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After get off work, Dad Xu came back with three baguettes, ready to let his family taste them. He especially wanted to hear his son's opinion, after all, it was his idea.

The triplets ran over and surrounded Dad Xu.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, what's in the bag?"

"It looks like bread?" Dabao's eyes were sharp.

"Grandpa, I want to eat bread."

"Don't worry, Grandpa will share it with you later." Dad Xu led the three little guys to the restaurant.

Mom Xu came over to help her husband take off his thick coat, and then rushed him to the bathroom to wash up, and finally made him a cup of steaming deer antler tea.

After washing up, in the eager eyes of his grandchildren, Dad Xu took out the baguette from the cabinet. He put it in the cabinet just now because he was afraid that the three brothers would steal it.

It's definitely not that he was reluctant, but he was mainly afraid that his grandchildren didn't know the limit, and it would be bad if they choked.

"Come on, each of you have a small piece, eat slowly, don't rush." ​​Dad Xu broke off a fist-sized piece of bread for each of his grandsons.

Dabao couldn't wait to put the bread into his mouth. As he chewed, his eyebrows unconsciously frowned, and his little face was full of disgust.

"Grandpa, what kind of bread is this? Why is it so unpalatable?"

"Too hard to chew." Erbao echoed.

Xiaobao looked at the painful expressions of his brothers, shrank his head in fear, and returned the bread to his grandfather the next second.

Because Dad said that food should not be wasted, no matter how unpalatable the food is, it must be swallowed, so he simply didn't eat it.

Dad Xu gently pinched his grandson's tender face and laughed and scolded: "You are really a little rascal."

Xiaobao giggled and showed a harmless smile.

"Grandma, I want to drink water." Erbao began to shout loudly.

Xu's mother came over with a teapot: "What did you eat? Why do you want water again?"

"Grandpa has become bad. He gave us nasty bread, which is worse than what my second sister made." Erbao immediately complained to grandma.

Xu's mother turned around and glared at her husband.

Xu's father quickly raised his hands in surrender: "They asked for it themselves. We have to give it to them."

"Where did you buy the bread?" Xu's mother picked up the piece of bread that Xiaobao didn't want just now and took a bite. "Pah, what is this? It's so hard that you can use it to grind your teeth!"

"It's made in our company cafeteria and we are preparing to sell it. No matter how bad it tastes, it's better than eating potatoes and sweet potatoes every day!" Xu's father explained with a wry smile.

"I don't care who you sell it to. Don't bring it home in the future. Dabao and Erbao, don't eat it. Go rinse your mouth with grandma." Xu's mother said unhappily.

Xu's father put away the remaining bread. No matter how bad the bread tastes, it is food and can't be wasted.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Xu Dong finally got off work.

"Dad, you haven't slept yet?"

Dad Xu turned down the volume of the TV: "Come and sit down, I have something to ask you."

"What is it?" Xu Dong asked curiously.

Dad Xu took out a loaf of bread directly: "Master Ji and his team have developed a baguette. Do you think it tastes like this?"

Xu Dong took the bread. Judging from the appearance, this bread is much better than what he remembered in his previous life. When he put it under his nose and smelled it, he could at least smell a scent of wheat.

"How is it?" Dad Xu asked softly.

Xu Dong nodded: "It looks good. I wonder how it tastes?"

"Then what are you waiting for? Try it quickly!"

Xu Dong broke off a small piece of bread and put it in his mouth.

Both the softness and the taste are much better than in his previous life. He ate half of the bread in one breath until his father reminded him.

"Dongzi, are you okay?" Dad Xu looked at his youngest son in surprise.

Xu Dong shook his head and said perfunctorily: "I didn't have enough dinner, I'm a little hungry."

"Don't eat anymore, let your wife make you a bowl of noodles!"

Xu Dong took a sip of water and then waved his hand:

"No, I'm almost full. Dad, your bread is good, it should be very popular, remember to hire more bakers."

"It's hard to say, the bread is too hard, not everyone likes it." Xu's father shook his head.

"Who said that? Ask those who have been eating grains for more than half a year to see if they want to change their appetite."

Besides, this is Yanjing, a genuine northern city, and noodles are still very popular here. Xu Dong is very confident about this.

"Well, anyway, we will start trial selling at noon tomorrow, and we will know whether it works or not." Xu's father said indifferently.

"How do you plan to sell it?"

"According to Master Ji's idea, one catty of flour can be exchanged for four strips, one catty of corn flour can be exchanged for three strips, one catty of potatoes can be exchanged for about two strips, and sweet potatoes should be a little less, one and a half catties for one strip." Xu's father introduced.

This is the final result officially confirmed before leaving get off work.

"Dad, you are too general, forget it, let's do it this way for now, and it won't be too late to slowly adjust it after you have gained experience."

In the previous life, the official applied a rather complicated formula to the exchange of baguettes to ensure fairness to the greatest extent.

Later, there was only one option for baguettes on the food cards of many cities.

At that time, there were three types of baguettes, one for children under 13 years old, one for the elderly over 50 years old, and the last one for the young and middle-aged people in between.

It is said that the nutritional content of these three types of bread is different, and the optimal ratio is adopted.

"Don't worry, Master Ji and his team have calculated that even if they lose money, at most they will lose some money, and there is absolutely no loss in grain."

"Dad, please tell Master Ji a message for me. The recipe of baguette bread must be adjusted in time according to market conditions. Don't stick to the old ways and use the same recipe forever."

"Okay, I'll remember it."

Dad Xu saw that his son was serious and nodded in agreement.

...

Noon arrived soon the next day.

The employees of Changming and Hongtu companies swarmed to the cafeteria on the first floor for dinner. Today's cafeteria was a little different, and the air was filled with the aroma of bread.

A notice was posted at the entrance of the cafeteria, which roughly meant that the cafeteria would sell bread to the public from today, but this bread would not be sold for money, but only for grain.

Everyone expressed understanding of this.

The next thing was the exchange rate, which was much cheaper than everyone imagined, and many people were tempted at first sight.

In addition, the cafeteria also launched a free tasting event, with very small portions, and each person only had a small piece of bread the size of a pigeon egg.

This year, Dad Xu did not go back to eat at noon, but stayed in the cafeteria. He wanted to observe everyone's reaction on the spot.

Ye Hui accompanied him and seemed very interested.

"Ye Hui, look, someone is exchanging bread coupons over there. It seems that bread is very popular!" Dad Xu said happily.

"Mr. Xu, you are still far-sighted!"

Ye Hui said sincerely. Being able to solve the employees' eating problems will undoubtedly greatly enhance the cohesion of the company, which is more powerful than simply increasing wages.

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