At exactly five o’clock, Delicious Restaurant opened its doors on time.

Ding Suqin donned her hat and gloves, tied on her apron, and when she walked to the counter, Mr. Cheng came up smiling and said, "Suqin, I’ll have two bowls of Yellow Croaker Noodles and two portions of ginger and walnut scrambled eggs, all to-go."

"Mr. Cheng, if you want the ginger and walnut scrambled eggs to-go, there’s an additional three-yuan packaging fee," Ding Suqin said with a smile, politely and loudly passing on Boss Huang’s new store policy to Mr. Cheng and letting the other customers in line know as well.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Cheng’s eyes showed a hint of surprise, as if he might have misheard.

Huh?

What’s going on here?

Why is there suddenly a three-yuan packaging fee?

If it were any other store saying this, he would definitely have been displeased, refused to buy, and left with a wave of his sleeve.

But because this is Huang Tao’s store, he couldn’t bear to leave!

The customers in line overheard and exchanged glances, seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes.

Speaking of which.

This packaging fee does seem a bit... excessive, doesn’t it?

However, this thought only flashed by briefly.

After all, everyone is well-acquainted with Huang Tao’s character.

He wouldn’t charge such an expensive packaging fee for no reason.

They were about to ask when Ding Suqin politely explained, "The reason why the ginger and walnut scrambled eggs have a three-yuan packaging fee is that we can’t package them separately on a plate. They need to be packaged with the enamel bowl, which is like you’re buying a bowl for three yuan."

Ah, I see!

After this explanation from Ding Suqin, the customers lining up for their orders had no objections, accepting this new store rule while also passing the message down the line to prepare those further back, to avoid them asking later and disrupting the employees’ workflow. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The informed customers also had no objections.

Spending three yuan to buy an enamel bowl to take home is quite worthwhile!

This little episode thus ended.

Most of the ordering customers chose to try the new ginger and walnut scrambled eggs and, for the benefit of a ginger egg, happily added Yellow Croaker Noodles to their orders.

As for cold drinks, everyone opted for the coconut milk boba smoothies.

Since they were going home, some customers bought an extra portion or two of ginger and walnut scrambled eggs and Yellow Croaker Noodles to share with their family.

Especially those customers who had seen nostalgic commentary at noon brought back several more coconut milk boba smoothies.

The ingredients for ginger and walnut, Yellow Croaker fish, boba, and others were consumed faster than anticipated, and naturally, without the raw materials, there was no way to sell more.

So, Ding Suqin had to write "Tonight, ginger and walnut scrambled eggs, Yellow Croaker Noodles, and coconut milk boba smoothies are sold out" on the notice board near the store entrance.

And it was just a little after six o’clock!

Around seven o’clock, the mung bean paste milk at the counter was also running low.

There were still some portions of the abundant braised meat rice.

The customers in the queue sighed as they saw the notice board showing more sold-out items, their anticipation and excitement almost being whittled away bit by bit.

Fortunately, their desire for braised meat rice remained.

They chose their desired braised meat rice, habitually added a nourishing fish soup, and took a mung bean paste milk to-go, leaving while thinking that they must come earlier tomorrow noon. They had to have that ginger and walnut scrambled eggs and coconut milk boba smoothies!

Officer Zhang and Ge Jingyi came over after their shift. They were the only ones on duty at the station today, with no one to help pack meals from Delicious Restaurant. They had planned to finish their work and come over to reward themselves with braised pork rice.

They might miss out on the other dishes if they came late, but the braised pork rice was made in the largest quantities, as long as they arrived before 7:30, they could still get it.

They were very busy today.

So busy that they didn’t even have time to check Weibo or WeChat, and when they arrived here, they heard customers saying that the store had introduced coconut milk boba smoothies at noon, ginger and walnut scrambled eggs at night, and a ginger egg along with Yellow Croaker Noodles. They didn’t hope for a ginger egg giveaway, only to taste the new ginger and walnut scrambled eggs, only to see the sold-out sign on the nearby black bulletin board.

Although they hadn’t known Delicious Restaurant for long, they often came by for meals, becoming quite familiar not only with the staff but also with Huang Tao.

At this moment, Officer Zhang couldn’t help but joke, "Boss Huang, your business is just too good. You’ve got to prepare more of those ginger and walnut scrambled eggs that everyone loves, especially in this cold weather. There are quite a few customers like us who come too late and miss out!"

