Chapter 4
Yang Zhentian is in charge of building walls at the construction site. The project is being rushed recently and the workers have been working overtime every day. Even when it is time to get off work, they are still moving bricks.
The cell phone in his pocket kept ringing. Yang Zhentian took off his dirty gloves, took out his cell phone and took a look. When he saw that Zhao Hu said the girl selling lunch boxes was at the entrance of the construction site, he instantly smiled.
As a real man, Yang Zhentian keeps his word. He quickly replied to Zhao Hu.
Yang Zhentian: [Brother Hu, ask the lunch girl to reserve five lunch boxes for us. We will go get them when we are done.]
Yang Zhentian looked at his brothers who were working next to him, and each of them had a sad face.
"Brothers, work hard and finish this work. Brother Tian will take you to eat delicious food later." Yang Zhentian shouted, hoping to excite his brothers.
However, everyone was not excited at all, and just replied in a dull tone: "Yeah."
They work hard day and night, and every day they see gray cement bricks and repetitive work. They are so tired that they can't even straighten their backs at the end of the day. Life is just boring work for them, and they can only be happy for a while when they get their salary every month.
Most of them have no requirements for food. The only request is to be full. Only when they are full can they have the strength to continue doing hard labor.
On the other side, Zhao Hu received Yang Zhentian's message and quickly returned. He said with a kind smile, "Boss, can you help me save five lunch boxes? I have a few co-workers who are still working. I will come and get them later."
Five more lunch boxes were sold at once. Today's business had a good start. Chen Kangle showed a smile that he couldn't hide. "Okay, what kind of lunch box do they want?"
"Wait a moment, I'll go ask them first." Zhao Hu quickly sent another message to Yang Zhentian.
Zhao Hu: [Brother Tian, there are two kinds of lunch boxes here. One has cola duck, braised eggplant and fried eggs with chives, and the other has stewed chicken with potatoes, steamed egg custard and garlic water spinach. Which one do you want? ]
Having already had cola duck for lunch, Yang Zhentian was ready to try the potato stewed chicken. He asked others, but they still replied in a deadpan tone, "Whatever!"
Yang Zhentian thought about it and decided to order two servings of stewed chicken with potatoes and three servings of cola duck.
"Boss, leave two servings of stewed chicken with potatoes and three servings of cola duck for them." As he said that, Zhao Hu took out his mobile phone and scanned the code to pay 70 yuan.
Chen Kangle picked out two lunch boxes of stewed potatoes and chicken and three lunch boxes of cola duck and put them next to the incubator. "Just tell me when they come."
With the five reserved portions and one for Zhao Hu, Chen Kangle has sold six lunch boxes. Now there are fourteen lunch boxes left, seven of stewed potatoes and chicken and seven of cola duck.
After Zhao Hu left, Chen Kangle successfully sold two more boxes of cola duck lunches thanks to his hard work.
Chen Kangle glanced at the time. It was just past 12:15 and she had already sold eight lunch boxes, leaving twelve.
Chen Kangle thought that there would probably be a few returning customers in a while, so if she kept shouting, she should be able to sell out all the lunch boxes today.
After a while, a few repeat customers came.
"Boss, your lunch boxes are really amazing. I had your cola duck at noon, and I'm still craving for it."
"Little girl, you are so young, I didn't expect you to be such a good cook."
Most of the returning customers chose to buy the new dish, stewed potatoes and chicken lunch boxes. In less than a short while, three more stewed potatoes and chicken lunch boxes were sold.
At 12:20, Yao Chu and his friends came running over in a hurry.
"Boss, give us five box lunches." Yao Chu was out of breath so hard that he could hardly speak.
They finished work late at noon today and the restaurant was too crowded. They were too lazy to queue up, so they bought Chen Kangle's lunch box for convenience.
I didn't have much expectation for the roadside lunch boxes, but I was pleasantly surprised by the results.
Especially the cola duck, the sweetness of cola and the freshness of duck meat are perfectly matched together, and the taste is wonderful.
The cola duck lunch box was unanimously praised by everyone, and Yao Chu and his friends immediately decided to have this lunch box for dinner.
As a result, they finished work late again in the afternoon. Yao Chu and his colleagues were worried that the lunch boxes would be sold out if they finished work late, so they ran all the way to the construction site gate as soon as they finished work.
Yao Chu was the fastest runner, and the other four followed suit, each of them panting heavily.
"Luckily I made it in time. I was so scared. I thought you were gone."
"It's all that damn foreman's fault. He always finishes work so late. Boss, do you have any Coke Duck lunch boxes? I want one."
"Boss, how many lunch boxes are left? I got here first, so give me one first."
The five older boys were panting. Chen Kangle found the scene a little funny. "We still have lunch boxes. Don't worry."
Chen Kangle took out two different lunch boxes, "There are two kinds of lunch boxes, which one do you want?"
Everyone had eaten the Cola Duck lunch box at noon, so they chose the new potato stewed chicken lunch box.
Zhang Yijun had never eaten this lunch box at noon, but he followed Yao Chu and others and heard that this lunch box was super delicious, so he came over. Seeing that others chose the potato stewed chicken lunch box, he also chose the potato stewed chicken lunch box.
"All five of us want the potato stewed chicken lunch box."
