He Hu silently rolled his eyes at his son. He snorted coldly and returned to his room with the pot of tea.
“Is Father unwell?”
He Zhang looked at He Lai with a puzzled expression.
He Lai pondered and said, “Perhaps Lu Sheng shared too much good news today and he can’t take it anymore?”
He did not know why his father was suddenly angry.
He Zhang looked at Lu Sheng. “What good news?”
Lu Sheng took a bite of the brown sugar peanut cake and mumbled, “I don’t know either.”
To her, whatever she said today did not seem to be a good thing. Of course, it was not a bad thing.
He Zhang frowned and looked at his son.
He Dong immediately sat up straight and said with uncertainty, “Perhaps Cousin received a reward from the Emperor and you know Magistrate Fu, but no one told Grandpa, so he was angry.”
One had to admit that the grandson knew the grandfather best. He Dong’s words had hit the nail on the head.
“Oh.”
He Zhang replied faintly and looked at He Dong. “Go and unload the items from the carriage with your uncle.”
“I still have to sweep the snow, so I’m not free. You two go ahead.”
He Lai stood up, picked up a broom by the side, and started sweeping the snow.
“Let me do it.”
Lu Ran stood up and helped He Dong move the items on the carriage into the house.
The day after tomorrow was New Year’s Eve, so He Zhang prepared dishes for the new year in advance.
“Uncle, how’s the profit behind the restaurant?”
Lu Sheng poured a cup of tea for He Zhang and asked expectantly.
He Zhang nodded. “It’s alright. With Magistrate Fu’s family around, we can earn at least four to five hundred taels a day.”
Many guests were there for Magistrate Fu, so business was indeed good.
Although the Lu family’s restaurant was only a small restaurant, its income was comparable to a big restaurant like Tian Xiang Restaurant.
The restaurant opposite them was green with envy for a long time. However, the Lu family’s restaurant was protected by Fu Xianyun, so no one dared to provoke them casually.
In order to deal with the Lu family’s restaurant, the owner of the restaurant opposite them even found him privately, wanting to poach him to the opposite side.
He even offered to give him twenty percent of the earnings.
When He Zhang heard that, he only said, “I’m half a boss of the Lu family’s restaurant.”
He could earn thirty percent of the earnings at the Lu family’s restaurant.
When the other party heard that, they could only apologize profusely in embarrassment.
They had specially pretended to be guests and come over to eat a few times. They had even imitated a few dishes, but the taste was not that authentic.
Moreover, they had just learned how to cook a dish when the other party cooked a few new dishes. This made them extremely troubled.
Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow. “In that case, our restaurant has become popular on the Internet. No, it’s a celebrity restaurant?”
As for who the ‘celebrity’ was, it was obvious.
“A celebrity restaurant?”
He Zhang frowned. “What do you mean?”
Lu Sheng explained, “Oh, it means that Magistrate Fu, a famous person, often comes to our restaurant to eat. The food he eats has been ordered by many people. Thus, our restaurant can now be known as a celebrity restaurant.”
“Oh.”
He Zhang nodded.
“Those commoners often ask Magistrate Fu which dishes he eats. Then, they order the same dishes sometimes.”
Lu Sheng chuckled. No matter which era it was, it seemed like there was no lack of ‘celebrity chasers’.
“Which dishes are more popular?”
When He Zhang heard that, he pondered for a moment and said lightly, “Potatoes used to be more popular, but they’re gone now.”
“Currently, the more popular ones are the egg fried rice and stir-fried noodles. There’s also chicken rice and soup dumplings. Magistrate Fu’s family loves them.”