Chapter 108 What is the mysterious gift? I don't know either!

With Xu Sannian as a connection, the trip to visit the instant noodle factory was arranged for the next day.

Bai Miaomiao's three classmates were going on a visit together. Last night, after much persuasion, they applied to their parents to stay at the orphanage. This morning, they set off together from the orphanage.

Everyone else from the orphanage went except for Wen Min and Wen Xinghe. Because there were so many people, Wen Min rented a minibus for them.

After breakfast, everyone happily boarded the bus and headed to the instant noodle factory.

The instant noodle factory was located in the suburbs, a one-and-a-half-hour drive from the welfare home. Although the journey was a bit long, everyone was filled with anticipation and didn't find it boring. They chattered amongst themselves, asking Xu Sannian questions:

"Sister Niannian, does your family eat instant noodles every day?"

"Sister Niannian, will Mom beat you if you eat instant noodles?"

"Sister Niannian, how many flavors of instant noodles do you have?"

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These curious kids kept asking questions, and Xu Sannian answered them the whole way. The bus wasn't very soundproof, so he had to speak loudly so all the kids could hear him, and his throat was practically burning.

An hour and a half later, the car finally arrived at the factory.

An instant noodle factory is already very large for adults, but it is even more breathtaking for children.

As the vehicle arrived at the factory gate, Xu Sannian called out, and the security guard pressed the gate-opening button. The electric stainless steel gate slowly opened, and everyone pressed their faces against the car windows, watching the enormous gate sway and shorten, screaming in surprise.

“It looks like a dragon!” An Shisi said.

Grandpa laughed and said, "You even know about dragons?"

An Shisi: "Yes, that's what dragons are like. They're long and their backs glow."

Wen Xingmou: "What a huge Dragon Gate! It's even bigger than our kindergarten."

An Shisi said, "Yes, the largest in the world."

The door opened, the car drove in, and everyone looked up to see a huge cartoon tiger sitting cross-legged in the center of the square outside the factory. The tiger, with its tiger-like head, was holding a huge bucket of instant noodles, its head almost touching the bowl. The children were amused by its greedy appearance and laughed heartily.

Xu Sannian explained, "This factory was opened by my father and Uncle He. They were both born in the Year of the Tiger, so they used the image of a little tiger as their IP."

Wen Yue was surprised that making instant noodles could lead to such a large factory, almost the size of a school. She asked Xu San Nian, "How did they come up with the idea of ​​opening an instant noodle factory?"

Xu Sannian said, "When they were in college, they ate instant noodles every day. At that time, there were relatively few instant noodles, and the flavors were also quite limited. Before long, they got tired of all the flavors of instant noodles on the market, so they started to research flavors themselves. Unexpectedly, their classmates and teachers all said that the flavors they researched were good. They jokingly suggested that they set up a stall, and they actually bought a small food cart and set up a stall on the school's food street. As they sold their noodles, people from the entire university town came to eat their instant noodles. Later, they even hired people to sell them at various schools. By the time they graduated from university, they had actually made a lot of money. After graduation, they used that money to start a factory."

"Wow, that's amazing!" Wen Yue exclaimed in admiration. She had no idea that roadside stalls had such great development potential!

Xu Sannian whispered to An Fusheng, "Uncle He is the main contributor to the cooking skills. My dad is in charge of eating and marketing. His cooking skills are terrible. I told you before that he almost ruined my mom's birthday by showing off his cooking skills."

An Fusheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Behind the square was the instant noodle exhibition hall. The car pulled up to the entrance of the exhibition hall, the doors opened, and the children rushed out.

The fastest runners were the junior high school students, followed by the elementary school students. The car was cramped, and the kindergarteners and those who hadn't started school yet couldn't walk steadily and needed help from adults. Those who fell behind were anxious and yelled.

Xu Sannian's factory was originally a popular science education base for instant noodles in the city, and people often came to visit, so the cultural display process was very complete.

As soon as you enter the exhibition hall, a pretty young lady comes to greet you and explains Chinese food culture, the birth and development of instant noodles, and the development history of the factory. She also explains the whole process of instant noodles from a grain of wheat to the instant noodles you eat, and of course, she also introduces the various flavors of instant noodles produced by the factory.

The first half of the exhibition hall features text displays, but they are done in a very childlike way, with cute little tigers everywhere. Adults can still spare some attention to listen to the explanations from the staff, while the children have long since gone off to play with the little tigers of all sizes lying around on the walls, the floor, and the stools.

The second half of the room was covered with instant noodles, which immediately attracted the children's attention, and they all pressed their faces against the glass wall, screaming and shouting.

"Is this really convenient, sister?" Wen Xingmou asked.

The young woman said, "Of course it's true."

Wen Xingmou: "Can I eat it?"

The young woman said, "I can't eat it, it's expired from being left out for too long."

The children were very disappointed.

The young lady added, "But there will be something to eat later."

Wen Xingmou's eyes lit up instantly: "Where is it?"

The young woman said, "It's behind here; we can get there by following the route."

The next stop was a noodle production workshop. There were no workers in the workshop, only fully automated machines. The children were all attracted to those machines. They stood in front of one machine for a long time, and they couldn't be called away. They completely forgot about eating instant noodles.

Finally, when the adults got hungry, Xu Sannian said, "If you don't leave soon, we're going to eat all the delicious instant noodles."

