Chapter 16

Guo Shujie, who is wealthy, was generous and directly posted a comment under the Weibo post.

Guo Zi Zuijie: [Five netizens will be randomly selected under this comment to taste the construction site lunch box for free. If you want to participate, please reply "I want to participate" under this comment. ]

As soon as the comment was posted, it received many responses from netizens.

Gold inside and out: [Is your lottery trustworthy? What if I win and I go out to eat a box lunch and you don’t reimburse me? What should we do? ]

Piglet: [Yes, why should we trust you? If we win the lottery and you run away without claiming the prize, who should we look for?]

Fish and chips: [I don’t want to eat this kind of lunch box at the construction site even if it’s free. It’s a waste of my travel expenses and time. You should go eat it by yourself. No one wants to go to the suburbs just to eat a lunch box at the construction site.]

Guo Shujie can understand the concerns of netizens. After all, he is just a stranger to netizens, and it is normal for them not to trust him.

In order to convince everyone that the lucky draw was authentic, Guo Shujie contacted a food blogger and asked the blogger to vouch for him. Guo Zijie was very generous and directly sent a 1,000 yuan red envelope to the blogger. Each winning netizen could get 200 yuan for lunch.

A box lunch only costs 14 yuan, and even if you add the travel expenses, less than half of the 200 yuan red envelope will be used.

With the temptation of red envelopes, Guo Shujie believes that netizens will definitely actively participate in the lottery.

Raffles can increase popularity, and bloggers are also very happy to help guarantee it.

Guo Zi Zuijie: [The five selected netizens can get a 200 yuan red envelope as long as they give the bill for the lunch. The red envelope has been sent to the blogger. When the time comes, the winning netizens can go directly to the blogger with the bill for the lunch to get the red envelope. The only requirement is that after eating the lunch, please give feedback under this Weibo post.]

The food blogger quickly responded to Guo Shujie's comment: [This lottery is real and valid. This netizen has sent Junjun a red envelope of 1,000 yuan. The winning netizen can get a red envelope of 200 yuan by sending a private message to Junjun with the bill for selling boxed lunches.]

With the guarantee of food bloggers, netizens are eager to participate.

Tiantian Qu Haipi: [Since Junjun has spoken, it must be true. There are red envelopes to be won. Netizens who are not far from there can participate. Don’t miss the money. ]

Honeydew melon is not sweet: [This netizen who participated in the lottery is quite generous. If you win, you will get 200 yuan. A box lunch is only 14 yuan. A round trip from the city is only 50 yuan at most. You can keep more than 100 yuan for yourself. It's pretty good. I hope I can win the lottery. ]

Piglet: [I want to participate. If I am selected, I will reluctantly go and have a box lunch. ]

New Boundary: [Just participate casually, if you win, take the time to go and get some red envelopes. ]

Guo Shujie counted and found that there were more than 70 netizens participating. He looked through them and randomly picked five netizens from among them. He specifically picked the netizen "Zhu Xiaogua". "Zhu Xiaogua" was the first to question that he was the boss of the lunch box, and he always complained about the lunch boxes at the construction site.

Guo Shujie wanted "Zhu Xiaogua" to taste the lunch boxes at the construction site, so that he could experience the deliciousness of the lunch boxes himself, and then he would know that he was wrong.

After picking five netizens’ favorites, Guo Shujie put down his phone. Now he just had to wait for them to taste them and look forward to seeing the netizens being slapped in the face.

As soon as Guo Shujie put down his phone, they arrived at the construction site.

"We're finally here, brothers, let's get off the bus and have some lunch!" After being stuck in traffic all the way, we finally arrived at our destination, and Lu Zhaoyang's mood instantly became brighter.

"Oh my God! There are so many people queuing, let's go over quickly." Seeing that many people were queuing, Ou Lingyi quickly opened the door and got out of the car.

Guo Shujie also rushed down, "Brother Ou, wait for me."

"It's so lively. The lunch boxes at the construction site are becoming more and more popular. I guess we have to come earlier next time." Lu Zhaoyang quickly rushed to the back of the line and stood there.

