strictlysupreme Chapter 198: Publicity
Chapter 198: Publicity
Sun Sanzi was a little embarrassed by the praise and continued to the next step with the cake base.
Daya watched her from the side, occasionally offering a hint.
Today is Old Sun's birthday, and Sun Sanzi specially learned how to make longevity peach cakes so he can take them home after work.
The shop doesn't sell birthday cakes, only accepts pre-orders, so people who come to buy desserts crane their necks to look inside as soon as they smell the aroma.
"What are you making, young masters? It smells so good!" a girl buying mochi asked.
Their young lady eats the new pastries from the Dessert House every day, and she has eaten quite a few herself.
I managed to buy the new mochi today, but the sweet and fragrant smell makes me want to try it even more.
Daya took off her apron and went outside to start promoting, "Sister, this is our family's birthday cake."
"It's specially made for celebrating birthdays; we can make whatever kind you want."
Yinzhu immediately became interested upon hearing this; she had been buying things for so many days and had never heard of it before.
I've been to the biggest pastry shop before, but they didn't have anything called cake.
She'd like to see what it looks like, and go back and talk to her mistress to see if they could put one up for the master's birthday celebration.
"Young master, I've never seen a birthday cake before. Do you make any? Could you show me?"
"I don't have any ready-made ones, but I have blueprints I can show you."
Daya took out two thick sketchbooks from the cabinet. They were filled with cake designs drawn by Wen Luozhi, each one painted with oil paint and looked extremely beautiful.
Yinzhu's eyes lit up as she flipped through the pages, and she was thrilled to see the designs prepared specifically for her birthday.
She's never seen anything like this before. She'll have to tell her mistress when she gets back so she can come and see it tomorrow. She's sure there'll be something she likes.
Daya could tell from Yinzhu's reaction that she had an idea, but it was a pity that the cake model hadn't been made yet.
If it were made every day, the cost of materials would be very high, and raw milk is not cheap, nor does anyone have a birthday every day.
Yinzhu flipped through the two booklets for quite a while before she finished. Overjoyed, she bought several more of their signature snacks.
"Young master, could you make one of this designs for me tomorrow? I'll give you the deposit," she asked, pointing to a pink and delicate design in the catalog.
She has a younger sister at home who can test the waters first. If it works, then she'll have helped her mistress out of her predicament; if not, she'll just consider it a rare sight.
Daya nodded, wrote down the order, and accepted the deposit. Since it was a small size, the deposit was only one tael of silver, and Yinzhu thought she had misheard.
After confirming it twice, her opinion of Dessert House improved significantly.
When they first arrived in town, they bought some snacks at Banrixian, which were common but much more expensive.
This dessert shop has a wide variety of strange and wonderful desserts, and the prices are not outrageous.
No wonder so many people suggested she come here when she came out of her half-day leisure class carrying a huge pile of things.
As soon as she left, the people who were buying things behind her gathered together with the two picture books to look at them.
They had heard of this birthday cake before but had never seen it, so they decided to come and see what it looked like tomorrow.
There was no need to wait until tomorrow; Sister Sun had already brought out the longevity peach cake.
"Da Ya, how do you think I did?"
She happily brought out the cake, but her hands almost trembled when she saw so many people staring at her.
"Little chef, is this the cake? Wow, it looks really good!"
An aunt stared at the longevity peach cake on the table with a look of amazement. The peach looked just like the real thing and smelled wonderful. Just by smelling it, you could tell it tasted amazing.
Others gathered around to look, and Da Ya smiled and introduced it to them, saying, "This is our most common style, and the price is very reasonable."
"Dear uncles and aunts, if you need anything, you can come to our store to make a reservation."
While she was introducing it, Sister Sun had already packed the cake. Inside the square, transparent box was a large peach-shaped cake, which looked simple yet elegant.
This unintentionally gave Dessert House another boost in advertising; not only do they offer unusual food, but even their takeout items are strange and unusual.
After thinking for a moment and getting Sun Sanjie's permission, Da Ya took some ice and used it to surround the cake, placing it in the most conspicuous spot in the shop.
As a result, people who come in to buy snacks will ask a few questions and then look surprised.
"Everyone can go to that newly opened restaurant next to Banrixian tomorrow; it belongs to our family."
"There's a huge free cake for our grand opening tomorrow! You absolutely have to come and try it!"
Today, neither she nor Er Ya will go back to the village; they'll rest at the shop until midnight to make the grand opening cake!
"Oh! Young master, you mean that place called Baiweizhai? I just came from there!"
Daya smiled and nodded. The old man and several customers in the shop were talking about the good news that the restaurant would be opening tomorrow and offering half-price discounts for three consecutive days.
After everyone left, each time someone came, they would tell them that they would go to Baiweizhai for free desserts the next day.
Few people can resist a small bargain. What they need to do is lure people over first. As for taking money from their pockets, that's left to the aunt and her family.
The warm home at the academy is also busy attracting customers to Baiweizhai. Today's buy-one-get-one-free promotion has attracted quite a few people.
Everyone knows that a big restaurant is opening tomorrow, offering half-price dishes and free pastries.
At the academy, Yan Che became a living advertisement, standing on the table and shouting during breaks, "My family's restaurant opens tomorrow, it's the Baiweizhai on East Street!"
Everyone, please come and support us!
"What do you mean, 'your family's restaurant,' Brother Yan? I've heard it's owned by Zijing's family," a classmate joked.
Yan Che wasn't annoyed. He jumped off the table, put his arm around Wen Zijing's shoulder, and chuckled, "We're brothers, why would we distinguish between yours and mine, right, Zijing?"
My own father even invested in the restaurant... um, what was it called again? An investment? Yes! An investment!
He even became a shareholder, so it's a matter of shared prosperity and shared loss. These past few days, he's been so busy with the opening that he hasn't even had time to care about his son.
Wen Zijin nodded with a smile and said to her classmates, "I'm treating everyone to dinner tomorrow, so please be sure to come and try our food."
He always seemed aloof from others, and everyone thought he was hard to get along with. But now his classmates realized that they had been judging him by their own petty standards.
The commotion here was naturally heard next door, and a hint of envy flashed across Lu Bai's face.
In the academy, everyone often talked about the friendship between Wen Zijin and Yan Che with great interest, and he felt inexplicably happy listening to what Yan Che had just said.
Because Wen Zijin was exceptionally outstanding and often praised by the teachers of each class, and because they often saw the two of them together and inseparable, they naturally came to know Yan Che.
Sitting by the window, Lin Huaizhi could feel the liveliness in the next room. He clenched his fists, his face full of hatred.
Why is it them again? How come they always have so many good things to be happy about?
And he still had to worry about the money to participate in the imperial examination!