Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 273 - 270: Is This Boss Really Just Pretending?

Chapter 273: Chapter 270: Is This Boss Really Just Pretending?

With those bodybuilders from the gym around, Chen Mo now basically has to barbecue up a whole grill’s worth of skewers, which would be immediately bought up by them.

He barbecued for over three hours before finally sending off all those more than a dozen trainers.

Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the customer in front of him, and asked, "What do you want?"

Xiao Qin was also puzzled.

He was the first to take on the challenge, and also the first to have an epiphany, so he was among the first batch of people to line up, yet he still had to wait so long.

Just had 25 yuan worth of barbecue and it was completely not filling.

Xiao Qin turned to discuss with his two buddies, "Why don’t the three of us buy everything? Can we finish it?"

"I think it should be fine."

Another buddy started calculating, "Two hundred meat skewers are not much, and we won’t even discuss the oysters, we can finish them easily. As for grilled eggplant, I think you can only buy about a dozen at a time, so by this calculation, it should be fine."

The three of them hit it off immediately and bought up all the skewers Chen Mo had barbecued.

They didn’t sit down to eat, but separated the skewers and each took some, then carried the oysters and eggplants over to the front of another barbecue stall.

"Boss, let’s negotiate something."

Li Chao was sweating profusely at this point, having wasted countless meat skewers, and the grilled oysters didn’t taste right either, which made Li Chao even more anguished!

Clearly, the method wasn’t much different from Boss Xiao Chen, so why was the result so different when eaten?

If the disparity in the oysters could be attributed to the quality of the ingredients, the grilled eggplant was really driving Li Chao mad.

Thinking back.

Previously, when Chen Mo prepared it, he simply grilled the eggplant until soft, sliced it open and brushed it with oil, soy sauce, and finally covered it with a layer of raw garlic, using the heat from the raw ingredients to further cook and flavor the eggplant flesh.

But I did exactly the same, so why did it not only taste wrong but the texture was completely different?

Li Chao’s head was numb, completely unsure what to do next, and he asked irritably, "What are you negotiating?"

Xiao Qin looked at Li Chao’s empty barbecue grill and said, "Boss, your grill is empty anyway, and I’ve seen you without business for several hours, how about this, we give you a bit of money, and you help us warm up this barbecue."

Barbecue needs to be eaten while hot; if it gets slightly cold, it doesn’t taste as good.

Xiao Qin and his friends ordered quite a bit; they definitely wouldn’t finish it quickly, and Chen Mo’s grill was always fully loaded, with no space to keep it warm for them.

Upon hearing this, Li Chao was instantly furious.

I’ve been in the barbecue business at Construction Road Night Market for seven or eight years, and now outside the gym, I’ve fallen into such a state that I’m only good for keeping others’ food warm?

He glared at Xiao Qin fiercely, "Fine! How much do you think is appropriate?"

Xiao Qin cheerfully handed over the eggplant and oysters, "We’ll give you a hundred yuan to keep them warm. We’ll eat while watching the challenge, is that okay?"

The ingredients wasted today were enough, earning a hundred was a hundred.

Li Chao nodded in agreement, pushed around the coals in the grill to reduce the temperature slightly, and placed Xiao Qin’s oysters and eggplants, "Okay, you guys watch."

Xiao Qin and his two friends, meat skewers in hand, squeezed into the crowd.

Eating one skewer at a time was just not satisfying.

Holding five skewers in hand, he slid the whole bunch off into his mouth at once at the end.

Chewing vigorously, his mouth was full of grease and meat juice, the slightly spicy grilled lamb exploded with flavor, almost shooting to the top of his head! "Barbecue has to be eaten like this to be enjoyable!"

Xiao Qin was immensely satisfied, and just then a middle-aged man walked into the challenge zone.

"What’s going on now?" Xiao Qin casually asked.

The enthusiastic elder brother beside him laughed, pointing at the challengers inside, "It’s hilarious! I thought the challenge was easy, but I’m puzzled. Everyone looks so vigorous going in, but after one bite they can’t handle it, don’t know if something special is mixed in that barbecue."

Clicking his tongue.

After the elder spoke, he noticed the oily mess on Xiao Qin’s mouth and the aroma of grilled meat all over him, feeling tempted, "Young man, did you just buy that?"

"Of course, those gym trainers hogged the line in front for so long, it took me hours to buy these skewers."

The elder rubbed his hands, a bit embarrassed, "Could I buy a few skewers from you? I just signed up for the challenge, but it’ll still be over half an hour before it’s my turn."

"Sure, forget buying, I’ll give you two skewers." Xiao Qin generously shared two of his skewers with the elder brother.

After all, he still had sixty or seventy skewers on hand, and two hundred oysters being warmed there.

The elder took the skewers without hesitation, wolfing them down in one go, an unbelievable expression on his face, "These skewers actually taste quite good."

"Of course," Xiao Qin said while flexing his muscles, showing them to the elder, "You know, working out every day, a five or six kilometer run is nothing. Earlier I just thought the barbecue was so good I couldn’t be bothered with the challenge, so that’s why I went to line up." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The elder nodded, "You’re making sense. I won’t enter the challenge either, better line up first."

Xiao Qin happily continued to watch the challenge, "Wow, this guy’s amazing, he actually chose the plank?"

Anyone who’s trained a bit knows, the plank exercise looks like it’s nothing, just lying there, right?

But in reality...