Looking After a Battle God With Hundreds of Billions in Supplies

Chapter 308: You Won’t Be Able to Live Well Either

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

In order to confirm the situation of the shops, Su Ying planned to go and take a look personally.

After Su Ying gave the three children their respective tasks, she had the guards prepare a small, inconspicuous horse carriage and went out of the manor with Bai Shuang.

They first went to the restaurant closest to Prince Qi’s Manor. It was the one with the best geographical location but was reportedly still losing money.

When they arrived, it was close to noon. The restaurant was as crowded as a marketplace, and even the dining hall on the first floor was almost full.

Su Ying and Bai Shuang walked to the entrance of the restaurant, and a waiter came forward to welcome them.

“Do you two ladies wish to dine here?”

“Mm-hmm. Just give us a table in the main hall.”

The waiter was stunned for a moment as if he hadn’t expected Su Ying to be willing to sit in the main hall. Those who could come to their restaurant to eat were either very rich or noble, so they would be more or less quite particular. Women rarely sat in the main dining hall.

However, the waiter still invited her in spite of Su Ying’s request. It so happened that there was an empty table near the corner of the main hall.

“What do you two ladies wish to eat? Please feel free to tell me.”

“Bring me all your signature dishes.”

“Oh, okay. Please wait a moment.”

While Su Ying and Bai Shuang were waiting, more and more people came to the restaurant. There was almost no room left, so the staff could only invite people to wait outside.

The restaurant’s kitchen was also very efficient. Very soon, the dishes were served.

“Madam, look. This is our restaurant’s signature crispy chicken. This dish is carp leaping over the dragon gate, and this is braised lion’s head…”

The waiter named a list of dishes.

“How much are the dishes on this table?”

After calculating, the waiter said, “Madam, your dishes cost five taels of silver.”

Su Ying nodded noncommittally and then gestured for the waiter to leave.

Bai Shuang looked at the dishes on the table and could not help but click her tongue. “Each dish costs about one tael of silver…”

These ingredients looked ordinary. All of them added up to only three hundred over copper coins.

With such exorbitant dish prices, how could the restaurant still incur losses every year?

Su Ying didn’t say anything. The food was already served, so how could she not eat?

After eating and drinking her fill, Su Ying put down her chopsticks and asked the waiter to bring the shopkeeper over.

The waiter smiled and called out to the shopkeeper who was doing the accounts to come to Su Ying’s table.

Shopkeeper Li was a little puzzled when he saw Su Ying. “Madam, may I know why you wish to see me?”

Su Ying said with a smile, “It’s nothing serious. I just wanted to talk to you about buying this restaurant.”

Shopkeeper Li was stunned for a moment before he laughed. “Madam, are you joking?”

“Do I look like I’m joking? I heard that your restaurant has been losing money for years and can barely support itself. It’s really a waste of such a good place, so 1 plan to pay a sum of money to buy it. What do you think, Shopkeeper Li?” Shopkeeper Li couldn’t help laughing when he heard Su Ying’s words and he mocked her, “Madam, don’t joke around. As you can see, how can such a big restaurant like ours incur losses? If you want to buy it, I’m afraid you won’t be able to buy this restaurant even if you empty your pockets.”

“I don’t believe you. I’ll pay a thousand taels of silver. Go get someone to prepare the contract.”

Shopkeeper Li concluded that Su Ying was here to stir up trouble. His smile gradually faded as he glared at Su Ying with disdain and said, “Madam, if you are here to cause trouble, then don’t blame me for not showing you any courtesy.”

“You guys lose money every year. Now, I’m giving you money and asking you to give me this restaurant. How can you say I’m here to cause trouble?”

Su Ying raised her voice as she said this, and the people around her laughed when they heard her.

“Madam, don’t joke around. This is Virtue Sunshine Hall. How can Virtue Sunshine Hall lose money? They earn a few hundred taels of silver every month. You want to buy Virtue Sunshine Hall with just 1,000 taels of silver? Isn’t this a joke?”

A diner at the side spoke up for Shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li gave Su Ying a smug look. “You heard that? I’m not the only one who says this.”