My 1978 Hotel

Chapter 88 Dad became a craftsman and wove small bamboo baskets in style
Li Feng was so shocked that he spit out water. Five hundred thousand was not a lot for Zhao Qingbei. He was the best junior high school teacher in the city. His salary and benefits alone added up to more than one hundred thousand a year. He also took care of a few students on weekends, which made another one hundred thousand a year.

During the Chinese New Year and other festivals, there are some benefits and gifts, and there are still tens of thousands of yuan scattered around. In addition, there are also tens of thousands of yuan scattered on some websites such as Zuoyebang. Of course, if you open classes during the winter and summer vacations, you can earn at least more than 100,000 yuan.

"Brother-in-law, are you okay?"

Li Feng handed over two tissues, and this guy reacted quite strongly.

Zhao Qingbei calmed down. He had previously thought that Li Feng’s post on WeChat Moments was bragging, but now he began to believe it.

"Who was that person just now?"

"Regional General Manager of Huicai Garden in Southern Anhui."

Li Feng put down the tissue. "I came here for dinner with a friend a couple of days ago. Maybe he thought Jiangnan First Fresh was delicious. He added me on WeChat yesterday and said he had something to discuss. Who knew he'd actually want to buy this dish?"

"Hui Vegetable Garden!"

This name is so familiar. There are at least fifteen or sixteen of them in Chicheng City alone, and there are probably hundreds of them in the entire southern Anhui region. Moreover, the level is not low, and they are mid-to-high-end Chinese restaurants.

The general manager of the southern Anhui region is a very important person.

However, it is impossible for a large catering company like Huicaiyuan to be unable to make even a small hotpot of miscellaneous fish.

"I'm afraid it's not just this dish?" My third brother-in-law probably guessed some reasons.

“Yes, this dish is very simple to make.”

Li Feng said, "This Mr. Qin wants to buy out my supply channels, and Huicai Garden wants to establish itself as the best fresh food in Jiangnan."

"It's no wonder."

Sun Ji said, "Five hundred thousand is a lot, but I think this matter needs further discussion."

"Isn't five hundred thousand a lot?"

Zhao Qingbei couldn't understand what was so special about this dish. Five hundred thousand? Just kidding! An average person wouldn't even be able to earn that much in three to five years. "Is there something so special about this little fish?"

“It tastes good.”

There is nothing else. The small fishes like ditch crawlers are different from knife loaches in that they have the effect of strengthening the kidneys and improving health. They have only one characteristic: they are extremely delicious and the most delicious thing in the world.

"Wait a minute, brother-in-law, you guys try it. I'm not very good at explaining it."

You can only understand this deliciousness after you taste it. This made Zhao Qingbei even more curious, and even attracted more attention to the health banquet. "I saw you say in your WeChat Moments that the health banquet is no longer open for reservations?"

"what happened?"

"No way, out of stock," Li Feng said helplessly. "As soon as it was released the day before yesterday, several regular customers reserved over 40 tables, clearing out all my current supply. Now, if you want to reserve something, you'll have to wait until after October."

"More than forty tables?"

Good thing Zhang Qingbei is a math teacher and has a keen eye for numbers. "I remember the minimum price for a health feast is 2888."

"Yes, except for two tables, the rest are 3888."

Li Feng sighed. "3888 requires at least a pound and a half of razor-sharp loach."

Zhao Qingbei was shocked. He calculated that Li Feng could get around 160,000 yuan from this alone. No wonder he was reluctant to sell the goods; this was a long-term business. "Are the small fish and the swordfish from the same place?"

"Ah."

Li Feng brushed it off, hoping to avoid leaking the system. Fortunately, Han Zhaoxia came over and called for dinner, and Sister Wu had already prepared the dishes.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, come eat."

When we arrived at the private room, the dishes were almost served. Because the waiter had not arrived yet, Han Chaoxia and my third sister brought the dishes.

"Why are there so many dishes?"

A health feast with the best fresh food in Jiangnan and wild boar meat. Wow, there are more than ten pots alone, and the table is full of stir-fried dishes.

"There are so many people, so I asked the chef to cook a few more dishes."

"There are some new dishes at the B&B. Mom, Dad, Uncle, Second Uncle, and Brother-in-law, how do you think they taste?"

Li Feng said with a smile. "Especially my eldest and third brothers-in-law. You have a lot of social activities and experience more than me, so you need to give me more advice."

"I can't do that. I can't compare to my eldest brother-in-law." The third brother-in-law said hurriedly.

"Hahaha." Zhao Qingbei was still quite happy.

Li Feng and the third brother both praised him. He was in a good mood and couldn't help but say a few words. Of course, today was his mother-in-law's 70th birthday. "Let's toast to our parents first."

"Come on, come on."

"Mom, try this! This little wild boar we just hunted today is very tender."

"Brother-in-law, try this Jiangnan delicacy."

The hostess Han Chaoxia was busy at the table, especially helping to introduce the main dishes.

