Chapter 65
"Boss, such a delicious soup, I feel embarrassed to drink it if you don't charge me."
"The food at Hezi Restaurant is already very cheap, and now the boss gives us soup for free. After drinking a bowl, I feel like I owe the boss a lot of money. How about you take the money, boss?"
Tan Xinru was confused. Shouldn't she be happy to have free soup? Why were so many people rushing to pay?
Doesn’t it taste good if it’s free?
Is it that everyone has too much money and nowhere to spend it?
Besides, isn’t it very common for restaurants to have free soup? In the past, soup was free when eating in the school cafeteria. You could get as much as you wanted. But there were too many people and not enough soup, so you often couldn’t get any.
Tan Xinru couldn't understand the world of the rich. Fortunately, the owner of the boxed lunch shop didn't listen to the diners' suggestions, otherwise she would have missed a bowl of soup. Although she didn't have high expectations for free soup in cafeterias and restaurants, she would rather have it for free.
The free soup in many canteens and restaurants is just plain water with a little bit of salt and a little bit of vegetables, and it tastes not much different from plain water.
Facing everyone's suggestions, Chen Kangle thought that the diners of Hezi Restaurant were a little cute. Compared with the publicity resources that everyone had worked hard to vote for Hezi Restaurant to get, the soup she treated the diners to was nothing.
And if it weren't for the diners' continued support, she would not have been able to pay off all her debts so quickly. Chen Kangle has always been grateful to these diners who supported her.
Boss: "I'll treat you to free soup today."
Diner: "Boss, we don't want free food, please charge us."
Tan Xinru found it a little funny that she always encountered strange things in her life.
As there was a free new dish, loofah and shrimp soup, the box restaurant was much busier than usual. Tan Xinru stood in line for fifteen minutes. There were still many customers in front of her. She hated queuing in the first place and was already getting impatient.
Tan Xinru was filled with regret. If she had known earlier, she would not have spent money so lavishly. Now she is in such a pitiful state, having to stand in line for such a long time just to buy a cheap box lunch.
"Oh my God! I will never spend money recklessly again!"
Tan Xinru's salary was not very high to begin with, and she loved to buy clothes and bags. Whenever she saw new styles, she couldn't help but buy them. She was also very generous and wanted to save face. She always paid for meals with friends, so she became a poor girl at the end of each month.
If she hadn't spent money without restraint, she might be eating steak and drinking wine in a cheap restaurant in the city now, instead of queuing up to buy cheap boxed lunches in the suburbs.
Looking at the line in front of her, Tan Xinru estimated that she might have to wait for about ten minutes. She really didn't want to queue at all. If she knew she would have to queue so long, she would not come no matter how cheap it was.
When her friend introduced Kangle Box Rice Restaurant to her, she only said that this box rice restaurant was cheap and delicious, but did not tell her that she would have to wait in line for a long time.
She herself had not expected that a box lunch restaurant in the suburbs would be so lively. Perhaps there were many poor people like her, and everyone came here to buy cheap box lunches.
Tan Xinru, who was feeling depressed while waiting in line, couldn't help but send a message to her friends to complain.
Tan Xinru: [Xiao Zhao, you are a liar, a big liar. You tricked me into coming here to line up. My legs are sore from standing there.]
Tan Xinru: [Why didn’t you tell this box lunch restaurant earlier that the queue would be long? I’ve been waiting in line for more than ten minutes. Is it worth it just for a box lunch?]
After receiving Tan Xinru's message, Shen Muzhao chuckled. She indeed forgot to tell Tan Xinru that she had to queue up to eat at the Box Restaurant. At that time, Tan Xinru complained to her that she had no money to eat and asked her if she knew where there was a cheap restaurant. Her first reaction was to think of the Kangle Box Restaurant, and then introduced the Kangle Box Restaurant to Tan Xinru.
Seeing Tan Xinru complaining about the long queue at Kangle Box Restaurant, she remembered that she also had to wait in line to the point of impatience when she first went to Kangle Box Restaurant.
Shen Muzhao: [It’s okay, just wait a little longer and you’ll be there. And I promise that after you eat your lunch box, you will definitely feel that it’s worth waiting in line. ]
Shen Muzhao still remembers the first time she ate Kangle lunch box. At that time, the first dish she ate was stir-fried pork intestines. The surprise of the fatty fragrance bursting in her mouth was unforgettable.
As he thought about it, Shen Muzhao also became greedy.
On the other side, Tan Xinru looked at the message sent by Shen Muzhao, thinking that it was worthless to queue for nearly thirty minutes for a box lunch.
