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Chapter 60 Feng Family Restaurant
After leaving the Feng family bathhouse, Shen Yao led the cultivators to the Feng family restaurant.
Upon seeing the sign at the restaurant entrance, the waiters immediately ushered the guests into the VIP room and served them fruits, snacks, and tea.
The restaurant manager arrived quickly and saw that the guests in the VIP room were six cultivators of the seventh or eighth rank, dressed very simply. He wondered why Feng Xuanxianfan had introduced them here.
If Feng Xuanxianfan were to give them some work to do, they could only work as kitchen helpers or waiters.
After all, with Feng Xuanxianfan's recommendation, the steward dared not neglect his duties.
The waiter led the steward to Shen Yao: "Steward Feng, this is the fairy recommended by Feng Xuanxianfan."
Feng Jia bowed and said, "Fairy, is there anything I can help you with? Please speak freely."
Shen Yao returned the greeting to the elegant, beautiful fairy before her: "Manager Feng, I would like to book a banquet at the restaurant for three days. Could you please explain the process and the banquet details to me?"
Feng Jia smiled faintly and subtly sized up Shen Yao. She possessed a cool and aloof demeanor and was poised and elegant.
Although the workmanship and materials of their clothes and footwear were not as exquisite as those worn by restaurant waiters.
But Feng Jia wasn't stupid; anyone who could manage the Feng family's shops had some brains.
Feng Jia certainly didn't think that Feng Xuanxianfan would introduce a guest cultivator without knowing his purpose, nor did she think that the fairy in front of her couldn't afford the price.
After instructing the waiter to fetch the menu, Feng Jia naturally sat down opposite Shen Yao: "May I ask how you are addressed, Fairy? And what brings you to this feast?"
"My name is Shen Yao." Shen Yao pointed to Lan Ying and Wan Li: "These two of my attendants have become a couple today, so I would like to hold a three-day wedding banquet here to celebrate their happy marriage."
'So this was all for the sake of accompanying them?' Feng Jia thought to herself, and gracefully stood up to congratulate Lan Ying and Wan Li: 'So it is the joyous occasion of your wedding, my esteemed couple. I, Feng Jia, offer my congratulations.'
Lan Ying and Wan Li sat side by side, hand in hand, feeling both touched and shy. They stood up together to return the greeting: "Thank you for your congratulations, Steward Xie Feng."
Feng Jia sat down again and said to Fairy Shen, "Fairy Shen, besides booking the banquet, would you like to hold a marriage ceremony for the two immortal couples?"
'A marriage ceremony? It must be something like a wedding on Earth.'
Shen Yao looked at Lan Ying and Wan Li. Lan Ying said, "Fairy Shen, our parents are not here, so we won't hold the marriage ceremony."
Wan Li echoed, "Yes, yes, let's postpone the ceremony for now," and then squeezed Lan Ying's hand, "We'll hold it later."
The couple smiled at each other, their affection for each other enduring.
Shen Yao understood their concerns: "The marriage ceremony must be held, and it must be the best one."
He then said to Feng Jia, "Neither of us has any experience, and we didn't prepare wedding attire in advance."
Feng Jia smiled and said, "Don't worry, Fairy Shen, our restaurant has all the wedding attire and ceremony props ready."
“That’s great,” Shen Yao said. “Then let’s have the most luxurious ceremony here.”
Feng Jia smiled and agreed. She then discussed the date of the banquet with Shen Yao. The restaurant already had more than a dozen tables booked for tomorrow, and they needed time to purchase ingredients, set up the venue, and spread the good news. So they decided to hold the banquet the day after tomorrow.
The waiter brought the menu, and Feng Jia asked Shen Yao to look through it, beginning to explain to her: "This Qiwu preserved delicacy is a specialty of our Qiwu..."
After listening to three or four dishes, Shen Yao closed the menu.
Feng Jia asked in confusion, "What is Fairy Shen doing...?"
Shen Yao: "Look at how many dishes can be placed on each table, pick the best ones, and have one of each."
Feng Jia was shocked. How many dishes could be placed on each table depended entirely on the plating skills of the chef and waiters. There were even floating layers on the table, so it was possible to put on forty or fifty dishes.
