Chapter 11
Probably because of the additional function of being brought outside the hot spring, the types of goods that can be displayed in mobile stalls are less than those in simple stalls, with only two types.
Shu Mo had too few points on hand, so he just ordered oden.
She was originally worried that the system would count each type of oden as a separate type, but fortunately, the system was not so crazy.
After unlocking oden, the mobile stall will be automatically transformed. A large area was marked out on the stall, which became 12 neatly arranged iron grids. The fire can be turned on and off by a knob, and the fire in the stove inside cannot be seen from the outside.
[Unlockable oden list: kelp knot, cuttlefish balls, tempura, boiled eggs, white radish, beef balls, konjac, tofu skin, rice cake, konjac shreds, bamboo rolls...]
[Please select the quantity of each ingredient to be purchased (range 0~6)]
[Tip: It takes 15 minutes to cook a pot of oden]
It's a familiar part again.
There are 12 grids in total, which means Shu Mo can choose 12 ingredients in total, and each grid can hold up to 6 skewers.
The cost price of a string of oden, whether it is meat or vegetarian, is 1 point. Shu Mo is still taking the civilian route this time, with the price set at 5 points, and the net profit is 4 points per string.
If you sell a pot in this way, you can make a net profit of nearly 300 points.
Shu Mo is not greedy.
She had learned from Song Wei, Chen Hui and others about the daily income of ordinary people in this world - after fighting hard for a whole day, they could only earn a few dozen points, and many people had to rely on this money to support their families.
Although she still has to maintain a huge hot spring hotel, this speed of making money is already quite crazy.
Shu Mo was thinking about which ingredients to unlock while flipping through the oden list. As I watched, I felt that the two big meat buns I had just eaten at noon were no longer tasty...
When she was in high school, every winter after evening self-study, she always liked to run to a nearby 24-hour convenience store to buy a hot bowl of oden, sit in the store and eat before going home.
The soup base of oden is made from kelp and bonito flakes. It is fresh and fragrant, with a refreshing taste. Each ingredient absorbs the hot soup, making it the most suitable dish for winter.
The oden sold in convenience stores is served in paper cups and paper bowls. I returned to my seat holding the cup. In just a short walk, my fingers, which had been frozen stiff in the unheated classroom, were warmed up. The waiter would always kindly give Shu Mo two more spoonfuls of soup. Shu Mo was also used to eating all the ingredients and then sipping the delicious soup in small sips until he was so warm that he was sweating.
So he threw the paper cup away and went home to do his homework in the night.
Shu Mo's high school years were not like the glittering youth described in novels. Most of the time, she was buried in a sea of questions, repeating the boring days. At the end of the day, sitting alone in a convenience store and eating a midnight snack was like a small reward for her hard work. The feeling of happiness is still unforgettable to her.
Shu Mo sometimes even felt that compared to the unattainable future, her hard work throughout the whole day was actually just for a little bit of happiness at that moment.
The hand swiping across the screen slowed down a little. Shu Mo came to his senses and quickly checked off a few of his favorite ingredients in the past. He then picked out some popular ones here and there to make a total of 12, feeling quite happy.
——This is the shop owner’s privilege.
Before pressing confirm, a surprised greeting suddenly sounded in my ears.
"boss?"
That voice sounded somewhat familiar. Shu Mo turned around and saw Zhao Yu, Song Wei, Chen Hui and others appeared in front of her cart at some point.
There was a woman following Chen Hui, and the two were very close. She was also holding the hand of a little girl of about five or six years old.
"It's really you!" Zhao Yu smiled like a little fangirl seeing her idol when she saw her, "Why are you in town? Where is the hot spring?"
"There are too few people near the hot springs, so I set up a stall here." Shu Mo pointed to the small stall in front of him and explained, "I'll advertise here at the same time."
When she said that, Song Wei felt embarrassed and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, we only got back in the evening yesterday and didn't have time to promote it to you."
Shu Mo didn't mean to blame them. He smiled and waved his hand, saying it was okay.
Chen Hui on the other side was moved, "Boss, are you planning to move the store to Guangming Town?"
There was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
If that were the case, his wife and Qingqing wouldn't have to walk so far to have hot food and a hot bath.