She looked at the people queuing in front of her again. Although she was very impatient, she thought that they had been queuing for so long and if she left now, her time would be in vain, so she decided to stay and wait for a while.
I cursed in my heart while waiting in line.
"It's just a box lunch, why are so many people rushing to buy it?"
"If you don't have money, who would come here to queue up to buy lunch boxes?"
When she was unhappy, Tan Xinru complained to Shen Muzhao.
Tan Xinru: [When I have money, I will never come here to queue again. ]
Seeing Tan Xinru complaining non-stop, Shen Muzhao wanted to laugh. She could foresee that after eating the box lunch in a while, Tan Xinru would be slapped in the face.
Shen Muzhao: [Hahahahahaha, you will definitely take back what you said later. I recommend you the crispy pork and osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root from the Kanglehe Restaurant. You will definitely like it.]
The more he talked, the more greedy he became. Shen Muzhao also wanted to eat the Kangle lunch box.
Yesterday, she learned that the new dish, loofah and shrimp soup, would be available for free at the Kangle Box Restaurant. For her, the free dish was not the main point, but the new dish. She had planned to try the new dish at noon today, but she had to go out to eat with a client, so she couldn't try the new dish at the first time. Her friend was very lucky, as she could try the new dish for free at the first time she went to the Kangle Box Restaurant.
Chen Muzhao: [You are really lucky. Today, the Kangle Box Restaurant has free loofah and shrimp soup. This is a new dish. I, an old customer, have never tasted it. You actually tasted the new dish earlier than me. I am so angry, damn leader! ]
Shen Muzhao: [Tell me later what the loofah and shrimp soup tastes like. I want to drink it too, but I can only taste it in the afternoon. Poor me!]
After reading the message sent by Shen Muzhao, Tan Xinru couldn’t help but complain: “What’s so good about the free soup.”
Although she hasn't had it yet, she can imagine what the free soup will taste like. The loofah and shrimp soup may not even have any shrimp or only a little bit of it, and there may only be two pieces of loofah, and the taste may be a little saltier than boiled water.
After waiting for a while, it was finally Tan Xinru's turn.
Tan Xinru took a look at the dishes in the food display cabinet. The variety of dishes was quite rich, which gave her a good impression of the Hedian Restaurant. Moreover, each dish looked very tempting, and her favorability towards the Hedian Restaurant increased instantly.
“They all look pretty good.”
Because she was poor, Tan Xinru only ordered one meat and one vegetable, braised pork and lotus root with osmanthus and glutinous rice. The braised pork has more oil and is more filling.
The red-marinated braised pork and the glutinous rice lotus root with sweet-scented osmanthus made Tan Xinru's mouth secrete saliva, and she swallowed her saliva.
"Beauty, the Boxed Rice Restaurant has a promotion today. All customers who dine here can get a bowl of loofah and shrimp soup for free." Lin Huiling, who was in charge of serving meals, asked politely.
Today almost all the guests ordered the free loofah and shrimp soup, and two buckets of soup have been finished.
"Sure!" Although Tan Xinru was not very interested in the free soup, she would rather take advantage of free things.
Tan Xinru took the soup from Lin Huiling and walked quickly to find a seat. When she was waiting in line just now, she paid attention to the situation in the boxed lunch restaurant. The seats in the restaurant were full, so many customers chose to take the food home. Tan Xinru likes to eat hot meals, so she wants to sit in the restaurant to eat.
She noticed that there was a customer in the corner who was almost done eating and there was no one waiting for a table nearby, so she bought her lunch box and hurried over to the corner with the food.
As soon as she got there, the guests finished eating and stood up. Tan Xinru quickly put the food on the table. She admired her observation ability very much. Others were still waiting for a seat, but she had already found an empty seat quickly.
Tan Xinru sat down and took a closer look at the bowl of soup in front of her. This bowl of loofah and shrimp soup was different from the free soups she had had in the cafeteria and restaurants before. She originally thought that free soups were very perfunctory and would not contain too many ingredients.
Just like the free soup she usually drank in some restaurants, there were only a few vegetable leaves and one or two tiny pieces of meat in the bowl.
But the free bowl of soup in front of her was visibly filled with generous ingredients. At a glance, one could see several shrimp balls and countless loofahs. Tan Xinru's first reaction was: Is this bowl of soup really free?
The loofah and shrimp soup had a light and fresh fragrance, which was very tempting. Tan Xinru, who was thirsty, raised her mouth and took a sip. It was very sweet and smooth, and her dry throat was immediately moistened. Tan Xinru couldn't help but take another sip. It was sweet and delicious. The loofah in the soup was cooked very soft and melted in the mouth, and each shrimp ball was chewy and plump. You could tell that the shrimp ball was made of real fresh shrimp meat, and it tasted very fresh.
