1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 104 Super Item
Jinan.

Gongye North Road, somewhere a little distance away from Quancheng Iron and Steel Plant.

Li Li, who had just got off work, was walking on the street with her colleagues, strolling around.

"Hey, Li Li, what are you looking at?" A colleague looked at Li Li who seemed a little careless and shouted with some dissatisfaction.

Life these days is boring, and going out for a walk is one of the few ways for adults to relieve boredom in a legitimate way. It's no wonder that she is a little unhappy when she sees her companions daydreaming when they accompany her shopping.

Li Li blinked her eyes when she heard this: "I'm looking to see if there's anything delicious!"

Her companion looked at her strangely, "Didn't we just have a bowl of tofu pudding? If you're still hungry, there are a lot of restaurants here. You can find anything you want to eat, such as steamed buns, ramen, sesame cakes, fried cakes, steamed cakes, etc. Look, there's a state-owned braised chicken restaurant about 50 or 60 meters away. If you're willing to spend money, you can buy a braised chicken!"

Li Li leaned over to take a look, thought about it, and sighed with a lack of interest: "I don't know why, I don't really feel like eating these things."

My companion nodded in understanding: "Yeah, although the food here is large in quantity, the taste is not that great... Let's just do this, let's go to the Fourth Construction Site (a very famous catering gathering place in the 1980s and 1990s at the Quancheng Iron and Steel Plant). There are a lot of delicious food there, especially those selling braised pig's trotters... Tsk tsk, I'm drooling just thinking about it!"

Thinking of the fragrant, greasy braised pig's trotters, Li Li was a little tempted, but then she shook her head in frustration: "Forget it, I don't really want to go to the fourth construction site."

The companion was startled when he heard this, he stopped and looked Li Li up and down, then put his hand on her forehead: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Li slapped her companion's hand away and sighed in frustration: "I don't know what's going on. I always feel uncomfortable eating these things recently. I always feel like... something is missing."

Upon hearing this, his companion looked even more worried: "You... Could it be that you have hepatitis... Come on, let's go to the hospital for a check-up!"

Li Li rolled her eyes: "You are the one who has hepatitis! I just had a physical examination two days ago and I am very healthy!"

After saying that, he sighed somewhat sadly: "I guess it's because I ate too many fried skewers from Momobaike some time ago... My taste has started to become stronger, and I can't get used to these bland foods... Oh, it's annoying!"

The companion thought about it and nodded in understanding: "Yes, the things fried at Momobai are really delicious. Compared with those fried foods, these steamed foods are indeed a little less flavorful."

Li Li shook her head. "Deep-fried food is more fragrant and delicious, but that's not the point... The point is that Momo Baizha puts a lot of chili in it... Although it feels like death at first, and I have to drink a lot of drinks to suppress the spiciness, but after eating it a few times, I find it quite satisfying... Now, if I don't eat it every two or three days, I always feel empty inside."

Thinking of the burning sensation in his mouth, his companion swallowed his saliva with lingering fear, and began to feel itchy in his heart: "I mean, why did you walk here today... You've been talking about this thing for a long time, otherwise... let's go eat it again now... There's a Mo Mo Bai Zha restaurant just around the corner."

Li Li scratched her head in annoyance. "I admit that it's addictive, but the problem is... I don't know what's wrong with Momo Baizha now. Fish balls and gluten are always out of stock, and the rest are all things I don't like to eat... My money is not blown by the wind, I can't be cheated every time!"

This statement may sound contradictory at first, but it reflects the common voice of many consumers today.

The diet of people in Qi and Lu at that time was far less diverse than that of later generations, and the diet of residents in inland cities was even narrower;
Not only are they not very interested in most seafood that has little oil or water but is not cheap, but things like chicken feet, chicken hearts, chicken gizzards, and chicken wing tips are simply leftovers in the minds of people in Qilu today.

But people in Qi and Lu have always been more concerned about their reputation. Even if they crave the unique taste of Mo Mo Bai Zha, no one would feel comfortable spending money to be a sucker and munching on a bunch of what others think are leftovers.

As I said before, for many people in Qi and Lu today, the head can be cut off and blood can be shed, but face cannot be lost!

The companion thought for a moment and looked up at the sky: "How about this, let's go over there and take a look. If there's still something we like to eat, then we can eat it without saying anything... But if the fish balls, fish tofu, gluten, etc. are all sold out, then we can just turn around and leave without saying anything, okay?"

Li Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay! Let's hurry up. If we go too late, it will be too late for us!"

As he spoke, his whole body seemed to be wound up, and he hurriedly pulled his companions forward.

His companion rolled his eyes as he staggered after being pulled by this guy.

Gotta~!

I knew it, you are just a foodie!

………………

five minutes later……

"Huh??"

Li Li and her companions stared blankly at the Momo Baizha franchise store in front of them. They looked around suspiciously, as if wondering if they had come to the wrong place.

I saw that this franchise store, which originally covered an area of ​​2 to 3 square meters, had more than / of its area covered by thick plastic sheeting for some reason.

