Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

'Stuttering Cookies...'

"What a strange name, but the only advantage is here, after all, it can catch the customer's attention."

Just as he was thinking this, he seemed to suddenly think of something very important.

It is obviously a handicraft store, but they use a thick wall to block the kitchen. Isn't this telling customers that the kitchen is not clean?

"It's really unreasonable..."

However, it's not that bad.

Since it is an ancient decoration, accompanied by the wind chimes with little surprises, the future development can be towards the new Chinese style cookies. If the wall is then replaced with glass and the back kitchen is opened, there may be huge progress.

Of course, the fundamental thing is to first enhance the unique taste of the cookies, and then use some marketing methods to divert traffic, so that...

It was obvious that Hachiman had a complete plan in his mind. He opened his mobile phone, posted a message on Instagram and took two photos and uploaded them.

'1 yen cookie tasting event! First come, first served.'

As soon as the news was released, it instantly attracted the attention of many nearby residents on Instagram. For them, it was not the taste of the food that they deliberately pursued, but the price. This group of people were the first batch of customers.

In the back kitchen, Yukinoshita was still trying her best to explain to a few people how to make a cookie, while Hachiman had already taken out all the remaining cookies in the kitchen.

Two hours later, customers arrived one after another, most of them came for the 1 yen cookies. Of course, Hachiman did not break his promise. After all, Yuigahama would make even better cookies in the future. Even if these cookies were left here, they would only damage the reputation of the store.

However, Hachiman's plan is far from over.

He pulled all the customers who had just bought cookies for 1 yen into an Instagram group and told them that such activities take place every day.

For every 100 additional people in the group, three more lucky viewers will be drawn to receive 3 yen cookies.

That’s right...this is the simplest way of marketing. It doesn’t require wasting time or money. Just by moving your fingers every day, you can get a large number of customers involved.

For example, if there are 322 people in the group now, then 9 cookies will be drawn every day, and the benefits are not just that...

Hachiman planned to have Yuigahama give away all the cookies made that day if they were not sold.

First, it can ensure the freshness of the food, and second, it can increase the popularity of the store.

Maybe in Totsuki Academy, Hachiman is a chef, but outside of Totsuki Academy, he is more of a businessman. Sometimes some stores can survive not by relying on food, but maybe it’s the atmosphere, maybe it’s the service, but the most important thing is the means.

After implementing his plan, Hachiman finally returned to the kitchen. At the same time, there was a look of helplessness on Yukinoshita's face.

In one afternoon, I have tried various methods to make Yuigahama learn, but...

I don't know if Yuigahama was clumsy or Yukinoshita worked too fast, but after a whole afternoon, Yuigahama still couldn't make the food taste satisfactory to Yukinoshita, and she was exhausted.

Chapter 45: Is it wrong to just get by?

As soon as I walked into the kitchen, I noticed Yukinoshita's helpless expression. She put her left hand on her temple, and for a moment I didn't know how to evaluate the food in front of her.

Yukinoshita: "Strange, the steps are correct, but the result is completely different. What's the problem?"

Ye Shan: "Maybe not everyone can make the taste as perfect as you..."

Yukinoshita sighed again: "I can't understand..."

Yuigahama also smiled awkwardly: "Hey hey..."

Miura picked up a cookie and started eating it. Of course, his expression changed drastically: "Isn't this delicious?! It's a huge change from before."

Although the cookies made by Yuigahama were not as delicious as those made by Yukinoshita, even so, after an afternoon of practice, they had made considerable progress.

Hachiman also came over, and after simply tasting a cookie, he nodded slightly:

"At least outside of school, handmade products like this are indeed of high quality, and definitely have an advantage over other stores."

Miura: "Um, Hikigaya, what you're eating is made by Yukinoshita-san."

Hachiman was just stunned. Of course, Yukinoshita was also stunned. Although she didn't object to others eating her food, but... wasn't her reaction a little too normal?

