Chapter 7
Since setting up a stall to sell boxed lunches, the first thing Chen Kangle does every morning when he wakes up is to check the weather forecast.
Setting up a stall is greatly affected by the weather. If it rains, the stall cannot be opened. In order to reduce losses, Chen Kangle always looks at the weather forecast before deciding whether to go to the market to purchase ingredients for the day.
Chen Kangle hopes that it won’t rain in the next month. She is in urgent need of money now, and rain will delay her progress in making money.
Today, Chen Kangle took out his phone to check the weather forecast as soon as he got up. The weather forecast showed that it would rain heavily from 2pm to 8pm. Chen Kangle sighed, which meant that he could not set up the stall in the afternoon.
But if it doesn't rain at noon, he can still set up the stall. Chen Kangle decided to purchase the ingredients needed for lunch today.
Chen Kangle just went out and looked up to see the gray sky.
"Le Le, why don't you take a day off today? There are dark clouds in the sky and it might rain." Grandma Chen looked up at the sky.
There were a few dark clouds floating in the sky, and Chen Kangle was a little worried, but if he didn't set up the stall all day today, he would lose a lot of money.
Her goal is to earn 10,000 yuan by the end of the month. Time waits for no one. Chen Kangle believes in the weather forecast. "The weather forecast says it will rain in the afternoon. I want to go sell at noon."
Grandma Chen looked at the sky, feeling a little uneasy, but she believed in Chen Kangle, so she could only pray silently in her heart: "God, please, for the sake of our Lele's hard work, can it rain a little later?"
After a while, the dark clouds gradually dispersed. Chen Kangle breathed a sigh of relief and rode his electric bike to the vegetable market to buy ingredients.
Today I’m going to make three new dishes: braised pork trotters, stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots, and cold-mixed black fungus.
Chen Kangle first went to buy the most important pig's trotters. He wanted to buy the front trotters, which have more tendons and less bones, and a better texture and taste. The back trotters have large bones and less tendons, and are harder to chew.
After choosing the pig's trotters, Chen Kangle bought some lean meat to make stir-fried meat with sour bamboo shoots.
After buying all the ingredients, Chen Kangle walked out of the market and looked up at the sky again. Although there was no sun, there were no dark clouds, and there was no sign of rain at the moment.
Everything was normal. Chen Kangle rode his electric bike home and started preparing today's lunch.
Today Chen Kangle plans to prepare 10 lunch boxes of cola duck, 10 lunch boxes of stewed chicken with potatoes, and 20 lunch boxes of braised pork trotters.
Braised pork trotters is a new dish and will definitely be popular, so prepare more.
Braised pork trotters take a long time to cook, so Chen Kangle plans to make the braised pork trotters first.
When you buy the pig's trotters, the stall owner has already chopped them into small pieces. First, soak them with water to remove the blood, put them in a pot with cold water, add onions, ginger, and cooking wine, and boil them over high heat. After the water boils, remove the foam on the surface and use a colander to scoop out the water.
Next, use rock sugar to make sugar color, put the blanched pig's trotters into the sugar color, stir-fry quickly until the trotters are evenly colored, add seasonings, onions, ginger and various spices, stir-fry over high heat to bring out the aroma, then pour water to cover the pig's trotters, and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes.
While stewing the pig's trotters, Chen Kangle took the time to make other dishes, stir-fried meat with sour bamboo shoots and cold-mixed black fungus.
After stewing the pig's trotters on low heat for 40 minutes, add the peanuts and continue stewing on medium heat for 25 minutes.
During this time, Chen Kangle also made scrambled eggs with leeks and water spinach with garlic, and steamed egg custard.
After cooking the pig's trotters on medium heat for 25 minutes, make sure they are soft and tasty, then cook on high heat until the sauce is reduced and serve.
The aroma of pig's trotters filled the entire kitchen, and even Chen Kangle couldn't help swallowing.
Yang Chunxia next door also smelled the fragrance of pig's trotters. She sniffed and said, "What a nice smell. Is Lele cooking something delicious again?"
"You have a dog's nose and can smell everything." Chen Guangrong complained.
Today he had a cold and a stuffy nose, so he couldn't smell anything.
"A dog's nose is better than your cement nose. Just say less if you have a cold." Yang Chunxia hit back.
Yang Chunxia and Chen Guangrong usually like to bicker with each other, and neither of them would give in.
"No, it smells too good! I want to go to Lele's house and buy some to eat." Yang Chunxia was tickled by the smell, she turned to Chen Guangrong and said, "Do you want to eat it?"
"No, I'll just have some porridge later." Chen Guangrong, who had a cold, had no appetite at all and just wanted to eat something light.
"Okay! Then I'll eat by myself." Yang Chunxia didn't stay for a second, stood up and walked towards Chen Kangle's house.
As soon as she walked into the door, Yang Chunxia shouted towards the kitchen: "Le Le, what are you doing? It smells so good!"
Chen Kangle was packing a lunch box. "Aunt Axia, I made braised pork trotters. Do you want to eat it?"
As he spoke, he took out a lunch box of braised pork trotters and handed it to Yang Chunxia.
Yang Chunxia took a look at the braised pork trotters in the lunch box. The bright red and shiny pig's trotters looked very tempting.
There are also stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots and cold-mixed black fungus on the side, which are both new dishes.
Yang Chunxia was holding a lunch box in her hand, and her stomach was already agitated. "Okay, I'll give you a 14 yuan red envelope later."
"No need, Aunt Axia, this is for you." Yang Chunxia often helped her when she was in trouble, and she was very grateful.
