Starting from selling lunch boxes at the construction site

Chapter 14

"Come, come, let me introduce you, this is my younger brother Xu An. He is a good cook, and he came to our construction site to sell boxed lunches to benefit us.

A lunch box costs eight yuan a piece, three dishes and one soup. "

Uncle Dongliang didn't regard himself as an outsider, he came over and stood next to Xu An, and helped to greet him, just like the second boss at the booth.

As for Xu Heping, he took Xu Kang and Xu Le aside.There are too many people, you have to watch the children, who knows if there are bad people mixed in.

The workers brought by Uncle Dongliang did not hesitate after seeing the food, picked up a box and handed it to Xu An.

Perhaps Uncle Dongliang had told them in advance that all they handed over were eight yuan, and there was no change at all.

This wave of people didn't leave after buying their meals, and squatted down to eat after finding a shade under a tree.

Uncle Dongliang picked up a box of lunch and handed Xu An eight yuan after they had finished buying.

"Uncle, no need, this is what I treated you to."

"Brothers settle accounts clearly, business belongs to business. If you come to acquaintance, you won't be charged. You can still do this business." Without any explanation, he stuffed the money into Xu An's hands, took the lunch box and went to the shade of the tree, and talked with others The workers squatted together and started eating.

Xu An sorted out the leftover lunch boxes in the foam boxes, and there were only six boxes left. Uncle Dongliang sold 24 lunch boxes this time.

Xu Le bit his finger and looked sideways at Qiao Xingguo who was hesitant standing beside the tricycle, and suddenly broke free from Xu Heping's hand, and ran towards Qiao Xingguo in small steps.

"Uncle, are you hungry? Do you want to eat?" Xu Le tugged at the corner of Qiao Xingguo's clothes: "My brother's cooking is super delicious. Look at my belly, I'm full." .”

As Xu Le said, he wanted to lift up his clothes to show Qiao Xingguo her chubby stomach, but Xu An, who reacted in time, held him down, and gave Xu Le a look of "I'll settle the score with you later" .

Xu Le was immediately unconvinced, and argued with Xu An loudly: "The rice cooked by my brother is super delicious!"

This cry was soft, and it was more like acting like a baby than being angry.

The workers who had just bought box lunches and were feasting on it laughed out loud and gave the two of them a thumbs up.

"Yes, the box lunch is delicious."

Xu Le was very proud when his words were recognized, and looked at Xu An through his nostrils with his hips crossed and his head raised.

Not to be outdone, Xu Kang abruptly dragged Xu Heping to the gate of the construction site and shouted inside: "My brother is selling boxed lunches, super delicious boxed lunches."

Amid his shouts, several workers who were walking towards the canteen on the construction site turned their heads to look this way, as if they were aroused by interest, and walked this way after some discussion.

Smelling the smell of food in the air, looking at the big flickering eyes of the little girl beside him, he thought of his daughter in his hometown, who was about the same age as Xu Le.

Qiao Xingguo raised his right hand slowly, and picked up a boxed lunch with precision.

"Uncle, a lunch box is [-] yuan." Xu Le reminded at the right time.

Qiao Xingguo took out a ten-dollar card from his pocket and handed it to Xu Le, and asked softly, "Uncle gave you ten dollars, how much should you ask uncle for?"

Xu Le took the money and passed it directly to Xu An, and replied very seriously: "Uncle, I haven't gone to school yet, so I don't know how to count."

This sentence once again amused the people eating around.

The few people recruited by Xu Kang over there also walked to the door, looked at the people eating under the tree, and walked over to see what kind of food was in the box lunch.

The man didn't mind, he spread the lunch box openly so that they could see clearly.

Seeing the large meatloaf in the lunch box, the bright red eggplant soaked in soup, and the cabbage vermicelli glowing with tempting oil, several people swallowed a mouthful of saliva at the same time, scrambling to come Reach out to the tricycle and pick up a lunch box.

Amidst Xu Kang's solicitation in a childish voice, several groups of workers came one after another, ranging from one to two or three, and the remaining six were sold out.

Xu An packed up the tricycle, squatted under the shade of a tree with Xu Heping, and waited for Uncle Dongliang's feedback.

Qiao Xingguo squatted back under the tree with the lunch box, and first opened the lunch box containing rice. The rice inside was plump and soft, and there was the unique aroma of the wood-fired stove.

