Pirates: The first partner is Tom Cat

Receiving encouragement from Artoria, mood +1.

In fact, he was not too depressed. Really comparing the innate conditions, Charlotte Lingling, also known as Big Mom, was the king.

It is already satisfying to have a body that is very resilient. All that is left to do is to work hard.

As long as you work hard, you can achieve your goals, which is already a very happy thing, right?

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Master Tang brought out a sumptuous meal from the kitchen.

By the way, Tom's way of serving food is getting more and more fancy, with a plate in his left hand, a plate in his right hand, and a plate on his head. I'm really afraid that he will suddenly do acrobatics with these things.

Ever since he moved to the tavern, Zhang Daye has never worried about leftovers.

Even if Tom failed to control the portion when cooking, he would always eat just enough if he cooked too little, and he would eat enough if he cooked too much.

Zhang Da also once vaguely asked Artoria if she had eaten enough, and the answer she received was always in the affirmative.

But after meals, as long as I don't train, I always have snacks and snacks in my hand. The amount of food I eat is puzzling.

We will open the business after dinner, and we only plan to stay open until about eight o'clock in the evening. Although making money is very important, we can't abandon practicing at night. Compared with money, strength is the most important.

"Brother Tatsuya, I'm here again!" A young boatman greeted enthusiastically.

"Welcome!" Zhang Da also recognized the guests who were brought by Goodman at noon. Their names were not introduced one by one at the time, so he didn't know them either.

However, this young boatman was very familiar with him. He approached Zhang Daye mysteriously and asked: "Brother, will Tom still perform tonight?"

Zhang Da also turned his head and took a look. Tom put a cushion on the bar, lying on his back with his legs crossed. He picked up a piece of fish fillet and passed it under his nose, smelled it vigorously, and then put it in with enjoyment.

In the mouth.

Arturia sat next to him, reading a newspaper carefully, and glanced at the boatman who was talking to Zhang Daye. After finding that there was no hostility, she took a sip of tea and continued with her business.

"Tom, do you still want to play the piano tonight?"

Tom stopped chewing and shook his head. Playing the piano was not as comfortable as lying down.

"Sorry, Tom doesn't want to perform." Zhang Daye replied.

"No, little brother, please let him play a song!" The young boatman cried sadly.

"Although Tom plays the piano very nicely, you won't be so addicted, right?" Zhang Da also felt that this person might need an anti-addiction system.

"That's not the reason." The young boatman looked around and said, "Actually, I'm making a bet with my friends. As long as they come and see the cat playing the piano, I can earn 30,000 Baileys.

Brother, please help me."

Zhang Da also spread his hands: "Although I am very excited, I am not a circus here. I will not force Tom to perform. If you want to see it, go and convince him yourself."

"How come...Okay, I will convince him!" The young boatman walked towards Tom with a firm look on his face.

Zhang Da ignored him and continued to serve drinks to the guests who came in one after another.

A few minutes later, he saw the boatman running out in a hurry and running back after a while, holding a lot of things in his arms and placing them on the bar.

Zhang Da also vaguely recognized that the things he was holding included cat food, canned fish, and dried small fish...

Then I saw Tom rushing forward with a smile on his face.

The young boatman happily greeted Zhang Daye and went back to call his unlucky friend.

Zhang Da also reached out and poked Tom who was lying on the pile of food: "Are you being bribed now? I have prepared some snacks for you at home, right?"

Tom smiled sheepishly and gestured to these things, indicating that three people should share them.

Zhang Da also touched Tom's head, rummaged through the inventory, found out all of Tom's clothes that he had drawn before, and gave them to him so that he could wear them when he wanted.

When the young boatman came over with his friends, he made a please gesture to Tom.

Tom finished changing his clothes in one second, walked to the piano and started his performance under the shocked eyes of the unsuspecting guests.

Perhaps because he had collected something from someone else, Tom very seriously played the extremely difficult "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" this time, which was the same song he played at the performance that Jerry disrupted.

Since there was no interruption this time, Tom performed so happily that he didn't even bother to hold up the fake collar that fell off.

When Tom finished playing and bowed, the audience was silent, and then immediately burst into warm cheers.

Not everyone here knows music, but they can all hear the music and feel the emotions during the performance - especially when such a powerful performance is performed by a little kitten who has always been inconspicuous, this is even more impressive.

Excited.

Judging from the way they are talking about it, Tom will probably become the star of 59GR soon.

Zhang Da also looked at Artoria who opened a bag of cat food and put it in her mouth, thinking that even if someone had evil intentions, they would be able to cover it up.

but……

"Artoria, that's cat food..."

"I'm just... checking the quality for Tom." Chewy, Artoria blushed a little and said seriously, "It's not bad, it tastes like fish and chicken. Hmm."

Zhang Daye raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't analyze the taste of cat food so seriously... It makes me want to try it too..."

Arturia finally put down the half-pack of cat food and opened a box of canned fish.

Zhang Da also expressed that he was very pleased that at least it was food eaten by normal people. The cat food was obviously not delicious at all.

After Tom returned to the bar, someone still wanted to listen, and cleverly imitated the young boatman and bought some snacks to bribe Tom.

But Tom really didn’t want to play this time, he was tired.

Zhang Da also came forward to persuade them to go back. Although not everyone was satisfied, most of them drank one or two more drinks because they had gained more knowledge and contributed a lot to the pub.

After sending away the last customer, Zhang Da also calculated the profit on the first day of opening the store. After deducting the costs, the net profit was a little more than 120,000 Baileys, a lot of which was attributed to Tom.

Calculating the food expenses, without buying too expensive ingredients, it would cost 20,000 to 30,000 beli per day. From this point of view, it is not difficult to feed the three foodies in the tavern, including myself!

Even if the business in the future is not as booming as it is today, it won't be a big problem. Even if the income is discounted in half, after deducting food expenses, there will still be a lot of surplus to buy clothes and other daily necessities.

Uh... No, it seems that I didn't take into account the tax issue and the 2 million Baileys I owed when I bought the tavern...

So, it seems that one day’s income is only enough for two days of food expenses?

"Is the profit of opening a tavern so low?" Zhang Da also frowned. If this continues, he will doubt whether he can repay the debt of 2 million beli.

In fact, what he overlooked was that even for the Straw Hat Pirates when they first landed on Sky Island, the daily food expenses for the entire group of seven people was only 30,000 to 50,000 Baileys...