Chapter 54

The first time she smelled such a fragrant scent, Gan Xiangping was itching to try it.

As soon as she heard Xiang Yunting's shout, she was the first to rush into the kitchen.

The aroma in the kitchen became more intense, and the opened mango snails looked plump and tempting. Gan Xiangping couldn't help swallowing her saliva.

Du Yinzhu at the side could hardly control her hands, but as a new employee, she was embarrassed to pick up the chopsticks first.

"Let's eat quickly!" Xiang Yunting said.

He knew that everyone would be tempted by the smell, including himself.

As soon as she finished speaking, Gan Xiangping couldn't wait to pick up a mango snail and suck the snail meat into her mouth. Her mouth was immediately filled with the charming fresh and spicy taste.

Gan Xiangping couldn't help but widen her eyes, "This smells so good!"

The fat and thick snail meat is covered with spicy sauce. When you take a bite, the spicy and fresh taste bursts in your mouth. Under the stimulation of the spicy taste, the snail meat brings out the freshness to the maximum extent, which is so fresh that it makes people indulge in it.

“How can it be so delicious!”

This was Gan Xiangping’s first time eating food cooked by Chen Kangle, and she was deeply shocked.

After just eating a mango snail, she finally understood why so many people wanted to work at the Kangle Box Restaurant. Working in a place full of delicious food every day really makes people feel very happy.

Gan Xiangping was very glad that she got the job and became a happy worker.

Without further ado, Gan Xiangping has already started eating her second mango snail.

The snail meat is tender and delicious, and even the snail shell is fresh and fragrant. After eating the snail meat, she couldn't help licking the snail shell in her hand.

Spicy and sweet, Gan Xiangping, who loves spicy food, instantly fell in love with the taste of this spicy sauce.

Spicy sauce and mango snails are a perfect match. The flavor of the spicy sauce invades every corner of the snail meat. Even the strong spicy flavor cannot suppress the freshness of the mango snails. On the contrary, the spicy flavor brings out the freshness to the extreme.

In a short while, Gan Xiangping found that the snail shells in front of her had piled up into a small mountain. She looked at the others, who also had a small mountain of snail shells in front of them, and each of them was particularly obsessed with eating.

Du Yinzhu ate so much that sweat broke out on her forehead. She couldn't handle spicy food very well, so she ate while breathing out air.

“So spicy!”

“Smells so good!”

The spicier the food, the more fragrant it was. Du Yinzhu felt that her lips were about to be turned into sausages from the spiciness, but the fresh and spicy taste made her unable to stop. She ate one after another, it was so spicy that she was addicted, and the fragrance that she was addicted.

In a short while, the five of them finished the whole plate of stir-fried mango snails.

Xiang Yunting was very satisfied with the meal. "Now that we're done, let's clean up and get ready to work."

After tasting the delicious mango snails, Du Yinzhu felt full of energy. Now if you ask her to carry a basket of vegetables by herself, maybe she can do it.

She became excited again when she thought that she was one of the first people to taste the new dishes of the Kangle Box Restaurant.

Other customers have to wait until the Heya Restaurant opens to eat the new dishes, but they have already tasted the deliciousness of the new dishes early on. Others will definitely be super envious of them.

In the past, she could only envy others, but now she has become the object of others' envy.

Du Yinzhu quickly took a photo of the pile of snail shells, and then posted a message on WeChat Moments: [Today's new dish at the Kangle Box Restaurant is stir-fried mango snails. Who will be the first to eat the new dish? Oh, it's me! ]

Du Yinzhu is from the village next to Yaocheng Village. Many people in his village are also regular customers of Kangle Box Restaurant. When they saw the circle of friends posted by Du Yinzhu, they all expressed their envy.

Ah Ling: [Oh my god! I envy Sister Zhu so much for being able to work at the Kangle Box Restaurant. We went for the interview together, and Sister Zhu passed, but I didn’t. It’s all because I don’t cook at home and can’t even wash pig intestines properly. Otherwise, I would be eating new dishes at the Box Restaurant like Sister Zhu now.]

Brother Shen: [Wow! Kangle Box Restaurant has launched new dishes. I'm going to have lunch there later. I envy Sister Du for being able to taste Kangle Box Restaurant's new dishes in advance. We are poor people and can only drool over the leftover snail shells you guys have eaten.]

Zhao Jinmin: [I like stir-fried mango snails. I must go to Kangle lunch box today. We are too pitiful for those of us who are not employees. We have to wait until Kangle lunch box opens to eat new dishes.]

