Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 461 - 389: Getting Ready for the Stall, Three Flavors of Tea Eggs

Chen Mo only demonstrated once, and the tweezers in Xiao Ling’s hand were very steady. This time, she pinched a tiny bit of eggshell, mimicking Chen Mo’s earlier movements, gently changing the direction of her force to horizontal.

The onlookers held their breath and started to get tense again. A few seconds later, as her tweezers left the egg, firmly pinching a clean piece of shell, a burst of cheers erupted from the children nearby.

A smile appeared on Xiao Ling’s face as she raised her arm to wipe away the sweat that had seeped out on her forehead due to nervousness, then turned to look at Chen Mo.

"Well done, keep peeling. It’s like this." Chen Mo made sure to clarify the rules in advance, "This is not me hiring you; it’s a game, a free game. If you can achieve the game’s goal, you can get a potato pancake. But if you don’t want the potato pancake, you can exchange it with me for two Yuan in cash."

After all, being from a big company, Chen Mo had some thoughts on avoiding certain risks.

It’s like some games where the store can’t directly have a lottery, but I can sell a certain item that can be used to enter a draw.

Perfectly avoiding risk!

Chen Mo did this to prevent anyone later from accusing him of hiring child labor, avoiding some unnecessary trouble.

Seeing Xiao Ling successfully remove a piece of eggshell, the other little girls were eager to try as well. Chen Mo took out lots of tweezers from the car and distributed them to each person, then used chopsticks to crack several eggs for them to peel on the small table.

After finishing his potato pancake, Xiao Pang was captivated and turned to his grandpa, "I want to peel eggs too."

The old man approached Chen Mo helplessly, "Boss, my grandson also wants to play this game."

Chen Mo nodded, "For boys, if they break an egg, they’ll have to compensate with a whole egg."

"What? Why?"

The old man didn’t quite get it, "Why don’t the girls have to compensate?"

Chen Mo said, "The girls are careful; they hardly break any. Your grandson definitely can’t do it."

Hearing someone doubt his grandson, the old man was instantly displeased, "You wait! I’ll go home and get some eggs, I don’t believe it!"

Watching the old man jog away, Chen Mo felt a little sorrowful. His energy was limited, but he still tried to make some change if he could.

Just then, the little ones who had run back to get water also arrived. These kids, somehow, lined up and took turns urinating in Sun Jianhong’s drink barrel.

Each time one finished, they went to Chen Mo’s window to get a potato pancake, eagerly devouring it, savoring the delicious taste.

Earlier, he made only thirty potato pancakes, and in a short time, they were almost all claimed.

The last little one, with a tender voice, asked, "Boss, will you sell potato pancakes again tomorrow?"

Chen Mo nodded, then shook his head, "Not sure, we’ll see tomorrow."

Many of the kids remembered this sentence.

Chen Mo stepped out of the food truck to look around. A group of six or seven girls surrounded the small table, each successfully peeling off quite a few eggshells.

The intact eggs, after this treatment, looked somewhat like "a thousand holes"; the spots where the shell had been removed were covered with a thin, translucent membrane, making it seem like the egg liquid might leak out at any moment.

"Not bad, these potato pancakes are your reward!" Chen Mo handed the freshly packaged potato pancakes to the little girls, "I’ll come again tomorrow."

Xiao Ling sniffed the aroma of Chen Mo’s potato pancake after opening the bag with joy, then resealed the bag tight and put it back in her backpack.

"Why aren’t you eating it?"

"My sister is still at home. I want to go back and share it with her."

Chen Mo froze for a moment, then retrieved the last potato pancake he had planned to eat from the car, "Here, since you were the first one to play the game today, you get an extra reward."

Xiao Ling grinned, revealing her two large front teeth. "Thank you, uncle."

The potato pancakes were sold out, but in fact, he only earned two Yuan. They received quite a bit of child’s urine instead, nearly filling a 2-liter cola bottle, and even uncovered a new side quest—today’s outing was worthwhile.

"Jianhong, do you have enough of that stuff?"

Sun Jianhong happily tightened the bottle cap, "Of course, it’s not enough."

"So what are you going to do? I’m planning to join you at the night market tomorrow."

Speaking of this, Sun Jianhong seemed rather smug, "Brother Mo, you wouldn’t really think, like my brother, that I’m just doing this on a whim, would you? I, Sun Jianhong, never go to war unprepared! I’ve been collecting for a week, and have several more barrels at home!"

Wait a minute.

Chen Mo couldn’t quite process this—what does it mean to have been storing it for a week?

"Can that still be used?"

Sun Jianhong nodded, "Don’t worry, it’s perfectly usable after a week of storage, but it’ll expire if it’s longer than that."

Chen Mo: ???

The shelf life of child’s urine is something you just decided?

The day’s tasks were done, and Chen Mo drove off with Sun Jianhong to his home.

Upon returning home, Sun Jiante was no longer there, having gone back to the city for work, while the elderly couple was already preparing dinner.

Chen Mo didn’t plan to continue eating. Given this place’s ability to invent egg urine, he had little confidence in their other food.

So he simply went back to the car, made himself something to eat, and then went to bed early.

...

Early the next morning.

Chen Mo glanced at the newly updated stall time, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm—a perfect time slot.