Chapter 217: Dining Room (5th Update)

The Qian family retreated in the face of difficulties and did not trouble him for many days.

Mo Hua was also happy to be free and began to continue doing his own things.

The equipment and alchemy shops had been built, so he didn't have to worry about them. There was another thing he had been planning to do before.

One afternoon, An Xiaofu came to eat again.

He drank wine, ate meat, and chatted with everyone.

Perhaps he inherited his mother's talent, An Xiaofu is very good at listening to and telling gossip.

When he listens, others like to talk, and when he talks, others also like to listen.

Mo Hua waved to him.

When An Xiaofu saw it, he was stunned for a moment, then his expression became happy, and he immediately ran over.

When he ran closer, he saw that there was nothing on the table in front of Mo Hua, and he couldn't help but ask with a puzzled look:

"No food?"

Mo Hua was helpless, it turned out that he thought there was food, so he called him over...

"Have you thought about what to do?" Mo Hua asked directly.

An Xiaofu sighed, "Not yet..."

Mo Hua said, "Do you want to open a restaurant?"

"Restaurant?" An Xiaofu was stunned, "We already have a restaurant..."

"It's different."

An Xiaofu frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't think of what would be different.

"Aren't all restaurants the same?"

"The restaurant you opened is your own."

"Your own?"

An Xiaofu thought about it, and was shocked when he had an idea. "You want me to kill my father and take over the family restaurant?"

Mo Hua was also shocked. "How did you come up with this idea..."

"A merchant passed by a few days ago. I invited him to drink and he told me..."

An Xiaofu lowered his voice and whispered to Mo Hua:

"It is said that a son secretly killed his father and occupied his father's monastic property, and did it perfectly. If the son hadn't let it slip after getting drunk, no one would have known..."

Mo Hua sighed, "No need to kill your father."

An Xiaofu breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest. "That's good, that's good."

Mo Hua continued: "You open your own restaurant according to your own preferences."

"My own preferences?"

An Xiaofu still didn't quite understand.

"Do you like eating here?"

An Xiaofu nodded.

"Do you like listening to stories?"

"Yes."

"Do you like eating the monster meat here?"

An Xiaofu nodded more vigorously.

"Do you understand?" Mo Hua said.

An Xiaofu probably understood, and his eyes gradually brightened, but he still doubted:

"But I have nothing."

"What do you need to open a restaurant?"

An Xiaofu counted, "It needs spirit stones, a small building, a chef, a recipe, a stove, and manpower..."

"I'll take care of the stove, and you can ask my mother for the recipe. You can ask old man An for spirit stones, venues, and manpower."

"My grandfather?"

"Yes."

An Xiaofu was timid, "My grandfather won't agree..."

"How do you know if you don't ask?"

"But..."

"Do you want to open this restaurant?" Mo Hua asked.

An Xiaofu tried to think about what Mo Hua said, and nodded seriously: "I do!"

"If you want to do it, you should work hard to do it."

An Xiaofu thought of his grandfather and felt a little scared.

Mo Hua said: "The more you are afraid of some things, the less you dare to do them. The less you do, the more afraid you will be."

An Xiaofu stammered, not knowing what he was saying.

"Will your grandfather beat you?"

"Normally not, my father will beat you..."

"Are you afraid that your father will glare at you?"

An Xiaofu nodded.

"Then just assume that your grandfather has already glared at you and beaten you, and then go and talk to him."

An Xiaofu was stunned.

"He has glared at you and beaten you, what are you afraid of?"

An Xiaofu suddenly realized that he was not so scared, "It seems to make sense..."

Mo Hua patted his shoulder, "If you don't work hard for what you like now, you will regret it in the future."

An Xiaofu felt endless courage surge in his body and nodded seriously.

But this courage disappeared as soon as he got home.

Thinking of his grandfather and his father, he was still instinctively afraid.

He couldn't tell what he was afraid of, but he was just very afraid.

An Xiaofu couldn't eat, and couldn't sleep at night. He wanted to go to Mo Hua's restaurant to play, but he felt guilty about Mo Hua and was embarrassed to go.

Mo Hua encouraged him so much, but he backed out, which made An Xiaofu feel very guilty.

Seeing him like this, An Xiaofu's mother was very worried:

"I told you to eat less, but I didn't tell you not to eat."

An Xiaofu whispered: "Mom, it's not..."

"You haven't eaten or tea these days, are you worried about something?"

An Xiaofu couldn't say it.

She couldn't guess what was on her son's mind, so she could only say, "Eat your fill first. Only when you are full can you have the energy to think."

An Xiaofu had no appetite at first, but after eating a few bites, he suddenly wanted to eat again, and finally ate voraciously until he was full.