The customers who followed nodded repeatedly in agreement when they heard this.

Only someone as outgoing and open as Officer Zhang would push for more in person; others might flood Delicious Restaurant’s official Weibo account with requests and praise, but in reality, they are more reserved when visiting the store.

Having such a rare opportunity to express their thoughts directly to the boss, they naturally chimed in!

Huang Tao laughed and responded, "We’ll prepare more ginger and walnuts tomorrow. We can’t guarantee all you want, but we’ll strive to make more!"

"We’ll also be introducing the new ginger egg at noon tomorrow. If you have time, come early and give it a try."

Upon hearing this, the customers were very happy and, while smiling, urged Huang Tao to make plenty.

At 8 o’clock.

The customers who dined in the shop gradually left, planning to come back tomorrow.

Ding Suqin and the others, seeing that the customers had gone, began to tidy up.

"Beep beep~"

Outside came the sound of a car horn, followed by Lin Jingsong’s shout: "Boss Huang, I’m here."

"Oh, okay, I’ll be right there."

Huang Yide quickly stood up and said, "Then we’ll head back first."

The New Year holiday is about to end.

They have to work tomorrow.

"Grandpa, Grandma, I don’t want you to leave." Xuanxuan had just seen off Ye and her group, and now she had to see off her grandparents. She was very reluctant and said pitifully.

She liked having her grandpa and grandma around!

Song Cailian also reluctantly patted Xuanxuan’s little cheek: "Next week, okay? Grandpa and grandma will come to see you again next week!"

Thinking about how grandma never deceived her, she nodded in agreement: "Okay then!"

She followed her dad to send her grandparents to the car. Huang Tao even let his parents take two boxes of Sichun Milk to drink, reminding the two of them to take good care of themselves, and also reminded Lin Jingsong to drive carefully, then watched them leave.

Once Ding Suqin and company were all set, Huang Tao closed the shop, drove, and took Xuanxuan home.

"Xuanxuan, do you want some fruit?"

After entering the house, Huang Tao changed his shoes and asked.

"Daddy, those cherries were pretty tasty, can I eat all the leftovers?"

"Of course, they’re all yours. I’ll go wash them for you."

"Daddy, can I watch cartoons for a bit?"

"You can, just one episode!"

"Okay!"

Xuanxuan obediently sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.

Her little feet were swinging back and forth, and she couldn’t help feeling happy at the thought of watching an episode of Peppa Pig.

Huang Tao then went to the kitchen, opened the fridge, and took out a bowl covered with cling film.

Inside, there were still more than 20 cherries left from yesterday.

Besides cherries,

the fridge also had dragon fruit, bananas, apples, pears, and various dried goods.

The entire fridge was already full.

Some of it was brought by the neighbors, and some by his parents.

After washing them, he soaked them in cold boiled water for a bit, then scooped them out into a bowl.

He went to the living room, sat down next to Xuanxuan, and seeing she was still searching, smiled and said, "Come, have some cherries first. Daddy will put it on for you."

Saying so, he took the remote from her hand and put on Peppa Pig for her.

"Daddy, you’re amazing, you found it so quickly." Xuanxuan said admiringly.

"Go ahead and watch!"

Huang Tao smiled, then took out his phone and scrolled through Weibo, and saw that Sichun Dairy’s live stream was trending.

A thousand coupons were snatched up by the livestream audience in no time.

It must be said, the public’s desire to purchase was quite strong!

Actually.

Sichun put a lot of thought into setting up this event.

After all, starting at 8 PM on the 3rd was just the first wave of the year-end promotions.

As for what the final sales will be?

We’ll have to wait for the official data release to know.

But it seems it won’t be bad.

Thinking about his own store, it already had enough recognition here in Wenling City, capturing a wide range of age groups, and the reputation was quite good.

Thinking about whether to put the opening of a branch on the agenda?

If there’s a branch store, should it be in the city center or in another province?

But if cross-city, just in terms of management, it’s already quite troublesome!

If it’s in the city center, he can still find time to check on it now and then.

Then there’s the matter of whether to open this branch before the end of the year or wait until after the New Year?

If these things are to be done, they still need to be planned out slowly!