Food Intelligence King

Chapter 125 Aunt Zheng Returns to Peak Condition, Orders Meals for Kindergarten Autumn Outing

The advantage of cash on delivery is that the courier will usually deliver to the designated location.

Chen Zhou scanned the QR code to pay the shipping fee and then opened the nylon courier bag.

The service provided by Lao Ma Secondhand Goods was quite good; they even cleaned the two rolling pins a bit.

However, inevitably, the years have left their mark on it, and insects may have left a few holes as well.

It's definitely unusable.

Before Chen Zhou could hand the two jujube wood rolling pins to Aunt Zheng...

The aunt noticed what the shopkeeper was holding first. She walked a few steps to the door and said:

"Why does this rolling pin look so familiar?"

Aunt Zheng was so excited that she started speaking her local dialect.

It's no wonder that her grandson, Chen Zhou, felt that if his aunt said a few more words, he would need someone to translate for him.

He reassured her, "Please calm down."

"Ahem," the aunt calmed herself down, then looked at the two of them:

"Boss, Xiao Zhao, you don't know this, but when I worked at the Bianliang soup dumpling shop, I used two rolling pins like these for a full ten years."

There's no need to be so formal. Chen Zhou simply explained the origin of the rolling pin.

The courier shipping information includes: Beihai Secondhand Market, Lao Ma Used Goods.

Aunt Zheng picked up a rolling pin and pointed it out to the two of them:
"Look, there are still words engraved on it."

Chen Zhou and his junior sister looked and indeed, at the tip of the rolling pin, there was a faint "Zhang" shape, about the size of a mosquito.

Aunt Zheng explained, "Our previous boss's surname was Zhang."

The intelligence was correct, and what Lao Ma sent was also accurate. This was the rolling pin that Aunt Zheng used when she was working before.

Chen Zhou couldn't help but feel a little puzzled:

"When you were laid off, didn't you think about taking these two rolling pins with you? How did they end up on the streets?"

Even if you don't expect something made of jujube wood to be passed down through three generations, with proper care, it can last for decades.

Aunt Zheng said seriously, "We can't take the boss's things."

It has to be Aunt Zheng, Chen Zhou thought to himself.

He handed both jujube wood rolling pins in front of him to his aunt:

"Don't be so polite with me this time, take it back as a souvenir."

"thank you boss."

Aunt Zheng took the rolling pin, her hands trembling slightly.

Memories of my busy days at the steamed bun shop flashed through my mind—

Those days of getting up before dawn and working hard, and the sense of pride she felt from rolling out the dumpling wrappers quickly and well.

She's starting to believe in fate.

All three jobs initially pointed to this place, and I never expected to find the same tools I used before.

Zheng Xiufang thought to herself: I should have come here to work.

She then recounted events from the past:
"Back when the store held skills competitions, I used these two sticks to roll out dough, and I never lost in terms of speed or quality. I was always number one."

When Aunt Zheng got to this point, she glanced at her current boss.

"Back then, it could fit three people in one bag."

Chen Zhou laughed and said, "It's okay, just try to get back into the zone."

"Okay." Aunt Zheng nodded solemnly.

It felt like she flashed.

Back in the kitchen, Aunt Zheng picked up the two rolling pins that were currently in use in the shop again.

He kept repeating, "One, two, three, one, two, three."

Two rolling pins were pushed out and pulled back, and with a light sweep of the back of the fingers, several rolled-out dough sheets were flicked out in the blink of an eye.

Auntie said excitedly:
"I won, and now I've won again."

Today, standing in the community canteen is Aunt Zheng, who is at her peak. The only thing that may limit her is her age and physical strength.

Seeing her sharp and assertive demeanor, Chen Zhou quickly instructed her:
“We’re going to work, there’s no need to beg and plead.”

Aunt Zheng gave a perfunctory smile.

I guess he didn't listen.

However, what used to take four strokes has now been reduced to three strokes using two rolling pins. Work efficiency has indeed improved significantly. Chen Zhou called over the junior accountant: "Junior sister, help me calculate this."

Zhao Yilin's eyes darted around, then she held up three fingers:

"My aunt's efficiency has increased by 30%. Actually, mental arithmetic isn't complicated. You just need to simplify the fractions first, and then... oh."

Chen Zhou told her to skip the calculation process.

Of course, bosses will not treat employees differently.

He also prepared a gift for his junior sister, saying, "Hey, how about I give you something too?"

"You senior brothers are too kind to me, I'm a little embarrassed."

The junior sister stretched out her hands, showing no sign of embarrassment.

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "I'll introduce you to a boyfriend."

"Tch! No need."

Zhao Yilin ran away.

...

After finishing his business at noon, Chen Zhou still chatted casually with his wife for a couple of minutes.

Ms. Lin mentioned that the kindergarten is organizing an autumn outing this weekend to the local zoo.

No parental accompaniment, meals, entertainment, and travel included, 200 per person.

Ms. Lin said on the phone:
"If there are many people signing up, let's go with the flow and let her go."

“Okay, I reckon she’ll be happy to agree.”

"Ah."

In the past, when my daughter was in kindergarten, parents had to accompany her to similar activities. Now that she's growing up, it's time for her to participate.

The couple chatted about random things before taking their respective lunch breaks.

In this intelligence report, the things that needed to be dealt with have been basically taken care of.

Chen Zhou also contacted Director Miao in the afternoon.

She has many children, so finding a few kids or parents who are interested in Go shouldn't be a problem.

Because they had previously helped look after the head nursery director's son who skipped class to eat, the two were able to talk to each other.

Moreover, Chen Zhou felt that since he had already sent the child over, it should put the other party at ease to some extent.

The nursery director stated:
"I'll give it a try, but I don't know if the parents will be interested."

"Thank you for your trouble," Chen Zhou replied politely.

But what really made a difference was Teacher Wei's name.

After Chen Zhou sent over the introduction of the training instructors, Director Miao sent over a screenshot of an encyclopedia entry.

"Is this the teacher?"

"Yes, it's her, and her husband, they're also 6th Dan."

Director Miao initially thought it was an advertisement for some training institution, and she figured she could just casually post it in the group for Chen Zhou.

But I didn't expect to find such a famous Go player directly.

We really need to ask around about this; it would greatly benefit the kindergarten's reputation.

She sent Chen Zhou another message:

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, leave this to me."

That's how things were tentatively settled.

Subsequently, the nursery director hoped that Chen Zhou could provide some materials.

"Mr. Chen, I'd like to see your store's business license."

Chen Zhou: "The classes aren't held at our shop, but at Teacher Wei's house, so I'll help make the arrangements. The steamed bun shop doesn't offer extracurricular training as a business category."

Principal Miao: "Hey Mr. Chen, our kindergarten is organizing an autumn outing this weekend, and we'd like to order our meals from you."

Chen Zhou sent over a picture:
This is the store's "Food Safety Supervision and Publicity Board".

"It's all here: business license, food business permit, health certificate. All the licenses and permits are complete."

The head nursery director's response this time was more official:

"receive."

(End of this chapter)