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chapter 253, chapter 254

After Fernand left, Xie Feng looked at the sky and estimated that it was almost 11 o'clock and it was time to eat, so he said to everyone: "Let's find a place to eat first, and then rush to Uxhall

." After finishing speaking, he felt something was wrong, so he asked Corullo: "Hey, Lao Luo, how long does it take to get from Suno to Uxhall?"

Corullo looked back at the size of the team behind him, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "At the speed we are traveling... it will take about ten hours. If we have to start traveling after lunch, we have to rush

It’s night time.”

Xie Feng pondered for a while. Other places in Calradia were not as good as the snowfields of Virginia. It was pitch black at night. Not only was it unsafe to travel at night, but the visibility was low, which also affected the marching speed. So he said: "Forget it.

Okay, everyone can have a big day today and get on the road again early tomorrow morning!"

After finishing speaking, cheers erupted from the entire team. They had been fighting hard for Prince Wilson's restoration of the country, and never dared to relax. Now they followed Xie Feng to Sunuo, and were told that they could easily

How can you not be happy and excited after playing for a whole day?

Xie Feng also smiled and looked at the happy faces of the soldiers. After everyone calmed down, he said: "I also know that you have been saving your salary and have nowhere to spend it. The only place where you can usually spend money in the army is

You are the only one who can gamble privately."

After saying this, many of the soldiers below laughed secretly, presumably they usually love gambling.

Xie Feng continued: "Now I will give you half a day off to help boost Sunuo's economy. However, you must go back to the tavern last night early and have a good rest. We have to be on the road tomorrow."

Saying that, Xie Feng looked at the excited expressions of all the soldiers, then smiled slightly and announced: "I declare - disbandment!"

The soldiers immediately dispersed. After a while, Xie Feng, Melo and Corullo were left behind.

Xie Feng looked at the other two people and asked, "Why don't you two go have a good time?"

Corullo smiled: "It's safer to follow you."

Mero said in a naive voice: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just going to follow the captain!"

Xie Feng felt moved in his heart, and then said with a smile: "Okay, I announce that the 'threesome' Sunuo tour group is officially established today!"

Then I counted the dinars stored in the inventory, and now there are 14,710 dinars. Well, I am still a rich man!

So he secretly took out a small change of 710 dinars and put it into a small bag. Later, he felt that it was too little, so he added an extra 10,000 dinars and put it in. He smiled at the two of them and said, "This is our budget for today's trip."

, our mission is to have fun in this half day and drive up Sunuo’s economic consumption! You are not allowed to go back until the money is spent!"

As he said this, both Mero and Corullo laughed.

Xie Feng was very satisfied with the performance of the two of them, so he announced: "Let's go! Let's go to eat first! We will go to whichever house is the most remote and least busy!"

It was 11:30 p.m., and people were coming and going on the street. Most of them were workers coming off work from nearby factories. It was also meal time, and most of the migrant workers had no homes in Sunuo, so they were looking for restaurants everywhere on the street.

This should be the best time for the catering industry, but at the end of a small alley in Sunuo, a very inconspicuous restaurant had not a single customer.

Although the decoration of this restaurant is neither grand nor gorgeous at all, it is kept clean. The tables and tableware are spotless and neatly arranged. Unlike other restaurants, the hygiene of this restaurant is also very good.

It's very good. You may not encounter a fly even if you stay there for a whole day. The menu is full of various dishes and the prices are very reasonable. It is such a restaurant that should be very popular, but it is

Because of the poor location, business has not picked up.

"Alas..." The restaurant owner sat at the door and sighed deeply. Looking at the exit of the distant alley, people were coming and going, but no one entered the alley.

It’s not that the restaurant owner hasn’t thought about soliciting customers at the exit of the alley, but there are many restaurants beside the street at the exit of the alley. If he solicits customers, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction in other restaurants and in turn offend others.

"It's been half a month... There hasn't been a single customer in half a month." The restaurant owner turned to look at the food piled in the kitchen. Although they were all just bought and very fresh, he knew that it would not last more than two days.

, they will slowly rot away. In the past half month, countless foods have been discarded due to rot, and the loss has reached hundreds of dinars.

"By the way." The restaurant owner said, "Half a month ago...that is, the only customer we had since we opened, who was it?"