Shu Mo shook his head and apologized, "No, the store location has already been chosen and cannot be changed. From now on, the business will still be mainly based there."
A basin of cold water was poured down on him, and Chen Hui's beautiful fantasy was instantly shattered.
He was so disappointed that he was silent for a moment. Zhao Yu, who was standing beside him, grasped the point and asked.
"Boss, what are you selling this time?"
She thought back to what she had eaten the day before, her mouth watering, "Are there any more buns?"
"I don't have any buns, but..."
"Chen Hui!!"
Shu Mo's words were interrupted by a harsh and unpleasant voice.
She frowned, and saw a man with seven or eight unfriendly-looking guys swaggering over and stopping in front of her stall like a human wall.
The leader was a bald man with a ferocious look. He didn't even look at her and sneered arrogantly at Chen Hui, "What a coincidence, we meet here."
Hou Qingping thought about it over and over all night yesterday, and the more he thought about it, the more certain he became that Chen Hui must have used the dispelling powder to defeat the Shadow Knight.
The Shadow Knight's silence spell has a very short casting time, and interrupting it requires a very fast reaction speed. With the strength of the warriors in his team, how could it be possible?
Those who insist that they did not buy the dispersing powder are probably just being stubborn.
As for why he did not invite a pastor, Hou Qingping also came up with a self-consistent explanation.
——That day in the woods, Chen Hui and his team must have seen their team, so they spared no effort to kill the boss before them.
Thinking of this, Hou Qingping was so angry that his teeth were itching.
If I find a priest myself, wouldn't it be easy to take down the Shadow Knight? In his heart, the Shadow Knight was already his property, and it was the despicable Chen Hui who stole his monster.
Hou Qingping completely forgot that wild monsters never belonged to anyone, and also forgot how many dirtier things he had done in the past. At dawn, he gathered a team of people and ran around the city. Finally, he met Chen Hui and his group who were out at the market in the afternoon.
Seeing that he looked like he was looking for trouble, Chen Hui's wife Zhang Li asked anxiously, "What's going on?"
Chen Hui was still with his daughter, and not wanting to cause trouble, he pulled his timid daughter behind him and said, "Xiao Li, take Qing Qing and go first."
Zhang Li nodded, pulled her daughter over, and was about to go around the side, but Hou Qingping took a step forward, blocking the way of the mother and daughter, "Don't go."
Chen Hui's face was grim, "Hou Qingping!"
"I just want your daughter to know what kind of person her father is." Hou Qingping sneered, "You sold a lot of Shadow Knight materials yesterday, right?"
He winked, and the people around him started shouting loudly one after another.
"You are so shameless to steal our monsters! Ugh!"
"Taking advantage of someone else's time to invite a priest to take the boss away, what else can you be but a thief?"
"Everyone, be careful when you lead a team out next time, don't let this group of people target you..."
There were many people trading at the market. Although Shu Mo's stall was remote, the group of people were too loud and soon a group of onlookers gathered.
After hearing what Chen Hui and his team were shouting, many people looked disgusted.
Shu Mo listened and realized that although most people did not agree with Hou Qingping's involvement of the child, they obviously hated the behavior of stealing the boss more.
In the past, when playing online games, players who tried to steal bosses were hated, let alone now. What the boss got in return was real money!
"Isn't this the guy who sold Shadow Knight materials yesterday..."
"The cloak alone sold for 1,200 points. It turned out that it was stolen."
"That's too harsh, 1200 points! I would be angry too if I were in your shoes."
Being pointed at by everyone, Chen Hui's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. "Hou Qingping, don't go too far. The boss was obviously discovered by me first. What does it have to do with you?"
Hou Qingping snorted coldly, "Everyone, please judge for yourself! Everyone knows that it takes a high-level priest to remove the silence of the Shadow Knight. It took me some time to go back and ask the priest to do it. In order to kill the boss before me, Chen Hui even used the dispelling powder to kill him. Isn't this just a guilty conscience?"
Zhao Yu put his hands on his hips and yelled at the top of his voice: "Do you have any shame? I told you we didn't use the repellent powder! Besides, we didn't even see you! We discovered that boss several days ago!"
"We discovered it several days ago. How come you just happened to kill him when I returned to the city?" Hou Qingping pressed.
