Morning.

When Xu Jie came to the unit, he went to the cafeteria and ate three meat buns and two tea eggs before returning to the column group.

Su Yun's breakfast is nutritious, but he can't get used to it. It's tasteless and he always feels like he's not full. For people like him, he has to be jealous when eating dumplings, garlic when eating noodles, and spicy when eating hand pancakes.

For those with heavy taste, it is simply a nightmare.

Today's work plan is relatively simple, and it didn't take long to sort it out.

Xu Jie closed his notebook and stretched, and happened to see Zhang Mingliang coming, so he picked up his things and walked over.

"Brother Liang, you want the autograph."

In addition to the two signed photos, there is also a book Su Yun published last year called "A Yun Made of Rain in the Wind", which is also signed on the cover.

Zhang Mingliang was very happy when he saw it, and carefully put the book and photos into his bag for fear of breaking them.

"Thank you, brother, I'll treat you at noon." Zhang Mingliang clasped his fists.

"No, it's easy." Xu Jie waved his hand, took the thermos bottle and went to pour water.

When he came back, he saw Zhang Mingliang sitting listlessly at his work station in a daze. He walked over curiously and asked, "What's wrong, Brother Liang, is there something wrong?"

"It's okay." Zhang Mingliang forced a smile on his face.

Only then did Xu Jie notice that the other person's eyes were bloodshot and there were blisters on his lips.

Doesn't this sound like nothing?

Xu Jie looked back at the other people in the team. He guessed that Zhang Mingliang was embarrassed to let his colleagues know, so he whispered: "Brother Liang, if you need anything, just tell me. Maybe I can help?"

Zhang Mingliang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. Xiaoli's family owns a restaurant, right? The business has not been very good recently and the family is a little worried. As a boyfriend, I can't help much, alas!

"

Xu Jie knew that Zhang Mingliang's girlfriend was named He Xiaoli and she worked in a magazine, but he didn't know that his family owned a restaurant.

"Isn't this easy to handle?" Xu Jie said after hearing this: "Where is the restaurant? What's its name? If my colleagues in the restaurant come here a few more times, wouldn't the business get better?"

Zhang Mingliang sighed and said: "We have a canteen in Taiwan, and we don't have to pay for anything to eat. How can we have the nerve to ask everyone to go out and spend money? Besides, who can go out to restaurants every day?"

Xu Jie nodded, that's right.

At this time Wang Jingmin walked in from outside, Xu Jie patted Zhang Mingliang on the shoulder, and then returned to his work station.

In the morning, Xu Jie and Zhang Mingliang came to a residential area. Residents here reported that a newly moved first-floor resident changed the windows into doors and used fences to surround the public green space at the door of his yard. This not only affected the entire building.

The security of the community was compromised, and public resources were infringed upon. The property management of the community was not taken care of, so the only choice was to find a TV station for help.

In fact, Xu Jie had already been here yesterday, but the owner on the first floor was closed and the curtains were tightly closed. He didn't even talk to him. Later, he went to find the property manager. The property owner's attitude was very clear. They were mainly responsible for the safety of the community.

Security and facility maintenance are out of the question, and other matters cannot be taken care of, and no one will listen.

When Xu Jie came to the first floor again today, he not only did not remove the fence, but also clicked a lock on the fence door. No matter what he said outside, it was from the city's greening management regulations to the people who care about the community environment.

People are responsible, but there was no movement at all in the room. Unsurprisingly, the door was closed again.

At noon, Xu Jie and Zhang Mingliang were going back to their workplace for dinner. As soon as they got in the car, Xu Jie suddenly remembered something.

"Brother Liang, don't you want to treat me to dinner?"

"Yes, where did you say you were going?" Zhang Mingliang asked while turning on the heater. He stood outside all morning, shivering from the cold.

"Just go to your girlfriend's restaurant." Xu Jie said.

Zhang Mingliang was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and drove immediately.

The car stopped near the East Fifth Ring Road.

Zhang Mingliang pointed outside and said, "This is it."

Xu Jie looked in the direction the other party was pointing. There were five words written on the brown wooden sign: Jiade Dumpling House.

The dumpling restaurant has two floors, and the area seems quite large, but the corresponding rent must be quite high.

Xu Jie followed Zhang Mingliang into the door. The inside of the dumpling restaurant is very bright and clean. The tables and chairs are all made of wood, traditional and simple. There are also large dumpling cultural posters on the wall. The dumplings introduced in the past and present are divided into categories, and the kitchen is still open.

, you can see the chef making dumplings while sitting in the lobby.

It was lunch time, but there were only three tables of people in the lobby out of a dozen tables, and the business really didn't look good.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, a middle-aged woman who was sitting in a daze immediately stood up with a warm smile on her face, "Welcome to the light..."

After seeing that it was Zhang Mingliang, the woman swallowed back the word "lin" in her mouth, but her enthusiasm was still there.

