Chapter 3
"Yes! Yes!"
Chen Kangle quickly got out of the car and greeted the guests, "How many servings do you want?"
Yao Chu and his team finished work late at noon today and originally planned to go to a restaurant for lunch. But when they arrived at the restaurant, they found that there were too many people and they were too lazy to queue up. After discussing it, they decided to buy lunch boxes on the roadside.
"We want four servings!" Yao Chu hurried over and said breathlessly.
Chen Kangle calmly packed four lunch boxes and handed them to Yao Chu, "Thank you, this is your lunch box, I wish you a pleasant meal."
From her voice, you can tell that Chen Kangle is very happy. Now there is only one box lunch left in the thermal box, and she plans to take it home to eat.
On the first day of setting up the stall, nine out of ten lunch boxes were sold. Chen Kangle was very satisfied and rode his electric bike home happily.
When I rode to the corner of the intersection, I saw a girl squatting on the side of the road wiping her tears, with a lunch box spilled on the ground next to her.
The girl looked very sad. Chen Kangle stopped to think for a moment, then got out of the car and took out the remaining lunch box from the incubator. He walked up to the girl and handed her the lunch box. "This lunch box is for you."
The girl raised her head and looked at Chen Kangle with red eyes. She was stunned for a while before she said, "Thank you, but no, I can't take your lunch box."
Chen Kangle: "It's okay, this lunch box is what I left over from selling, I can give it to you for free."
Having said that, Chen Kangle put the lunch box directly into the girl's hand, then rode away quickly without giving the girl a chance to refuse.
She hopes her lunch boxes can bring more smiles to the girl's face.
Ever since Chen Kangle left the house, Grandma Chen has been standing at the door waiting.
When Chen Kangle still hadn't returned by 12:30, she began to get a little anxious, worried that Chen Kangle would be sad because business was not good.
Chen Kangle only brought ten lunch boxes in total. Why hasn't he come back in such a long time? Grandma Chen is getting more and more anxious.
She had even thought about how to comfort her granddaughter for a while.
"It's okay. It's normal that sales are not good on the first day."
"The dishes our Lele cooks are so delicious, if they don't buy them, it means they don't know what they are doing."
At first, when Chen Kangle said she wanted to set up a stall to sell boxed lunches, Grandma Chen was unhappy, but she would support her granddaughter no matter what she wanted to do.
But just an hour ago, she changed her mind because she ate the dishes made by Chen Kangle. The dishes were so delicious that if she hadn't seen them with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that they were made by her granddaughter.
The sweet and fresh cola duck, the tender and fragrant scrambled eggs with leeks, and the soft and fragrant braised eggplant, each one is delicious.
Chen Kangle said that she learned it by watching cooking videos on the Internet. Grandma Chen always thought that her granddaughter was very smart and learned things quickly.
At this time, neighbor Yang Chunxia also came to Chen Kangle's house.
"Grandma Lele, Lele hasn't come back yet?"
Grandma Chen looked worried, "He hasn't come back yet. I wonder if it's because the lunch boxes are not selling well."
Yang Chunxia: "How could such delicious lunch boxes not be sold? It must have been delayed by other things."
Yang Chunxia was very excited. Chen Kangle sent her a plate of braised eggplant at noon today. The soft and rotten eggplant was wrapped in rich sauce and was especially delicious with rice.
At first, she didn’t know that Chen Kangle was such a good cook. After eating Chen Kangle’s braised eggplant, she thought that Chen Kangle’s lunch boxes would definitely sell well.
Although she knew that the lunch boxes made by Chen Kangle were delicious, Grandma Chen was still very worried. After all, today was his first time setting up the stall, and none of the workers on the construction site knew that Chen Kangle's lunch boxes were delicious, so not everyone would buy them.
Yang Chunxia felt that Grandma Chen's worry was justified, so she turned around and comforted Grandma Chen, "It's okay if you can't sell it. I can help Lele sell it."
Yang Chunxia has already thought about it. If Chen Kangle’s lunch boxes cannot be sold, she can buy the remaining lunch boxes from Chen Kangle and give them to her husband’s co-workers.
While they were worried, Chen Kangle came back riding an electric bike.
"LeLe is back."
Grandma Chen immediately went up to her. She did not ask about the sales of the lunch boxes, but asked her granddaughter if she was tired.
Yang Chunxia also went forward and her eyes immediately locked on the thermal box on the electric bike. The box was covered, so she couldn't see how many lunch boxes were left inside.
But Chen Kangle came back so late, which meant that the sales were not good. If the sales were not good on the first day, he would definitely feel very frustrated.
Yang Chunxia said, "Lele, it's normal that you can't sell out on the first day. There are still a few left. Auntie can buy all of them and give them to your uncle's co-workers. Your lunch boxes are so delicious, they will definitely come to you again after eating them. Delicious lunch boxes will definitely sell well."
Yang Chunxia hopes she can help Chen Kangle. This girl has had a really hard life.
"Aunt Axia, the lunch boxes are sold out." The sales from his first stall exceeded his expectations, and Chen Kangle was all smiles.
Yang Chunxia: “Sold out?”
Chen Kangle: "I sold nine and gave one to someone else."