In a short while, the news that Kangle Box Restaurant was going to launch a new dish, stir-fried mango snails, spread throughout the village.

"Have you heard? The Kangle Box Restaurant is launching a new dish today. It's stir-fried mango snails. I heard it's super delicious."

"Really? Then we won't cook lunch today. We will go to the boxed lunch shop together. We can't miss the new dishes in the boxed lunch shop."

"Oh my god! I went to the vegetable garden early to pick today's vegetables. I was planning to cook at home for lunch today, but if the Heya Restaurant has new dishes, I would also like to go and eat them."

"I also bought some food today, but everyone wants to eat the new dishes at the Kangle Box Restaurant. Whatever, I'll save the food for tomorrow and eat the new dishes at the Box Restaurant first."

The villagers' lives are not very wealthy, and everyone is used to being frugal. They usually cook at home, grow their own vegetables, and raise their own chickens, ducks, and geese. It is cheaper to cook at home.

Although the boxed meals at Kangle Box Restaurant are very cheap, most villagers cannot afford to eat there every day.

But who can resist eating such delicious boxed lunches? They would go to the boxed lunch restaurant for a good meal every now and then.

But whenever the Kangle Box Restaurant launches new dishes, they will definitely go to eat them. No one can refuse the new dishes of the Kangle Box Restaurant.

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Pan Honggui, who works in a restaurant in the city, took the time to send a message to his wife during his break. Today was his wife's first day at work, and he wanted to ask her how her first day was going and whether she had adapted to the job there.

His wife Gan Xiangping found a job in a box lunch restaurant in the suburbs. Originally, he wanted his wife to come to the restaurant to work with him, but his wife said that she didn't like working in the same restaurant with him to avoid quarrels during work.

Pan Honggui had just taken out his cell phone to send a message to his wife when he received a message from her.

Wife: [Lao Pan, I have good news for you. The lunch box restaurant where I work has a new dish today: stir-fried mango snails. Let me tell you, this stir-fried mango snails is super delicious.]

Wife: [It’s fragrant, spicy, and fresh. The mango snails are super plump and fresh. You’ll be amazed after taking a bite. And the spicy sauce is absolutely amazing, very spicy and delicious! ]

Wife: [The spicy sauce is made by our lunch box restaurant owner himself, and it tastes hundreds of times better than the spicy sauce sold outside.]

Wife: [Lao Pan, I really love this box lunch restaurant. The owner of our box lunch restaurant is really amazing. How can someone cook such delicious food? He is simply a god of cooking! ]

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His wife sent him a total of ten messages, either praising the new dishes at the Box Restaurant or praising the owner of the Box Restaurant for his excellent cooking skills.

Originally, Pan Honggui was worried that his wife would not be able to adapt to the first day of work, but now it seems that she has adapted quite well.

Pan Honggui replied: [Well, if it tastes good, eat more. Only when you are full will you have the energy to work.]

He waited for almost two minutes, but Gan Xiangping still didn't reply to his message, so he had to put down his phone and go back to work.

At this time, Gan Xiangping was washing pickled bamboo shoots very seriously. Now she is an employee of the Kanglehe Restaurant, and she must be responsible for the Kanglehe Restaurant. If she does not wash the vegetables cleanly, it will affect the reputation of the Kanglehe Restaurant.

After washing it three times and making sure there was no sand underneath, Gan Xiangping carried the washed pickled bamboo shoots into the kitchen.

Every time she walks into the kitchen, Gan Xiangping feels like she is immersed in a food paradise and is extremely happy.

Everyone was very serious when working, but the atmosphere was not depressing. They would occasionally stop to chat, feeling cheerful and relaxed.

Kangle Box Restaurant opens for business at 11:00 am, and the restaurant employees start to eat lunch at 10:30. Only after eating a full meal can they have the energy to work.

Chen Kangle is very generous. All employees can eat whatever they want and as much as they want.

Faced with the delicious and rich dishes, Gan Xiangping was dazzled and didn't know what to eat for a moment. Every dish looked delicious.

Crispy pork, braised pork trotters, curry chicken...there are many dishes that she likes to eat.

Lin Huiling was worried that the new employees might feel embarrassed to eat too much on their first day, so she specifically told them: "Don't be shy, just take whatever you want to eat. Boss Kangle won't say anything to you."