The kitchen, which was originally located at the innermost part, had been moved to a window facing the street at some point;

Looking through the glass, two temporary partitions in original wood color are clearly visible... No need to ask, these must have been built in the past one or two days.

To be honest, if it weren't for the orange and white paint, and if it weren't for the sign of Mo Mo Bai Zha NO: 41 franchise store still hanging on the door, they almost thought that this store, which had just been open for more than a month, had been transferred.

Looking through the glass at the kitchen, which was estimated to be only about 15 square meters, Li Li felt a vague sense of familiarity.

It looks... so much like those three model stores of Momobaizha?

As a former news hotspot, she had of course seen the three model stores on TV and in newspapers. Although she did not quite understand why a store had to be so small, when she actually saw these pigeon-cage-like small stores in person, an indescribable sense of familiarity welled up in her.

"Boss, are you still open today?"

Seeing three slightly plump middle-aged women busying around in the kitchen, Li Li asked through the small window on the glass.

"Open~! Open... please wait a moment!" Seeing a customer coming, the store manager who was moving the freezer stopped working, took two steps forward, remembered something, turned back to the sink, washed his hands, wiped them on the hanging towel, and then walked to the window.

Seeing this familiar-looking store manager, Li Li finally felt relieved. She thought for a moment and said, "Boss, do you still have fish balls and gluten for sale? Oh, and fish tofu."

The store manager had a strange expression on his face when he heard this: "Starting from yesterday, Momo Baizha will no longer sell fish balls and fish tofu... Not only these two, but other things such as luncheon meat, pork belly, chicken feet, chicken wings, squid, etc., are all no longer sold... But gluten is still sold."

what?
Li Li sighed in disappointment and looked at her companion, wondering whether she should turn around now.

After exchanging glances with her companions, Li Li was looking for an excuse to leave reluctantly when she suddenly caught a glimpse of something in a clerk's hand: "Hey? Boss, are you going to launch a new product?"

The store manager turned his head and looked at the poster in the clerk's hand. He said, "Yes, from today on, all Mo Mo Bai Zha stores will only sell fried chicken and fried gluten... Oh, and there will be free drinks. The drinks will also be replaced with the green apple flavored soda in plastic cups as before." "Huh? Only two things for sale?"

Li Li and her companions looked at each other in disbelief.

Nowadays, people working in the catering industry always complain about the lack of product categories. If they have a little bit of strength, they would like to invite all the chefs from the eight major cuisines. Why is it the opposite here at Mo Mo Bai Zha?

But this is not Li Li's current focus.

Tilting her head, looking at the poster that had not yet been posted with some doubt, Li Li asked, "Boss... this chicken chop is really only one dollar and fifty cents?"

The store manager waved his hand, signaling the clerk to quickly find glue to put up the poster, then nodded: "Yes, only one dollar and fifty cents... Just like what's on the poster, two large slices of chicken breast, no cheating!"

After glancing at the tempting photo of chicken steak on the poster and seeing the store manager carrying a large plate of marinated chicken steak from the freezer for her to see, Li Li swallowed her saliva and asked uncertainly, "Is this... real chicken breast, or a soy product?"

Although prices are cheap these days, they are not too cheap.

At present, chicken in the vegetable market in Jinan is sold for two yuan per pound, and these are whole boneless chickens... Judging from the chicken fillet ingredients that the store manager showed me just now, if there are two pieces, one large and one small, it would be about 5 or 6 taels.

Wow, this is chicken breast without any bones, which is the best part of the chicken in the eyes of people in Qi and Lu!
If you really convert it, these 5 or 6 taels of chicken breast are actually cheaper than a pound of bone-in chicken you buy at the vegetable market...not to mention that they will fry it and season it for you.

No matter from which perspective you look at it, this is simply a benefit for you!

It is precisely because of this price that makes people question their life that Li Li asked if it was a soy product... After all, the fish balls and fish tofu that were the most popular products sold by Mo Mo Bai Zha in the past are also soy products in a sense.

Upon hearing this, the store manager laughed, picked up a pair of chopsticks and picked at the food on the plate, then said in a thick southwestern accent, "How could it be a soy product? Look, it's all chicken. It was delivered just after five this morning, so it's very fresh!"

Li Li and her companion stared at the pink chicken exposed from under the marinade. They gulped and said, "Boss...give us two servings to try...By the way, this is only 1.5 yuan, is there a promotion going on?...What's the original price, and when will the promotion end? Let me prepare myself."

The store manager wanted to say that this price would remain the same for at least the next one or two years, but he stopped talking immediately when he remembered the stern warning given by the quality control department during the training these two days: "The original price is 3 yuan per serving, and now we are having a promotion because the new product has just been launched, so we are offering a % discount... As for how long the promotion will last, I don't know... This is all managed by the company, maybe it will last half a month, maybe only three days, it depends on when the company gives the notice."

As he spoke, the store manager opened the fan embedded in the wall, lit it, picked up a bucket of oil and poured it into the iron pot: "Little girl, let me tell you, you made a fortune today. I've tried this chicken chop, it's so delicious... You can eat two large pieces of chicken breast for 1.5 yuan. Tsk, tsk, I couldn't even think of it before... It must be that Qingfeng Food has shares in Southwest Drilling Company, otherwise, which company would do such a stupid thing!?"

