The three of them were stunned on their faces, and hurriedly stepped forward.

Chen Kai saw that the girl who was comforting was Yuan Yuan from Ninggang Middle School, and the girl crying next to him was Jingjing, who had not come to the food street to eat for a long time.

Yuan Yuan looked up, with a melancholy look on his face, and greeted Chen Kai: "Boss, it turned out to be you, Jingjing, don't cry, someone is coming." ”

As soon as Jingjing raised her head, there were two tear stains on her round face, and when she found someone coming, she quickly wiped her eyes with her hands and stood timidly.

Mi Yanran saw that Jingjing had tears on her face, and hurriedly stepped forward, gently supported Jingjing's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong, little sister, what's going on." ”

Jingjing's eyes were red, and she seemed to be holding back her emotions and shook her head gently.

Yuan Yuan sighed beside him: "Her parents quarreled every day, saying that they would let her transfer to another school, but she couldn't stand the atmosphere at home, so she ran out." ”

Chen Kai saw that the two little girls were in a bad mood, and hurriedly comforted: "Jingjing, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, you must always be happy when you have a holiday, there will be activities in the food street tomorrow, you can come and play." ”

Li Feifei also said beside her: "Yes, yes, you come with your parents at noon tomorrow, and we will prepare special zongzi tomorrow and give you some to eat with your parents, okay?"

Jingjing sniffed, looked up at Chen Kai and the others, her lips trembled slightly: "Thank you." ”

Mi Yanran saw that Jingjing was calm, bent down and lowered her head and whispered to Jingjing: "Then let's talk about it, remember to come and eat zongzi tomorrow." ”

Jingjing and Yuan Yuan glanced at each other, nodded, said goodbye to the three of them, and left hand in hand.

Looking at the backs of the two little girls, Mi Yanran sighed: "This girl's parents have conflicts, and they don't have the consciousness of avoiding their children at all. ”

Chen Kai and the three of them were speechless for a while, and slowly walked back to the food street stall.

Chen Kai took out a large pot from the pavilion, picked up the water, and said to Mi Yanran and Li Feifei: "These dried dumpling leaves need to be processed before they are wrapped.

Soak in cold water for 8 hours, then take it out, and then scald it with boiling water for a few minutes so that it is not easy to be torn. ”

After speaking, Chen Kai added:

"Tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the morning, we will wash the glutinous rice together, before 9 o'clock to wrap and cook a part, the rest of us while wrapping and selling, just out of the pot of zongzi is more fragrant, and the appearance is good. ”

Mi Yanran and Li Feifei nodded in agreement, Mi Yanran blinked her eyes wide, and suddenly asked, "Chen Kai, did we forget to buy zongzi filling?"

Li Feifei also reacted: "Yes, we don't have anything to wrap." ”

Chen Kai smiled slightly, walked to the pavilion and untied a white pocket, took out a small handful of glutinous rice with his hand, and stretched it out in front of the two.

Mi Yanran and Li Feifei were stunned at first, and then at the same time took a deep breath and glanced at each other, their faces full of surprise.

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The Dragon Boat Festival is over, and the property has made a new layout in the entire food street.

Wormwood decorations, themed slogans, signs for festive events, and small reliefs of dragon boats hanging on the properties of each shop's pavilions all show a strong festive atmosphere.

At 9:40 a.m., after two color-bared salutes, the boss of the food street management company stood on a makeshift platform at the entrance of the street in a formal suit, looking at the many residents and stall owners in the audience.

He cleared his throat and held up the microphone with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Dear customers, respected owners of the food street, in order to promote traditional culture, on the occasion of this festival, our company specially held this Dragon Boat Festival food selection activity.

Dragon Boat Festival, food sharing, our heartfelt expectations......

…… Let me announce the rules of this 'Most Popular Food' contest for you......"

Chen Kai listened to it for a while, and understood the general process, all customers who enter the food street after the event starts can first pay attention to the official account of the food street.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the voting timer phase, where customers can vote for all participating merchants on the official account to select the most popular food products.

The number of votes is not displayed in real time, and the representative of the property will announce it on the spot after the voting period ends.

The merchant with the highest number of votes can receive bonuses and medals, and customers who vote for the winner can also claim a gift with a screenshot.

"Finally, I would like to announce that this event has officially begun. ”

With a loud voice from the boss of the organizer, the Dragon Boat Festival event began!

The various businesses in the food court held their heads and shouted enthusiastically as the diners poured in.

