The girls ate up the bone soup and pancakes, and when they paid, they asked Du Shaojie if he had sold Yangchun noodles here before.
After getting a positive answer, they left happily.
After a while, Qi Yan came.
"Shaojie, why is there no business here?"
The three girls had just left, and there were no new customers. The food truck must be deserted.
Qi Yan was a little anxious, and even prepared to go back and ask some acquaintances to come and support her.
"Don't worry, I've only been here for a short time, let's wait and see."
Du Shaojie stopped him with a smile, and then served her a bowl of bone soup.
Qi Yan took it, put some chopped green onions and coriander in the bowl, and then added a spoonful of chili oil, and sat at the small square table to eat.
"Wow, it smells really good. Shaojie, bring me a pancake."
Qi Yan only ate a few bites, and she felt her appetite was opened.
She originally thought that a bowl of bone soup would be enough to fill her up, but now she felt it was not enough, so she asked for another pancake.
She was so absorbed in her eating that she didn't notice the noise around her. When she was full and looked up, the seats in front of the dining car were almost full.
Qi Yan quickly cleaned up and got up to help Du Shaojie.
She actually underestimated the appeal of Chef Du. After the three girls went back, a piece of news quickly spread through different channels on campus: the vendor selling [Yangchun noodles] was back again.
Qi Yan witnessed the whole process of the long queue in front of Du Shaojie's dining car.
"Today's [bone soup] has been sold out. Please come early tomorrow."
Du Shaojie prepared 120 servings of [bone soup] and 150 scones today, but both [bone soup] and scones were sold out.
Some people have a large appetite, while others have a small appetite.
Du Shaojie purchased 150 scones according to the normal ratio, but it was not enough. He needed about 180.
He remembered this, and then he and Qi Yan packed up the dining car and left immediately.
"I didn't expect you to be famous! That's right, you are a top chef setting up a stall here, which is definitely a dimensionality reduction attack on a group of small vendors. Aren't you afraid that they will cause trouble to you?"
Du Shaojie pushed the cart, and Qi Yan assisted him on the side.
The two walked slowly towards home, and Qi Yan couldn't help but teasing him.
"What's the matter, everyone makes a living based on their own ability, who can be blamed if they can't compete? Of course, I am just interested for a while, and I will quit in a few months at most. It won't have much impact on anyone."
Du Shaojie laughed and didn't take Qi Yan's words to heart.
If they couldn't compete, they would find trouble, wouldn't it be a mess long ago?
With him or without him, the business will naturally be good, and the business that is not good will never be good.
Qi Yan didn't quite understand why he needed to set up a stall outside to practice his cooking skills, but she wouldn't ask him about it. It was his freedom to do whatever he wanted. He could make jokes, but she would never interfere.
After returning home, the two cleaned the dining cart, and Du Shaojie went to order a bowl of [Yangchun noodles] to eat.
Today, too many people asked him when he would make [Yangchun Noodles] again, which made him a little greedy.
"Shaojie, the school wants me to stay in school, what do you think?"
At night.
It was time for the two to communicate in depth again.
Qi Yan's tutor admired her very much. With the help of her tutor, there was basically no suspense about her staying in school.
In fact, her major was not limited to education, and it was easy to enter the system. Her undergraduate major was "Education" and her graduate major was "Economics". There were many places to go after graduation.
"I think it's good. As long as you discuss it with your family, I have no objection."
Du Shaojie knew that Qi Yan was willing to be a teacher. In fact, being able to stay in the university was indeed a very good career direction.
And she could stay in Beijing, so he had no reason to object.
"Yeah, then I'll talk to my tutor tomorrow."
Qi Yan smiled, and it was obvious that she was actually willing to stay in school.
How good it is to teach in college, there are winter and summer vacations, and it may not be very busy. She likes that kind of life.
Not everyone is like Du Shaojie, willing to pursue "delicious food and distant places". Most people still like stability.
The happy days only lasted for a week, and Qi Yan received a notice from her mentor that she had to go to Jinling to participate in an exchange activity.
Qi Yan felt very embarrassed. She sent several letters in a row to invite him to Beijing, but she had to leave.
"It doesn't matter, isn't it just 10 days? I'll wait for you to come back."
It will take Du Shaojie a long time to complete the task. After a week of fermentation, whenever he goes there, there will be a long line in front of the dining car.
120 servings of [bone soup] every day, they will definitely be sold out before 8 o'clock in the evening. If it weren't for the issue of the praise rate, he would have no problem selling 150 or even 200 servings a day.
Anyway, he is not in a hurry, so just go at this speed.
A few days passed in a hurry.
Chef Du has become a street vendor star in this area.
Many small vendors envy him, and of course many people are jealous of him or even resentful of him. People's hearts are so complicated. Once they are involved in conflicts of interest, it is not surprising that anything can happen.
