apples more than anything

In just three days, Song Pingguo had roughly understood the law of survival in Hengdian.

The main force taking care of the boxed lunch business is not those who come to buy boxed lunches alone, but the crews of all shapes and sizes in Hengdian Film and Television City.As long as a few small crews contact the stall owner to order boxed lunches per person, they can almost earn their basic living needs today, and then they can sell and collect at the stall and go home.

The crews in Hengdian came and went, and the young people who dreamed of being actors and stars also came and went, but the box lunch sellers on the street were always familiar faces.

Palace ladies, secret agents, spies, and disgraced Japanese devils all flocked to the streets hungry at mealtimes. The seniors who came early taught me which one had more rice, which one had more meat, and which one had better fried eggs. Song Pingguo currently only exists in their pending evaluation list and is not eligible for recommendation.

Just as she was sitting on the small bench next to the van until she was about to fall asleep, her cell phone rang.

Hengdian has its own dedicated contact system. In addition to actors, other people who want to live and work here for a long time will also set up a "cornet number" for themselves to facilitate contact. Song Pingguo's cornet number was when she came here a few days ago It was done just now, and after three days, it was only given to Leiqiu.

She must have finished filming her morning scene, and asked Song Pingguo to leave her a lunch box while running here.

In fact, Song Pingguo just noticed that Leiqiu is not the only one who is crazy in Hengdian—or rather, there are quite a lot of people who are as obsessed with eating box lunches as Leiqiu.After all, in a life that is hard work and not necessarily rewarded, three meals a day seem to be the only hope.

"Hey, Song Pingguo, how many boxes do you have?"

"There's a lot." Song Pingguo looked back at his still full compartment, "Just come and eat, braised chicken wing rice only costs ten yuan a box."

"It's not that I want to eat alone. I found a big deal for you. It's not convenient for you to drive here now. Forget it, I'll go get it."

Lei Qiu babbled a lot on the phone without giving Song Pingguo a chance to intervene. By the time Song Pingguo realized it, there was only the beeping busy tone after the call was cut off.

Found a great deal.Song Pingguo recalled the important information she received yesterday - Leiqiu is very close to a certain director, and is currently playing a supporting role in a certain production team - this is the legendary production order for her ?

Song Pingguo had the feeling that the just-opened Yixin Taobao store suddenly received an order worth [-] yuan.

The streets and crowds are extending to both sides. Song Pingguo moved her small bench, rested her chin with her hands, and moved her eyes back and forth, thinking that Hengdian, where meals are served, is like a huge frying rice stove, and in this group of frying rice In, there is a maverick popcorn rushing out.

In the hot summer of June in Hengdian, there was a woman wrapped in a green padded military overcoat, running in the crowd like no one else, looking like a composition written by a fourth-grade elementary school student—her crystal sweat dripped on the on the ground.

When Leiqiu went through the crowd and ran to Song Pingguo, Song Pingguo felt in a daze that she was going to take off the military coat in the next second and asked, "Girl, do you want to buy a disc?"

"Fifteen copies!" Lei Qiu wiped the sweat off his face, took off his military coat, took out the money from his pocket, and handed it to Song Pingguo, "Is there anything for you?"

Song Pingguo took out an unfolded cardboard box from the back of the truck compartment, and counted fifteen lunch boxes inside: "Is it easy to take?"

Then he looked at the green military coat on Leiqiu's body, and couldn't help asking her again: "Modern drama? Shooting in Hengdian?"

"The time-traveling drama took us to a nearby film and television base in the early hours of this morning, and we just came back now." Lei Qiu took the cardboard box that Song Pingguo handed over, "Then the new drama manager ordered less boxed lunches. I just came to take care of your business, if one day you quit, I will have to endure other people's box lunches again."

If it is more specific to say that some people live to eat, almost everyone eats box lunches for the purpose of filming vigorously, and what Leiqiu shows is that she works hard to film movies all for box lunches.

"Is it so delicious?" Song Pingguo glanced into the truck behind him suspiciously, "It can't be."

Song Pingguo is still very confident about her craftsmanship, but there is a limit to how delicious the lunch box is. Hot dishes are stuffy in the box and affect the taste, and the dishes that can be used in the box lunch are also limited. It can't be too expensive, after all, this thing has to be cheap to sell.

The group performers who have worked hard at the bottom of Hengdian don't have that high requirement for the boxed lunch, as long as it is not so bad that they can't eat it, and they won't get sick after eating it, they can accept it.When there is nothing in life, everyone's requirements are not so much. If you can fill your stomach and have a place to live, you don't have to give up your dream and go back to your hometown in desperation, even if it is not bad.

Ten lunch boxes are a bit heavy, but Lei Qiu easily carried the cardboard box on his shoulders, and waved to Song Pingguo: "Then I'll go first, don't leave it for me tonight, I want Go back to sleep."

