After dealing with this wave of panic buying in a flurry, there were no more instances of such a large group of people rushing to buy.
Of the people walking out of the construction site, two or three out of ten choose Xu An's stall.
Some were regulars who had eaten at Xu An's food stall a couple of days ago; some were attracted by the coworkers eating their food nearby and bought one to try; and some were lured out by the aroma of the food that Qiao Xingguo and his wife were eating in the canteen yesterday.
Uncle Dongliang arrived half an hour later than the previous two days. When he came out, there were only three boxed lunches left on Xu An's stall.
"How many boxed lunches did you bring today? There are only a few left so quickly." Xu Dongliang thought he hadn't arrived late, but he didn't expect there to be so few left.
"Fifty servings." Xu An teased Xu Dongliang, "You're a little late today. Some of the workers went across the street to buy food, otherwise there wouldn't be a single box left by the time you came out now."
"You've got guts! You've only been here three days and you're already making so many boxed meals. Aren't you worried about not being able to sell them?"
Xu An chuckled: "Isn't this the courage my coworkers gave me?"
“I think fifty portions is about right. Although there are some people on the construction site who are willing to spend money, there are many more who are not. If you make any more, I’m afraid you won’t be able to sell them all,” Xu Dongliang reminded Xu An when he saw that Xu An seemed to want to increase the portion size.
Xu Dongliang also came from a rural area, so he knew that the cost of such a boxed meal was not low. If four or five boxes could not be sold, then half of the profit would be gone.
"Understood." Xu An nodded in agreement.
Fifty boxed meals is about the limit for him to make alone. If he wants to increase the number of boxed meals, he would need to hire someone to help, which would further reduce his profits. The current situation does not allow him to do that.
Qiao Guoxing walked happily to the cafeteria with his lunchbox. His wife had already prepared her lunch and was sitting at the table waiting for him. He handed his lunchbox to his wife, then quickly went to the food shelf, grabbed a bowl, and started queuing.
Although Xu An arrived a little late today, causing a slight delay, Qiao Guoxing still managed to get his food before the peak queuing period.
He had just finished getting his food when he turned around and found that the table where his wife was sitting was surrounded by people.
"Sister-in-law, open it and let us see what's in the dishes today. Let us smell it so we can have something to eat with our rice."
"Yes, it smells so good even through the box, imagine how incredibly fragrant it must be once the lid is open."
"Sister-in-law, don't be so stingy. It's just a look and a sniff. It won't cost you a piece of meat."
"Go away, go away. If you want to see or smell it, go buy one yourself. Tie it around your neck and smell it all day and no one will care."
Qiao Guoxing pushed everyone aside, cursing, and sat down at the dining table.
After a chorus of boos, some people left, while the rest remained unmoved, waiting for them to lift the lid.
Qiao Guoxing's wife deftly lifted the lids of the three lunchboxes, and the aroma of braised food immediately filled the canteen.
Having long coveted this braised pork, Qiao Guoxing picked up his chopsticks and quickly grabbed a piece, putting it in his mouth. As he ate, he commented, "This braised pork is quite good today, substantial enough. Eating it gives you the feeling of eating big chunks of meat and drinking heartily."
Qiao Guoxing's wife also picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth. After chewing it a couple of times, she couldn't help but sigh, "Braised pork is good, but I prefer the boiled pork slices from yesterday. They were fragrant, fresh, salty, and spicy, just to my liking."
A few people standing nearby, enjoying the aroma of the braised pork, shoveled down several large mouthfuls of noodles.
Eating noodles with this flavor gives me the feeling of eating meat.
After eating the noodles, their stomachs were full, but their hearts were hungry; they were craving meat.
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