8. The eighth day of Laogai
Momoya Kinomoto, 16 years old, is a first-year high school student, and is studying at Yu Tomoji High School. At this time, he is applying for the job. The place where he applied for the job is a strange dessert shop called Haluna. The reason why he evaluates it is strange is that not only some common desserts are sold here, but also many other dishes, which are a mixture of home-cooked dishes and some common recipes in Western restaurants.
The reason why Momoya came here to apply for a job is simply because the hourly salary here is very high, with a high price of 1,200 yen per hour, which is for the waiter industry.
I originally thought the owner would be a middle-aged woman, but it was not until he sat opposite the manager that he realized how outrageous he was wrong.
Haluna's store manager is a petite... girl, and a girl with a good appearance that can beat movie and television stars.
"We won't say much nonsense," the manager's delicate face had no expression. She glanced at Taoya slightly coldly, and then under Taoya's gaze, he put a big hook on his resume. "I looked at your resume and felt that you were in line with the scarce talents in my store, so I decided to hire you. The salary is as stated on the flyer, with an hourly salary of 1,200. There are no other requirements. I just hope that you can come to my store every day to help. The time will be around three hours, and the response will increase on weekends. It depends on your arrangements. But I hope you can come here as much as possible. Do you accept such conditions?"
Momoya nodded silently.
The store manager smiled with satisfaction. Momoya found that the girl, who was suspected to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, had a pair of shallow dimples when she smiled. She looked cold when she didn't smile, but she was unexpectedly sweet when she smiled.
The two signed a series of follow-up procedures, and Momoya officially became a waiter at Haluna Dessert Shop.
On the first day he became a waiter, he realized that his boss had many magical features. He would not elaborate on such magical behaviors, because he unified the reason - girls with cute appearances probably have privileges that ordinary people do not have.
And what he cares about is-
"Should you hire two more waiters?" His store manager stood at the door of the store with a slightly sad expression. She looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street and said thoughtfully, "After all, I think you will be too busy for the next period of time."
Momoya's hand wiping the cup did not pause, but just said to the store manager looking into the sky as he put them in the window: "I don't think this will happen at the moment."
The store manager looked back at him in surprise, as if questioning why he was so naive. Momoya also looked back with the same vision, and he really couldn't figure out why the store manager had such great confidence in this store that had been open for a whole day but had no customers. Yes, the Haluna Dessert Store had zero people on the first day of its opening.
But this did not seem to have hurt the store manager's confidence, and she was still thinking about whether she should recruit new store managers.
So, after rubbing all the tables, dragging the entire store, and carefully washing the tableware, there was nothing to do. So he naturally sat in the seat by the window with the store manager, leisurely looking at the lively streets.
"Shopkeeper, I don't know your name yet." Momoya looked at the girl with long curly hair with her cheeks on one hand.
After hearing his question, the store manager seemed to be surprised for a moment. She blinked her big purple eyes and said with a look of course: "Don't you know?"
“…Why don’t I know it myself?”
The store manager pointed at the top of the store door, and Momoya looked in the direction she pointed, but found nothing.
"Haluna." The manager suddenly said.
Momoya was stunned for a moment, and he felt more and more that he could not keep up with the thinking of his store manager.
"I said," the manager supported his hands on the table and said to Momoya with serious expression: "My name is Haluna."
Momoya: "..." He actually used his own name to make the store name! Isn't this a bit too casual?
After saying that, the store manager returned to his casual sitting position, tilted his head and continued to look at the pedestrians. After a minute or two, she added: "But my name is not written like that." As she said that, she poured a little water from the teacup onto the table and wrote her name stroke by stroke, "Did you see it clearly?" she said to Momoya.
...It turned out to be Nai. No! Wait! Momoya looked up at Haruna in shock and suddenly told the other party about his name. What is the operation?!
But the store manager obviously could not see what he thought. After she wrote her name with water, she pulled a napkin from the counter to wipe off all the water stains. Then she raised her hand and threw it gently, and the paper ball fell into the wastebasket next to the table.
Momoya was still immersed in her thoughts, but Haruna had a new idea: "I'll treat you to pudding." As she said that, without giving Momoya any chance to react, she rushed to the counter, then took out two puddings that were as expensive as his hourly wages from the window and brought them to him, "Try it." She handed the spoon to Momoya.
...If you don’t have sales, you can only produce and sell yourself? At this moment, Taoya became suspicious of the timeliness of this job.
However, this suspicion disappeared after he took the first bite of pudding. He finally knew why this unreliable store manager would be so firm that his store would be popular! The texture of the pudding is amazing, the sweetness is just right, and the fragrance is even more unexciting. Just after taking a bite, Momoya felt that there would be no problem with him being able to eat ten puddings in one breath! It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best pudding he has ever eaten in his short ten years of life.
As if she noticed his love, the store manager rushed to the window again. This time she not only took a pudding, but also took one of every dessert that was not repeated. When Momoya came to his senses, he found that his job had become the girls' favorite afternoon tea time without realizing it.
