Guifangzhai was once again in dire straits!
Guifangzhai was steaming hot. The aroma of cream from the oven mixed with the sweetness of freshly baked egg cakes filled the air under the warm yellow light.
There was a long line in front of the glass counter, and several neighbors were waiting to pick up the New Year snacks they had pre-ordered.
Wearing a Guifangzhai apron, Li Mingyuan skillfully packed pastries while shouting to the kitchen, "Mom! Bake two more batches of jujube paste pastries! Aunt Wang wants a double batch!"
Li Guifang half-peeked out of the kitchen, flour still on the tip of her nose: "The croissants are ready..."
Before he could finish his words, the door of the shop was pushed open with a bang, and a cold wind blew snowflakes in. A neat and tidy woman wearing a red woolen coat appeared.
She walked into the store in a hurry. Her steps were a little hurried, holding a receipt in her hand, "Boss! I'm here to pick up the cake I ordered! Please hurry up, I'm in a hurry."
Li Mingyuan was packing pastries. When he heard the sound, he quickly looked up.
He took the receipt from the woman's hand and felt something was wrong, and his brows gradually furrowed.
After a while, he looked up and said with a hint of doubt, "Sister, I'm so sorry, I can't find the order corresponding to your receipt, and Guifangzhai hasn't received your order for this cake."
This is the list for the textile factory’s annual meeting. It has the factory’s notes on it. If you make this cake, you can see it right away!
But Li Mingyuan checked carefully over and over again, but still couldn't find it!
When the woman heard this, her expression changed instantly, and her anxiety turned into anger.
She raised her voice a few notches and said, "How come there's no order? Isn't the seal on this order from your store?
Someone placed an order for a cake from our factory a few days ago and paid a deposit. You gave me a pick-up order and I'm here to pick it up today.
Now, I'm here, but you say there are no orders. What does this mean?!"
As she spoke, she slammed the receipt on the counter.
Her voice grew louder and louder, attracting curious glances from other customers in the store, who began to whisper and talk.
The quarrel in the front hall also reached the bakery. Li Guifang's heart skipped a beat and an ominous premonition came to her mind.
She didn't care that her hands were still covered in flour and ran out in a hurry.
I saw a well-dressed woman with an angry face, loudly accusing Li Mingyuan, while Li Mingyuan stood there helplessly, constantly explaining.
He felt very sad. This person was a good person, but why couldn't he understand what others said?
Li Guifang quickly squeezed through the crowd and came to the woman. With an apologetic smile on her face, she said, "Comrade, please calm down. I am Li Guifang, the owner of this store.
If you have any questions, let’s talk about it slowly. I will definitely help you solve it.”
Wu Qiuhe became even more agitated when he saw the boss coming out. He pointed at Li Guifang and asked, "You are the boss? That's great. Tell me,
I came to pick up the cake with the order, but your staff said there was no such order. We placed the order two days ago, and we're still waiting for this cake for the textile factory's annual meeting. Now you can't deliver the cake, what do you say?!"
Li Guifang hurried forward and said in a gentle, soothing tone, "Comrade, please don't worry. Please go to the reception room on the second floor and rest for a while. Please tell me in detail the specific circumstances of ordering the cake. Let's get to the bottom of this matter together."
The female comrade could tell at first glance that Li Guifang was a well-educated person. Seeing Li Guifang's sincere attitude, she took a deep breath and followed Li Guifang to the reception room on the second floor.
Wu Qiuhe tried to calm herself down and said, "A few days ago, I asked our textile factory staff to come to your store and order a big cake for the annual meeting.
I paid a 20 yuan deposit, and your clerk wrote out this pick-up slip and stamped it. The factory was busy today and couldn't spare any help, so I came to pick it up myself. I brought the order, but you said you didn't have an order. Isn't that just a rip-off?
Li Guifang picked up the receipt and carefully examined the seal on it. It was indeed not the seal of Guifangzhai. But this lady didn't seem to be lying!
She turned to Li Mingyuan and asked, "Mingyuan, think about it carefully. Have you received any customers who ordered cakes from the textile factory in the past few days?" Li Mingyuan scratched his head.
He said with a bitter face: "I really have no recollection of this. The store has been crowded with customers and orders these days, so I might not remember it clearly. I'm not in the store all the time."
When Wu Qiuhe heard Li Mingyuan's rebuttal, she thought he was shirking responsibility. "You're such an interesting young man! You want to shirk responsibility just because you don't remember anything!"
Li Guifang quickly tried to appease her, frowned, and said, "How about this, sister? Please sit down for a while. I'll have the clerk find all the orders from the past few days, and we'll check them together. Don't worry, in our store, every payment we receive is recorded, and there will definitely be no mistakes."
Wu Qiuhe hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed. What else could he do now except look for it?
Li Guifang arranged for Li Mingyuan and Dong Dongdong to bring up the orders and account books of the past few days, and then checked them one by one with Wu Qiuhe.
Time passed minute by minute, and Li Guifang was still patiently looking for the order that she could never find.
As expected, after searching through all the orders, no record corresponding to the pick-up order in Wu Qiuhe's hand was found.
Wu Qiuhe's expression became increasingly grim. Before she could react, Li Guifang spoke first, "Comrade, I have just carefully examined it.
The stamp on your order is indeed a little different from the one in our store, and the handwriting is also different from that of our store employees!"
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