Chapter 216: Dining Hall

The Qian family, knowing their limitations, retreated and didn't bother him for many days.

Mo Hua was also happy to be idle and began to resume his own activities.

The artifact crafting and pill refining lines were already established, so he didn't need to worry about them. There was another matter that he had just started to plan for.

One afternoon, An Xiaofu came running again to eat.

He drank wine, ate meat, and chatted with everyone.

Perhaps inheriting his mother's talent, An Xiaofu was very good at both listening to gossip and spreading it.

When he listened, others loved to talk, and when he talked, others also loved to listen.

Mo Hua beckoned to him.

An Xiaofu saw him, was slightly stunned for a moment, then his expression immediately turned joyful, and he quickly ran over.

He ran to the front but saw that there was nothing on the table in front of Mo Hua. He couldn't help but ask with a puzzled look:

"Are you calling me to eat?"

Mo Hua was helpless. He felt that An Xiaofu thought he was calling him over because there was something to eat...

"Have you thought about what you want to do?" Mo Hua asked directly.

An Xiaofu sighed, "Still haven't..."

Mo Hua said: "Do you want to open a restaurant?"

"Restaurant?" An Xiaofu was stunned for a moment, "Our family already has restaurants..."

"Not the same."

An Xiaofu frowned, thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how it was different.

"Aren't all restaurants almost the same?"

"The restaurant you open will be your own."

"My own?"

An Xiaofu thought for a while, a flash of inspiration struck, and he was startled, "You want me to kill my dad and take the family restaurant for myself?"

Mo Hua was also startled, "How did you come up with that..."

"A merchant passed by two days ago, I invited him to drink wine, and he told me..."

An Xiaofu lowered his voice and secretly told Mo Hua:

"He said there was a son who secretly killed his dad, took over his dad's cultivation family property, and did it seamlessly. If this son hadn't let it slip after getting drunk, no one would have known..."

Mo Hua sighed, "You don't need to kill your dad."

An Xiaofu breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, "That's good, that's good."

Mo Hua continued: "You open a restaurant according to your own preferences."

"According to my own preferences?"

An Xiaofu still didn't quite understand.

"Do you like eating here?"

An Xiaofu nodded.

"Do you like listening to stories?"

"Like."

"Do you like eating demon beast meat here?"

An Xiaofu nodded his head even more vigorously.

"Understand?" Mo Hua said.

An Xiaofu probably understood, his eyes gradually lit up, but he still asked hesitantly:

"But I don't have anything."

"What do you need to open a restaurant?"

An Xiaofu counted, "You need spirit stones, a small building, a chef, a food recipe, a stove, manpower..."

"I'll take care of the stove, you can find my mother for the food recipe, and you can ask Old Master An for the spirit stones, land, and manpower."

"My grandpa?"

"Yes."

An Xiaofu's heart felt fear, "My grandpa won't agree..."

"How do you know if you don't ask?"

"But..."

"Do you want to open this restaurant?" Mo Hua asked.

An Xiaofu thought about it as Mo Hua said for a while, then nodded seriously: "Want to!"

"Since you want to do it, you have to put in the effort."

An Xiaofu thought of his grandpa, and his heart was a little scared.

Mo Hua then said: "The more you're afraid of something, the less you dare to do it, and the less you do it, the more afraid you will be."

An Xiaofu mumbled, not knowing what to say.

"Will your grandpa hit you?"

"Generally not, my dad will hit..."

"Are you afraid of your dad's glare?"

An Xiaofu nodded.

"Then just pretend your grandpa has already glared at you and hit you once, and then go talk to him again."

An Xiaofu was stunned.

"He's already glared and hit you, what else are you afraid of?"

An Xiaofu suddenly realized, and indeed felt less afraid, "It seems to make sense..."

Mo Hua patted his shoulder, "If you don't put in effort for something you like now, you'll regret it in the future."

An Xiaofu felt endless courage surge through his body and nodded seriously.

But this courage scattered as soon as he got home.

Thinking of his grandpa and his dad, he was still instinctively afraid.

He couldn't quite explain what he was afraid of, but he was just very afraid.

An Xiaofu couldn't eat, and he couldn't sleep at night. He wanted to go play at Mo Hua's food stall, but he also felt sorry for Mo Hua and was too embarrassed to go.

Mo Hua encouraged him so much, yet he backed down, which made An Xiaofu feel very guilty.

An Xiaofu's mother saw his appearance and was worried:

"I told you to eat less, but not to not eat at all."

An Xiaofu said in a low voice: "Mother, no..."

"You haven't touched tea or rice these past few days, is there something on your mind?"

An Xiaofu couldn't say it.

She couldn't guess what was on her son's mind, so she just said: "You eat first, you'll have the strength to think after you're full."

