Chapter 151 It's not your cooking skills that defeat you

The next day, Shen Qingyue took the fruit to the steel factory. Her kitchen was now much larger and had more windows to open.

The fruits are washed and arranged directly, some are red, some are green, and they look pleasing to the eye.

There are three kinds of fruits in total, strawberry, watermelon, and cantaloupe.

As soon as everyone entered the steel plant at noon, they smelled a hint of fresh air in the aroma of food.

Everyone immediately went to look at Shen Qingyue's window, as her window usually had the most variety.

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Today, Chef Liu also put in his best efforts, making spicy chicken, stir-fried three shreds, six kinds of dishes with old vinegar, etc. All of them were cooked in the same way as a small stove.

He had previously wanted three days of free service, but his superiors rejected the offer and only allowed him one day free.

But every policy has its own countermeasures.

Although he also charges a fee, it is only a symbolic amount.

Anyone who comes here to eat has to pay a lot. You can eat the quality of a restaurant outside for a fraction of the price.

As for the price difference, the steel mills will bear it.

Anyway, everyone is busy, so there is no need to check their account books every day.

Chef Liu came with a strong momentum, but he still had some strategy. He even took the opportunity to communicate with his neighbor and send some dishes to them for them to taste. He also took the opportunity to spy on the enemy and see what they were cooking.

Seeing that Shen Qingyue's dish consisted of mapo tofu, eggplant with sauce, and the most expensive dish was deep-fried river shrimp, Chef Liu instantly lost his fear and felt that he had a sure win.

But Shen Qingyue never expected that she would drive back and bring back a lot of fruit and sell it at the special window.

Everyone in the steel plant knows that if you come across something good in a feature window, don't hesitate, because if you hesitate, it's gone.

As soon as I see any fruit, I rush to buy it.

Watermelons can be cut into bite-sized pieces for 30 cents a piece, and cantaloupes can be bought individually. Strawberries look even more tempting.

Everyone started buying like crazy.

It's mainly because it's not available outside during this season, and things are more valuable because they are rare. This big watermelon looks sweet just by looking at its color.

If you buy one, you will feel very proud whether you eat it at home or give it as a gift.

However, Shen Qingyue's watermelons grew well, and the ones she picked were all large watermelons weighing around 20 kilograms. It wasn't cheap at all.

Shen Qingyue hadn't informed everyone, so they might not be able to spare that much money for lunch. But they could still buy a piece to try.

"Give me two boxes of strawberries. And a slice of watermelon."

"Give me a cantaloupe. Oh, I love this."

"Give me a watermelon." Those who can afford watermelons are not ordinary people.

Most people can't afford to buy a whole one, but it's still okay to buy a piece.

After getting the watermelon, I didn’t even bother to go back to my seat to eat it.

I started chewing it on the spot.

No matter whether you know it or not, you can tell it’s crisp and clear as soon as you hear the sound.

The weather was hot, and my throat was dry after working all morning. Seeing others eating crispy watermelon made me drool.

"How is this watermelon? Is it sweet?"

The person eating the watermelon had his face covered in watermelon juice. He wiped his mouth and said, "It's sweet."

"Oh, I haven't eaten watermelon this year?"

"Who has ever eaten this? I haven't eaten it in several years. Last time I went to my aunt's house in the provincial capital, she cut a slice for me. It was so thin that I could see through it with my hand. Even so, she praised herself for being generous and said that I was a poor country boy." Now he also works and earns money, but he gets salary often but not watermelon often.

Perhaps it was these words that stirred up the past humiliation, but his eyes were red. He had a wallet with him when he came out.

This man was not a very generous person on ordinary days, but he walked up to the specialty fruit window and said, "Buy a watermelon." He said it in a powerful voice.

Shen Qingyue asked him to pick one. He picked one that he liked at random. He handed over the money, grabbed the big watermelon, and headed out of the factory. He wanted to take such an expensive thing home. To show everyone that he wasn't too expensive to eat watermelon.

He was afraid it wouldn't be comfortable to carry, so he carried it in his arms. He carried the 20-pound watermelon all the way back.

I don’t know how many people asked along the way: “Hey, this is a watermelon.”

"Young man, where did you buy it?"

"This one must cost a lot of money."

The last few big watermelons were bought up by one man, who was the factory director's nephew.

The factory director was a man of status, after all, so it wouldn't be proper for him to squeeze in to buy things. But having experienced the sweetness of food diplomacy at the last barbecue festival, he gave his nephew a hundred yuan to spend. If he came across something good, he'd just buy it.

That's it! Strawberries, cantaloupes, and watermelons are all sold out.

No matter if they are new or latecomers, they are all talking about watermelon.

It's been a long time since I've had this kind of fresh fruit. And the taste is so good.

I was planning to take them home to eat, but I couldn't wait any longer. Before dinner, I opened the cantaloupe and ate the strawberries.

“This strawberry is so sweet.”

"I've never tasted such delicious strawberries."

"I wanted to bring a few back to my mom, but I couldn't resist and left only one."

"Ah. So delicious. I regret not buying it before because it was too expensive." Strawberries are still quite expensive compared to watermelons and cantaloupes, but now when I smell the rich fragrance of strawberries, I feel regretful.

"I told you, don't hesitate about the things in the featured window."

Chef Liu never expected that the meal he had carefully prepared would be messed up.

What kind of business was it to sell fruit in the employee cafeteria? He had never seen such a thing before.

Chef Liu was ambitious and thought that his competition with Shen Qingyue would be in culinary skills. Who would have thought that it was not his culinary skills that defeated him, but his cross-disciplinary skills.

It's outrageous.

Chef Liu saw that everyone went to the special window to get food after buying fruits, and few people came here to look.

Anyone who has seen his window will know how much of a discount he gives to the factory workers when he prepares meals. He is selling lunch boxes at a loss.

Now he had three fires, and Guozi had put one out. He refused to accept it!

In fact, quite a few people came to buy it, but it was not as popular as he expected.

Chef Liu couldn't stand this humiliation. He saw that most of the construction workers and old people would rather eat pickled eggplant and spicy tofu than come here to eat good food.

I couldn't help but say, "Wild boars can't eat fine bran."

Then I went to see Deputy Director Xu.

Going to Deputy Director Xu was to file a complaint. Chef Liu said, "I think the canteen should still sell food. We can't do things like that to attract attention."

Although he didn't mention anyone by name, since they were all in the cafeteria, who else could he blame?

Deputy Director Xu said: "Shen Qingyue's special window has always been unpredictable. There are spicy hot pot, boxed lunches, barbecue, and dumplings. Everyone in the factory is used to it." He always gives everyone surprises.

Chef Liu said, "I understand that, but isn't selling fruit a bit excessive? Especially watermelon. It drips when you eat it, and it's sticky if you step on it. It's not good if you fall."

Chef Liu has a lot of opinions...