“This…” Feng Jia said, “Fairy Shen, our restaurant has 128 kinds of dishes. Even without the floating layer, each table can have 28 dishes…”
Shen Yao: "Add more floors, fill them all up, and change the dishes every day. As for the number of tables, just add as many tables as your restaurant can accommodate."
Having been a manager for so many years, Feng Jia felt a little lost for the first time: "Fairy, how many guests are you hosting?"
Shen Yao: "We have no relatives or friends here, so I will host a banquet for the whole city. I want the entire Qiwu City to celebrate for three days for my Lan Ying and Wan Li."
Feng Jia's heart pounded like a drum: 'Is this really not Feng Xuanxianfan joking with me?'
'Feng Xuanxianfan has always been playful; could it be that he sent Fairy Shen to tease me?'
Seeing the doubt on Feng Jia's face, Shen Yao assumed that Feng Jia did not believe in her financial resources. So she waved her hand, and the floor of the VIP room was covered with stones of different sizes.
Shen Yao said apologetically, "I only have 200,000 Perfect Stone Coins left. The rest are all Perfect Stone Blocks. Please have Manager Feng estimate how much they are worth and whether they can be used as a deposit."
Feng Jia felt that she had been greatly frightened tonight.
'So many perfect stones, and Fairy Shen just took them out like that?'
'She's only a seventh-grade, four-elemental-root cultivator! Even if the patriarch of the Feng family wanted to use so many Perfect Stones at once, he'd still have to discuss it with the elders!'
Feng Jia looked at Shen Yao with a shocked expression: "Fairy Shen... we'll only know how much these perfect stones are worth by weighing them, but let alone a deposit, they're probably enough to cover the cost of the banquet."
"That's good." Shen Yao said, "Then it's settled. We'll leave tonight with Manager Feng and head back."
"Are you leaving already?" Feng Jia tried to persuade her to stay: "Fairy Shen, please stay for dinner. We can exchange tokens and weigh your belongings. I'll give you a receipt then."
Shen Yao looked at everyone and figured they must be hungry too, so she accepted Feng Jia's invitation to try the dishes at the banquet.
The food at Fengshi Restaurant is indeed excellent, much better than Xiangyuan Restaurant. It's true that you get what you pay for.
The VIP room contains over 120,000 jin of "Perfect Stones". Each "Perfect Stone Coin" weighs five grams, so there are 12.46 million "Perfect Stones" in total.
The accountant calculated the price. After the price reduction, each table of food was priced at 2,700 ten-coins. With ten hours of continuous banquets per day, there would be 1,500 tables, totaling 12,150,000 ten-coins over three days.
All expenses for the marriage ceremony were waived and provided by the restaurant.
The Feng family gave Shen Yao a bill and then returned thirty-one "Ten Perfect Knives" to her.
Shen Yao looked at the palm-sized, knife-like "Perfect Coin" and asked, "What is this? Why does this 'Perfect Coin' look like this?"
'Fairy Shen doesn't recognize the Ten Perfection Blade?' Feng Jia wondered, but didn't ask. Instead, she patiently explained, 'Fairy Shen, one Ten Perfection Blade costs ten thousand Ten Perfection Coins. Ten thousand Ten Perfection Coins are worth one hundred catties. This Ten Perfection Blade is made by compressing spiritual energy with one hundred catties of Ten Perfection Stone.'
"I see." Shen Yao sheathed the Ten Perfect Blade, cupped her hands in farewell, and said, "Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Steward Feng. We'll head back now. See you tomorrow."
Feng Jia also bowed and said goodbye: "Farewell, Fairy Shen."
After seeing Shen Yao and her party off, Feng Jia started to get busy. The banquet and the marriage ceremony were to be held the day after tomorrow. Clothing, decorations, etiquette masters, ingredients, and guests all needed to be arranged!
The fairy also said that a banquet should be held for the entire city, and notices should be widely issued, regardless of status or rank.
We're too busy, we simply can't keep up...
The Feng Family Restaurant was brightly lit all night long, with both the front and back kitchens constantly busy...