After eating, the courage that had disappeared suddenly surged back.

An Xiaofu said with a tragic face, "Mom, I'm going."

His mother was puzzled. What happened to this child...

An Xiaofu walked through the long corridor with a mentality of seeing death as home, and finally came to the study of Grandpa An.

This road almost exhausted all his strength.

An Xiaofu stood for a long time, and when he regained some courage, he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and stepped over the threshold of the study.

Grandpa An knew that his grandson was coming.

When he was a carefree child, Xiaofu often ran over to play alone.

But since he was seven or eight years old, he never took the initiative to approach the study.

Maybe he has grown up and become more sensible, or maybe he can understand other people's expressions.

Although the child looks young, he is actually very sharp-minded, but this sharpness is almost instinctive, and the child himself may not be aware of it.

For some reason, he suddenly came alone again this time.

But this heroic look, as if he was going to the execution ground...

Grandpa An looked at him with mixed feelings.

"I am his grandfather after all. At most, I will scold him a few words, and I will not eat him. Why are you so scared..."

An Xiaofu mustered up his courage and finally took the initiative to stand in front of Grandpa An.

"Xiaofu, is there something wrong?"

Grandpa An asked, trying to make his voice sound more kind.

An Xiaofu stuttered for a long time before he said:

"Grandpa, I...I want to open...a restaurant."

Grandpa An frowned, "Hasn't the An family already opened many restaurants?"

An Xiaofu was a little timid, but still said, "I want to open one myself."

"Why do you suddenly want to open a restaurant? Did anyone tell you anything?" Grandpa An asked calmly.

An Xiaofu felt that people should be loyal, so he didn't show the ink painting, but just said:

"No one told me anything, I wanted to open it myself."

Grandpa An raised his eyebrows slightly, "What about the venue and the spiritual stones used as capital?"

An Xiaofu said, "Ask Grandpa!"

This statement was a little bit justified.

Mr. An was a little surprised and asked, "Where are the meals and recipes?"

"I already have a way."

"Where is the stove?"

"I'll find someone to refine it."

"Where is the formation on the stove?"

"Mo Hua will help me draw it."

An Xiaofu blurted out.

When it comes to formations, the only thing he can think of subconsciously is Mo Hua...

Mr. An understood.

But he didn't feel dissatisfied, but rather quite happy.

Mo Hua can help An Xiaofu, no matter what he does, it's a good thing.

Mr. An pretended to be in deep thought and didn't speak.

An Xiaofu felt like sitting on pins and needles, expecting and nervous, his heart was in turmoil, and sweat kept coming out of his chubby forehead.

Grandpa An felt that it was almost done, so he nodded and said, "I agree."

An Xiaofu was overjoyed and opened his eyes wide, "Really?"

Grandpa An nodded and said, "Go find your father and ask for whatever you need. Just say that I agree and he won't shirk responsibility."

"Oh, oh." An Xiaofu nodded repeatedly and ran out immediately.

Halfway through the run, he suddenly remembered something and ran back immediately, saying respectfully:

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

Grandpa An shook his head and said helplessly, "Go."

An Xiaofu ran out again, his whole body immersed in joy, his feet soft, as if he was stepping on cotton.

An Xiaofu found his father, An Yonglu, and told him what his grandfather said.

An Yonglu was surprised, "No way."

"Grandpa agreed!"

An Xiaofu became more confident.

An Yonglu was a little bit unconvinced, but he also knew that his son was not brave enough to lie to him so much, not to mention that he was lying in the name of the old man.

An Yonglu agreed, and after An Xiaofu left happily, he went to find Old Man An.

"Dad, Xiaofu's matter..."

"Just do as he says."

"But..."

"No buts, how many spirit stones does it cost to open a restaurant? Mo Hua is willing to help him, all of this is worth it."

"Why would Mo Hua help Xiaofu?" An Yonglu was a little confused.

"I guess they have some friendship." Old Man An glanced at An Yonglu lightly, "Your son has more face than you in Mo Hua's place. If you ask Mo Hua for help, he may not pay attention to you."

An Yonglu smiled awkwardly.

"But," An Yonglu asked again in confusion, "Why do you want to open a restaurant?"

Although a restaurant can also earn spirit stones, it is definitely not as good as a weapon refining business or an alchemy business.

What was the purpose of Mo Hua opening this restaurant?

Grandpa An couldn't figure it out for a moment, but although Mo Hua was a formation master, he was still a child after all.

Sometimes he really couldn't figure out what the child was thinking.

"It's probably just a small fight, just open it for fun."

Grandpa An sighed, and then instructed An Yonglu:

"Give Xiaofu whatever he wants. It's just a restaurant, let them do it, just consider it as a good relationship with Mo Hua."

