pjbooks Chapter 27 Purple Mushrooms
Chapter 27 Purple Mushrooms
When the onlookers saw that the business administration staff were all going to eat at Xiao Lu's farmhouse restaurant, they immediately followed them.
The Wang Family Restaurant, which was already nearly empty, suddenly became deserted.
With official endorsement, Xiao Lu's farmhouse cuisine is even more popular today than it was on the first day it was listed on the GG brand.
There were even several tables lined up outside the restaurant, and the staff were very curious about just how delicious the food the staff ate must be.
Lu Tao's restaurant also became popular, while Wang's restaurant has become notorious. If you can't go to Lu Yuan's restaurant, you can only go to Lu Tao's.
There were many staff members, and the square tables were not enough to accommodate everyone, so they sat at the round tables in the corner.
Even in the most remote corners, the place was spotless, with no dust even on the windowsills.
The leader observed the details of the store and nodded in approval frequently.
In particular, when they saw the slogan on the wall, the leader said he even had a staff member copy it down.
"This Boss Lu is quite something; he has a very accurate summary of the characteristics of our northern frontier."
"Should we report this store as an advanced unit?" the staff member asked cautiously.
The leader nodded: "Report it. If this isn't considered advanced, who will dare to be?"
Before long, stir-fried lamb and hand-pulled lamb were served.
The strong aroma stimulated everyone's appetite; they were starving after running around outside all morning.
After the leaders started eating, the young staff members immediately got to work.
The tender and juicy lamb ribs fall off the bone with just a touch, and the exquisite meaty aroma instantly fills your mouth.
"This lamb is so delicious!" a female staff member exclaimed after taking a bite.
"It smells amazing! This is the best lamb I've ever eaten!"
"It would be fantastic if our cafeteria had this kind of standard!"
The staff didn't care about their image anymore; some rolled up their sleeves, others took off their hats, all adopting a posture of working hard to get the food done.
In stark contrast to Xiao Lu's farmhouse cuisine is Wang's restaurant, whose doors are always tightly shut.
Sitting in the empty shop, Wang Facai felt like a fool these past few days.
Step by step, following Lu Yuan's rhythm, he pushed her into the pit.
He even felt a little wronged, thinking that he and Lu Yuan had only argued verbally before, so why was Lu Yuan targeting him like this?
But the wronged person will never realize what they have done.
Unlike the Lu family's restaurant, which is located in their own house, the Wang family's restaurant is actually rented from the village collective.
The village collective did not initially intend to rent the houses to them.
In order to rent a house to open a restaurant, they actually took advantage of the rain to knock down the back wall of their own house and lied that it had collapsed due to flooding.
So, in order to give them a place to live, the village collective had no choice but to rent to them first.
Unexpectedly, after renting the house, they transformed it into a restaurant and started operating.
When the village collective wanted to take back the house, they brought up the contract again.
In short, they took shamelessness to the extreme.
The Wang family's restaurant ran for a long time, and in order to make money, they even used mad beef.
However, thanks to the restaurant's remote location, it was not discovered.
It wasn't until a serious food poisoning incident occurred that it was ordered to shut down.
However, that food poisoning incident resulted in the death of a student, which was extremely serious.
In fact, given the Lu family's prestige in the village, they could force them to shut it down.
However, for the sake of the Lu family's long-standing image, Old Master Lu did not break the contract, which is why he was repeatedly and despicably deceived by them.
From the very beginning, eliminating the Wang family's four stores was a plan that Lu Yuan had to complete.
He did this to gradually force them to comply, thus smoothly terminating the contract.
At the same time, after eliminating the Wang family, Lu Yuan can develop Lu Family Cuisine into a famous rural brand, thereby promoting the development of many industries.
Today's sales reached a new high, totaling 3745 yuan.
Wei Yinghong is now somewhat immune to this kind of turnover; she now enjoys the process of counting money more.
Watching Wei Yinghong rub her wrists every now and then while counting money, Lu Changming felt somewhat helpless:
"I've counted them all, there's no mistake."
"Never mind that!" Wei Yinghong suddenly put down the money and glared at him. "It's all your fault! I forgot how many I counted!"
"Just go to sleep, don't bother me! 1, 2, 3..." Wei Yinghong was about to start counting the money again when Lu Yuan immediately interrupted:
"Mom, the restaurant will be closed tomorrow afternoon. I have some errands to run."
"That's such a pity! Taking half a day off means losing several hundred yuan in sales!" Wei Yinghong said with a regretful expression.
Choosing to open a shop and do business is essentially choosing to work year-round without rest.
Because closing the store for a day means zero income for that day, while still having to pay rent and labor costs.
If a customer happens to arrive when you are closing, that customer may never come back because of your temporary closure.
The next day, because the Wang family's restaurants were all closed for renovations, the Lu family's restaurants became incredibly popular again.
In particular, some regular customers of Wang Family Restaurant found that after parking their cars, they could only eat at Lu Family Restaurant.
After finishing the meal, I realized that what the Wang family used to sell was all sorts of junk.
In just one day, the Wang family's regular customer had become the Lu family's most loyal guest.
This change was a huge blow to the Wang family.
Even if Wang's Restaurant completes its renovations and reopens, it will lose a large number of regular customers.
Given this ebb and flow, the Wang Family Restaurant basically has no room to continue operating.
Today, in just one noon, we sold 2600 yuan worth of goods.
They kept turning over tables and clearing them away, and the kitchen was running out of bowls.
After closing in the afternoon, Lu Yuan gave everyone a day off.
After working for six days straight, everyone was starting to feel the strain.
This is a good opportunity for everyone to take a good rest.
Lu Yuan changed into some light clothes, borrowed Lu Hua's motorcycle, and prepared to go to the back mountain to dig for mushrooms.
Although it's called the back mountain, it's actually quite far from Luwangtan Village; it takes about an hour to get there by motorcycle.
The mountain behind it connects to the Helan Mountains, where a peculiar purple mushroom grows after rain.
This type of purple mushroom cannot be cultivated artificially and can only be harvested after rain.
However, the Northwest region receives little rainfall, resulting in extremely low yields.
Even in 1996, it sold for over 100 yuan per kilogram.
It rained in the mountains a few days ago, and the mushrooms have grown quite a bit in the last couple of days.
Lu Yuan wanted to use this time to go into the mountains and collect enough purple mushrooms.
This purple mushroom has thick, dense flesh, a crisp and tender texture, and carries the refreshing aroma of spruce forest vegetation.
Adding some when stewing chicken or making mutton noodles will elevate the flavor to a whole new level, making it incredibly delicious.
Lu Yuan wanted to pick purple mushrooms, partly because he was considering the banquet next week.
A top-class banquet must have top-class ingredients, and purple mushrooms are one of the best ingredients that represent the northern frontier.
On the other hand, he wanted to use purple mushrooms to make the braised noodles that Old Master Lu loved to eat the most.
The ultimate form of mutton noodles is noodles with purple mushrooms.
This aroma is irreplaceable by any other ingredient; no one can resist a bowl of noodles like this.
The operation against the Wang family is nearing its end, and now we need the old master's support.
The old man has too high moral standards; we must make him see the situation clearly from all aspects in order to successfully eliminate the Wang family.
Moreover, Old Master Lu is the head of the eight branches of the Lu family. Only by getting on Old Master Lu's good side can one mobilize this huge family.
In the previous life, the Lu family did not produce many outstanding talents, and many people lived their lives as farmers in obscurity, which is a great pity.
They possess qualities of kindness and loyalty; they simply need a platform to take off.
Lu Yuan needed relatives like these to help him; it was better than hiring people from outside whose backgrounds he didn't know.