Chapter 246: Travel to Hong Kong
“Don’t think too much, this is called taking the store as your home.”
As for the doubts raised by Xianglan, the boss Guang didn’t take it seriously. He even felt that This is a sign of Arong's hard work. Kang Qirui thought about it seriously. He remembered that in his previous life, the noodle shop of Guang Hexianglan failed for two reasons: one was that the landlord increased the rent when the store lease expired, and finally rented it to Ah Rong, who paid a higher price; secondly, Ah Rong Rong analyzed the ingredients and proportions of the soup base from the kitchen garbage.
The first point is that in this life, due to the strong persuasion of Kang Qirui and the second brother, Xianglan and the second brother had already renewed the contract with the landlord before they opened. At that time, the Xianglan Laoxiang Noodle Shop could not continue to open, so the renewal of the contract went very smoothly. As for the second point, Kang Qirui feels that it has no solution but does not need to be solved.
The soup base is not a high-tech thing and has no substantial moat. It's just boiling bones and adding some soup, so both Pandan and Ah Rong easily studied the soup base recipe from the noodle shop's kitchen scraps.
For things like this, Kang Qirui felt that even if there was no Ah Rong, there would be A Qiang, A Ling, and A XX's secret recipe for obtaining pandan, so it was unsolvable. And why doesn't it need to be solved? Because Kang Qirui believes that the core competitiveness of a noodle shop lies not in the recipe, but in the location of the store.
Even if Ah Rong gets the formula, what can he do without a store? A ghost stall? Even if Ah Rong opens a store elsewhere, it will not threaten Xianglan and Da Laoguang's stores. As for what responsibility Ah Rong should bear for stealing the formula? When the time comes that he really steals the formula, just call the police and hand him over to the police.
The early renewal of the contract between Pandan and Big Boss is like the wings of a butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, which has changed a lot of things. Ah Rong did not steal the soup base recipe in this life. With the long-term stability of the noodle shop's lease, Ah Rong did not have enough ambition in this life.
Another month has passed. Xianglan and Da Lao Guang’s noodle shop, Xing Zi’s confinement center, Er Lao’s tea restaurant, and second sister-in-law Zhang Yongfang’s clothing store are all developing very steadily and are prosperous. . With the booming economy, growing wallets, and the approaching May Day holiday, everyone in the Kang family invariably started thinking about traveling.
Finally, after two consecutive days of group meetings after dinner, the May Day itinerary was decided: a free trip to Hong Kong and Macao. After confirming the travel destination, everyone went to the relevant departments to apply for visa procedures.
"You can leave after paying the fee over there." The procedure went through very quickly. After a while, the certificate officer handed Lao Dou a receipt and said. Lao Dou was not used to such a fast process. He asked doubtfully: "Miss, we are applying for a tour to Hong Kong and Macao. Is it as simple as that?"
"Old uncle, I understand what you mean. "The permit application officer smiled and explained to Lao Dou, "Since the country opened free travel to Hong Kong and Macao in July last year, it has become much more convenient to apply for a pass to Hong Kong. The simpler the procedure, the better. No one will like it. Cumbersome procedures, right?"
"Hahaha no." Old Dou also laughed when he heard this, "Twenty years ago I applied for a trip to Hong Kong City, and I also applied for a visa eight years ago. When Yao Zai went to school, it was very complicated and troublesome. It took several months, so I’m really not used to it being done all at once.”
The officer just smiled. He signaled that Lao Dou had nothing to do and stood up to let the people behind him take care of it. Lao Dou then stood up and gave up his seat to Boss Guang, who was behind him. Boss Guang also quickly completed the formalities. Before leaving, Boss Guang asked, "When can I get the certificate?"
"It will be ready in about ten days. We will call you to pick it up at that time." The certificate officer said, and the boss left with satisfaction.
In fact, it didn't even take ten days. Only a week later, I received a call to get the certificate. After getting the pass, everyone was waiting for May Day to set off to Hong Kong City. "Hello everyone, just leave your luggage here." On May Day, everyone in the Kang family arrived at the station early in the morning and got on the bus to Kowloon. Of course, not the whole family went to play. Diana, Ayao and the second brother are all busy with their own things and cannot play with everyone. However, the children were not taken with them and were left to Diana to help take care of them.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the bus arrived in Kowloon smoothly. As soon as the second sister-in-law got off the car, she couldn't wait to take Koran Sachiko and Zhu Wanling to go shopping. As a result, she was criticized by the boss: "Hey, hey, hey, this group member has no organizational discipline at all. We are going to be here for five days." "When can't we go shopping? Let's find a place to stay first."
"Hey, why does your husband seem to be the tour guide?" The second sister-in-law patted Xianglan and asked. Looking at the boss, he said: "What kind of place is Hong Kong City? It's a shopping paradise. What are you doing here if you don't buy something?"
"That's right, let's go shopping, what about us?" Let's sit down first. After you finish shopping, you can gather at Da Rong Hua Restaurant. After dinner, we will go find Uncle Mai." Mom thought about it and made an arrangement. Everyone looked at each other and had no objections. The Uncle Mai that Mom mentioned was Old Dou’s old friend for decades. Before coming to Hong Kong City, Old Dou told everyone that he would stay at Uncle Mai’s house this time and save a fortune. Hotel expenses.
When everyone was about to go their separate ways, Kang Qirui stopped everyone, "I still want to emphasize to everyone that this is a port city, and when you come here, you must abide by the rules of the port city, be careful when crossing the road, and be hygienic. Then, crossing the road in Hong Kong City is opposite to that in Guangfu, because driving here is on the left.”
Kang Qirui, who has lived in Hong Kong City for four years, shared with everyone that After talking about some life experiences for almost ten minutes, the second sister-in-law looked impatient and let them go shopping.
Big Brother Guang, the three brothers Kang Qirui and Azu accompanied Lao Dou’s mother on the streets of Hong Kong City. As they walked, Big Brother Guang would throw the finished mineral water bottle on the ground. , Kang Qirui quickly caught it. "Big brother, what are you doing? You'll be fined for this." Azu pointed at a slogan in the distance and said. The big brother looked at it and it read, "Throwing things anywhere will result in a fine of 1,500 Hong Kong dollars!" The big brother was so frightened that he stopped talking. I don’t dare anymore.
At six o'clock in the evening, Kang Qirui and Azu met the shopping team and others at the Tai Rong Hua Restaurant. "Where are the grandparents?" After the meeting, Zhu Wanling asked Kang Qirui without seeing Mrs. Dou.
"We're going to Uncle Mai's house later. Mother Dou said we couldn't come empty-handed, so the boss went with them to buy gifts. Let's open the table and order food first." Kang Qirui He said while leading everyone inside, and everyone nodded with understanding.
"Welcome, how many of you are there?" As soon as we entered the restaurant, a waiter came forward and asked.
“Eight of you.” Kang Qirui said.
The waiter nodded, led everyone to a table and said, "Please sit over here." The second sister-in-law frowned and pointed to the two women, one old and one young, having sex in front of the table. Said: "This table is occupied, why did you bring us here? Is there any mistake?"
"Sorry, it's busy time now. All guests need to set up a table." The waiter said He said, this is a characteristic of restaurants here in Hong Kong City. As long as the tables are not full, guests can continue to be accommodated in the remaining seats.
(End of this chapter)