Guo Shujie lined up next to Chen Kangle and said, "Brother Ou, please line up over there. If your line is faster than ours, please buy it for us."

Lu Zhaoyang and Guo Shujie were standing next to Chen Kangle, while Ou Lingyi and Zheng Lizheng were standing next to Lin Huiling. Looking at the line in front of them, Guo Shujie was a little worried. He shouted loudly, "Boss, how many lunch boxes are left? Will there be any left when it's our turn?"

Hearing Guo Shujie's shout, Chen Kangle took a look into the stainless steel bucket. There were less than one-third of the new dishes left, and half a bucket of the old dishes.

Chen Kangle glanced at the team in front of him again and said, "There are still a lot of lunch boxes left, and there are more at the back."

"That's good." Guo Shujie breathed a sigh of relief and waited happily.

Because there were so many customers, Lin Huiling and Chen Kangle both sped up the speed of serving meals. One after another, the amount of food in the stainless steel bucket was reduced a lot.

Chen Kangle scooped up the last spoonful of crispy pork from the stainless steel bucket, and then said to the customers in line, "Today's crispy pork has been sold out. If you want to eat crispy pork, come back tomorrow."

Crispy pork is the best-selling of the five new dishes. Except for crispy pork, the other new dishes are also about to be sold out. Chen Kangle tore off the "crispy pork" paper on the stainless steel bucket to prevent customers from ordering this dish later.

When people heard Chen Kangle say that the crispy pork was sold out, the queue became lively again.

"So fast, the new dishes are really popular. I wanted to try the crispy pork, but it's sold out. Then I'll try the sweet and sour hairtail. It should be good too."

"I like the crispy pork, too. I didn't expect it to sell out so quickly. I wish I had come earlier. I'm so pissed."

"I hope that when it's my turn, there will be curry chicken and mapo tofu. These are the two things I want to eat the most. Please, please!"

Only then did Guo Shujie and his friends realize that there were new dishes today.

“There are new dishes. I also want to try curry chicken and mapo tofu. I will order these two later.” Guo Shujie was a little excited. He liked curry very much and he didn’t expect that there would be curry chicken in the lunch box at the construction site.

The lunch boss is such a good cook, so the curry chicken he makes must be delicious. The more Guo Shujie thought about it, the more excited he became, "Why is it not my turn yet? Why are there so many people ahead of me?

Guo Shujie stamped his feet anxiously, hoping that it would be his turn soon. He couldn't wait to eat the curry chicken.

While waiting, he looked back and found that the line behind them was getting longer and longer. "Oh my God! If we were a little slower, we might have been left at the back."

Lu Zhaoyang also looked back. The long line behind him scared him. "Fortunately, I drove a little faster just now, otherwise we would have been waiting in line until we went crazy."

They all breathed a sigh of relief, glad that they were one step faster.

There were more and more people behind and fewer and fewer people in the front. Guo Shujie counted the people in front of him and found that there were five more people until his turn.

He saw hope, "It's almost our turn, chicken curry, here I come."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Chen Kangle shouting, "Sorry, today's curry chicken is also sold out."

It was like a bolt from the blue, and Guo Shujie was stunned for a moment. He was clearly about to reach the curry chicken, but just a little bit away.

"Brother Jie, it's okay. We have other new dishes and you can order other ones." Lu Zhaoyang comforted Guo Shujie.

Lu Zhaoyang had never eaten many of the dishes in the construction site lunch boxes, so many of them were new to him. As long as he could buy the lunch boxes, he had no requirements for the dishes.

Guo Shujie felt that Lu Zhaoyang was right. Since curry chicken was out, he could eat sweet and sour hairtail, which should be good too.

"Boss, do you have any sweet and sour hairtail left?" Guo Shujie asked hurriedly.

He was worried that even the sweet and sour hairtail would soon be gone.

Chen Kangle took a look and said, "There are still some sweet and sour hairtail left. There should be more by the time it's your turn."

"That's good, that's good." Guo Shujie became happy again.

