A Bite of Douluo Continent

"The ability to block my prying eyes must have been achieved by using some extremely precious treasure, perhaps even related to a legendary deity. This is not something that ordinary people or forces can possess."

"With that kind of capability, what's a little construction time of twenty days?"

“That’s true.” Tang Qianqiu nodded in agreement. “So, do you think there will be a few more new dishes today?”

"Judging by the speed at which this young boss Qi introduces new dishes..." Qi Po-xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, "I feel that there should be three to five new dishes."

"Hehe, then we can have a good meal today."

“That’s right, exactly.” Qi Po-xiao nodded, then suddenly remembered something and said softly, “There’s another matter that might require our attention.”

"what's up?"

“A few days ago, Lianxin led some disciples from the inner courtyard who needed soul rings to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain them.” Qi Poxiao paused for a moment. “There, she encountered a six-ring evil soul master. According to her, that evil soul master could control beast souls and human souls, and was extremely evil and sinister.”

"This..." Tang Qianqiu became more serious when it came to evil spirit masters, "We didn't let him escape, did we?"

"Of course not." Qi Po-xiao shook his head. "With Lianxin's strength, how could a mere sixth-ring evil soul master escape?"

"But there's something else I'm concerned about," Qi Po-xiao said after a moment of contemplation. "Do you think... we might have been searching in the wrong direction all along?"

"We formed an inspection team to search for evil spirit masters in the surrounding villages because evil spirit masters have always been most likely to appear in areas where these high-level spirit masters rarely appear... But is it possible that the Holy Spirit Cult is actually hiding in a certain spirit beast forest?"

"After all, most evil soul masters can increase their strength by slaughtering soul beasts even if they don't kill people, it's just a little slower."

“It is indeed possible.” Hearing Qi Po Xiao’s words, Tang Qian Qiu’s expression became even more solemn. “The beast tide in the Star Dou Great Forest 1,300 years ago was related to the evil soul masters’ indiscriminate killing of soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. It was from that time that we learned that there were still ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.”

“The Soul Beast Forest is even more dangerous, so we won’t send an inspection team. In a few days, shall we go and explore those Soul Beast Forests together?” Qi Po-xiao smiled slightly. “At the very least, we should try all of Boss Qi’s new dishes before we leave.”

"Okay." Tang Qianqiu nodded in agreement. "I won't leave without trying it."

...

"Hanshi has expanded several times over compared to before." Not far behind the two, Yu Lianxin looked at the Hanshi storefront with some surprise.

This store is even larger than the one in Xingluo City.

During the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, Yu Lianxin ate at the shops in Xingluo City almost every day, and was also very familiar with the Hanshi Xingluo Shop.

With the store getting bigger, business should be much better than before...

Will that guy get even busier?

In that case... will that guy say he's too busy to keep up with his work again?

As Yu Lianxin pondered this, she suddenly shook her head.

I don't care whether he's busy or not!

Speaking of which... after this renovation, Hanshi Store has an extra floor, and now it has three floors, just like Xingluocheng Store.

Will hot pot be served during the Cold Food Festival here in the future?

Yu Lianxin's gaze slowly moved upwards, from the entrance of Hanshi to the second floor. Looking at the windowless exterior wall of the second floor, she felt even more certain.

This is what the second floor of Xingluo City looks like; it doesn't even have a window. Who would have thought that the interior decoration would be so amazing?

...

Without keeping the shop assistants waiting too long, Qi Han quickly opened the shop door after the four women gathered, a smile on his face, "Come in!"

After the four women greeted Qi Han with smiles, they quickly entered the store, but Qi Han did not close the door immediately.

He walked into the shop, and under the watchful eyes of the queuing customers, quickly brought out a brand new signboard, placed it at the entrance of the Hanshi shop, nodded to the crowd, and then gently closed the shop door.

Another notice board!

The queue fell silent instantly, all eyes fixed on the signboard covered with writing.

Every time a notice board appears during the Cold Food Festival, it means that something significant has happened.

The notice board clearly stated:

"Starting tomorrow, the business hours for lunch and dinner during the Cold Food Festival will remain unchanged, and breakfast and late-night snacks will be opened in addition."

Breakfast is available from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM daily.

Late-night snack service is open from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily.

Note: The types of meals served at breakfast and late-night snacks differ from those served at lunch and dinner.

"Starting tomorrow, we will introduce a new way of eating hot pot for lunch and dinner on Hanshi Festival. This way of eating is completely different from other dishes. Please look forward to it."

After a brief silence, the diners in line erupted in an uproar, with shouts of surprise and cheers filling the air.

At the very front of the crowd, Tang Qianqiu and Qi Poxiao were the first to finish reading the notice board.

After reading it, both of them couldn't help but show a bit of helplessness and strangeness on their faces.

"Do you think... we can finish all this food in a few days?" Tang Qianqiu asked with a half-smile. "According to Boss Qi, this breakfast and midnight snack are probably made up entirely of new dishes."

"I'm afraid that's not enough." Qi Po-xiao shook his head and sighed softly. "How can this old guy, who's almost halfway to the grave, stay up this late? This young boss Qi's business hours are very unreasonable and not healthy at all."

Are you coming tomorrow night?

"After thinking about it carefully, it's not entirely impossible to skip health maintenance once in a while..."

Chapter 358 New Employee Recruitment Plan (Bonus Chapter for New Year's Day Holiday)

"Boss! The store has gotten so big! And are they going to start serving hot pot?"

