It was past eight o'clock when we arrived at the soy sauce factory.
At this time, people in rural areas do not care about the time when going to work, but the weather. Therefore, it gets dark late recently, and when the farmers are busy, they finish work late, and accordingly it is late to have dinner.
They had dinner quite early today, otherwise they would have come out even later.
The factory was already off work at this time, because usually overtime in the factory only lasted until eight o'clock at the latest, but today there was an accident in the factory and no overtime was allowed.
Currently, only patrolling security guards are still on duty in the factory.
Chen Zhaozhao and the other three entered the factory and went straight to the warehouse.
A large jar of bean curd was placed in a corner of the warehouse, and Liu Guihua felt heartbroken just looking at it.
Nowadays, fermented bean curd in factories is packed in large jars weighing ten kilograms. When taken to the supply and marketing cooperative, they are sold by kilograms, including soy sauce and fried soybeans. There are no separate small packages.
If something goes wrong this way, it is easier to clear the goods, but if there is a problem with any of the pieces in the jar, it will easily affect the quality of the entire jar.
Liu Guihua quickly walked to the jar, opened a jar of bean curd and showed it to Chen Zhaozhao.
A strong odor came over, and Chen Zhaozhao knew the problem without getting closer to smell it or checking it, "It's obviously because there's not enough salt."
"Not enough salt?" Liu Guihua was surprised, "It shouldn't be. Every time I make it, I keep an eye on it. The salt is added according to the recipe."
"Are you sure you're right?"
"No, it's definitely not wrong."
"Is the scale broken?"
"It's not broken."
This is really strange. According to her experience, the smell is definitely caused by the lack of salt.
Because pickled foods like fermented bean curd must have enough salt, otherwise they will go bad easily. A little less salt will not go bad in the short term but the taste will not be good, and it will go bad if left for a long time.
According to this time of fermentation, the salt content must be much less than the formula.
Chen Zhaozhao came closer to the jar and took a look. Many of the fermented bean curds inside were so bad that they were not in pieces. She reluctantly picked up a piece of fermented bean curd and looked at it and said, "There is mold on it. Show me all the ingredients."
"This way." Liu Guihua immediately took Chen Zhaozhao to the material warehouse.
Chen Zhaozhao checked all the materials but found no problems.
"I just made it recently and marinated it with salt. Let me take a look."
"That one is over here." Liu Guihua quickly took Chen Zhaozhao to another place.
Opening the freshly marinated jar, Chen Zhaozhao picked out a piece, looked at it, and tasted it again, "It's just the salt."
"What's the problem?" Liu Guihua asked hurriedly.
Yu Jinggui, who had followed her silently throughout, also looked at her questioningly.
"You will know after you lick it." Chen Zhaozhao divided the tofu cubes in his hand into two portions and handed them to them.
Liu Guihua and Yu Jinggui both licked it according to Chen Zhaozhao's instructions.
"How is it?" Chen Zhaozhao asked.
"Why is it so salty?" Liu Guihua was shocked.
Yu Jinggui licked and sipped, "This salt has rice flour added to it."
Chen Zhaozhao nodded, "So this is why the weight is enough when weighing the salt, but the fermented bean curd is spoiled because of the lack of salt."
"So that's it." Liu Guihua suddenly realized, "Who did this? It's simply too much. Why did you do it like this?"
Chen Zhaozhao looked at Yu Jinggui.
Yu Jinggui's expression was serious, "I understand, I will handle the rest of this matter."
"These newly made ones are not so bad that they need to be re-coated with salt," Chen Zhaozhao said.
"Okay." Liu Guihua nodded repeatedly, "How much should I add?"
"Let me study it."
In this way, Chen Zhaozhao and Liu Guihua were studying in the warehouse how much salt the original fermented bean curd had and how much salt should be added later.
You have to strictly follow the recipe, otherwise the taste will be different. Of course, it doesn't matter if it's a little more or a little less. There's not much difference in taste, and some people can't even tell the difference.
But Chen Zhaozhao has a rigorous habit, which can ensure that the good taste is always the same.
Yu Jinggui went to investigate.
There is no problem with the salt in the warehouse, but there is a problem when it is used in fermented bean curd. Then it will be easy to find out who did it.
