Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me-Chapter 247 - 246: No Comparison, No Harm (3 more)

Zhao Pang, upon hearing what the customer said, immediately spoke up, "Boss, I told you so, but you didn’t believe me. She’s here to steal the recipe, and now what do we do with all the customers being snatched away?"

Because there were fewer customers in the store, the other staff had some idle time.

Yang Cuihua anxiously said, "Baby Nian, what should we do? The other side is shameless, even using the name of our Butter Noodles."

Xu Niannian pursed her lips, her complexion clearly not looking good, obviously not expecting the other party to be so shameless.

They were actually using the reputation of her Butter Noodles and selling it at a reduced price, which is one of the most disgraceful actions in business.

This was a case of unfair competition.

Xu Sisi was also getting anxious, "Sister Niannian, what can we do? They’re clearly bullying us."

Even if they were openly bullying her, Xu Niannian had no way to deal with them.

Because there were no patent rights, Xu Niannian remembered that the patent law was only announced in 1984.

Not only did they directly steal her name, but they also slashed their prices.

The woman had been very sure of herself yesterday, and Xu Niannian was clear that most of the spices in the Butter Sauce had been figured out by her already.

Their confidence suggested that they had some skill in cooking.

The Butter Sauce was made according to a recipe from another space, even without the assistance of the stream, if their culinary skills were high, even comparable to hers.

Then the Butter Sauce they made, even if not as good as hers, probably wouldn’t be too far behind.

Of course, that was assuming their culinary skills were on par with hers.

You should know, even with the same ingredients and identical steps, the food made by different people can taste worlds apart.

If their culinary skills were truly comparable to hers, even without the help of the stream, and the taste couldn’t match her Butter Noodles but was priced much lower, almost half her price, it would indeed have a significant impact on her business.

The most important thing now was to see what the Butter Noodles made by the competition actually tasted like.

Xu Niannian was thinking about getting Zhao Pang to bring over a portion of Butter Noodles from the restaurant across the street when a familiar customer came into the shop.

Zhu Xinyu walked in with a bag in her hand.

Following behind her was her lackey, Zhu Hongxiu.

Zhu Xinyu strutted in, handing the bag to Xu Niannian with a look of pride on her face.

"Xu Niannian, no offense, but are you stupid? Others are stealing your secret recipe, and you’re just standing here like a fool. This is their Butter Noodles. Try it and see, those people don’t have a clue. It doesn’t taste as good as what you make. Ah, no, wrong, it tastes much better than yours!"

As a rival in love, Zhu Xinyu was adamant about not admitting that Xu Niannian made good food, even though she made Zhu Hongxiu buy some to eat every other day.

But she just wouldn’t admit it.

Zhao Pang recognized Zhu Xinyu as the regular who always sneaked to eat in the alley next to the shop, stubbornly refusing to enter the restaurant.

"Ah, you are..."

Zhu Xinyu glared, "Fatso, what are you looking at? Haven’t seen a beauty before?"

Zhao Pang: "..."

Everyone: "..."

From Zhu Xinyu’s haughty demeanor, Xu Niannian unexpectedly detected a trace of kindness.

Since it was a gesture of goodwill, she didn’t fuss over Zhu Xinyu calling her a pig. Taking the bag from her, Xu Niannian said to Zhao Pang on the side, "Go get me a bowl."

Zhao Pang hurried to get a bowl, and Zhu Xinyu hurriedly left. Watching her eager departure, Xu Niannian smiled softly, saying, "Zhu Xinyu, thank you."

Zhu Xinyu stiffened, turned around, and yelled with haughty disdain, "Don’t you thank me, I didn’t help you."

That haughty little face had none of her usual pretense of a demure image.

Zhu Xinyu left, and the few remaining customers in the shop followed suit.

Xu Niannian placed the Butter Noodles brought by Zhu Xinyu into the bowl, and everyone at the table gathered around to look at it.

Just then, two more customers came in.

Two women entered, immediately asking for Butter Noodles. Xu Niannian was about to have Chen Xiaorou start cooking when she heard the lead woman say,

"Boss, the place across the street is also selling Butter Noodles. It smells just like yours, but they’re selling it for just thirty cents. Can you give us a discount?"

Xu Niannian kept the smile on her face, but her eyes were void of mirth.

Yang Cuihua rolled up her sleeves, ready to start cursing, but was held back by Xu Niannian, who looked at the speaking woman with a calm expression.

