Chapter 181 Wu Zongguan's ConfusionWhen Kagawa finished his first bowl of rice, students from other classes in the cafeteria had already finished their first meals. Now that their stomachs were full, the students began to chat animatedly again. Some were talking about the stir-fried dishes in the lunch boxes, some were talking about the two kinds of soups, and of course, more discussion focused on the rice. The first-year high school students and employees of the staple crops department looked at the white and fragrant rice in disbelief. Even though they had tasted its sweetness themselves, they still found it incredible. Especially for the employees in the staple crops department, ever since the new food of Yuexiang Group, or more precisely, Kagawa's recipe, gradually came into the public eye, the discussion on rice and wheat has been full of twists and turns. Before ancient foods emerged, solid and liquid foods made from rice flour (rice flour in 21st century terms) and wheat flour each had their own audiences, but in general, rice flour had a milder taste and was generally more popular with the public. The market share of wheat flour has been declining since five thousand years ago. One of the reasons previously given for reducing the production of escort ships was that the Agriculture Bureau was considering canceling wheat planting and focusing resources on staple crops on rice. However, the opening of Yuexiang Restaurant and Xiangxue's live broadcast room completely reversed this situation. Dough balls, noodles, flatbreads, steamed buns, steamed buns... the appearance of various types of pasta has made wheat flour, which has gradually been ignored, the focus of attention. Yuexiang Group has directly purchased most of the wheat flour on the market. If it were not for the market management law, they would probably contract all the wheat flour on the market and send it to the Yuexiang restaurant, which is in its heyday. If Yuexiang Group did not enjoy limited-time exclusive rights and other groups were not able to directly obtain relevant authorization, the Agriculture Bureau would even be certain that this year's wheat flour market would enter a situation of supply exceeding demand for the first time in 8,000 years. Yuexiang Group now receives canteen contracting invitations from companies and government agencies every day, so much so that manufacturers of kitchen AI peripherals are a little overwhelmed. Although the canteen contracted by Yuexiang Group does not have as many dishes as those in restaurants, it is cheaper and more convenient, and is very popular among students and office workers.
As a result, last month's staple crop sales in the third fleet's main ship achieved for the first time that wheat flour far exceeded rice flour. For this reason, the staple crop departments of the escort ships had to start thinking about ways to increase the sales of rice flour for the first time, because it was said that before July, Yuexiang restaurants would be fully rolled out in the twelve escort ships of the Third Fleet, and by then the sales gap between wheat flour and rice flour would be further widened. However, Manager Wu did not expect that there would be hope of a solution as soon as the topic was just started. Just when Chief Butler Wu finished his first bowl of rice, he sent the entire process of his meal recorded in his personal terminal to the captain of the fourth production escort ship, Mark Bay, and wrote that the staple food was made of rice. After seeing with satisfaction that the other party sent him a string of exclamation marks and colons, Manager Wu decisively chose to block the message prompt. Chief Butler Wu: Captain, don’t be anxious yet, let me be anxious first. "Hello, Kagawa-san." When Manager Wu saw Kagawa handing the lunch box to her classmate, his eyes lit up and he immediately came to her side. Xiangchuan blinked and asked in confusion, "Manager Wu, what's wrong?" Hearing this, her deskmates Ouyang Yating, Qiu Manman, Nancy and others were all impressed by her slowness. What else could it be? It was just this white staple food! Didn’t you see that Chief Wu’s eyes were so excited that they were about to shoot lasers? Manager Wu secretly glanced at the other students sitting at the same table. As soon as they met Manager Wu's gaze, they immediately looked away. They were all freshmen with extremely high proficiency in reading people's expressions. They had been with the Tongue Club (or Kagawa) through more than a month of ups and downs, and had already developed a thick skin. To put it simply: If you want to talk about serious matters, please go ahead, and we are just listening casually. After all, the topic that General Wu is going to talk to Kagawa about next is likely to be an important topic that will determine the staple structure of the production of escort ships for the Third Fleet, or even the entire Twelve Fleets, in the future. And they are also very interested in this staple food called "rice", so naturally they will not miss the scene. "Ahem." Butler Wu looked around and found that no one had left. He looked a little embarrassed, but he immediately adjusted himself with a light cough and said in a very gentle tone: "It's nothing important. I just want to ask about some things I don't understand about the rice." In fact, he would rather keep Kagawa directly in the fourth production escort ship, but the students of Class 8 of Grade 1 are eyeing him covetously in front of him, and the board of directors of Yuexiang Group is sharpening their knives behind him. Even if the captain comes, it will be useless, so he has to give up. Kagawa looked puzzled. "Didn't you just watch the whole process? Rice is made that way. If you want to ask me the principle, I don't really understand it. I'm only a high school student." The students from Class 8 of Senior 1 who participated in the entire cooking process said: No, we still understand this. Upon hearing this, Chief Steward Wu's mouth twitched wildly.
I had heard from other colleagues on the main ship that the eldest daughter of the chairman of Yuexiang Group was not very smart, but it was still quite speechless when I actually faced her. "Ahem, that's not what I wanted to ask." Chief Steward Wu had to cough again to bring the topic back. "We are more interested in the style of staple foods eaten by ancient people. Until now, these staple foods have been made into solid foods and liquid foods together with other ingredients. So until recently, we all thought that staple foods had to be cooked with other ingredients. Most of the wheat flour foods that your...father launched in the restaurant were also cooked with ingredients, so we always thought that the dining style of ancient people was the same as modern times." "But this rice you just made... is it called rice? This rice has to be processed separately from other ingredients. This gave me a great shock and also confused me. As far as I know, rice, like wheat, is one of the most consumed staple crops in ancient times. Could it be that ancient people also ate rice in this way?" As he spoke, the confusion and bewilderment on Chief Butler Wu's face could no longer be hidden, and the other members of the staple crop department who pretended to pass by casually also nodded silently. The cooking method of rice is really a refreshing worldview for the production escort ship, which has long been mixing rice powder and other ingredients. How could Kagawa know the tangled mentality of the staple food department? She asked in confusion: "But rice is eaten like this, isn't it?"