Yang Chunxia frowned and said solemnly: "Le Le, I'm not saying anything bad about you. You are a businessman now. Don't give away things for free all the time. Give me one today and give someone else one tomorrow. How can you make money like this!"
"Businessmen should act like businessmen and must accept money." Yang Chunxia took out her mobile phone and sent a 14 yuan red envelope to Chen Kangle. "Auntie has already sent a red envelope, remember to accept it. If you don't accept it, Auntie will be embarrassed to come over for dinner in the future."
Yang Chunxia said it very seriously, so Chen Kangle had to agree: "Okay, I'll collect it when I'm done."
Originally, Yang Chunxia wanted to stay and help Chen Kangle pack the lunch box, but Chen Kangle said that she had almost packed it and there was no need for help, so Yang Chunxia went home with the delicious lunch box.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Chen Guangrong drinking white porridge with nothing in it. Yang Chunxia felt a little sorry for her husband, so she said generously: "Your white porridge looks tasteless, how about I get you some braised pig's trotters?"
"No, just eat it yourself." Chen Guangrong, who was feeling uncomfortable, didn't even raise his head and continued to stir the porridge in the bowl with a spoon. The porridge was indeed not delicious, but everything he ate now had no taste. At least the porridge was easy to swallow.
Chen Guangrong scooped up another spoonful of porridge and put it into his mouth, but it tasted tasteless.
Yang Chunxia sat opposite Chen Guangrong with a lunch box. As soon as she sat down, she couldn't wait to open the lunch box. The rich aroma hit her face.
"It smells so good!" Yang Chunxia picked up a small piece of pig's trotter with chopsticks and took a big bite. The first thing she felt was the elasticity of the rubber band. After savoring it carefully, she found it was full of collagen and it melted in her mouth with just a sip.
It is soft, chewy and not greasy at all.
Yang Chunxia immediately picked up another piece and pulled it lightly to remove the bones, revealing layers of thick rubber bands. She took a bite and felt the sticky gelatin and the perfect texture.
The rich meaty aroma filled Yang Chunxia's mouth, and it was so delicious that she didn't care about her image at all and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Chen Guangrong stared at Yang Chunxia. Yang Chunxia ate the meat in big mouthfuls, which made him greedy.
Even though he had a cold and a stuffy nose, he could still smell an enchanting fragrance, and the more he smelled it, the more he craves it.
The shiny and oily pig's trotters looked very appetizing, and Chen Guangrong felt his appetite instantly whetted.
Without saying a word, Chen Guangrong picked up a piece of pig's trotter from Yang Chunxia's lunch box. He took a bite and found the trotter to be sticky but not mushy, and chewy. His mouth was full of the aroma of the sauce, which became more fragrant the more he chewed.
"Damn! This pig's trotter is so delicious. I didn't expect Kang Le's cooking skills are so good."
Chen Guangrong, who originally had no appetite due to a cold, now had a great appetite. He couldn't wait to pick up another piece of pig's trotter.
Yang Chunxia, who was enjoying her meal, got anxious and asked, "Why did you steal my pig's trotter?"
Chen Guangrong said as he ate: "What's yours and what's mine between husband and wife? Yours is mine, and mine is yours."
As he spoke, Chen Guangrong picked up another piece of pig's trotter and put it into his mouth.
Yang Chunxia also quickly picked up a piece and put it into her mouth, fearing that Chen Guangrong would eat it all. They took a piece and soon finished the pig's trotter.
Chen Guangrong looked at the stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots next to him and picked up a piece to eat. "This stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots is also delicious. The lean meat is very tender, and the special aroma of the sour bamboo shoots makes it delicious."
Yang Chunxia likes black fungus, so she ate cold black fungus. "It's delicious. The black fungus is crispy and tastes sour and sweet. It's very appetizing."
The two of them ate happily and soon finished a box lunch.
The two of them ate one box lunch, which was not enough to fill them up. Chen Guangrong looked unsatisfied and said, "Wife, go get another one from Kang Le."
Yang Chunxia was not full either. "Wait a minute, Lele should not have left yet. I'll go buy another one."
Just as she was about to stand up, it started to rain heavily outside.
"Damn! Why is it raining?" Yang Chunxia looked at the heavy rain outside, "How is Lele going to set up a stall to sell lunch boxes in such heavy rain?"
Yang Chunxia hurried to find Chen Kangle.
On the other side, Chen Kangle had just put 39 lunch boxes neatly into an insulated box and was preparing to ride his bike to the construction site to sell the lunch boxes.
As a result, it suddenly rained heavily outside, and Chen Kangle's mood suddenly fell to the bottom.
It turns out that weather forecasts are all lies. Chen Kangle looked at the 39 lunch boxes in the thermal box. He couldn't go out to sell the lunch boxes because it was raining. What should he do with these lunch boxes?
"Damn it, why does the rain fall at this time instead of earlier or later? It's really crazy!" Yang Chunxia walked into Chen Kangle's house cursing.
Yang Chunxia got even angrier when she saw the lunch boxes in the insulated box, and she yelled at the outside world: "God is so blind, he always likes to make things difficult for us poor people! Damn it, I advise you to be more sensible and stop raining immediately!"
After a while, Yang Chunxia calmed down and comforted Chen Kangle: "Le Le, don't worry, maybe the rain will stop after a while."
Chen Kangle looked outside and felt that the rain might not stop for a while. He then looked at the lunch boxes in the insulated box. If these lunch boxes could not be sold, he would lose a lot of money.
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