Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 70 Cafeteria Operation 1

Inside the county's No. 1 Middle School, Director Qin went to the cafeteria early in the morning to supervise the cooking, paying particular attention to ensuring that the new dishes were not wasted.

After discussion, he also renegotiated the prices of the meals.

Their cafeteria has three floors, and the prices and dishes vary on each floor.

The cheapest option is definitely on the first floor, where you can eat a variety of vegetarian dishes like potatoes, cabbage, and seaweed for 4 yuan a serving.

The second and third floors have more meat dishes, priced between 8 and 10 yuan.

However, the price of vegetables is bound to go up this time, since the cost is several times that of other vegetables, even though they are both vegetarian.

Once the canteen's menu was finalized with Xia Shiyu, the canteen chefs didn't really innovate much. It was just ordinary stir-fried water spinach, bok choy, and a few other common home-style dishes like scrambled eggs with tomatoes and scrambled eggs with chives. They could change the menu every day.

The cafeteria staff were puzzled when the leaders came to inspect the food. They thought the dishes looked good, but they didn't think it was necessary for them to pay close attention. However, they realized something was wrong after the staff started cooking the food in the usual way.

This dish smells especially delicious today; it's so tempting it makes my mouth water.

After Director Qin let them taste it, they understood why this dish was so important.

After finishing his meal, the head chef's expression hardened. He knew that the cafeteria staff sometimes liked to take advantage of small things, but this time he wouldn't let them. The food was expensive and delicious, and eating even a little bit would break his heart.

Because the dish was delicious, and Director Qin also revealed some of its wholesale price, no one objected when Director Qin set the price of these three vegetarian dishes at 10 yuan.

Although the price is on the high side, it's definitely worth it.

Director Qin had someone find a blackboard and write the announcement of the new dishes on it, then placed it at the entrance of the cafeteria to ensure that everyone coming in could see it.

As for the window, Director Qin thought about it and decided to place it near the second-floor stairwell, hoping that passing students would be attracted to it.

He originally intended to tell the students directly or post this information in the parents' group, but the school usually only sends out information to parents when there is a price increase for all dishes or a major adjustment.

He just added a few dishes, so there's no need to go to all this trouble. If you think it's too expensive, you can go eat other affordable dishes.

With everything ready, the cafeteria cooks immediately began cooking with great enthusiasm.

Director Qin eagerly awaited the arrival of noon.

On the main playground of the county's No. 1 Middle School, Xia Jie's class had a physical education class as their last class in the morning. Everyone was quite happy because this meant they could have lunch early.

Xia Jie was quite happy. Although he wouldn't eat lunch in the cafeteria, he was happy to eat at home, since he now had Shi Yu's family's dishes at home.

If we go back sooner, he can eat sooner.

A classmate who was close to Xia Jie came over and asked, "Sister Xia, aren't you coming to the cafeteria with us for lunch later?"

Xia Jie shook his head, "I'm not going, I'm not going. The food in the cafeteria isn't as good as what I eat at home. I'd rather go back to my hometown to eat."

"Okay." Some of the people were boarding students. Although they felt that the food in the cafeteria was not very good, they still had no choice but to eat there.

Soon, the group chatted for a while before the PE teacher gathered them together, said a few words to them, and then dismissed them.

A group of people immediately ran towards the cafeteria, their steps quick.

"Lili, what are you going to eat? Which floor?" Several girls asked each other for their opinions while jogging.

Lin Li thought for a moment and replied, "Let's go to the second floor. I want to eat the braised pork with preserved vegetables on the second floor."

"Okay, let's go to the second floor then."

Several girls ran towards the cafeteria, only to find the blackboard that Director Qin had placed at the entrance.

"New items in the cafeteria today! Delicious seasonal vegetables at the first window on the second floor, please try them!"

Wang Qiqi exclaimed in surprise, "The cafeteria has developed new dishes! They're on the second floor, let's go check them out later."

"Okay, let's go up and take a look."

The group walked up to the second floor of the cafeteria. Luckily, their PE class ended early, so there weren't many people and they didn't have to wait in a long line.

Upon reaching the second floor, Lin Li smelled a unique aroma of food. Turning her gaze, she discovered it was the first cafeteria window on the second floor, with a sign that read "New Dishes for You to Try."

Wang Qiqi smelled the aroma and immediately understood when she saw the words posted on the window that these were the new dishes introduced by the cafeteria.

"Oh, so this is where it is. It smells nice. I'll go take a look."

The others also stepped forward, but what they saw disappointed them.

"What? They have the nerve to call this a new dish? It's just ordinary stir-fried water spinach and scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

"Yeah, isn't this a dish that the cafeteria has made before?"

"And stir-fried bok choy, I hate bok choy the most."

"My God, look at the price next to it, three vegetarian dishes for ten yuan."

"It's the same price as meat! That's outrageous! Let's go, let's go, this is too outrageous."

"The school just wants to fleece us."

Lin Li and her friends walked forward while complaining, but Wang Qiqi kept looking back.

Seeing this, Lin Li seemed somewhat reluctant. "Qiqi, what's wrong? Let's go eat meat."

Wang Qiqi hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Why don't you guys go ahead first? I'm a little curious about that dish and I'd like to try it."

"Oh, don't go, Qiqi. It's so expensive, we might as well go eat meat."

Wang Qiqi still refused, saying, "Just let me try it if it's okay. If it doesn't work out, consider it a warning to everyone."

"Alright then, go ahead, we'll wait for you over there." After saying that, Lin Li led the other friends to the other window, finally able to eat the braised pork with preserved vegetables that she had been longing for.

The cafeteria ladies were quite disappointed, as they had clearly heard what several students had said.

They tried to argue that the dish was absolutely worth the price, but the students left in a hurry.

Director Qin, who was observing from the side, was also very disappointed, as he had thought this could be the first deal.

However, things took an unexpected turn when the two cafeteria ladies saw Wang Qiqi walking over, and they were quite happy.

She greeted them warmly, "Little sister, come over here, this food is delicious."

Wang Qiqi didn't know what was wrong with her, but she couldn't resist the food when she saw it today.

She used to feel this way too, seeing a dish and inexplicably wanting to eat it, and feeling a deep sense of regret if she couldn't have it.

This time, her feelings were so strong that she decided she had to try it no matter what.

She stepped forward and said to the cafeteria lady, "Could you please give me a small serving of rice and a large serving of vegetables?"

"Okay, okay." The cafeteria lady smiled and filled a plate with food for her, handing it to her.