huang Tao followed her finger’s direction and saw four stick figures sitting on a rectangular sofa, with two overlapping, presumably him and Xuanxuan.
Directly in front of them was a square television.
On the TV, there was an animal, round like a pig.
Judging from its pink outfit, it should be Peppa Pig!
And that fluffy orange blob beside the sofa should be Mimi!
Judging by its position, it seemed to be sleeping.
Huang Tao smiled and rubbed the little one’s head, "What are grandpa and grandma doing?"
"Watching Douyin..."
Song Cailian got into Douyin live streams, later roping in Huang Yide as well.
When they’d visit on weekends, besides doing some housework and watching Xuanxuan, most of their time was spent on Douyin.
Two middle-aged internet addicts.
One watching live streams, the other enjoying short videos.
Huang Tao chuckled, "Xuanxuan, once we’ve saved enough money, how about buying a big house?"
Xuanxuan raised her head, blinked her eyes seriously, and said, "Daddy, Xuanxuan can live in a small house, don’t tire yourself out for a big house."
"I’d be really, really worried if you did!"
"Daddy, you haven’t really rested well since opening the store!"
As she spoke.
Her eyes reddened, and she hugged her dad’s waist, burying her little face against his stomach.
Their considerate little cotton jacket had grown up, now caring for her dad...
Huang Tao felt warmth in his heart, reached out to rub the back of her head, and said gently, "It’s not hard, in about a year, we should have enough."
With his current daily net profit of forty or fifty thousand.
In a year, there’d be over ten million in savings.
If opening branch stores goes smoothly, earnings would surely increase faster.
"Wow..."
Xuanxuan didn’t quite understand but hearing her dad’s relaxed tone, she was still very impressed. She tilted her little head back and in a worshipful tone said, "Daddy is the greatest!"
Huang Tao laughed, giving her little nose a light flick, "Alright, let’s head home first! Still have to do some crafts when we get back!"
"Mm-hmm~"