The restaurant owner's wife walked out of the kitchen, brought a cup of hot water to the restaurant owner, and sighed: "He was a lost out-of-towner who strayed into the alley and met our restaurant when he was hungry."

"Oh! That's him." The restaurant owner said, "How much did he spend?"

The restaurant proprietress said quietly: "Only 1 dinar - this is the only income our restaurant has made since it opened nearly two months ago."

The restaurant owner gradually clenched his fists. They came from Lulensi Village near Sunuo. At first, the restaurant owner thought that relying on his little savings, his own cooking skills, and his wife's approachable smile and service attitude, he came to Sunuo.

If you open a small restaurant, you can earn some money, send your children to school in Sunuo, and save your future pension.

However, when they arrived in Sunuo, they found that the cost of renting an empty room to open a shop in a prosperous area was too high - basically there were too many shops in the prosperous areas, and there were not many vacant shops. So, they just

I can find such an empty house with relatively low rent in this small alley.

The restaurant owner sighed deeply and said, "If I had known earlier, I should have borrowed money and rented a shop on the street outside."

The restaurateur's wife put her hand on the restaurant owner's shoulder and said with a sad face: "Stop talking... We have been in business for so long and have already lost thousands of dinars - I have almost lost all my savings. If

If business doesn’t pick up this week, we will go back to Lawrence Lu penniless..."

"I'm sorry!" The restaurant owner grabbed the landlady's hand tightly and said sadly: "I made you suffer with me, and I also made you pay for the dowry..."

The landlady returned to her usual friendly smile and said softly: "It doesn't matter, we can start from scratch. Weren't you also in poverty back then? Thanks to your efforts, we have accumulated such a sum of money that can be used in Suzhou."

You can afford to open a restaurant. If you could do it back then, you can definitely do it now."

"Wife..." As he said this, the restaurant owner's eyes already filled with tears.

"Boss!" A voice came from not far away: "Bring the menu, we are almost starving to death."

The restaurant owner quickly wiped the tears from his face and looked in front of him. He saw three strangers had walked into his restaurant and sat down at a random table.

Seeing that there were finally customers, the restaurant proprietress immediately took out the menu, handed it to the three strangers with both hands, and asked with a friendly smile: "Three guests, what do you want to eat?"

One of the young men with disheveled hair picked up the menu and looked at it for a few times, and then said: "Whatever, take the food you think is delicious and serve it in portions for three people... Oh no, it's four people, that guy

It can feed two people." As he said that, the young man pointed to a tall man sitting opposite him, with a head full of hair like a lion.

The landlady smiled kindly and said: "Okay, please wait a moment." After saying that, she went to pour water for the three of them and winked at the restaurant owner who was already waiting in the kitchen.

The restaurant owner nodded, immediately grabbed a large bundle of firewood and started a fire to heat the pot, holding the shovel in both hands, ready to show off his skills.

Soon, the landlady handed each of the three people a glass of water. The young man grabbed the water glass and took a sip, then asked, "Huh? This water smells very good."

Next to the young man, a middle-aged man with short silver hair and a crew cut also took a sip of water and said, "There is a vague smell of wheat."

The landlady explained with a smile: "This is the water produced after frying the barley until it turns brown."

The middle-aged man with short silver hair and a crew cut nodded and said, "Well, barley water... can whet your appetite, aid digestion, and has a certain weight loss effect. It's really good to drink it before meals."

The young man said with a smile: "Your store is really extraordinary. The drinking water they serve is so careful. Other restaurants just provide ordinary well water."

The proprietress smiled and said: "Because what we sell is not only food, but also service, detail service."

The young man laughed and said, "People in this era have already had such an idea, haha, not bad!" But the boss lady was confused.

After a while, fragrant and delicious meals were served one after another. The forks and spoons in the hands of the three people kept flying and grabbing on the plates in front of them, and oil and water splashed everywhere.

The young man chewed the food with his mouth full and said vaguely: "Yeah! Chinese-Lao food (it's so delicious)! Why don't you open a shop on Choi Street (why don't you open a shop on the street)?"

The proprietress sighed slightly, but still smiled and said: "Well, at the beginning, I just wanted the rent here to be cheap... Now I even want to move the store out, but I have no capital anymore, so I have to keep running it here."