Du Yinzhu's eyes lit up as she took the stir-fried pork liver, shredded pork with fish flavor, oyster fried egg and tiger skin green peppers.

Gan Xiangping has a big appetite, so she ordered three meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, including pan-fried saury, steamed egg custard, stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots, lotus root with glutinous rice and osmanthus, and spicy and sour shredded potatoes.

Soft and fragrant steamed egg custard, sweet and sour fried meat, sweet and sticky osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root...

Gan Xiangping once again felt the happiness of working in the Hezi Restaurant.

When Gan Xiangping ate something delicious, the first thing she wanted to do was share it with her husband. She immediately took out her cell phone and sent a message to her husband.

While Pan Honggui was resting, he received many messages from his wife.

Wife: [Lao Pan, today is my first time to have a work lunch at a box lunch restaurant. The owner of our box lunch restaurant is very generous. We can eat whatever we want in the restaurant. ]

Wife: [I had pan-fried saury, steamed egg custard, stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots, glutinous rice with sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root, and spicy and sour shredded potatoes. The saury was fragrant and delicious, definitely the best saury I have ever eaten, dry and fragrant. Our boss is really amazing, he can make everything delicious.]

Wife: [There is also steamed egg custard, which is super soft and melts in your mouth. The glutinous rice, lotus root and osmanthus are full of fragrance, sweet and sticky, I love it very much. ]

Wife: [The pickled cabbage fried meat and hot and sour potato shreds are also superb. It feels like there is no dish in the world that our boss can't make. It seems that everything can become delicious after passing through her hands. ]

This is the second time he has been bombarded with messages from his wife today. From the text, it can be seen that his wife is very excited.

Almost every word revealed excitement, and almost every word praised the He Restaurant and the owner of the He Restaurant.

To be honest, Pan Honggui is a little jealous.

Back then, he won Gan Xiangping over with his cooking skills. He fed Gan Xiangping with the delicious food he cooked every day. Under the bombardment of delicious food, Gan Xiangping was captured by him.

Even after they got married, Pan Honggui often cooked various delicious dishes for his wife, and his wife also liked the food he cooked very much.

His wife is his number one fan and often praises the delicious food he cooks. He is extremely happy every time he hears his wife's praise.

Later, the two worked hard and earned some money. His wife suggested that he open a breakfast shop. He originally thought that since he had good cooking skills, he would definitely make a lot of money opening a breakfast shop.

Unexpectedly, the breakfast shop went bankrupt due to poor management. The closure of the breakfast shop dealt a heavy blow to his self-confidence, but his wife always encouraged him.

"Our Lao Pan is the best cook in the world. No one is better than our Lao Pan!"

“All the dishes cooked by our Lao Pan are my favorites!”

No matter what others say, as long as his wife is on his side, he thinks it's no big deal.

Now seeing his wife constantly praising the delicious food cooked by other people, Pan Honggui felt jealous.

He suspected that he was too busy recently to cook delicious food for his wife, and that his wife had forgotten the delicious food he cooked, so she fell in love with someone else's food.

Pan Honggui decided to bring some of his own delicacies back home for his wife to taste today, in order to arouse her love for his delicacies.

Just now, his wife kept praising the delicious stir-fried mango snails made by the restaurant owner. Pan Honggui plans to bring his own stir-fried mango snails back home in the evening and let his wife taste his stir-fried mango snails. She will remember that his stir-fried mango snails are more delicious.

Whenever Gan Xiangping eats something delicious, she will think of her husband. Sometimes her husband likes to have a drink when he comes home at night. Gan Xiangping decided to bring some stir-fried mango snails from the Kangle Box Restaurant back for her husband as a snack. The stir-fried mango snails from the Kangle Box Restaurant are so fragrant, her husband will definitely like it.

When she got off work, Gan Xiangping quickly rushed home with the packed stir-fried mango snails, fearing that the taste would be affected if the stir-fried mango snails got cold.

At this time, Pan Honggui had already returned home. Due to the long distance to the city, the stir-fried mango snails he brought were already cold when he got home. He sent a message to his wife and knew that she was on her way home. Pan Honggui turned on the fire to heat the mango snails so that his wife could eat the hot stir-fried mango snails when she came back.

"Old Pan, look what delicious food I brought you!" Gan Xiangping said excitedly as soon as she got home.

She couldn't wait to let her husband taste the stir-fried mango snails made by the owner of their box lunch restaurant.

