Chapter 643 - Happy Occasions in Succession
"Yeah right! You really think I'm so easy to fool ah! There's no correlation between the customers who come to our Medicinal Cuisine House and your Zhenxiu Restaurant. Most of the people who come to Medicinal Cuisine House are focused on regulating their bodies. Who would be such a squanderer to frequently eat dishes that cost hundreds of taels for the sake of satisfying their appetite? Therefore, there are very few who come to Medicinal Cuisine House for the sole purpose of eating! There's no impact to the business of Zhenxiu Restaurant at all, okay?" Yu Xiaocao stated the facts and rejected Third Young Master Zhou's grievances.
Third Young Master Zhou had wanted to act pitiful and get some new recipes from Xiaocao, but his plan had been terminated by Xiaocao. With his relationship with Xiaocao, he didn't have to beat around the bush. He directly stated his intention, and Xiaocao also generously gave him some recipes. No matter what, she was also considered a shareholder of Zhenxiu Restaurant. She invested with her recipes and received a rather impressive annual dividend!
The business of Medicinal Cuisine House was becoming increasingly prosperous, and there was exceeding demand for both in-store dining and takeout. Which one of those old generals and old ministers who had fought along the emperor emeritus didn't have old injuries? Not only were the medications prescribed by the doctors in the past were too bitter to swallow, but they also weren't very effective and couldn't cure the root of the problem.
Since the opening of The Yu's Medicinal Cuisine House, those filial sons and grandsons who had initially just wanted to let the elders in the family try out the medicinal meals noticed that the health of their grandfathers and fathers were becoming better day by day. Even their old injuries didn't act up before the winter. They felt happy and were also willing to help advertise the medicinal cuisine restaurant for free.
The good reviews were spread far and wide. This was a period when filial piety was very important. As long as their family conditions permitted it, they didn't mind spending a lot of money on ordering medicinal meals for the elders in the family to regulate their bodies. The women of this era would, more or less, suffer from some childbirth complications such as puerperal fever, blood deficiency, or menstruation problems. Therefore, there was excessive demand for Xiaocao's medicinal meals, which could regulate women's constitutions.
In response to the request made by the vast majority of the customers, the business of Medicinal Cuisine House expanded significantly after the New Year. The takeout service was separated, and the business was even better than the restaurant. The manpower that Xiaocao had initially reserved were now put to use, but they were still shorthanded. Thus, Yangliu began to train another group of medicinal chefs as stand-by.
The salary was related to the sales and quality of the medicinal meals, and Medicinal Cuisine House was blooming with business. Thus, although the medicinal chefs were tired, they beamed with smiles when they received their salaries. Some had even received up to nearly eight hundred taels in a month. One wouldn't be able to find another place that offered a higher wage in the capital. Allegedly, Head Chef Wang, who had devoted himself to Zhenxiu Restaurant for nearly ten years, only received a monthly salary of five hundred taels.
The medicinal chefs of Medicinal Cuisine House had worked for half a year at most, yet they were already receiving such good benefits. Their enthusiasm for work increased even more, and they tried their best to show a good performance in front of Manager Yangliu, for fear that they would be replaced by the backup medicinal chefs if they didn't work hard enough.
There would naturally be a lot of people envious of such a blooming business, but they could only be envious and make some sour remarks in private. 'The Yu's' had a strong backing that others couldn't afford to easily offend. Disregarding the fact that the boss of 'The Yu's' was a royal princess personally conferred by the emperor, with her identity as the future wife of Royal Prince Yang, no one dared to offend her no matter how powerful and impudent they were in the capital. They were afraid that Royal Prince Yang would settle accounts with them when he returned!
