My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 265 Trying to eat (seeking subscription)

After get off work, Dad Xu came back with three baguettes, ready to give his family a taste, and especially wanted to hear his son's opinion, after all, this was his idea.

The triplets ran over and surrounded Dad Xu.

"Grandpa, grandpa, what's in the bag?"

"Looks like bread?" Dabao's eyes were sharp.

"Grandpa, I want bread."

"Don't worry, grandpa will share it with you later." Dad Xu led the three little guys to the restaurant.

Mama Xu came over to help his wife take off his thick coat, then drove him to the bathroom to wash up, and finally made him a cup of steaming antler tea.

After washing up, under the longing eyes of his grandchildren, Father Xu took out the baguette from the cabinet. He put it in the cabinet just now because he was afraid that the three brothers would steal it.

It is definitely not reluctance, but mainly because I am afraid that my grandson will not know how to measure it, and it will be bad if he chokes.

"Come, eat a small piece each, take your time, don't worry." Father Xu broke a fist-sized piece of bread for each of his grandchildren.

Dabao couldn't wait to stuff the bread into his mouth, chewing on it, his brows furrowed unconsciously, his small face was full of disgust.

"Grandpa, what kind of bread is this, why is it so unpalatable?"

"It's too hard to chew." Er Bao agreed.

Looking at the pained expressions of his brothers, Xiaobao shrank his head in fear, and returned the bread to his grandfather in the next second.

Because my father said that food should not be wasted, and no matter how unpalatable the food was, he had to swallow it, so he didn't eat it at all.

Father Xu gently pinched his little grandson's tender face, and scolded with a smile: "Sure enough, he's a little cunning."

Xiao Bao giggled, showing a harmless smile.

"Grandma, I want to drink water." Er Bao began to yell loudly.

Xu Ma came over with a teapot: "What did you eat, why do you need to drink water?"

"Grandpa has gone bad, and he gave us unpalatable bread, even worse than the one made by the second sister." Er Bao immediately complained to grandma.

Mama Xu turned her head and glared at her wife.

Father Xu hurriedly raised his hands in surrender: "They are the ones asking for food, so it's okay if they don't give it."

"Where did you buy the bread?" Mama Xu picked up the piece of bread that Xiaobao didn't want just now, and lightly took a bite, "Bah, what is this, it's so hard that you can use it to grind your teeth!"

"Our company's cafeteria made it and is about to sell it. No matter how unpalatable this food is, it's better than eating potatoes and sweet potatoes every day!" Dad Xu explained with a wry smile.

"I don't care who you sell it to. Don't take it home from now on. Don't eat Dabao and Erbao. Go wash your mouth with grandma." Xu Ma said angrily.

Father Xu put away the leftover bread, no matter how unpalatable the bread was, it was still food, so it should not be wasted.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Xu Dong finally came back from get off work.

"Dad, you haven't slept yet?"

Dad Xu turned down the volume of the TV: "Come and sit down, I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Xu Dong asked curiously.

Dad Xu directly took out a loaf of bread: "Master Ji and the others have developed baguettes, can you see if it tastes like this?"

Xu Dong took the bread. Just from the appearance, the bread was much better than what he remembered from his previous life. Putting it under his nose and smelling it, he could at least smell the aroma of wheat.

"How is it?" Father Xu asked softly.

Xu Dong nodded: "It looks pretty good, but how does it taste?"

"Then what are you waiting for, try it quickly!"

Xu Dong broke off a small piece of bread and put it in his mouth.

Both the softness and the taste were much better than those in the previous life. He ate half a loaf of bread in one go, and didn't stop until his father reminded him.

"Dongzi, are you okay?" Dad Xu looked at his younger son in surprise.

Xu Dong shook his head, and hastily said perfunctorily, "I'm not full for dinner, I'm a little hungry."

"Stop eating, let your wife serve you a bowl of noodles!"

Xu Dong took a sip of water, then waved his hand:
"No need, I'm almost full. Dad, your bread is pretty good. It should be very popular. Remember to hire more bakers."

"It's hard to say, the bread is too hard, and not everyone likes it." Father Xu shook his head.

"Who said that? You can ask those who have been eating miscellaneous grains for more than half a year to see if they want to change their appetites."

Besides, this is Yanjing, an authentic northern city, and there is still a market for pasta here, Xu Dong is very confident about it.

"Uh, anyway, the trial sale will start at noon tomorrow, and we'll know soon if it works." Dad Xu said indifferently.

"How are you going to sell it?"

"According to Master Ji's idea, four sticks per catty of flour, three sticks per catty of cornmeal, two per catty of potatoes, less sweet potatoes, one half per catty," Dad Xu introduced.

This is the final result that was officially determined before leaving get off work.

"Dad, this is too general. Forget it, let's do this for now. It won't be too late to adjust after you have experience."

In the previous life, regarding the exchange of baguettes, the official applied a rather complicated formula to ensure fairness to the greatest extent.

Later, on the grain cards of many cities, the only option was baguettes.

At that time, there were three types of baguettes, one for children under the age of 13, one for the elderly over 50, and the last for the young adults in the middle.

It is said that these three types of bread have different nutritional components, and the optimal ratio is used.

"Don't worry, Master Ji and the others have done the calculations. Even if they lose money, they will lose some money at most. It is absolutely impossible to lose money on food."

"Dad, help me tell Master Ji that the recipe for baguettes must be adjusted in time according to market conditions. Don't stick to the old ways and use one recipe to the end."

"Well, I remember."

Seeing that his son was serious about what he said, Dad Xu quickly nodded in agreement.

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Noon came quickly the next day.

The employees of Changming and Hongtu companies flocked to eat in the cafeteria on the first floor. Today's cafeteria is a bit different, and the air is filled with the aroma of bread.

There is a notice pasted at the entrance of the cafeteria, which roughly means that the cafeteria will start selling bread from today, but the bread is not sold for money and can only be exchanged for grain.

Everyone understands this.

Next is the exchange ratio, which is much cheaper than everyone imagined, and many people are moved when they see it.

In addition, the cafeteria also launched a free tasting event, the portion is very small, each person only has a small piece of bread the size of a pigeon egg.

Dad Xu didn't go back to eat at noon this year, but stayed in the cafeteria. He wanted to observe everyone's reactions on the spot.

Ye Hui was by the side, looking very interested.

"Look, Ye Hui, someone is exchanging bread vouchers over there. It seems that bread is very popular!" Dad Xu said happily.

"It's still Xu Dong, you are far-sighted!"

What Ye Hui said was the truth. Being able to solve the food problems of the employees will undoubtedly greatly enhance the cohesion of the company, which is more powerful than simply increasing wages.

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