Pan Honggui pointed at the stir-fried mango snails he made on the table and said, "I also brought you something delicious. This is my stir-fried mango snails. I just heated it up. It's hot now. Come and try it. Let's see whether your husband's stir-fried mango snails are better or the one made by your boxed lunch restaurant owner is better."

Pan Honggui's words were full of sourness.

"Oh! We are so in sync. I brought you stir-fried mango snails, made by the boss of our box lunch restaurant."

Gan Xiangping took out the stir-fried mango snails she had brought and put them on the dining table.

When Pan Honggui heard that his wife brought him a box of stir-fried mango snails made by the restaurant owner, his desire to win was instantly ignited.

"Then you eat what I cook, and I eat what your boss cooks, and we'll see whether what I cook tastes better or your boss cooks better."

Pan Honggui is still very confident now. He is very confident in the stir-fried mango snails he makes. Stir-fried mango snails is one of his best dishes. The stir-fried mango snails he makes in the restaurant are also very popular with diners. Diners say that his stir-fried mango snails are very fragrant.

Gan Xiangping said with a smile: "Okay, I'll eat what you cook. I haven't eaten the stir-fried mango snails made by our old Pan for a long time."

In the past, Gan Xiangping loved the stir-fried mango snails made by Pan Honggui. They were fragrant and spicy, and went especially well with rice.

But if she were to tell the truth, if the stir-fried mango snails made by Pan Honggui were compared with those made by Chen Kangle, Chen Kangle would definitely win.

The stir-fried mango snails made by Chen Kangle are more fragrant. If the stir-fried mango snails made by Pan Honggui are delicious, then the stir-fried mango snails made by Chen Kangle are super delicious.

Gan Xiangping did not directly tell her husband that the stir-fried mango snails he made were not as delicious as the one made by the owner of the box restaurant. Instead, she let her husband taste the stir-fried mango snails made by the box restaurant owner himself. He would understand as soon as he tried it.

"The stir-fried mango snails made by our husband Pan are delicious." Gan Xiangping ate the stir-fried mango snails made by her husband with relish. Although the stir-fried mango snails made by her husband were not as delicious as those made by Chen Kangle, she would always like the stir-fried mango snails made by her husband.

Hearing his wife praise the delicious stir-fried mango snails he made, Pan Honggui smiled and said, "Isn't it delicious?"

"Is it better than the one made by your box lunch restaurant owner?" Pan Honggui was looking forward to his wife's answer.

Gan Xiangping did not give a direct answer, but said: "Try the one made by our box lunch restaurant owner."

She wanted Pan Honggui to taste it himself so that he would know the answer.

Pan Honggui glanced at the lunch box on the table and said, "Okay, then I'll try what your boss made."

When Pan Honggui opened the lunch box, a strong and spicy smell rushed over him, and he was stunned for a moment.

“How can it smell so good!”

Just by smelling the fragrance, Pan Honggui felt that he had lost.

The stir-fried mango snails in front of him are hundreds of times more fragrant than the ones he makes himself, and the aroma is so charming that people will fall in love with it at first sight.

Pan Honggui couldn't wait to pick up a mango snail. The snail meat was plump and juicy, and it burst with juice when he took a bite. The spicy taste swept through his entire mouth, followed by the freshness of the snail meat. The aroma came one after another, making his taste buds unable to stop and constantly being attacked by the rich aroma.

“It smells really good!”

Pan Honggui was so engrossed in the eating that he reached out to grab another one. He particularly liked the taste of the spicy sauce, which was unique and delicious, and went very well with the mango snails.

He savored the flavor of the spicy sauce carefully. The snail meat was so tender and fresh wrapped in the spicy sauce.

"Honey, what brand of spicy sauce do you use for stir-fried mango snails in your boxed lunch shop?"

Pan Honggui always uses Lingtian spicy sauce when making stir-fried mango snails. Lingtian spicy sauce is the most famous spicy sauce in China and also the best spicy sauce he has ever tasted.

He was very curious about what brand of spicy sauce the lunch box restaurant owner used and why it tasted so unique.

"The spicy sauce our boss uses is her own secret spicy sauce. Isn't it delicious?" Gan Xiangping also likes this spicy sauce.

It turned out to be the boss’ homemade spicy sauce. No wonder he didn’t know there was such a delicious spicy sauce.

Pan Honggui was very excited by the spicy taste in his mouth. He ate it bite by bite. He could feel the difference between his stir-fried mango snails and the one made by the owner of the box restaurant. The difference was still very big.

