I, reborn, really don't want to be a matchmaker!

Seeing that there were already enough people in the kitchen, Wang Jiaming immediately helped to clear away the dishes and clean up.

"Is this big guy your new employee?" Zhou Jian couldn't help but ask Qin Chaoyang after seeing him.

"Yes, he's newly hired." Qin Chaoyang nodded, and was about to formally introduce Wang Jiaming when Wang Xiaoli hurriedly appeared at the kitchen door: "Chuyang, I have some very bad news to tell you."

"What news?" Qin Chaoyang asked curiously.

Zhou Jian, Li Mei, Tang Shuang, and others also looked at Wang Xiaoli.

"Wu Chunhua's breakfast shop opened early, and I heard that it was packed with customers eating soup noodles today, with a long queue outside," Wang Xiaoli replied.

"Really?" Qin Chaoyang smiled, his whole demeanor calm and collected.

"You can still laugh?" Wang Xiaoli frowned.

If it were her, she would probably have given Wu Chunhua a good beating.

After all, a large portion of the customers who were snatched up by opening early were theirs.

"What's so funny about this?" Qin Chaoyang shrugged. "First of all, just because the store was packed on the first day doesn't mean it will be packed every time."

"Secondly, the breakfast shop business relies on a steady, long-term approach, rather than expecting to make a fortune on the first day when the shop is packed with customers."

"That's true." Wang Xiaoli nodded.

Like this breakfast shop.

Although it is located in a remote area.

But it relies on a steady, long-term approach.

It all depends on the surrounding neighbors.

Otherwise, it would probably have closed down long ago.

"So, don't rush things now. Let's wait and see." Qin Chaoyang glanced at the clock on the wall. "We'll figure out a countermeasure when Wu Chunhua's breakfast shop is still booming in a few days."

"What if it doesn't become a hit?" Zhou Jian asked.

Tang Shuang, Li Mei, and the others also looked at Qin Chaoyang.

"If it's not going to become a hit, why should we care?" Qin Chaoyang shrugged, amused.

"That's true." Zhou Jian smiled in agreement.

If it doesn't become a huge hit.

Then they went after Wu Chunhua.

That would seem petty and lacking in vision.

"The problem is, given the current situation, how could Wu Chunhua's breakfast shop not be a huge success?" Wang Xiaoli reminded her.

"You..." Qin Chaoyang pointed at Wang Xiaoli, without offering any further explanation.

After all, no matter how much you explain, you can't explain it to Wang Xiaoli, who's so stubborn.

……

Jiefang Road Main Street.

Chunhua Breakfast Shop, at the main entrance.

Wu Chunhua and Wu Yang were overjoyed to see that not only Wang Zongqin's relatives and friends had come to support them, but even bosses like Huo Zhenzhong and Huo Longquan had sent congratulatory flower baskets.

To avoid keeping these distinguished guests waiting, the siblings quickly ran into the lobby to help.

Time flies by in the midst of our busy schedule, and it's already 11:30 a.m.

Seeing that there weren't many customers left, Wu Chunhua went to the cashier and started calculating today's sales.

A moment later, her face turned ugly.

"What's wrong, sis?" Wu Yang couldn't help but ask when he saw this.

"Nothing much, it's just that after deducting all today's expenses, we still lost a hundred," Wu Chunhua replied with a worried face.

"How could this be?" Wu Yang asked in astonishment.

He remembered that the breakfast shop had been doing very well today! Logically speaking, it shouldn't be losing money.

"It's because none of your brother-in-law's relatives and friends paid for the soup noodles. Even the owners, Huo Zhenzhong, didn't pay for their soup noodles. So, all we made today was a waste of time, except for a few flower baskets," Wu Chunhua explained.

"No way?" Wu Yang took the bill and started checking it.

Seeing that the accounts were correct and that they really had lost money, he frowned: "Sister, there are five chefs making rice noodles in the kitchen, three general helpers, plus five servers in the dining area, and one cashier. I think we have too many people working in our shop?"

