A Bite of Douluo Continent

With Fuya in charge of collecting money and taking orders, Qi Han only needs to focus on cooking, eliminating the need to shuttle between the dining area and the kitchen, which greatly improves efficiency.

But new problems also arose.

The shop's efficiency has improved, but diners are eating at a slower pace.

After all, the small shop has so many delicious foods, and not every diner is focused on eating. Some diners are slowly savoring their food while chatting with friends. These diners occupy the tables, so those waiting in line outside can't come in to order, making it seem a bit inefficient.

Qi Han could not blame the diners for this, because both the system and the small shop aimed to provide diners with a good dining experience. Therefore, Qi Han never asked Fuya to urge the diners.

The only thing to blame is that the system provided too few seats.

System: Pah! Host, you're shifting the blame again.

Food delivery can effectively alleviate the excess capacity of small shops, allowing more diners to enjoy the food during business hours.

...

After instructing Ji Yunruo to come to the shop at 4:30 pm, Qi Han and Ying Shuang watched Ji Yunruo leave the shop.

Ying Shuangshuang heard what Qi Han and Ji Yunruo said. She was amazed by this unprecedented yet extremely convenient food delivery service and even considered whether to let her own business follow suit.

However, these thoughts only flashed through her mind, since she didn't have much talent for business and knew nothing about how to do it.

Ying Shuangshuang asked curiously, "Boss, how do we let customers know about this takeout service?"

Qi Han smiled slightly, "This is actually quite easy to handle."

As they spoke, Qi Han took out a large wooden box with the words "Hanshi" (Cold Food Festival) printed on it from the kitchen, along with a stack of papers with the words "Hanshi" printed on them and a pen.

All of the above items are custom-made by the system.

Thanks to the system for their generous sponsorship!

[Please pay the customization fee, totaling 1460 Gold Soul Coins.]

Oh, never mind.

Ignoring the system's demands, Qi Han smiled and pointed to a large opening in the wooden box. "All diners need to do is write down their desired food, address, and preferred delivery time on a piece of paper and put it into the box."

As he spoke, Qi Han secured the wooden box to the partition between the dining area and the kitchen, and placed the paper and pen next to the box.

Squeezing his chin, Qi Han walked out of the shop, wiped the writing off the notice board, and wrote down the relevant rules for takeout in detail on the notice board with a stroke of his pen.

"Our store now offers delivery service. For customers who are unable to dine in for various reasons, you can choose to order delivery. Please fill in the food you want, the delivery address and the delivery time you need, and put it in the order box in our store. We will deliver your food to the corresponding address on time."

Please be aware of the following delivery rules:

1.送达时间为小店营业时间，中午11:00至13:00、下午17:00至19:00，请不要填写其他时间，否则不予受理。

2. Starting this afternoon, please do not fill in the business hours of noon today for delivery time.

3. To avoid too many orders, please place your order within 24 hours before delivery and do not let your order remain undelivered for too long.

4. Delivery addresses must not exceed the Shrek City area.

5. To avoid any regrets that could disrupt the shop's normal operations, please have your order reviewed by the server before placing it, and pay half of the order fee as a deposit. The remaining half should be given to the delivery person after the food is delivered.

6. Please return the food container to the store after delivery, or ask the delivery person to collect it on their next delivery.

7. Diners who violate Articles 5 and 6 will be blacklisted by the Cold Food Shop and will no longer be served by them.

It was almost time for the shop to open, and a long queue had formed in front of it. Seeing Qi Han's strange behavior, everyone immediately turned their attention to the notice board.

Soul Masters are generally quite strong, and the disciples of the Tang Sect have even cultivated eye-type secret techniques such as the Purple Demon Eye, making their eyesight even more formidable. As the queuing diners finished reading the notice board, there were many more voices of discussion in the queue.

Several elderly men stood in the group. Hearing the discussions among them, they exchanged glances and began to communicate using a secret method of telepathy.

"This term 'takeout' seems quite interesting."

"Is it somewhat similar to how your disciples deliver meals to us old folks?"

"That's true. But I wonder if we old folks can still place takeout orders?"

"That estimate won't work. Do you think this little shop would dare to send anything into our Sea God Pavilion? Not just anyone can get in there."

"Sigh, if we want to eat, we have to walk over ourselves, which is too much trouble."

...

These are the elders of the Sea God Pavilion. They didn't get to eat the thousand-year-old dragon scale fish last night, so they came to the small shop to taste it for themselves.

These elders were all at least titled Douluo level experts, and some were even Super Douluo above level 95. Even the two great empires would have to think twice before they gathered together, but at this moment they were queuing up in the same line as ordinary old men and women.

These people were all legendary figures in their youth, but now they are old and frail, and very few people can recognize them.

At this age, their competitive spirit has diminished considerably, and these elders no longer possess the self-awareness expected of titled Douluo. Standing together, they resemble a group of elderly tourists.

As Ying Shuangshuang finished tidying up the dishes and opened the door of the small shop, diners filed in one after another.

This time, the first thing everyone did upon entering the shop was not to look at the menu and order, but to scan the shop with their eyes and finally fixate on the wooden box at the partition.

Many diners, just to join in the fun, went up and wrote down their orders.

After all, food delivery was a first for Douluo Continent, and many diners found it quite novel. Many customers who would normally dine at the restaurant opted to place orders in order to experience the feeling of having food delivered to their door.

For a while, Ying Shuangshuang, who was in charge of reviewing orders, was extremely busy.

