Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 459 - 388: Skinless Tea Eggs! (2)

For kids, it’s just like this. When others are eating good food, there’s nothing they can do but watch. If their parents are around, they might even cry a little, saying, "I’m hungry, I’m hungry!" even if they just crave it.

After watching for a while, finally, a child couldn’t resist.

"Uncle, one potato pancake, please."

A little boy reached out his hand, clutching a one Yuan bill, crumpled and looking a bit damp, probably from holding it tightly while playing and sweating.

"One Yuan isn’t enough." Chen Mo waved a finger, "You need two Yuan."

A group of kids looked at each other, then down at the money clutched in their hands.

There are always urine vendors at the kindergarten gate; these kids have gotten used to selling a pee for one Yuan after school each day.

One Yuan could keep them happy in the snack shop for quite a while. But today, stumbling upon a snack for two Yuan, they were a bit at a loss.

They didn’t dare ask their parents for money.

A few kids even started discussing teaming up to buy one potato pancake and sharing it, because Xiao Pang was eating it so deliciously that they couldn’t resist the temptation.

Seeing the atmosphere was set, Chen Mo said to the kids, "But now, today I have a special offer: anyone who can pee in this bottle now can have one for free!"

Sun Jianhong looked at Chen Mo in disbelief, utterly amazed. What an idea!

Why hadn’t he thought of that before?

He only thought about collecting money. If he bought some snacks from the city that the village didn’t have and traded them, it might cost even less than one Yuan. That’s really Brother Mo for you!

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, a little boy immediately raised his hand, "I have!"

He took out his little "Niuniu" and aimed it at the opened bottle cap Sun Jianhong held, swish, swish, swish ~

The other kids looked a bit dumbfounded; after all, they’d just used the bathroom.

"I’m going to drink water right now!"

a little one turned and ran toward the school.

Village schools are different from city ones; you can go back even after school, and usually, there’s a drinking water tap on the playground or somewhere else.

That’s also why village kids rarely carry water bottles.

When thirsty, they just gulp down a few mouthfuls from the tap, who has time to drink hot water?

Seeing some running back to drink hot water, the other kids followed and headed back to school.

"You’re awesome, Brother Mo. You could come up with such a method. Just keep a tab for me, two Yuan for each potato pancake."

Chen Mo ignored him and looked at the few remaining kids outside the food truck and sighed heavily.

At this moment, about seven or eight little girls stood outside the truck, their eyes filled with longing for the potato pancakes. Unlike city kids, these children wore very plain clothes, and their shoes were simple rubber sandals.

But their hair was neatly combed, with slightly flushed faces. Their gaze at Chen Mo’s food truck was full of desire but also tinged with wariness and timidity.

Yes, these girls couldn’t sell the so-called children’s urine, nor did they have doting grandparents to give them pocket money. None of these kids even had anyone to pick them up.

Chen Mo took out a tray of eggs from the cabinet, pulled out two yellow tables and stools, set them up outside the truck.

He said to the girls, "Do you want to eat potato pancakes?"

Some of the girls were evidently scared and took a few steps back, but one taller girl looked at Chen Mo for a long time before nodding, "I want to eat."

"Want to eat? Sure, then how about you help me work and I’ll give you a potato pancake, okay?"

Without hesitation, the girl said, "Wipe the table? I’m really good at wiping tables at home, I can also sweep the floor, and I can help you wash dishes, I can do it all!"

For some reason, Chen Mo felt a pang of heartache.

In such a prosperous place, there were still so many left-behind children, without the shelter of their parents, only they know what kind of families they live in.

Chen Mo smiled and squatted to pat the girl’s head, "What’s your name?"

"My name is Wang Xiaoling."

"Xiao Ling? That’s a nice name. Tell you what, you help me peel eggs, for every egg you peel, you earn two potato pancakes, how about it?"

Wang Xiaoling’s cautious look disappeared, her expression brightened, "Really? I’m really fast at peeling eggs!"

At home, she peeled eggs for her grandparents every day. You just had to crack the egg, then roll it with your palm, and you could easily peel it clean from the middle.

She really knew how to peel eggs.

Chen Mo wiggled his finger, "It’s not as easy as you think."

Then, Chen Mo picked up an egg, returned to the truck, dropped it into the feeding port, and pulled out a stainless steel chopstick, "System, I want to make a very miraculous tea egg, an absolutely flavorful tea egg, give me the most amazing recipe."

[The most suitable tea egg recipe has been obtained for you.]

[Shell-less Tea Egg!]

[How can tea eggs taste good? They must be flavorful enough. But the egg shell prevents the flavoring, while long soaking loses the fresh-boiled taste. This special recipe is just for you!]

With the recipe, you can have a progress bar.