Everyone then flocked to the DIY instant noodle kitchen after Xu Sannian.

Xu Sannian was one of their own, so there was no need for explanations once they arrived at the instant noodle kitchen; the young lady who was supposed to be explaining things left.

When they arrived at the instant noodle kitchen, the children discovered that all the servers were robots!

They were even more excited. Robots are different from assembly line machines; robots can talk!

The robot waiters are anthropomorphized cartoon tigers, and each one is dressed in a beautiful, unique outfit.

Xu Sannian explained, "The clothes and accessories of these little tigers are based on the costumes of our country's 56 ethnic groups. Everyone says that eating instant noodles is unhealthy, but in fact, instant noodles are a strategic resource for our country. They are just nutritionally limited, and eating only instant noodles for a long time can easily lead to malnutrition. In fact, the ingredients are very clean, and the production process is also very clean. So we used ethnic elements to design our little tigers, which means that our little tiger instant noodles are working hard to protect all Chinese sons and daughters."

"Wow!"

Even the adults were amazed; they never imagined instant noodles could be so amazing.

The process of making your own instant noodles is to first ask the robot server for a bowl of dry plain noodles, then add the seasonings yourself at the seasoning area, and then hand them over to the server to be cooked. The server will then deliver the cooked noodles to you.

The robot is very intelligent, it answers all questions, and it can even soothe children. The kids love talking to the robot, and they all sincerely thank it after receiving its services. The robot even praises them as good children.

The two children who couldn't speak were led by An Fusheng. Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui each held one of An Fusheng's fingers and led him to a Miao robot.

An Fusheng taught them: "Tell the waiter to give me instant noodles."

Wen Xinglan whispered, "I'll make you instant noodles."

Wen Xingrui shouted loudly, "Great!"

The robot actually gave them instant noodles.

An Fusheng was stunned: "It's so smart?"

Xu Sannian said, "It's specially designed for children, and it's at level ten in baby language."

An Fusheng was deeply impressed.

Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui got instant noodles by their own efforts, feeling a great sense of accomplishment. They stumbled and ran to the condiment section with the instant noodles in their arms.

There were steps specifically for children to stand on at the condiment station. The two of them held the instant noodles in their arms with one hand and used all three limbs to quickly climb up the steps, and then began to frantically add condiments to their bowls.

"Hey, don't add chili!" An Fusheng quickly stopped Wen Xinglan from reaching for the chili powder.

There were many condiments on the condiment station, and some dried meat and bean curd sheets were shaped like little tigers. Wen Xinglan only wanted to add the chili peppers because they looked the best. An Fusheng told him not to add them, but he didn't care and went to add other things with great enthusiasm.

After adding the ingredients, the two tumbled and scrambled down the steps. An Fusheng grabbed their collars to prevent them from falling, but the two were certain that someone was holding them and they wouldn't fall. They picked up their bowls of noodles and ran.

When the robot saw people coming, it handed them a plate of food.

Having already watched others go through the process, the two placed their noodle bowls on the robot's tray, watching with expectant eyes as the robot cooked noodles for them.

The robot lived up to expectations and took their noodles to be cooked. The cooked noodles would be delivered by another robot, so An Fusheng carried the two of them to the dining area to wait.

The others had already started eating, and they were all enjoying it immensely, though it was unclear whether the seasoning was truly that good.

An Fusheng also got himself a bowl.

The noodles were quickly delivered by the robot. The robot was really thoughtful; the noodles were delivered at the perfect temperature, and the soup was even removed from Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui's portions, so they could eat them without any problem.

Perhaps it's the strong sense of ritual and atmosphere that makes An Fusheng think the instant noodles here are really delicious.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Xu Sannian took them to the cultural and creative products museum.

Elsewhere, you can only pet and hug tiger cubs, but here you can take them home directly, which has excited the children.

Finally, each person chose a fluffy little tiger and happily came out. Unexpectedly, when they got to the door, the young lady who had been with them gave them a gift box of instant noodles.

The young lady said, "There are four different flavors of instant noodles in the gift box. They are all new products that we haven't launched yet. We would like to invite you to be our taste testers. There is a card inside. After you taste them, you can write down any suggestions you have on the card and give it to any supermarket staff who sell our instant noodles. We will then receive your feedback. Alternatively, you can scan the QR code on the card to follow our official WeChat account and give us your feedback directly. Your valuable opinions are the key to making our noodles taste good."

The invited tasters instantly felt a strong sense of responsibility, earnestly accepting the large gift boxes from the young lady with both hands, and promising, "Sister, I'll definitely tell you how delicious it is after I get home and try it."

The young lady said, "Thank you. If your suggestion is adopted, we have a mystery gift for you!"

The children were completely captivated. The words "mystery" and "gift" are both attractive to children on their own, but when combined, they become an irresistible temptation.

So, on the way home, they all hugged the gift boxes, which were bigger than themselves, while also taking care of their little tigers. The bigger ones were fine, but the smaller ones could barely see the road. When the adults offered to help them carry the boxes, they refused, afraid that if others helped, they would lose their tasting duties and miss out on the mystery gift.

Looking at the children ahead who were struggling to walk, An Fusheng couldn't help but ask Xu Sannian, "What is the mystery gift?"

Xu Sannian shrugged: "I don't know either."