Chapter 8
Grandma Chen looked worried, but she didn't know how to help Chen Kangle.
"Le Le, it's okay. Maybe the rain will stop soon." Grandma Chen could only say comfortingly.
Chen Kangle thought the same. It was raining so hard outside that she couldn't go out. When the rain got lighter, she could open an umbrella and go out to sell as many products as possible to minimize the loss.
But the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, with no sign of slowing down.
Chen Kangle opened the weather forecast again and took a look. The forecast showed that it would rain heavily from 12 noon to 8 pm.
Weather forecasts are all lies. The rain will definitely stop soon, Chen Kangle prayed silently.
"Le Le, give your aunt another box lunch. Your uncle also wants to eat." Yang Chunxia now wished that her family had dozens of people so that she could help Chen Kangle get rid of these box lunches.
Suddenly, Yang Chunxia had an idea and ran back to find Chen Guangrong, "Old Chen, can you ask your co-workers if they want to have boxed lunches?"
"Le Le can't set up the stall on a rainy day. Ask your coworkers if they want lunch boxes. I can drive over to deliver them."
Chen Guangrong works at a nearby used car market. Today he is on leave at home because he has a cold.
"Okay, I'll ask them in the group. It's raining heavily today and they probably can't go out to buy food." Chen Guangrong felt that Chen Kangle was a bit pitiful and wanted to help her.
Their company has a group, and Chen Guangrong sent a message to his co-workers in the group.
Chen Guangrong: [Friends, have you had lunch? ]
Chen Guangrong: [If you haven’t eaten yet, I recommend a delicious box lunch for you. My neighbor made it. It’s really delicious. It’s 14 yuan for two meat dishes and one vegetable dish.]
Chen Guangrong: [We have cola duck, chicken stewed with potatoes, and braised pig's trotters. If any of you want one, my wife can deliver it to you.]
Normally, the employees of their used car market would go to the community restaurant across the street to have lunch, but today it was raining heavily and everyone was in the company and couldn't go out to eat.
"You'll definitely get soaked if you go out in this weather. Let's wait until the rain stops before going to buy food."
"How about we send a representative to buy food, sacrificing one person for the benefit of all of us."
"It's you. You sacrifice yourself and go out to buy us food."
"You have a bigger head, so go ahead, big head, no worries when it rains!"
When everyone was discussing who to send out to buy food, they saw the message sent by Chen Guangrong in the group.
"Brother Rong asked if you guys want lunch boxes. He can bring them over for us."
"It's the lunch box made by his neighbor. I wonder if it tastes good?"
Then, someone asked in the group.
Hu Gang: [Brother Rong, is this lunch box you mentioned delicious? ]
Chen Guangrong was extremely active and was always checking the group messages.
Chen Guangrong replied confidently: [It’s delicious. It’s super delicious. If it’s not delicious, I’ll cut off my head and let you sit on it.]
Yang Chunxia kept urging: "Do any of your coworkers want to buy it?"
"Don't worry, we are still chatting. Someone will definitely want to buy it." Chen Guangrong knows his co-workers. They definitely don't want to go out in the rain to buy food. They will be very happy if someone brings food to them.
Chen Guangrong really knows his co-workers very well. They really don’t want to go out on rainy days.
"Do you guys want one? I want one. I don't care if it tastes good or not. The restaurants in the neighborhood aren't good either. Now just don't let me go out."
"I want one too. I don't want to go out in the heavy rain. I just want to have a meal. I won't be picky."
All of a sudden, everyone started ordering lunch boxes in the group.
Yan Junshan: [Brother Rong, I want a cola duck lunch box. I like duck meat.]
Wu Dahai: [I want braised pork trotters, Brother Rong. If it doesn’t taste good, I will scold you.]
Fang Liting: [A serving of chicken stewed with potatoes. Brother Rong, can you please send it over quickly? We are almost fainting from hunger.]
As the orders kept increasing, Chen Guangrong was particularly excited, "Wife, the lunch box orders are here!"
Yang Chunxia instantly perked up, "How many are there?"
"Let me count." Chen Guangrong stared at the screen of his mobile phone and counted the portions one by one. "There are five portions of braised pork trotters, three portions of stewed chicken with potatoes, and two portions of cola duck, a total of ten portions."
After confirming the quantity, Yang Chunxia immediately ran to tell Chen Kangle the good news.
"Le Le, I want ten boxed lunches. Your uncle's co-worker ordered ten boxed lunches. Five are braised pork trotters, three are stewed chicken and potatoes, and two are cola duck."
Chen Kangle smiled at the unexpected good news, "Thank you, auntie. I'll pack a lunch right away."
Chen Kangle took out ten lunch boxes from the thermal box and packed them. Yang Chunxia's family had a van, and the two of them put the ten lunch boxes in the van.
Originally, Yang Chunxia was planning to drive to deliver the lunch boxes herself, but Chen Kangle rushed to do it, "Aunt, I can drive, I'll deliver it."
Yang Chunxia helped her sell ten lunch boxes, and she was already very grateful. Chen Kangle didn't want to trouble Yang Chunxia any more.
Yang Chunxia: "Okay, then drive carefully."