Perhaps because he finally felt that Yukinoshita was looking at him for the first time, Hachiman felt a little embarrassed for a moment, and just picked up the cookie made by Yuigahama again and took a bite.

“It’s not that bad.”

"Small business..."

Just slightly feeling Yuigahama's resentful gaze, Hachiman began to explain again:

"I mean, it's delicious."

"Really?"

"Well, it should be true."

"This tone of voice that even you yourself are not sure of is too hurtful..."

A faint smile appeared on Yuigahama's face. Even though the store had started to lose money and even though her cooking skills were not recognized by others, she still treated everyone in front of her with kindness. Perhaps this was what made Yuigahama so powerful.

As for Yawata, he did think that as long as he maintained this level and operated it simply, it would not be difficult to gain a foothold here, because this commercial street itself had a lot of traffic.

From the very beginning, Hikigaya knew very well that it was unreliable to expect someone who was unfamiliar with cooking to master advanced cooking skills through a short period of study. If it weren't for Yukinoshita's arrival, he would not have planned to start with cookies from the beginning. After all, for a commercial street, the most important thing is how to attract customers, otherwise the taste is not that important.

Of course, another reason was that Hachiman didn't think he could teach the other party, because he was not good at handicrafts, and after all, he was just an ordinary student of Totsuki.

So, that's enough.

While the few people were still distressed, Hachiman just lowered his head and said softly:

"In fact, we don't have to start from here."

Miura: "Hikigaya, what do you mean?"

Yuigahama: "Xiaoqi, I don't really understand..."

Yukinoshita looked over again, but didn't say anything.

"I mean, as long as we establish the store and make it well-known as a handmade product store, we will be able to attract a lot of customers, so..."

He told everyone in front of him everything he had just done outside, as well as the news he had posted using his Instagram account. As long as he continued to operate the business, more and more customers would come, and the word-of-mouth would increase.

"So, this isn't what we should be worrying about now."

After listening to Hachiman's words, everyone present fell into silence, but he could feel that from Miura and Yuigahama's eyes, it was a signal of... gratitude.

Her face once again showed a charming and warm smile: "Xiaoqi..."

Miura also crossed his arms and said with a little pride: "It was right to call you over..."

However, Yukinoshita, who had been silent all the time, just raised her head slightly and looked directly at Hikigaya in front of her. Her sharp gaze seemed to be able to penetrate everything.

Being stared at like this, Hachiman couldn't continue to look at him for a moment, so he just turned his head away pretending not to care and continued:

"In this way, all problems can be solved."

"Can it really be solved easily?" Yukinoshita's eyes never left the problem, but her words were cold, like a question.

The room fell into silence again.

"This is just a way of escaping. If the main product sold by the store, cookies, does not have a very special taste, then this profit-making method will eventually fail one day."

"For any store, taste is the most long-term means of profit."

Obviously, she was not familiar with all the people in front of her, and it was even the first time they met each other, but they burst out with such serious emotions. This also made Hikigaya, who had just proposed that method, stunned for a moment.

Perhaps she finally realized her own mistake, Yukinoshita just gently grasped her arm and said softly:

"Sorry, I lost my temper. I'll go out and take a rest."

No one reached out a hand, and no one tried to stop her from leaving. They just watched her leave in such a hurry.

As if realizing something, Hachiman's gaze remained on the place where she left.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a long-lost sense of uneasiness in his heart, because the person who just passed by him was so similar to him.

I can't tell lies, I can't accept hypocrisy, and I can't do anything that goes against my own heart. That's why I will always be like this, lonely and indifferent.

"If it's someone like that, maybe I can..."

"Hikigaya, the method you just mentioned is very good. Let's start implementing it tomorrow." Miura's words interrupted Hikigaya's thoughts and immediately brought him back to reality.

Listening to Miura's words, Yuigahama nodded in agreement, and after seeing the result, Hayama said with a smile: "Now the taste of the cookies has been improved, and a new method has been found. Maybe we can get out of the current predicament soon."

