Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 863 - 851. Construction site meals cabbage soup

Chapter 863: 851. Construction site meals cabbage soup

Zhang Yanping rode back on the tricycle along with the sweet potatoes and saw a pile of empty cardboard boxes in the corner of the courtyard, where Xin Jun was leisurely packing according to the list.

It seems that everyone was in a hurry to place orders and make payments, so today’s 100 orders were mostly one item per order, which made the packing process much easier.

But Zhang Yanping didn’t pay attention to the list; instead, she asked curiously, "Xiaozhang didn’t take them away?"

Xin Jun glanced at her, "He stared at the computer for half an hour, noticed that there were no sales, and then went back all worried."

How could he not be worried? It was clear that the God of Wealth’s power had diminished, and products weren’t selling. For his small business, this was a huge loss!

Feeling a little guilty, Zhang Yanping chuckled, "Well... I was just watering the livestream for Qiaoqiao, you know?"

Xin Jun, who had watched the entire livestream, looked at him with a smile that was not quite a smile: "You could’ve sold your products first before inviting Big White for afternoon tea."

Zhang Yanping certainly couldn’t admit he got carried away and forgot, so he dodged the issue by saying, "Uh... do you eat sweet potatoes? Let me tell you, they are really tasty! If you want some, I’ll wash a big one for you!"

Xin Jun responded coolly and then instructed, "Peel it nicely."

Seeing the stack of express delivery slips in his hands, Zhang Yanping felt guilty and short of breath, and hurriedly agreed.

It gets dark early now, and it’s quite a hassle to take detours from other villages. Xiaozhang isn’t impatient; he just didn’t want to delay any longer, which is why he left early.

Ah, if only the road could be fixed overnight, how wonderful that would be!

...

Of course, fixing the road overnight was impossible, but the construction crew was full of energy, huffing and puffing away at work. Zhou Erbao, who worked on the road, glanced at the dim sky and couldn’t resist slacking off, sending a message:

"Tonight we have potato stew with meat. What are you guys eating?"

His cousin replied after a while:

"Keeping it simple tonight, it’s steamed buns with cabbage gruel."

At that moment, Zhou Erbao almost burst out laughing—hahahaha! Finally, the food on my side beats yours! It seemed that the stingy boss had shown his true colors and was unwilling to provide good food anymore. He had been to several construction sites and understood the bosses’ tricks!

The contractor would never hire exceptionally skilled workers. If the workers were skilled, they’d eat more. And if they ate more, wouldn’t the food costs skyrocket?

That’s how all capitalists are!

But when he sneakily took another look at the chef’s adroit knife skills over the big stove, slicing pork belly as thin as cicada wings, it was as if he was afraid the slices would be detectable once in the mouth.

Thinking back to the picture of braised fish chunks his brother sent yesterday, his mouth couldn’t help but water.

Just then, the other party sent another link:

"Our kitchen’s Master Jiang said he learned from Master Song down at the mountain, and he’s also doing a livestream—about how to make cabbage soup. Take a look."

"I’m off, break time."

Putting away his phone, Zhou Erbao felt a bit sour at heart. We’re all working on the construction site, how come you have proper break times? Isn’t it just an excuse to slack off a bit when you have the chance?

But he didn’t need to slack off today.

Now that he had finished his current task and there were other arrangements for the next steps, it was getting darker, so they simply stopped working on the road.

Tonight the heavy machinery would take over, and they could start early the next morning.

Like Zhou Erbao, there were others who couldn’t return home. They gathered together, and seeing him fixed on his phone, they wondered:

"Dinner will start soon, why aren’t you hurrying back? What are you looking at here?"

Zhou Erbao casually replied as he clicked on the link:

"That coworker who said they had really good food, their chef is livestreaming how to make cabbage soup today."

"I’m guessing that from today on, their food will become worse."

He often showed pictures of their food to everyone, and now hearing him saying this, some of them felt a pang:

"Cabbage soup... it’s chilly tonight, a bowl of hot soup would be great."

"Why suddenly cabbage soup? How greasy must their food have been every day that they’ve grown tired of meat?"

"Ah, cabbage soup is so bland. After a hard day’s work, I don’t really like eating light food."

While they complained, they all crowded around him and headed towards the work shed.

Looking ahead at the contractor’s distant relative and chef—god knows where they found this promising talent—even the rice for the meals was skimmed!