rpbooks Chapter 85 Quick Thinking
Chapter 85 Quick Thinking
Chen Yuan smiled wryly, but his work didn't stop.
Who knew that something I did with good intentions would turn out like this?
"How am I supposed to explain this? The children need to study early, the elderly need to exercise, and you all need to go to work. You all have your reasons, and I..."
An office worker chimed in.
"That's easy, just divert the traffic!"
"From now on, the 7:00-8:00 time slot will be exclusively for us working people, and the elderly and students can just wait their turn, right?"
"Stop...!" Old Liu was about to curse, but then realized the word was rather vulgar, so he swallowed it back. "We'll buy breakfast around 7 or 8 o'clock after we finish our workout. You guys can come after 8 o'clock anyway, since you all get up late!"
Sun Xiaoming immediately chimed in, "Who gets up late? Everyone at the company starts work at 8 o'clock, where are we supposed to buy it?"
"That means, in our company, we clock in promptly at 8 a.m.
"You old folks have nothing better to do, can't you come out for a walk earlier? Do you have to compete with us for space?"
"That's right, you old folks can't sleep anyway, why don't you come out earlier? Why do you have to squeeze in at this time and compete with us and the students?"
Some people are more cunning and want to recruit students to their side, so they said...
"You students, say something!"
The students were sandwiched in the middle.
Lin Zikang couldn't stand it anymore, and his chubby face scrunched up.
"Maybe...maybe we shouldn't come tomorrow..."
Liu Huanhuan, who was standing to the side, also looked very unhappy.
"Yeah, maybe we shouldn't come tomorrow."
Chen Yuan had just been humiliated and his mind wasn't quite clear yet.
He had a good idea by then, so he immediately stopped the two students, raised his hand to quiet everyone down, and spoke with a calm and composed tone.
"Listen to me, everyone, we're all just trying to have some porridge, let's not ruin the harmony!"
Everyone knew he had something to say, so they all kept quiet.
Chen Yuan looked at Sun Xiaoming, his tone both gentle and firm.
"Sir, students are at a crucial stage of physical and mental development, so breakfast is indeed very important. Besides, I didn't say I wouldn't save any for you. You can see the porridge in the pot has been cooking all along, can't you?"
"What are you saying? You can't just keep us waiting!"
After Sun Xiaoming finished speaking, an office worker behind him glanced at his watch and said anxiously.
"I only have about ten minutes left to clock in, I can't keep arguing with you guys, I need to get going!"
After saying that, the other person squeezed out of the crowd.
Several others followed him.
During the argument, many people also left in a hurry because they didn't have time to get to work.
However, for Chen Yuan, this was just normal customer loss and not a big problem.
However, this also shows from another perspective that office workers do have their own difficulties.
Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's mainly because there are too many of you, and I'm the only one here, so you think I'm slow and the waiting time is long."
"How about this, I'll hire someone as soon as possible, and then set up another window, or even different time slots would be fine."
「比如学生6:30~7:00咱们上班的7:00~8:00，老年人就6:30之前和8点之后，怎幺样？」
"This millet porridge is unlimited; we're just changing the order."
"During the designated time period, everyone can buy in advance without queuing, while the rest of you queue normally."
After the proposal was put forward, all parties pondered it for a while.
Everyone thought the idea was pretty good.
Regular customers like Grandpa Xu and Grandpa Zhang come out to buy breakfast as early as five or six in the morning.
Many elderly people finish their morning exercise around 6 a.m., making it a perfect time for them to come and buy things.
Students only have a peak dining period of about half an hour.
Office workers mainly work between 7 and 8 a.m.
Everyone felt as if their meals were guaranteed.
The students also took the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, no longer being targeted.
Chen Yuan's proposal was approved by the majority of people.
"Alright, let's leave it at that for now. If there are any problems with the implementation, we'll give you our feedback," Sun Xiaoming said.
The crowd gradually calmed down, and although some people were still muttering quietly, order was finally restored.
Su Qingxue, who was on the outside, had witnessed everything that had just happened.
Su Qingxue looked at Chen Yuan from afar, her eyes filled with a subtle, almost imperceptible, infatuation.
"So handsome!"
"The way my senior brother solved the problem just now was so cool."
She waited on the outside.
She suddenly appeared just as the store was about to close.
"Senior brother~"
"You've arrived?"
After handing over the things he had prepared for Su Qingxue, Chen Yuan finally had a chance to rest.
Su Qingxue said while drinking her beauty-enhancing soy milk.
"I saw what happened just now. It seems that having such delicious food at your shop isn't necessarily a good thing. I guess everyone comes here for your calming porridge."
Chen Yuan pointed to the commercial porridge cooker next to him and said helplessly.
"I cooked almost 10 pots this morning, and that's still not enough. I feel like this pot will start smoking in a couple of days."
"Hehe, it seems that having too much business can be a problem."
"You bet I knew I shouldn't have added that calming agent. But I really didn't know insomnia was this severe these days."
"You're making a fuss over nothing. Several people in my family suffer from insomnia."
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Let's move the timeline forward a little.
Chen's Steamed Bun Shop.
Several office workers hurried toward the steamed bun shop.
"Boss! Two pork and scallion buns, and two braised pork buns, please."
"Give me two with glass noodles, and two with carrots and meat."
"Give me two beef dishes, and do you have any drinks?"
"Boss, give me two chive and egg ones, and two more... fennel and pork ones. Is your fennel fresh? It's not fresh, it has a weird smell."
Several people arrived at once, much to Chen Hui and Zhao Dan's delight.
The two exchanged a glance.
"Did we successfully learn their technique?"
Chen Hui hurriedly stuffed the buns into the bag, saying as he did so.
"We have drinks, including soy milk, two yuan a cup."
"This fennel must be fresh. How could I give it to you if it's not fresh? We don't make money this way."
They quickly packed these people into bags and settled the accounts.
Instead of leaving, a few more office workers hurried by from a distance.
I didn't expect business to be so good this morning.
Chen Hui chuckled, and then said something with a pointed edge.
"We also have custard buns at home, would you like to buy a few to try?"
"Our homemade custard buns are just as good as anyone else's! And we use only the finest ingredients!"