As soon as the shop door closed, Fuya couldn't help but lean in and excitedly speak.

Among the shop assistants, she was the only one who knew the situation of the Star Luo City Cold Food Festival very well, so after discovering that there was an extra floor in the Cold Food Festival, she quickly ran towards the second floor as soon as she entered the Cold Food Festival.

With just one glance at the furnishings on the second floor and the special table dedicated to hot pot, Fuya understood that everything was just as she had imagined.

The Shrek City branch of Hanshi Restaurant is finally welcoming hot pot!

This made Fuya, who hadn't had hot pot in a long time, quite hungry.

Qin Yao said that when the boss was still in Xingluo City, the three of them would have a hot pot and another kind of delicious food for lunch every day.

That sounds amazing! After all, you can eat hot pot in a variety of ways that never repeat, and you'll never get tired of it!

Since the Shrek City restaurant now offers hot pot, we can discuss with everyone that we can offer hot pot here in the future!

Because Qi Han didn't let the staff see the specific content of the notice board when he moved it out, Fuya didn't know that today's surprise was not just about hot pot.

"Yes, the hot pot should be launched tomorrow." Qi Han smiled slightly. "Everyone come over here, I have some announcements to make."

As soon as Qi Han finished speaking, everyone excitedly gathered around.

Looking at the four female employees of Hanshi Restaurant and Ye Lingqing, Qi Han smiled more. "There are quite a few things to discuss, let's talk about them one by one."

"The first one is what Fuya just mentioned. The Shrek City store will also launch hot pot in the future. You have communicated with the Qin sisters and Keke, so I believe you already know what hot pot means. I won't explain it here."

Seeing the other three women besides Fuya constantly glancing towards the second floor, Qi Han couldn't help but smile. "Don't rush, you can go up and take a look after I finish speaking. The decoration on the second floor is a bit different from the first floor, and it's quite beautiful."

"Hot pot will not be available today. We will only be launching a few new dishes today. Hot pot and the other things I'm going to talk about next will be launched tomorrow."

"Therefore, today, whether it's Fuya or the two delivery drivers, Xinyan and Yunruo, they all need to inform the customers of these things in advance."

“Okay, boss!” The three women accepted the task and nodded to indicate that they had no problem.

"Now that we've talked about hot pot, let's move on to breakfast and late-night snacks."

breakfast?

night snack?

The four women and Ye Lingqing all looked somewhat bewildered.

Breakfast is somewhat understandable, but the boss probably meant early morning food?

So what exactly is a late-night snack?

"Breakfast hours are from 7:00 to 9:00 every morning, and late-night snack hours are from 9:00 to 11:00 every night." Qi Han smiled slightly. "Breakfast is for breakfast, and as for late-night snacks... you can think of them as food that some customers can eat when they can't sleep at night and feel craving something. These two will be launched tomorrow."

After hearing Qi Han's explanation, everyone immediately understood the general meaning.

However, Fuya quickly looked troubled. "Boss, these are our business hours..."

"I know." Qi Han smiled slightly. "You and Shuangshuang are still studying at Shrek Academy. You're studying during the breakfast and dinner hours, so you two don't need to come over during those times."

Fuya and Ying exchanged a glance and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shrek Academy often has classes in the morning, so it's unlikely that the two of them can always come for breakfast; at most, they'll have some free time occasionally.

As for late-night snack time... they didn't have classes, but the students at Shrek Academy were very disciplined, and everyone was cultivating at night.

"Moreover, we don't offer delivery services for breakfast, late-night snacks, or hot pot, so we don't need many employees."

Upon hearing this, Ping Xinyan and Ji Yunruo, who were standing to the side, also showed a sense of relief.

Ping Xinyan is a typical night owl. She loves to sleep in late in the morning, and she was still rolling around in bed when breakfast was open so early.

Gu Erji Yunruo, because of the regular biological clock she has maintained since childhood, is used to going to bed early and getting up early. So, having a late-night snack might be a bit of a challenge for her.

Now that they don't need to order breakfast or late-night snacks, things are much easier for them.

"But if that's the case, we won't need to come over for breakfast and supper. Will Ling Qing have to do it all by herself?" Ying Shuangshuang suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but ask.

"Not exactly," Qi Han smiled slightly. "That's another thing I wanted to talk about."

"We are still short-staffed at the store, so we may need to hire more employees."

"But I'm not quite sure how many I need to hire, so I need to get your input."

“At the moment…” Qi Han hesitated for a moment before speaking, “We will probably need a waiter for breakfast.”

Breakfast mainly consisted of various kinds of noodles. Given this precious learning opportunity, Qi Han couldn't let Ye Lingqing work as a waitress, so he needed to hire an extra waitress.

Many of the breakfast items are readily available, so the job isn't difficult; one server should be enough.

"Then lunch and dinner services will remain the same, and there shouldn't be much change in takeout. We don't need to hire any more delivery drivers, but as for waiters..." Qi Han glanced at Fuya, "Fuya, the first floor is so big now, can you and Gulu manage it together?"

Looking at the thirty tables on the first floor, Fuya nodded. "No problem."

Qin Yue and Gulu were in charge of the first floor of the Hanshi Festival in Xingluo City, and Fuya and Gulu could also handle the same task here.

"Then we just need to hire one more waiter to be in charge of the hot pot on the second floor."

For a hot pot restaurant, one server is sufficient.