The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 800 The Importance of Operation_1

"Sister-in-law and a few of us have been going over to the house these past few days to clean up a bit since we have nothing else to do. The exterior work is basically done, with just the area for planting flowers and trees next year left. You should go take a look later, there’s not much left to do," Wu Xingxing said.

Li Qing’s house had long been a major concern for the women in the family, each of them finding time to do what they could. Conversely, Li Qing, the head of the household, seemed to be the type to throw his hands up and let others manage, mostly just asking about the progress.

As for the real, solid work, it seemed like he had not done a thing.

Listening to Wu Xingxing’s relentless chatter about the finer details, Li Qing couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed.

He had indeed been neglecting household affairs lately.

"As for other news..." After finishing with the house, Wu Xingxing paused and looked down pensively, then suddenly said, "Oh right, there’s another very, very important thing—our barbecue stand seems to have become famous!"

"Famous?" Li Qing asked with a hint of astonishment, "How did it become famous all of a sudden, out of nowhere?"

"I don’t know, but these past few days, from around three or four in the afternoon, the crowd starts coming in. Most of the people have been coming from the county town to eat at our stand. See those cars parked along the road? They’re from the people who stayed after eating barbecue and drinking last night," Wu Xingxing pointed out the neat rows of cars parked along the road.

"These past days, it looks like we’ve averaged about two hundred tables a night, almost worked us to death. Sister-in-law had no choice but to find some extra help from the village to keep things under control."

Li Qing was immediately taken aback. Two hundred tables?

For a barbecue stand that wasn’t exactly remote but also wasn’t in a bustling area, this was indeed a terrifying number.

"And, there’s more important news. In the past few days, we’ve had quite a few returning customers," Wu Xingxing said lazily, leaning on Li Qing, "Roughly about... I’d say a fifth of them, give or take. I never really asked, but there are definitely some who’ve come several times."

"Also, some people have been holding official banquets at our stand, claiming it has an authentic and original vibe, reminiscent of their childhood. Isn’t that strange? My mind nearly crashed when those guys told me that—I really wanted to tell them they were a bit crazy."

"Listening to you say this, I want to say the same thing." Li Qing felt his brain wasn’t quite functioning properly.

This turn of events, he just couldn’t fathom it!

Wait a minute...

Li Qing suddenly thought of that young housewife Tang Rou, who disliked taking advantage of others and always insisted on fair exchanges. He couldn’t help but wonder if this was her handiwork?

"Has Tang Rou been to the store these past days?" Li Qing suddenly asked, thinking of this possibility.

"Tang Rou?" Wu Xingxing opened her mouth in confusion, "You mean that young wife who was drumming up business at our stand?"

"What drumming up business? She’s not doing that; she’s now an employee in our store," Li Qing explained.

It appeared he hadn’t thoroughly discussed Tang Rou’s situation with his sister-in-law due to Jing Yan’s unexpected visit.

But with such a change in the store, the only possibility Li Qing could think of was Tang Rou.

Otherwise, it was impossible for the business to suddenly catch fire and increase the customer volume to such a terrifying extent.

In the past, although business was good, doing about thirty to forty tables a night was already the limit.

And now, two hundred tables...

The revenue for one night had reached tens of thousands. With this scale, the business could compete with the big stores in the night market.

"She’s now one of our people, and you slept with her?" Wu Xingxing asked with a touch of surprise.

Li Qing shook his head and laughed, "What are you thinking? She’s now an employee in our store, responsible for bringing in customers. Get it?"

"Oh..." Wu Xingxing looked at Li Qing with a mischievous glint in her eye, and said with a drawn-out tone, "If you slept with her, just say so. I don’t mind, and it might be fun to have another sister around."

"That’s not the case. Has she been here recently?" Li Qing dismissed the idea with a wave of his hand.

"I don’t think so, at least I didn’t see her while I was watching the store," Wu Xingxing said with a sly smile.

Despite Li Qing’s gravely serious tone, his words clearly held no authority with Wu Xingxing, who didn’t seem to believe him at all, convinced Li Qing was involved with Tang Rou.

"I’ll give her a call. The surge in customers is probably her doing," Li Qing said. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

He took out his phone, looked up Tang Rou’s number, and called her.

Beep beep...

The phone rang twice, and Tang Rou picked up.

"Qingzi, what’s up?" Tang Rou asked.

She seemed to be in a mall or a similar place; the background noise was quite chaotic.

"Have you started working already?" Li Qing asked.

"Ah, yes," Tang Rou replied, "but for now, I’ve just tried something. I posted an ad on a local authoritative public account using some catchy copywriting. From what you’re saying, it seems to have worked already?"

"Just an ad?" Li Qing was somewhat shocked.

"That’s all I did these past few days; I didn’t do anything else. Could it still be the word of mouth?" asked Tang Rou.

"Probably not," Li Qing shook his head, "The customer volume increased four or five times these past few days. Many people drove specifically from the city to eat here. I guess it must be the ad you posted."

"But how could an ad have such a great effect? Especially one on a public account, it’s a bit unbelievable!"

"Public accounts are indeed in decline now, many of them don’t attract traffic anymore," Tang Rou said with a chuckle, "But our local integrated media is still good, and its audience is very stable—mainly locals."

"I spent most of the money you gave me on these few ads for a week. I wrote the copywriting myself and had it polished by a professional. Now everyone looks for a gimmick. I’m quite satisfied with these two aspects, and it should bring in some popularity."

"But a four or five-fold increase in customer volume all at once... I didn’t expect that, either. I planned that if the business doubled, the money would be well spent. From what you’re telling me, it sounds like it was worth it. How many days has this customer volume been maintained?"

"It’s been about five days," Wu Xingxing thought for a moment and then added from the side.

"Five days... that’s a bit short," Tang Rou mused, "If this situation can be maintained for ten days, I’ll polish the ad again, add some more gimmicks, and post it once more."