"You're so busy right now, Linlin, tell me honestly, how much money have you actually made? Tell me quietly." He Qian asked with a gossipy look.
"I could earn enough to support my family, but my mom doesn't give me any allowance anymore. Sigh, I feel like I'm working myself to the bone, but no money is coming into my pocket."
At 4:30, He Wenjun and He Jian helped with the packing, and He Qian lent a hand.
At five o'clock, He Wenlin finished cooking the last batch of scrambled eggs.
She washed the pot and quickly stir-fried the shredded potatoes and fish that He Hui had ordered.
Both pots were started simultaneously, and by 5:10, everything was in place.
My younger brother and Xiao Jian are still a little short.
He Wenlin was even faster, and in no time at all, she had finished packing everything!
Eighty portions in total!
With Zhou Libo's tricycle, He Wenlin and her brother have much more convenience.
There were many people today, so I arrived five minutes later than usual.
When He Wenlin arrived, there were already quite a few people standing at the spot where she used to set up her stall.
"They're here! They're here!" someone shouted excitedly.
"I thought you weren't coming today," said the uncle from He Wenlin's hometown who had been a regular customer. "We almost left."
"I made a lot today, so I was a few minutes late. If I made it too early, I was afraid people would eat it cold, so I was keeping a tight schedule. Unless it rains heavily, I will definitely come to set up my stall in the afternoon from now on."
"That's good. It's not easy to find a place to buy fast food. If you don't sell to us, we'll be eating noodles again. I'm about to throw up. Take five boxes of vegetables, no rice."
"You can skip the rice?" another young man next to him exclaimed in surprise.
"No rice, 2.8 yuan, uncle, these five boxes are 14 yuan in total."
"Give me a box."
Give me two boxes.
...
Their little stall was surrounded by a huge crowd.
He Wenlin and her brother were like emotionless machines, taking money and giving change.
Even as the boxed meals dwindled, customers still crowded around the restaurant.
He Wenlin shouted, "Those of you in the back, stop queuing! There aren't any left, only ten boxes left!"
"Give it to me, give it to me."
"I want two portions, give them to me."
"Linlin, save three portions for me!"
...
Everyone was afraid of missing out, so they pushed and shoved forward.
Some people simply take it themselves and decide what to do first.
At 5:45, all 80 servings were sold out!
Only five servings of rice were left.
The Li brothers were very unlucky; they couldn't buy any!
"Linlin, why didn't you make more? Are there any left in the dorm?" Li Haifei asked.
"Exactly, why don't you do more?"
"I couldn't buy any at noon today, and I still couldn't buy any tonight."
He Wenlin quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect everyone to like it so much. I didn't estimate the portion size correctly. I'll definitely make more tomorrow. I'm sorry everyone. Brother Li, why don't you three come to my house to eat? I left extra food for my parents today. It's okay, we're all family anyway."
The three brothers were too embarrassed to actually go to He Wenlin's house for a meal.
I went to the convenience store and bought three boxes of instant noodles back to my dorm, planning to just eat some.
"Why are you three eating instant noodles today?" He Hui asked, sweating profusely as he ate.
"Linlin's business is booming, we're buying from her too," Li Haifei said.
"Then you guys shouldn't eat instant noodles, eat with me. The portions are generous, the two of us can't finish it all," He Hui generously invited.
The hot and sour shredded potatoes and braised fish were especially good with rice, and the portions were generous. He Wenlin also gave them some smashed cucumber, which the two of them couldn't possibly finish.
Seeing that they still had a lot of food left, the three Li brothers didn't stand on ceremony. They didn't even bother to make noodles, opened their lunchboxes, and sat down to eat with them.
Seeing this, Mr. He generously used clean chopsticks to pick up some food and put it on a plate for them to eat.
"Thank you, Uncle. I must say, Linlin's cooking is excellent."
“From now on, we won’t bother queuing up to buy it anymore. We’ll just have her reserve three portions for us to keep at home,” Li Haibing said.
"These chilies are so flavorful! So fragrant! So satisfying!" Li Haifei quickly shoveled rice into his mouth. The stir-fried fish with chilies was really delicious!
Even without fish, they can easily finish a bowl of rice just from this chili pepper!
After He Wenlin closed her stall, she went to the convenience store and bought four cans of iced cola. She and her siblings, as well as He Qian and her siblings, each got one can.
A sip of ice-cold cola, so refreshing!
I bought another watermelon weighing five pounds, which cost eleven yuan.
I also spent five yuan to buy a pack of Baisha cigarettes, which I planned to give to Zhou Libo that night, since I couldn't just use his tricycle for free.
When I got back to the dormitory, everyone had already gone to work.
He Wenlin gave He Qian and her brother a can of Coke each. As usual, she put the watermelon in water to soak, and would cut it up and eat it when her parents came home in the evening.
He Wenlin cooked another pot of rice.
"You cook?" He Qian looked at her in shock.
"I'm planning to sell some late-night snacks tonight."
I left five boxes of rice unsold this afternoon. They're not refrigerated, so they'll definitely spoil by tomorrow.
Wastefulness is not He Wenlin's style.
She plans to make fried rice with eggs and sell it as a late-night snack at the gate of her mother's factory. She doesn't want to sell too much, just about twenty boxes. Her mother's factory has more than 160 people, so twenty boxes shouldn't be a problem.
At 6:30, the rice was cooked, and He Wenlin quickly scooped it out and spread it out to cool and dry, so that it could be used to make fried rice at 9:30 pm.
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