"Hey, take a look, the latest mille-feuille pie, welcome to try the thick meat pie. ”

"Let's take a look, authentic octopus balls, no price increase, and salmon sashimi is also given. ”

"Yellow braised chicken rice to find out. ”

"The golden fried rice is fresh out of the pot! Come on, vote for Huang Ji fried rice with a big spoonful. ”

The shouts of many merchants make the whole food street look lively, and the diners are also fresh in the food street to taste left and right.

Chen Kai listened to the shouting in his ear, smiled and said to Mi Yanran and Li Feifei, who were in a hurry: "Don't worry, let's wrap it slowly, the zongzi should be wrapped completely, and it will be fragrant when cooked." ”

Mi Yanran and Li Feifei were a little sweaty on their faces, and their expressions were a little nervous, but the movements of their hands gradually became proficient.

Chen Kai picked up a boiled dumpling leaf and smelled it gently, and a fragrance of plants and trees came to his nose.

Cut off the two ends of the dumpling leaves with scissors, roll them into a conical shape, take out an appropriate amount of glutinous rice from the basin next to them and stuff them into the leaf rolls and press them firmly.

Thumb force the other leaf end to slowly roll up and wrap the leaf roll opening, leaving a little tail, then pinch the whole zongzi, and then fold the leaf end well.

Pull out the cotton thread next to it and quickly tie the zongzi into a cross, tie a knot and tie it up, and a formed zongzi is done.

On the stove, more than 50 rice dumplings wrapped in the morning have been soaked in water and boiled in a large pressure cooker.

Busy and free, Chen Kai took the time to look to the side, even among the many merchants, Ding Yuan's shouting was very special.

"Come on, take a look, Beibu Gulf specialty, roasted sandworms with black peppers, taste good and nutritious, first come, first served and limited. ”

There were indeed a lot of people queuing up in front of Ding Yuan's barbecue stall, and there were a lot of discussions.

"What is a sandworm, I haven't eaten it. ”

"It's seafood, let's try it. ”

"I've heard of it, it seems to have been on the CCTV food documentary, and I heard that it is very delicious. ”

"Boss, bring me two strings!"

"Okay!" Ding Yuan replied while moving his arms up and down, and his two hands and two handfuls of skewers flew up and down, which looked very visual.

Chen Kai smiled: "It seems that Lao Ding really has two brushes."

"Come and try it, try it! Many super luxury fat beef set meals in the United States, Western food methods, Chinese food prices, high ingredients, welcome everyone to vote. ”

A little girl pushes a food cart from the east, and there is a spray-painted shelf on the cart with an artistic sign with the words "Meijia" on it.

Two young boys, each carrying a large multi-layered food box, shouted loudly beside them.

Chen Kai was stunned for a moment, this beautiful family is too hard.

I saw two young male clerks wearing aprons with the word "Meiduo" and carrying food boxes, taking the initiative to communicate with diners and solicit business next to them.

"The people on East Street actually came here, and the number of people is different. ”

Chen Kai sighed, and not long after, people from the Meijia family came to Chen Kai's booth with a food box and a QR code.

Chen Kai craned his neck to see what was going on.

"Okay, I'll give you a take-up to try. ”

A flat-headed male clerk in the United States opened the food box and saw three fan-shaped areas on a plastic disc with three fan-shaped areas on top of a one-person set meal.

One slice is a pure fat beef roll, with a golden color and red color, and a little seasoning sauce on top, which looks very appetizing.

One is the vegetable section, on which you can cut cucumber slices, seaweed slices, chopped green onions, shiitake mushrooms, onion rolls, shredded tomatoes, salad dressing, etc., which look colorful and beautiful.

The last slice is rice drizzled with gravy, and it looks like the meat is full of flavor.

After Chen Kai finished reading it, he smiled slightly, and said to Mi Yanran next to him: "This luxury fat beef rice from a beautiful family looks very good." ”

Mi Yanran sucked in her little nose, gently wiped the sweat beads on her forehead with the back of her hand, her face was slightly red because of labor, and she kept saying while holding her hands:

"Yes, it does smell good, but I still think that our zongzi have potential, and I am so hungry that I can't do it here, and if it is cooked, it will definitely be more fragrant." ”

Li Feifei next to her also smiled: "That's it, no, boss, we have been busy for so long, and we will have a good time when the zongzi are cooked." ”

Chen Kai said with a smile: "You girls don't claim to be the first in body and second in appetite, why don't you start shouting hungry before you have worked for a few minutes." ”

Mi Yanran smiled and said: "Only when you are full can you have the strength to lose weight, this is the salary, Boss Chen, you can't rely on the debt!"

"Teacher Mi educates you that you will not want to eat zongzi until the Dragon Boat Festival next year. Chen Kai nodded with a smile, and suddenly heard a male voice from the diners next to him:

"Hurry up, hurry up, there's free zongzi over there to receive!"