I am farming in the real world

Chapter 27: Death from a High Fall

It was just past 7 PM, and the Binjiang Road in the main urban area of Wen City was brightly lit.

This was where all the wealthy people of Wen City flocked, with a large area of high-end residential complexes built close to the Oujiang River, with average prices above 40,000 or 50,000 yuan per square meter, and the most expensive complexes even reaching over 100,000 yuan per square meter.

Uniformly large apartments and duplexes, standing on the viewing platform of Binjiang Road, one could turn around and see the exquisitely luxurious chandeliers lit in the large glass windows facing the river.

For a second-tier city, the housing prices in the Binjiang area were truly defying the heavens.

Of course, the higher the housing prices, the more wealthy people there were.

After Chen Jue had Tie Yi park the truck, he pushed the street stall cart to an open space in front of a high-end residential complex called Binjiang Shangpin and set up the stall.

In fact, just across the road was the Oujiang Light and Shadow Wharf, a popular spot for tourists.

Every night, the center of the Oujiang River had colorful city light show performances, attracting tourists from all over the city to watch.

In places like this where crowds gathered, there were naturally many mobile vendors carrying buckets selling flowers, balloons, toys, and fruits, but none of them were as blatant as Chen Jue, pushing a street stall cart.

After all, this was Wen City's urban image name card, and countless urban management officers and patrol police came back and forth to clear the area every day. Daring to set up a stall at the wharf was purely asking for trouble.

Of course, Chen Jue's purpose was not to earn money from ordinary tourists, but to target the wealthy people living in these high-end residential complexes.

If he wanted a large flow of people, he wouldn't have to come to the Binjiang area, but could go to the snack street of Chashan University Town and compete with other vendors for business.

"Hey! You're not allowed to set up here, you know?"

"Don't you even look at what kind of place this is!"

Seeing Chen Jue pushing the stall cart over, several security guards in uniform ran over from the imposing main entrance of the residential complex to drive him away.

"This isn't a street stall, there's no open flame or oily smoke. Chen Ji brand is here for a promotional tasting, holding an event."

"Brothers, please be accommodating, I'll only stay for 1 hour at most!" Chen Jue immediately explained, and by the way, took out a pack of Huazi cigarettes he bought from the town and stuffed it into the hand of the leading security captain.

"Tasting promotion?" The security captain glanced at the tasting advertisement on the stall, confirmed that there was no stove on the cart, only a cutting board, a kitchen knife, and a few tasting platters. After accepting the cigarettes, he turned a blind eye and said, "Make sure it's only 1 hour! If it's any longer, I'll have to chase you away. If the residents find out there's a stall at the entrance, we'll be complained about."

High-end residential complexes were different, considering the comfort of the residents and preventing noise.

He scanned the entrance and didn't even see a single bottom-level shop, let alone a stall.

Chen Jue smiled slightly: "Don't worry, buddy, I definitely won't cause you any trouble! After 1 hour, I'm going to promote at the entrance of the next residential complex."

After speaking, seeing the face of that pack of Huazi cigarettes, the security guards who had surrounded him dispersed with suspicion.

… …

Seeing that he had settled these security guards, Chen Jue had Tie Yi take out a dozen MC roasted chickens from the backpack he had just taken out of the car.

Enjoying the slightly cool and refreshing river breeze coming from afar, Chen Jue opened a roasted chicken packaging bag, put on plastic gloves, and with a serious look, held the kitchen knife, placed a roasted chicken on the cutting board, and chopped it down.

In the next second, splashing oil and juice, mixed with the fragrance of fruitwood-smoked roasted chicken, began to drift from the small stall towards the gate of Binjiang Shangpin in the distance.

The security guards who had returned to their posts and were discussing how to divide the pack of Huazi cigarettes, immediately twitched their noses when they smelled this scent.

"What's that smell?"

"Why does it smell so good!"

"It seems to be coming from that stall!"

The security guards at the entrance were almost driven crazy by the roasted chicken smell that was blowing in with the river breeze.

The leading security captain looked around, and seeing that no residents were coming in or out at this time, he quickly ran to the stall to verify: "Buddy, what kind of chicken is this? I smelled the fragrance from a distance, can I have some to try?"

Chen Jue laughed: "Sure! Chen Ji is here for promotion this time, to give everyone a free tasting. But there's a limit of 3 pieces per person, I'll chop some for you."

After speaking, Chen Jue handed over the job of chopping the chicken to Tie Yi, who was not good at talking, while he himself took a piece of kraft paper, packed a few pieces of chicken and handed it to the security captain.

By the way, he pointed to a QR code on the stall's advertising board and said: "Remember to scan the code and join this WeChat group, there will be opening event notifications when the new store opens in the future."

The security captain was also stunned when he saw this: "It really is a promotion!"

The other party gave Chen Jue face, scanned the WeChat code to join the group, and then picked up the kraft paper and returned to the security room to share it with his brothers.

In less than half a minute, Chen Jue found that the security guards who had tasted his roasted chicken were all looking at his stall with glowing eyes.

Until the security captain returned again and asked: "Buddy, this roasted chicken is so damn delicious! What secret recipe did you add to roast it? How much does one cost?"

Chen Jue smiled and revealed: "This is Chen Ji's ancestral unique roasting method, roasted without adding any seasonings, the main thing is to eat the original flavor of the chicken itself. If you want to buy it, the original price is two hundred and ten yuan each, but now it's a limited-time promotion, only half price. But it's best to buy it and eat it fresh, if you put it for a long time and heat it in the microwave, the taste will be much worse."