“Is the pudding delicious?”
"……tasty."
“Where is corn cheese?”
"tasty."
"Where is chocolate Buffy?"
"tasty!"
After trying almost everything, Momoya calmly wiped his mouth, and then solemnly said to his store manager: "Shopkeeper, hire another employee, we may be too busy in the future."
"……Alas?"
At nine o'clock in the evening, Haruna hung up the closing sign. Momoya also walked into the locker room because Haruna did not make any requests for clothing (it can be seen from it how unprofessional Haruna is), but for his own requirements, Momoya still wore a white shirt and suit pants. After he changed his casual clothes, he found Haruna was standing in front of the window in a daze - there were nine, ten kinds of desserts that had not been sold.
Perhaps because of the emotional foundation of afternoon tea, Momoya felt that Haruna was standing in front of the window so weak and helpless at this moment, so he couldn't help but extend his friendship to help—
"Shopkeeper, what are you going to do with these desserts?" Momoya asked, watching Haruna turn around and look at him weakly, and he added, "If it's convenient, can I buy some home?" He felt embarrassed and stopped crossing his eyes and said in a tone with a faint smile: "I have a sister in my house, so I really want her to taste the desserts here."
Haruna's dull purple eyes immediately shone after hearing his words. She brought out all the desserts in the window with lightning speed, and then wrapped them all at a speed that made Momoya dumbfounded.
"Please take them all! You have a 30% discount... No! One discount!" Haruna announced excitedly.
Momoya: "..." It was obvious that he had taken a huge advantage, so why did he suddenly have the kindness of himself who was taken a huge advantage?
In this way, Momoya took all these desserts with an hour's salary.
Just before he left the door, the back of his clothes was gently grabbed. He turned his head and saw the petite shop manager standing behind him. She smiled and was holding a packaging box in her hand, "Give it."
"What is this?" Momoya was a little confused.
"Because I only made two servings of each dessert today, the pudding was eaten up. This is the pudding I made at home. If I don't dislike it, please take it back for your sister to try it."
Momoya silently took the light but heavy cake box that made him feel. Finally, he whispered: "...thank you."
After sending Momoya away, Haruna let out a deep breath. It was so dangerous! She almost failed the task! But after dragging Momoya Kinomoto, Fukuo, who ran the most difficult version of the dessert shop, unexpectedly completed the first day of her mission. That's right, Haruna received the task on the first day of opening the business to sell each dessert. Because she refused to pay the system an advertising fee of 200,000 yuan at the beginning of business, she was treated ruthlessly by the system - she didn't even post promotional advertisements to her, and only allowed her to send recruitment information!
But Haruna, this legendary figure who can usually only stay in Lucky e but can always jump into the Lucky Ex ranks at critical moments. With her extraordinary luck, she survived the first day mission forced to be released by the system!
So, when she opened the passage to the ranch gate in the store, she was greeted by the cute and loud voice of the system: "Congratulations to the player Haruna for completing the daily tasks of the store. The task reward is to increase the store's customer traffic by 30 people! Since Haruna is the first to complete it, sending additional tasks rewards - advertising is always the fastest marketing method! Haruna won an advertising effect, which will increase the number of customers of her store by ten people. Now, the daily tasks for the next day are still troubled by the deserted business? Since this is the case, why not take the initiative to investigate the tastes of customers! The system will distribute 100 flavor survey questionnaires for Haruna, and ask Haruna to complete the questionnaires within tomorrow's store operating time."
...In view of the powerful task reward, Haruna suppressed her rage and was already unhappy for a day. It was not until the moment she opened the store that Haruna realized that the conversion rate of her ranch currency to Japanese yen was 20:1, which means that the twenty ranch currency was only worth one yen. Well, that is, the salary of Kinomoto Momoya was actually 24,000 yuan per hour. But even so, she had to hire it because she knew that the value of the waiter would soon be reflected in her store.
Sure enough, Haruna, who had passed the first day of purgatory, unexpectedly welcomed a large number of customers, and the idle waiter in her store came in handy.
Whether it is ordering or serving the guests, Momoya made Haruna feel satisfied and unable to speak, not to mention that he could even take the time to put the dishes into the kitchen dishwasher, and then bring out the cleaned tableware after the dishwasher work is completed.
The most important thing is that his face is good! You should know that most of the people who like to eat desserts are girls. Even some boys are very loyal, but due to face and other reasons that Haruna cannot understand, they usually do not choose to go to dessert shops unless it is some special dessert shops, such as maid themes. Therefore, Haruna has always positioned his customers on young girls. With a handsome waiter like Momoya, it is like a tiger. It is really worthy of being a waiter who allows Haruna to hire directly through his face!
While observing Momoya, Haruna was not forgetting to be busy with her work. Because she wanted to show her cooking skills to customers, Haruna specially designed an open kitchen (she redecorated it herself, so her current deposit is zero). Since the dishes sold in her store are smoke-free, this design can make her production process very transparent. During this day, several little girls held their mobile phones and took photos of her busy in the kitchen.