Chapter 87 Finally, we can eat our fill (Special bonus chapter for Mid-Autumn Festival)

After a long review process, Ying Shuangshuang finally breathed a sigh of relief and began taking orders from the diners.

In a corner of the small shop, four elders from the Sea God Pavilion leisurely sat down, looking around the shop's decorations with great interest, and then carefully examined the menu.

"Old Han, which dish is that Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fish?"

"Can't you see that? There's only one dish with fish in its name, right? And the other dishes are so expensive that you can't even buy the tail of a dragon scale fish. It's just that the fish is stuffed with sheep."

"But you can buy a thousand-year-old dragon scale fish for a thousand gold soul coins?"

"..."

The four elders fell silent at the same time, and after a moment's thought, they realized...

It seems... still not enough?

"Why think so much? Just ask." The old man, known as Old Han, rolled his eyes, ended the telepathic communication, glanced at Ying Shuangshuang who was walking this way, and said with a smile, "Little girl, does your shop have a dish made with thousand-year-old dragon scale fish?"

what?

Ying Shuangshuang was stunned. She didn't seem to know this. It was rare to see a customer who specifically named the ingredients when ordering food.

However... it seems that the fish in the small shop only have a sheep hidden inside its belly?

Secretly guessing what was going on, Ying Shuangshuang gave an apologetic smile, "Let me ask the boss."

Walking briskly into the kitchen, Ying Shuangshuang glanced at Qi Han's busy figure and asked, "Boss, several customers have asked if we have any dishes made with the Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fish."

Qi Han was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously said, "That's like hiding a sheep in the belly of a fish."

Sure enough.

Ying Shuangshuang nodded knowingly, "Then it's alright."

Qi Han was left to continue working in the kitchen when Ying Shuangshuang quickly walked out and came to the elderly men. "The boss said that the dish you ordered is the fish belly stuffed with lamb."

"Oh?"

The four elders exchanged a glance, their eyes showing a hint of surprise.

Selling a thousand-year-old dragon scale fish for a thousand gold soul coins? This shopkeeper must be losing money hand over fist.

Old Han chuckled and said, "Then give us four old folks four servings of fish belly stuffed with mutton, and one serving of each of the other dishes in the shop, so we can all try them."

this...

Ying Shuangshuang's eyes widened. "Four elderly people, are you sure you can finish all that food? Our shop refuses to waste food. Otherwise, you will be blacklisted by our shop and we will never serve you again."

There were more than ten dishes on the menu, and Ying Shuangshuang really doubted whether the four elderly people could finish them all.

A short, stout old man chuckled and said, "That's right, wasting food is indeed bad, but don't worry, little girl, you can finish it."

Old Han and the other three looked at the short, stout old man with strange expressions.

"With Lao Xuan here, how could we waste anything?" Another tall, thin old man couldn't help but laugh.

This short, stout old man, known as Lao Xuan, was actually named Xuan Hua. Decades ago, he was a renowned figure. His martial soul was a mutated martial soul called Taotie Divine Ox. This martial soul possessed the bloodline of Taotie, one of the nine sons of the dragon, and its power was extremely strong, even exceeding the scope of ordinary top-level martial souls. Therefore, it also had some side effects.

Taotie is the master of devouring. It is said that the divine beast Taotie from countless years ago had the ability to devour the heavens and the earth. Even with only a trace of Taotie bloodline, under the influence of his martial soul, Xuan Ye's stomach was like a bottomless pit, digesting food extremely quickly, and his appetite was several times that of others.

This is also why the elders are confident they won't waste any food; after knowing him for so many years, they've never seen this old gourmand eat his fill.

Everyone else took a few bites of each dish, and the rest went to this old man.

Yes, the plan works!

Although the four elderly men had indeed ordered a lot of food, Ying Shuangshuang naturally had no reason to stop them after confirming that they wouldn't waste any. After carefully recording the order, Ying Shuangshuang turned and went to the next table.

Soon, Ying Shuangshuang presented the four portions of fish belly stuffed with mutton to the old man.

Suddenly, all the diners in the dining area fell silent in unison, their eyes fixed intently on the direction of the four elderly men, causing them to fall into deep thought.

"Old Han...have we been recognized?"

"Probably not... There aren't any old folks around our age in this little shop, they shouldn't recognize us..."

Suddenly becoming the center of everyone's attention, the four elders were a little flustered.

However, they soon found out why everyone was looking at them.

As Ying Shuangshuang opened the metal cover concealing the sheep hidden in the fish's belly, four golden carp leaped onto the Dragon Gate, transformed into dragons, and soared away. The stunning visual effect left even the four elders marveling.

When the group arrived at Ying Ruoruo's place yesterday, the strange phenomenon had already disappeared. Therefore, they only knew that the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) was gathering, but they did not know what had happened.

Now, the answer to this question is finally clear.

The four elders exchanged glances and then picked up their chopsticks.

While they were waiting, they had already learned how to use this new utensil by simply watching how other diners used chopsticks.

After a brief moment of unfamiliarity, I quickly became proficient.

Xuan Hua was the biggest eater and the one who loved to eat the most among the four. He was cunning and immediately used his chopsticks to pick up the tender, boneless fish belly meat. But as soon as he took a bite, he realized something was wrong.

"Wow, there's something inside this fish."

Upon hearing this, the other three also used their chopsticks to pry open the fish's belly, and the bulging mutton inside rolled out, tender and with a rich, unique flavor.