"It's Mingliang, are you looking for Xiaoli?"

"No, auntie, my colleagues and I were out for an interview and we happened to pass by here and stopped by for lunch." Zhang Mingliang said with a smile.

"You haven't eaten yet? Come and see what you want to eat. I'll ask the chef to cook it for you." The middle-aged woman handed over a menu.

"Xu Jie, don't be polite to me, just order whatever you want." Zhang Mingliang pushed the menu in front of Xu Jie.

"Don't worry, I won't be polite." Xu Jie opened the menu. There are not only boiled dumplings, but also steamed dumplings and fried dumplings. There are more than ten kinds of fillings. In addition to dumplings, there are also various stir-fried and cold dishes.

It is a dumpling restaurant, which is no different from a restaurant, except that it specializes in dumplings.

Xu Jie ordered a portion of pork and cabbage, another portion of mackerel, a portion of cucumber and a portion of squid. These were enough for one person to eat. In comparison, Zhang Mingliang’s order was relatively simple.

A steamed dumpling stuffed with three kinds of fresh food, and a dry croquette.

"How many years has this dumpling restaurant been open?" After the aunt left, Xu Jie asked Zhang Mingliang while looking around.

"It's been seven or eight years." Zhang Mingliang leaned forward and whispered: "Xiaoli's family came from the Northeast. I heard Xiaoli said that when she was admitted to the capital to go to university, her parents were worried about her, so

My family moved to Beijing and opened a dumpling restaurant like this."

"After working for so many years, the business should be getting better and better. Why is it getting worse?" Xu Jie asked in confusion.

People in Beijing are very picky. If the food they make tastes bad, they will have to close in one year, not to mention seven or eight years. Unless they don’t need money, they just want to have fun. Therefore, you can often see some old shops in Beijing, and you can also often see some old ones.

Hotels are always under renovation.

"Business was really good in the past few years, but in recent years there have been more and more dumpling chain stores, and they can even be found everywhere. Their signs are advertisements. Coupled with the rise of takeout, some dumpling shops use machines to make dumplings, which reduces the cost and makes the prices cheaper.

, the speed is still fast, but as time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult to do business like this traditional handmade dumplings, and now there are more people during the Chinese New Year and holidays." Zhang Mingliang said with a sigh.

"oh."

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the dumplings and vegetables were served.

Xu Jie first picked up a pork and cabbage dumpling. It had the aroma of pork, the sweetness of cabbage, and juice inside. It tasted quite good, and each dumpling was bulging and could sit up, unlike some chain stores.

The dumplings are all lying on their stomachs.

He tried the cold dishes and stir-fried dishes again, and found that the cucumbers were sweet and sour, the three kinds of dumplings were salty, sweet and crispy, and the dry croquettes were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The stir-fried dishes in this dumpling house were not inferior to those in restaurants at all.

Before Xu Jie came here, he thought it might be a problem with the dumplings and vegetables, but now after trying it, he felt that it had nothing to do with the dumplings and vegetables. It might just be that it was simply not famous, and the nearby residents alone were not enough to support the cost of the entire store.

"Yes!" Xu Jie looked at Zhang Mingliang and said: "How about we shoot dumplings for the Winter Solstice special? Find a rack manager from three or four stores and bring this place with you. During the shooting, the name of the store on the plate was accidentally exposed. Advertisement

The effect should be good. I remember that the winter solstice is on a Sunday, and the program happens to be broadcast on Friday night."

Zhang Mingliang was stunned after hearing this. After a while, he stuttered and asked: "Is this okay?"

"Why not? When the TV broadcast is over, you can play it here on a loop, and the business will definitely be the same as before." Xu Jie said seriously.

"I mean, is this a case of pretending to be serving the public good for personal gain?" Zhang Mingliang hesitated and asked.

"This is called keeping the wealth out of outsiders' fields," Xu Jie said.

"Even if it works, it's not a long-term solution. You can't come back to take dumplings after the New Year, right?" Zhang Mingliang asked.

Xu Jie thought for a while and said: "Internet celebrity shops are now popular and ask Internet celebrities to check in to promote. Today, I, an Internet celebrity with two million fans, will help you promote it for free."

As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and took pictures of the dumplings on the table.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Mingliang asked curiously.

"Post it on Weibo." Xu Jie said.

"No, no, no, no, thank you for your kindness. It's too troublesome for you. Let's eat dumplings!" Zhang Mingliang said quickly, his words were frightened and incoherent. The other party's promotion of the bar had just passed, and he didn't want the dumpling restaurant to stop.

After the bar.

"Brother Liang, it's too unreasonable to ask me for trouble. Who among us is following the other?" Xu Jie said with a smile.

Zhang Mingliang was sweating on his forehead.

This is not something that happens out of sight, the main reason is that I am worried that the dumpling restaurant will be scolded and closed down.
Chapter completed!