An Xiaofu originally had no appetite, but after eating a few bites, he suddenly wanted to eat again and finally wolfed down the food.

After eating his fill, the disappeared courage suddenly surged out again.

An Xiaofu said with a tragic expression: "Mother, I'm leaving."

His mother looked baffled, what exactly was wrong with this child...

An Xiaofu, with the mentality of facing death, walked along the long corridor and finally arrived in front of Old Master An's study.

This journey almost exhausted all his strength.

An Xiaofu stood for a long time, waiting to regain some courage, then gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and stepped over the threshold of the study.

Old Master An knew his grandson had come over early on.

When he was a child, carefree, Xiaofu often ran over to play alone.

But after he was seven or eight years old, he never took the initiative to approach the study again.

Perhaps he understood as he grew up, or perhaps, he could read other people's faces.

Children look small, but their minds are extremely sharp, just this sharpness is almost like instinct, and perhaps the child himself doesn't even realize it.

This time, he suddenly came over alone again for some reason.

But this tragic expression, as if he was going to the execution ground...

Old Master An looked on with a complex mood.

"I'm at least his grandpa, at most I'll reprimand him a few sentences, I won't eat him, why is he so afraid..."

An Xiaofu mustered up his courage and finally took the initiative to stand in front of Old Master An.

"Xiaofu, is something wrong?"

Old Master An asked, trying to make his voice sound a little gentler.

An Xiaofu stammered for a long time before saying:

"Grandpa, I... I want to open... a restaurant."

Old Master An frowned, "Didn't the An family already open many restaurants?"

An Xiaofu was a little timid, but still said stubbornly: "I want to open one myself."

"Why do you suddenly want to open a restaurant? Who told you something?" Old Master An asked in an unmoved voice.

An Xiaofu felt that a person should be loyal, so he didn't mention Mo Hua, only saying: "No one told me anything, I want to open it myself."

Old Master An's eyebrows raised slightly, "What about the land and the startup capital spirit stones?"

An Xiaofu said: "Ask Grandpa you for them!"

When he said this, he still had a bit of righteousness.

Old Master An was a little surprised and asked again: "What about the food and food recipes?"

"I already have a way."

"What about the stove?"

"I'll find someone to refine it."

"What about the array on the stove?"

"Mo Hua will help me draw it."

An Xiaofu blurted out.

When he mentioned the array, he subconsciously thought of it, only Mo Hua...

Old Master An then understood.

But he didn't feel unhappy, instead he was quite happy.

It was a good thing for Mo Hua to help An Xiaofu, no matter what he did.

Old Master An pretended to think and didn't speak.

An Xiaofu felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, both expectant and uneasy, his heart pounding, and his chubby forehead always sweating.

Old Master An felt it was almost time, then nodded and said: "I agree."

An Xiaofu was overjoyed and opened his eyes wide, "Really?"

Old Master An nodded and said: "Go find your dad, whatever you lack, just say I agreed, he won't be allowed to shirk."

"Oh oh." An Xiaofu nodded repeatedly and immediately ran out.

Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something and immediately ran back, respectfully saying:

"Thank you Grandpa!"

Old Master An shook his head and said a little helplessly: "Go on."

An Xiaofu ran out again, completely immersed in joy, his feet felt soft, as if he was stepping on cotton.

An Xiaofu found his dad An Yonglu and told him what his grandpa had said.

An Yonglu was shocked, "No way."

"Grandpa promised!"

An Xiaofu was even more righteous.

An Yonglu was a little disbelieving, but he also knew that his son wasn't courageous enough to tell such a big lie, let alone use the old master's name to lie.

An Yonglu agreed, and after An Xiaofu happily left, he went to find Old Master An.

"Dad, about Xiaofu..."

"Just let him depend on himself."

"But..."

"There's no but, how many spirit stones does it cost to open a restaurant, and Mo Hua is willing to help him, all of this is worth it."

"Why would Mo Hua help Xiaofu?" An Yonglu was a little confused.

"Probably just a little friendship." Old Master An lightly glanced at An Yonglu, "In Mo Hua's eyes, your son has more face than you, if you go ask Mo Hua for help, people might not pay attention to you."

An Yonglu smiled awkwardly.

"But," An Yonglu again asked doubtfully, "Why does he want to open a restaurant?"

Although restaurants can also earn spirit stones, they are definitely not as good as the artifact crafting and pill refining lines.

What was Mo Hua opening this restaurant for?

Old Master An couldn't figure it out for a while, but although Mo Hua was an array master, he was still a child after all.

What children think, he sometimes really couldn't grasp accurately.

"Probably just a small venture, just to play."

Old Master An sighed and instructed An Yonglu again:

"Whatever Xiaofu wants, you give him, it's just a restaurant, let them do it, just consider it building a good relationship with that child Mo Hua."

An Yonglu nodded, "Okay, Dad."

