Chapter 113: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open for Business at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Zhao Zhenhui stared with his mouth agape, nearly colliding with a diner walking toward him.

He quickly stopped his steps, looking at Qian Laoban not far behind him, his face showing an expression of relief, and hurried over to ask: "General Manager Qian, why did you come here?"

"To queue! Didn't Boss just say that if you want a second bowl, you keep queuing?"

Qian Laoban looked at Zhao Zhenhui with a completely calm expression, showing not the slightest displeasure.

"General Manager Qian, you..."

Zhao Zhenhui laughed and cried at the same time, feeling that he had been anxious for nothing just now, completely unnecessary.

"General Manager Qian, if you want to eat, you don't need to queue; I'll just have someone buy another bowl!"

After hearing this, Qian Laoban shook his head, rubbed his stomach, and said: "No, I ate too much at noon. Just now one bowl of noodles went down, my stomach is a bit full. Standing in line to digest for a while is just right; I should still be able to fit another bowl of noodles to take back!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhenhui didn't know what to say; he didn't expect Qian Laoban to like Lu Feng's Yangchun Noodles so much.

But judging by the situation, Qian Laoban was not angry at all, which made him completely relieved: "So that's how it is. I thought General Manager Qian was unhappy!"

Qian Laoban laughed heartily after hearing this, patted Zhao Zhenhui's shoulder: "How could I be unhappy? Manager Zhao, I should thank you. I am very satisfied with your arrangement this time. This is true deliciousness. Today I truly realized that a bowl of noodles can suit my taste so well!"

Then, he looked at Zhao Zhenhui with a smile and said: "Manager Zhao, I plan to stay in Jiangcheng for a few more days. I just heard Boss say there are new flavors behind, so I'll have to trouble you to accompany me for a few more days."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhenhui couldn't help but show a surprised and happy expression, nodding quickly: "No problem, General Manager Qian. You can stay here as long as you want; I'll definitely arrange everything perfectly for you!"

Qian Laoban nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, then said: "By the way, let's go over some details of our cooperation these days. If there's no problem, I'll have my secretary send the contract over. Let's sign the contract before I leave!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhenhui's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that in the time it took to eat a meal, the cooperation would be successfully concluded: "Thank you, Qian Laoban! Our cooperation will definitely not disappoint you!"

Qian Laoban patted Zhao Zhenhui's shoulder and said with a smile: "Alright, Manager Zhao, you go in first. Thank you for waiting for me a while."

Zhao Zhenhui nodded repeatedly, beaming with joy, walking toward the shop with light steps. He couldn't wait to tell this news to his wife Zhou Yaqin.

Not long after Zhao Zhenhui left, the mobile phone in Qian Laoban's pocket rang.

He picked up the phone, glanced at it, then pressed the answer key and held it to his ear.

"Hello, Secretary Liu."

"I'm not returning to Yangcheng tomorrow. No need to book my flight ticket."

"The meeting the day after tomorrow? Cancel it, cancel it! We'll hold it after I return."

"When am I returning? Wait for my notification!"

"That's all. I'm busy now. Hanging up!"

Among the crowd queuing in the hall, Lin Meimei looked expectantly at the diners in front who were decreasing one by one. Just thinking that she would soon eat the food made by Lu Feng, she couldn't help but feel excited.

Today when she and Hu Xiaoyun arrived at Food Street, Lu Feng's shop had already opened for business.

Originally seeing the long queue at the store entrance, and thinking that this week the business hours were only one hour every day, she originally had no hope for this trip.

Unexpectedly, the queuing speed today was surprisingly fast. In about half an hour, they had already queued into the shop's hall.

Lin Meimei was smelling the fragrance in the hall and swallowing her saliva when suddenly she felt someone tugging at her clothes. Lin Meimei turned her head to look at Hu Xiaoyun behind her.

"Xiao Mei, why not... change to another place to eat?"

Hu Xiaoyun looked at Lin Meimei with a troubled expression, leaning close to her ear and whispering.

"We're almost there. Why change to another place?"

Lin Meimei frowned, looking at Hu Xiaoyun somewhat puzzled.

Hu Xiaoyun bit her lips, somewhat embarrassed, stretched out her hand, and pointed at the price list on the hall wall.

Lin Meimei looked in the direction of her finger and immediately understood.

Hu Xiaoyun felt that the things sold in Lu Feng's shop were expensive and was reluctant to eat here.

When she first came to Lu Feng's shop, seeing the prices Lu Feng sold at, even she felt they were a bit expensive, let alone Hu Xiaoyun.

"It's fine. This time I'll treat you. Tomorrow noon, you treat me to lunch at the school cafeteria." Lin Meimei said with a smile.

Hearing Lin Meimei say this, Hu Xiaoyun hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

She had heard Lin Meimei talk about Lu Feng's food several times in the dormitory. Just listening to her vivid description made her stomach, tormented by steamed buns and pickled vegetables, twitch.

Today was her first time coming to Lu Feng's shop. When she saw the outrageous prices on the wall, her first reaction was to pull Lin Meimei away.

For Hu Xiaoyun, who was reluctant to eat more even at the school cafeteria, she simply couldn't afford the consumption here.

If it weren't to accompany Lin Meimei today, she would never have come here.

But Lin Meimei had already offered to treat her, and they had already queued for more than half an hour. Refusing now seemed somewhat inappropriate.

Since that's the case, let's try it once.

If it's really delicious, she also plans to work part-time later to save more money. If there's a chance in the future, she'll bring her grandfather to eat here once.

Hu Xiaoyun was lost in thought when, without realizing it, the queue had reached them.

"Boss, we came together. We want one portion of Yangchun Noodles each. Is that okay?" Lin Meimei pointed at Hu Xiaoyun behind her and said to Lu Feng with a smile.

Lu Feng wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead, looking at Lin Meimei and the somewhat awkward Hu Xiaoyun behind her.

The moment he saw Hu Xiaoyun, he was stunned for a moment, as if he felt he had seen this girl before, but couldn't remember where.

But business hours were still ongoing, and serving customers came first. Lu Feng smiled and said: "Of course."

After a while, the two girls each held a steaming bowl of Yangchun Noodles, looking for empty seats in the hall.

Logically speaking, since the queue moved so fast today, the hall should have been filled up quickly.

But just now Lu Feng said there was no limit today. Those diners ate noodles at an especially fast speed. A portion of Yangchun Noodles was eaten at the speed of a Big Stomach King competition.

"Hahaha, Old Qin, you eat slowly, we're going to queue up first!"

At a table near the door, three spirited old men stood up, not even bothering to wipe the noodle soup from the corners of their mouths, laughing heartily as they spoke to another old man eating at the same table.

"You bunch of starved ghosts reincarnated? Eating this fast? Wait for me one minute! I'll be done right away!"

Grandpa Qin watched the three old friends walking out, and his face suddenly showed a flash of anxiety.

The speed at which he picked up noodles with his chopsticks increased a bit, yet he still felt it was not enough, so in the end he simply lifted the bowl and sent both soup and noodles into his mouth.

Qin Feiyu, sitting beside him eating noodles slowly, watched Grandpa's disregard for his image while eating, and couldn't help but speak up to advise: "Grandpa, eat slower, eating too fast is bad for your health."

Grandpa Qin emptied the bowl in two or three mouthfuls, wiped the soup from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, looked at the noodles in front of Qin Feiyu that had hardly been eaten at all, and immediately shook his head.

"Today we finally get to eat a bit more here, if you eat slowly you'll get one less portion, that would be a huge loss! Xiao Yu, you eat slowly, Grandpa's going to queue up!"