The principal of Tengyue Middle School originally planned to directly implement Xu's catering group meals in the school on Monday.

But I didn't expect that even with posters, flyers and other detailed introductions, many parents still have doubts in their hearts, and almost every class teacher received more than ten messages from parents, all asking why the lunch supplier was suddenly changed.

What's more, he asked the child's homeroom teacher around the corner if the new group catering company had anything to do with the principal.

Eventually, in order to dispel parents' doubts and restore his reputation, the principal of Tengyue Middle School planned to invite the parents of the students to come to the school to try the group meal served by Xu's Catering.

There are a total of 42 classes of students in the three grades, and each class elects three parent representatives to arrive at the Leap Middle School auditorium at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday for a tasting activity.

The parents were very enthusiastic about the tasting event, and before eleven o'clock, all the parents arrived at the school auditorium, waited for the event to start, and whispered.

In the beginning, everyone greeted each other politely, asking who you are, who your children are, how your academic performance is, and which high school you plan to attend.

But as time went by, getting closer and closer to the start of the tasting event, the content of everyone's chat unconsciously shifted to this tasting meeting.

"Hey, I didn't want to come originally, but I don't feel at ease if I don't come here in person. It's been half of the semester, and I don't know why the school chose to change suppliers at this time."

"I heard some gossip about this, it seems that the supplier I cooperated with before wants to raise the price, and the school does not agree, and the two sides are now in a stalemate!"

"Then wouldn't it be nice to change to a local one in our Zhuzhou City, why did you change to a company that just completed the renovation and opened the door the day before yesterday?" The man lowered his voice as he said and asked, "Could this company be run by the principal's relatives or something?" ”

"Probably not, although that company has only recently opened, it has been operating in the sea market for nearly half a year."

Just as the two of them wanted to go on and join the conversation more, a slightly obese figure walked into the auditorium, walked straight to the stage of the auditorium, stood behind the podium in the center of the stage, and picked up the microphone.

"Good afternoon, parents, teachers, I am Wang Fulong, the head of the bidding department of Xu's Catering, and now, I will introduce to you how Xu's Catering was born and developed and grown."

It took five minutes to quickly and simply introduce the history of Xu's Catering since its establishment, and the introduction focused on telling everyone about the cooperation of Xu's Catering in Haishi.

When the names of large companies came out of Wang Fulong's mouth, when parents heard that Xu's Catering cooperated with the Hai Municipal Government, and when parents heard that Xu's Catering's vegetable and fruit suppliers were well-known harvest farms, their doubts dissipated by three points.

After introducing the company's history and cooperation, Wang Fulong gave parents a reassurance.

"There is an internal rule that Xu's Catering will take samples from the dishes produced every day for up to five days

And the company invited professional nutrition experts to customize lunch dishes for students, whether it is the amount or nutritional value, etc., can meet the needs of teenagers' growth and development.

The menu is served on a 28-day cycle, or 4 weeks, during which the menu varies from day to day."

"Lao Deng, is this Xu's catering really as rigorous as you say? Can three dishes and one soup a day be kept for nearly 30 days without repeating? Not credible, not credible."

Knock Knock – Knock Knock Knock————

A sudden knock on the door interrupted the conversation of everyone in the principal's room, and when everyone's eyes fell on the door of the principal's office, the door creaked open, and a man holding an incubator appeared in front of everyone.

"Hello everyone, I am the delivery person of Xu's Catering, this is the eight boxed lunches ordered by Deng Zhichun, please sign for it!"

As he spoke, the man took out a face sheet and a signature pen from his chest satchel, and then his eyes quickly wandered over the eight people, as if he wanted to find the target candidate from the eight people.

"Just sign it, just give it to me."

Deng Zhichun, the principal of Tengyue Middle School, took a few steps forward and came to the man, took the signature pen and wrote his list on the free bill, and the man who delivered the food thanked him and put the food in the incubator on the coffee table, and left the principal's office with the incubator.

