Chapter 302 The Old Man Got Slapped in the Face
While Han Jisong was at the Hu family, enjoying delicious steamed hairy crabs, squirrel fish and braised prawns, the Han family was in a gloomy mood.
Come to think of it, I don’t know if this is retribution in this life.
A few days ago, the old man of the Han family complained in the hospital that Jiang Tian was a lunch box seller and was not worthy of their grandson.
I got slapped in the face today.
His granddaughter had a boyfriend when she was studying at a university in Beijing. Now it was time for them to get married. Unexpectedly, the boyfriend looked down on the fact that their family came from a small city. Apart from him, a retired university president, there were no other prominent elders in the family, and he could not be of much help to his granddaughter's husband in his future career.
The old man's granddaughter hinted several times, but the man was hesitant and kept dragging his feet and refused to come to propose marriage.
Just this afternoon, my granddaughter suddenly ran back crying, saying that her boyfriend of six years was actually engaged to a senior from their school!
The reason is that the father of that senior sister is a powerful local official. If he marries the senior sister, the man can work less for at least ten years in his official career.
At this moment, Mr. Han's face felt burning with pain.
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After the third day of junior high school, Jiang Tian seldom went to the store. She used to go there every day, but now she only goes there twice a week at most.
At noon that day, an elderly couple came to the Fangjie fast food branch opposite the University of Foreign Languages.
After the old couple came in, they first stood in front of the menu and looked at it for a long time. Then, they ordered a braised pork chop set meal and a spicy crab set meal.
Not long after the couple sat down, they happened to catch the end of get out of class at the Foreign Languages University across the street. A large group of college students rushed in and occupied the tables and chairs in an instant. Those who squeezed in later saw that there were no seats left and were reluctant to leave. They urged the people in front to get their meals quickly. This restaurant was close to the school, so if there was no place to sit, they could take their meals back to the dormitory to eat.
"Boss, spicy crab! I want two spicy crab combos!"
"Braised pork ribs! Three braised pork ribs set meal!"
"What? There's no spicy chicken offal rice today? Ahhh why is there no chicken offal again?"
The college students lining up were like a group of hungry wolves. In just a short while, the old couple watched as the drawer in the store, which had been empty just a moment ago, was filled with one, five, and ten-yuan bills.
This scene really shocked the old couple!
The ones who sneaked into Fang Jie's fast food restaurant to eat were the retired Mr. and Mrs. Han.
They didn't expect that such a small and inconspicuous fast food restaurant could make so much money every day!
The old man has been studying all his life, so this simple math problem is no problem for him.
Just now he had carefully looked at the price list of this fast food restaurant. The braised pork chop set meal he ordered was five yuan a portion. His wife ordered the new spicy crab set meal, which was six yuan a portion. For two people to eat, the meal would cost eleven yuan.
The consumption level of this store is really not cheap nowadays when three-yuan lunch boxes are everywhere.
But after the lunch boxes were packed, Mr. Han immediately understood why this fast food restaurant still had so many customers coming to eat every day even though the lunch boxes were not cheap.
Compared with the roadside lunch boxes at three yuan a portion, the braised pork chop rice at five yuan a portion is indeed quite expensive.
However, compared with the stir-fried dishes in restaurants, it is very cheap.
Moreover, if you go to a restaurant and order a braised pork chop, a meat dish, two vegetable dishes, and a rice, it will cost at least a dozen yuan, which is not enough for one person to finish.
But in this restaurant, the braised pork chop set meal costs five yuan, which includes a large piece of greasy braised pork chop, a spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a spoonful of stir-fried pork with wild rice, a spoonful of mapo tofu, and a full plate of white rice underneath.
This amount is enough to fill up even the laborers doing hard labor on the construction site. For a person with a small stomach like his wife's, such a large steak can probably be divided into two meals.
Five yuan for a box lunch is indeed not cheap, but as long as you don’t eat it every day, college students usually eat in the cafeteria, with plain food, so it’s not very expensive to come out and have a bite occasionally.
Especially compared to eating out, the two meat and two vegetable set meals at Fangjie Fast Food Restaurant include meat and vegetables. The store also provides free seaweed egg drop soup and various kimchi. If you dine in the restaurant and the rice is not enough, you can get more. It is perfect for college students who come out to eat occasionally.
"Hiss~ Lao Han, this spicy crab tastes really good. Even my aunt can't make it taste this good."
When she was young, Old Mrs. Han loved spicy food. As she got older, the doctor advised her to eat a light diet. The aunt at home usually didn't dare to cook these heavy-tasting dishes, which made her appetite worse day by day!
Her family thought she was getting old and her appetite was gradually decreasing.
Bullshit! She doesn't eat. Is it because she doesn't like it?
It’s obvious that the food cooked by the nanny is not to her taste!
It’s not as good as this fast food meal that costs six dollars.
The fast food ordered by Old Lady Han is the store’s latest hot-selling product. To be honest, she can have this box lunch thanks to her grandson.
The crabs used in the store are fresh hairy crabs that Han Jisong and his team brought back from Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou.
A whole truck was filled with hairy crabs. The ones with the best appearance and the largest size were picked out, tied up with straw one by one, and sent to the Haosheng Hotel. That night, the local tycoons enjoyed steamed hairy crabs as big as bowls!
The medium-sized hairy crabs were also tied with straw and sent to the barbecue restaurant near the seafood market. In the evening of the same day, a line of chalk words was written on the small blackboard at the door of the barbecue restaurant: We have new Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, the quantity is limited, first come first served!
As for the remaining smaller hairy crabs and those with missing limbs, they were all sent to the fast food restaurant. After being washed, they were cut in half, marinated with ginger and cooking wine, coated with batter, and fried until golden brown.
Then heat the oil in a pan, add peppercorns and dried chilies to make it spicy, then add ginger slices, scallions, and fried crabs, pour in cooking wine, white vinegar, salt, and a little sugar, stir fry evenly, sprinkle a handful of fried sesame seeds when serving, and a big pot of fresh and delicious spicy crabs is ready.
Because it is a new seasonal dish, the spicy crab set meal is one dollar more expensive than the braised pork rib set meal in the store, but many people still buy it.
The store cooked three large pots of food, and they were all sold out before halfway through lunch time.
I didn’t buy anything later, but when I smelled the spicy crab in the store, tears of sadness flowed from the corners of my mouth.
It wasn’t until the waiter told them that there was a spicy crab set menu for dinner that the customers who hadn’t bought it immediately turned from sadness to joy.
Decision made! Let’s splurge today and come back to eat at the restaurant tonight. We must try the spicy crab!