When the breakfast shop went bankrupt, he thought the main problem was poor management. Now he thinks it’s also a problem with his own cooking skills.

If he had the cooking skills of a box-food restaurant owner, no matter where the store was located or how well it was managed, it would never go bankrupt.

Knowing the gap between himself and the great chefs, Pan Honggui felt that he still needed to work hard to improve his cooking skills.

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The new dish, stir-fried mango snails, has received unanimous praise both online and offline.

On the short video platform, the latest comments are all praising the stir-fried mango snails.

Migaogao's son: [I like today's new dish, the mango snails are especially plump, fresh and tender, so delicious that I can't stop eating them. ]

The charm of extreme youth: [Boss, how do you make your mango snails without any sand at all? Why do I always eat sand in the mango snails I make, wuwuwu...]

Walking with the Immortals: [Boss, I really like the taste of your spicy sauce, it is fragrant and spicy, and it is particularly delicious. Can you tell me the secret recipe of the spicy sauce [dog head]]

Since opening the short video account, Chen Kangle takes time to read the comments every night when he comes home. He is very happy to see that everyone likes the new dishes.

In addition to praising the new dishes, many netizens also mentioned the issue of long waiting times.

Tangled in the spider's web: [Did you notice that there were four aunties preparing lunch boxes at the lunch box restaurant today? They were much faster than before. During the peak hours before, I had to queue for more than 30 minutes, but today it was my turn in less than 20 minutes.]

Dancing on the pillow: [Many people do more work

It's fast. Last time we commented on the long queue, the boss immediately hired two more waitresses to serve food. The boss is so nice, he solves any problems immediately. 】

Can’t do math homework: [It’s indeed faster than before, but I feel that the popularity of Hezi Rice House is continuing to grow. Maybe soon even four aunties won’t be able to handle it. ]

JL Unbeaten: [According to the current development trend, the Kangle Box Restaurant may be overcrowded in the future. My suggestion is to open a branch as soon as possible, preferably in the city, so that people in the city don’t have to go to the suburbs to squeeze with you. ]

Many netizens mentioned opening a branch in the comments. In fact, Chen Kangle has already started to consider opening a branch. At present, there is not much debt left, and it will be paid off soon. After all the debts are paid off, we can slowly move forward with opening a branch.

Chen Kangle has even begun to pay attention to stores in the city, and the location of branches still needs further planning.

Anyway, there is no use being impatient now. What we need to do now is to run the box-pack rice restaurant in the suburbs well. Only when the box-pack rice restaurant in the suburbs makes a lot of money will it be possible to open branches.

Due to the development of short video platforms, Chen Kangle has recently attached great importance to promotion on short video platforms.

Before I knew it, the short video platform account had been opened for a while. Under Chen Kangle's management, the number of fans of "Kangle Boxed Lunch" has increased to 300,000.

Among the fans who follow "Kangle Box Lunch", in addition to diners at Kangle Box Lunch, there are also many netizens who have never eaten Kangle Box Lunch.

890 Takeoff: [Although I have never eaten Kangle Boxed Lunch, I really like watching Kangle Boxed Lunch’s videos. I like and comment on every video of Kangle Boxed Lunch. ]

Withered Blue Platycodon: [I am a netizen who is 108,000 miles away from Haishi. Although I cannot eat Kangle lunch boxes, watching Kangle lunch box videos every day can satisfy my craving. ]

The early bird catches the worm: [I also like watching videos of Kangle lunch boxes. I feel that every dish in Kangle lunch boxes is very delicious. I look forward to eating Kangle lunch boxes one day. ]

These netizens are all potential customers of Kangle Box Lunch Restaurant. Maybe one day they may come to Haishi, and maybe one day Kangle Box Lunch may open in their city.

Chen Kangle feels a sense of accomplishment when reading the comments from netizens. Some people like the lunch boxes she makes, and some people like the videos she makes. Some people feel happy after eating the lunch boxes she makes, and some people feel happy after watching the videos she makes.

Chen Kangle likes to read comments from netizens. For people working in the catering industry, the greatest happiness is to satisfy diners.

As he was looking at it, Chen Kangle saw a message from a netizen.

Lily in the North: [Boss, there is a food recommendation activity on the short video platform recently. I think Kangle Boxed Lunch can participate. The top ten in the vote will be shortlisted, and the shortlisted merchants can get some free publicity from the platform. ]