Without waiting for Principal Deng to greet him, the moment the office door closed, the other seven people sat around the coffee table with familiarity, picked up a boxed lunch, put it in front of them, opened it, and evaluated the dishes

Overlord flower soybean pork bone soup, a decent dish, but the ingredients are quite a lot, good;

Braised large chicken thighs, the size of the eight chicken thighs is about the same, the portion is full, from the skin to the innermost meat are quite flavorful, excellent;

Stir-fried sausage with cauliflower, the high temperature will force the fat out of the sausage's body, and the fluffy cauliflower becomes soft and full of salty aroma under the moisture of the fat, excellent;

The last one is stir-fried oil and wheat vegetables, just by using your eyes you can tell that these oil and wheat vegetables are not stewed in water, but cooked in hot pan and cold oil like home-cooked oil and wheat vegetables, the entrance is refreshing and crisp, with a very high greasy value, excellent!

"The portion is quite generous, the taste is good, if the lunch level can be maintained at this level, it is indeed better than the previous supplier."

"Yes, it's quite real, and the samples are stored for five days, so that if the child eats a bad stomach, he can trace the source in time."

"I am relieved to purchase fruits and vegetables from Harvest Farm, Harvest Farm is the leading enterprise in Hai Duong Province, and I can't be wrong."

“.”

Not only the parents who came to participate in the tasting were very satisfied with the lunch provided by Xu's Catering, but even the principals of other schools were also very satisfied after tasting it, and they asked Principal Deng of Tengyue Middle School for the contact information of Xu's Catering.

"It's more convenient, quicker, clearer and clearer to talk over the phone."

Principal Deng smiled at everyone, strode to the back of the office door, held the doorknob and twisted it hard to open the door, and a middle-aged man who was a little chubby but looked very honest appeared behind the door.

"This is Wang Fulong, the head of the Xu's catering bidding department, and Director Wang" After Principal Deng introduced Wang Fulong's identity, he introduced the identities of the seven people in the office to Wang Fulong: "Director Wang, this is Principal He of Hongxing Middle School, this is Principal Yu of Mingde Middle School, this is"

Splendid Hotel.

Today is the day when an old customer of the Fairview Hotel held a birthday banquet for his child, whether it is a banquet at work or a banquet in daily life, the old customer basically chooses to hold it here in the Fairview Hotel, and it has not changed for more than ten years.

For this kind of loyal old customers, the hotel naturally attaches great importance to it, and Ren Jialun, as the logistics director, is no exception.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, half an hour before the arrival of old customers, Ren Jialun went to the box to do the final inspection work.

The table and chair placement, the decoration of the OK box, the melons and fruits in the OK negotiation area, everything in the OK box is perfect!

After confirming that there was no negligence or omission in the work, Ren Jialun left the box and returned to the back kitchen.

Walking two steps quickly and standing behind the two, his eyes fell straight on the incubator on the ground, and the side in front of the incubator was sprayed with a big 'Xu' word, which was exactly the same as the LOGO of Xu's Catering that annoyed him.

Ren Jialun didn't speculate, and asked bluntly: "What is this, why did you put it in our back kitchen?" ”

"This is the tea sent by the guests of the 208 box, let us keep it in the back kitchen for half an hour, and then send it over when the birthday banquet is coming to an end." Seeing that Ren Jialun still had a displeased expression, the kitchen staff hurriedly explained, "This is what you just ordered."

Even if the kitchen staff didn't remind him, Ren Jialun remembered this incident clearly, but what he didn't expect was that the tea sent by this guest was actually from Xu's Catering

Looking at the neatly arranged tea in the refrigerator, a touch of uneasiness quietly appeared in Ren Jialun's heart

"Hello sir, how many do you have?" The welcome lady asked with a smile on her face.

"There are three of us." Xu An subconsciously felt inappropriate after speaking, and hurriedly added: "We were invited to attend the birthday banquet in box 208. ”

"Yes sir, this way, please."

Hearing this, the welcome lady quickly checked the identity information, and after confirming that it was correct, she took Xu An, a combination of two and a small three, to the 208 box on the second floor.

"Brother, it's so beautiful here!" Xu Kang and Xu Le expressed their sixth emotion since they saw the hotel.

"yes, it's beautiful." Xu An took the trouble to pick up the words of the two, and then asked, "When Kang Kang Lele celebrates your birthday, how about my brother also invite your little classmates here to participate in the birthday banquet?" ”

"Really, brother, aren't you coaxing us, it's going to cost a lot of money if it's so beautiful here, brother, where did you get the money, brother, did you go to rob the bank, brother, will you be arrested by the police uncle, brother, what should you do if you are arrested by the police uncle."

