Chapter 53 Baohua Building Reopens
The people from Baohua Building went to the Nanyang Restaurant on the 16th floor together.
When I got to the door, a waiter asked, "Do you have a reservation, Miss?"
Yue Ning shook her head. Seeing that the seats were full, she felt regretful for a moment. She said to everyone, "How about we go to another restaurant?"
The less seats there are, the greater the regret. But what else can we do?
Just as Yue Ning was about to take the group away, he heard a voice: "Ning Ning."
Yue Ning turned around and saw a lady with noble temperament looking at her. Yue Ning was puzzled. She had never had the opportunity to meet such a noble lady. This lady's eyebrows and eyes seemed a little familiar.
The lady smiled and said, "I am your eldest mother's third sister, and Junxian's mother."
"Third Aunt." Yue Ning called out.
Qiao Yeyingyi smiled and said, "With just one word from you, the restaurant's business is booming."
"Is it really delicious? I want to eat it again today." Yue Ning said with some regret, "But there are no seats left."
"Yes." Qiao Yeyingyi turned around and said to a manager-like person who was following her, "Use the private room at home."
"Yes, Miss Three."
Qiao Yeyingyi smiled and said, "Go ahead! Today we have black pepper grilled stingray, it tastes the best."
Yue Ning's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Goodbye, auntie."
"When you're done with your work, come home and play." Qiao Ye Yingyi said to her.
"Okay, okay."
They were taken to a private room with patterned floor tiles, carved furniture, and a strong Nanyang style.
There is a sea view outside the window. Sea view or something, let’s not look at it now, right? I got up early in the morning and Yue Ning is hungry now.
"This private room is exclusively for the Ye family's relatives in Hong Kong and is not open to the public," the manager introduced.
This is not the point. The point is that she wants to eat. Yue Ning said, "One serving of spicy crab, one with curry and one with black pepper."
The restaurant manager said, "Miss Yue, the second young master had dinner with you here, and the business is like this. We don't have enough crabs to order. They are sold out at lunch time. We are now urgently restocking. If you want to eat, you may have to wait."
"How long?"
"It will take about half an hour if we want to finish it?" the manager said apologetically.
Yue Ning tilted her head. She didn't want to wait. She had to go home! There were a lot of things to do at home! It was a pity when there was no seat, but it was still a pity when there was a seat but no food.
The restaurant manager asked cautiously, "Would you like to switch to curry prawns and black pepper prawns?"
"OK."
When the dishes came, the others might not be used to them, but she, who had traveled all over the world in her previous life, thought the taste was very authentic and all the dishes were delicious. However, she came late the night before, so she just ate whatever was available. Today, she came here specifically to eat the curry fried crab, but it was not available.
Yue Ning suddenly realized that she was a bad person. When Qiao Junxian was in Beijing, he said he wanted to eat Dongping chicken rice. Later, he came to give her some information and said he wanted to eat Dongping chicken rice again, but he didn't eat it. At the banquet that day, was that one bite of taro slices satisfying? He didn't say anything. Why not find an opportunity to invite him to dinner? He also wanted to eat Yangzhou fried rice. Could I really treat him to two bowls of rice?
Should we treat Grandpa Qiao's family to a meal? Didn't Qiao Junxian say that he would follow Grandpa Qiao's path when he went to the northwest? Wasn't it that Grandpa Qiao always missed a bite of potato pancake?
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The auspicious time had arrived. Asong and Ming lit firecrackers together. Amid the crackling sound, Baohua Building reopened.
Several apprentices distributed candies to the neighbors together.
Sister Lan said happily: "I wish you good luck and smooth sailing in the future."
Sister Hua walked across to the closed Shenghualou and said, "God has eyes, and evildoers will be punished."
Adhesive tape was found in the dishes at Baohualou, so Baohualou closed down. Shenghualou became extremely popular, and just a few days later, Baohualou reopened, and Shenghualou closed down instead.