The middle-aged man with short silver hair and a crew cut praised: "Keep going, your current difficulties will soon be over."

The restaurant owner took off his apron and walked out of the kitchen and smiled: "I hope so, thank you very much."

The burly man said: "It will definitely happen, our captain said... Oops!"

The young man hit the burly man on the head with a spoon and said vaguely: "Looking for paintings (stop talking nonsense)! Eat half of the mud (eat your food)!"

The restaurant owner and his wife couldn't help but smile when they looked at the appearance of the three people. In the two months since the restaurant opened, except for receiving the first customer, the couple rarely smiled like this sincerely. Maybe.

, this is really not a suitable place for my own development. After these three guests leave, I will probably consider closing the restaurant and returning to my hometown.

After the three of them had finished their meal, they all sat back and rested in their original seats with expressions of satisfaction on their faces. They chatted with each other and listened to their conversation. They seemed to be thinking about where to go to play. The landlady, on the other hand, put away the dishes on the table and returned them to the kitchen.

, and the two bosses cleaned up together.

"Boss, check out!" A young man's voice sounded outside.

The restaurant owner washed the dishes and smiled warmly outside: "I'll leave you four dinars alone. Just put the money on the table. I'll get it later. Thank you. Let's go slowly." The boss didn't say "

Welcome to visit next time", because he knew that this store could no longer support their "next time" visit.

After hearing the sound of the three people leaving the restaurant, five minutes later, the restaurant owner finished washing the dishes, stood up, wiped his hands with a piece of cloth, walked out of the kitchen, and smiled bitterly at the proprietress who was still in the kitchen: "

After being open for so long, we finally did not work in vain, at least we still have a total income of 5 dinars..."

As soon as he walked out of the kitchen, the restaurant owner froze on the spot, staring at the table where the three guests had been sitting.

On the spotless table, four piles of gold coins stacked in a cylindrical shape were neatly stacked. Yes, they were gold coins.

The restaurant owner wiped his eyes with the hand that had just finished washing the dishes, and looked over again - the four piles of gold coins were still quietly displayed on the table.

"Old! Wife!" the restaurant owner hurriedly shouted into the kitchen: "Look at the store, I'll go out for a moment!" Then without waiting for the wife to respond, he ran out of the restaurant and out of the alley.

The restaurant owner stood on the street where people were still coming and going, quickly looking left and right. But where were the three customers on the street?



Xie Feng, Melo and Corullo walked on the street after eating, still discussing the restaurant just now.

Corullo smiled and said: "Captain, wouldn't four thousand dinars for lunch be a bit too extravagant? This money is enough for us to randomly choose a prosperous area to open an extraordinary restaurant."

Melo whispered secretly on the side: "If I save a little more, I can open two..."

Xie Feng also smiled and said: "It is indeed quite luxurious, but we don't have many opportunities to be luxurious, right? We are always fighting wars, and we don't have the chance to spend the money we save. Money is something that can never be brought to us.

If I don't take it with me, it will be wasted if I accidentally die on the battlefield."

Corullo shook his head and didn't say anything. Although Xie Feng's explanation was full of mistakes, Corullo quite appreciated Xie Feng's approach.

Xie Feng threw away the money bag in his hand, which still contained the remaining 110 dinars from the travel budget of this "Three-person Sunu Tour Group". Although this money is undoubtedly a huge sum of money at this time and place, in business

Medieval Calradia, which was not very developed, had very limited places to spend money, so Xie Feng didn't know how to spend the money. So he asked: "Hey, Lao Luo, you are Swadia after all.

People, do you know if there is anything interesting about Sunuo?"

Corullo thought for a while and said: "I'm not too familiar with Sunuo. I just came here a few times when I was a businessman... But if I have to talk about places to spend money, I think it's casinos and pubs."

Xie Feng lowered his face and said: "Isn't it the same as other places? It's hard to come to Sunuo for a trip. Can't we go to a unique place in the store?"

Corullo smiled and said: "Each town in Caladia originally has similar facilities and structures. If you really want to travel and experience different customs, I suggest you go to the Kugit Khanate or the Salander Sultanate.

."

Xie Feng had no idea, and Corullo was right. The tourism industry has not yet developed in this era. There are not so many people with money and time to travel around, so there are no tourist attractions or consumer places at all.
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