An Xiaofu mustered up twelve times his courage, saw his grandpa, expressed his request, and his grandpa agreed.

His desire to open a restaurant also had a basis.

An Xiaofu felt that he had completed his mission and had not let down Mo Hua's expectations, and he truly felt a sense of relief.

That afternoon, he happily went to Mo Hua's food stall again.

He had completed his task, and now he had "face" to see Mo Hua again.

Mo Hua praised him and invited him to eat a lot of good things.

An Xiaofu was very moved and decided to eat back all the hunger from the past few days.

After that was the preparation of the restaurant.

The preparation of the restaurant was much simpler compared to the artifact crafting or pill refining lines.

Moreover, the An family had opened so many restaurants, everything was familiar, from choosing the site to manpower, the An family handled everything, and Mo Hua basically didn't need to worry.

What Mo Hua needed to take care of was only the stove and the array on the stove.

The stove inside the food stall was refined by Master Chen, whom Mo Hua invited, and the array was also drawn by Mo Hua.

But at that time, Mo Hua's array level was still very low, and the stove was also relatively small, the fire power was not strong, and the functions were also general.

Mo Hua also suggested changing it, but Liu Ruhua disagreed.

This stove was used when the food stall was just opened, and the array inside was also personally drawn by Mo Hua. She had been using it for so long and was used to it, so she just didn't want to waste spirit stones to change it again.

But now that a new restaurant was being opened, a small stove was definitely not okay, so Mo Hua just wanted to refine a larger, high-quality stove.

Mo Hua went to ask Master Chen, and Master Chen naturally agreed without hesitation.

He had refined a first-grade artifact refining furnace and a first-grade pill refining furnace, so one more stove was nothing.

The artifact refining spectrum was found by Master Chen, the materials were provided by Elder Yu, and then the artifact refining masters worked together. In less than a week, the stove was refined.

The refined stove was two people high, made of sturdy and durable materials, and its shape was slightly different from the artifact refining furnace and pill refining furnace. The details had fewer immortal patterns and more of a smoky, everyday feel.

This stove was already of the specification of a first-grade spirit tool.

Mo Hua was very satisfied.

After that, he drew a simplified version of the first-grade melting fire control spirit complex array inside this stove.

This set of complex arrays could also control the size of the fire power and had a cold air array to cool down, but it only contained one subsidiary first-grade melting fire array.

For cooking alone, not refining artifacts, one subsidiary array was enough.

If the fire power was too strong, it was easy to burn out the furnace.

The stove was built, and the restaurant was also completed.

The location of the restaurant was not on Beida Street, but was chosen on Nanda Street where scattered cultivators lived.

Beida Street already had the An family's own spirit meal restaurant, and opening another one wouldn't make much sense, and Mo Hua didn't want to open it on Beida Street either.

He opened this restaurant because he wanted all scattered cultivators to be able to eat cheap meat.

So naturally, it had to be opened on Nanda Street where there were many scattered cultivators.

The restaurant was named "Fu Meal Restaurant," hoping that all the bottom-level scattered cultivators in Tongxian City would have good fortune with food, and even if life was hard, eating something good would always make them happy.

Fu Meal Restaurant was half owned by An Xiaofu and half by Mo Hua.

Mo Hua handed over his half of the shares to his mother.

Liu Ruhua disagreed, so Mo Hua said:

"Mother, what's mine is yours, you help me manage this restaurant first."

Liu Ruhua couldn't argue with Mo Hua and could only agree.

The food recipes inside the restaurant would be provided by Liu Ruhua, and the chefs would also be appointed through Liu Ruhua, but she didn't need to work personally. She could still look after the food stall every day and research food recipes.

The specific matters of the restaurant were managed by An Xiaofu.

An Xiaofu was the young master of the An family, and even if he didn't know how, the An family would find someone to teach him. Even if he wasn't too familiar at first and made some mistakes, it wasn't a big deal. Over time, he would naturally become more at ease in dealing with people and doing things.

Although An Xiaofu was a child of a prominent family, he was kind at heart and sincere in treating people, which was actually very suitable for running a restaurant business.

Moreover, the An family originally did restaurant business, and An Xiaofu had heard and seen it since he was a child, so he would learn faster and do better.

This was also the reason why Mo Hua involved An Xiaofu and the An family behind him.

He didn't want his mother to work too hard.

Opening a food stall was very hard, let alone a restaurant that was bigger than a food stall.

An Xiaofu was fat and liked to eat, so it was good for him to suffer a little and lose some weight.

But his mother was not in good health and couldn't work hard. As long as she focused on researching food recipes and occasionally cooked something delicious every day, it would be fine.

It was doing what she wanted to do without being too hard.

Mo Hua considered everything very thoughtfully.

This chapter couldn't be divided, so the two chapters were merged.