I poked the meatloaf with chopsticks, and the gravy leaked from the cracks of the meatloaf, exuding the fragrance of pork.

Pick up an eggplant, and the thick soup slowly slides down from the surface of the eggplant, almost dripping.

The last cabbage vermicelli doesn't need to be looked at carefully, it is very delicious and greasy, and it can also satisfy your hunger.

For the first time, Qiao Xingguo thought why his wife got off work so late and came so slowly.He swiftly put all the lids back on, and couldn't help but eat first after looking at it.

Uncle Dongliang also worked on the construction site for several years, and developed the habit of gobbling.This boxed meal with rice, vegetables and soup weighed almost three catties, and it was finished in two or three strokes. Finally, the tomato and egg drop soup was stuffed in one mouthful, and I burped for a long time.

This meal is really comfortable.

The brothers around Uncle Dongliang acted exactly like him, straightened their necks and burped comfortably.

I don't know how long it has been, but I finally had a decent meal.What I ate in the past was just to fill my stomach, which is not called eating at all.

Although they are migrant workers, everyone is still very qualified to pack the empty lunch boxes into bags and throw them into the trash can.

Someone squatted beside Xu An, took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, and handed two to Xu An and Xu Heping.

"Is it coming tomorrow? As long as your food is still at this level and at this price, I'll buy it when I see it."

"If you think it's delicious and want to eat it, I'll come back tomorrow."

"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's best to come every day, I can't stand the crap in the cafeteria for a long time."

At the same time, there are still large groups of workers coming out of the construction site.

Seeing Xu An's cardboard signboard on the tricycle, his eyes lit up. When he got closer, he saw that there were only two empty foam boxes. He was a little disappointed, and turned around and walked towards a row of restaurants across the road.

Qiao Guoxing's daughter-in-law is as strong as Qiao Guoxing, with a neat short haircut, she looks very heroic.

She walked out of the gate of the construction site, glanced left and right, saw Qiao Guoxing, strode up to him, took off her helmet and sat down.

"If I didn't see you in the cafeteria, I knew that you were out to open a small stove. What kind of dishes are there in the lunch boxes I bought today."

Qiao Guoxing looked at his daughter-in-law and smiled, and lined up three lunch boxes in front of her.

"Meatloaf nest egg, minced meat eggplant, cabbage vermicelli, big white rice, and tomato egg drop soup." He said and held the soup high above his head: "Look at this soup, there are real tomatoes and eggs in it." Flowers are not like those who wash pots with water."

Qiao Guoxing's daughter-in-law looked at the few boxes of meals in front of her with a pained look on her face.

"Today, the foreman will give you a salary increase or a bonus. How much does it cost to buy so much food?"

"Guess how much?"

"Look at this dish, at least ten yuan."

"Then you are wrong, such a box lunch is only [-] yuan. This is made by Xu Dongliang's younger brother in the next-door work team. Look over there, Xu Dongliang has just finished eating."

Qiao Guoxing's daughter-in-law looked in the direction of Qiao Guoxing's finger. She had seen this man several times on the construction site, but she didn't know his name.

"That shouldn't be wrong. He wouldn't dare to come out and recognize this younger brother if he was cheating. Otherwise, his younger brother would run away, and his older brother wouldn't be able to escape while working at this construction site."

As he said that, he tore open the chopsticks, took a large piece of meatloaf and served it with a mouthful of rice, and his eyes narrowed in comfort.

"Ah, this is the normal way to eat. It's like feeding pigs with noodle toppings every day."

Afterwards, the two of them scraped off the lunch box with one mouthful, and the two of them were still a little bit unsatisfied after eating.

"There are quite a lot of dishes, but the rice is a little less. It would be nice to have more lunch boxes."

"Be content, think about the Jiajia fast food restaurant across the street, a chicken drumstick with some vegetables and a box of rice, you dare to ask for [-] yuan."

Uncle Dongliang stretched his waist, walked to Xu An's side and patted him on the shoulder: "It's pretty good, keep it up, uncle will give you a head."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Dongliang." Xu An took out a cigarette and handed it to Uncle Dongliang.

Uncle Dongliang took the cigarette and slapped Xu An on the back of the head: "When did you learn to smoke, and who did you learn from? If you're good, why don't you learn this?"

"Isn't this business? How can we start a conversation without a pack of cigarettes?"

"Yes, you can do it, kid."

(End of this chapter)