Chapter 1680

Why wouldn't people say that there is strength in numbers.

Twenty or thirty people were busy together. Master Xiao Zhou didn't do much preparation work at all; the vegetables and meat that needed to be skewered and the various materials that needed to be prepared were all ready and tidy.

Xin Jun brought a large basin of skewers over and instructed: "Master Zhou, take your time when grilling, otherwise some people will have food and some won't, which is hard to bear."

Master Xiao Zhou looked at the busy crowd and was happy at this moment: "Don't be afraid, I'll eat the first batch of meat I grill—as a chef, I have to taste the flavor, right?"

If everyone drools, everyone drools together; isn't that settled?

And also—

"You should also look at your efficiency! You even brought two cutting boards from home, plus the one prepared by Boss Zhao. Barbecue isn't cooked as soon as it's put on; it will definitely be supplied."

What's more, this is a barbecue grill specifically for stalls, and it's so long! If the skewers are full, everyone will definitely have some.

After chatting with many people, the owner of the plumbing shop already knew that they were friends from all over the country who came to play, and now he couldn't help but envy:

"You guys are loyal friends!"

So many people eating and drinking, not to mention the money, the effort spent is not just a little bit.

"That's right!"

Qin Yun never falls behind when it comes to giving his brothers face: "If we weren't close enough, we wouldn't have brought our families to disturb..."

The men were about to brag to each other regardless of age, and just at this moment, the boss's phone rang.

He took one look and hurriedly pulled off his gloves: "Hey, wife... I'm not drinking outside, and I'm not smoking outside to get rid of the smell... I'm really not afraid to go back! Look!"

He held up his phone, the camera sweeping across this circle of people, a huge crowd, with Father Yun holding a basin of beef and shouting:

"Look at this marbling! Look at this marbling!"

Mother Qin was holding her phone to shoot a short video: "Old, what a big ox tongue!"

Someone over there was hawking: "How should this lamb leg be grilled? Grill and cut it as you go, or how?"

And there was his brother Old Zhao shouting: "Don't grill, don't grill, that lamb leg is mine—"

"It's not yours! Yours is packed in a foam box and hasn't thawed yet..."

Everyone was lively, and although they didn't set up a stall, there were signs of good business.

Just at this moment, a young man turned out from the side door of the residential area next to them, burying his head and rushing into the barbecue street.

Passing by here, he saw this group of people cleaning up in a decent way, and his footsteps hesitated for a moment.

Is this... opening another barbecue stall?

But there's no sign; it's probably the residents of the residential area coming to test the waters... forget it, never mind!

Trying new flavors casually is easy to flip over. What's more, the charcoal fire over there has just been lit, and they haven't started grilling properly yet!

He turned his head and walked toward the barbecue street without hesitation.

"Look!"

The plumbing boss just finished a round of reporting:

"My brother is having a self-service barbecue party tonight, and I'm helping out here—hey, young man over there, we are selling water caltrops here, 3 for 1 yuan, do you want to buy 1 yuan's worth?"

The boss is purely used to greeting people. His plumbing shop isn't a chain brand, and some people will hesitate at the door. At this time, he has to enthusiastically invite people in to take a look.

Isn't this it? Two big children, three children, sitting obediently on small stools like a semicircle, low in the middle and high on both sides, guarding the two and a half baskets of water caltrops, not adding any trouble at all.

Isn't this great!

Buy 1 yuan's worth!

He looked at the person with this honest and simple appearance, and the words in his eyes were about to flow out.

After all, young people have thin skin. Even if he complained about the price of 3 for 1 yuan for a long time, he walked over obediently.

Nothing else, even if he didn't want to pay attention to them, but seeing these 3 well-behaved children looking at him eagerly...

Forget it, forget it!

Eating a couple of lamb kidneys at a barbecue stall costs dozens of yuan; what's wrong with spending 1 yuan to coax children?

He lowered his head and looked at the tender water caltrops in the basket: "So small!"

The ones bought at the vegetable market are half a palm long!

Chen Chi's cheeks flushed instantly, and he didn't know what to say at this moment.

