Chapter 12: Heading in the direction of the construction site
Although he didn't have to sell vegetables today, he needed to be busy making a box lunch, and Xu An still got up at four o'clock in the morning.
After getting up and washing, I took my flashlight and rode my bike to the town.
When I arrived at the wholesale market in the town, there was a faint light on the horizon, and the wholesale market was already full of noise.
According to yesterday's memories, Xu An found the area where chilled ingredients were sold.
Chilled ingredients are indeed not so fresh compared to fresh ingredients, but the food that can enter the wholesale market and be sold is at least in line with national food safety standards.
It's just that the taste is slightly worse than that of fresh ingredients.
"That kid over there, yes, that's you."
I was observing the quality of these ingredients, and suddenly I subconsciously looked up when I heard the voice, and it was a bald man with a fat body and a pair of big flower arms tattooed who was pointing to himself.
Xu An was very sure that he didn't know this person, so he stood still and didn't move, quietly looking at the bald man.
"Bald Chen, let you wear long sleeves or not, with your image, who is not afraid to see it." Seeing this, the stall owner next door to the bald Chen let out a merciless mockery.
"What kind of weather is this, wear long sleeves and don't die of heat."
After hesitating for a moment, Xu An still walked over, after all, among these shops, the bald Chen family had the best meat quality.
"I saw you kid yesterday, and I thought you wouldn't come here to buy meat, but I didn't think I'd come today."
"Why does the boss think I won't come?" Xu An took out the box of Double Happiness from his pocket, took out one and handed it to the bald Chen.
The bald Chen took it and put it behind his ear, leaned over to Xu An's side, and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "I saw it yesterday, and when you went out, the man handed you a flyer, and after reading the leaflet, you went over there."
Eight out of ten people who go over there won't come back. They are all blinded by money and drilled into the eyes of money. Especially the younger you are, the more you feel that it doesn't matter. ”
It turned out that he saw the scene yesterday, Xu An smiled and did not answer, and carefully selected the pork on the stall.
It is best to use pork with fat for steamed meat, too thin will feel chai, too fat will feel greasy, three seven points or two eight points is the most appropriate ratio.
I picked a few pieces and put them in a red plastic bag, weighed about ten catties, and handed them to the bald boss.
"Eleven catties, seven yuan per catty, a total of seventy-seven yuan."
took out the money from the inner pocket of his pants, took out seventy-seven yuan and handed it to the boss, took the meat and turned to the daily necessities area.
100 disposable plastic lunch boxes are 3 cents and 5 cents, a total of 35 yuan; One hundred disposable plastic soup boxes are one dime, a total of ten pieces; 100 pairs of disposable chopsticks for 5 yuan; Disposable spoons cost six dollars and fifty pieces; 100 transparent plastic bags, 6 yuan per bundle; The total cost is sixty-two.
If it weren't for the fact that grandma gave him 300 yuan, if it wasn't for Uncle Dongliang's guarantee that he could pull twenty people. Xu An is planning to make a ten-point lunch box to try first, and if the sales are good, he will slowly increase the quantity, and he will not buy so many things at one time.
When I went out, I passed by a steel stall and saw the soup buckets that are common in fast food restaurants in major restaurants, and I was suddenly a little tempted.
It takes more than an hour to ride a bicycle from home to the Bauhinia Garden construction site, and there are bumps along the way, and there is a good chance that the soup will spill. If it is packed in a whole barrel, there will be no such trouble when it arrives at the construction site.
After asking about the price of fifty-one, Xu An gritted his teeth and paid for one.
I had almost bought everything I needed for the day, and I returned to the place where I parked my bike with a lot of things. Put things in the basket and use the hook strap to secure the basket to the back seat of the bike.
During this period, Xu An saw several figures walking in the direction of Anxin Food Processing Company.
Business is really good.
Xu An muttered in his heart, got on his bicycle and rode in the direction of his home.
When I returned to the village, I saw a man riding a tricycle blocking the door of his house from a distance. The distance was getting closer and closer, and Xu An saw the person's appearance clearly, it was Xu Heping.
"You guy doesn't pay attention to righteousness, you don't tell me when you want to do business, if you don't meet Uncle Dongliang, I will be kept in the dark by you." Xu Heping began to shout when he saw Xu An.
"Didn't I know if it was okay at the beginning, so I didn't call you?" Xu An got off the saddle and approached with a bicycle: "Where did the tricycle come from?" ”
"The old antiques in my house have not been used for several years, and I thought you might be able to use them, so I cleaned them up. After tinkering all night, it works. Xu Heping patted the saddle of the tricycle triumphantly: "This is much more reliable than your bicycle." ”
Xu Heping sent it to the door by himself, Xu An naturally had no reason to refuse, and walked into the courtyard with him, commanding him to help with peace of mind.
Although Uncle Dong Liang didn't get off work until 12 o'clock, the workers with different functions on the construction site got off work at different times, and people started working at half past ten.
Therefore, Xu An's side has to arrive at the construction site at eleven o'clock at the latest, and everyone will eat out if it is too late.
The cut of the cut, the pickled of the pickle, the chop of the chop. I worked from seven o'clock to eight o'clock before all the ingredients were processed.
When Xu Kang and Xu Le woke up, they saw Xu An and the two of them working in the yard, and they didn't play with the sand anymore, and they followed behind the buttocks of the two and yelled for help.
The two four-year-old little beans can't help with washing vegetables, and it's impossible for them to help with chopping vegetables. In the end, the two of them were sent to sit in front of the stove and wait for the stir-fry and help light the fire, so that the two of them would no longer make trouble.
Although the two of them are young, their fire skills have reached the full level. Xu An said that a large ignition can be ignited, and a small ignition is a small ignition, which is better than a gas stove.
At half past nine, the rice was already cooked and put into the soup bucket.
Xu An continued to work by the stove, preparing to cook a tomato egg drop soup. Xu Heping began to box the meals on the side, and Xu Kang and Xu Le put chopsticks and spoons on each bagged lunch, and the process was carried out in an orderly manner.
The meals were packed one by one and put into the two large foam boxes brought by Xu Heping, one box of fifteen servings, just finished.
Wash the soup bucket, dry it with a paper towel, and fill it with freshly cooked tomato and egg drop soup.
Xu An easily carried two foam boxes full of lunch boxes and soup buckets to the tricycle, fixed them with belts, and the preliminary work was ready.
With the rest of the meal, the five of them had lunch, and at exactly ten o'clock, Xu An and the two were about to set off for the construction site.
Before going out, Xu An always felt that something was missing, and after a little thought, he realized that there was no brand. I went back to the house and found a piece of paper, and wrote today's dishes on it, and wrote 'Xu's Fast Food' on the top.
When Xu An was tidying up the signboard, Xu Kang and Xu Le saw that there was still half of the vacant space after the tricycle put down the box lunch, and the two climbed up, squatted behind, and refused to come down at all.
Xu An had no choice but to go to the house and get two straw hats for the two of them to put on, so that they could sit down in the carriage and hold them steady.
A stride stepped on the pedal, Xu An rode a tricycle in front, and Xu Heping rode a bicycle to follow behind, riding towards the Bauhinia Garden construction site.