Haruna did not mean to stop him. Even if he put it online, as long as he could attract customers for her, Haruna would feel that he would make a profit or lose money.
When he finished his busy schedule, the most crowded noon, Haruna placed all the freshly baked desserts in the oven in the window, then adjusted the automatic cream mixer to time, waved his hand to Momoya casually, and drove him into the kitchen for an outdated lunch.
After Momoya came out again, Haruna picked up a stack of flyers she stuffed into the small cabinet and walked out of the store. That's right, it's time for her to do her daily store tasks!
As soon as Haruna appeared on the bustling streets, she immediately attracted a lot of attention, including men and women. After all, her appearance was obviously a ferocious man and woman. So, in just about an hour, all the questionnaire surveys were filled out, and she added a new wave of popularity to her shop.
After closing, Haruna looked at the blinding amount of payment and happily stuffed another 2,000 yen into Momoya's salary. By the way, he also packed three desserts that were not sold in the store for free.
As usual, Haruna sent Momoya away at the door of the store. The black-haired boy smiled and said to Haruna before leaving: "My sister said that the cake here is the best one she has ever eaten."
"That's great. As long as you work here for a day, I will give you cakes every day." The premise is that as long as you are not afraid of feeding your own sister to gain weight.
Seeing Momoya's figure disappear into the night, Haruna rushed into the store quickly. She carefully ordered her income and expenditure today. After more than ten seconds, she counted it again. This time, she was stunned for ten minutes.
She actually made 340,000 yen on this day! Taking out the expenses of buying raw materials, she made a full net profit of 200,000.
...Haruna decided that he would spend more time running this dessert shop in the future!
After calming down, Haruna began to check the contents of the questionnaire. In fact, the questions above are very rigid. What Haruna wants to see most is the personal opinions of all the investigators in the last column. Because the questionnaire produced by the system printed all the dishes and prices in her store, so if the guests have any targeted suggestions, they can write them directly. And Haruna specifically emphasized to everyone who took the questionnaire when sending the questionnaire, please be sure to write your personal opinions.
Haruna was very fast to read the questionnaire, because most of the customers wrote that they hoped that the price would be cheaper. However, for Haruna, this opinion was simply a waste of her paper. Who made her make the most delicious food? Price reduction? It doesn't exist.
When she was more than halfway through, she saw a very strange answer - please give your store a unified set of work clothes.
Looking at the message, Haruna fell into deep thought. So, she seemed to have forgotten the work clothes. Haruna put the questionnaire aside and decided to prepare the above opinions tonight.
Soon, she came across a very constructive answer - there were too few types of dishes, please add coffee jelly.
...No, this guy just wanted to eat coffee jelly so he said this on purpose! You know that there are dozens of recipes in her store! But... Seeing that this coffee jelly sincerely provided a recipe for the guy who truly loved, Haruna also selected the questionnaire.
Haruna even saw a weird remark like asking female employees to wear maid outfits. But obviously, she directly ignored this remark that looked like an otaku.
After packing up the questionnaire, Haruna returned to the ranch. The cute voice of the system really sounded on time again.
"Congratulations to the player Haruna for successfully completing the daily task. Now, the reward for this task - the method of making coffee jelly and the production picture of the dessert shop work clothes. Now, the magical coffee bean seeds have begun to be sold in the ranch express manual. Please pay attention to check it. Tomorrow's daily task is - what are you waiting for? Go and meet the requirements of the guests! Please ask the rancher Haruna to complete the guests' suggestions tomorrow, and meet the conditions for coffee jelly or employee uniforms to be made. Please choose one and do what you can!"
Haruna was almost roaring! Not to mention coffee jelly, ordinary clothes alone would have to be made for 12 hours! If the fabric was something rare this time... Just thinking about it, Haruna had the urge to beat the system up.
After taking a deep breath, Haruna walked into the tailor workshop with a heavy face. She walked to the sewing machine and clicked on the option above. When she saw the work clothes, she hesitated for a second or two before she completely opened the materials it needed. Then she found that - I don't know which inferior work clothes were this, but it only took a piece of white cotton cloth and... a black alpaca cloth? And the production time was only three hours?
Haruna's heart rekindled at this moment. Although she did not have white cotton cloth or brown alpaca cloth, she had these two kinds of yarn balls! Thanks to the system for not thinking that she would really cut off her back, because it only took six hours to process the two colors of black and white. After calculating the time, Haruna breathed a long sigh of relief.
As long as she doesn't sleep tonight, her work clothes will be perfect!
Haruna returned to her cabin after she had to do everything in the tailor's workshop. She opened the method of making coffee jelly. When she found that there was gelatin in the dessert room, she realized that she had always forgotten the seasoning workshop. Yes, gelatin production requires a seasoning workshop to be made.
Chapter completed!