My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 392: Hexing Rice

Chapter 392: Chapter 392: Hexing Rice

What was the reason for being angry?

Was it because the rumor about the Lin Family had hit the mark, or because the rumor was not true?

It was really hard to guess.

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The next day, Lu Youxi didn’t eat lunch at school but instead went to her family’s restaurant.

She had barely reached the entrance when she could already hear the lively noise from inside the restaurant.

Indeed, upon entering, she saw it was packed to the brim.

All the nearby students and office workers had come to eat.

"Boss." The server outside was a Jing University student working part-time, and even though he was a year senior to Lu Youxi, upon seeing her, he still greeted her with a "Boss."

The students were very clear about their roles.

At school, they were senior students.

But here, Lu Youxi was their boss.

Lu Youxi smiled and greeted them before heading to the kitchen.

Since all the tables were full and everyone was eating, there were no new customers coming in for the time being.

Liu Yushu and Grandma Xu had a moment to sit down and take a breather.

"Mom, Grandma Xu," Lu Youxi came in.

"You’re back!" Liu Yushu had called Lu Youxi in the morning to ask about the plans to promote Hexing Village rice.

Since it wasn’t convenient to discuss details over the phone, Lu Youxi said she would come back for lunch and talk about it then.

"What would you like to eat?"

Liu Yushu was about to get up but was pushed back down by Lu Youxi, "Please, sit and rest a bit longer; I’m not hungry."

"Let’s eat together when the customers are gone, and we can talk while we eat."

"That won’t do; you’ve got to get back to class."

"I have a class at 3:30 this afternoon, so there’s no rush," Lu Youxi said as she took out some biscuits from her bag, "Are you hungry? Let’s have some biscuits for now."

"Okay." Liu Yushu was also worried about cooking and then having more customers come in.

So the three of them sat down, eating biscuits and chatting.

"Mom, I’ve looked at the accounts for our restaurant," Lu Youxi said, "Let’s hire an apprentice to help in the kitchen so you and Grandma Xu just need to give orders. If that’s not enough, you can help out a bit too. It will make things much easier."

"That way, we can free up more time and manpower to further develop our restaurant," Lu Youxi said, "Then Grandma Xu can just sit outside to manage the accounts."

Hearing about hiring more people, Liu Yushu felt a bit reluctant.

Lu Youxi smiled and said, "Our restaurant needs to grow; we can’t keep running a small diner forever, right? Didn’t we say so before? We want to expand, to become a big restaurant, and even franchising."

"In the future, we will definitely need to hire more people. Then you and Grandma Xu will be the bosses of a big restaurant, in charge of management and won’t have time to look after the kitchen anymore," Lu Youxi explained, "Look at those food brand founders. They don’t make the products themselves anymore. They just provide the recipes, and the factories produce them uniformly."

"In the future, our restaurant will be the same. You just need to pass on the recipes to our hired chefs – what seasonings to use, in what amounts, and in what order – and let them do the cooking," Lu Youxi said, "Besides, we have many other important tasks to handle, like promoting Hexing Village rice."

"That’s true; we can’t stick to this one little diner forever. To grow bigger, we must learn to let go," Liu Yushu nodded, "We will listen to you; you see further ahead than us."

The customers gradually finished their meals, and Lu Youxi heard the commotion in the front, so she quickly helped to clear things up.

"Boss, we can handle it," said the junior Jing University girl who was working part-time when she saw Lu Youxi come to help.

"No worries; the faster we finish, the sooner everyone can eat," Lu Youxi said with a smile, "We are all classmates; there’s no need to be formal with me."

Lu Youxi helped to tidy up while Grandma Xu and Liu Yushu prepared everyone’s lunch in the kitchen.

The lunch rush from nearby workers and students had passed by now.

So, Lu Youxi closed the door and hung up a sign indicating the restaurant was temporarily closed for business.

After Liu Yushu had prepared lunch, Lu Youxi sat down at a separate table with Grandma Xu and Liu Yushu to facilitate the discussion about Hexing Village rice.

"Since our restaurant opened, the customers who have eaten our rice all say it’s delicious. Many have even asked which brand of rice we use, wanting to buy some for themselves," Liu Yushu said with a smile, "Aunt Xu was quick on her feet, telling them it was our specially sourced rice, not yet available on the market."

"I wasn’t lying; our rice is indeed specially sourced. The village chief gave us the best picks from our village," Grandma Xu said, "In the past, when we sold our rice to those traders, who knows what labels they slapped on it before selling it. I feel like we were at such a loss; the quality of our village rice is so good."

"It’s because we were living in the village before, not aware, and only ate the rice we grew ourselves, so we didn’t notice. Now that we’re in the city, we can see that city folks have tried many brands, and even they say it’s delicious. This proves that our village rice can’t be wrong."

"That’s right," Lu Youxi nodded, "Before, we all lived in the village and were reluctant to eat out in town, so we didn’t know about the rice used in restaurants. We only ever ate the rice we grew, thinking the rice eaten outside might be similar or even better than ours in the city."

"It wasn’t until I tasted the rice at Jing University’s cafeteria, where all the vegetables and rice are specially sourced to guarantee the food safety of teachers and students. Those vegetables have strict inspection standards, actually, even better than what they sell in supermarkets. Even then, I felt that the rice in our school cafeteria wasn’t as good as our village’s."

"That’s true," said two part-time students eating lunch at the next table who couldn’t help chiming in.

The girl felt a bit embarrassed when Lu Youxi looked over, thinking she had intruded on the conversation, but she still said, "I also think the rice here tastes better."

"I’ve registered the trademark for our village rice, from now on, it will be called Hexing Rice," announced Lu Youxi.

"Hexing Rice, that’s really nice," Liu Yushu repeated the name Hexing Rice several times, "It includes the place of origin and has a festive and auspicious ring to it."

"Since the customers like it, let’s sell it here in our shop," Lu Youxi said, "We’ll package the rice nicely, like how supermarkets sell it, in five-pound and ten-pound bags for customers to choose from. We’ll place it right next to the cashier. When customers finish their meal and pay the bill, they can see it and buy a bag to take home if they wish."

"I will also reach out to some supermarkets to see if I can get our village rice sold there too," Lu Youxi had been planning all along.

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