Chapter 221 Don’t Want to Lose to the Little Girl
Secretary Zhou frowned and slammed the table, saying, "If our taste and service were better than theirs, would they have such a big influence on us?"
The middle-aged woman in charge of the breakfast counter said disapprovingly, "This effect is only temporary. They're just enjoying the novelty now. Once the novelty wears off, they'll definitely come back to our cafeteria. After all, our cafeteria is cheaper."
After hearing what she said, everyone else nodded in agreement.
Secretary Zhou disagreed. "How long has Xingfu Noodle House been open? There are still so many people lining up every day. Are those people lining up just for the novelty?"
He didn't mention the bun shop either. The bun shop has a bad reputation. Now they sell buns at a half-price discount. They have to pay the same price as theirs to sell the buns. This business won't last long.
But it’s different at Xingfu Noodle House. Although the food they sell is more expensive than that in the cafeteria, there are still so many people lining up there every day.
His wife also took her children to Xingfu Noodle House to eat noodles. After eating it once, the children asked to go there again.
His wife also said that the noodles were delicious. After eating the noodles at Xingfu Noodle House, the noodles in the cafeteria seemed bland.
Compared with the noodles in the cafeteria and the noodles in the Happiness Noodle House, one is a delicious delicacy, and the other is just noodles that can fill your stomach.
The middle-aged lesbian stopped talking.
Secretary Zhou said, "Although the Happy Noodle House only serves lunch, they sell two to three hundred bowls of noodles per day, which means they've taken away two to three hundred customers from our cafeteria. Since the Happy Noodle House opened, how many people have eaten lunch in our cafeteria?"
The cafeteria staff all kept their eyelids down and remained silent.
Usually, their cafeteria has the most people eating at noon.
Secretary Zhou held up five fingers and said, "Five, just five people. They came to the cafeteria because the noodles at Xingfu Noodle House were sold out and they didn't eat anything above."
"If the situation at noon continues like this, our cafeteria won't even be able to break even. If the losses are too great, we'll definitely have to reduce staff."
"I'm not trying to scare you."
He had a bad feeling that their canteen would be replaced by restaurants run by individual business owners in the future.
Seeing Secretary Zhou say these words so seriously, everyone's faces showed some tension.
"We must make changes." Secretary Zhou said, knocking on the table.
"How?" someone asked.
Secretary Zhou said, "It's still what I said before, improving the taste and service attitude."
"Master Zhou, Master Zhang..." Secretary Zhou looked at Chef Zhou and the other chefs, "You all have decades of experience in cooking. You're definitely not going to lose to a little girl from the countryside. You should try to improve the taste of our cafeteria's noodles."
"If the noodles in our cafeteria can surpass the taste of Xingfu Noodle House and have a price advantage, won't these diners come back?"
The chefs looked at each other and nodded, "Let's give it a try."
As experienced chefs who have been working for so many years and working in the canteen of the military family compound, they have always been highly respected and do not want to lose to a little girl.
"And you guys." Secretary Zhou pointed at the others, "You guys should be nicer to the people who come to eat. Stop looking so impatient all the time."
"...Yes." The others responded sparsely.
After the meeting, the people working in the cafeteria shared the leftovers from the day and went home after get off work.
Before leaving, Li Wenya said that this report might be published in the newspaper in a week.
But before going to school every day, the two brothers Gu Dong and Yu Jianshe would go to the grocery store to see if there were any reports about their mother in the newspaper that day.
Qian Lan would stop by the grocery store every day when she passed by it on her way to the store.
It was Sunday, and although the regiment commander Gu Huai had to be on duty, today was the day off for the soldiers.
Before going to work, Gu Huai said to Yu Hui, "Today is the soldiers' day off. Everyone in my regiment knows that you opened a noodle shop. They will definitely come to eat noodles today. There may be a lot of people."
"How much can it be?" Yu Hui asked with a blink.
Gu Huai: "I'm afraid they will all come."
He had heard the soldiers say privately several times that they must come to the noodle shop to eat noodles on their days off.
Yu Hui: “…”
If all of them come, there will be about four or five hundred people, right?
The ingredients she prepares in advance every day are enough to sell more than 300 bowls.
"Then I'll make more noodles today and go to the grocery store to buy some lean meat and beef."
Since the soldiers from Gu Huai's regiment were coming to eat noodles, she had to make sure they all had a share and not let them make the trip in vain.
Yu Hui felt a little angry that Gu Huai didn't tell her earlier. If he had told her a day earlier, she could have called and asked the meat processing factory to send more meat.
"Yeah." Gu Huai nodded, and then said to Yu Hui, "Don't be too polite to those brats, and don't give them too much face and meat. Just let it be."
Yu Hui responded perfunctorily, not knowing whether she heard it or not.
As soon as Gu Huai left, Yu Hui took the children to the store.
When I passed by a grocery store, I took out all my meat coupons and bought five pounds of pork and five pounds of beef.
When they got to the store, Qian Lan saw her buying meat and asked, "Why are you buying meat again?"
Yu Hui put the meat on the stove. "The soldiers in the army are resting today. Gu Huai said that the soldiers in his regiment would come to eat, so I wanted to prepare more food so that they would not be left without food when they come."
"That's right." Qian Lan slapped her forehead. "Today is the soldiers' day off. Not only your Gu Huai Tuan and yours, but I'm afraid quite a few people from our Old Yu Battalion will come to eat as well."
A few days ago, Lao Yu came back and said that many soldiers in the camp mentioned the noodle shop to him.
Qian Lan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Yu Hui and said, "Do you want to buy some more meat?"
Yu Hui: "But the grocery store has no beef, only pork."
Qian Lan took off her apron and said, "I'll go check and see if there's any lean pork left. I'll buy a few more pounds."
"The soldiers from your Gu Huai Regiment and my Lao Yu Battalion are here to show their support for us. We must make sure they all have something to eat."
Yu Hui thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay."
After Wu Hai had breakfast in the morning, he tidied up his room, cleaned the dormitory, washed his clothes, brushed his shoes, put on his military uniform, and called his roommates to get ready to go out.
When passing by the dormitory next door, I knocked on the door.
Xu Daqiang opened the dormitory door, his upper body naked, and he looked like he had not yet woken up.
Seeing Wu Hai and others dressed neatly, he suddenly woke up even though he was still sleepy.
Since they don’t have to exercise on weekends, everyone in their dormitory will sleep a little longer.
They had agreed last night to go to the noodle shop to eat noodles together today. When he saw Wu Hai and others dressed neatly, he immediately wondered if he had overslept.
"What time is it?"
A soldier in the Wuhai dormitory who had a watch looked at the time. "Nine fifty."
Hearing this, Xu Daqiang breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head. "It's still early for dinner. Are you going there so early?"
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