Goddess Cultivation Plan

Chapter 570: – Chinese New Year’s Eve

Chinese New Year’s Eve has arrived.

Xia Tian had really been in the restaurant since the afternoon, not even calling or chatting with Lin Jin at all. It wasn’t until eight at night when Lin Jin finally couldn’t hold it anymore.

She told her mom, who was busy cooking the Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner, and then hailed a ride to Xia Tian’s restaurant.

Looking in through the glass, she found that the restaurant really was full of customers. Also, this big city of Xiamen wasn’t like her hometown at all where the streets would be empty during the eve. Here, there were still plenty of people around, maybe even more than usual.

A New Year’s welcoming gathering was even going on at the nearby Wanda, and the music from the speakers was so loud that it even reached here.

Lin Jin didn’t really care about that. She just curiously glanced over, and then continued to observe the scene inside the restaurant.

Since the restaurant was full, Xia Tian really was running around serving dishes as he said he would. The other servers were also very busy, some of the customers seemed to be unhappy about the lack of servers and slow service. Of the less than ten tables on the first floor, three were already complaining.

In the restaurant, Xia Tian looked pretty anxious. He would loudly shout something, and the servers would rush around. Xia Tian had his sleeves rolled up and his forehead covered with sweat as he went to serve himself.

It was probably the first time Xia Tian’s restaurant had ever been this busy, so all the staff were scrambling around like a bunch of ants.

After watching from outside for a bit, she went straight in.

Even though she had only been to the restaurant a few times, all the servers recognized her. After all, Lin Jin and Xia Tian had gotten engaged at the restaurant.

Lin Jin’s sudden appearance left the servers a bit confused. One of them hurried to let Xia Tian know. Xia Tian then came to Lin Jin and helplessly said to her.

“Didn’t I already say I’d be coming back late tonight?”

“I couldn’t relax, okay~” Lin Jin smiled as she moved closer, asking “Do you need me to help too?”

“You? Forget it. You’ll get all dirty, and then I’ll end up yelled at by your mom.”

Even though Xia Tian had only interacted with Lin Jin’s mom for about a week, he was already really scared of her.

“It’s fine. I can’t just stand here and watch, right? We’ll go back together when you close up.”

Lin Jin tilted her head as she looked at Xia Tian before her, then continued to say: “Is there any extra server uniform? Give me a set.”

“There isn’t. If you really must, just help serve the dishes, okay? At least you won’t get wronged.”

“Wronged?”

Just as Lin Jin asked the question, she heard the customer at a table nearby suddenly yelling at one of the servers in anger.

“It’s already been half an hour, why’s the food not here yet!”

The server was scared off to the side. Seeing this scene, Xia Tian hurried there to smooth things over.

It was the first time Lin Jin had seen something like this, and she felt a bit startled. But she also wanted to see how Xia Tian would handle this issue, so she didn’t say anything and just watched as Xia Tian went over.

Xia Tian wasn’t very used to dealing with this sort of thing. These kinds of customers were clearly not commonly seen.

He kept apologizing to the customers and also shouted for the manager to help check on how it was going in the kitchen.

But as for the order of serving dishes, basically all restaurants did first come first serve for the dishes. So even though that table of customers were annoyed, Xia Tian couldn’t just serve their dishes ahead of others.

In the end, Xia Tian could only announce that all tables today would get a 10% discount in an attempt to calm the increasingly restless customers.

After all, there were just not enough people in the kitchen. Originally, Xia Tian had assumed that there wouldn’t be many customers even though it was New Year’s Eve. At most, maybe half the restaurant. But a couple of days ago, he found that there were so many customers booking their New Year’s Eve dinner here that they even had to turn away some groups.

It couldn’t be helped, the restaurant had just opened after all. Xia Tian was also just a complete newbie in the restaurant business. For Xia Tian, not anticipating this New Year’s Eve situation was actually very normal.

However, Xia Tian seemed to be really blaming himself. After he finished dealing with the restless customers waiting for their food, he went over and dejectedly slumped on a bench outside the restaurant.

Lin Jin hurried after him, sitting down beside him.

“What’s wrong? You look upset all of a sudden. There are still lots of customers inside, how could you run out alone?”

“I’m frustrated.” Xia Tian hugged his head with both his hands, shaking it in slight distress. “Only those few tables have actually gotten their food, the servers can manage.”

“Then what are you frustrated about?”

Lin Jin confusedly looked at Xia Tian, who seemed to have suddenly collapsed.

“I’m frustrated that I’m so useless. I clearly knew beforehand that there might be a lot of customers on New Year’s Eve, but I didn’t make any preparations at all. I even agreed to two servers taking leave.”

Xia Tian had his head down. He continued saying without bothering to look up: “If I had found some more chefs or some kitchen assistants earlier, then today wouldn’t be so chaotic.”

“Usually, how long does it take for a table of dishes?”

Lin Jin tilted her head and asked.

“If we count each table as ten dishes, then around half an hour. But it’s usually served in rotations. This time, there are way too many customers, we can’t satisfy everyone even if we serve in rotations.”

“Well, it’s normal for your first time. Now next time, you’ll be able to handle it in time, right?” Lin Jin tried her best to comfort Xia Tian. But maybe because Lin Jin wasn’t talented at this kind of thing,

“If there are ten dishes, maybe half an hour. But that’s on a normal day, when we stagger the orders. This time there are way too many customers—there’s no way to keep everyone happy.”

“Eh, it’s your first time. Next time you’ll know better, right?” Lin Jin tried to comfort him, but clearly she wasn’t great at this sort of thing as her comforting was useless.

Lin Jin reached her hands out and firmly held Xia Tian’s hands. She then leaned her body against his.

Since her words were useless, then she’ll just use her actions instead.

Xia Tian seemed to have really been comforted by Lin Jin, suddenly standing up.

“How about you go back first. I’ll be back around eleven.” Xia Tian returned to the restaurant with a straight face.

To be honest, Lin Jin had originally come this time just to visit Xia Tian, but she actually saw Xia Tian’s aggrieved side.

Lin Jin also knew that she couldn’t help Xia Tian with this matter. She could only quietly support him from behind and hope he would be able to make his restaurant successful as soon as possible.

Letting out a sigh, Lin Jin watched Xia Tian who was busying around inside the restaurant again, suddenly feeling her heart ache a bit.

Because of Chinese New Year’s Eve, the buses had already stopped operating. Lin Jin took out her phone, wanting to call for a car, but there weren’t any drivers even after waiting for ages.

Lin Jin stood up, stuffed both her hands in her coat pockets, and took another glance at Xia Tian. Feeling a bit uncomfortable inside, she slowly walked toward Wanda.

There should be more rideshare drivers over there, right?

Time to go back to being a salted fish.