Chen Kangle looked at the remaining lunch boxes in the thermal box, four servings of stewed chicken with potatoes and five servings of cola duck.
"There are only four boxes of stewed potatoes and chicken left." Chen Kangle didn't want to miss any opportunity to sell boxes, so he suggested: "Our cola duck box lunch is also delicious. You can each order a cola duck box lunch."
Yao Chu pointed at Zhang Yijun and said, "Xiaojun, why don't you take the Coke duck lunch box. The four of us have already eaten the Coke duck lunch box at noon. If you haven't eaten it, you can try it. It's really delicious."
There is not much difference between chicken and duck meat for Zhang Yajun. "Okay, I'll take the Coke duck."
In this way, Chen Kangle sold four more potato stewed chicken lunch boxes and one cola duck lunch box, and now there are only four cola duck lunch boxes left.
The later it got, the harder it was to sell the lunch boxes. Chen Kangle stood there shouting for five minutes but didn't sell a single one, so she had to stop and drink some water to moisten her throat.
Just after drinking the water, Yang Zhentian came over with four brothers.
"Boss, my friend just ordered five box lunches for us from you."
"Yes, that's right." Chen Kangle quickly took out five reserved lunch boxes from the incubator, "These are your lunch boxes, two lunch boxes of stewed potatoes and chicken and three lunch boxes of cola duck."
Yang Zhentian took a lunch box of stewed potatoes and chicken for himself, and then handed the remaining four to his brothers.
Everyone took the lunch boxes with expressionless faces, exhausted. They just wanted to eat quickly to fill their stomachs and then go back to work, otherwise they would have to work overtime until late at night.
Gu Youbang looked around and whispered to Yang Zhentian, "Brother Tian, why doesn't this lunch stand have a table or chair? Where are we going to sit and eat?"
Chen Kangle's stall only had an electric car, which was so simple that Yang Zhentian wanted to complain, but because the lunch boxes were so delicious, he resisted the urge to complain.
"There's a staircase over there. Let's go sit over there and eat." Yang Zhentian said, pointing to the concrete steps on the left side of the electric car.
They have to go back to work after dinner, so they don’t have time to go back to the dormitory to eat. There is too much dust in the construction site, so it is better to sit outside and eat.
Working is tiring already, and now we can’t even eat comfortably. Gu Youbang muttered: “If we had known earlier, we might as well have gone to the canteen on the construction site to eat.”
Yang Zhentian laughed, "Xiao Bang, don't jump to conclusions. You won't say that after you eat this lunch."
As he said that, Yang Zhentian took his lunch box and walked towards the stairs.
The others didn't say anything else. They just wanted to fill their stomachs quickly, so they followed him out of the stairs.
Gu Youbang followed him, holding a lunch box of stewed potatoes and chicken. He was extremely hungry and opened the lunch box as soon as he sat down. The lunch box was very full and the portion was very generous. The first thing he noticed was the stewed potatoes and chicken in the lunch box. There was a lot of chicken and only a few pieces of potatoes.
Chicken stewed with potatoes is a very common home-cooked dish. It is also available in construction site canteens, but the chicken stewed with potatoes in construction site canteens usually only has a few pieces of chicken, and most of the ingredients are potato cubes, as if a few small pieces of chicken accidentally fell into the fried potatoes.
Gu Youbang instantly took a liking to this potato stewed chicken dish filled with chicken. He picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth.
The chicken was tender, juicy, and full of flavor, and was extremely satisfying to eat. Gu Youbang picked up another piece of chicken and put it in his mouth. It was no exaggeration to say that this chicken was ten thousand times more delicious than the one in the construction site canteen.
The chicken in the construction site canteen was tough and fishy, and didn't taste good at all.
The chicken in this lunch box is not dry or fishy at all, and is extremely tender and fresh.
Chen Kangle is particular about how he processes chicken. Most people blanch the chicken in water to remove the fishy smell, but the blanched chicken will become tough and taste terrible.
Chen Kangle has a method to remove the fishy smell of chicken. Soak the chicken in cold water to remove the blood, and then rinse it clean. This method is better than blanching and can also keep the chicken fresh and tender.
After eating the chicken, Gu Youbang picked up the remaining potato cubes. The potatoes were very soft and had a delicate texture. The potatoes, which had absorbed the chicken juice, had a fresh fragrance mixed with a fresh aroma.
"Friends, this potato stewed with chicken is delicious. The chicken is super fragrant, and even the potatoes inside are delicious." Gu Youbang couldn't help but praise.
Wang Qianshun had a cola duck lunch box. "My cola duck was also delicious, sweet and fragrant. The braised eggplant was also very delicious. I like the soft texture."
Yang Zhentian was eating steamed egg custard in big mouthfuls. "It's amazing, it's really amazing! This steamed egg custard is super delicious, smooth and tender, and melts in your mouth."
Five grown men were standing on the stairs eating their boxed lunches with relish. People passing by couldn't help but stop and take a few more glances.
"What are they eating? They look so delicious. I want to eat it too."
"They seem to be eating boxed lunches, the same ones sold at the electric bike shop."
"Why don't we sell one to try? It's only 14 yuan a piece, so even if it doesn't taste good, we won't lose money."
"I want to buy one too! Boss, give me a box lunch."
In an instant, several people gathered in front of Chen Kangle's electric car.
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