Soon it was Guo Shujie's turn. Guo Shujie quickly ordered, "Boss, I want sweet and sour hairtail fish, braised pork trotters, and mapo tofu."

Guo Shujie thought about it and felt that two meat dishes and one vegetable dish were not enough. "Boss, I also want stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots and braised eggplant."

Three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes, you can have a delicious meal.

Lu Zhaoyang and the others were also tempted and ordered three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes.

The four of them successfully bought lunch boxes. Just after they paid, they heard Chen Kangle shouting to the people in line behind them: "There should be only about 40 lunch boxes left. The customers in the back can skip the line and come back in the afternoon."

Chen Kangle looked at the remaining food in the stainless steel bucket and estimated that there were only about forty lunch boxes left. There were still many customers queuing behind him, so Chen Kangle specifically reminded them so that they wouldn't have to queue up and end up with nothing.

The people in the front line instantly jumped for joy.

"Hahahahahahaha, luckily I came a little fast, it will be my turn soon."

"There are three more people before it's my turn. I will definitely get one of the 40 lunch boxes."

"I'm lucky. Fortunately, I'm in the front row. The people in the back row are so pitiful. I feel a little sorry for them."

People in the back row cried out in grief.

"Ah? There are only 40 left, so there must be no portion for me. I just want a box lunch, why is it so difficult?"

"I'm speechless. How come it's sold out so quickly? I've been waiting in line for five minutes and thought it would be my turn if I waited a little longer, but now they tell me it's sold out."

"I'm so angry. If I had known, I would have run here. I was just a little bit slower, and the lunch box was gone."

Guo Shujie and his friends carried their lunch boxes, walked through the queue with their heads held high, enjoying the envious looks of others, and then walked to the sports car.

"I'm going to start." Guo Shujie stood outside the sports car, opened the lunch box and prepared to have a big meal.

Yesterday, Lu Zhaoyang and his friends were too embarrassed to stand outside to eat, as they felt like beggars, so they went to eat while sitting in the sports car.

Today, Lu Zhaoyang also planned to eat standing outside. The air outside is good and more comfortable.

In the face of such delicious lunch boxes, image becomes less important.

"Let's eat outside too." Lu Zhaoyang opened the lunch box and started eating.

Zheng Lizheng and Ou Lingyi also opened their lunch boxes and started eating outside. In this way, Guo Shujie and the other three stood outside the sports car, each holding a lunch box in their hands and eating happily.

After opening the lunch box, Guo Shujie was instantly attracted by the sweet and sour hairtail in it. The hairtail was whole, thick, and visibly crispy.

He took a bite with great anticipation. The fish was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, delicate and tasty, without any annoying little bones, and it was very satisfying to eat.

Not fishy or loose, every inch of fish meat has a strong sour and sweet taste, salty and delicious. Under the effect of sour and sweet taste, the fish meat appears more tender.

Guo Shujie savored the sweet and sour sauce on the fish carefully. The sourness and sweetness were just right, not too sour, nor too sweet. The combination of the two just covered up the fishy smell of hairtail.

Sweet and sour sauce is the key to this dish. Chen Kangle has his own unique sweet and sour sauce recipe, which can make the most suitable sweet and sour sauce for hairtail. The ratio of vinegar and sugar must be accurate. No matter which one is more or less, it will affect the final taste.

Guo Shujie finished eating one piece and picked up another one. "Brothers, sweet and sour hairtail is delicious, sour and sweet, and the fish meat is also very tender."

"I'm also eating sweet and sour hairtail. This is the freshest hairtail I've ever eaten. It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tastes fresh and delicious." After saying that, Ou Lingyi took another bite of the hairtail, letting the fresh fragrance of the hairtail soar in his mouth.

Zheng Lizheng: "I like the taste of this sweet and sour sauce. It's sour and sweet, and a little special. It seems a little different from the sweet and sour sauce I mentioned before."

