Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Golden Eggs

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: Desmond

“You are welcome,” Yuan Zhou responded politely .

“Boss Yuan, are your Herbal Tea Eggs golden eggs?” A seemingly high-spirited man with short

hair asked curiously while holding a briefcase under his arm .

“Do you want to try?” Yuan Zhou asked him back directly .

“Well, no thanks . I couldn’t afford to eat one of those expensive golden eggs . ” He refused Yuan

Zhou’s proposal without slightest hesitation .

“Ok . ”

Although he failed in promoting his Herbal Tea Eggs, Yuan Zhou didn’t appear to be upset . It

didn’t matter even if no customers tried his eggs . Actually, he was just curious about the

original price and ingredients of the Herbal Tea Eggs .

Ever since the ancient times, tea had always been enjoyed by the nobles . It was basically a

luxury good . Since the rapid social development decreased the cost of the tea leaves, ordinary

people could afford to drink the tea now .

In recent times, it was merely an ordinary drink .

While Yuan Zhou was lost in thought, the Division Chief of the tax bureau walked towards the

restaurant with the Vice Division Chief Lee in tow .

“Division Chief, this is it, the one with the most customers . ” The bald Vice Division Chief Lee led

the way in the front while the Division Chief slowly followed behind him, looking around the

small street from time to time .

The surname of the Division Chief was Lin . He was not young, 48 years old this year . He had

been in the current position of Division Chief for years, thus was familiar with the

surroundings . All the restaurants in this street depended on the personnel from the several

office buildings and inhabitants from the two residential estates nearby for customers . It was a

peaceful place but that also meant there were not many visitors .

Seated in a sparsely populated place like this, the restaurant could still obtain such high

revenue . There were presumably no problems, since so many people were still waiting in line at

the entrance of the restaurant .

“Division Chief, maybe I can buy some dishes for you and take them back to eat . Look, there are

too many people here,” Vice Division Chief Lee suggested when they saw the queue of more

than 20 people at the entrance .

“Never mind . Let’s wait in line . When it’s our turn, we can buy and take away the dishes . The

restaurant isn’t big, so I think most of the customers would also order takeout . ” Division Chief

Lin was experienced . His wife and children all loved to eat the delicious specialties, thus he

often went out to buy some for them .

“All right . Let’s wait in line . ” Vice Division Chief Lee had no dissent about that .

“Is this your first time here?” the man waiting ahead of them suddenly turned around and

asked .

“That’s right . What’s the matter?” Vice Division Chief Lee was slightly dumbfounded thus didn’t

say anything . It was the Division Chief who asked curiously .

“You can’t buy dishes and take them away . You could only eat them here at the restaurant . ”

When the man heard their answer, he told them decisively and straightforward .

“The restaurant is so small, it will be pretty troublesome if they don't allow takeout,” Division

Chief Lin continued saying .

“I don’t know why, but Boss Yuan has adhered to this principle firmly . If he says you could only

order one serving, then it’s indeed one serving . If he says you can’t order takeouts, then you

can’t . ” The man shrugged, revealing that he didn’t know either .

“Then the boss will probably lose much business, wouldn’t he?” Vice Division Chief Lee was

puzzled .

“With Boss Yuan’s culinary skills, opening such a small restaurant is unworthy of his talent . On

the contrary, that’s good for us . Only in this way could we eat the delicacies he cooks,” The man

summarized in delight .

“This Boss Yuan doesn't seem to know much about running a business . ” Apart from the caprice,

Vice Division Chief Lee found another drawback of Yuan Zhou’s .

“Actually, it seems that the boss has his own understanding of running a business . ” Division

Chief Lin didn’t seem very concerned about that .

It turned out that this restaurant didn’t seem to have any problems . Other affairs, such as how

they operated the restaurant were all within the owner’s authority . However, now he was quite

curious about the dishes, wondering if they were truly as delicious as told by the others waiting

here .

It wasn’t a long wait . Within an hour, it was their turn .

After the two people entered the door, Vice Division Chief Lee looked directly at his target, the

price list .

Division Chief Lin, on the other hand, acted more casually . He just curiously looked around the

restaurant with interest .

The door was made from ordinary glass but was exceptionally clean . The interior space was 30

square meters, exactly like it was written on paper . A small single table with two seats was

facing the entrance . Besides that, along the long curved table circling the open kitchen, a total

of 8 high chairs were placed .