Qin Beibei was not stage-frightened and said crisply: "Big brother, these are tender water caltrops. The long ones you mentioned, Brother Qiao Qiao said they are too old and not delicious—ours are very delicious!"

Yun Danqing was also like a steady little adult, hawking in a soft voice: "Fresh water caltrops, 3 for 1 yuan, crisp, tender, and sweet little water caltrops!"

Qiao Qiao also added: "We fished them up and washed them clean, washed them several times!"

Young man:...

"Then, then come for 1 yuan's worth!"

After he finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed: I'm really only buying 1 yuan's worth!

But his lips moved, and looking at these water caltrops that were not much bigger than fingers, he didn't say it out loud.

But Chen Chi on the side had already obediently held up the QR code hanging from his neck, his eyes shining: "Brother, pay here!"

Young man:...

He looked at the three children, then at Qiao Qiao and Chen Chi who were also sitting obediently, and met their pure, innocent, and expectant eyes. At this moment, he slapped himself twice in his heart:

I'm really not a human! They are clearly big children with defects taking care of children, and I'm still worried about children overcharging...

"Then, then..."

He struggled back and forth, not knowing if he would look very pitiful if he bought more at this time, but his phone had already scanned the code lightly.

【Alipay received 1 yuan】

Qiao Qiao's phone made a prompt, and He Tuoluo's warm little hand hurriedly grabbed 3 small water caltrops from the basket and placed them steadily in the young man's palm:

"Brother, thank you for your patronage!"

After speaking, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: Wow! He can say 【thank you for your patronage】, so mature!

He Tuoluo fell into complacency.

Looking at these children again, the big and small ones were beaming, clearly very satisfied with this 1 yuan income.

Young man:... That's, that's it?

He looked at the three small water caltrops in his palm, hesitated for a while, then clenched his fists and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he lowered his head and bit the water caltrop shell, easily removing the tender shell.

The tiny water caltrop kernel was only the size of a fava bean. The moment it was popped into his mouth, he originally had no hope.

But unexpectedly, it was really as crisp, tender, and sweet as the child said!

The slight green and astringent breath of the immature plant couldn't be detected at all, and it wasn't the bland and tasteless flavor of the old water caltrops in the vegetable market—

So delicious!

The young man walked a few more steps, and the three small water caltrops in his hand were already just broken shells.

He stopped, hesitated for a moment, then turned and rushed back: "Little sister, I'll buy 20 yuan more—no, 20 yuan's worth, will you give me a discount?"

The little brothers and sisters were stunned for a moment, and looking at the customer rushing over quickly, they hadn't thought about this at all, so everyone discussed it on the spot.

Fortunately, Qiao Qiao had experience in setting up stalls. At this moment, he cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Then, brother, if you buy 20 yuan's worth, I'll give you three for free."

The young man was happy.

He was just bargaining casually; he would be happy to get one. At this moment, he took out his phone quickly: "I'll scan the code!"

……

But now the problem is, they didn't bring plastic bags.

Finally, the plumbing boss sent one over: "This is the bag I bought eggplants in this morning, just make do with it!"

While looking at these baskets of water caltrops and worrying: "What to do without packaging bags."

Late at night, supermarkets and grocery stores are all closed.

Wait!

The boss had a flash of inspiration: "My home is in this residential area. You wait for me for a few minutes, and I'll go back and get a roll of fresh-keeping bags."

"That would be great!" Song Tan hurriedly came over: "If there really were no bags, I was planning to let them limit the purchase—come, brother, this is a newspaper that padded the basket just now, just enough to wrap it for you, you take it back to coax your family."

While speaking, she skillfully rolled the newspaper into a tube, and Qiao Qiao put large handfuls into it.

The plumbing boss hadn't had time to refuse: "This 3 for 1 yuan is worth a lot!"

Although the price is a bit outrageous, people sold it like this, and his bag is not small...

But in short, everyone had exchanges, and his pace back was exceptionally active.

It was just halfway there, and he suddenly remembered: 【If there are no bags, limit the purchase】? How to limit? Only allow everyone to buy 1 yuan's worth, hold it in their hands and walk away?