Upon hearing this, Li Li and her companions' doubts were immediately dispelled, and then they nodded in agreement. Nowadays, except for the confused state-owned enterprises, probably no one would do such a stupid thing to gain publicity at their own expense... As members of the same state-owned enterprise, they knew very well that as long as it was related to the word "state-owned enterprise", it would not be surprising to see any strange things.

five minutes later.

As the two rows of shell-like teeth bite through the outermost layer of breadcrumbs, the hot, tender and chewy chicken bursts in the mouth.

As the familiar spicy feeling came over her, Li Li almost shed tears of happiness.

It is indeed real chicken. The satisfaction it brings is incomparable to any other food!

They took a hissing breath of cool air and quickly took a big gulp of green apple soda mixed with a lot of ice cubes. The two little girls seemed to have their souls ascended to heaven.

good to eat!

too delicious!

This is a dollar and a half, it is worth it, it is totally worth it!!
Watching the crowd that began to gather in front of the window of Mo Mo Bai Zha in just a few minutes, Li Li licked her lips, then looked at the little chicken left in the simple paper bag and hesitated for a while: "How about we go back and queue up again? It seems that some people are not very full."

The companion nodded vigorously: "Line up! We have to line up! This is only half a pound of meat, neither too much nor too little. How can one be full with one portion? Besides, it's only one dollar and fifty cents a portion, and you get a bottle of soda for free. Only a fool would not buy it!"

As he spoke, his companion waved his hand vigorously: "I've decided. From today on, except for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I'll eat everything here... until all the money in my pocket is gone... Damn it, this feeling of eating real meat is like a dream. I wouldn't trade it for anything!"

Li Li stuffed the last piece of chicken into her mouth, then pulled her companion back along the way they came. "Of course, no matter if we live or die, we have to make enough money while we still have money in our pockets and Mo Mo Bai Zha is still having a promotion. Tell me, how did you make this chicken fillet? How come it tastes so tender and delicious?"

………………

Just as franchise stores in Jinan and Dezhou quickly attracted a large number of consumers in just three days with their delicious and super affordable chicken chops.

Yang Mo came to Zhang Wenshun's office.

"Director, according to the calculations of Qingfeng Food, the batch of chicken breasts that you used your connections to get can only last for four days at most... In other words, you probably have to make another trip to Wuqiao County." Yang Mo's expression was full of gloating.

Zhang Wenshun almost jumped up when he heard this: "What!? Fifty tons of chicken breasts, and now there's only enough for four days?"

Yang Mo chuckled: "Director, I think you may have underestimated the power of a super single product like fried chicken steak... To be honest, Mo Mo Bai Zha is currently in the brand recovery period, and old customers have not been fully recruited. Otherwise, according to the normal consumption of more than 60 stores, your mere 50 tons of chicken breasts can only last for three days at most!"

Zhang Wenshun was shocked when he heard this. When he found out that Yang Mo didn't mean to scare him, his face suddenly turned bitter. "Boy, do you know that I snatched these 50 tons of chicken breasts from the grain depot in Wuqiao County with my old face... For these things, I risked offending the Dezhou Braised Chicken Factory... But after just a few days, you told me that the raw materials were not enough. Aren't you pushing me into the fire pit?"

Yang Mo naturally knew that this batch of chicken was obtained through Zhang Wenshun’s personal connections, but does this... matter?

Shrugging his shoulders, Yang Mo said indifferently: "How to solve this problem is none of my business. Anyway, you promised me at the beginning... Before revitalizing the resources of the dozen or so original cooperative units, you help me solve the chicken issue!"

As he spoke, Yang Mo revealed a malicious smile: "As my direct supervisor, Director... Seeing me fighting hard in the front and seeing that the project is about to start, you are not planning to hide behind and pretend to be a coward, right?"

Zhang Wenshun wanted to strangle this bastard to death.

Thanks to the golden signboard of Dezhou Braised Chicken, the area where Dezhou and Hebei meet is definitely one of the best chicken-raising areas in the country. In theory, the supply of chicken is not a problem at all.

But the problem is... other people sell whole chickens, but you only want chicken breasts and chicken thighs (chicken thighs can also become chicken breasts after peeling them)!
In order to get those 50 tons of low-priced chicken breasts, I almost got myself on my knees, but it’s only been a few days and you want me to go out and beg again?
But what Yang Mo said was right, he saw the power of the super product fried chicken fillet, and now was the critical period to open up the Ren and Du meridians. In order to revitalize the big dragon in the middle abdomen, no matter how difficult it was, he had to do it.

Thinking about how he had agreed to such a deceptive request without knowing the whole story, Zhang Wenshun felt like his teeth were about to break.

After glaring at the bastard fiercely, he picked up the briefcase and walked out without saying a word.

Seeing this, Yang Mo quickly called him: "Hey, hey, hey, Director, what are you going to do?"

Zhang Wenshun stopped, turned around and stared at the jerk. His chest rose and fell violently, and he uttered a few words through his teeth: "Go to Wuqiao!"

(End of this chapter)