Chen Xu was originally busy working in the kitchen, but when he heard Yanqing's words, he couldn't help but be surprised.

He had thought that the round-faced man was a little weird, and when he first came to eat noodles, he didn't look like an ordinary customer, but a peer, which was no wonder.

In fact, the hundred-year-old soup is generally not a pot of soup that has been boiled for a hundred years, and water and new ingredients are added every day.

Every once in a while, you have to change to a new pot and discard all the residue at the bottom. The key to adding ingredients to the pot again is to add some of the old soup from the previous pot. In this way, the pot of soup can also retain the flavor of the old soup.

It is said that in the old days, in similar noodle restaurants, when the apprentice was out of the school, he could take away a pot of old soup, and when the store opened in the future, he had a foothold.

Of course, these are all things he saw from online forums, and he doesn't know if it's true or not.

The round-faced man obviously took a fancy to his old soup, so he packed dozens of servings in one go, and used these soups as an introduction to add them to the freshly boiled soup to enhance the taste of his soup base. It's an opportunistic approach.

"Chen Xu, what are you still doing in a daze?"

As soon as Chen Ziqi turned around, he saw Chen Xu standing there indifferent, so anxious that he was about to jump to his feet.

"How are you going to settle accounts with him?" Chen Xu asked her, "Go to his store to make trouble?" Or do you want someone to beat him up? ”

"This ......" Chen Ziqi froze, it was really inappropriate to do so, and he still said with a disgruntled face, "Then expose him on the Internet and let everyone know that he is a thief and a liar." made his store unstable. ”

Chen Xu shook his head and said, "This kind of news has nothing to break the story, it can't become popular, and if it is posted on the Internet, it will not have any impact on his store." Moreover, we have no evidence, maybe he will bite us back and accuse us of spreading rumors. ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, is that just it?" Chen Ziqi looked at him angrily, "You're not angry at all?" ”

"Anyway, it doesn't affect us, let's just do our own business." Chen Xu said, paused for a moment, and then continued, "Actually, the soup I boiled is different from other soups, not the older you are, the better. After five days, it is not fresh. ”

Chen Ziqi's eyes lit up when he heard the latter sentence, "What do you mean?" ”

"Wait and see if he's out of luck." Chen Xu said.

When the freshness period is over, the taste of the soup changes, and it will be difficult for their business to continue, even if they temporarily boil a new pot of soup, it is not as good as the old soup, and it will lose many customers, and it will be difficult to make up for it once the reputation is bad.

Chen Ziqi immediately counted with his fingers, turned his head to look at Yanqing, and said, "In the past few days, you have been going around there more often to observe the situation. ”

"No problem, anyway, I have to pass by there every day when I commute to work." Yanqing agreed, yesterday he saw that the dead fat man was not pleasing to the eye, and he still did this kind of thing, wishing that the other party was unlucky.

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In the next few days, Chen Xu's life did not change, he went to morning transportation in the morning, went to work during the day, Luo Xiyun still did not appear, after getting off work, after cooking for Chen Ziqi, the two went to open a store together, and at eleven o'clock in the evening, the stall was closed.

Every day he would run home, he would pass through that alley, and every time he would meet the girl in school uniform, who always squatted under the telephone pole to feed the cats, sometimes with noodle crumbs, sometimes with small dried fish.

He was curious about the young girl, why he didn't come home at seven or eight o'clock every night, preferring to feed stray cats here.

However, he never stepped forward to strike up a conversation, and judging from the only one contact, she was very wary of strangers. He still remembered the way she looked at him, cautious, with a hint of distrust and guard.

Of course, just a hint of curiosity, he knew that the two would probably not have anything to do with each other. Even if they meet every day, they don't greet each other, and they don't even make eye contact.

Before you know it, it's already the weekend.

In the evening, Chen Xu and Chen Ziqi had just opened the noodle shop, and Yanqing came with his girlfriend, and as soon as he came up, he couldn't wait to shout, "I'll tell you a good news, that fat man is unlucky." ”

"Tell me, what's the situation?" Chen Ziqi stepped forward with a pot of hot tea and took the initiative to pour him a glass of water for the first time.

This thoughtful service made Yanqing feel very satisfied, and said with a smile, "The fat man's store was almost smashed, and many people surrounded the store, didn't you see that scene." It's really exciting. ”

"Well deserved." When Chen Ziqi heard this, she felt very relieved, in the past few days, she has been counting the days with her fingers, just to see when the fat man is unlucky.

She asked with interest, "What did it happen?" ”

"It is said that there is a customer, and when he eats the noodles, he must give an explanation from the boss. The dead fat man was also horizontal, saying that he was here to make trouble, and quarreled on the spot. ”

"The dead fat man also kicked the iron plate, the customer opened a construction company, brought his girlfriend to dinner, was lost face, where can I bear it, I pulled more than a dozen people over on the spot, blocked the door, and I had to ask for an explanation."

Chen Ziqi asked, "What happened later?" ”

The dead fat man was still cowardly, apologized and lost money. However, I think his trouble is more than that, when I left, I saw that the industry and commerce, the people from the health bureau had gone, and someone should have complained. If you really want to find out what the problem is, close down for rectification, that's fun. ”

Chen Xu listened in the kitchen, and he felt a little sorry for the fat man.

The soup he boiled, after a few days, lost its umami, and it would have a little taste and would not become rancid. But when you meet a more serious customer, it's really unlucky.

"By the way, I also made a video, you see." Yanqing took out her mobile phone, opened the video, and handed it to Chen Ziqi, "Look, there are many passers-by watching next to you, anyway, the reputation of this store is completely stinky." ”

The three chatted enthusiastically, and a few minutes later, Chen Xu came over with two bowls of noodles.

Yan Qingqi said, "Hey, boss, we haven't ordered food yet." ”

"I'll ask you." Chen Xu smiled and said, this person is so enthusiastic, how can he express it.

Yan Qing looked at the bowl in front of him, full of shrimp and flower nails, and the amount was amazing. exclaimed, "Oh, it's so rich." ”

Chen Ziqi said arrogantly, "Seafood noodles, deluxe version, ordinary people can't eat it." Blessed are you. ”

"Thank you, boss." Yanqing said to Chen Xu, picked up the chopsticks, and said, "Then, we're welcome." ”

Then, a few more customers came over, these days, the noodle restaurant also has a little bit of reputation, every day there are repeat customers, seeing the noodles eaten by Yanqing and the two, they asked, "Boss, is there a new taste of noodles?" Bring me a bowl too. ”

"I'm sorry, it's a friendship special version, and it's not for sale."

The other customers shouted, "That's not good, you're completely different." ”

"Yes, you have to do business equally."

Chen Ziqi was not happy, and said, "It's not that it doesn't sell, it's too expensive, a bowl of fifty, do you want it?" ”

"It's so expensive, are you robbing money?"

Chen Ziqi glanced at the man and said, "This is already the cost price, how much is a pound of prawns, do you know?" ”

Someone couldn't help but complain, "Little sister, with such a service attitude like yours, it's no wonder that the noodle restaurant business is so bad." ”

"Why are you still here because of my bad attitude?"

The man was speechless, and everyone else laughed. In fact, many people come here to eat noodles, in addition to the taste, they also like to watch her scare people. Who made her cute, even if she likes to scare people, she can't be annoying.