Hearing that the lunch boxes were sold out, Grandma Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "Our Lele is awesome!"
Yang Chunxia was also happy, "I knew that our Lele lunch boxes are so delicious that they will definitely sell well. They should sell even better in the afternoon. You can bring more to sell."
Chen Kangle thought so too. She sold nine boxes at noon, so there would be at least nine returning customers in the afternoon. She firmly believed that after eating her lunch boxes, customers would definitely want to eat them again.
These repeat customers may bring in some new customers, and if there are more customers, they will also attract other passers-by to come and consume.
Chen Kangle is now full of motivation because the lunch box sales are good.
She had already made plans and was going to bring twenty lunch boxes to the construction site in the afternoon.
In order to avoid having repeat customers eat the same boxed lunches for lunch and dinner, Chen Kangle decided to prepare some new dishes in the afternoon.
Chen Kangle went to her grandmother's vegetable garden again. She picked some water spinach and prepared to make a dish of water spinach with garlic.
"Le Le, grandma will help you pick the water spinach." Grandma Chen couldn't sit still at all. She picked up the water spinach and prepared to help pick it.
Originally, Chen Kangle didn't want her grandmother to work so hard. She thought it was okay for her to work a little hard at such a young age. When she made money, she could hire workers to help her, and then she wouldn't have to work so hard.
But grandma insisted on helping, saying that she was bored sitting idle, so Chen Kangle had to ask her to help with some easy work, such as picking and washing vegetables.
Under the guidance of Chen Kangle, Grandma Chen was picking water spinach carefully. In the past, she would pick water spinach randomly into small sections.
But Chen Kangle taught her that when picking water spinach, the leaves and stems should be separated. The leaves of water spinach are easy to cook, while the stems are not, so they will be put into the pan separately when frying.
While grandma was washing the vegetables, Chen Kangle chopped the garlic and put it in a small bowl. The garlic needed to be left for a few minutes to allow the allicin to be released.
Pour cooking oil into a hot pan, add chopped garlic, fry the garlic oil, then add a small amount of chili and stir-fry until fragrant. First add the water spinach stems and stir-fry over high heat. When they are 70% cooked, add the water spinach leaves. Finally, add appropriate amount of salt and boiling water, stir-fry quickly and evenly for 2-3 minutes before serving.
In addition to garlic water spinach, Chen Kangle also plans to make stewed chicken with potatoes and steamed egg custard.
Ten lunch boxes include cola duck, braised eggplant and scrambled eggs with leeks, and ten lunch boxes include stewed chicken with potatoes, steamed egg custard and water spinach with garlic.
After preparing twenty lunch boxes, Chen Kangle set out for the construction site at 6:15 pm. When he arrived at the site, it was exactly 6:25 pm and the workers were about to get off work.
Chen Kangle hung a sign with the dishes and prices on the front of the electric car, then took out two lunch boxes and put them on the trunk of the electric car, ready to start selling.
Just after half past six, workers began to walk out of the construction site gate one after another.
Someone recognized Chen Kangle and asked, "Why is this lunch box girl here again? I felt like she didn't sell many lunch boxes this afternoon. I thought she wouldn't come again."
"Alas, the little girl looks quite pitiful. It's not easy to sell lunch boxes at our construction site. Those who set up stalls to sell lunch boxes before couldn't last for a few days."
Many people just took a look and walked past.
Zhao Hu was the most active one after get off work today. He put down his tools at 6:30, packed up and prepared to go home. His mind was full of the delicious lunch box.
Zhao Hu rushed to the gate of the construction site as soon as possible. On the way, he kept praying: "I hope the girl selling lunch boxes is at the door. I hope the girl selling lunch boxes is at the door."
He was really worried that the little girl would not come because the lunch box sales were not good.
Perhaps God heard his prayers, because as soon as he walked out of the construction site gate, he saw Chen Kangle and ran over happily, "Little girl, you're here!"
"Your lunch boxes are delicious. Give me another one." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Hu very consciously scanned the code and paid 14 yuan.
Seeing a familiar face, Chen Kangle smiled slightly, "Well, we have two different lunch boxes. One is the same as today's lunch, and the other has stewed chicken with potatoes, steamed egg custard, and garlic water spinach."
Chen Kangle took out two different lunch boxes and showed them to Zhao Hu, "Take a look, which one do you want?"
"I want the stewed potatoes with chicken." Zhao Hu chose the stewed potatoes with chicken without hesitation because he wanted to eat something different from what he had at noon.
After taking the lunch box from Chen Kangle, Zhao Hu immediately sent a message to Yang Zhentian.
Zhao Hu: [Brother Tian, the lunch-selling girl is here again. Didn't you say at noon that if the girl came over, you would bring your brothers to show your support?]
Zhao Hu: [Hurry up and bring your brothers over. If the lunch sales are not good again, the girl may not come tomorrow.]
Zhao Hu: [Come here quickly! Bring more brothers with you! ]
Zhao Hu kept urging Yang Zhentian. He had just taken a look at the lunch boxes in the thermal box. The number of lunch boxes seemed to have doubled from that at noon. He began to worry about the sales of the lunch boxes again.
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