The freshness of the shrimp and the sweetness of the loofah make the whole bowl of soup taste extremely delicious.
"This is really what free soup should taste like!" she couldn't help but sigh again.
The free soup at the Kanglehe Restaurant is not only rich in ingredients, but also tastes first-rate. In the past, the free soup that Tan Xinru drank in restaurants and canteens was either too bland or too salty. The difference in taste was only due to whether there was too much or too little salt. It was not delicious at all.
The free soup at the Kangle Box Restaurant was sweet and delicious, so tasty that one could not stop drinking it. By the time Tan Xinru reacted, she had already finished all the soup in the bowl, without even a drop left.
"Is this soup really free to drink?"
After drinking, Tan Xinru also felt that she owed money to her boss.
The free soup tasted so good that Tan Xinru finally understood why the diners were vying to ask the boss to pay. It was indeed a bit embarrassing to drink such a sweet and delicious soup without spending any money.
After a bowl of soup, Tan Xinru felt refreshed. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating the lunch box, taking a bite of braised pork and a bite of rice, a bite of osmanthus glutinous rice and a bite of rice, and the more she ate, the happier she became.
After finishing the lunch box, Tan Xinru couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a lunch box that costs less than ten yuan!"
If no one told her, Tan Xinru would have thought she was eating food from a luxury hotel, and the taste was no less than that of a luxury hotel.
When Tan Xinru was slowly savoring it, she received a message from Shen Muzhao.
Shen Muzhao: [Have you finished your lunch? How do you think it tastes? Does it suit your taste? Also, is today's new dish, loofah and shrimp paste, delicious? ]
Bored Shen Muzhao estimated that Tan Xinru should have finished her lunch at this time, so she sent a message to ask.
Shen Muzhao: [After eating, do you feel that it was worth waiting in line for so long? ]
After eating the delicious box lunch, Tan Xinru was in an unusually good mood. She was happily typing on her mobile phone.
Tan Xinru: [It’s worth it! It’s worth it! It’s very worth it! ]
Tan Xinru: [Delicious! Delicious! Very delicious! The braised pork is very delicious, and the osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root is also very delicious. ]
Tan Xinru: [The free loofah and shrimp soup was so sweet and delicious that I felt like I owed my boss millions.]
Shen Muzhao couldn’t help laughing as he stared at the phone screen, “Hahahahaha, I knew it would be like this.”
She remembered that Tan Xinru had just said that when she had money, she would never queue up at the Kangle Box Restaurant again. Shen Muzhao deliberately asked her: [I wonder if you will not want to eat at a small box restaurant like ours when you have money. ]
Tan Xinru replied without hesitation: [No! No! Even if I become a billionaire, I will still come to the Kanglehe Restaurant for dinner.]
With such delicious lunch boxes, how could she not want to come? She wished she could come every day.
She suddenly felt that she was really lucky to have such a delicious and cheap lunch box at Kangle Lunch Box. In the future, she would not have to go to those expensive and mediocre restaurants to eat, and could directly come to Kangle Lunch Box Restaurant to eat.
In this way, she can save a lot of money on food every day, and maybe she can use the saved money to buy some nice clothes.
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On the other hand, Feng Yanqi was considering whether to come to the Kangle Box Hotel. He was also penniless at the end of the month. Because he had spent money on skins for playing games, he had already spent all his living expenses for this month. He only had the 30 yuan living allowance from the school on his meal card, which was barely enough for him to eat for a few days.
He originally planned to just eat at school for the next few days, and then go to the Kangle Box Restaurant to enjoy delicious food when he had living expenses next month.
What he didn't expect was that Kangle Box Restaurant actually launched a new dish - loofah and shrimp soup. The good news was that the new dish was free, but the bad news was that you had to come into the store and make a purchase to get the free loofah and shrimp soup.
But now he had to take out all the money he had on him to buy a box lunch. After searching for a long time, Feng Yanqi only found two yuan, which was only enough to buy a tea egg at a box lunch restaurant.
But if I only buy two dollars of tea eggs, can I get a free loofah and shrimp soup?
It seemed a bit too much to spend only two yuan to get a bowl of loofah and shrimp soup for free. However, Feng Yanqi really wanted to try the new dishes in Kangle lunch box.
After thinking it over again and again, Feng Yanqi decided to shamelessly go to Kangle Lunch to ask.
Feng Yanqi walked to the door of the Heyan Restaurant but was too embarrassed to ask, so he wandered at the door for a long time.
At this time, he saw two diners walking out of the lunch box restaurant happily.
