Chapter 16

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Upon hearing this, Hu Daye froze for a moment, then his face broke into a joyful smile.

Then, as if thinking of something, he asked carefully, "Young Man, can you finish eating so many green onions? If you can't finish them, buying less is fine too; green onions won't be fresh if kept for long, and they won't taste good."

Lu Feng said with a smile, "It's fine, Grandpa. I run a restaurant; these will be used up in a day or two. Don't worry, I won't waste such good green onions."

Only then did Hu Daye feel relieved, and he happily agreed repeatedly, "Good, good, good. I'll pack and weigh them for you right away."

At this moment, he was as happy as a child; the wrinkles on his face smoothed out considerably, and he nimbly packed the green onions and put them on the scale.

"Young Man, thirty-two catties total; let's call it thirty catties. Just give me thirty."

Lu Feng nodded, fished out those two hundred yuan from his pocket, and handed them to Hu Daye.

"Young Man, that's too much, that's too much. Grandpa will give you change."

Hu Daye hurriedly handed back one of the bills, and with his other hand laboriously fished out a tightly wrapped plastic bag from his jacket pocket; inside was his entire savings.

"Grandpa, no need for change." Lu Feng pushed the money back.

"That won't do, that won't do. Child, this... is too much! You young people don't earn money easily either."

Hu Daye looked overwhelmed with gratitude; those two hundred yuan felt like a thousand catties in his hands.

Two hundred yuan, for young people nowadays, might just be the cost of a hot pot meal.

But for Hu Daye, two hundred yuan required selling vegetables for ten-odd days, enough to cover his living expenses for over half a month.

"Really no need; it's only right for young people to help the elderly." Lu Feng smiled and waved his hand.

"Thank you... thank you! Young Man, you are a good person!"

Hu Daye nodded repeatedly, his face beaming with a happy smile, yet in his heart he was thinking that his granddaughter's living expenses for this month were secured again.

"Grandpa, I just said I run a restaurant. From now on, you might as well not come here to sell vegetables; just deliver them directly to my place. I'll pay you one hundred yuan a day."

Lu Feng knew that these two hundred yuan could only solve Grandpa's urgent need for the moment and wouldn't last long.

It just so happens that I'll also need to purchase ingredients from time to time in the future; better to have Grandpa supply me.

Not to mention anything else, just from the green onions Grandpa sells, one can tell his vegetables are all very fresh.

Upon hearing this, Hu Daye's dark, thin face was filled with disbelief; his eye rims instantly reddened, and he trembled all over with excitement.

"Good! Good! Young Man, really, thank you so much! Grandpa has nothing to repay you with... are you thirsty? Grandpa will go buy you water to drink."

"No need, Grandpa. I should get going. This is my restaurant's location; just deliver the vegetables there every afternoon."

Lu Feng stopped Hu Daye from standing up, wrote the restaurant's location and his own mobile phone number on a piece of paper, and handed it over.

Hu Daye took it with both hands and read every word on the note several times over.

Only then did he carefully fold the note, take out the plastic bag he had just put the change in, unwrap it layer by layer, and place the note inside.

Lu Feng glanced at it; inside were all crumpled one-yuan and five-yuan notes, with hardly any bills larger than five yuan.

The change in this plastic bag was Hu Daye's most precious possession.

He put the note Lu Feng gave him together with the change, showing how much he valued this.

After bidding farewell to Hu Daye, Lu Feng hailed a car, loaded the purchased vegetables into the trunk, and went straight to the restaurant.

Along the way, Lu Feng felt very comforted in his heart.

He was no saint; he couldn't help all the poor.

But today he happened to run into Hu Daye; it was also fate between them.

Doing something within his ability was enough.

……

11:30 AM.

Inside Room 405 of the Girls' Dormitory at Jiangcheng University.

Lin Meimei had just entered the dormitory after class when her best friend Li Xiaoqi excitedly waved at her and shouted loudly.

"Xiao Mei! Come look quick! You're famous! You're famous!"

"How am I famous?"

Lin Meimei looked completely confused; she hadn't done anything special these past few days.

Holding her doubts, Lin Meimei leaned over to look closely at the laptop in front of her best friend.

The page showed the Jiangcheng University forum; the title of the pinned post looked a bit familiar.

"The Most Delicious Xiaolongbao I've Ever Eaten in My Life, the Boss's Culinary Skill Is Absolutely Amazing!"

Isn't this the post I made last night when I got back?

After returning to the dormitory last night, the roommates smelled the aroma of the xiaolongbao the first thing.

The xiaolongbao she had packed and brought back became, without a doubt, the object the roommates fought over.

Although extremely unwilling, she couldn't withstand the roommates' bitter pleading.

Plus, with the condition that they guaranteed to take turns bringing her food for a week, in the end, each person got one.

Those girls in the dormitory ate with such relish, all saying they had never eaten such fragrant xiaolongbao.

Before going to sleep that night, Lin Meimei posted that thread on the school forum.

It recorded the whole process of her at Lu Feng's restaurant, from initially thinking the boss was a weirdo to being conquered by the delicious xiaolongbao, and attached a few photos of the xiaolongbao she had taken.

At the end, she recommended that anyone interested could also go try them.

After posting, Lin Meimei went to sleep; she had class the next day and no time to check.

Now reminded by her best friend, she hurriedly checked the comments.

Good grief! There were already several hundred replies.

You have to know, the number of active people on the school forum wasn't that many to begin with, and most posts after being posted only got single-digit replies.

There really weren't many posts like hers with so many replies, and the administrator directly pinned this post, making the title red and bold.

For a time, the post became incredibly popular in the school tieba.

"Died laughing, has the OP never eaten xiaolongbao before? Saying it so exaggeratedly!"

"I only recognize Li Ji's xiaolongbao on Food Street, OP I recommend you go taste it, definitely tastier than yours."

"Is it just me who thinks the xiaolongbao the OP mentioned, fifty yuan a steamer, the price is a bit outrageous?"

"Spending fifty yuan to eat something better isn't fragrant? Going to eat xiaolongbao, do you have a hole in your brain?"

"Miss, your hands are so pretty, do you have a partner? I'm super sweet!"

Lin Meimei opened the post, the comments said everything, there were those questioning, and those complaining that the steamed buns were fifty-one yuan a steamer and expensive.

But more of the comments were all discussing how delicious the xiaolongbao Lu Feng made was.

"Those who ate xiaolongbao last night say they don't want to talk, just want to keep going to eat today."

"To be honest, that xiaolongbao is the most delicious thing I've eaten in my life!"

"You guys know? Last night our school Security Guard Uncle was also buying, and in the end didn't buy any, his expression was so ugly, hahaha……"

"I didn't buy any last night either, could only watch others eat, today I want to eat ten steamers, even Jesus can't stop me, I'm telling you!"

"Hearing what you all say, I'm hungry, is it really that delicious? I'm going to taste it right now!"

"I've already arrived, Boss isn't open during the day, right? The door isn't even open!"

"Everyone don't make a wasted trip! Last night Boss said, open at nine in the evening, you're welcome, my name is Lei Feng!"

"Nine in the evening? This Boss really has personality, but I like it!"

"Anyone going together tonight? Split an order, fifty-one yuan a steamer is a bit expensive……"

……

The boys who had eaten xiaolongbao last night, after experiencing the flavor, all cheered for the xiaolongbao.

This also aroused more people's interest, all saying they wanted to taste it today too.

Seeing her own post being discussed by so many people, Lin Meimei couldn't help but feel excited in her heart.

But she immediately thought of a problem……

So many people all want to buy xiaolongbao, can she still get to eat some?

Lin Meimei started to regret posting a bit.