The two little guys were excited at first, then worried, and in the end, they were even worried about whether Xu An would be shot by the police

Under the more and more outrageous speculation of the two little guys, Xu An even saw the corners of the mouth of the welcoming lady who walked in front and led the way hooked and put down, hooked up and put down, and finally remained in a state of hooking, and the hook amplitude was getting bigger and bigger

Under the leadership of the welcome lady, he went to the 208 box, and after greeting the owner's family at today's birthday banquet, Xu An let the two little children play with his classmates, and he walked to the negotiation table on the side and sat down.

As soon as Xu An's buttocks were next to the sofa, one of them opened his mouth and accosted: "Boss Xu, I heard Xinyi's father say that they specially instructed the back kitchen of the hotel to buy your Xu's braised vegetables to come over as cold dishes, we just tasted it, it tastes really good, no wonder the business can be so prosperous!" ”

"Hahaha, yes, I didn't know about this before, otherwise I would have sent it directly" Xu An greeted him, and his eyes fell on the unusually rich platter of braised vegetables on the coffee table.

Well.?

Almost at a glance, Xu An discovered that something was wrong with this braised dish, and in order to confirm the guess in his heart, Xu An picked up a duck intestine with chopsticks and sent it to his mouth

Xu An is not sure with the naked eye alone, but after the entrance of the lo-mei, Xu An can directly conclude that this braised vegetable was not purchased from his own lo-mei shop!

Although the appearance and taste seem to be almost the same, the lo-mei in front of me has a different taste, a unique taste derived from shabu-shabu

After putting down the chopsticks, Xu An snorted in the face of everyone's praise, vaguely past, and did not reveal the fact that this lo-mei was not produced in his own store.

But when Xu An thought that he had fooled this matter, he didn't think that someone on the children's side had discovered this problem, and the children had not yet learned these twists and turns between adults, and the child who found that the taste was wrong directly expressed his doubts.

"The taste of this braised vegetable is not right, it is different from the taste I ate during the autumn trip!"

"No way, my dad said, that's where I bought it! The shop where you eat during your autumn trip! Shou Xinggong immediately retorted.

"No, the taste is different, it's not a shop!"

"It's the same store!"

“.”

At the beginning of the argument, the tone of the two was quite normal, but as both sides kept denying it, the tone slowly went up, and the movement became louder and louder, attracting other children as well

In just over ten seconds, eating, playing games, and chatting, all the children gathered around and watched the two arguing

Soon, the adults sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere on the children's side, and they stopped talking and walked over there.

"Daddy!" When Shou Xinggong saw his father coming, he immediately became angry, and pointed to the lo-mei on the table with one hand and the other and asked loudly: "Dad, this lo-mei is from the same shop as the one you ate during the autumn tour, right!" ”

"yes, it's the same store, what's wrong?"

"No, the taste is different, it's not from the same store!" The child on the other side still retorted very stubbornly.

Seeing this, Xu An felt that it was not good, and hurriedly calculated in his heart how to fool the past, Xu Kang and Xu Le grabbed the braised lotus root on one hand, and the other took the braised potato and sent it to his mouth

Xu An didn't have time to stop it, and after the two little guys tasted the lo-mei, they said to the birthday star's father with a serious face: "Uncle, have you been deceived, this is not my brother's braised vegetables." ”

The voices of the two little guys were crisp and loud, and everyone present could hear them clearly, and then, the pressure was on Xu An's side, and all eyes were focused on Xu An's body.

"Hahaha" laughed awkwardly twice, entangled between the lie and the truth for two seconds, under the expectant gaze of the two little guys, Xu An sloppy eyes, foolishly: "Recently, there are a lot of shops called 'Xu's Lo Mei' in the market, and the taste is almost the same, and it is indeed easy to admit mistakes when you are cold."

"That's it" Xu An said and squatted down, looked directly into the eyes of the birthday star, and said with a smile: "Brother asked someone to send some braised vegetables over, you can taste it when the time comes, is it good?" ”

Disputes between children come and go as quickly as they come, and with the mediation of the adults, the matter is finally over.

However, this matter only passed in the hearts of Xu An and other guests attending the birthday banquet, but in the hearts of the birthday father, it was not the end.

