Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 456 - 387: Seeking Love · Part 3

"Bro, what’s this?"

Chen Mo remembered, "I’ll write..."

Forget it, with a vocational school graduation, the handwriting might not be so neat. Chen Mo decided to go outside and write today’s street food on the blackboard himself.

[Potato Pancakes: 2 Yuan/each]

This is a low-cost small business, and it doesn’t require much skill. It’s the kind of snack that aims for low cost and high volume, and 2 yuan is just right.

"These are potato pancakes, haven’t you seen them before?" Chen Mo was a bit surprised.

Dongyang has such a big night market, if Sun Jianhong really went to investigate, how could he not know about this?

"Potato pancakes? Haha, really haven’t seen them, are they tasty?" Sun Jianhong asked curiously.

"They’re alright."

The shredded potatoes were spread evenly inside the rectangular black pan, forming a layer about two centimeters thick. As the temperature of the oil increased, the sizzling of the potato shreds filled the air, releasing a strong potato aroma in no time.

It was a bit like stir-fried shredded potatoes without seasoning, the smell was simple yet fragrant.

"But bro."

Chen Mo said, "Don’t call me that, it’s weird. My name is Chen Mo."

Sun Jianhong leaned on the counter with a playful smile, "Brother Mo! I mean, it’s just a bit of potato shreds, can it be that tasty?"

Seeing Chen Mo not responding, Sun Jianhong continued, "I mean, nowadays the stalls in front of the school sell things like starch sausages, turkey noodles. I haven’t seen potato pancakes, probably because students don’t like them, so no one’s selling them, right?"

Sun Jianhong tried to show he had some understanding of the market, but in "market department excellent employee" Chen Mo’s eyes, he seemed a bit funny.

"Alright, you hurry up and wash your potatoes, I need to get busy now."

As the potato aroma became more intense, even with a hint of char, it was clear the bottom layer of potatoes was almost done.

Chen Mo used the black blade in his hand to start slicing the oversized potato pancake, cutting it horizontally five times and vertically four times, dividing it into thirty rectangular pieces about ten centimeters long and eight centimeters wide.

Then he used a spatula to flip each piece of potato pancake over. Sure enough, after a few minutes of frying, the bottom layer of potato shreds had turned a deep golden brown, looking quite tempting.

At this point, Chen Mo used the spatula to press down on the potato pancakes, trying to make the shreds stick together and reduce gaps.

"Done!"

After frying both sides to a golden brown, Chen Mo adjusted the fire to a low flame, just to keep them warm.

"Is it time to finish school?"

Sun Jianhong was washing potatoes, "Hey, three more minutes! Brother Mo, I’ll head to the kindergarten entrance first! Otherwise, there won’t be a good spot later."

Chen Mo nodded, watching Sun Jianhong and the others with interest from the food truck.

As school was about to end, the people who were chatting just now all stood up and gathered at the kindergarten entrance. Chen Mo noticed that some men were holding bottles of drinks or something.

"But I still can’t believe Sun Jianhong really wants to buy boy’s urine."

"No way, urine, that’s urine, can urine be eaten?"

Although everything in front of him suggested these people were indeed here to buy it, Chen Mo just couldn’t accept it.

As the bell rang inside the garden, the crowd at the entrance instantly became restless, and shortly after, a few female teachers led a group of children out of the school.

"One each! Which little friend didn’t go to the bathroom today, one yuan each!"

"One yuan plus two candies, Lele? Did you go to the bathroom this morning? Come over!"

Sun Jianhong was holding a big cola bucket, looking anxious in the crowd. Every time he came to buy boy’s urine, he couldn’t outbid the others. Seeing a few children about to be scooped up by some old men, Sun Jianhong made up his mind and shouted.

"Two yuan! Two yuan over here! Anyone?"

Just as they say, a generous reward will attract brave men. As soon as Sun Jianhong finished his words, a small child who had been looking for the right target ran over, "Two yuan?"

"Yes, two yuan!"

"I’ll do it!"

Chen Mo’s eyes widened, his heart racing fast, as he watched in shock as the child brought his little thing to the bottle opening, and then...

"Oh my god, no..." Chen Mo quickly pulled out his phone to search, "Urine egg?"

He had never heard of this before, and had never even imagined something like this. Food can be down-to-earth, but it shouldn’t be otherworldly!

Looking at the search results on his phone, Chen Mo was stunned in the truck.

Several videos confirmed that this food indeed existed, and it was actually considered a local delicacy in Dongyang.

Yes, in the videos it was described as a delicacy.

Watching the video with a big pot on the screen, where a yellowish liquid was bubbling, filled with a pot full of eggs, and with foam rising on the sides, the video maker asked the producer, "What if you can’t buy enough boy’s urine?"

The man smiled broadly and quite honestly, "Sometimes when I can’t get enough, I add some of my own."

Hiss!

Chen Mo felt a chill run straight to his head, what does he mean by adding some of his own?

When he looked up again, Sun Jianhong was smiling foolishly at Chen Mo.

Thinking that soon he would have to be the judge for Sun Jianhong, judging whether these eggs were tasty and worth selling at a stall, Chen Mo’s scalp tingled. He hurriedly tossed the black spatula and blade into the cabinet, ready to jump out of the truck and run.

"Boss~ Are these potato pancakes 2 yuan?"