An Yonglu nodded, "Okay, Dad."

An Xiaofu mustered up all his courage, met his grandfather, told him his request, and his grandfather agreed.

The restaurant he wanted to open was also settled.

An Xiaofu felt that he had accomplished his mission and had not let Mo Hua down, and he was really relieved.

That afternoon, he happily went to Mo Hua's restaurant again.

He completed the task, and now he had the "face" to meet Mo Hua again.

Mo Hua praised him and treated him to a lot of good food.

An Xiaofu was very touched and decided to eat all the food he had eaten in the past few days.

Then it was time to prepare for the restaurant.

The preparation of the restaurant was much simpler than that of the equipment or alchemy business.

Besides, the An family had opened so many restaurants before, and everything was familiar to them. From site selection to labor, the An family took care of it all by themselves, so Mo Hua didn't have to worry about it at all.

The only thing Mo Hua needed to care about was the stove and the formation on the stove.

The stove in the restaurant was made by Master Chen at Mo Hua's request, and the formation was also drawn by Mo Hua.

However, at that time, Mo Hua's formation level was still very low, the stove was relatively small, the fire was not big, and the function was average.

Mo Hua also suggested changing it, but Liu Ruhua disagreed.

This was used when the restaurant was just opened, and the formation inside was also drawn by Mo Hua herself. She was used to it for so long, so she didn't want to waste spirit stones to change it again.

But now that the restaurant has just opened, a small stove is definitely not enough, so Mo Hua wants to refine a larger first-grade stove.

Mo Hua went to ask Master Chen for help, and Master Chen naturally agreed.

Having refined the first-grade refining furnace and the first-grade alchemy furnace, a stove is even more of a piece of cake.

The refining chart was found by Master Chen, and the materials were provided by Elder Yu. Then the refiners worked together, and the stove was refined in less than a week.

The refined stove is two people tall, the materials are solid and durable, and the shape is somewhat different from the refining furnace and the alchemy furnace. The patterns on the details are less fairy-like and more smoky.

This stove is already the specification of a first-grade spiritual tool.

Mo Hua was very satisfied with it.

Then he drew a simplified version of the first-grade molten fire control spirit complex array inside the stove.

This set of complex arrays can also control the size of the fire, and there is also a cold array to cool down, but it only contains a first-grade molten fire array.

It's just cooking, not refining, so one set is enough.

If the fire is too strong, the stove will be easily burned.

The stove was built and the dining hall was repaired.

The dining hall was not located on North Street, but on South Street where the casual cultivators lived.

There was an An family's own spiritual dining hall on North Street, so it didn't make sense to open another one, and Mo Hua didn't want to open it on North Street.

He opened this dining hall because he wanted casual cultivators to eat cheap meat.

So it was natural to open it on South Street where there were many casual cultivators.

The dining hall was named "Fu Shan Lou" in the hope that all casual cultivators at the bottom of Tongxian City would have a good meal. Even if life was hard, they would always be happy if they could eat something delicious.

Half of Fu Shan Lou belonged to An Xiaofu and half to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua gave his half to his mother.

Liu Ruhua disagreed, so Mo Hua said:

"Mother, mine is naturally yours too. Please help me take care of this restaurant first."

Liu Ruhua couldn't argue with Mo Hua, so she had to agree.

The recipes in the restaurant were provided by Liu Ruhua, and the chefs were also instructed by Liu Ruhua, but she didn't need to do it herself. She just looked after the restaurant and studied the recipes of the meals on weekdays.

The specific things in the restaurant were taken care of by An Xiaofu.

An Xiaofu was the young master of the An family. Even if he didn't know how to do it, the An family would find someone to teach him. Even if he was not familiar with it at the beginning and made some mistakes, it didn't matter. After a long time, he would be able to handle people and things naturally.

Although An Xiaofu was a family member, he was kind-hearted and treated people sincerely. In fact, he was very suitable for the restaurant business.

What's more, the An family was originally in the restaurant business. An Xiaofu was influenced by it since he was a child, so he would learn faster and do better.

This is also the reason why Mo Hua asked An Xiaofu to join the company and why the An family behind him bought shares.

He didn't want his mother to be too tired.

It's very hard to open a restaurant, not to mention a restaurant that's bigger than a restaurant.

An Xiaofu is chubby and likes to eat, so it's good to be tired, which can help him lose weight.

But his mother is in poor health and can't be tired. As long as she concentrates on studying recipes and occasionally cooks delicious food on weekdays, it will be fine.

She can do what she wants to do without being too tired.

Mo Hua is very thoughtful.

This chapter can't be separated, so let's combine the two chapters.