The Po Wah Building was framed, and what was fake could not be true. The problems of Sheng Wah Building shocked the whole of Hong Kong after being thoroughly investigated by Hong Kong reporters.
The reporter obtained the supply list of the chicken and duck poultry boss to the two companies. The purchase price of similar products on the same date was clearly compared. The news broadcast a passage from the poultry boss: "You get what you pay for! Those who have bought live poultry and frozen duck know the price. Baohualou uses live poultry. I deliver the poultry for the lunch market at 2 pm the day before, and the poultry for the dinner market I deliver early the next morning. It has been like this for more than ten years! Boss Yue will personally brush the crispy water, how can it escape his eyes? The price used by Shenghualou is half the price. You can't say that Shenghualou's frozen duck is not good. If it is not good, it cannot be put on the market. It's just that the things are different. Frozen duck is actually very affordable."
This? The diners could still accept it. However, after seeing the following scenes, the diners who knew the truth almost vomited.
The fish were collected after they were off the market, not to mention that there were both live and dead fish among them, but that’s fine too.
I was even more shocked when I saw the place where Awang fried fish. The oil used to fry fish was lard made from various waste meats collected from pork stalls, mixed with soybean oil and fried. This was not the key point. The key point was that in Awang's home, where the fish was processed, flies were flying around and maggots were wriggling in the hot summer.
The camera then turned to Aunt Awang. I don’t know if she had rhinitis or something, but when she bent down to take apart the fish, snot dripped out and onto the fish she was taking apart.
Being at the center of such a storm, as the largest shareholder of this restaurant, Zhang Lili was invited by the Sir for tea. Zhang Lili said that she had invited Ding Shengqiang to take full management responsibility, and Ding Shengqiang also went in.
Shenghua Building has been sealed off and no one knows when it will reopen, not even sure when the two owners will be able to come out.
When Baohua Building was closed, Yue Baohua continued to pay everyone's wages. After Shenghua Building was closed, they owed a lot of money to several suppliers, so they could forget about paying their wages.
On the other hand, Baohua Building is now extremely popular.
After the show that day, Yue Ning took the people from Baohua Building to pick up all the garbage left by the audience on the stadium. They packed them up and took them to the trash can, which was photographed and reported by reporters.
A reporter asked Yue Ning: "Do you know if there are cleaners in the stadium?"
Yue Ning replied, "I know. But the garbage should be placed next to the trash can, and it is reasonable for the cleaners to collect it. The garbage on the court that day was caused by the dispute between Baohua Building and Shenghua Building. The audience didn't take it away, so we took some time to pick it up, at least it saved trouble for the cleaners."
This answer received a lot of positive feedback.
Half of the people in Shenghualou’s kitchen are former employees of Baohualou, and most of them have moved there recently. They have been there for more than half a month, and some have not even received any wages.
Now that Baohualou has reopened, he wants to come back. Someone finds Ah Zhong, who is handing out candies, and knows that Ah Zhong is now a popular figure around the young boss, so they ask him to say a few words to see if he can go back.
Ah Zhong said sarcastically, "When you dragged me to Shenghualou, didn't you also say that Baohualou would not be open for a few days? We waited for less than a month, and Baohualou turned around, didn't it? You could have waited, too?"
"Baohualou is so popular now, with so many people waiting to eat. Doesn't the kitchen need staff? It's just right for us to go back." The man was still pulling A Zhong and said.
Sister Hua said to a woman in her thirties who was holding a child in one hand and holding the child in the other, "Caiyu, Baohualou has just reopened and swept away all the bad luck. What's the point of you crying?"
The woman walked up to Yue Baohua with her two children and said, "Master, Jiafu has been with you for fourteen years, and you have watched him grow up. We just moved to a new building, and we still have to pay the mortgage..."
"You bought a new house! When you got married, your master lent you the money to buy the house. A few years later, you sold the old house and bought a new one. You are so rich!" Sister Hua said as she stood beside Yue Baohua, "Don't tell me, your family's Jiafu doesn't know that he made his money in Shenghua Building in a dishonest way."
