A group of people marched in grandly, with the people in front looking hostile and the technicians at the back wearing expressions of casual interest.
A dozen people walked straight to Chen Mo's food truck.
"Where's the boss?" Guo Aiping asked harshly.
Chen Mo was dumbfounded.
No way, big sister, I was just about to help you out, how come I'm the one being caught cheating now?
"I'm the boss." Chen Mo stood up and returned to the side of the food truck, noticing Guo Aiping's eyes were a bit swollen. At twenty-six years old, it was his first time witnessing such a scene, and he suddenly panicked a bit, "Sister, listen to me, really, Brother Zhao and I didn't have..."
Poof!
LuLu had followed over to watch the drama, and upon hearing Chen Mo's words, she couldn't stop herself from laughing, bending over forwards and backwards, her stomach hurting from laughter.
The originally tense atmosphere suddenly became bizarre at that moment.
Old Zhao stared at Chen Mo in confusion, and Guo Aiping was even more confused, thinking that those words should have come from those female technicians instead?
Chen Mo also realized that there was something wrong with what he said, "Sister, I'm the boss here."
He repeated himself, trying to erase the second half of the sentence that had just slipped out.
With his interruption, half of Guo Aiping's anger dissipated, and she scrutinized Chen Mo more closely, then suddenly exclaimed, "Aren't you the young guy who just bought liquor?"
"Yeah."
Guo Aiping let go of Old Zhao's ear, clapped her hands, and called all the family members she had brought along over to her side.
"Perfect, now that everyone is here, let's all have those who know and those who don't help us stir things up."
Old Zhao was tongue-tied, but at this moment, facing so many people, he forced himself to speak up with a reddened face, "I just went to the massage parlor to eat, if you don't believe me, ask my friends, they all went to the massage parlor to eat!"
Turning his head to look around.
The owners of the Kaiser cars who had followed Old Zhao earlier had all snuck away at some point, not a single one was in sight.
Guo Aiping coldly chuckled, "Hmph... Eating at a massage parlor, really, that's creative!"
Then, addressing all the vendors at the bridgehead, Guo Aiping added, "What kind of massage service costs 288 yuan? Everyone, help us figure this out, is a 288-yuan service legitimate?"
Oh!
Brother Squid blinked his eyes, "Old Liu, is 288 legit?"
Uncle Liu, who always bragged about his younger days, was at a loss when Brother Squid asked him directly, "288, it should... not be very legit, right?"
Who dares to talk nonsense about this kind of question?
Guo Aiping was halfway angry and the other half was teased away by Chen Mo's earlier remark.
Originally, she was considering calling the police, but in the end, thinking about their child, she didn't want Old Zhao to have a criminal record—it wasn't something to be proud of—so she simply gathered the whole family together.
When the group barged into the massage parlor, indeed, Old Zhao was just lying there, having eaten himself into a stupor.
However, Guo Aiping wasn't unreasonable, nor was there any need to make a fuss in someone else's shop. She intended to drag Old Zhao home to talk, but Old Zhao was stubborn even when at a dead end.
He claimed he was just eating at the massage parlor and insisted that of the 288 yuan, 250 was for food, and boldly asserted that the masseuses at that place were all there to eat, and that the delicious fast food from that place was just at the bridgehead!
Hearing these words, Guo Aiping almost wanted to laugh, feeling that Old Zhao wasn't the one who spent two fifty; it was as if he thought she was the fool.
So, Guo Aiping dragged Old Zhao by the ear to the bridgehead with her family.
Old Zhao pointed at Chen Mo defiantly, "It's him! His food is so delicious, there's always a line and you can't get any. The massage parlor owner makes their technicians line up for it, but you have to buy something to eat it! Otherwise, why would I go to a massage parlor?"
Oh?
Hearing this, the family Guo Aiping had brought with her were a bit surprised, especially Old Zhao's brother-in-law, who burst into laughter on the spot.
He hadn't expected Old Zhao to be that kind of person, "Brother-in-law, you can fool my sister with that talk, but come on, what kind of food is supposedly so good you have to wait in line for it? I just don't believe it."
The brother-in-law stood right next to Guo Aiping, "Boss, what have you got? Give us a portion of everything. Heh, if it turns out to be as good as my brother-in-law claims, I'll kneel down and apologize to him!"
This brother-in-law had a tough personality too; he had barely walked in and had already punched Old Zhao in the face, leaving his chest still hurting now.
"I just don't believe there's anything in this world that's so delicious you have to eat it, that you can't do without it," the brother-in-law said with a mirthful tone, but indignant undertones about his brother-in-law hung between the words.
Chen Mo was baffled, "Egg dumplings are gone, pig offal porridge is sold out, spicy chicken cubs are gone too."
Seeing that the brother-in-law was about to erupt, Old Zhao grew anxious, and Chen Mo quickly said, "But I've experimented with a new fried rice, maybe you'd like to try?"
Upon hearing this, Old Zhao instantly became excited.
"Young boss, please don't mess me up! When I said delicious, I meant the egg dumplings were delicious, the pig offal porridge was delicious, and the spicy chicken cubs were delicious! If this fried rice doesn't taste good, I'm done for today!"
The deliciousness of the triad was beyond question, and Old Zhao believed that once his family tried it, they would understand him.
The egg dumplings, the pig offal porridge, the spicy chicken cubs formed a perfect combination; just one bite and one would instantly fall in love.
But this egg fried rice, what was it about?
Besides, even if a mere egg fried rice was tasty, how good could it be?
The brother-in-law didn't care about that. Today he was here to vent for his sister, so he nodded immediately, "Then give us five portions of egg fried rice."
Chen Mo hummed in agreement.
The quality of this egg fried rice was a matter of life and death for Old Zhao!
Moreover, there were only 20 minutes left till the food truck closed. Since there were customers, Chen Mo was determined to give it a try; if he just managed to make up the last 360 yuan, he'd hit a jackpot!
"Brother Squid, Old Liu, let's get to work!"
The two who were watching the show at the little table suddenly perked up.
Despite all their calculations, they never expected that one day, Brother Jiaozi's good business would boost theirs as well.
Five portions of fried rice meant Old Liu could sell 10 more sausages, and Brother Squid could sell 5 servings of squid!
Old Liu turned his head and said quietly, "I'll charge you a bit less for the sausages, just one yuan apiece."
The cost price of the starch sausage was 0.6 yuan, and even selling it for one yuan, Old Liu could still make some profit. Although he earned a bit less, as long as Chen Mo kept buying from him when making fried rice in the future, it'd be a substantial business!
Brother Squid immediately chimed in, "I'll give you these squids for three yuan each, but keep it quiet!"
Chen Mo mentally exclaimed, damn.
So your profits are this high?
Bang bang bang bang bang!
The fried sausages and squid got chopped into small pieces under Chen Mo's knife, while Brother Squid swiftly fetched five servings of rice for Chen Mo.
"Brother Jiaozi, doesn't fried rice need to be made with overnight rice? Is it okay to just buy it from GaiFan Brother next door?"
Chen Mo took a deep breath, "I'm sure, this is indeed overnight rice."
Brother Squid was shocked, turning his head to look at the sign on GaiFan Brother's food truck.
[Freshly Stir-Fried Stewed Rice: Vegetarian/12 yuan, Meat/18 yuan]
What happened to 'freshly stewed rice' as promised?