Looking at her handsome back with a box of lunch on her shoulder and a military coat on her arm, Song Pinguo sighed to herself.

What kind of drama does this person play? She is the drama herself.

"Xiao Song! Xiao Song!" Song Pingguo just jumped out of the driver's seat of the pickup truck when she saw the landlady, Aunt Sun, sitting at the door and waving to her, "Come here!"

Song Pingguo quickly locked the car and ran over. What she learned was the best news she had heard since she arrived in Hengdian. The apartment with a spacious kitchen on the top floor was vacant, and she could pack up and move in tonight.

Most of the rental houses near Hengdian are shared. It is not easy to find a house that is willing to rent to one person. Song Pingguo did not expect the size of the kitchen at that time. Anyway, she did not want to open a restaurant, and it was barely enough. That's enough, but if given the chance, of course she would like a bigger kitchen.

"The one opposite to your new room used to be a man. He went back to his hometown. A girl just moved in today. You can get to know him when you have time. The one who lives opposite will also take care of you." Aunt Sun handed her the key with a smile. Remember to return the original key to me."

Song Pingguo had a very obedient face since she was a child, with fair and straight eyes and big eyes. Therefore, whether she was at home or going out alone, Song Pingguo was well taken care of by her middle-aged and elderly friends.So she also knows how important it is to stay away from some naughty neighbors and build a good relationship with some kind and friendly neighbors—especially for people who live alone.

It was still the third day that she officially drove the pickup truck to the place where the crew gathered together to sell boxed lunches, but it was almost a month since she moved into this small rental house.For more than 20 days, she was busy researching several combinations of box lunches, and how to make these combinations as quickly as possible and put them on the plate. After finding out all the details with confidence, she drove a small truck with box lunches on the road.

Although she lived for a month, Song Pingguo didn't mess up the room too much, and she didn't have much luggage, so she quickly moved her things upstairs—it was the ingredients that piled up in the refrigerator that bothered her for a long time .

Song Pingguo couldn't wait to use her new kitchen.

Put the pork ribs that have been placed on the fresh-keeping layer in advance into the pot, scald them with boiling water and a little cooking wine, throw them into the frying pan and stir until the red color of the raw meat is invisible, then one spoonful of cooking wine, two spoonfuls of soy sauce, three spoonfuls of vinegar, and four spoonfuls of sugar Add them one by one, pour water over the ribs, and skillfully turn it to medium heat.

Song Pingguo opened the ring of the can, poured half a can of Coke into it, covered the pot, drank the Coke and went to the refrigerator to find the leftover mushrooms.

You can buy a lot of meat in advance and stuff it in the refrigerator, but Song Pingguo doesn't dare to buy too many vegetables in advance in this weather, so you only leave enough to cook for yourself each time, and there are just two green vegetables left. Gather a plate of mushrooms and vegetables.

When the sweet and sour pork ribs were almost ready, she fried the mushrooms and greens in the pan, turned on the fire to collect the sauce for the ribs, and finally carried two plates to the opposite door to perform a diplomatic mission.

Song Pingguo sent half of it and kept the other half. She intended to deliver an order to the person opposite to show her friendliness, but she knocked on the door three times, and the person who opened the door was Lei wearing a Pikachu one-piece pajamas. mound.

Not only Song Pingguo was dumbfounded, Lei Qiu also scratched his head in a daze, stepped back a few steps to let Song Pingguo in: "Where did you live, why did you move here?"

"I used to live here, just downstairs from you."

"Wait a minute...then your lunch boxes...are all made in the kitchen of the rental house?!"

"Yes, Aunt Sun and I will pay separately for utilities." Song Pingguo tapped Leiqiu's table full of sundries with her chin, "Come out to an empty space, and I invite you to eat."

Leiqiu took out a pair of unopened disposable chopsticks from some corner, looked at the dishes on the table, and swallowed: "I find that you are a mystery."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It stands to reason that if you have money, you can rent a house opposite me for a long time. You have good craftsmanship and work so hard that you can make a whole load of boxed lunches in the rented house... As for selling boxed lunches in Hengdian?" Lei Qiu stretched out his hand and gestured to Song Pingguo. The shape of a SF minivan painted pure black, "You are not the rich second generation who first went to the bottom to experience life before starting a business?"

"It stands to reason that if you have money, you can rent a house with similar conditions to mine for a long time, know the director very well, and work so hard that you can wear a military coat to film in June... As for being an extra performer in Hengdian?" Song Pingguo said in Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs With a brittle bone in his face, "You don't come from the bottom to hone your acting skills after being bored before making some movies, right?"

Both sides appreciate each other's unsparing attitude of praise.

"Then, what's the matter with you?"

"It's a long story." Raichu stared at the bowl seriously, "What about you?"

"It's longer."