In the evening.
Du Shaojie sold the day's [bone soup] and biscuits, and was about to ride home, but three men surrounded him.
"What's the matter?"
Du Shaojie has been here for so many days, and he knows that these guys are all nearby stall owners.
And these three people have one thing in common, they all sell [mutton soup].
This kind of [mutton soup] is actually more accurately called [mutton offal soup], which is actually not the same as the [bone soup] made by Du Shaojie.
"What do you think? We are all in the same industry, but you deliberately sell at a low price and let us starve? In the future, you either raise the price or change the place, don't say we didn't say hello to you."
One of them spoke very aggressively, and he was ready to fight if he disagreed.
Du Shaojie was a little confused. These three people were not young men, and they were over 30 years old at first glance. The three men were neither tall nor strong. He was only 1.8 meters tall and had a physique from long-term exercise. I really didn't know who gave them the courage to come and provoke.
Of course, it was not ruled out that the other party had a backhand.
"You sell your [mutton soup], I sell my [bone soup], and we don't interfere with each other. What's the matter, you want to act arrogantly? Do you know what the situation is now? There are crackdowns everywhere. Are you tired of living?"
Du Shaojie sneered, thinking that these guys were really ignorant.
I only prepare 120 servings of [bone soup] every day, and I will leave after selling them. How can it affect them?
This is deliberately looking for trouble, and he will not indulge the other party.
"Oh, hey, you are still very arrogant. Anyway, we have brought the message to you. If you don't listen, don't regret it if you suffer a loss."
The three people did not continue to entangle. They were not stupid and it was impossible for them to fight directly here.
Du Shaojie looked at their backs and thought about it.
At this time, a female stall owner who sold chaos nearby came over. The other party was about 30 years old, tall, and good-looking.
"Brother, hurry up and leave. Those guys are not good people. Be careful on the road and don't get blocked."
The female stall owner had been harassed by the three people before. She knew that they had a few helpers, so she came to remind Du Shaojie.
She was not afraid of those people. The matter had already been reported to the police station. Although they could not do anything to them, they also restrained themselves a lot.
"Thank you, sister! I'm fine."
Du Shaojie thanked him, then packed up his things, rode away on the tricycle.
In the distance, the three people were still gathered together, but they didn't do anything else. They just stared at him with gloomy eyes as he left.
"This man is young and energetic, I'm afraid he won't give in easily."
The three people whispered in a low voice. They were far from being evil forces, but they were not good people.
They targeted Du Shaojie for only one reason, they had their eyes on the recipe of [Bone Soup]. Why is the [Mutton Soup] they made not doing well? It's because the spices they prepared were not outstanding and the taste was not good.
The three of them were indeed looking for trouble today, trying to force Du Shaojie to hand over the "secret recipe" through suppression and intimidation.
But it was obvious that the previous plan didn't seem to work, and Du Shaojie didn't care about them at all.
"First find someone to loosen his muscles, and then we'll come out when he knows how powerful he is."
These guys quickly came up with an idea and decided to give Du Shaojie a good beating.
When the other party is scared, he will ask for the "secret recipe" at that time. Dare he not give it? If he doesn't give it, he will be beaten every time he sees it.
Of course, they will not come out in person to deal with Du Shaojie, but let others do it.
Du Shaojie returned home safely, but he did not relax his vigilance. He thought that what the female boss selling wontons said should be true, and the three guys must be holding back bad water.
"The three of them must have helpers, and they will probably block me on the road and do it. It's pure nonsense to say that it affects their business. I guess they may have taken a fancy to the spice formula of [Bone Soup]."
Du Shaojie thought about it for a while and basically guessed the whole story.
This was not the first time he had encountered such a thing, but none of them were as arrogant as those three guys.
He felt that he could not be so passive, so he went to the police station early the next morning to report the situation.
"This is what happened. They wanted to take the 'secret recipe' from me by trickery. My secret recipe is valuable, why do they want to take it away with just one word?"
Du Shaojie said a lot at the beginning, but the comrades at the police station obviously did not care much.
For the sake of profit, small vendors would not only scare people, but also fight each other.
But when they heard that the "secret recipe" was valuable, the comrades at the police station immediately became alert. Because the nature is different, no matter what means are used, it is a crime to rob people of their valuables.
On the contrary, they did not take beatings seriously, and they had not yet started.
"Is your 'secret recipe' really that valuable?"
The comrades at the police station did not dare to believe it and asked again.
"Of course, among all the people who set up stalls near the Normal University, my business is the best. You have to queue up to eat. If you come late, everything will be sold out. If you don't believe me, you can go and investigate."
Du Shaojie made a guarantee immediately. He has the confidence to do so. (End of this chapter)
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