When the security captain heard that no seasoning was added to this roasted chicken, he also reminisced with a lingering aftertaste of the amazing taste he had just eaten.

"The original price is two hundred yuan each?"

"Even half price is a bit expensive!" The security captain muttered.

Those who work as security guards are a group of miserable people. Although they have taken fewer detours in their lives, their income has always been low.

So he picked up the walkie-talkie and discussed with his brothers in the security room. After scanning the code and paying 200 yuan, the captain took two chickens from Chen Jue's stall.

"Got the first order!"

Chen Jue listened to the Alipay payment voice ringing in Tie Yi's mobile phone, and was happy to see that business started as soon as he set up the stall.

Guarding the stall, he asked Tie Yi to chop the sample chicken that attracted customers a little more finely.

The more finely chopped, the stronger the aroma of the MC roasted chicken would be.

Soon, several old men and women who had come out for a walk from the main gate of the residential complex, planning to cool off in Binjiang Park, were attracted.

Because the housing prices in this high-end residential area were too high and out of touch with reality, they rarely saw any roadside stalls all year round.

Occasionally, those who came to promote products were mostly high-end domestic services, travel agencies, luxury nursing homes, banks, and other merchants who cooperated with the residential property.

Stalls selling snacks were indeed rare.

What's more, it was a stall that emitted such an enticing aroma!

Seeing that his target customers had appeared, Chen Jue immediately held up a piece of kraft paper and went up, calling out "Grandpa, Grandma" affectionately, personally acting as a tasting promoter and starting to coax them.

The wealthy old men were still somewhat skeptical of the so-called secret recipe, but after smelling the aroma and tasting a piece of MC roasted chicken's invincible taste, the group immediately exploded.

"Young man, this chicken you Chen Ji makes is great! When are you going to open a store here?"

"This chicken tastes like the free-range native chicken I had in the countryside when I was young. In the past, native chickens were fragrant no matter how you cooked them."

"Unlike those so-called free-range chickens and mountain chickens nowadays, when you bite into them, there's a smell of feed, the chicken smells very strong, and they're either very dry or very greasy, not as fragrant as they used to be."

These old men and women who could live in the Binjiang area were naturally very wealthy and had definitely eaten and seen a lot.

After tasting two bites of MC roasted chicken each, they all gave Chen Jue a thumbs up.

When they asked about the price, a whole roasted chicken was only selling for 100 yuan at half price, the old people took out their mobile phones to scan the code and each carried two or three bags to the security room.

It seemed that they were planning to wait until they returned from their walk to take them home and share them with their families.

One enthusiastic old lady even took a photo and recorded a small video of Chen Jue's small stall and sent it to the old people's group in the same residential complex.

She said that it was not easy for them, two young people, to come out to set up a stall late at night, and she was helping to promote it.

Chen Jue was very touched after hearing that!

He just didn't expect that the old lady's tap water promotion traffic would be so large.

In less than 20 minutes, the 40 bagged roasted chickens he brought were snatched up by the old men and women who came one after another.

Many old people who walked slowly, after tasting the only remaining MC roasted chicken at the stall, also slapped their thighs and exclaimed regret, asking Chen Jue if he would come to set up a stall in this area tomorrow.

If he came, even if they didn't dance square dance, they would take the time to come and take care of the business.

Chen Jue patiently answered each of these enthusiastic elderly customers.

He asked them to join the WeChat group labeled "Wen City Chen Ji No. 1 Store" to facilitate attracting business when the new store opened in the future.

… …

"An income of 4,000 yuan in less than half an hour."

"As expected, you still have to earn the money of the rich."

After closing the stall, Chen Jue sat in the passenger seat of the truck with a satisfied expression.

Staring at the number of people in that WeChat group, which had already risen to 86, a smile appeared on Chen Jue's face.

Selling all the roasted chickens so smoothly and quickly made him realize that the route of packaging MC roasted chicken as a high-end boutique food was feasible.

But just as he was flipping through WeChat, several unread @ messages popped up in another small group of close friends.

Zheng Bocheng: "@Chen Jue, you said you were going to set up a stall in Wen City? Where the hell are you? You haven't answered the phone all day (picking nose)"

Li Te: "We've already gotten off the Wen City expressway, quickly send the stall location @Chen Jue"

Guo Sen: "Leave me a few roasted chickens! Don't sell them all! (pity) @Chen Jue"

Seeing that his group of buddies had already set off and were on their way to support him, Chen Jue quickly typed a reply: "You should have said so earlier! Especially Bo Cheng, didn't you say you weren't coming? I'm already finished selling and packing up to go back (attached picture)."

Immediately, the WeChat group was flooded with silly memes like (friends only in good times, eyes wide), and demands for Chen Jue to reimburse their highway tolls and gas money for deceiving their feelings.

Chen Jue laughed heartily at this, and while instructing Tie Yi to drive carefully, he started a meme war with his buddies in the group.

Unexpectedly, before the truck had driven far, a very familiar subtitle box suddenly popped up in the lower left corner of Chen Jue's vision:

[Tie Wu Ga fell to his death from a great height]

Second update ~ Just two updates for today, I need to get a good night's sleep to recover my condition and energy.

Also, the book club group has already been created, those who are interested can join the group to chat and hang out~