From this point of view, the restaurant was sparkling clean; even the wall cabinet in the kitchen

was free from any stains . They walked up to the two vacant seats and reached out to touch the

table top . It didn’t feel greasy at all .

Division Chief Lin was quite satisfied with the clean tables and chairs and the absence of smoke

and oil in the air despite it being an open kitchen . At least the sanitary conditions were

satisfactory .

“Hi, what would you like to eat, sirs?” Yuan Zhou didn’t recognize that they were the staffs who

dealt with his tax declaration, thus merely asked his usual question .

“Boss, this price is . . . ?” Vice Division Chief Lee really felt that his previous years were all lived in

vain . A mere Egg Fried Rice costing 188 RMB was still affordable . But what the heck was with

the Herbal Tea Eggs? It was an astonishing 888 RMB even with a special offer .

“Which one do you mean?” Every new guest coming for the first time would ask about the

prices, thus Yuan Zhou would basically answer them all .

“Let’s not mention the other dishes first . Just the Herbal Tea Eggs deserve an explanation . ” Vice

Division Chief Lee was especially curious about this very expensive dish .

“You’ll know why after you order and taste it . ” This was exactly how Yuan Zhou answered .

The Bureau of Commodity Price regulated that prices should be marked clearly, without any

intentional deception and should not affect the average market price . Under this regulation,

Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was too small to affect the market price . As for intentional deception,

the prices were all clearly marked at a conspicuous place on the wall behind thus they couldn’t

even pretend to miss it .

It really was a scam that everybody willingly went for .

He recalled the memory of a song: “Deceit shall be open and straightforward . Don’t put on an

act until the day long . ”

“Lee, let’s follow the boss’s advice and order some to taste,” Division Chief Lin instructed

directly .

“Please offer us the Egg Fried Rice Set and Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set, one serving for each . ”

Since he knew Division Chief Lin liked eating noodles, Vice Division Chief Lee made the decision

to order the set meal of the noodles .

“All right . Altogether, it is 588 RMB . ” Yuan Zhou directly told them the total price .

Vice Division Chief Lee paid the bill without hesitation .

“Young brother, are the dishes here so delicious?” With great interest, Division Chief Lin started

talking to a customer beside him .

The customer was a silent and shy young boy wearing a pair of glasses . He was startled at first

by the abrupt question but after calming down, he said, “Very nice . The culinary skills of Boss

Yuan are truly top-notch but I just come here occasionally because the price is way too high . ”

While saying that, he touched his head with a shy expression on his face .

“It’s indeed quite expensive . Such a small restaurant, yet surprisingly, it sells such expensive

dishes . ” Division Chief Lin nodded his head in agreement .

“In my opinion, this is too deceitful . ” Vice Division Chief Lee touched his bald hairstyle and

grumbled in low voice .

“No, I don’t think so . Though they are expensive, the dishes well deserve the price . There is

nowhere else that you can enjoy such delicacies,” the shy boy refuted Vice Division Chief Lee

immediately .

“Yeah, it’s indeed a good deal for such magnificent dishes . The only problem is that Boss Yuan

is too lazy . The restaurant is open for not more than 6 hours every day . ” another customer

beside them interrupted their conversation, speaking the last sentence in very low voice .

Just as Division Chief Lin was about to say something, he was interrupted by the dishes being

served to them .

“The set meals that both of you ordered . ” Yuan Zhou carried the dishes out one after another .

Looking at the set meals, Vice Division Chief Lee felt a complicated feeling welling up inside

him . Division Chief Lin also had the same feeling . What did these two unpeeled cloves of garlic

mean? They had never seen a restaurant acting so rudely to its customers .

At this time, Yuan Zhou kindly reminded, “The garlic is not spicy nor will it give you dragon

breath after eating it . ”

Even though Yuan Zhou already said that, Division Chief Lin still found it hard to swallow them .

Of course the garlic wouldn’t go to waste here . He had already noticed all plates that the

customers used shone like they had been washed . They shone clean and bright as if the

customers had licked every inch of the plates .

While Division Chief Lin was still hesitating whether or not to eat the garlic, another customer

took a seat beside him and asked directly .

“Young master, are the new dishes Watermelon Juice and Herbal Tea Eggs?” said an aged but

vigorous voice .