This is indeed a suspicious point.
The normal way to fight Shadow Knight is to ask for a priest. As Hou Qingping said, using dispel powder to kill the enemy is indeed like a way of saving time because they are afraid that the previous team will return.
Song Wei protected Zhang Li and the other two, her face as gloomy as water. "Your excuse is untenable. We don't even need to ask a senior priest to lift the silence."
"Just relying on that second-rate priest in your team?"
“What a joke!”
Song Wei was too lazy to talk to Hou Qingping. Instead, she glanced at the crowd around her and pointed at Shu Mo, "We used the rock sugar white fungus and snow pear soup she sold to break the silence."
"The boss has opened a hot spring shop, right in..." Zhao Yu added, giving a string of coordinates, "Not only can you buy food there, you can also soak in the hot springs. The food is good and the prices are low. You'll see when you get there."
The crowded market fell into silence because of these few words.
There was silence for a few seconds, followed by a burst of laughter.
Hou Qingping was the one who reacted most violently. He laughed wantonly, "Hahahahaha!! You came up with such a poor excuse, Chen Hui. Are all your team members stupid?"
"Hot springs? Do you know how hot springs are formed? Where are the volcanoes and geothermal energy in this game?"
"If you say it's a medicinal powder made by a real-life player, maybe some people will believe it, but where do these two ingredients, Tremella and Pear, come from in the game? Even if we take a step back, the game mainland only has decorative plants generated by the system, and there's no way to extract sugar juice to make rock sugar."
"And he deliberately gave a coordinate that is inconvenient to verify."
"Looking for such an excuse is really..."
Some people shook their heads, thinking that Song Wei and Zhao Yu were lying to protect Chen Hui, which made them more convinced that they were guilty.
Zhao Yu was furious and was about to take out the things she bought from her backpack as proof, when she suddenly remembered that she had distributed those things to her family last night.
She exchanged a glance with Song Wei in annoyance, and the latter shook her head, apparently with nothing left.
Qingqing was so scared that she threw herself into Zhang Li's arms and almost cried. Chen Hui was furious, but the other side had more people and he had no chance to argue.
Five people stood with their backs to the stall and confronted Hou Qingping. A group of people surrounded the outer circle. The corner that was usually deserted had become the most lively place in the market.
Shu Mo never said a word, but when Mo Bai heard someone slandering her store and wanted to step forward with a sullen face, she stopped him.
Ever since Hou Qingping and his group surrounded the stall, she had been keeping her head down and no one knew what she was busy with.
Guangming Town has a rule that no fighting is allowed in the city. The few people quarreled for a long time but did not take any action. Instead, their voices became louder and louder, which helped her attract a lot of onlookers.
This saves Shu Mo the trouble of shouting on his own.
There was not much time left, and Shu Mo didn't want to waste time getting involved in a meaningless fight.
She lowered her head and was busy working. With five people forming a human wall to block her, no one noticed what she was doing.
...until an extremely overbearing fragrance wafted out.
Zhao Yu and the others were so caught up in the noise that they didn't smell it at first, and instead the attention of the onlookers drifted further and further away.
Some people couldn't help themselves and weakly poked the people around them, "Wait, do you smell anything..."
"What the hell! What smells so good?"
"Where is this fragrance coming from?" someone said in a panic, "Don't lie to me! Could someone be so unscrupulous as to make an aromatherapy scented with the smell of food?"
"My DNA is moving!! This is the taste of oden!!!"
People with a keen nose went crazy.
Suddenly, no one paid attention to what Hou Qingping and the others were shouting anymore. Everyone was sniffing around, looking for the source of the increasingly strong fragrance.
Hou Qingping: “?”
He gradually smelled the scent as well. Seeing the yellow-haired girl Zhao Yu suddenly showing an expression of sudden enlightenment, the familiar ominous premonition from yesterday came to his mind again.
Zhao Yu looked back and almost drooled.
She silently pulled Song Wei to make room.
Through the exposed gap, you can just see the iron grid that is filled to the brim.
Those familiar ingredients were stuck on wooden sticks and soaked in the gradually boiling soup, constantly emitting an enticing aroma.
Everyone: “!!!!”
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