"Yes, I think it's a little different too." Lu Zhaoyang savored the taste of the sweet and sour sauce carefully. "The sweet and sour sauce we used to eat was usually a bit sweet, but this sweet and sour sauce is sweet but not greasy. It tastes very refreshing with the sour taste."

“Anyway, it tastes better than other sweet and sour sauces.” Zheng Lizheng was already eating the last piece of hairtail fish, and was getting more and more addicted.

After eating the hairtail, Guo Shujie started eating mapo tofu.

The white and tender tofu was wrapped in a layer of fiery red sauce. You could tell it would be very spicy even without eating it. Guo Shujie regretted it a little because he was not good at eating spicy food.

When he ordered the food just now, his mind was full of thoughts about eating new dishes, and he didn't consider at all that Mapo Tofu is a very spicy dish.

When he was hesitating whether to eat it or not, a spicy smell rushed into his nose. The spiciness was mixed with a strong fragrance, which was very tempting.

Enchanted by the aroma, Guo Shujie picked up a piece of tofu and put it into his mouth. The spicy and fresh fragrance filled his entire mouth, and the slight numbness stimulated his taste buds.

The tofu is very tender and melts in your mouth, and the unique aroma of tofu is fascinating.

Guo Shujie picked up another piece and put it in his mouth. It was just the right amount of saltiness, not as spicy as he had imagined, nor as numb as he had imagined, but very fragrant, making him love it.

"This Mapo Tofu is also very delicious. It's not very spicy, but very delicious." Guo Shujie ate one piece of tofu at a time, enjoying it very much.

"Mapo tofu that is not spicy or spicy enough will definitely not taste good. The thing about mapo tofu is that spicy, spicy and crispy feeling." Lu Zhaoyang said disdainfully.

Lu Zhaoyang is from the southwest, and he likes spicy and spicy food the most. When he saw mapo tofu in the lunch box at the construction site, he ordered it without hesitation.

The dish he was most looking forward to today was Mapo Tofu, but he was very disappointed when he heard Guo Shujie say that the Mapo Tofu was not very spicy or numbing.

Lu Zhaoyang took a look at the Mapo Tofu in the lunch box. It was bright red in color, the tofu was tender but not broken, and it looked very good.

As he looked at it, Lu Zhaoyang became a little tempted and decided to try a piece.

The soft and tender tofu is covered with rich sauce, and tastes spicy and fresh.

The tofu is indeed not very spicy, nor is it very numbing, but the slight numbing aroma is enough to stimulate the taste buds.

With a smooth texture and special sauce flavor, every piece of tofu is extremely tasty.

Lu Zhaoyang has always thought that Mapo Tofu must be super spicy to be delicious, but he didn't expect that slightly spicy Mapo Tofu is also very delicious.

When making Mapo Tofu, Chen Kangle thought of her grandmother. Her grandmother couldn’t eat spicy food very well, so she wanted to make a dish of Mapo Tofu that even her grandmother could eat.

As we all know, spicy and hot is the soul of Mapo Tofu, while slightly spicy and hot Mapo Tofu has no soul.

It is not easy to make the slightly spicy Mapo Tofu delicious. Chen Kangle enhances the deliciousness of tofu by adding the flavor of soy sauce.

The tofu with rich sauce flavor is very delicious even if it is slightly numb and spicy. Lu Zhaoyang scooped the Mapo tofu into the rice and ate it with the rice. It was especially delicious. Lu Zhaoyang finished the rice in the lunch box in one go.

Guo Shujie finished the last grain of rice in the lunch box and said very contentedly, "It smells so good. I want to eat it again in the afternoon. Do you want to join us?"

"I want to come too!" the other three shouted in unison.

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All the food was sold successfully at noon. Chen Kangle went back and counted the accounts. He earned a total of more than 2,000 yuan from selling lunch boxes at noon today.

At this rate, she would be able to raise 10,000 yuan soon.

At noon, there were many customers queuing who were unable to buy boxed lunches, so Chen Kangle added some more food in the afternoon.

“Kangle, I think we can sell out even if we make a little more,” Lin Huiling said confidently.