"It wasn't long since he went there, and he only got paid once."
"Oh, you thought you could keep making dirty money?" Sister Hua hated Ding Shengqiang and Lou Jiafu. She ran to Shenghua Building when Baohua Road was in danger. If he didn't go, would Ding Shengqiang dare to do something dirty when Uncle Hua left and deal with the honest Asong?
Lou Jiafu's wife Caiyu saw that Yue Baohua ignored her and was ridiculed by Sister Hua, and the two of them were unstoppable.
Steaming hot roast goose, roast duck and roast pork were hung out at the roast meat stall. People who were originally queuing to watch the fun immediately focused their attention on the roast meat.
The first auntie asked for four glass-cracked roast ducks. Yue Ning came out to persuade her: "Auntie, don't buy so many. My roast duck can only be eaten when it is hot and the skin is crispy. It will have a fishy smell when it is cold."
"It's okay, it's okay! I'll make soup when it's cold." The aunt continued.
Yue Ning said helplessly: "It can't be used to make soup like my grandfather's roast duck. The crispy skin is made of starch protein slurry. If it is used to make soup, the soup will be greasy."
"How can you push away business when it comes?" the aunt said to her.
"The roast duck made with my new recipe is really delicious. Every recipe has its pros and cons. Please be rational when buying it and buy as much as you can eat." Yue Ning advised her, "Also let others buy it. After all, we have just reopened and we really don't have enough staff."
Caiyu saw Yue Ning coming out and pushed her daughter: "Go and call your sister."
The man told her that Yue Ning was the one who made the decision about Baohua Building, and as long as Yue Ning made up his mind, Yue Baohua would not say anything.
The little girl ran over and hugged Yue Ning's legs: "Sister."
"This is Lou Jiafu's daughter." Sister Hua said.
It's a matter between adults, there's no need to involve children. Although it's disgusting that the couple pushed the child out.
Yue Ning picked up the child, went to A Zhong and got a handful of candy, stuffing it into the little girl's hand: "Sister, have some candy."
Seeing Yue Ning was so easy to talk to, the woman felt relieved. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Ningning, you are a kind-hearted girl. Your uncle Fu knows that he is wrong, and you don't want to see our family go to a dead end. Help us, okay?"
Yue Ning hugged the little girl, stroked her hair, and said tenderly: "Aunt! You are far from being at the end of your rope. The house prices are rising now. Even if you buy today and sell tomorrow, you won't lose much money. That's how you speculate on pre-sale properties. It's just that you think the house prices are rising so fast that you are reluctant to sell your big house. Uncle Jiafu is the best among my grandfather's apprentices. As long as he doesn't care about the amount of money, he can find a job anywhere, right?"
"Yes! At that time, Lou Jiafu asked me to come over, and I said, even if I went to the factories in Kwun Tong and Shau Kei Wan to operate sewing machines and assemble toys, I would not eat the flesh and drink the blood of my master." Ah Ming stood up and said.
"You came here today because you are thinking that the wages at Baohualou have always been quite high. Also, my grandfather has me as his successor, so Baohualou will definitely get better and better in the future. Now that you are back at Baohualou, you will still be a veteran of Baohualou. Who knows, one day, when we open a branch, he will be the chef or even the general manager of the branch." Yue Ning looked at Ah Ming and said, "I'm sorry, I have to leave this opportunity to Uncle Asong and the others. I am a good person, but I am not a bad person."
She put the child down and said, "Sister, go back to your mother!"
The little girl looked up at her mother. The woman's chin was shaking and she didn't say anything.
Yue Ning looked at her, and then at those people who were originally from Baohua Tower: "No one will always be in a favorable situation. I don't ask to share the joys and sorrows with you, but I dare not use people who turn against you at the last minute."
At this time, Qiao Qiming walked over in front of the clothing store, holding the arm of a white-haired old lady in cheongsam, followed by Mrs. Qiao whom he had met before and Mr. Qiao whom he had not met before, as well as Qiao Junshen and Qiao Junxian.
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