Chapter 261 Let's Find Out
There was a slight hiccup when they took the high-speed train back, but nothing else went wrong, and Xu An and his companion returned to Haishi smoothly.
After receiving the message that Xu An had returned, Xu Heping, along with two villagers, drove a van to the Haishi High-Speed Railway Station and waited for Xu An and his companion at the exit ticket gate. Upon seeing them, he immediately went to greet them and took their bags and packages.
"You two only carried a backpack, how come you came back with so much stuff?"
"Everyone really liked the mushroom soup from last time, and since we were already there, we figured we might as well bring some more for everyone. It was just a convenient thing to do."
"Luckily I called two people over, otherwise it would be difficult to carry all this stuff." Xu Heping distributed the luggage to the others and led Xu An and the others out of the station. As they walked, he casually asked, "So, is the chili pepper from Uncle Zhang's hometown the kind the shop needs?"
"Yes, these are the chili peppers we've been looking for." Xu An nodded. "We've already reached an agreement with the villagers. Once the approval is granted, we'll start planting immediately. We expect to have the first harvest before the new year, and then we won't have to worry about being held back by these chili peppers anymore."
"There shouldn't be any major problems with the approval process, right?"
"It's not a big deal. The village secretary of Hezibao personally took care of it, and he patted his chest and said there would be no problem."
"That's good."
"Has there been any problem at the store these days?"
Zhang Ge's aesthetic sense is somewhat questionable, so the photos he takes are naturally all sorts of strange and bizarre. Fortunately, the scenery around Xu Dongliang is beautiful, so even though Zhang Ge's shooting angles and lighting are not major problems, he still managed to hold them together, and the final effect is still good.
"Around 1:30, maybe a little earlier, maybe a little later, it'll be close."
Before getting Zhang Ge's money, Hua Qian officially posted that blog post on various platform accounts, shut down his computer, and went to work!
From the moment they got off the bus, Xiao Song and Brother Zhang followed closely behind Brother Zhang and the others, listening to every detail of their conversation.
Because there were few people in the station and it was noisy, the two people who were eavesdropping were unaware that they were getting closer and closer to Brother Zhang, until they were almost touching each other with their toes.
After inspecting the two stores and exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Hua Qian finally arrived at the office on the seventh floor of Store No. 7.
This tells us whether the collaboration between Xu An's braised food shop and Xu Dongliang is reliable...
Da Song and Tang Wen knew that Hua Qian hadn't found them yet, but they noticed that the crowd outside the station had thinned out, and they got lost.
During that process, a big problem was encountered. It wasn't that Hua Qian provided too few photos, or that he didn't know how to choose. Generally speaking, Xu Shi didn't have the urge to put down all of these bizarre and varied mushroom photos.
Choosing the first option, Xu came up with a compromise: you shrink all the missing pictures and combine them into one, which barely counts as including everything.
"Since you have someone to follow up with, you should go to the Shanghai Poverty Alleviation Office to report first. The leaders have entrusted us to investigate relevant information about Xu'an braised food, but the results are still pending."
"OK."
After finishing the bidding section, Hezibao took out the seventh document and continued speaking.
"No......"
"Bad".
"You've been queuing for so long just to buy some braised food?" Da Song exclaimed.
Tomorrow, or the day after, I'll go to the shop that produces Xu'an braised food to find out more, and then I'll get the final conclusion...
The two immediately went to the back of the stall and casually examined the braised dishes underneath. Both the appearance and the aroma of those dishes gave them an extremely unfamiliar feeling.
"Do you two dislike spicy food or prefer a milder flavor? If you can handle spice, recommend the spicy one; it's the seventh best-selling flavor at your stall!" The stall owner, thinking we were firmly debating which flavor to try, immediately added coldly, "The 'Eighteen Spices' flavor is also very popular, and the savory flavor is also good..."
"At the furniture store, before the design was finalized, we contacted the construction designer to produce construction drawings. The drawings were handed over to the construction workers the day after tomorrow, but we haven't even entered the construction phase yet..."
After running around until 4 p.m., the two dragged their tired bodies to the seventh to last stop of the day, Xu An's braised food shop, the only one in Haishi without a fixed stall.
No, not at all!
Hua Qian turned his head, wanting to tease Xu Heping, but when he turned his head, he caught a glimpse of the two people following closely in front of him. He immediately recognized that the two were not the bad guys who helped pick mushrooms under the car. Just as he was about to greet them, he realized that we seemed to be eavesdropping on our conversation.
Seeing Da Song's disheveled appearance, the stall owner's mischievous pleasure was satisfied, and he immediately explained to the seven people with a smile: "That hellish braised food is made with the spiciest chili pepper in the country—the 'Shuanshuan' chili..."
Gu Jiayi is clearly very dedicated to her work. Whenever she needs to read documents or reports, she can readily provide any data she doesn't know.
After saying this, Hua Qianyi placed the last two documents under the table, while his subordinates kept the first document.
Although the stall owner's words lacked conviction, his actions were swift. With his left hand, he slowly opened the lid of the insulated box, and with his right hand, he scooped out a bag of spoiled braised food that Yu Da had packed, and handed it to the seven people.
"Hua Qian, send him some pictures. He can organize them, add some text, and post a long blog entry with the title 'Searching for the Unique Flavor of Hellish Braised Food.'" Hua Qian contacted the Xu family and sent them all the photos he had taken of Xu Dongliang. He then turned to Gu Jiayi and asked, "How are the orders at Taobao Store? Are there still a lot of backlogged orders?"
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