Jiang Yining first took a few shots of the inn's lobby, then carried her camera out into the courtyard to film some more.
From the outside, the Fortunate Inn looked like a two-story building made of solid wood, but that was actually just the finish.
The vintage style inside was also achieved through the decor.
The inn itself had the reinforced-concrete frame commonly used in modern buildings.
Building it out of real wood would not only cost more time, effort, and money, but also provide poor soundproofing between rooms, seriously affecting the guests' experience.
With its current wooden-building look, it still came out beautifully in photos.
Right outside the Fortunate Inn was the Mount Sanqing scenic area. Across a deep mountain ravine, directly opposite the inn, stood Heaven's Gate Peaks.
As the name suggested, Heaven's Gate Peaks were rows of peaks standing side by side like pillars holding up the sky.
The towering peaks parted abruptly in the middle, like the gates of heaven thrown wide open, making a spectacular sight from afar.
Heaven's Gate Peaks were also one of the Mount Sanqing scenic area's classic tourist photo spots.
Whether viewed from far away or up close, they made it easy to take stunning pictures.
After filming the inn, Jiang Yining headed out to take some footage around the scenic area. She wandered outside for almost an hour before returning.
"Miss Jiang, your egg fried rice is ready. Since you weren't here, I put it in the insulated warmer to keep it hot. Shall I get it for you now?"
Seeing Jiang Yining return with her camera, Hu Ting smiled and greeted her.
Then she turned to the square insulated warmer on the reception counter and took out Jiang Yining's egg fried rice.
The rice container was insulated too, and it retained heat so well that it was still a little hot to the touch.
"Thank you. Sorry for the trouble."
Jiang Yining thanked her, switched off the action camera in her hand and tucked it back into her pocket, then reached out to take the egg fried rice and a set of disposable utensils from Hu Ting.
When she saw the disposable utensils provided by the Fortunate Inn, Jiang Yining mentally gave the inn a thumbs-up.
The disposable chopsticks looked fairly good quality, and the set came with a plastic spoon too.
Whether you preferred eating egg fried rice with chopsticks or a spoon, you were covered.
After collecting her rice, Jiang Yining scanned the payment code and paid five yuan for a bottle of peach-flavored Maidong, then carried everything upstairs to her room.
"Wow, that smells amazing! It looks so appetizing!"
After washing her hands, she opened the insulated container. The sight of the golden egg fried rice, every grain distinct, instantly set her mouth watering!
She tore open the utensil packet impatiently, pulled out the spoon, and shoveled a heaping spoonful of rice into her mouth.
"Mmm! Delicious! How can egg fried rice taste this good?"
Before she had even swallowed the first mouthful, Jiang Yining's eyes widened in delighted surprise.
She hurriedly swallowed the rice, then quickly pulled her action camera out of her bag to start filming!
Egg fried rice this outrageously delicious made such great content. Not filming it would be doing its flavor an injustice!
"Guys, guys! Let me show you what I'm having for lunch today. Yep, egg fried rice!"
"But, but, you probably can't tell how delicious it is through your screen."
"I'm calling this the emperor of egg fried rice! It's seriously so good!"
"That's all for the introduction. Let me finish eating first, then I'll tell you exactly what makes it so delicious!"
Jiang Yining chattered away at the camera, her expressions exaggerated.
Then she eagerly picked up her spoon and dug in again.
Without pausing for breath, she polished off the entire container of egg fried rice, leaving not a single grain behind.
"I don't get it, guys. How can egg fried rice taste this good?"
"And, and, you know what the real kicker is?"
"The kicker is that this incredible egg fried rice wasn't made by some chef at a high-end restaurant or some long-established private kitchen."
"Can you believe it? It came out of an inn's kitchen! I don't even know what to say!"
"I feel like this egg fried rice could absolutely be featured on Delicacies on the Tip of the Tongue. It's definitely good enough!"
"Guys, listen to me. If you ever visit the Mount Sanqing scenic area, you absolutely have to stop by the Fortunate Inn and try this Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice!"
"That's right, you heard me. Its name is Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice, and the flavor really does stir your soul!"
"At first, I thought the name Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice was a little over the top."
"But after trying it, I realized it wasn't exaggerated at all. It's completely accurate!"
"I swear on this lamp, this is absolutely not a sponsored video."
"I haven't taken a single cent from the inn. I even paid for my room myself, okay?"
"Here, let me show you my payment history."
One serving of egg fried rice had completely won Jiang Yining over, turning her into a voluntary promoter for the Fortunate Inn.
She lavished praise on the egg fried rice in front of the camera, then threw in a few compliments about the inn.
Things like how clean it was and how friendly the staff were.
After filming the video, Jiang Yining still didn't feel full, so she went downstairs and ordered another serving from Hu Ting.
Seeing a girl as slender as Jiang Yining need more than one serving of egg fried rice no longer surprised Hu Ting.
Their canteen's egg fried rice was simply too delicious!
It was already past one in the afternoon, and there weren't many customers ordering food anymore, so the wait had become much shorter.
In less than ten minutes, Jiang Yining's second serving was ready, and one of the women from the kitchen brought it to the lobby.
"Thank you, ma'am!"
After collecting her rice, Jiang Yining went back upstairs to her room. This time, she ate slowly, savoring every bite.
The more slowly she ate, the more she appreciated what made the Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice so special.
Earlier, she had complained that the Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice was a little pricey. Now she was starting to think there was a good reason for its price!
Some tourist attractions in China had the nerve to charge five yuan for a cup of plain boiled water and ten yuan for an ear of corn.
Charging just thirty yuan for egg fried rice as delicious as this was genuinely fair!
At a bigger restaurant, the same egg fried rice could easily sell for eighty or a hundred yuan!
By around two in the afternoon, orders had pretty much stopped coming into the Fortunate Inn's kitchen.
Only then did Lin Zhe, Lin Xiaomeng, and the women working in the kitchen have time to eat lunch.
Some had egg fried rice, while others had fried rice noodles.
But whether they ate egg fried rice or fried rice noodles, both were made with the eggs that provided stat bonuses.
Lin Zhe wasn't so stingy that he would deny his own people even an egg with stat bonuses.
He might have been short on money, but he wasn't obsessed with squeezing out every last cent.
Lin Xiaomeng had privately suggested using ordinary eggs for staff meals, but Lin Zhe had rejected the idea outright.
How much could the inn's handful of employees possibly eat in a day?
Although he earned a little less, he had gained a great deal of respect among his staff.
Lin Xiaomeng, Hu Ting, and the women in the kitchen all held him in high regard as their boss.
Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Lin Xiaomeng totaled up that day's lunchtime takings.
"We sold thirty-five servings of Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice and twenty-eight servings of Soul-Seducing Fried Rice Noodles, for a turnover of 1,888 yuan!"
Seeing the lunchtime earnings, Lin Xiaomeng smiled, and much of her exhaustion melted away.
Good Fortune Canteen was like her child. Watching its business improve made her even happier than Lin Zhe.
Of course, it certainly wasn't because of the little bonus Lin Zhe had promised her.
She already treated Good Fortune Canteen as her own career, determined to do her best and make it bigger and better!
She wouldn't let Lin Zhe down!
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