Chapter 607 - Fried Dumplings (1/2)

Shen Min usually came to help at around half an hour before the dinnertime ended. In other words, the arrival of Shen Min indicated that dinnertime would come to an end in half an hour. There wouldn’t be much time left after she came.

“Boss, welcome back. I’m leaving.” Zhou Jia faced Yuan Zhou and said goodbye earnestly.

“Um. Take care.” Yuan Zhou nodded the head.

“Goodbye, Jia Jia.” Yuan Zhou also said goodbye to Zhou Jia.

“Bye.” Zhou Jia waved her hand and then left with quick steps. Her evening class would start soon.

The rain had ceased without anyone knowing.

“Boss Yuan, I’m going to go to tidy up the second floor.” Shen Min looked at Yuan Zhou in a questioning manner.

“Um. Go ahead.” The towels that Yuan Zhou took out during the winter were always warm.

“Thank you, Boss Yuan.” Shen Min received the towel, nodded her head and then ran to the second floor of the pub in big strides, preparing to wipe the tables and chairs.

“Zhi”. Yuan Zhou thought for a while before opening the board separating the kitchen with the outside and walked out onto the street.

In the winter of Chengdu, nights always arrived earlier. It was already fully dark at around 8:00 p.m. At this time of day, the stores on the street were still open. However, there would be more restaurants open for business if Yuan Zhou provided BBQ today.

Because that meant more business. After all, only a few people would go to the pub for liquor. For the BBQ, however, things were different. Many people would come to eat it and therefore, other stores could also share some of the customers.

“It’s really very dark.” Yuan Zhou raised the head and looked around. Then, he said to himself.

Only after verifying with his own eyes did he know that. It was even darker than the nights in Yuan Zhou’s memory. There were only two streetlamps at the nearest crossroads and even those lamps belonged to the main street.

He measured the width of the street using his sight and found it was too narrow to set up street lamps on this side street.

Then, Yuan Zhou said again, “It seems now is the time for this prince charming to act.”

“Boss Yuan, you are waiting at the door personally today. Is there a new dish?” Chen Wei’s voice interrupted Yuan Zhou’s thought.

“No. It’s almost time.” On hearing that, Yuan Zhou became solemn again and said seriously.

He behaved as if he were standing there to see if the customers arrived yet. The reason was quite solid.

“I see. I thought you would serve a new dish that goes with the wine.” Chen Wei touched his head and revealed a regretful manner.

“Come in, please.” Yuan Zhou made way for them and let them in.

After that, Shen Min, that had come downstairs, started to greet the customers and led them to the second floor of the pub to drink their liquor.

Yuan Zhou sat in the kitchen alone and then took out his phone.

“Well, this is really good. He can send the goods to me on the same day if I can pay before 10:00 a.m.” When Yuan Zhou found a store that could make the fastest delivery, he tapped it open.

In order to conform to the surroundings of the restaurant, Yuan Zhou chose the simplest style. As usual, there were the lotus-flower patterns on the surface.

“This could reflect my good taste.” Yuan Zhou looked at the lanterns and felt quite satisfied.

Having done this, Yuan Zhou prepared to have a little rest leisurely before he started his daily training.

The next morning, Yuan Zhou came out again to have a look after breakfast time ended and he saw off the customers and Zhou Jia.

“If it hasn’t arrived by now, it will probably arrive in the afternoon.” Standing at the door, Yuan Zhou didn’t see any delivery person and couldn’t help muttering.

Normally, there were a lot of breakfast stalls at the door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. After so long time, these stalls had even fixed their positions.

“Boss Yuan. Hi, Boss Yuan.” Just as he was prepared to go back, Yuan Zhou was stopped.

The one that stopped him was a seemingly very young man dressed in a black jacket . He appeared to be only about 26 or 27 years old and was carrying a plate that was still giving off the steam in his hand

“What’s the matter?” Yuan Zhou turned around and asked lightly.

“I’m sorry, but I want to request you to taste my fried dumplings. Please.” While saying that, the person straightforwardly handed the plate to him.

In the plate were four white plump fried dumplings that were still giving off steam. The bottom of these dumplings had been fried into a brown color. Apart from that, there was also a pair of clean chopsticks.

“Why?” Yuan Zhou asked directly.

“It’s like this. You know, I have stayed here for half a year. My business couldn’t be better last time, but recently it became worse and worse. Even when you went to Japan and closed your restaurant, there were still many people that came to visit you. Your craftsmanship is that good, so can you taste it and give some advice? Please.” The young man lowered his head and said sincerely while saying that.

“Alright.” Yuan Zhou didn’t refuse him.