Hachiman: "Yuigahama, you can add a little green tea flavor to your cookies. Maybe it will be more special this way."

That's fine, right? As long as the store no longer makes losses, it will be able to continue to survive in this world.

But...he still couldn't forget what Yukinoshita had just said.

Chapter 46 Didn’t these two people just meet on the second day?

This weekend had been spent helping Yuigahama, and neither Hayama, Miura, nor Yukinoshita had left the store.

Although there was a small conflict yesterday, there was no awkward atmosphere. Perhaps Yukinoshita had no intention of talking to Hachiman, or perhaps Yukinoshita seemed to have lost her soul, and the cookies she made tasted completely different from yesterday.

However, even so, with Yukinoshita's guidance, Yuigahama finally understood the true meaning of cookies. After adding the right amount of green tea leaves, she made cookies with a unique flavor.

Although it is not a high-end product, this is not Totsuki after all. From the perspective of the commercial street, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is unique.

Hayama and the workers went to dismantle the wall of the kitchen. Because the work was not large, it only took half a day to complete. Miura took over the operation of Hikigaya's Instagram and will be responsible for attracting customers in a short time. As for Yawata...

I work as a food taster in the kitchen.

"Xiaoqi, how is it?"

"Well, it's better than the last one, but it has too much sugar and it's a bit burnt... I feel like drinking some water after eating it."

When explaining to Yuigahama, Hachiman would not use Totsuki's professional terms. After all, she knew without thinking that she would not understand.

After listening to Hachiman's comments, Yuigahama laughed helplessly twice, then tilted her head, looking a little at a loss.

Yukinoshita began to give some reminders:

"You need to control the time and temperature more precisely, and also take into account the time of your hand movements. The most important thing is..."

Yukinoshita began to instill a lot of ideas into her ears, but to Yuigahama, this kind of teaching was undoubtedly the same as chanting a spell.

"Buddha Yukinoshita, please don't add pressure to Yuigahama..."

However, in the final analysis, it all depends on Yuigahama herself, and how much she can transform into knowledge depends on her understanding.

"By the way, Xiaoqi, can you enter and leave your school freely?"

"Eh?"

"I heard from Miura that there are often food battles in Totsuki Academy where you are, Xiaoqi?"

After Yuigahama knew that she was studying at Totsuki, Yukinoshita seemed even more surprised.

"You are actually a student of Totsuki Academy?"

"Don't ask questions in a tone that suggests you already have the answer..."

Obviously, he was in disbelief. After hearing that Hachiman was also a student of Totsuki, it was as if his worldview had been shattered for a moment. He just gently pressed his hand against his temple, accepting something that the world could not accept.

As if she had gone through a very long period of self-relief, Yukinoshita just breathed a sigh of relief, and then her face finally looked calm.

"If I remember correctly, even if you are not a student of Totsuki, you can enter Totsuki to watch the game."

Yuigahama seemed to have heard a satisfactory answer, but she said with a slightly excited tone:

"That's great. Next time Xiaoqi starts a food battle with someone else, I can go and watch."

"Idiot, launching a food battle will cost a lot. I don't think it's necessary at all."

Yukinoshita on the side also said:

"Well, after all, this man has nothing to lose, so naturally no one will accept his food challenge."

"Don't be so relaxed when you point out other people's weaknesses, Yukinoshita-san."

"When you call my name, I always feel like I'm bitten by a poisonous snake and my whole body is itchy and bitter. It's so disgusting." As she said this, she retreated repeatedly and then wrapped her body with her hands.

"Hey, this guy is really merciless. He's probably asking for revenge for what I did yesterday. And his mouth is too venomous... It's only natural that he has no friends."

As if she had read Hikigaya's mind, Yukinoshita continued:

"I'm not like someone who can't make friends because of his introverted personality. I never made any friends because I didn't think it was necessary. You may not understand that sometimes being too outstanding will make people hate you."

"cut."