"Today's new dish, the loofah and shrimp soup, is absolutely amazing, fresh and sweet. I love the loofah in it, it's soft and sweet. And the shrimp in it, you can really see the shrimp meat, it's firm and chewy."
“You can tell the shrimp paste is hand-made when you taste it. It absorbs the sweetness of the loofah in the soup and tastes fresh and sweet.”
Several more people came out of the lunch box restaurant one after another, all of them praising the new dish, loofah and shrimp soup.
This made Feng Yanqi want to drink even more.
In one go, Feng Yanqi walked directly into the Heyan Restaurant, walked up to Lin Huiling, and asked quietly, "Auntie, I want to ask, if I only buy a tea egg, can I get a free loofah and shrimp soup?"
"Yes, as long as you come into the store and make a purchase, you can get a free loofah and shrimp soup." Lin Huiling said seriously.
Chen Kangle told them that any customer who came into the store to consume could get a bowl of loofah and shrimp soup for free, no matter how much they spent.
"Thank you, Auntie!" Feng Yanqi was as happy as a child. He quickly ran to the back of the line to queue up.
At this time, Feng Yanqi was very moved, "Boss Chen is really a good boss."
If you buy a tea egg for two dollars, you can also get a free loofah and shrimp soup. The boss is really generous.
After waiting in line for twenty minutes, Feng Yanqi spent two yuan to buy a tea egg, and then received a free bowl of loofah and shrimp soup.
Instantly, the delicious aroma of shrimp paste filled Feng Yanqi's nose. He took two steps and raised the bowl to drink without caring about others.
The warm and fresh soup takes a sip, filling your entire mouth with sweetness. The soft loofah is full of soup, and the freshness and sweetness flow out with one bite.
“It’s really delicious, with just the right amount of saltiness and a sweet aftertaste.”
Feng Yanqi raised the bowl again and took a big sip. A shrimp paste entered his mouth along with the soup. He took a bite of the shrimp paste. The shrimp meat was tender and firm, with the delicious shrimp flavor and the sweetness of the loofah. The multi-layered fragrance was wonderful.
Feng Yanqi drank the whole bowl of soup quickly, one mouthful after another, and his mouth was full of delicious flavor.
At this moment, Feng Yanqi felt very happy, as if his soul was purified by the food.
The free new dish was very popular, and one bucket after another was sold out. In order to ensure that every diner who entered the restaurant could drink the free loofah and shrimp soup, Chen Kangle prepared a sufficient amount of loofah and shrimp soup.
Today, her good friend Tan Xinru kept praising her for how delicious the new dish, loofah and shrimp soup, was, which made Shen Muzhao feel itchy. She felt like she would not be able to sleep if she didn't drink the loofah and shrimp soup today.
Shen Muzhao was busy until eight o'clock in the evening before she arrived at the Kangle Box Restaurant. She sighed and said, "It's over. There may be no more loofah and shrimp soup."
The free new dishes must be very popular. She came so late, the loofah and shrimp soup might have been sold out.
Shen Muzhao felt a little sad when he thought that he might not be able to drink the loofah and shrimp soup.
Shen Muzhao walked into the box restaurant with a glimmer of hope, and she found that many people were asking like her if there was any loofah and shrimp soup.
"Auntie, is there any free loofah and shrimp soup now?"
Lin Huiling didn't expect that today's loofah and shrimp soup would be so popular. She couldn't count how many buckets of soup she had sold.
"Don't worry, there's still some loofah and shrimp soup. Boss Kang Le is busy preparing it for you in the kitchen."
When the diners heard that there was also loofah and shrimp soup, they became happy again.
"Thank you, Mr. Kangle. You have worked hard, Mr. Kangle."
"Our boss at Kangle is really kind and nice. He prepared so much free soup for the guests, so that everyone can taste the delicious loofah and shrimp soup."
Shen Muzhao was also touched that he could still drink loofah and shrimp soup even though he came so late. He originally thought that the number of free soups would be limited, first come first served, and there would be no soup for those who arrived late. Unexpectedly, Boss Kangle was still cooking free loofah and shrimp soup for them so late. It can be seen that Boss Kangle was really doing welfare activities, not just perfunctorily.
On this day, Chen Kangle was tired and happy. She was even happier when she thought that she could go traveling if she could open for one more day tomorrow.
If you go out for a trip, Kangle Box Restaurant will suspend business for five days. In order to prepare diners, Chen Kangle posted a dynamic in advance to tell everyone the news.
Kangle Lunch Box: [Due to personal matters, Kangle Lunch Box will be temporarily closed from Monday to Friday and will resume normal business on Saturday. 】
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