This is a three-way order to let the kitchen replace the cold dishes with Xu's braised dishes, and it can be wrong to say it so clearly, you must ask the person in charge to be specific and clear, if you don't intend to make a mistake, then forget it, if it is intentional

Hehe!

"Director Ren, where did you buy the braised vegetables used in the birthday party?"

"It was purchased from Xu's lo-mei shop under Xu's Catering," Ren Jialun said and handed the purchase invoice that had been prepared to Mr. Lu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you specially told us, we dare not forget"

Mr. Lu took the invoice and looked at it carefully, the quantity was uncertain, but the types of braised vegetables shown on the invoice could be matched, and there was no problem with the letterhead.

That's weird, Boss Xu, as the boss of Xu's lo-mei, can't be unclear about the taste of the dishes in his store, right?

And it's not just the three members of the Xu family who feel that the taste is wrong, but the other children also feel that the taste has changed.

"Mr. Lu" watched Mr. Lu's eyebrows slowly furrow, and the trace of uneasiness in Ren Jialun's heart quickly spread, and asked nervously and cautiously: "Could it be that there is something wrong with this lo-mei?" ”

"It's fine." After Mr. Lu put the invoice back in Ren Jialun's hand, he ordered, "Send those tea drinks to the private room." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"

After getting off, Ren Jialun sent Mr. Lu all the way to the elevator door, watched the elevator door close, and then returned to the back kitchen, and arranged for the waiter to come and deliver the tea to the 208 box.

Watching the waiter take out cup after cup of drink from the refrigerator, his eyes suddenly swept to the corner of the refrigerator, where several bulging plastic bags were piled up

This refrigerator is specially used to store the items brought by the guests that need to be frotored, but these plastic bags don't look like the guests brought them?

Ren Jialun walked to the refrigerator, reached out and picked up a bag and turned it in front of him, and then saw the hot gold, big 'Xu' on the bag, and blurted out a sentence of 'slot', all the strange words that Mr. Lu said just now have found the source

As the tea was delivered to the box, the lo-mei that Xu An asked people to send was also sent to the box.

Before it could be sent to the back kitchen for plating, the children rushed up, opened the plastic bag, wore gloves, picked up the lo-mei and put it in their mouths.

"Ah, that's what it tastes like, it's delicious!"

"Kang Kang Lele, your brother's braised vegetables are really delicious, can you eat such delicious things every day, I envy you."

“.”

While people were not paying attention, Mr. Lu quickly picked up a piece of lo-mei and put it in his mouth, and a trace of displeasure immediately flashed in his eyes.

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Most provinces in China have a tradition of making lo-mei, and there are many people who can make lo-mei, but different places and different people make a variety of braised dishes.

Even people in the same village use recipes handed down from their ancestors, and the taste of the braised vegetables in the end is very different.

After Zhang Dezhen's brother-in-law Xiao Yong left, the owner of the Jinlong fast food restaurant found a good pickled vegetable chef to fill the vacancy on the same day.

When it opened the next day, many old customers didn't know that the Golden Dragon fast food restaurant had changed its lo-mei master, and the sales had little impact.

It's back home, after tasting the lo-mei, these old customers have scolded 'mother' at home, this Jinlong lo-mei shop has been open for less than a month! This braised vegetable tastes completely different from the previous one! Isn't this pure foolishness!

The taste of braised vegetables made by different regions and different people is not the same, and the personality of each old customer is also different.

Some people think that the new flavor is also good, and some people decide not to go to Jinlong Lo Mei Shop in the future. Some people think that today is just a mistake, and they will go back tomorrow. Some people feel that they have suffered a loss, and the more they think about it, the more angry they become, and they plan to go to the boss tomorrow to ask for an explanation

The next day, the sales of braised vegetables in Jinlong Lo Mei Shop not only ushered in a cliff-like decline, but also was scolded by many old customers

In the scolding, the new braised vegetable chef felt that he couldn't stand the grievance, so he came out of the back kitchen in a fit of anger and sprayed with these old customers

Originally, some customers who wanted to consume saw the mess in the store, hesitated and left.

Some of these people who have left choose to go home directly, and some of them plan to try Xu's lo-mei, which has recently been in the limelight in the market.

Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and by the time the farce ends, there are already many people in front of the Golden Dragon Lo Mei Shop

(End of chapter)