It was raining heavily outside, so Chen Kangle drove as slowly as possible. The second-hand car market was not far away, and it only took a few minutes to drive there.
When they arrived at the used car market, Chen Kangle called the number Yang Chunxia left for her, and after a while a tall man came over and took the lunch box away.
When I drove back home, it was still raining heavily.
Chen Kangle took another look at the lunch boxes in the thermal box. He had just delivered ten to the used car market, and with the two bought by Yang Chunxia, a total of twelve were sold, leaving twenty-eight.
When Chen Kangle was thinking about how to deal with these lunch boxes, a message popped up on his phone.
The message that popped up in the WeChat payment assistant was a message from a customer.
Customer name: Yang Zhentian.
Customer message: Beautiful boss, I’m a worker at the construction site. I want to buy lunch boxes. Can you add me on WeChat? 178****0561.
Seeing that someone wanted to buy a box lunch, Chen Kangle immediately added the other person’s WeChat. The other person quickly accepted the friend request and sent a message.
Yang Zhentian: [Beautiful boss, it’s raining so you didn’t come to the construction site? Do you have a box lunch today? ]
Chen Kangle quickly replied: [Yes, there is a new lunch box today, which is braised pork trotters, stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots, and cold-mixed black fungus. ]
A lot of lunch boxes of braised pork trotters were prepared today. Chen Kangle knew that old customers would definitely like the new dishes, so he took the initiative to recommend them.
Yang Zhentian asked the brothers next to him, and they all unanimously chose the new dish lunch box.
Yang Zhentian: [Then we want five servings of braised pork trotters. Send me your location and I’ll drive over to get them.]
After ordering the lunch boxes, Yang Zhentian felt much more cheerful.
Now the thing they look forward to most every day is to eat lunch boxes after get off work. Today, when it was almost time to get off work, it suddenly rained heavily.
Chen Kangle probably wouldn't set up his stall on a rainy day, so Yang Zhentian sent a message to the security guard at the entrance of the construction site and confirmed that Chen Kangle did not come today.
But they really wanted to eat Chen Kangle’s boxed lunches. Ever since they had eaten Chen Kangle’s boxed lunches, they were no longer interested in food outside.
Yang Zhentian felt that Chen Kangle might have prepared lunch boxes today, but it was raining so he couldn't set up the stall.
He regretted not adding Chen Kangle’s WeChat, otherwise he could have asked Chen Kangle.
Yang Zhentian suddenly thought of an idea. He found the payment record of the lunch box and left a message to the recipient, hoping that Chen Kangle could see his message.
Chen Kangle quickly added him on WeChat. Knowing that there were boxed lunches today and that they were boxed lunches with new dishes, Yang Zhentian was very happy and immediately ordered five boxed lunches of braised pork trotters.
After receiving the location sent by Chen Kangle, he drove the construction site truck to Chen Kangle's home.
Chen Kangle had already packed five lunch boxes of braised pork trotters. When Yang Zhentian took the lunch boxes, he saw that there were still some lunch boxes in the thermal box.
It is not easy for the little girl to do business, and Yang Zhentian suddenly wanted to help her.
"Beautiful boss, can I take a picture of the lunch box? I want to post it in the group and ask if anyone wants to buy it."
Chen Kangle smiled and said, "I have a photo of the lunch box. I'll send it to you on WeChat."
When packing the lunch boxes just now, Chen Kangle took a few photos of each lunch box. She originally wanted to use them to promote them on WeChat Moments.
Chen Kangle quickly sent the photo of the lunch box to Yang Zhentian, and Yang Zhentian immediately forwarded the photo of the lunch box to the group.
Yang Zhentian: [Friends, I'm buying lunch boxes outside. If any of you want any, I can bring them back for you.]
Yang Zhentian: [There are three kinds of lunch boxes, braised pork trotter lunch box, potato stewed chicken lunch box and cola duck lunch box. You can take a look at the photos I posted, they are delicious and have large portions.]
Because it was raining heavily outside, many workers were trapped at the construction site and couldn't get out, and everyone was hungry.
Seeing the photos of lunch boxes posted by Yang Zhentian, with the rosy braised pork trotters, the shiny and delicious braised eggplants, and the refreshing cold-mixed black fungus, everyone became even hungrier.
In a short while, Yang Zhentian received thirteen orders for boxed lunches.
Chen Kangle packed the lunch boxes carefully and then put them on the truck.
Yang Zhentian bought a total of 18 lunch boxes from Chen Kangle, but there were still some lunch boxes left in the thermal box. It was still raining heavily outside, so he definitely couldn't set up the stall today. These remaining lunch boxes probably couldn't be sold.
"Oh!" Yang Zhentian sighed. It is really not easy to set up a stall to do business. As long as it rains, everything will be ruined.
Yang Zhentian glanced at Chen Kangle's house. Chen Kangle's house was right next to the highway. The area was neither too big nor too small, and it was quite suitable for opening a restaurant.
"Beautiful boss, you can open a box rice restaurant at home. This way you don't have to work so hard to set up a stall outside every day, and you don't have to worry about rainy days every day." Yang Zhentian suggested.
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