Chapter 391: Eighty's Gourmet System (29)

Xie Yang's Snack Bar was gradually getting on the right track.

This day, she was teaching Liu Shen how to make Nut Bread.

A few days ago, Xiao Rong went to the breeding farm to settle the bill and brought back a basket of fresh walnuts, saying that the Nut Forest behind the farm had produced a lot of fruit this year, and as soon as it ripened, a strong wind blew it all over the ground.

The fresh walnuts picked up from the ground didn't look very good, but the nut kernels inside were still edible, so the farm manager decided to give Xiao Rong a basketful.

Xiao Rong didn't know how to eat this stuff, so he gave it all to Xie Yang.

Xie Yang hadn't originally planned to use fresh walnuts for business.

Don't look at how there was a whole basket; once you removed the shells and peeled them, there really weren't many fresh kernels.

She kept a few taels for the two children to boil in water to drink, and baked the rest into Nut Bread, distributing it to everyone as an employee benefit.

Not to mention that Xiao Rong took some home for his family's breakfast only for it to be devoured by the whole household that night, just the few helpers like Liu Shen were surprised that there were employee benefits when it wasn't even a holiday or festival.

They happily carried the Nut Bread home; some saved it for their children as a snack, while others brought it to the workshop for their husbands working the night shift to have as a midnight meal.

The children took the Nut Bread out to show off: "Look! The bread my mom gave me! It's so fragrant! And it even has walnuts!"

Other children saw it and got greedy, running home to beg their parents for bread to eat. They said they didn't want Honey Bread! They insisted on bread with fragrant, crunchy walnuts!

The men working the night shift were hungry by the second half of the night and remembered the bread their wives had stuffed into their hands before they left, saying it was a benefit issued by the boss. They took it out and took a bite—mm! Truly fragrant!

Their fellow workers smelled the fragrance and gathered around:

"What are you eating that's so fragrant!"

"Bread? Did you buy it from the Snack Bar where your wife helps out?"

"Is it Honey Bread? My wife has bought that too, it really is delicious! It's not Honey Bread? Then what is it? A new product?"

Shuisheng and Musheng went to the Yuhong Class with two Nut Breads in their little school bags as snacks, but when Xie Yang went to pick them up from school in the evening, she was surrounded by many parents asking:

"Chef Xie, has your Snack Bar released a new type of bread again? How much is it? Is there any left if we go buy some now?"

Xie Yang: "..."

There were too many people asking, and Xie Yang couldn't help but consider whether to add Walnut Kernel Bread to her baked goods series.

But fresh walnuts couldn't be purchased on the market right now.

The Nut Forest behind the breeding farm was collective property, and in previous years, it was all sold to the Dry Goods Factory to be made into dried walnut kernels, which were then sold to Supply and Marketing Cooperatives everywhere.

Xiao Rong made a special trip to the breeding farm for this and came back happily saying:

"Sister Xie, it's settled! The manager agreed to Trading with us. I told you! They have to sell to the Dry Goods Factory anyway, so they might as well sell to us; at least we don't delay payments."

Not only did they not delay payments, but they settled them very readily.

This was also the reason the breeding farm manager agreed in one go.

Unlike the other few converted Canteens, which had payments from the month before last that were still outstanding to this day.

With an abundant supply of goods, the business of Walnut Kernel Bread could be done.

Just like that, while she was teaching Liu Shen, several police officers suddenly arrived.

"Which one of you is Xie Dani? Someone reported that your identity is problematic; please cooperate with our investigation!"

Xie Yang had been reported.

The reason for the report was: How could someone who was abducted by human traffickers have such great skills and know how to make so many kinds of food?

Xie Yang had been prepared for this for a long time, and as soon as the police asked, she gave a set of excuses:

"... After I escaped from the human traffickers' den, I was caught in a heavy rain and got sick, and was picked up by a crazy old man and taken back to a bridge arch."

