Chapter 434 Original Taste
"I won't hide it from you, business on our street is pretty good, the workers work hard but only make 30 to 50 yuan a month, which is not even enough to cover our monthly rent.
I'm not stupid, I know how much I should give you!"
Fang Junzhuo smiled and apologized, "Auntie, I want to help you, but I am here with my mother and brothers and sisters this time, and I will be leaving soon, so I can't continue to help you.
But I am very grateful for your sincerity in giving me such a large reward. Business requires honesty and kindness. No wonder your business is so prosperous. "
The lady boss laughed and said, "You are not only smart, but also very sweet. Just because of what you said, I will give you more food."
As she spoke, she stuffed a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts that she had bought but hadn't had time to eat into his arms, "Since you call me Auntie, just keep it. Auntie will be happy!"
Fang Junzhuo was not pretentious. He thanked him crisply and said a series of auspicious words loudly, which made the customers in the store laugh and also attracted a wave of new customers.
He followed his second sister and younger sister out with a big bag of food, and stuffed the newly obtained sugar-roasted chestnuts into the younger sister's arms, "It's still hot, you can try it, but don't eat too much, you still need to eat later."
Fang Gexin smiled and touched his head: "Our Zhuozhuo is quite capable. He earned back the food for our whole family without saying a word."
Because of the boss's wife's words, the audience in front of the TV also came to their senses, knowing that Fang Junzhuo was young but had real skills, and they also deeply realized the power of Xia Hua's spring breeze. The thirty or fifty yuan salary that these workers were proud of was not enough in the eyes of the boss.
In the end, they have a narrow vision and maliciously speculate on these two excellent children from certain families.
Even though they understand that it is easy for small vendors to make money, few have the courage to quit their jobs and go into business. After all, they cannot afford the risks and are unwilling to disrupt their current comfortable lives, or become inferior small vendors in the eyes of others for the sake of money.
When the children came back, the dough had risen, the bone soup was cooked, and the stuffing was seasoned. Everyone washed their hands, put on hats and masks, and started to get busy.
Fang Lixi was responsible for kneading the dough, An Zhixia and Fang Songyan were making dumplings, and Fang Gexin was steaming the dumplings. The two little guys sold the dumplings and collected money, and also inquired about the progress of other guest groups.
"Mom," Fang Gexin shared with everyone the information she had gathered from a few children, "The third and ninth guest groups have already arrived. They took the bus, but they left as soon as they got on the bus, so they arrived in Tianshi at about the same time as us.
What do you think their mission is?"
The little girl liked to keep people in suspense, and everyone was listening attentively, shaking their heads and giving her expectant looks.
She chuckled and continued, "Each guest group is equipped with three bicycles, responsible for transporting the mail to the post office. Although the mail is mainly newspapers and letters, the items are transferred from Kyoto, and one bus is not small. They have to make more than seven or eight trips back and forth.
A round trip of six kilometers takes about ten minutes."
Everyone felt their legs ache when they heard this. They looked at each other and saw the relief in each other's eyes.
Everyone in their family likes to eat pasta, such as noodles, buns, dumplings, fried cakes, flower rolls, vegetable rolls, etc., so they are very skilled at the work and cooperate well with each other.
Six hundred buns was a big project, and they were busy all the time. There was a pair of beautiful and talkative twins, who recommended them to everyone they met. As long as people wanted to eat, they could hardly resist the warm hospitality of the little kids, and either bought one or two as a token of appreciation, or bought a basket for lunch.
The host only gave An Zhixia the general ingredients for the fillings, but not the exact proportions, so she mixed them according to her own habits.
The buns have a white and chewy skin, the fillings are fresh and not greasy, and there is a satisfying soup after taking a bite. It is so delicious that it makes your scalp numb. Therefore, anyone who eats the buns can't help but sit down in the store and order a basket.
As more people came, customers kept coming in without them having to greet them.
All one hundred baskets of buns were sold out in just one hour!
Fang Gexin bought a lot of snacks with the money she earned, and everyone ate some, but Fang Junzhuo had no stomach for the ones he had just exchanged. They simply sold them along with the buns at the original price and earned one yuan.
The six of them ate two baskets of buns and packed up the rest to take away.
"Congratulations on completing the task," the shop owner, who had not yet come to his senses, handed over the task card in a daze. "When I was a chef at a state-owned restaurant, there were several large factories around me, and I could sell tens of thousands of buns for three meals a day. I had no time to rest except to go to the toilet.
But every time I see everyone eating buns happily, I don’t feel tired and my work is very valuable! I hope that our Xiahua classic cuisine can be passed down from generation to generation, so that more comrades can taste the original flavor..."
Fang Lixi took the task card solemnly. Unlike the previous one which had a cartoon of a postman, this task card had a picture of a chef with a protruding belly and a big smile on his face, who looked very much like the boss Huang in front of him.
"Go to Quanyechang, which was once the F Concession and is known as the 'city within the city, the market within the market', and look for a operator wearing a Tang suit and a long beard, and the slogan '365 professions, every profession has a role model'!"
They said goodbye to their boss and rode out on their bicycles, asking where the Quanyechang was.
It was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and the two guests who came in on the small bouncers were just rushing in, wet all over after taking a shower. After the shower, the five long-legged handsome men of the "Future" boy group became much more charming compared to their previous appearance with chicken feathers on their heads and messy clothes.
When they met the big boss, they bowed respectfully and greeted him.
An Zhixia nodded sympathetically, looked up at the sky, sighed and said, "I'm afraid you guys are going to the night market."
Everyone was confused and still smiled as they watched the six members of the Fang family leave. When they arrived at the store and got the task cards, most of them were in a mess.
The other groups of players were also in a panic, especially those Xia Huatongs. They were good at eating, but they couldn't even finish making dumplings. They chose to be punished with two hours of time off and their food intake was reduced by half.
Although the first six groups of contestants chose to accept the task, it took them more than two hours to complete it. But none of them complained, and they all tasted the fruits of victory with a full sense of accomplishment.
However, two of the Future men's group had good cooking skills, and one was smart. They asked An Zhixia's group how they completed the task, and then they sent two people to learn how to perform and make money.
(End of this chapter)
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