CHAPTER 30: CHAPTER 30: LIFE’S ENCOUNTERS ARE SOMETIMES JUST THAT INCREDIBLE

Well-dressed, articulate, outstanding temperament, and with exceptional skills, not to mention being around twenty-four or twenty-five years old...

Even without thinking much, Jiang Yu could guess that Lu Shuwu was definitely not an ordinary person.

Someone who can afford to live in a five-star hotel, would they really come to a small stall in a university cafeteria just to earn a meal?

Yes, of course, they would!

The premise is that the food at this small stall isn’t ordinary.

And coincidentally, Jiang Yu’s shop had this kind of extraordinary-tasting food.

See, isn’t that just fitting?

Of course, Jiang Yu didn’t really plan to "dig" into Lu Shuwu’s background.

If Lu Shuwu wanted to talk, he’d listen; if not, he wouldn’t probe.

The reason he said that was just to let Lu Shuwu know he recognized he wasn’t ordinary and wouldn’t really treat him as a regular employee.

Putting himself in Lu Shuwu’s shoes, he hoped that Lu Shuwu could live up to the saying, make the most out of the situation while he’s here.

In essence, what Jiang Yu wanted was someone who could help him, and what Lu Shuwu wanted was just the food provided by the shop.

Mutually beneficial after all.

As long as the shop gets through this relatively difficult initial phase, even if Lu Shuwu wants to leave then, it wouldn’t be too hard for him to hire someone else.

"Hehe, Boss, you’re quite the jokester. If I could open a shop, who would want to work for others?"

Lu Shuwu was clever, immediately grasping Jiang Yu’s meaning, and said with a smile,

"But even if it’s working for someone else, one must be a worker with dreams, shouldn’t just give in to mediocrity.

If you become a couch potato, even if you become a boss, you’ll be the kind of boss who’s not very successful.

Boss, don’t you think so?"

"Oh come on, you two, neither eating nor drinking, just talking about useless stuff!"

Before Jiang Yu could speak, Hu Zhihai sitting by the side became impatient.

He listened for a long time, couldn’t understand what they were saying, it was all foggy to him.

With a face full of frustration, he picked up the large bowl filled with beer and said loudly,

"Are you men or not? If you’re men, then drink up!"

After speaking, he brought the bowl to his mouth and started gulping it down.

"Come on, drink up!"

"Cheers!"

Jiang Yu and Lu Shuwu exchanged a smile and each picked up a bowl, drinking the beer in one go.

Since they had to open the shop early the next morning, the three didn’t drink too much, each had a bottle to satisfy the craving.

After eating, everyone helped to clean up the steamers and bowls they used, tidying up the shop before going back to rest.

Lu Shuwu was staying at Hu Zhihai’s place, so they left together.

Jiang Yu had called Boss Zhao from the fresh food delivery center earlier this evening, so he didn’t have to get up before dawn to go to the market for supplies, and went directly back to the dormitory.

His dorm originally had four people, Hu Zhihai had already rented elsewhere.

The other two classmates also went out to rent a place together during the summer holidays; one prepared for post-graduate studies, the other planned to take public service exams by the end of the year, both needing a quiet study environment, the dorm was too noisy, renting a place was more suitable.

Now, only Jiang Yu was left.

This was actually better for Jiang Yu.

Now that he opened a shop in the school cafeteria, he was busy and tired every day, having to deal with roommates’ questions when coming back to rest would be really exhausting.

Back at the dormitory, Jiang Yu locked the door, then found some clothes from the locker, went to the bathroom for a shower to wash off the mixed smell of sweat and cooking smoke.

After the shower, without doing anything else, he directly turned off the lights and went to bed, quietly lying down with his eyes closed, listening to the sound of the electric fan spinning in his ears.

Only at this moment did he finally feel truly rested.

After a while, when the soreness in his body eased somewhat, Jiang Yu let out a long breath in the dark, didn’t open his eyes, and directly immersed his mind into his consciousness, summoning the system’s virtual panel.

Wealth value: 7510

Current recipes: Chicken Soup Dumplings, Appetizing Sour and Spicy Soup

Culinary skill level: Beginner (18%)

Seeing the information on the virtual panel, Jiang Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide, bouncing up from the bed.

Those eyes, even in the dark, seemed bright and radiant!

What’s the situation?!

He remembered clearly that after spending 2180 wealth value to redeem the sour and spicy soup recipe earlier, he only had 490 left!

Now the wealth value suddenly soared to 7510, which meant that today alone, the shop’s turnover exceeded seven thousand!

This is really quite shocking!

After quite a while, Jiang Yu finally recovered from the excitement and shock, gradually thinking it through.

The reason today’s turnover could reach such a level, aside from the factor of many new students dining due to admission, there were other contributing factors.

One was the introduction of the new dish Sour and Spicy Soup, just this dish alone he made five to six pots today, selling at least three hundred portions, at five per portion, that’s over a thousand in turnover.

The other was Lu Shuwu’s arrival.

Lu Shuwu’s dumpling-making speed might not be as good as Jiang Yu’s, but it was quick enough. With his help, just in the evening, they sold over a hundred more baskets of dumplings.

Totaling up, over the three meals in a day, they sold around three hundred to four hundred baskets of dumplings.

Calculating it this way, a turnover of seven thousand in a day doesn’t seem exaggerated after all, considering there were so many people lining up for each meal.

Moreover, although seven thousand seems like a lot, it’s just the turnover. After deducting costs for ingredients, shop rent, utilities, and labor, the actual profit was only about three to four thousand.

Jiang Yu forced himself not to laugh out loud, holding back with effort.

Just a few days ago, who could believe that he would one day use "just" to describe earning three to four thousand net in a day?

Back then, he was probably worrying whether he could find a job with a monthly salary of three to four thousand after graduation.

Life’s opportunities are sometimes so incredible.

With a sigh, Jiang Yu soon settled his emotions, no longer pondering over it.

Since the opportunity has come, he should ensure a better and more comfortable life for himself and his family.

As for the rest... it’s not important.

Calming down, Jiang Yu continued to focus on the virtual panel.

"Current recipes" had nothing to comment on, its role was merely as a list recording redeemed dishes.

However, the "Culinary skill level" section truly surprised him.