Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 235: Rich Ladies Find Comfort in Self-Reassurance


If you want to eat, just say so. Can you stop beating around the bush?

He Ziheng thinks that his sister-in-law's intelligence regarding food is at a kindergarten level. Only someone with that level of education asks others if something is tasty when they want to eat it.

But there's no choice, the sister-in-law is formidable, offending her is the same as offending his girlfriend.

He Ziheng reluctantly offers the spicy diced chicken with both hands, "I wasn't even able to ask if you've eaten yet. Sister Fang, if you haven't eaten, sit down and eat with us."

Gu Fang nodded in satisfaction and sat across from He Ziheng.

Seeing this, Liu Yuerong wasn't pleased, "Xiao Ziheng, inviting Xiao Fang but not me?"

He Ziheng took a deep breath quietly.

This scene feels a bit familiar, huh?

"Sister Liu, you sit too! It's been a while since we've met, of course we should eat together. I even ordered several dishes, it would be impossible to finish it by myself, hurry and sit down."

His heart ached, but his mouth still extended a warm invitation. Perhaps this is what it means to be a man!

Liu Yuerong snorted softly and sat next to Gu Fang in satisfaction, "Oh my, I feel like there's more chicken today than yesterday? And it looks tastier than yesterday too."

Indeed, it looked more tempting than yesterday's. Firstly, there was a golden brown fried skin on the chicken pieces today, and somehow, today's chicken seemed almost the same color as the chilies.

Liu Yuerong couldn't wait and picked up her chopsticks to grab a piece of chicken, eating it quickly.

"Crunch crunch..."

As she gently chewed, the crispy skin crumbled instantly, releasing juices from the chicken inside, with an unparalleled numbing and spicy flavor.

Hiss...

Even for a Sichuan girl, she turned red from the spiciness, the hotter it got, the more she couldn't stop, so she quickly grabbed another piece.

He Ziheng looked at Gu Fang and Liu Yuerong, thinking to himself how do they maintain their figure like this?

Xiao Auntie bought a full three pounds of beef, even though it cost quite a bit, every bite filled with spicy and flavorful beef made her feel it was worth the money!

After buying the beef and turning around, she saw her two yoga instructors sitting and eating, seemingly out of nowhere.

"What's going on here, Teacher Liu and Teacher Gu?" Xiao Auntie moved closer, taking out a homemade diet meal of chicken breast, broccoli, and corn from her bag, "I specially brought this for your diet!"

Looking at the two sisters, they were already sweating profusely and their faces were flushed from the spiciness, yet they kept devouring without any fear!

Liu Yuerong, catching her breath, "Nothing... nothing. We're also on a diet meal. See, this is chicken, it won't make you gain weight."

Xiao Auntie looked at the chicken in her box and then at the chicken on the table.

The chicken in her box appeared pale and unappetizing. The chicken pieces on the table were hidden among countless chilies, requiring chopsticks to sift through to find a piece or two, and each piece was stained a chili red, giving a visually crispy and tender sensation.

And paired with the sound of the sisters eating and smacking their lips.

Wow! Even Xiao Auntie thought, this must be very delicious.

After hearing Liu Yuerong's words, Xiao Auntie silently thought, why does it feel so reasonable? Everyone's eating chicken, hers doesn't cause weight gain, so surely someone else's wouldn't either!

The power of self-deception is strong.

Xiao Auntie decisively got up and ran to the food cart, "Boss, one order of spicy diced chicken!"

After placing her order and returning to the long table, Xiao Auntie saw Liu Yuerong and Gu Fang sharing a dish of boiled pork skin.

"Of course, you must know eating beef doesn't add fat, right?"

So Xiao Auntie ran back, "Boss, another order of boiled beef skin!"

Five seconds later.

"Boss, one more order of twice-cooked pork belly!"

Ten seconds later.

"One order of dandan noodles!"

Xiao Auntie, enjoying three dishes and a bowl of noodles by herself, watched as the rich sisters who had bought thin beef slices quickly followed suit.

Suddenly, the small alley was bustling with activity.

The long tables were full, but the sisters didn't mind, starting to eat right on the roadside, holding lunch boxes and chowing down.

"No worries, the spicy diced chicken is all chicken, eating chicken is fine."

"I haven't had carbs for half a month, eating one bowl of dandan noodles should be fine."

"Grilled steak is beef, boiled beef is beef too, of course, there's no problem, just eat!"

With rich sisters devouring food in the alley, passersby couldn't help but curiously look in.

To say the least, from a distance, this scene is quite impressive!

A group of women dressed in colorful sportswear, yoga pants, and cropped tops, and all coming from the gym, it's indeed an amazing sight from afar.

Many people figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to go in just to feast their eyes!

Noticing the crowd gradually heading their way.

Lu the Second, who came over to help, quickly captured the key point with his sharp business acumen, "Yingqiu, take a bowl to the alley entrance, start offering samples there! Then tell the customers to come inside if they want to buy!"

Lu Yingqiu hastily ran to the alley's entrance; after all, it's a busy market, and there are indeed a lot of people today!

People tend to follow the crowd when out shopping. If they see an empty alley, they're less likely to bother going in.

But if there's a crowd in the alley, they'll be curious.

The first batch of visitors who tasted the Lantern Shadow Beef samples offered by Lu Yingqiu all praised it and headed to Lu Fang to make purchases without hesitation.

Boss Lu listened to the cash register noises from the speaker, on the verge of tears.

"Alright! Alright! Who would've thought it didn't work yesterday, but it worked today!"

Lu the Second was equally thrilled, "Bro, don't say that. Do we still have beef left? We've sold half of it already!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

At this moment, Boss Lu was very grateful that he had followed Xiaochen's advice the previous night and bought another five hundred pounds of beef, working through the night to make semi-prepared products.

"Just that Xiaochen is also super busy, not sure if he has time to make the beef?"

Lu the Second rushed over to Chen Mo, "Xiaochen, can you make the Lantern Shadow Beef? They've already sold half of it over there."

Chen Mo was busy and was fortunate enough to have a cooling vest keeping him from sweating with the temperature set to 20°C.

After checking the time, he said, "Don't worry, Uncle, we'll start making beef at 1 PM sharp!"

At one o'clock, the business hours ended.

Chen Mo now has to go all out, crazily cooking the dishes to gain Experience Value!

Luckily, all the ingredients were prepared hours in advance, so cooking each dish didn't take much time.

Yet even with that, the queue in the alley gradually formed.

Among the crowd in line,

A person in a white athletic short-sleeve shirt, black sports pants, with slightly gray hair, squinted at the position of the food cart, mumbling to himself.

"The technique is good, very mature."

"The method... is an unfamiliar one."

"Business is so good, the taste must be excellent?"

The old man inhaled slowly, then exhaled a long breath.

"But it's such a hot day to be cooking in that suit, seems a bit pretentious, doesn't it?"

Lu the Second, busy delivering another bowl of beef for tasting, felt his heart bleed, realizing the samples alone would cost hundreds of yuan!

Stopping midway, Lu the Second suspiciously turned to look at the middle of the line.

The murmuring old man obviously noticed Lu Yongmin's actions, but only smiled back, shaking his head slightly.

Lu Yongmin squinted, nodding gently.

Nobody noticed their actions, yet within a brief moment, they had an unspoken exchange of understanding.

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