That old man claimed to be a descendant of an Imperial Chef, but no one believed him. I had nowhere to go at the time, so I said I believed him, and that old man taught me everything he had learned in his life. Although I never called him Master, in my heart, he was my master.

It was just that a few years later, he got sick and passed away, and other homeless people came to the bridge arch, so I had no choice but to wander all the way to Mingjiang City, and later I was taken in by my mother-in-law."

Everything after that was investigated clearly by the police through the neighbors in the Tube Building, and it was indeed the same as what she had said.

But her story had no supporting evidence.

In the end, although they let her go home, they sent two people to monitor her every move.

【Host, someone is monitoring you.】

The Main System discovered it and immediately told her.

Xie Yang indicated she knew.

Monitoring for a short time didn't matter.

Anyway, she had absolutely nothing to do with secret agents or spies; a straight body is not afraid of a crooked shadow.

But being monitored for a long time was also troublesome.

After all, there was still a little one at home who was hiding secrets.

If Shuisheng were to be discovered "fetching objects from thin air" by the people hiding in the dark monitoring her, that would really be bad.

Xie Yang decisively spent a sum of points to have the Main System ferret out the person who reported her.

The Main System earned two sums of points in a row and was so happy it wanted to kiss the unlucky person who reported the host.

Before long, it relied on high-tech tracking technology to find that unlucky person.

【Host, it was the one surnamed Lou who reported you!】

Chef Lou, Lou Sanqiang?

Xie Yang wasn't surprised.

Just think, only someone who is incompetent and only knows how to be jealous of others' good business would do such a dirty thing.

【Host, the System also found out something very interesting! This clue doesn't need points, haha! It's a free gift for the Host!】

The Main System had eaten a big piece of gossip and couldn't wait to come and share it with the Host:

【The one surnamed Lou is being cheated on by his wife! The son he treasures like the apple of his eye isn't his own seed at all! Hehehe!】

"..."

A system from an alien galaxy—where exactly did it learn these gossip terms?

【I saw it in a television drama or web series! Oh my! That's not important! What's important is that this unlucky guy just became a father unexpectedly, tra-la-la!】

"..."

【Right, the reason he was able to become the Master Chef of the Canteen back then was because he reported another employee who was competing for the position. System scanned evidence in his house! Someone discovered the bad things he did back then and wrote him an anonymous letter demanding hush money. The guy surnamed Lou was afraid of being exposed, so he honestly went to the Post Office and wired the money. I've scanned and copied both the letter and the money order; I guarantee they are exactly the same as the originals.】

"..."

Then what are we waiting for!

After Xie Yang finished looking at the evidence, she had the Main System remotely transmit it to the innocent victim who had been framed by Lou Sanqiang back then.

"Have you heard? Chef Xie from the Hongqi Snack Bar was taken away in handcuffs by the police!"

"Really? What did she do?"

"Not sure, just know that two police officers came and took her away."

"Will the Snack Bar close down? My granddaughter nags me every day to eat their Honey Bread. If it closes, where am I supposed to buy it?"

"Exactly, my son wants to eat their Roasted Duck every few days. If it closes, there really is nowhere to buy it. I heard from my son that the State-run Restaurant even sends people to her place to buy Roasted Duck sometimes!"

"Oh my, your news is outdated! Chef Xie came back a long time ago. If she had really committed a crime, how would she have the chance to come back out? The police aren't foolish."

"That's good, that's good!"

"..."

Lou Sanqiang rode his bicycle, intentionally taking a long way around through Chunhe Lane to the Third Canteen, and heard the idle chatter of several retired old ladies who often patronized the Snack Bar.

He frowned deeply.

Xie Dani is fine?

How are those police officers doing their jobs?

Such a suspicious person, and they actually let her go after just asking a few questions?

Did he not express himself clearly in the report letter?

Just as he was pondering whether to go back and submit another report letter, he suddenly heard a question: "Lou Sanqiang?"

Lou Sanqiang looked up and saw two police officers showing him their credentials with serious expressions:

"We suspect you are involved in a criminal case from ten years ago; please come with us."

"..."