Chapter 1
Yaocheng Village is located in the Jiangdong New District of Hai City. High-rise buildings are rising around the village, including completed communities and those under construction.
Originally, Yaocheng Village was planned to be demolished, and the villagers were dreaming of getting rich overnight. However, the demolition plan was terminated and their dreams were shattered.
"Alas, the people in our neighboring Maiteng Village have moved into the residential complex, received relocation subsidies, and are living a luxurious life every day, but the people in our Yaocheng Village are still living a hard life in the village."
"We in Yaocheng Village are destined to be miserable. Just accept your fate."
Whenever the people of Yaocheng Village mention the demolition, they always look resentful and look at the towering skyscrapers around them with envy.
The people chatting saw a petite figure pushing an electric car. The girl was wearing a black T-shirt and dark blue jeans. Yang Chunxia recognized the girl as Chen Kangle at a glance.
She walked over quickly, "Lele, why are you pushing the electric bike?"
The girl, who was about 20 years old, stopped and looked up at Yang Chunxia. Her forehead was covered with sweat. She took a steady breath and said, "Aunt Axia, my electric bike is out of power."
Chen Kangle was visibly tired, but her face was full of smiles. Every time she saw Chen Kangle, Yang Chunxia felt particularly distressed. How could such a well-behaved girl have such a miserable life?
I have been an orphan since childhood and was raised by my grandparents. Just after I graduated from college, my grandfather fell seriously ill and was hospitalized. A lot of money was spent but his condition still could not be cured. After my grandfather passed away, I was heavily in debt.
He was burdened with a huge debt at a young age.
Yang Chunxia sighed and prepared to help Chen Kangle push the electric bike, "Auntie will help you push it."
"No need, Aunt Axia, we'll be home soon, I can push it myself."
Although Chen Kangle was indeed a little tired, she didn't want to trouble others.
"You take a rest, auntie will help you push." Yang Chunxia insisted on helping, so Chen Kangle had to let go and let her push.
Yang Chunxia took over Chen Kangle's electric bike and saw a large red plastic bag on it. After taking a closer look, she found that the plastic bag contained a disposable transparent lunch box.
"Le Le, why did you buy so many disposable lunch boxes?"
Chen Kangle did not hide anything and answered directly: "Aunt Axia, I am going to sell lunch boxes at the construction site."
Yang Chunxia was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say. She knew that Chen Kangle was short of money now, but it was a waste of talent for a college student to sell lunch boxes at a construction site. Besides, he couldn't make much money by selling lunch boxes, and it was hard work in the wind and sun.
After thinking for a while, Yang Chunxia said, "Lele, there is no rush for you to pay back my money. You can find a job first and pay it back slowly when you earn money."
Yang Chunxia is Chen Kangle's neighbor. When her grandfather was sick and needed money urgently, it was Yang Chunxia who took the initiative to lend her money. Chen Kangle is very grateful to her.
But in addition to Yang Chunxia's money, Chen Kangle still owed a lot of money. At that time, his grandfather was critically ill, and in order to raise enough medical expenses, Chen Kangle borrowed money from everywhere, including relatives and friends.
After calculation, the debt is about 200,000.
After her grandfather passed away, people came to collect debts one after another. At the end of this month, she needs to pay back 10,000 yuan to her college classmate because her college classmate's family has an emergency and needs money.
Where could she raise so much money in less than a month? Salaries in Shanghai were low, and Chen Kangle, who had just graduated before her grandfather got sick, found a job writing environmental assessments. During the internship, she earned 3,000 yuan a month, and after becoming a regular employee, she earned 4,500 yuan a month. This salary was not enough to pay off the debt.
Before, Chen Kangle suffered from insomnia every day because of the huge debt. She didn’t know how she could pay off the debt.
When she was worried, she was suddenly transported to another world and connected to the God of Cooking System. With the help of the God of Cooking System, Chen Kangle became a world-famous god chef in that world.
When he traveled back again, the system disappeared, but Chen Kangle had an additional skill, which was amazing cooking skills.
In another world, she can make a lot of money with her cooking skills, and she can do it in this world as well.
When Chen Kangle was ready to make her mark, she found that she had no funds to start a business.
Chen Kangle's house is a two-story building right next to the highway. Originally, Chen Kangle planned to open a restaurant on the first floor, but she had less than a thousand yuan left and had no money to open a restaurant.
After much thought, Chen Kangle decided to sell lunch boxes at the construction site first, and then open a restaurant when he earned enough money.
For this purpose, Chen Kangle went to the surrounding construction sites for inspection. There were two construction sites near Yaocheng Village, one in the south and one in the north.
There are two restaurants near the south construction site, and only one restaurant near the north construction site, and the restaurant is a bit far from the construction site, so Chen Kangle decided to go to the north construction site to sell boxed lunches.
Chen Kangle asked the workers at the construction site and found out that the workers finish work at noon at 12 o'clock and in the afternoon at 6:30.
After deciding to sell boxed lunches at the construction site, Chen Kangle went to the wholesale market to purchase transparent lunch boxes that day. Construction workers generally have large appetites, so she bought a 1500ml large-capacity four-compartment lunch box, with a 600ml compartment for rice and a 300ml compartment for vegetables.
I spent 180 yuan to buy 300 transparent lunch boxes, 8.5 yuan to buy 200 pairs of disposable chopsticks, 9 yuan to buy 200 transparent plastic bags, and 118 yuan to buy an insulated box.