"So what do you mean?" Wu Chunhua hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

"We have to lay off staff," Wu Yang whispered in Wu Chunhua's ear.

"No, these people were all invited by your brother-in-law, I can't lay them off." Wu Chunhua rolled her eyes at Wu Yang, then grabbed the account book and hurriedly went to find Wang Zongqin.

We have no choice but to look for it.

All his money came from Wang Zongqin, the coal mine owner.

If we don't make it clear that we're losing money, it could cause a lot of trouble later.

……

Early the next morning.

Wu Chunhua then arrived at Chunhua Breakfast Shop.

To her surprise, the entrance to the breakfast shop, which was bustling yesterday, was deserted today.

Passersby walked past the gate without even glancing at it.

This panicked Wu Chunhua, and Wu Yang also sensed that something was wrong.

The siblings didn't say anything, but went to the kitchen to check on the preparation of the relevant ingredients.

The ingredients for Chunhua Breakfast Shop, including rice noodles, were all purchased with the help of Wang Zongqin's relatives.

Wu Chunhua and Wu Yang, being laymen, couldn't see anything wrong, but the customers who came to eat rice noodles noticed it immediately.

One of the older women, after slurping up a mouthful of rice noodles, frowned and asked Wu Chunhua, "Boss Wu, these rice noodles aren't authentic Zha Jiang rice noodles, are they?"

"It tastes really off," another middle-aged man added.

"And this soup base, it's so thin and watery, is this even meant to be drunk?" The short-tempered female diner by the window couldn't help but say.

Wu Chunhua: "..."

Wu Yang: "..."

The two siblings had no choice.

They could only apologize with a smile, ask the chef to make the soup noodles again, and give the diners who made the suggestions an extra fried egg for free.

Even so, the diners refused to accept it and all paid and left.

With his departure, the already empty hall became even more spacious.

It's a little past eight in the morning. Logically speaking, the lobby shouldn't be empty; it should be bustling with people coming and going.

But this happened at Chunhua Breakfast Shop. What does this mean? It means that the soup noodles made by the chef were not tasty at all and did not suit the customers' tastes.

After realizing what had happened, Wu Chunhua immediately asked the chef to make her a bowl of soup noodles, and then picked up her chopsticks to carefully taste the flavor.

She was dumbfounded when she saw that the taste was bland and the rice noodles had a faint musty smell.

I also discovered that opening a breakfast shop is not as simple as I had imagined. At the very least, to make good soup noodles, you need certain skills.

But it was too late to realize that Chunhua Breakfast Shop's reputation had collapsed, and no one was willing to come in to eat soup noodles anymore.

In order to prevent the breakfast shop from closing down, Wu Chunhua ran to find Wang Zongqin.

……

The inside story of why Chunhua Breakfast Shop had no business on the second day quickly spread throughout the main street of Jiefang Road.

Qin Chaoyang was not surprised at all by this.

Because he knew Wu Chunhua, he knew that Wu Chunhua had no idea how to run a breakfast shop, let alone how to cook soup noodles well.

If they understood, Chunhua Breakfast Shop wouldn't be what it is today.

With Wang Jiaming joining the breakfast shop by the Dayu River, it became clear that he no longer needed to manage it.

He then took Wang Xiaoli and Li Mei to Chaoyang No. 2 Breakfast Shop on Jiefang Road.

The renovation of Chaoyang No. 2 Breakfast Shop is in full swing.

After checking the quality and progress, Qin Chaoyang went to a nearby carpentry workshop to order a large wooden tub for simmering soup, as well as other ingredients.

Don't underestimate the large wooden tub used for simmering soup; there's a lot of knowledge involved!

It requires the finest pine wood and a skilled carpenter to make.

Otherwise, the soup will definitely be much less delicious.

But to Qin Chaoyang's surprise, before he even reached the entrance of the carpenter's workshop, he encountered the siblings Wu Chunhua and Wu Yang on the way.

……

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