Chapter 79: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Seeing the uncle so nervous, Lu Feng was afraid he might absentmindedly drive the taxi into the green belt later, so he simply closed his mouth and stopped speaking.

The taxi drove steadily along the road; the driver uncle and Lu Feng tacitly said nothing, and the atmosphere inside the car was somewhat gloomy.

The two arrived at Food Street awkwardly along the way. The driver stopped the car and, through the window, saw that quite a few people seemed to have gathered on the Food Street side. He muttered in surprise, "Hey! It's the first time I've seen so many people here past midnight. What are these people doing here instead of sleeping at night?"

Lu Feng smiled and replied, taking over the driver uncle's words: "These are all my customers; they're waiting for me to open the shop for business."

After speaking, Lu Feng scanned the code to pay the fare and got out of the car under the taxi driver's astonished gaze.

The driver uncle watched Lu Feng's receding figure in the car for a while, then unfastened his seatbelt, opened the car door, and got out.

So many people were waiting for this young man to open the shop for business—just how delicious were the things sold in this shop to attract so many customers to come at midnight?

The driver uncle, filled with strong curiosity, also walked toward Lu Feng's shop.

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Lu Feng walked into the kitchen and opened the System Mall to purchase ingredients.

Taking the ingredients out of the Storage Room, today he bought a whole large box of Hairy Crabs, a full two hundred of them, planning to add a new flavor of Crab Roe Fried Noodles today.

Today was the last day of business for this week; making something more delicious for those diners could also be considered a way of giving back.

The biggest reason was that Lu Feng himself wanted to eat them.

The quantity of Hairy Crabs he ordered today was not small; besides using them to make Crab Roe Fried Noodles, he also planned to make some of last week's Crab Roe Xiaolongbao.

Last week's Crab Roe Xiaolongbao only sold for two days; even though the price was a bit higher than other Xiaolongbao, it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of those diners, and Crab Roe Xiaolongbao was always the first to sell out every time.

When business was conducted this week, Lu Feng felt that processing the Hairy Crabs took too long, so he hadn't made Crab Roe Xiaolongbao for the past few days.

Those diners had complained about it a few times.

Today, to satisfy the requests of those old customers, he came to the shop a bit earlier than the past few days.

Lu Feng took out the trussed Hairy Crabs one by one and placed them into the large Steamer Basket.

With so many Hairy Crabs, one pot definitely couldn't steam them all; they had to be steamed in several batches.

Looking at the Hairy Crabs in the Steamer Basket, trussed up tightly so they couldn't move except for their eyes, Lu Feng couldn't help but silently recite a few apologies in his heart.

Afterwards, Lu Feng moved the Steamer Basket onto the steamer, took one last look at those pitiful Hairy Crabs, and murmured:

Don't be afraid; take a deep breath later. Feeling dizzy is normal. Just steam a sauna and sleep it off.

Lu Feng turned on the switch of the steamer. While waiting for the Hairy Crabs to steam, he wasn't idle either; he immediately began preparing the fillings for other flavors of Xiaolongbao and the ingredients needed for Fried Noodles.

As the water in the Steamer boiled, white steam began to rise in the steamer basket, and the kitchen gradually filled with the fresh aroma of crab.

Lu Feng was mixing the pork filling on his side; after smelling this fragrance, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

After being busy for a while, Lu Feng finished mixing the Xiaolongbao filling, and also marinated the beef for making Fried Noodles. Just then, the first batch of Hairy Crabs finished steaming.

Lu Feng turned off the switch of the Steamer, lifted the lid of the large Steamer Basket, and instantly a burst of fresh fragrance rushed toward him with the rising steam.

The Hairy Crabs filled five layers of Steamer Baskets. After steaming, the shells of the Hairy Crabs turned bright red, continuously emitting waves of aroma.

Lu Feng found a large basin, put all the steamed Hairy Crabs into it, emptied the Steamer Basket, and put the second batch of Hairy Crabs in to continue steaming.

Next, it was time to process these steamed Hairy Crabs.

Cracking crabs sounded complicated, but it was actually not simple at all.

Lu Feng found two Stainless Steel Bowls, picked up scissors, and first cut off all the crab legs. In no time, the crab legs scattered every which way filled the Stainless Steel Bowl.

The other Stainless Steel Bowl was also filled with the large claws of the Hairy Crabs.

Next, he took a small Spoon, pried open the crab shell, and dug out the crab roe inside, which was like gold, placing it into the prepared large bowl.

With the movement of his hand, the large bowl in front of him was gradually covered with dollops of tempting crab roe.

After finishing the crab roe, Lu Feng next took out the crab legs, crab claws, and crab meat from the crab shells one by one, placing them into another large bowl.

The work of cracking Hairy Crabs was somewhat tedious, but Lu Feng felt some enjoyment thinking that they would soon become delicious Crab Roe Xiaolongbao and Crab Roe Fried Noodles.

As his shop's business hours increased, he also became more and more fond of processing various ingredients into delicious food.

Seeing the satisfaction and happiness on the diners' faces after eating the food he made with his own hands was a very fulfilling thing for him.

Lu Feng threw the last empty crab shell of the first batch into the Garbage Bin. Looking at the crab roe and crab meat in front of him, he breathed a sigh of relief as if unburdened.

However, he had no time to rest, because the second batch of Hairy Crabs would finish steaming soon.

By the time Lu Feng finished processing all the Hairy Crabs, the time had already reached two-thirty in the morning.

Checking the time, Lu Feng originally thought that after finishing the Hairy Crabs, he would make himself a portion of Crab Roe Fried Noodles first, but it seemed there wasn't enough time.

He still needed to mix the filling for Crab Roe Xiaolongbao, wrap the Xiaolongbao, and steam them.

Lu Feng looked somewhat reluctantly at the large bowl filled with crab roe and crab meat, held back his saliva, and continued making preparations for tonight's business.

However, he had set aside some crab roe in advance. After business ended today, he would make Crab Roe Fried Noodles to eat at noon when he went back.

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At the same time, Tong'an Hospital.

Zhang Xianyang changed into casual clothes, told the nurse on night duty at the Nurse Station, and told her that if there was any emergency, she should call his Mobile Phone immediately, and he would rush back at once.

There wasn't much going on for the night shift tonight, and the patients under Zhang Xianyang's care all had minor illnesses; generally, there wouldn't be any emergencies.

The main reason he stayed for the night shift today was to be able to eat the Explosive Spicy Flavor Fried Noodles he had eaten during the day again.

Since eating that portion of Explosive Spicy Flavor Fried Noodles in the morning, that taste had lingered in his mind, impossible to forget.

Tonight, no matter what, he had to go eat it again.

But as a responsible doctor, he hadn't forgotten his work duties; the patient's health came first.

Before leaving, Zhang Xianyang still went through the wards he was responsible for one by one; all the patients were sleeping quietly, only then did he leave the hospital with peace of mind.

Along the way, Zhang Xianyang held excitement in his heart, his feet generating wind, and he soon arrived at Food Street.

Just as he entered Food Street, at one glance he saw Lu Feng's illuminated sign, and he couldn't help feeling a surge of joy.

Walking a few steps further, by the light of the store entrance, Zhang Xianyang saw that quite a few people had already gathered outside the shop; these people clustered in twos and threes, seemingly all waiting for the shop to open for business, which made his pace involuntarily quicken.

When Zhang Xianyang arrived at Lu Feng's store entrance, the diners began queuing in an orderly fashion; before several minutes had passed, a long line had formed at the store entrance.

Dozens of pairs of eyes stared in unison at the shop's tightly shut gate, their expressions all showing great anticipation.