"Long live the boss!"
After achieving her goal, Xiaolin happily skipped out of the office and sent the good news to Jia Lan.
He then relayed what she had just done, as if seeking praise.
Jia Lan lived up to everyone's expectations, and was moved to tears.
"You two are spoiling each other too much, you should get together!"
Upon seeing the message Jia Lan sent, Xiaolin immediately understood its meaning.
"My boss is thirty years old, young and promising, rich and good-looking, and he started his own company. Why would he be interested in me?"
Xiaolin never even considered that possibility.
Her boss is a complete workaholic. If it weren't for the fact that she could actually make money at the company, she would have quit long ago with such a high-intensity job.
The boss leads by example, working overtime every day, acting like he'd die for his job. He doesn't need women at all.
Jia Lan didn't argue with her, but kept urging her to hurry up and take the delivery guy to queue up to buy steamed buns, which was the important thing.
Xiaolin was speechless. This was truly a best friend!
After ending the chat, Xiaolin did the math: she had four steamed buns, her best friend had four steamed buns, and the boss had ten steamed buns, so they would need four errand runners.
So she quickly placed an order and then received four calls from delivery guys.
Because they accept the extra charge for queuing, the riders pick them up very quickly.
The group arrived at the entrance of Huaguoshan Park at eight o'clock to meet.
Without Jia Lan needing to remind them, they immediately spotted the steamed bun stall where people were queuing up.
This steamed bun stall is the most eye-catching one at the park entrance.
The small lights were on, and there were still many people queuing.
The other stalls were empty.
"Let's go, let's go queue up first."
Xiaolin saw that it was only eight o'clock, but there were already so many people queuing up. She called four delivery guys and ran to the back of the line to join them.
In the queue, Wen Nan, who wasn't working overtime today, was at the front, in the third position.
The two of them worked overtime yesterday, and by the time they arrived, Lin Zhou had already closed up shop.
They left as soon as they got off work today, without giving the boss a chance to contact them, so they occupied a very good spot.
"Hehe, I'm going to buy a lot, just in case I don't have any to eat if I have to work overtime someday."
Xiao Wang looked at the steamed buns with anticipation in his eyes.
Today's steamed buns are savory. One is a tofu bun, which he has never tried before, and the other is a large meat bun. He loves them both.
"Buy twenty!"
The diners behind them glanced at them with surprise.
Realizing they genuinely didn't know, he reminded them, "The purchase limit started yesterday; each person is limited to four buns."
Wen Nan and Xiao Wang were dumbfounded when they heard this.
The excited expression on his face froze.
Someone overheard their conversation and said with a hint of resentment, "It's because there are so many of you, dozens of people each, that many people can't buy steamed buns."
He's been running around empty-handed for two days straight because the people ahead of him in line are buying so much that they're leaving no room for those who come later.
"Luckily, the boss limited the purchase, otherwise no one would be able to eat. Whoever comes first, we'll just buy it all."
"Purchase limits are good, so more people can buy them. Four per person is enough."
People kept talking to him, which scared Wen Nan and Xiao Wang into silence.
Then came the sadness of shattered dreams.
It's so disheartening. Why did they impose purchase restrictions just when they wanted to do this?
“Yesterday I saw someone buy thirty at once, and then many people were unhappy and asked the boss to limit the purchase. Luckily the boss agreed, otherwise I feel that if there were more people like that, the rest of the people would not be able to eat any.”
“I can understand buying ten, but how can he finish thirty?”
"Purchase limits are great, that way I don't have to worry about not being able to buy anything even if I'm at the back of the queue."
"......"
Lin Zhou overheard the diners' comments but didn't seem to care.
For the task, he only needed to sell two hundred steamed buns at a specific time and place each day.
Whether you buy it for multiple people or just one person, it doesn't actually affect the task.
However, given the diners' enthusiasm and affection, Lin Zhou is still willing to listen to their opinions as long as it doesn't affect his ability to complete his mission.
"Boss, is today's big meat bun made with pork or beef?"
Some regular customers who had tried the beef buns before asked about the large meat buns that were being served today.
"Pork."
Although beef is more expensive than pork, this large meat bun is bigger and more filling than a beef bun, so the price is not a problem.
Once the buns were steamed, Lin Zhou turned off the heat and then moved them aside to simmer.
Then, put the unsteamed buns back on the stove to continue steaming. This way, once the first batch of buns is sold out, the second batch doesn't need to be steamed fresh; it can be sold out all at once and the stall can close.
"You can buy now. Please don't crowd, come one at a time."
The tricycle had enough space, so Lin Zhou finished preparing the steamed buns and started selling them.
"Boss, I'd like two large meat buns and two tofu buns."
"Boss, I want four pieces of meat."
"I want all meat too."
"I want two of each."
"......"
Lin Zhou listened to the sounds of diners ordering food with one ear and the sound of money being deposited into his account with the other.
With non-stop movements, they packed buns according to the customers' choices.
His eyes were also watching each guest.
They are doing multiple things at once.
Doing things you're familiar with will generally prevent you from making mistakes.
The queue was moving very quickly.
Four for each person, there's nothing to argue about.
The owner of the barbecue stall next door was also in the queue.
His wife is currently looking after his barbecue stall.
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