"What? Six or seven thousand yuan for this table?"

Gao Sulan was shocked when she heard her daughter muttering. This time, it was too expensive, six or seven thousand. Usually, a table at a local restaurant costs six or seven hundred yuan, which is considered good, and the more expensive ones don't exceed one thousand. How could this guy's six or seven thousand yuan for a table not be shocking?

Not to mention the mother-in-law, even the father-in-law, uncle and second uncle were shocked when they heard it.

"It's our own, so the cost is not that much."

Li Feng said hurriedly. "Mom, don't listen to what Zhaoxia said. That's all for public use. Besides, today is your birthday. Why are you saying all this?"

"Mom, Dad, Zhaoxia and I toast to you."

Han Zhaoxia was just about to say something ridiculous. She was shocked to learn that the elderly people had never eaten at a banquet costing six or seven thousand yuan per table. After a while, she asked Li Feng, "With such an expensive price, would anyone really come to eat here?"
"Fortunately."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Because we are short on staff, we usually only take three tables a day."

“A lot of reservations?”

The eldest sister was quite surprised. She had no idea that over forty tables had already been reserved for the health banquet. She had no idea that the owner of the Huicai Garden was going to spend half a million to buy the best fresh food in Jiangnan.

"Fortunately, the health banquet is now booked until the month after next."

Li Feng was not bragging, the health banquet was really so popular that Wu Zhengxiong and others called him again in the past two days to book a few more tables. However, Li Feng really had no way to agree and could only make an excuse to go to the source of goods in person next month.

We'll talk about it later. Actually, we're waiting to get more knife loaches next time we go to Hanjiaba. Otherwise, it will be difficult to open this outlet. If there are no knife loaches around Hanjiaba, it will be troublesome.

"If it's so expensive, why are there so many reservations?"

Everyone at the table was curious. Sun Ji, who knew about the loach, was the only one who was curious. Li Feng just smiled. The benefits of strengthening the kidneys and body weren't that great for the elderly. "The ingredients used in the health banquet are good, and they taste great too. Everyone likes them."

In the end, the topic was changed. After all, it was a birthday party. Talking about a health-preserving banquet made Jiangnan No. 1 Fresh seem like they were showing off.

"Dong dong dong."

"Sister Wu."

"Boss, are we still sending Uncle Wu's order according to the old rules?"

"Let me ask."

Li Feng called Wu Tong and learned they were already here. "They're in Longsheng Hall, right? Uncle Wu and the others are on their way. By the way, is the wild boar pot ready?"

"All right."

"Then send them together."

"What did you say today, little brother?"

"The young man said he would go back home later and pack a healthy feast."

Sister Wu said, "I just prepared the ingredients."

Sister Wu was busy now. Li Feng couldn't leave for the moment, so he had no choice but to call Gao Ju and Gao Cheng to come over and help. "Sister Wu, you've worked hard today."

"what happened?"

Han Chaoxia saw that Li Feng hadn't come in for a while, and thought something was wrong, so she came out too.

"No big deal."

Li Feng briefly explained. "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Wu."

"It was a bit hard today."

Fortunately, I had lunch early, otherwise I would have been busy until two or three in the morning before I could have a hot meal. "But the waiter can start work tomorrow, so he can help share some of the work."

"Let's go back and eat."

"Is everything okay, Old Four?"

"It's okay. There are two tables of health-preserving banquets at noon today. I'll arrange it." Li Feng said. "Mom, try this wild boar meat hotpot. The young wild boar meat is very tender."

"Just ate it, it's good."

Two tables of health banquets, everyone calculated in their minds that if this was a big pot, it would be more than 7,000 yuan. The profit of catering is not low, more than half of it. I am afraid that the B&B is really alive as Li Feng said, which made the two old people breathe a sigh of relief.

A while ago, rumors were circulating in the village that the B&B was going bankrupt, and that they couldn't even redeem the property. After lunch, the family wandered around the B&B and inevitably came across the Wu Tong family.

"Aunt Wang and Uncle Wu plan to recuperate in the B&B for a while."

Li Feng pointed at the villa area. "I rented two small courtyards."

“Isn’t this place cheap?”

With such a big yard and renting two houses, this family is really rich.

"Fortunately."

Li Feng didn't think it was that expensive. "One thousand five hundred for a small courtyard per day."

"Fifteen thousand a day?"

Good god, the young ones didn't notice it, but the older ones were really shocked. 1500 yuan a day for one set, two sets means 3000 yuan a day. If you stay for ten days or half a month, it will be unbearable.

"I'm afraid this family isn't ordinary people, right?"

My third brother-in-law just observed that the old man was quite imposing.

"Uncle Wu was the president of Jinling University for a while before he retired."

"Aunt Wang is a professor at Jinling University."

"No wonder."

Not to mention, people at this level really don't care about this little money. Sun Ji was just curious. Could they also be here for the health banquet? The effect of this knife loach is better than he imagined. The eldest brother-in-law, eldest sister, and Han Zhaoxia were all shocked. Jinling University is a top university.

