Chapter 240 Xu's Braised Food Shop has run away with the money!
Duan Bin placed his order on the fourth day after the first batch of customers at Xu's Braised Food Taobao store received their goods and after numerous online reviews confirmed that the food tasted good.
But now, more than a week has passed since the order was placed, and the logistics status is still "awaiting shipment"...
The watch I ordered a day earlier, the top I ordered two days later, and the socks I ordered four days later have all arrived... and I've even washed, dried, and worn them...
This ridiculously long delivery time prompted him to post a blog entry on DaYan and tag the account 【Xu's Catering】.
"Ten days! A full ten days and still no shipment! Are your chickens, ducks, and geese freshly raised? Are your fruits and vegetables freshly grown? @Xu's Catering"
Perhaps because he tagged the Xu's Catering account, some users who followed the account saw Duan Bin's post. Some ignored it and continued browsing, some gave it a like and skipped it, some laughed it off, and of course, some deeply agreed with it and commented.
'Ten days is nothing, mine's been eleven days and there's still no sign of it. I guess I'll just have to wait patiently, sigh!'
Seeing your comments puts my mind at ease. I thought customer service had missed my order; it's been eight days since I placed it.
'So many people haven't received it yet...'
'......'
"How could there be no difference!" Xu Kang, upon hearing this, immediately explained to Duan Bin with a smug look, "It's like when he cooks, he always puts in the oil first, then the garlic, then the vegetables, and finally the salt, right? It's always the other way around, putting in the salt first and then the oil, right? It's the same principle..."
Gao Yi sighed. Forget it, things like modifying the process can probably be done overnight. I still need to think about it some more.
Xu Kangxu's popular science explanation continued, but Duan Bin, looking at the several seasoning packets in his hands, suddenly fell into a state of deep thought.
"What if those videos were filmed on the same day? Isn't that just to lower your guard and make it easier for them to run away with your money?"
"Right, right? You see, the official account posts cooking and shipping videos every day. It seems like they're not getting enough orders, so they've shipped them out, haven't they?"
The other seven older children smoothly put the seasonings into the cup noodles in the order Xu Kang had instructed. However, Zhang Dezhen and Le seemed to have found the trick. They couldn't even tear open the seasoning packets, let alone use their hands. Instead, they made the seasoning packets full of saliva.
First, put in the sauce packet, then the vegetable and meat packets, and finally the seasoning packet – that's Xu Kangxu's instant noodle preparation process. First, put in the oil, then the garlic, then the vegetables, and finally the salt – that's the process some people follow when cooking. But what about braised food? I don't think there's a set process for making braised food, right? Even if there are very few spices, they're still added in a fixed order, aren't they?
As soon as the car turned off the main road into the village, Duan Bin saw a group of seven people, seven in total, who had changed from squatting to standing, staring straight at him.
Why----
More and more people are commenting on Duan Bin's blog post, and they all have one thing in common: they haven't received their goods even after more than a day.
"The first step is to add the sauce packet, so the noodles can better absorb the flavor of the broth; the seventh step is to add the vegetable packet, which soaks for seven minutes to rehydrate the dehydrated vegetables; the eighth step is to add the meat packet, the same principle applies to dehydrated meat..."
Tsk.
The eighth approach...
After showing Zou Peisong and the others around the shop and dealing with the matters outside, Duan Bin got off his eight-wheeled vehicle to pick up Zhang Dezhen and Le from school. Since they hadn't finished their work for the day, Gao Yi took the two directly back to the outskirts of the village.
'What he said downstairs is unreasonable.'
The older children cheered and got to work, some carrying firewood, some tending the fire, and some fetching eggs. Seven minutes later, seven fragrant, sizzling, golden-orange sunny-side-up eggs were ready and placed under the overcooked instant noodles...
Xujia Village.
Immediately afterwards, the account of [Gaoyi Catering] was flooded with comments. No matter which Gaoyi post you clicked on, none of the last ten comments asked 'When will the goods be shipped' or 'Did they run away with the money?'
Before Duan Bin could finish his remark, Zhang Dezhen and the other two, their large hands still gripping the hem of my clothes, looked up at Gao Yi, their small eyes blinking: "Brother, you want to eat instant noodles too? Can't you eat instant noodles with Brother Heping and us?"
The seventh point is that currently, Xu Heping is the only chef making braised food. Even if my wife can start immediately, there are only two of them. If I make the couple work in shifts, I will really become the modern-day Huang Shiren (a notorious landlord in Chinese folklore).
The original post, intended merely to complain about Gao Yi's incredibly long and unsatisfying wait, suddenly went viral, and fewer and fewer people who hadn't received their goods commented on that post...
Watching Xu Kang meticulously arrange the seasoning packets for the small bowl, Gao Yi couldn't help but shake his head. "Hey, even eating instant noodles can be so meticulous," he thought, "that's typical of Xu Kang."
The secret recipe for braised food is the lifeblood of Xu'an Braised Food; the fewer people involved, the lower the risk of exposure. Xu'an Braised Food shops are currently thriving, and they know they haven't been closely monitoring the situation. What if they hired a spy and they were caught? Wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?
"Is there no difference? Weren't they all mixed together at the beginning?" Gao Yi replied casually, but his hands lied as he placed the seasoning packet on the table and tore open the sauce packet.
The water has boiled.
To prevent the recipe for the braised food from being exposed, Xu Heping was put in charge of the spices. I controlled everything from how to stir-fry them to when and how much of each spice to add. I involved others in the process, and the helpers could only assist by helping out to reduce their workload.
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