Chapter 128： self-inflicted sin

Chapter 128 It’s your own fault

Cheng He came here with a mission today. He no longer expects to steal the secret recipe of braised food. He just wants to buy one more pot of braised food every day.

The relationship between the two broke down. According to Cheng He's original idea, he did not want to continue buying braised food from Gu's family. However, the Desheng Building braised food business across the street was booming, so he was forced to follow suit.

Even because Deshenglou had a sign of selling the original braised meat, he didn't dare to continue to mix it with the braised food, let alone sprinkle a bunch of seasonings on top of the braised food to confuse the taste. He could only sell the braised food at the same price as Chunfeng Restaurant.

Only Deshenglou has just started selling braised meat, while Chunfenglou has been in the braised food business for a long time.

Chunfenglou's braised food has changed several times in just a few months. It was originally sold at triple the price, then mixed with real and fake products as gifts, and now it is sold at the original price. The price and taste are frequently adjusted, and the regular customers are beginning to dislike it. annoyed.

The diners just want to have a delicious bite instead of being tormented by Chunfeng Restaurant. The other signature dishes of Chunfeng Restaurant are about the same level as the mid-range dishes of Desheng Restaurant, but they are more expensive than others.

Gradually, regular customers began to flock to Desheng House.

Seeing that Desheng Building's business was getting better and better day by day, Cheng He was so anxious that a large blister appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Chunfeng Restaurant still looks nice on the surface, with a lot of customers, but in fact most people come to Chunfeng Restaurant to buy it because they can't buy Gujia braised food elsewhere.

Probably only one out of ten of these guests would be attracted to stay at Chunfeng Tower for dinner.

Cheng He saw it in his eyes and was worried, but Chunfeng Tower's business now relied heavily on Gu's braised food. In order to increase his competitiveness, he had no choice but to come to pester Liu Xiaoru, trying to change the daily one pot of braised food to two pots of braised food.

There is no profit from buying and selling at the original price. Now he can only hope to attract more new customers through the braised food gimmick. In order to achieve the goal of increasing revenue, he rarely lowered the price of his signature dishes to Hedeshenglou medium dishes. A price point.

It's just that the method of rushing to seek medical treatment for this disease has the opposite effect. Old customers feel that they are at a disadvantage, and new customers do not feel that they are taking advantage.

Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, Cheng He's head was racing with anxiety. Now he could only rely on Gu's stewed vegetables to attract more customers during the holidays.

However, with his push at this time, Niu Niu was indeed not injured, but it aroused Liu Xiaoru's anger.

Liu Xiaoru raised her hand and took out the meat-cutting knife on the counter, and said fiercely: "If you dare to come to our shop to show off your power again, and if you dare to push my sweet baby, I will fight with you!"

Cheng He had never seen the fierce side of Liu Xiaoru, nor did he expect that she could actually use a knife when cornered. He was so frightened that he ran away on the spot and disappeared soon after.

For Cheng He, bad news came one after another this day.

Even if he failed to repair the relationship with Liu Xiaoru, the braised food business was ruined on the spot.

On the same day, Liu Xiaoru sent Mrs. Feng to spread the news. On the grounds that Cheng He had hurt someone, she directly broke the contract between the two companies, and all the deposits she had paid to buy braised vegetables were returned.

"Fortunately, Guobao is fine. If Guobao is injured, I will definitely go to the Yamen to sue him!" Liu Xiaoru said viciously.

Niu Niu snuggled into her arms and asked in a low voice: "Aunt Liu, to whom will we sell the extra pot of braised meat in our house?"

Liu Xiaoru didn't take this matter seriously and said, "Even if the restaurant doesn't buy it, we can still sell it to individual customers. Now we don't have to worry about selling it."

She let it go that day, only to find out that Cheng He deliberately hurt people in her shop, so she had no choice but to cut off all contact with Chunfeng Tower.

Originally, Liu Xiaoru was reluctant to break the contract due to her trustworthiness, but now that she had injured someone in front of her, and there were several witnesses at the scene, the matter was settled naturally.

"Niuniu is really my little lucky star. All the worries in my heart were solved as soon as you came here. I finally don't have to do business with this man named Cheng anymore!" Liu Xiaoru said with a smile.

Niu Niu raised her little face and said, "The Dragon Boat Festival will be in two days. My husband will give us a holiday. Then I will come to the store to help Aunt Liu."

Liu Xiaoru nodded immediately and said, "Okay, when the braised food is sold out on Dragon Boat Festival, I will take you to watch dragon boat racing."

Niuniu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Everyone was enjoying themselves here, but Cheng He only felt that his vision went dark. Without Gu's braised food, he didn't know how long it would take to attract a new customer.

"Boss, what will we do during the Dragon Boat Festival in our shop without braised meat?" the shopkeeper was worried.

When we are open for business, we are most afraid that business will be deserted during holidays.

Cheng He gritted his teeth and said, "We will give away braised meat during the Dragon Boat Festival! I don't believe business will be bad!"

The shopkeeper was very surprised: "What kind of braised food are you sending?"

Cheng He rolled his eyes at him and said, "Without Gu's braised food, it's not like we can't make braised food ourselves."

The shopkeeper thought that the taste gap between the two was not so easy to smooth over.

"If the customer orders more than two taels of silver, he will get a free braised food." Cheng He said.

In response to the Dragon Boat Festival, Chunfenglou’s slogan is to give away premium braised food.

Because Deshenglou classifies dishes, many people jumped in immediately after hearing this, thinking that what Chunfenglou was going to give away was also Gujia braised food.

Cheng He did this business and really attracted many customers, and the business exploded the next day.

But if he pretends to be a good product, he can't contain the fire in the paper.

In fact, if it were replaced with other dishes, I'm afraid it would really scare people.

However, Gujia Braised Meat has an overbearing aroma and unique taste. In the past, people were fooled by the mix of real and fake products, but now it is completely fake and cannot lull diners.

After a short day of good business, Chunfeng Tower’s customer base was cut in half the next day.

There is a large pot of braised meat left in the kitchen that I can't finish even if I want to.

Everyone in the kitchen was also worried about what to do with the remaining braised food.

"What's there to worry about? Let's save it for tomorrow." Cheng He said without thinking.

This was not the first time he had done this. He relied on all kinds of sauces to cover it up, so no one could notice anything was wrong.

But the problem this time was that, firstly, there was too much leftover, and secondly, the weather was hot during the Dragon Boat Festival, and food was extremely easy to spoil.

Most of the leftover pot of marinated meat is placed in the back kitchen.

The next day was the official day of the Dragon Boat Festival. As soon as everyone entered the kitchen, they noticed something was wrong. Their noses were good and they smelled a faint rancid smell on the spot.

"This braised food can't be sold. It needs to be thrown away. I'll cook another pot or buy some from other braised food stores in the city." The master chef made a quick decision.

Who knows who was too talkative to bring this matter to Cheng He.

Cheng He stopped him directly and said: "Pour what you want, pour more sauce, if there is anything you can't eat, if you really want to buy something else, then you pay for it yourself. Do you really think my money is blown by the wind?"

"What should I do if I have a bad stomach?" the master said with a frown.

Cheng He said casually: "It's impossible to have a bad stomach. I often feed rotten rice to the pigs at home, and I haven't seen any pigs develop any problems. Anyway, they are all given away for free. They don't care whether they like it or not!"

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