Unexpectedly, on the way back from the wholesale market, the electric bike suddenly ran out of power. Chen Kangle had to push the cart home slowly. On the way, she met Aunt Axia for help. Aunt Axia persuaded her to find a job along the way, but Chen Kangle just nodded perfunctorily.
As we were talking, we arrived home.
"Thank you, Aunt Axia!" Chen Kangle took the electric car.
Looking at Chen Kangle's thin face, Yang Chunxia sighed again. Chen Kangle was usually well-behaved, but he had a very stubborn personality. She knew that she couldn't persuade Chen Kangle.
"Oh, can God be nicer to this girl!" Yang Chunxia often lamented that God was unfair. So many bad guys were enjoying a good life, but a good girl like Chen Kangle had to suffer so much.
Chen Kangle, who traveled back in time again, did not feel the hardship. Now she had good cooking skills and her life was full of hope. She believed that she could definitely pay off her debts and then live a good life with her grandmother.
He had to come up with 10,000 yuan by the end of the month, so without further ado, Chen Kangle decided to go to the construction site to sell lunch boxes the next day.
In order to save costs, Chen Kangle does not plan to buy ingredients outside for the time being, but instead uses the ingredients available at home.
Early the next morning, Chen Kangle went to the backyard and caught a big fat duck. She planned to make a cola duck.
"Grandma will help you kill the duck." Grandma Chen also got up early in the morning to help.
After her husband passed away, Grandma Chen had nothing else to ask for except that her granddaughter was healthy.
No matter what her granddaughter wants to do, she will support her and do her best to help her.
Grandma Chen was in good health and she grabbed the big fat duck and started to process it.
With grandma helping to deal with the ducks, Chen Kangle went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. There were many vegetables planted by grandma in the garden. Chen Kangle walked around and cut some leeks and picked some eggplants.
After coming back, I went to the backyard to pick up some eggs, planning to make scrambled eggs with leeks and braised eggplant.
Grandma Chen has already prepared the duck and cut the duck meat into small pieces. Chen Kangle is going to make cola duck first.
"Le Le, why don't grandma help you?" Grandma Chen's face was full of worry. Although Chen Kangle could cook at home, his cooking skills were not yet at the level where he could set up a stall.
"Grandma, I can do it." Chen Kangle picked up the spatula confidently.
Add water, cooking wine and ginger slices to the pot. After the water boils, pour in the duck meat and cook for a few minutes before removing from the pot.
Put the blanched duck meat into the hot pan and stir-fry over high heat.
Holding the pan handle in one hand and the spatula in the other, Chen Kangle skillfully stir-fried the duck meat at a fast and steady pace.
At this moment, Chen Kangle was like an experienced chef, and Grandma Chen looked at him in disbelief.
"Grandma, am I very awesome?" Chen Kangle turned around and said with a smile.
Ever since Grandpa fell ill, Grandma Chen rarely saw Chen Kangle smile.
"Well, our Lele is so awesome!" Grandma Chen is happy when her granddaughter is happy.
Fry the duck meat until the skin turns slightly yellow, add ginger, scallion knots, cooking wine and appropriate amount of salt, stir-fry over high heat for two minutes, pour in cola to cover the duck meat, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat, and finally remove from the heat when the sauce is reduced.
Next, Chen Kangle made scrambled eggs with leeks and braised eggplant.
After everything is ready, start packing the lunch boxes.
A box lunch, including two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, is priced at 14 yuan.
Today is the first day of selling lunch boxes, and she only prepared ten lunch boxes.
Chen Kangle put the lunch box in an insulated box and rode an electric bike to the construction site with the lunch box. It only took ten minutes from his home to the construction site. When he arrived at the site, it was exactly 11:55, and the workers had five minutes left before they would get off work.
Chen Kangle hung a self-made sign on the front of his electric bike, which read: [Lunch box with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, 14 yuan per portion, including cola duck, fried leek and egg, and braised eggplant.]
After placing everything, Chen Kangle looked at the gate of the construction site, waiting for the workers to appear.
This was the first time in Chen Kangle’s life that she set up a stall to sell boxed lunches, and she was a little nervous.
Just after twelve o'clock, workers began to come out one after another.
A small red electric car, an insulated box, a sign, and a thin girl.
As soon as the workers came out, they noticed Chen Kangle. Before, there were people setting up stalls to sell boxed lunches at the entrance of the construction site, but they usually drove tricycles in a very grand manner.
"This lunch box vendor is so shabby, there's not even a table."
"Why is a young girl selling lunch boxes? She looks so pitiful."
"Such a simple stall, you can tell at a glance that the food won't be tasty, it might even be worse than the food in our construction site cafeteria."
The workers walked by muttering to themselves, and no one stopped.
After five minutes, Chen Kangle had not sold a single lunch box.
Facing the gazes of the workers, Chen Kangle plucked up his courage and started shouting.
"Brother, do you want to buy a lunch box? Two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, including delicious cola duck, fried eggs with leeks, and braised eggplant."
Chen Kangle's voice was clear and pleasant. Zhao Hu stopped and took a look. The girl in front of the electric car was petite and fair, looking at him expectantly.
Zhao Hu thought of his daughter and felt pity for her. "What lunch box? Bring me one."
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