This family!

He shook his head: Spending hundreds of yuan just to experience a self-service barbecue, the thinking is quite strange, outsiders still have ideas.

……

The boss went home to get things, and Master Xiao Zhou had already marinated the first batch of skewers in the marinade basin for enough time and officially placed them on the grill.

Everyone was fast, and there weren't many ingredients left at this moment, so they simply finished everything in one go.

Turning back to wash their hands and tidy up, they could just catch up on eating skewers.

Everyone was busy while sighing: "It's still good to have a pickup truck, bringing so many things, and even the barbecue grill can be taken away when leaving."

Small stools and camping tables, all brought together.

Old Zhao hurriedly said: "Don't worry about the barbecue grill! You rest after eating tonight. I'll entrust this stall to my brother. Let it air out, and he'll clean it up for us. When my nephew goes to pull vegetables tomorrow, he'll bring it over on the way."

And on the barbecue street.

The young man finally bought the lamb kidneys, grilled pork belly, cartilage, grilled lamb fat, grilled cabbage, corn, etc. that he wanted to eat.

It's just that the barbecue stall is too busy, and it won't be grilled for a while.

He wasn't in a hurry either, sitting there peeling water caltrops one by one slowly. The water caltrop kernels were like stress-relieving beans, one after another.

More than 60 water caltrops, because they are small, don't seem like much. But when you really eat them, it takes a lot of effort.

People sitting at the table next to him waiting for meals watched him eat and eat and eat, eating until he didn't even play with his phone, just buried his head in eating—

So good at eating, why not do a food broadcast?

The man drinking slowly at the table next to him smelled it: "Brother, where did you buy your water caltrops? They look quite tender."

The young man pointed to the side of the alley, very enthusiastically: "Just in there, there's a newly opened barbecue stall. There are 3 children, and two big children who might have some intellectual problems selling them."

"It's just that the price isn't cheap, 1 yuan for 3!"

But while talking, his hands didn't stop, still picking and picking, picking the tender shells of the water caltrops.

Those who listened with their ears pricked up originally had great objections to this price, but once they heard about intellectual defects, that was it.

Looking at the high-priced fruit platters that are rampant in the night market—

Buying a bag for 20 yuan, and everyone at the table tasting a few, is also fine!

Someone took the skewers in their hands: "Just happened to be full from drinking, I'll go buy some and taste them."

Qiao Qiao didn't know that someone was soliciting business for him. He tried several positions and finally turned on the livestream camera:

"Children, we are setting up a stall again today."

This time is the golden time for livestreaming, and there are more people free than during the day. What's more, as a top streamer on this not-so-large platform, Qiao Qiao automatically matched the traffic pool when he started broadcasting.

As soon as the livestream opened, a group after group of people came in before long. Both new friends and old friends.

Just looking at the dim light in front of him and the three large baskets on the ground—

【What is this? Where are the people? Where is my big Qiao Qiao?】

【This livestream room doesn't even have a name, what is it doing?】

【Qiao Qiao? Qiao Qiao?】

【Brothers, be vigilant, broadcasting late at night, maybe they are going to eat late-night snacks!】

【Impossible! I've been following the livestream for more than a year, Qiao Qiao has a regular schedule and doesn't eat late-night snacks at all】

【What's in the basket? How does it look like water caltrops? It's just that the size is so small】

Everyone was lively and talking to themselves. New fans watched for a while and found that no streamer was speaking, only the audience in the livestream room didn't know what they were happy about.

Therefore, many people retreated impatiently.

——This small broken platform, now it really pushes all kinds of content.

And Qiao Qiao took the roll of fresh-keeping bags handed over by the plumbing boss and said obediently: "Thank you, uncle! Did you eat the water caltrops just now? Are they delicious?"

The plumbing boss hurriedly said: "I didn't have time."

He hurried back home, still holding such a large bag of water caltrops. The things were ordinary, but they made his wife trust him two points more.

If he hadn't helped his brother, where would he have gotten this stuff! And he even had to take fresh-keeping bags from home temporarily...

In short, he didn't go back, and his wife didn't sleep either. These water caltrops were just right for her to watch TV, which was also beautiful.