It's no exaggeration for the principal of a school like this to say that his students are numerous, and this is something that teachers from smaller places like these can't compare to. How Li Feng could be associated with such a person was truly bizarre, and even Han Zhaoxia found it unbelievable.

People came all the way to the small B&B in the mountain village. Han Chaoxia planned to ask Li Feng about this privately.

"This is the courtyard that the young man rented."

"Is that the guy who gave me a deposit of 100,000 yuan?"

"A deposit of 100,000?"

The third and eldest sisters hurriedly asked what this young man was doing and why he gave a deposit of 100,000 yuan so quickly. Han Zhaoxia explained. "At that time, this young man also wanted to invest in a B&B, but Li Feng refused."

"Why?"

Isn't the B&B really short of money? Han Zhaoxia didn't know what to say. Now it seems that Li Feng is not short of money at all. Not to mention anything else, that jade paperweight and that piece of gold are worth a million. As for Li Feng's talk about the young man's depression, I'm afraid it's just an excuse.

Han Chaoxia changed the subject and said that a group of people came to the memorial hall. Brothers Gao Ju and Gao Cheng had just finished their meal and came here to sort out bamboos and bamboo strips.

"Are all the bamboo strips ready?"

It was quite fast. In just a few days, the usable bamboo strips were ready.

"I did it all morning."

I've also made a few bamboo chairs here, and they'll probably be ready this afternoon.

"What are you doing with all these bamboo strips?"

"Nothing much, just weaving some bamboo baskets."

Li Feng took a look at it and thought it was okay, enough. He had been learning bamboo weaving skills in the simulation space recently. There was no way to experience it, but the task had to be completed. Now the progress was less than 30%.

"I didn't expect these two brothers to be so talented. They can even weave bamboo."

Han Chaoxia knew that high performance and high cost were the two main things, but she never thought that bamboo weaving could also be done.

"You must have misunderstood."

Li Feng said with a smile, "I made the bamboo basket."

"Are you kidding me? I don't even know what you can do."

Han Chaoxia had no idea that Li Feng was good at bamboo weaving. This was a joke.

"Dad is awesome."

Li Yi, on the other hand, believed Li Feng's words unconditionally and clapped her hands excitedly. "Grandma, Dad can weave baskets." She was trying to help spread the word about Li Feng. No one believed that Li Feng could weave bamboo baskets, not to mention that no one had ever heard of it.

"Aunt Dad, can you weave bamboo baskets?"

Zhao Xuanxuan was curious. She also liked to weave some small things, but she didn't know much about bamboo baskets.

"Knowing a little is not that great."

Li Feng was still a little modest. You have to know that the progress of the task is 30%. He has learned 30 to 50 kinds of weaving techniques, and there are more than 50 shapes of bamboo baskets, not to mention other woven items.

Of course, it is not enough to say that he is very good. He is still far from being a master of bamboo products. He can only be said to be slightly better than the average handicraft master.

"Really? Then can my uncle teach me?"

"Xuanxuan, stop messing around."

The eldest sister said quickly, "Your uncle was just joking."

Han Chaoxia also rolled her eyes at Li Feng and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Now you're embarrassed."

"Okay, I'll teach you later."

Seeing that Li Feng was still excited, Han Zhaoxia put her hand on the soft flesh on Li Feng's waist. "What nonsense are you talking about? When did you learn bamboo weaving? How come I didn't know about it?"

"I learned it in the past few months."

Li Feng took a deep breath. Wow, this guy has quite a lot of strength in his hands. Could it be that he practiced writing with chalk?

"Really?"

Han Zhaoxia was a little skeptical. She wondered what she could learn in a few months. She was afraid she would be embarrassed if she made something that looked completely different. "Did you really learn it?"

"Really, I can still lie to you."

You're underestimating yourself, Li Feng decided to show off his recent learning achievements. "How about this, I'll weave a small basket for you to see."

"Don't try to be brave."

Han Zhaoxia was at a loss for words when she saw Li Feng really planning to weave a basket. This guy is getting more and more excited the more he talks, right?
"Look at it."

"What's going on here?"

The eldest brother-in-law and his companions who were visiting in front of them were a little puzzled when they saw that the people behind them had stopped moving. When they asked Li Feng about weaving bamboo baskets, they looked at each other in surprise. They were really kidding. "When did the fourth brother learn how to make bamboo baskets?"

"I haven't heard of it."

The third brother-in-law has a good relationship with Li Feng, but this is the first time he has heard of this.

"Go and have a look."

Li Feng had already begun processing the bamboo strips. Although Gao Ju and Gao Cheng had helped him out that morning, they still needed some more careful processing. "You're quite skilled." There were many different types of bamboo knives, and Li Feng was very adept at using them.

"Did you really learn it?"

Han Chaoxia glared at the boss. This guy was not fooling around. Just seeing through the bamboo strips was not something a novice could do.

(End of this chapter)