Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 323

Butler Fang hesitated to speak, and finally said, "Boss Zhong, I know you are short-handed and can't make enough canned food, but you can't just perfunctorily treat us like this. Look, this can only tastes salty, not at all like the salty, fragrant and delicious food we used to have, and it's chewy and satisfying."

He was almost stunned when he opened the can. It was not like he had not eaten canned food before. Sometimes when he was escorting goods to various places, he would open a few cans on the way and let the people accompanying him taste them. His men all said that they were indeed delicious.

Every time they come to get canned goods, even if he is not there, he will ask others to open the boxes and check them. It is not because they do not trust them, but they are used to being cautious in doing business. If something goes wrong with so many cans, no one can be held responsible.

This time, we also opened two cans for inspection and found that there was indeed nothing wrong with the food. However, when the cans were sent to Nanzhou, they suddenly became like this. Who can stand this?

Zhong Ruyi looked at the can from left to right. There were two stripes painted on the outside of the can of pork jerky. There were also two stripes painted on this can as well. That was correct, but the contents inside were wrong.

"Sister-in-law, please ask Aunt Zhao to come over."

Li Guihua responded and turned around to call Aunt Zhao over. She was the team leader in charge of pork jerky, and now that something happened, she should also be informed.

After washing her hands, Aunt Zhao came over with a look of uneasiness. She had just heard Li Guihua say that the problem this time was with canned pork, and she felt uneasy, which showed on her face.

Zhong Ruyi comforted her softly, "It's okay, Aunt Zhao, tell me how you make pork jerky on weekdays, and I'll see if there's anything wrong."

Hearing this, Aunt Zhao explained the production process of pork jerky. Not only her, but everyone else in the workshop could also recite it fluently. It was something they had to make every day, and they could not make any mistakes even with their eyes closed. They had memorized it by heart.

What she said was indeed right. Although the workshop was divided into groups, everyone was skilled in making these three types of canned food.

"...Have any problems occurred to the aunts recently?" If it weren't necessary, she really didn't want to suspect that there was any traitor in her workshop, but it all didn't make sense.

She was also present when the canned food was handed over, and saw with her own eyes that Butler Fang's people opened a can of pork jerky and a can of chili sauce to check. How come the pork jerky suddenly turned out to be of this quality?

Is this only true for pork jerky?

What about the other two canned foods?

"Butler Fang, there's a problem with the pork jerky. What about the other two cans of food?"

Butler Fang was shocked. "No way. When I found out there was something wrong with the can, I looked at the other two and there was nothing wrong with them."

After saying this, he recalled in his mind that this batch of pork jerky was pulled back halfway when problems were discovered on the way. At that time, his men were gnawing on dry biscuits, and he couldn't bear to see it, so he asked people to open two cans of pork jerky to satisfy their cravings. It turned out that the pork jerky in these two cans was completely different from the previous ones.

He opened it; there was nothing wrong with the two cans of chili sauce and pork floss, so he naturally assumed that the only problem was the pork jerky.

"Xiao Tang, go and get another can of pork floss and chili sauce!"

"Yes." The servant responded and quickly brought back two cans.

After opening it, I found that the chili sauce was fine, but the pork floss was also problematic.

Butler Fang was sweating anxiously. In the March weather, he felt as if his body was burning.

Zhong Ruyi was also a little surprised. How come the pork jerky and meat floss were the problem? But the chili sauce was fine?

She took the chili sauce and looked at it carefully, and found something wrong. This was not the chili sauce from the workshop!

The chili sauce produced in the workshop does not contain oil. It’s not that they can’t afford it, but if they add oil, the sauce will go bad easily and cannot be kept for even half a year. Therefore, the workshop never adds oil.

The chili sauce she was holding now obviously had oil in it.

The meat floss is also very different from what they make, it’s white in color and not loose enough.

There was a vague idea in her mind that prompted her to throw the can in her hand to the ground.

Everyone present was startled by the noise. Li Guihua took a few steps forward to check if her hand was cut. Butler Fang's face was blank for a moment, and he spoke hesitantly, "Boss Zhong, I know you are very angry, but the most important thing now is to solve the problem first..."

Zhong Ruyi was very calm and interrupted him, "Butler Fang, these cans are not from our workshop. You can tell by looking at the can fragments on the ground."

Hearing this, Butler Fang squatted down and picked up a piece of the jar to examine it. The jar in his hand was no different from the ones sold outside. The only difference was that there were a few lines drawn on the outside of the jar.

After looking for a while and not seeing anything different, he asked directly, "Boss Zhong, why don't you just tell me directly? I really can't see what's different."

Taking the fragment from his hand, Zhong Ruyi pointed it out to him and said, "Look, there is no word on the bottom. The jars in our workshop all have a word "Zhong" engraved on the bottom. You can't see it from the outside. You can only see it when the jar is not filled with anything. You can't see it after it's filled with something."

Li Guihua quickly went to the warehouse and got out an empty jar for Butler Fang. Looking inside the jar, she could indeed see the word "Zhong" engraved on the bottom, but looking at the bottom of the jar from the outside, she could not see any words engraved inside.

Only people in the workshop know the difference between the jars. If someone wants to imitate them, they can only imitate the outside of the jars.

Butler Fang is not a stupid man. To be able to be Master Fang's right-hand man, he must be very smart.

He immediately concluded, "The cans were switched!"

Zhong Ruyi nodded. She thought so too. The cans could not be replaced while they were still in the workshop. So many cans would make the target too big to move. Only when the cans were in the hands of Butler Fang would there be a chance that they could be replaced.

But it is unknown who made the substitution. The cans were given to the Fang family and then replaced, so the person could only be someone related to the Fang family.

Butler Fang had obviously thought of this, and he said to Zhong Ruyi with a serious face, "Boss Zhong, let's leave it at that for now. I'm not sure who will be replaced yet, and I'll tell you when I find the person. I'm going back first, and I'll take these cans with me."

He had to go back and ask his master, and also ask the Yu family, who had ordered canned food with them last month, whether the same situation had occurred.

Zhong Ruyi nodded, watched them leave, and turned back to the workshop. It was lunch time, and the aunts went home, while those who had food delivered to them found a place to eat in the yard.

As for the thief who broke into the workshop last night, she didn't know what to say. There was nothing to say. What was done in the workshop was not something that was shameful. On the contrary, this job made the lives of many people in the village richer, which was a good thing.

The bad ones are those who have bad intentions after seeing others living well. Such people should be beaten one by one and two by two!

It is not advisable to laugh at the poor and hate the rich, but there are too many people like this. Facing the gaze from Aunt Tian's eldest daughter-in-law who was secretly watching her while working, Zhong Ruyi shook her head and smiled. Without saying anything, she went to help others.

But she still told Li Guihua to tell the people in the workshop to keep their mouths shut. It's okay to tell others about the wages and benefits, but they must not tell others about the canning recipe. Although it is said that the canned food cannot be made without the ingredients, if they really do so, they can't stay.