Just as he was about to chat a few more words, he saw another person turning over at the intersection ahead, walking while looking around, the purpose was very obvious.

"Oh my," the plumbing boss said in surprise: "Is there someone specifically looking for it? Could it be that the young man just now advertised for us?"

He said so, but Qiao Qiao and the others were already prepared.

Sure enough, before long, he saw the man tentatively leaning over. But he didn't rush to buy water caltrops, but went to the barbecue stall to hang out for a while.

"You guys are setting up a stall for the first time, and you prepared such a large amount of vegetables?"

He often eats barbecue, and at a glance, the basins, buckets, and plates, this amount is enough for the group of people in front of him to eat for two meals—still quite confident!

However...

He sniffed and smelled the pungent fragrance in front of him.

I don't know why, but clearly it's the same barbecue with heavy oil and heavy ingredients, but it smells exceptionally fragrant here. The oily pork belly fat dripping on the charcoal fire, sizzling, seems to smell better than others.

He felt his drool coming down just by saying two sentences.

Otherwise, buy two skewers and try?

Just as he was hesitating, he saw Xin Jun, who was also waiting for skewers on the side, say:

"We don't sell barbecue; we are doing self-service barbecue here with friends. The water caltrops over there are 1 yuan for 3; if you want them, you can go there and buy them."

Right! The man reacted: "I'm here to buy water caltrops. When eating barbecue, a man next to me kept eating and eating, and I only came here after asking for the place—why don't you let the children set up a stall on the barbecue street? There are many people there, and they sell fast."

While speaking, he turned and went to the water caltrop basket.

After walking two steps, he turned his head again: "Really not selling?"

"Not selling."

Xin Jun shook his head.

The other party opened his mouth to say something, but finally turned his head again. Then he suddenly turned around and walked back two steps: "Your barbecue smells quite fragrant. I feel that you have this strength. Really don't try setting up a stall? I can still support the business."

"Thank you." Xin Jun was very polite: "Really don't need to, we are just eating casually."

"It's not safe for children to set up a stall on the barbecue street without anyone watching."

He looked at Song Tan who was giggling on the side, and Lu Chuan who was also suppressing a laugh, thinking, these two dragged people to the city late at night to do this barbecue, isn't it just for this craving of people?

Human hearts are not ancient, human hearts are not ancient!

But don't say—

He also quietly glanced at the man who turned and left reluctantly, and a subtle sense of satisfaction arose in his heart.

And over there, the man who didn't eat the barbecue he wanted looked at the water caltrops and wasn't as energetic as just now.

But since he was here, he also took out his phone readily: "Children, give me 20 yuan's worth."

After speaking, he scanned the code quickly.

However, he saw the little boy in front of him holding the bag for the girls while looking at him, wanting to speak but stopping.

"What's wrong?" The man was curious.

He Tuoluo hesitated for a moment: "We are doing business now, we are bosses, you can call us little brother, little sister, or you can call me Boss Brother."

Man:...

He laughed "pfft": "Then Boss Brother, do you give free gifts?"

He Tuoluo snorted: "If you don't call me Boss Brother, buying 20 yuan's worth will also give you 3 for free."

The man finally laughed.

While watching them count one by one seriously, he called them one by one: "Quite honest—Boss Sister, Boss Sister, and two Boss Brothers, don't count wrong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Qin Beibei feel wronged: "I forgot where I counted to..."

Fortunately, Yun Danqing was a quick child. At this moment, she poured the water caltrops in the bag out quickly: "Five, five, five... 12 groups, enough!"

"Three more free gifts!"

She handed the fresh-keeping bag forward skillfully: "Uncle, your water caltrops! Come again if they are delicious!"

By the way, she poked Chen Chi, who had been sitting there quietly, in the waist: "Now it's your turn to shout!"

Chen Chi immediately cheered up, sat on the small stool, and then let go of his voice:

"Fresh water caltrops, 3 for 1 yuan, fresh, tender, crisp, and sweet little water caltrops—"

?? Here it comes, here it comes!!! Another 5000 words!