Chapter 305 - 138: Unreasonably Delicious Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes

Chapter 305: Chapter 138: Unreasonably Delicious Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes

Jingzhou City, Botanical Garden, Pedestrian Street.

Normally, food stalls wouldn’t start popping up on this street until after five o’clock, and the crowds wouldn’t really start to gather until six.

But today, it was just a little past four, and a few people were already scattered around the middle of the street.

Among them, two men were particularly conspicuous.

"I told you, Boss Su is a real character. It’s one thing that his food is delicious, but he’s out here cooking in a suit when it’s thirty-five degrees Celsius. See? That’s why people are already here waiting."

Zhan Yang was half-reclining, his legs crossed. "I gotta say, this folding lounge chair of yours is pretty damn useful."

As he spoke, he casually picked up a soda from the ground. The bottle was covered in a thick layer of condensation, looking perfectly chilled. "We definitely had the right idea, bringing our own table and chairs. Otherwise, we might’ve actually had to eat squatting on the ground today."

Fang Chang had a straw in his mouth. "I counted. If I’m not mistaken, all the people here are waiting for Boss Su to set up his stall. There are twenty of them."

"You’ve got way too much time on your hands. But damn, that’s pretty impressive! I still prefer it when Boss Su sets up his stall, though. We can eat to our hearts’ content!"

Fang Chang ignored him. "Look!"

His shout made everyone else who was standing around chatting look toward the end of the street.

Over there, a red, cartoon-themed food truck was slowly approaching. The pair of eyelashes on its front looked surprisingly cute!

In Fang Chang’s eyes, this wasn’t just a food truck—this was his damn dinner!

"It’s here, it’s here! It’s finally here! Honey, I’m not kidding, their Stir-Fried Yellow Beef is insanely delicious. You’ll see in a bit!"

"It’s finally here. My waiting for hours wasn’t in vain!"

"Does anyone know if this boss used to own a restaurant? With skills this good, why is he running a street stall?"

"No idea, but with skills like these, he could definitely run a restaurant, no problem. Hey, look! The boss is here in his Mercedes again!"

Just as the food truck got into position, a Mercedes pulled into a parking spot on the curb.

Su Chen got out of the car, casually adjusted his collar, his hair specially styled, and flashed a charming smile for some unknown reason.

"Damn it. Everything about Boss Su is great, except he’s so pretentious! I’ve never seen anyone turn running a street stall into something that looks like a celebrity meet-and-greet!" Fang Chang was utterly disdainful of Su Chen’s behavior.

"True that." Zhan Yang slurped down the rest of his soda. "What are we waiting for?! Let’s go get in line!"

The two of them moved with incredible speed, but even so, they were a step too slow!

They ended up right in the middle of a line of more than twenty people.

"Please wait just a moment, everyone! We’ll get the tables and chairs set up first. The boss modified the food truck today, so we guarantee everyone will get to eat!" He Shuting announced to the customers at the front of the line, holding a megaphone.

This scene was a bit unexpected for everyone.

Inside the food truck, Zhang the Second immediately started prepping ingredients. "Boss, I thought no one would be here at this hour. I can’t believe people were waiting in advance..."

Su Chen was also prepping. "You can never imagine what a foodie will do for a good bite..."

Meanwhile, Aunt Fang had just started taking the folding tables, chairs, and stools out of the food truck’s storage compartment.

A young man immediately ran over. "Auntie, let me help you!"

Aunt Fang said, embarrassed, "Oh, I couldn’t ask you to do that!"

But the young man was very quick to help take things out of the compartment anyway, and then helped arrange everything to one side of the food truck.

In just about ten minutes, everything was ready.

Zhang Li also wrote the day’s prices on the blackboard.

[Today’s Prices]

[Stir-Fried Yellow Beef: 48 yuan]

[Scrambled Eggs with Tomato: 28 yuan.]

The prices weren’t high, but they weren’t low either. They were perhaps a bit cheaper than a large restaurant’s, but a little more expensive than a small diner’s. However, the people lining up here had all eaten his food yesterday, so they naturally knew the boss’s skills were superb, and no one said a word.

Worst case, they just wouldn’t order the scrambled eggs with tomato.

At Su Chen’s instruction, He Shuting continued to shout through the megaphone, "Everyone, please form an orderly line! Order here, and then wait after you’ve paid!"

The line, which was already formed, now became even neater.

"Boss, one Stir-Fried Yellow Beef! Not spicy!"

The middle-aged man at the front of the line was clearly a customer from the day before, stating his order directly as soon as he got there.

Su Chen wasted no words. "I can cook them at the same time. Next."

"Awesome! I want mine mildly spicy!"

Su Chen quickly took out the already-marinated thin slices of beef, then filled a small basin halfway with green and red line peppers cut into rolling chunks.

The method for the non-spicy stir-fried beef was basically the same as the mildly spicy version. The only difference was that the peppers had to be dry-fried for a bit longer.

With his high-intensity stove, Su Chen’s speed for this step was much faster. In a mere six minutes, two servings of stir-fried beef appeared in paper bowls.

The two young men at the front of the line immediately took their bowls, went happily to a table to sit, and didn’t forget to ask for a bowl of rice.

It was only a little past five in the afternoon, but Su Chen had already begun cooking nonstop. He would look up from time to time; he was averaging one dish every five minutes, but the line in front of him never seemed to get any shorter.

’How strange...’

But the sound of WeChat payment notifications was nearly constant. Seeing the task progress bar in his mind steadily increasing, Su Chen was full of energy!

「Meanwhile, at the Botanical Garden.」