Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 465 - 390: Pack First, Explain Later!_3

The big brother quickly scanned the code for payment, then picked up the lunchbox, "Oh right, buddy, just a quick question."

"What?"

"Why does the tea egg packaging have dumplings on it? Is there a story behind it?"

Chen Mo: ...

Seeing the boss staying silent, the big brother chuckled, placed the lunchbox on the cabinet outside the food cart, and started peeling the egg.

Imagining that an egg boiled without cold water would be harder to peel, surprisingly, the big brother just tugged a bit on a broken part of the shell, and the whole eggshell came off easily, connected by the thin membrane.

"This egg?"

The big brother held the egg, finding it a bit amusing.

In a normal person’s impression, a perfect tea egg should have a smooth surface with irregular brown patterns from the marinade, suggesting a tasty and flavorful egg.

Yet the egg the big brother was holding at the moment, its surface was indeed smooth, looking like a white base with some irregular brown shapes on top.

The shapes of the peeled shell parts were mirrored on the egg surface, with a slightly blurred edge.

It looked somewhat like a "spotted egg".

The big brother chuckled at the egg’s appearance, thought no more, and casually took a big bite, eating half of it.

While eating instinctively, he looked at the remaining half in his hand.

The white egg white wrapped around the yolk, cooked but not overcooked, it was a classic soft-boiled egg! But it was a bit more done than a usual soft-boiled egg; the yolk didn’t run, just looked a bit moist.

Then, as he slowly chewed, his facial muscles paused for a moment, then he started to chew faster. With each bite, his expression changed slightly, until he swallowed half the egg, and in disbelief, stuffed the other half into his mouth, murmuring and pointing at the iron pot, "Give me two more!"

His reaction drew some curiosity from nearby customers queuing up for soy-flavored eggs.

Seriously, is a tea egg worth it?

Sun Jianhong was also a bit skeptical.

Tea eggs? They’re everywhere at breakfast joints; how did this big brother find it as precious as a delicacy?

No matter how good they are.

Could they be better than my soy-flavored eggs?

Two more Jasmine tea eggs were placed into the bowl, and Chen Mo found it amusing. This also simplified things, as the disposable lunchbox turned into a reusable one.

"Hey buddy, you aren’t a hired act by the boss, are you? Eating tea eggs like you’re starving!"

The big brother had just peeled an egg when he heard the question from the neighboring queue.

After thinking a bit, he first spoke to Chen Mo, "Boss, pack ten of each flavor for me."

"Ten, are you sure?"

"Yeah, though I might not finish them all, I want to take them home for my family."

Chen Mo skillfully packed three lunchboxes, bagged them up nicely, and placed them in front of him.

The big brother, seeing his eggs all packed up, turned to look at the person who asked the question.

"A hired act? Hehe, let me show you."

He took one more big bite, finishing half an egg, and didn’t rush to eat the remaining half in his hand. Instead, he held the half egg and headed to the adjacent line.

Sun Jianhong was also incredibly curious, standing on his tiptoes, stretching his neck to see.

A dozen people were watching, wondering what’s so special about a tea egg?

When their eyes fell on the half egg in the big brother’s hand, amidst the noisy night market,

there was a brief moment when everything fell silent!