Chapter 248 Making a trip in person
Li Yanfu was one of the seven who lost the game of guessing the dice. Although they felt regretful after losing, they did not dwell on it. They put the local specialties they brought from home at Xu An's feet and quickly ran away.
Being unfamiliar with the area, they didn't run very far. After turning the corner and confirming that they couldn't see themselves near Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, they stopped and stood by the roadside, waiting for Zhang Hong and Zhang Dezhen to finish get off work so they could take them to find a house.
Just as they were discussing whether to go work at the Shengli Supermarket distribution center tomorrow or try to find Li Yao to see if he could help recommend a job, Zhang Hong appeared in front of them, panting heavily, and asked in a very urgent voice, "Who among you brought any local specialties that are Sichuan peppercorns?"
Sichuan peppercorns?
Upon hearing this, Li Yanfu, who was struggling with the zipper of his luggage, let go of the zipper, stood up timidly, and replied somewhat uneasyly, "I don't know if it was me, but I had Sichuan peppercorns in my bag?"
"Did anyone else bring Sichuan peppercorns?"
Zhang Hong asked again, looked around at everyone, and seeing that everyone was shaking their heads, he stepped forward, grabbed Li Yanfu's wrist, and hurriedly led him towards Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, leaving behind a group of onlookers who didn't understand what was going on.
"What happened?"
"Don't you know?"
"Why don't we go check on him? Make sure Yanfu isn't being bullied!"
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“There’s not even a peek outside the house…” As he spoke, Wang Fulong stepped forward, slowly glancing at Xu Shi, his voice trembling slightly: “Boss, does he know those chili peppers?”
That was the spiciest meal Wang Fulong and his mother had ever eaten in their lives. Fortunately, they both realized it was too spicy before even taking a bite and immediately spat it out. Even so, Wang Fulong was still thoroughly irritated by the spiciness.
From then on, I would always bring a pair of rubber gloves when I came back from the mountain. If I saw that kind of chili pepper, I would pick it while wearing the gloves, take it home to dry, and eat food cooked with that chili pepper once in a while, enjoying a feeling of my soul being shed.
"But you only started building supporting facilities in the seventh phase, so you are actually on the same starting line."
The fact that the "Hellish Braised Dishes" are made with hot pot spice is already a secret in Haishi. Anyone who has watched the local Haishi TV station knows this. Xu Shi had no reason to hide it, so he just said it outright.
"Qiansheng Group has acquired the land for the food processing plant and released the concept design drawings. Judging from the drawings, it is very similar to the positioning of our Zijin Garden. Both are integrated complexes that combine residential, educational, medical and commercial functions."
What if we could take this opportunity to go and see it for ourselves?
While overjoyed, Wang Fulong seemed to have thought of something, and a conflicted look appeared on his face. After what seemed like a fierce internal struggle, I looked up at Xu Shi and asked, "Boss, does he only want wild chilies, or do he want the ones he grows himself?"
Ms. Xu felt her hands holding the paper package trembling slightly, and her cerebellum went blank for a moment.
"Your first phase is estimated to go on sale before the end of next year, which should constitute competition for you, right?"
"Has he not taken any pictures of the chilies he grows? Can't we even take a look?" Before his excitement subsided, Cha Feng stopped asking for confirmation. For a Sichuan peppercorn-flavored braised food shop, the hot pot chili peppers are absolutely crucial and must be treated with utmost care.
"Our advantage is still very small since we're launching the first phase first."
"......"
That was something Wang Fulong encountered when he went down the mountain to pick wild produce. At that time, I had been running around outside the mountain for a long time without finding any wild produce. With the mindset that I had come up empty-handed, I picked the chili peppers that I usually looked down on.
Today, Cha Fengpeng didn't go out on official business. Instead, he sat obediently outside the office, sorting out the withdrawals of recent bidding projects and collecting new bidding information.
I felt a stinging pain in my fingers while picking them. The stinging sensation gradually weakened, which made me give up the idea of continuing to look for mountain products and delay my return home.
"So, all those spicy hot pot ingredients were gathered by him from outside the mountains!" A hint of disappointment flashed in Xu's eyes, but she quickly recovered and asked, "Didn't he have any outside his house? How much? Is it rare outside the mountains? Is it bad?"
His gaze shifted from the paper package to Xu's face. Cha Feng's eyes were misty, his nose was red, and he was sniffling heavily, clearly feeling the spiciness!
It must be a stroke of good karma accumulated in one's next life that one receives news of successful artificial cultivation before receiving news of a depleted stock!
'......'
"There was indeed competition in the first phase, but our seventh phase might clash with our first phase."
"so?"
That time, it wasn't just Wang Fulong whose eyes lit up. But everyone from Hezibao, whether standing outside or inside the shop, had their eyes light up. Several people even grabbed Wang Fulong's arm, loudly asking what the chili peppers looked like when they were fresh...
"Homegrown? Does he grow them outside his house?"
Li Yanfu stopped scrolling the mouse, paused for a moment, released the mouse, picked up a pen, and copied the bidding information into his notebook.
"Is that paper package his?" Xu asked, standing up abruptly the moment Cha Feng pulled Cha Fengpeng into the shop's small door, holding up the paper package.
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