There are many residential and office areas near the Haishi Library construction site, and the people who come here to spend money include not only workers but also residents and office workers.
The stall had barely been set up when the workers who had bought boxed meals yesterday gathered around it.
The more people there are, the more attractive the place becomes. In addition to the workers, nearby residents and office workers also gathered around to take a look. Those who originally planned to go out for a meal would take a boxed lunch with them after looking around.
Thirty-five boxed meals were sold out in forty minutes, a speed comparable to when they first started setting up a stall at the Zijing Garden construction site.
Xu An's stall was bustling with activity, attracting many people, but not everyone was interested in the boxed lunches. Some people, after looking at the boxed lunches at Xu An's stall, turned to look at the nearby snack stalls.
The boxed lunch stalls also boosted foot traffic in the area, and the other stall owners' initial resentment towards Xu An for taking away their business vanished instantly.
Sales at the Bauhinia Garden remained unchanged, with regular customers managing to sell out all twenty boxed meals. A couple of workers who came out later complained about how the meals had sold out so quickly, but not many.
Seeing that all sixty boxed meals had been sold out, and that the library construction site was still far from reaching its limit, Xu An felt a strong urge to increase the number of boxed meals.
Since we're already cooking it in two separate pots, adding another ten or twenty portions shouldn't be a problem.
Wang Qiang has been living a carefree life these days. He gets up at four in the morning to pick up goods, then finds a corner to lie down and play on his phone. After the cafeteria closes for the day, he can go and hang out with his cronies.
Because of what happened last time, Sister Wang is not so hostile to Wang Qiang and his cronies anymore, and occasionally Huaneng will reimburse Wang Qiang for expenses incurred during his outings.
These days it's getting hotter and hotter. No matter where you go outside, it's like an oven. Wang Qiang and his friends went to a KTV and booked a private room to enjoy the air conditioning.
There are fewer customers during the day, the private rooms are very cheap, and there's free lemon water, making it a great place for Wang Qiang and his friends.
"Have any of you eaten at Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant or Haoyoulai Fast Food Restaurant?" one of them asked during a break in the shuffling.
"I've eaten at Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant a few times, not for any other reason than because the owner is pretty and has a good figure, which makes me want to eat more."
"Looks like you don't know anything." The person who spoke clicked his tongue twice, looking as if he knew a shocking secret.
"What's wrong? Just say it directly, don't play these games of hiding things."
"I recently started dating someone from town. When I went to pick her up, I saw the owner of Jiajia Fast Food Restaurant and the owner of Haoyoulai Fast Food Restaurant." The man left his words unfinished, waiting for the crowd's reaction.
"No way, they're having an affair? Old Liu at Hao You Lai Fast Food Restaurant is a husband-and-wife team, and his wife works there too. How did they get together?" At this, the group immediately got excited, stopped playing cards, and kept pressing for more information.
"It's not what you're thinking. I saw them going to the same store to buy meat together."
"Tsk, all this secrecy, I thought you were going to tell me some earth-shattering gossip. Turns out it was just seeing the two of them going to buy goods, what's the big deal? There are only a few wholesale markets, it's not unusual to run into each other."
“If they were buying from the wholesale market, that would be one thing, but the shop they're buying from isn't legitimate.” The man gestured for them to come closer and lowered his voice, saying, “This shop sells expired food at low prices, which attracts many people to buy from there.”
"Holy crap, I've eaten at both of these places! Oh no, I'm worried I'll get sick from eating them."
"Didn't you see how many customers those two stores have every day? So many people have eaten there and nothing happened. It probably won't make anyone sick, it's just annoying."
"Forget it, now that I know, I won't eat at those two restaurants anymore. It's such a pity, I can't enjoy the restaurant while I eat there."
What was said in jest was taken to heart by Wang Qiang, who seemed to be engrossed in playing a game. He took their words to heart.
Wang Qiang disliked studying from a young age and preferred playing video games. He was caught skipping classes and jumping over the wall to go to internet cafes to play games many times, and after repeatedly failing to change his ways, he was expelled from school in the second semester of his first year of high school.
His father found him several jobs, but he was fired from all of them because he neglected his work while playing video games.
Later, Sister Wang couldn't stand it anymore and took him under her wing, putting him in charge of purchasing. With Sister Wang watching over him, Wang Qiang finally settled down.
Wang Qiang not only likes playing games, but he also likes spending money on them. He spends 268 or 648 yuan without batting an eye, spending all his salary on games.
After Sister Wang discovered this, she would take his salary every month and keep it for him, leaving him only 300 yuan for spending money.
With not enough money to spend, Wang Qiang began to have all sorts of crooked ideas.
For example, when buying pork, they only choose the cheapest ones, and the money saved is theirs; when selling vegetables, they ask the vendors for the wilted vegetables that weren't sold yesterday, saving another sum of money for their own little savings.
Other things, like seasonings, are the same; just buy whichever is cheapest, as long as it won't make you sick.
At this moment, he heard some people mentioning a cheap meat company that wouldn't harm anyone, and his little scheme began to take hold.
Why don't we go take a look?
Wang Qiang didn't ask the others if they knew the company's exact location. Since they knew it was in Qianhai Town, there weren't many markets there, only a few dozen shops. They could find it eventually by searching.
At my sister-in-law's home.
My aunt's mother-in-law must have been upset somewhere this morning. At the dinner table, she kept saying things like "a hen that can't lay eggs" and "standing in the toilet but not pooping," which really angered my aunt.
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