At noon, Lin Huiling witnessed the popularity of boxed lunches. They were so popular that her hands were sore from getting lunch.

Tired but happy, today Lin Huiling experienced the joy of selling lunch boxes. Watching the lunch boxes being sold one by one, she felt very happy.

On the way to sell lunch boxes in the afternoon, Lin Huiling was so happy that she even hummed a little tune.

After getting off the car at the construction site, she was very active, moving tea eggs, moving rice, and sticking notes...

After everything was ready, she quickly greeted the guests: "Brother, what dishes do you want?"

Lin Huiling had a smile on her face, and even the customers who bought lunch boxes could see that she was very happy.

"Sister, do you have any good news today? Why are you so happy?"

Lin Huiling's smile deepened. "Hey, seeing so many delicious lunch boxes every day, of course I'm happy!"

Customer: "Yeah, if I had these delicious lunch boxes every day when I was working, I would be very happy at work. Unfortunately, we have to face cement bricks every day at work."

"Boss, do you still need to hire workers? Do you think I can do it?" the customer said jokingly.

Chen Kangle smiled and said, "I'm sorry, we won't be hiring for the time being. We will post a job notice when we need to hire someone."

At present, she and Lin Huiling are enough, but if they open a shop, they will definitely need to hire more people. Chen Kangle has been looking for dining tables and chairs recently, and when he has extra money, he will buy some dining tables and chairs.

Chen Kangle began to look forward to owning his own box-food lunch restaurant, and perhaps that day would come soon.

At this time, the line in front of the van had formed a long queue. Chen Kangle didn't have time to think about it. She quickened her hands and quickly prepared a box lunch.

Hu Guanzhong was standing in the middle of the line. He didn't expect the lunch box business at the construction site to be so lively.

But it makes sense when you think about it. This lunch box is very cheap at 14 yuan. It is not easy for construction workers to make money, so cheap lunch boxes are their first choice. The taste is not important, as long as they can eat enough.

Hu Guanzhong is an ordinary worker with a low monthly salary. In the past, in order to save money, he also ate these cheap construction site lunch boxes.

After eating it once, he never wanted to eat it again. The taste is really hard to describe, and the ingredients are not fresh. If you are not poor, no one would want to eat the lunch box at the construction site.

He would rather spend a few more dollars to buy a box lunch at a restaurant than to eat a box lunch at a construction site. Looking at the workers queuing up to buy box lunches in front of him, Hu Guanzhong couldn't help but sigh: "Ah, it's not easy for everyone."

If Hu Guanzhong hadn't won the prize on Weibo, he wouldn't have come here.

This afternoon, Hu Guanzhong saw on Weibo that a food blogger he follows posted a fan submission praising the delicious lunch boxes at the construction site.

Hu Guanzhong immediately thought of the construction site lunch boxes he had eaten. I guess no one would say that the construction site lunch boxes were delicious except the boss himself.

Hu Guanzhong, who likes surfing the Internet, made a comment, questioning whether the fan who submitted the post was the owner of Hefan himself. As a result, the poster started arguing with him in the comments.

As the argument went on, the contributor started a lottery in the comments. The prize was 200 yuan. If you won, you could get a 200 yuan red envelope by presenting the bill for the lunch box.

Hu Guanzhong happened to be going to the suburbs to meet a client in the afternoon. If he won the prize, he would buy a lunch box at the construction site. A lunch box only cost 14 yuan, and he could get a 200 yuan red envelope with a 14 yuan bill, which was very cost-effective, so Hu Guanzhong participated in the lottery.

As a result, he actually won the prize.

The place where he met the client in the afternoon was not far from the construction site, and after the meeting he rode his bike to the entrance of the construction site.

Hu Guanzhong had already made up his mind. After buying the lunch boxes, he would send the payment record to the food blogger and happily receive a red envelope of 200 yuan.

As for this lunch box, Hu Guanzhong didn't want to eat it. He planned to take it home to feed his mother's chickens.

There were fewer and fewer people in the front of the team, and it was Hu Guanzhong's turn after a few more people.