"Sorry, our Butter Sauce Noodles are clearly priced at fifty cents a bowl, regardless of how much others charge, our price will not change. If you two want to continue, I’ll have my staff cook for you; if you’re looking for something cheaper, please go across the street."

The woman’s face collapsed immediately, and along with another woman who had come with her, they turned and walked away.

As they walked, they continued to speak, "Let’s go, let’s go. Who cares about this place anyway? If Elder Du’s house wasn’t so busy and had no seats, I wouldn’t have come here. Ungrateful for the face given to them."

The person speaking even deliberately raised her voice, as if worried that Xu Niannian wouldn’t hear.

Xu Niannian hadn’t spoken yet when Yang Cuihua and Xu Zhiqiang shouted, "Who are you saying is ungrateful?"

The woman was startled by the shout and, upon realizing what happened, turned back and lashed out at Yang Cuihua, "Am I saying your family is shameless? The same product is sold for thirty cents elsewhere, but your family charges fifty cents, pah, heartless, saying your family has no shame."

The woman looked smug after her insult as Yang Cuihua wanted to rush forward to fight. Xu Niannian held her back firmly and stood up, walking towards the woman.

The woman wasn’t afraid of Xu Niannian, thinking she looked easy to bully.

"What do you want?" she asked with a scowl.

"Nothing, just asking you to roll out of my family’s shop. If you won’t eat, then don’t come back. We won’t welcome you either."

Xu Niannian advanced step by step, and the woman, seeing her cold expression, subconsciously took a step back, right out of the shop’s doorway.

Xu Niannian reached out, pulled the door, and with a "bang," slammed it shut right in the woman’s face.

As if slamming it on the woman’s face.

The woman’s expression turned incredibly ugly, and she pushed the door open, about to curse.

Xu Niannian had anticipated that the woman wouldn’t just give up, and as soon as she had closed the door, she picked up a bowl of Butter Sauce Noodles from the table and approached.

As the woman pushed the door open, Xu Niannian was standing there with the bowl, holding it high, as if to splash it on the woman’s face, "Try cursing one more time?"

Xu Niannian’s expression was very calm, without a hint of anger. However, it was precisely because of such calmness that the woman was intimidated.

She continued, "In my place, everything is clearly priced. I welcome friendly customers at any time. Those who don’t eat and still curse can roll as far away as possible."

Not only that, but Yang Cuihua very cooperatively came out of the kitchen with a knife, and before she was even close, she began shouting, "Baby Nian, step aside; I’m going to chop this foul-mouthed woman."

Then the woman saw Yang Cuihua charging at her with the knife and immediately panicked, crying "Mama!" and ran off without even looking back at her friend.

The woman who had come with the lounger was also quite frightened, shrinking her presence and sneaking away quietly.

"Cowardly little weakling," Yang Cuihua said with a knife in hand and fierce determination.

Xu Niannian laughed and clung to her shoulder, "Mom, don’t bother with them."

Having driven away the annoying women only interested in getting a bargain, Xu Niannian sat back down at the table.

The people in the store gathered around to continue their discussion.

Zhao Pang spoke with a serious expression, "Young boss, their Butter Sauce contains more."

Chen Xiaorou also said, "And there’s more beef in their Butter Sauce as well."

Qin Feng added, "It smells sort of similar too."

Xu Sisi said, "The portion is more generous than ours, and it’s cheaper. This is bad, Sister Niannian, you’re in trouble."

Yang Cuihua unceremoniously slapped Xu Sisi on the back of her head, "Say ’this is bad’ one more time and I won’t give you your salary."

Xu Sisi was startled and quickly changed her tune, "Sister Niannian, I think you needn’t worry about it. Just looking at hers, you can tell it’s junk; it even looks unappetizing."

Only Xu Zhiqiang looked solemn but remained silent.

Xu Niannian raised an eyebrow, feeling the assessment must be rather high.

Picking up her chopsticks, she grabbed some noodles and tasted them.

After a bite, she put down the chopsticks.

Before seeing the Butter Sauce Noodles from the place across the street, Xu Niannian had been on high alert.

After seeing the competition’s Butter Sauce Noodles, her vigilance dropped from extremely high to a mere ten percent.

After tasting it, that mere ten percent caution vanished, instead a plan formed in her mind.

Honestly, without any comparison, Xu Niannian would admit that their Butter Sauce was not bad and could even, considering her discerning palate, rate it nine out of ten.

However, everything pales when compared to another, and "without comparison, there is no harm," is not just for fun.

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