Chapter 1872 - Pretty Good
After the peak afternoon period, Mag put out a rest notice to take a short one-hour break before reopening.
Mag brought the ladies back to the restaurant, and treated them to a delicious meal. After that, he let them rest in the restaurant for a while so that they could be prepared for the hustle that was coming up.
"I didn't know that it's so tiring setting up a stall. It's even more tiring than working in a restaurant." Yabemiya, who was holding a cup of herbal tea, was sprawled on the table. Her voice was a little hoarse.
"That's right. There are so many people. I feel like the entire Chaos City was there." Firis nodded. She felt that her hands had gone jelly from just packing the octopus for customers.
"It's been hard on all of you. After today, I'll give all of you a break tomorrow." Mag smiled as he looked at the ladies. He did underestimate the crowd. Today was indeed too tiring.
"Hooray!" Yabemiya cheered. No matter how tiring today would be, they'd all be able to sleep in tomorrow.
The other ladies also smiled.
"But, Boss, you said that we didn't have to go to the stall again tomorrow. However, the octopus tentacle still has to be sold. Who's going to tend to the stall?" Yabemiya asked.
"You don't have to worry about that. I'll get the workers from the seafood shop to send some people over to help." The training for the seafood shop workers had been completed, and this would be a chance to give them some hands-on experience.
On top of that, he was intending to double the manpower at the seafood shop. The seafood shop's business was soon to face a sharp rise. If all went on smoothly, he would be able to open another branch soon too.
***
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Delicacy Extravaganza, customers who came over for the extravaganza were stunned when they saw the temporary resting notice at the stall.
When did the Delicacy Extravaganza stalls start having break time?
The screen was still playing a pre-recorded video of all the delicious food that came out from Mag's hands, and that made some people stop to watch.
The stall owners around had mixed feelings when they saw the resentful customers.
It was inevitable that they would feel envious. They had participated in so many Delicacy Extravaganzas, and they had never seen a stall owner who made rules for the customers. Neither had they seen a stall owner who could cause such an uproar after starting for just half a day.
Of course, none of them had ever seen a stall owner who would leave a large crowd of customers behind to bring his employee out for a lunch break.
Other stall owners would grab a cane, and watch behind their employees to see who wasn't serious at work.
"I guess Mamy Restaurant will be dominating the charts for the Delicacy Extravaganza Delicious Cuisine Rankings."
"Well-deserved. Just take a look. None of us can defeat them. We can't be too jealous of that."
"Luckily they are only doing four octopus tentacle series dishes. Otherwise, I don't think we can compete with them."
A few stall owners gathered together, and their topic of discussion was inevitably a little sour.
"They're only joining the Delicacy Extravaganza for one day. A few days later, the customers will forget their taste. Let's work a little harder. There's still hope," Alva said as he forced out a smile.
"They have such a good spot, so many customers, a long list of customers buying their product, and fast serving speed, but they are only participating for one day?" Everyone was shocked. That was a little unimaginable for them.
However, this piece of news quickly got everyone thinking. The Delicacy Extravaganza would be going on for seven days, and although they could not win against Mamy Restaurant today, no one would know for sure seven days later.
***
After the short break, everyone returned to the stall.
Before they even reached the stall, Mag was already faced with several death stares.
"Why is there a line?" Mag was shocked at the long line in front of the stall. He did not expect that people would still line up after the notice was placed. After all, this was not Mamy Restaurant, and the customers were not his regulars.
However, Mag was not new to this. He brought the ladies to the stall without feeling sorry, and quickly prepared for operation.
Mag made all the food on the spot. He switched the screen to live-stream his cooking. He held Fat Head Fish in his hand, and the ingredients were cut into equal pieces in the air with a wave of the cleaver, falling into their respective baskets for side ingredients.
The expressions of the customers, who were deeply resentful, slowly started to look better upon watching the scene.
They did not think that the chef who appeared quite young was actually so good with his cutting skills. He was able to cut the ingredients up into equal sizes despite holding a large and bulky cleaver. His actions were so swift they made housewives look bad.
Just watching the ingredients getting prepared was a performance to behold. That made the customers not so angry anymore. At the same time, they were already looking forward to the delicacies that had explosive reviews.
Of course, the biggest reason was that while lining up, they were already forced to watch the four dishes that were on repeat umpteen times. All they wanted to do now was to quickly try them so that they could satisfy their angry stomachs.
"Boss Mag, I heard that Little Boss had advanced to the top 32 in the Magic Caster Tournament yesterday. On top of that, she was in the magic caster category. What a young talent," Dicus congratulated Mag when he came over with his child for the Delicacy Extravaganza.
The Roth Empire's Magic Caster Tournament was the most prestigious magic caster competition on the Norland Continent. Even though it was limited to only those under the 8th-tier, there would still be magic casters who displayed their flair during every competition, thus becoming a name to behold in the magic caster world.
Amy was able to enter the top 32 at the age of four in the magic caster category, and this achievement itself was undefeatable. When the city lord heard the news of that yesterday, he was equally stunned.
Upon hearing that, the customers standing in front were all in for the gossip.
They did not expect the chef, who looked rather young, to already have a child. On top of that, his child was also a talented magic caster?
"I see, that's pretty good." Mag nodded with a calm expression, but his hands had never stopped.
"Amy joined the magic caster category, not the youth category," Dicus emphasized again, thinking that Mag did not hear him clearly.
"I guess it's very embarrassing for those magic casters who lost to her?" Mag asked with a smile, as though he had just realized.
"Err…" Dicus was stunned. That was quite a novel perspective. However, after thinking for a while, he nodded, and said, "I guess it's pretty awkward."
"Amy is good at everything except acting. Otherwise, she could let them lose with more dignity," Mag said regretfully with a sigh.
"I…" Dicus glanced at his son, who was munching happily on a pastry, and suddenly felt that his son was very disobedient.
"Father, I want to eat this cute little ball," Dicus's son said as he pointed his plump little finger at the octopus ball.
"Er…" Dicus glanced at his watch, and then at the long line behind, and was conflicted. He had to go back for a meeting later, and might not have time to line up.
"Wait for a while, and get the child an octopus ball," Mag said with a smile. "It's going to be break time in a few minutes.. I'll make a serving for him separately."
