Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 410 - 400: Having a Baby Is Like Opening a Mystery Box!
The sky gradually brightened.
Outside the Delicious Restaurant, quite a few neighbors had already gathered around a card table.
The onlooking old men and women were holding a handful of sunflower seeds, nibbling on them while watching the game, occasionally bursting into laughter.
Just from the laughter...
Huang Tao could guess with his toe who might have played the wrong card, or perhaps lost the game.
When he approached with Xuanxuan...
The neighbors spotted them and, as usual, warmly greeted the father and daughter.
"Morning, Boss Huang, Xuanxuan!"
"Boss Huang, you wouldn’t believe it, my grandson woke up in the middle of the night last night, saying he wanted to eat the pan-fried buns you make. He was too greedy and couldn’t sleep, so before dawn, I came over to queue. Boss Huang, you’d better get inside and start cooking. My grandson is waiting at home for your food!"
"Yes! Boss Huang, hurry up, I was craving it last night!"
"The weather is getting colder, drink more hot water, Boss Huang."
This scene made the owners of nearby restaurants throw envious glances toward Huang Tao.
Tsk tsk tsk, not only is Boss Huang a great cook, but he also has great rapport with people!
So envious~
Those who’ve run a business here for many years never received such fond treatment from the neighbors!
Huang Tao greeted the neighbors with a smile and then, amidst their various greetings, led Xuanxuan into the restaurant.
Inside, each employee was diligently performing their duties.
A scene of bustling activity!
Seeing Huang Tao and Xuanxuan, they all cheerfully greeted in unison, "Boss, Xuanxuan’s here!"
Xuanxuan politely greeted everyone, "Morning, Suqin, morning, Uncle Chengzhan, morning, Uncle Qiyu..."
They all smiled widely, "Xuanxuan’s such a good girl!"
Although Li Chengzhan and Lin Qiuyu hadn’t known Xuanxuan long, they saw her as a sweet, well-behaved little angel.
Loveable by everyone!
They even hoped that in the future, they would have a daughter just as sweet and well-behaved.
Of course.
First, they needed to find someone willing to have a child with them.
Given their family conditions, it wouldn’t be too hard!
The hard part is...
Finding someone they truly love to have a child, a symbol of their love!
The hard part is...
To have a daughter as sweet and well-behaved as Xuanxuan.
After all, having kids is like opening a blind box; you never know if you’ll get an "angel baby" or a challenging child to raise.
Unaware of their thoughts, Huang Tao just smiled, nodded, and let Xuanxuan sit at her special dining table, telling her to stay put, look at picture books, or draw if she got bored, and that he would make breakfast for her shortly.
Then he put on his chef’s coat and went into the kitchen to get busy.
...
At 6:30 am.
The queue outside the little restaurant slowly lengthened as more people arrived.
"Screech!"
Two motorcycles stopped outside.
It was Wang Zhoubin and Sun Linhai.
"Screech! Screech! Screech..."
The sharp screeches of brakes echoed over the West City Old Street as one luxury car after another pulled up at the roadside.
The rich kids arrived right on schedule.
"Screech!"
A private car stopped behind those luxury vehicles, and Huang Ziqing got out and joined the queue directly.
Old patrons wouldn’t miss a visit unless something came up!
At this moment, a red sedan parked at a corner parking spot.
"Zishan, we’re here, get off quickly, there are already a lot of people in line."
Having parked, Yang Luyi saw many people already in line and was a bit anxious, hurriedly calling to Liu Zishan, who was napping in the back seat.
At that, the sleepy Liu Zishan woke up and stuck her head out to look...
Sure enough, a small dragon of people had already lined up by the entrance.
Oh my gosh~
Do they have to be this intense...
She thought leaving at 5:30 am might have been too early, you know?
After all, it was only a little past 6:20 when they got here!
Who’d have thought they were late...
She couldn’t help but exclaim, "These people are so intense! Even the workhorses in a production team wouldn’t dare work this hard, right?"
"Don’t be surprised, if you keep being surprised, we’ll lose more spots in line."
Yang Luyi hurriedly urged her to get out of the car together.
The two got out and headed straight for the queue.
With her impressive figure, Liu Zishan’s open short down jacket flapped in the wind as she ran, and her tight wool sweater underneath accentuated her curves, creating an eye-catching wave as she moved.
Fortunately, everyone was busy queuing, otherwise, she surely would have drawn quite the crowd.
The two stood at the end of the line, waiting and chatting.
With an eager look on her face, Liu Zishan said, "Luyi, sister, the food at this place is so delicious, it would be great if it opened in the city."
"Don’t worry, it’ll definitely open one in the city eventually. And who knows? There might even be branches in every province and city in the future! But that’s a matter of time!"
Yang Luyi had full confidence.
The reason for her confidence was the belief that everyone aims for higher places unless the owner isn’t interested in earning money. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Otherwise, he would surely open more branches to expand.
And naturally, location is the top priority for expansion!
In fact, this principle is similar to the real estate industry.
Location is always the most important factor for value appreciation and the number one criterion.
Moreover, the success and popularity of this restaurant’s business are closely tied to the owner’s culinary skills.
In other words, these customers are drawn to the owner’s cooking skills.
Someone with such culinary skills is qualified to open a store anywhere.
And the city center would undoubtedly be his top choice!
Last night after getting home, she did a rough calculation of the restaurant’s daily revenue while lying in bed after washing up.
The final number she came up with nearly dropped her jaw.
80,000!
The daily turnover of this restaurant was about 80,000!
This number was estimated based on the number of people queuing last night.
The number of customers queuing and dining at the restaurant last night was around three to four hundred.
And that queue was continuously moving forward and constantly increasing.
The restaurant’s business hours were only about two to three hours!
According to her preliminary calculations, the number of people queuing at night was approximately five to six hundred.
The lunch crowd might be somewhat less due to work reasons, but at least three to four hundred people would still dine.
The breakfast crowd was likely larger than the lunch crowd, but breakfast items like pan-fried buns are relatively cheap, unlike lunch or dinner.
Therefore, her final estimate of the daily turnover was 80,000!
Even so!
That was an exceptionally terrifying turnover!
A small restaurant with only 20 tables could create such astonishing turnover, truly remarkable!
She even felt that if an economist observed this, Huang Tao’s restaurant could be included in economics textbooks for study and research within a year.
A small restaurant generating such revenue, especially since the individual dish prices weren’t that high, can no longer be simply described as a miracle.
...
"Time for breakfast..."
Huang Tao placed a plate of various flavored pan-fried buns and a plate of marinated eggs and fried glutinous rice dumplings on Xuanxuan’s exclusive little table.
Xuanxuan, with her hands now clean, sat obediently, her eyes twinkling as she watched Huang Tao, like a little cat waiting to be fed.
Once Huang Tao placed two bowls of Eight Treasure Porridge on the table.
Only then did Xuanxuan pick up her chopsticks, taking one pan-fried bun and placing it on Huang Tao’s plate, then selecting the largest marinated egg and putting it on his plate again.
Yes indeed!
A wonderful day starts by indulging her dad~
