Chapter 190 Watermelon is famous
Yesterday's first day of the night market was a huge success.
Many young people in the county are still talking about what happened yesterday as soon as they get to work.
"Have you ever tried that grilled squid? It's absolutely amazing."
"No, they had already closed their stall when I went there, but they still had a lot of delicious food, like iced milk tea, strange-flavored peanuts, flavored shrimp, etc. They were all delicious."
"There's a peanut jelly place over there that's also delicious."
"Where is it?"
"It's just outside, in an inconspicuous stall."
"By the way, are you guys still going today?"
"Go ahead, it's so fun over there."
"Oh my god, I've never seen so many people. I envy those who have bicycles."
Shen Qingyue never thought that a night market delicacy would also boost the bicycle economy.
The main reason is that most places are too far away from the steel plant, and they want to go there earlier, so they actually have a bicycle.
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The steel mills are equally bustling.
Yesterday those people brought their wives here for a stroll, stopping here and there to shop and eat.
I feel like I'm back to the time when I was in love. I can say that being in love back then was not this comfortable.
The irritability caused by the weather these days seems to have eased.
Especially outsiders have a very high opinion of the Steel Plant Night Market.
As people working in the steel plant, they also feel proud of it.
"I told my childhood friend to come to the steel mill because he thought he could earn more money, but he refused and insisted on going to the hardware factory next door, saying it was closer to the county and would be easier to find a partner. But now he's here too."
"What's your childhood friend thinking? When it comes to finding things, who can compare to our steel mill? Now they're giving us housing and raising salaries. I think by the time our small building is renovated, the county center will have to move in."
"Was there still a need for that time? It's already here now."
"I was lucky back then. We recruited 50 people, but only 38 applied, and all of them got the job. Now, if we recruit 50 people, we'd have to have 5,000 people!"
"That's not great. If nothing else, the special window in our cafeteria is enough to shock them."
At noon, everyone returned to Shen Qingyue's place to eat.
Because Shen Qingyue also had to run a stall in the evening, the dishes she made were not very rich.
There are only six dishes: stewed chicken with potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, eggplant with sauce, egg custard, mapo tofu and stir-fried pork with chili peppers.
But these dishes are very popular and are everyone’s favorite after being served batch by batch.
Quack, goes well with rice.
For example, you can mix pickled eggplant, spicy tofu and the like with rice, put them into your mouth in big mouthfuls, and you can't stop eating.
What's more, they also serve sweet and sour pickled radish, which is crispy, refreshing and goes well with rice.
Chef Liu comes here to cook both chicken and fish.
He cooked various Kung Fu dishes in various ways all day long, but in the end, he was defeated by Shen Qingyue's home cooking.
They don't need to do anything, just serve the food and there will be people lining up.
There is also sour plum soup available at noon.
All I hear is praise for Shen Qingyue and the others. Who can stand this?
Two people in Chef Liu's team have already submitted their resignations. There are not many people in their team to begin with, and if someone leaves.
The rest of the people simply couldn't finish the work.
The reasons given by those who are leaving are very simple. Being a little tired here is not a big deal, but it is very painful to lose hope.
There is no sense of accomplishment.
Instead, he looked at Chef Li and others from Shen Qingyue's team with envy.
He was fired because he couldn't continue his job.
Who would have thought that things would change, and now they no longer have to take on the main responsibility, as someone else cooks the meals. They are only responsible for maintenance and steaming rice.
Now there is also the matter of setting up stalls.
I heard there's no shortage of buyers, just head to that station and start selling cool stuff.
They also wanted to go, but Chef Liu was in competition with the special window, so they were not sent.
But Chef Liu had no choice but to let them go, so he had to hire someone else.
Chef Liu used to find people to work in the steel factory, but now he feels like the food is tasteless and it would be a pity to throw it away.
It must be so uncomfortable for them to be hung in the air.
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As soon as it was four o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Qingyue went to the playground to arrange the venue. There were thirty or forty more stalls than before, and it seemed that all the stall owners in the county had come.
After I settled in, the bell rang.
Five o'clock is the time when most units get off work, which makes everyone feel excited and they have been waiting for this moment.
Sister Ying brought fifty large chilled watermelons.
A booth with kitchen knives and cutting boards. Start cutting one now.
As a result, the people at the steel plant didn't even wait to go home to change their clothes. As soon as they saw the watermelons, they started buying them.
"Give me one."
"I want three."
A whole watermelon is not cheap to buy, but a slice is still very economical.
They are all juicy watermelons, which are sweet and thirst-quenching in one bite. There is not much watermelon in a piece and it can be finished in just three or two bites.
But after eating the watermelon, I feel much more refreshed, but one piece is not enough.
I have to eat two or three slices to feel satisfied.
There are more than one or two people who think so.
At the beginning, there were honest people who bought watermelons one slice at a time.
At the back, you can buy it in batches of three or five pieces.
Those who came on their bikes from outside were stunned.
I thought we were the first group of people here, but why are they queuing up in such a long queue?
When they got closer to take a look, they were also excited.
Oh my god, it’s a watermelon!
Moreover, they knew the owner of the watermelon shop. Isn’t she the owner of a famous fruit shop in the county?
I heard that watermelons there are so hard to get that they can’t even get one. What day is it today? There are actually watermelons to eat. I’m so happy.
Come quickly and queue up to buy watermelon.
Everyone who arrives here at this time is so thirsty that their throats are smoking from pedaling their bicycles. All they need is a piece of watermelon to moisten their throats!
Sister Ying didn't expect so many people to come. Fortunately, she had a capable assistant by her side. The two of them cut watermelon while collecting money.
Cut open a ripe watermelon and the red soil looks delicious.
There is a long queue to buy watermelon.
Sister Ying even cut five pieces in a row, but still didn't get enough points, so she had to continue cutting the watermelon.
You know what, this watermelon is chilled and tastes very refreshing.
It's icy cold and tastes really delicious.
The person who bought the watermelon in front finished eating, wiped his hands, and threw the watermelon rind into the泔水袋.
All of this is kept and taken back to feed the pigs, so there is no waste. The road surface is also clean and tidy.
After finishing the meal and leaving, Sister Ying finally had time to breathe a sigh of relief.
This is just one variety, watermelon. If there were a few more, I would be too busy to handle it all.
After finishing the watermelons, I started to take inventory. Wow, I didn’t know how many there were until I took inventory. I was shocked to find that I brought fifty big watermelons when I came, but now there are only twenty-nine left.
There was not a single piece of the cut watermelon on the table.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were not many people around, Sister Ying continued to cut the watermelon.
Her watermelons are very famous. As soon as they are cut, the vendors nearby come over to buy watermelons.
Soon the second wave of people arrived, and Sister Ying was surrounded again.
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