Yu Jinggui sent someone to notify Tao Rongguang and the director of the factory security department. He first took a team of factory security guards to the salt adjuster's home, and sent another team to the warehouse manager's home.
Because it is uncertain whether the salt reduction in each batch of newly made bean curd is the same, so Chen Zhaozhao had to check it batch by batch.
It turns out that according to the date, from far to near, it becomes lighter and lighter.
Perhaps the problem has not been discovered, but the amount of salt has been significantly reduced recently than before.
There was a lot to check, so Chen Zhaozhao and Liu Guihua carefully checked the records.
Suddenly, Chen Zhaozhao smelled the smell of kerosene, and then the fire started.
Because of the presence of kerosene, the fire will burn brightly and spread very quickly.
"Why did it suddenly catch on fire?" Liu Guihua turned pale with fright.
"Mom, leave quickly." Chen Zhaozhao pushed Liu Guihua and ran out.
But this warehouse is rectangular, about six hundred meters long and three hundred meters wide.
The problematic bean curd jars are placed outside, and the new fermented bean curd jars are placed in the warehouse.
Chen Zhaozhao and Liu Guihua are now in the innermost part of the warehouse. The fire is burning from the front and sides at the same time. It is impossible for them to run out.
"It's too hot outside!" Liu Guihua was so frightened that her voice changed. She protected Chen Zhaozhao and hid inside.
Chen Zhaozhao stepped forward to protect her behind him and observed the surroundings. This was a sealed brick-walled warehouse with a front door and a side door.
They entered through the front door, and the side door was locked from the outside, which was also a point of fire.
They have no way to escape.
The thick smoke rolled in the heat, and the stench of the exploding jar hit him. Chen Zhaozhao quickly took out his handkerchief, tore it open, wetted it with spiritual spring water, and used half of it to cover Liu Guihua's mouth and nose, and the other half for himself.
Because of the fire, the lights in the warehouse went out and the wires crackled and sparkled.
The fierce fire and leaky wires made the situation very critical.
"Zhaozhao!" Liu Guihua hugged Chen Zhaozhao tightly and cried, "What should I do, what should I do?"
"There is no other way, let's call someone quickly."
"Alas~" Liu Guihua responded and started to save lives, while Chen Zhaozhao also shouted.
Unfortunately, there were not many people in the factory at night, or in other words, no one would come to the warehouse except for patrols. There were people in the dormitory, but it was in the opposite direction to the warehouse.
When there is a fire in a warehouse, it is difficult to shout and be heard. You can only wait for someone to find out.
What's more, Yu Jinggui took the factory security guards out, and there was no one patrolling the warehouse at the moment, let alone calling anyone to come.
The thick smoke and heat wave became heavier and heavier. Liu Guihua felt that her eyelids became particularly heavy as she shouted, and she fainted before she could say another word.
Chen Zhaozhao held Liu Guihua in his arms and wanted to enter the space, but found that he could not enter with anyone.
She had no choice but to take off her coat, wet it with the spirit spring, wrap it around Liu Guihua's head and upper body, and rush toward the side door with Liu Guihua in her arms.
The fire at the side door was very strong. She used spiritual spring water to save a way, rushed over, kicked open the door and rushed out.
At this time, someone finally discovered that the warehouse was on fire and shouted to put out the fire.
Yu Jinggui led his people back from the salt adjuster's house without success. Just as he was ordering people to find someone, a security guard from the factory hurried over and told him that there was a fire in the factory warehouse.
With his heart suddenly in his throat, he asked security guards about Liu Guihua and Chen Zhaozhao.
However, the security guard didn't know that he came to him as soon as he discovered the fire.
Yu Jinggui quickly got in the car and drove to the factory as quickly as possible.
He drove the car directly outside the warehouse and saw a large group of people carrying buckets of water putting out the fire. The fire in the warehouse was still very big and smoke was billowing.
He quickly got out of the car, grabbed a fire fighter and asked if he had seen Liu Guihua and Chen Zhaozhao.
The other party said he didn't see it, nor did he see anyone coming out of it.
Yu Jinggui calculated how long it took Chen Zhaozhao and the others to deal with it. Normally, they should still be inside.
Without saying a word, he poured a bucket of water and rushed into the warehouse...