"Hey, Sister Liu, I heard a new restaurant opened at the north gate of the neighborhood next door. Wow, it's doing really well! I went to check it out yesterday, and it was packed with people. The store is clearly 200 square meters, but there were so many people that there wasn't even a place to put your feet down!"
"What? You haven't tried it yet? I heard Aunt Wang say it yesterday, saying it was delicious and I should go try it another day. I haven't gone yet. Even if it's delicious, it's so expensive and I won't even be full. What's the point of going?"
"Oh, it's just letting the kids try something new, what's the big deal about the price? It's not good to give them nutritional supplements every day. After a long day of work, coming home to a hot meal is what you really enjoy!" The two elderly women chatted in the community garden.
Another person asked, "What you said is true, but does it really taste that good? I just don't believe it. This wasteland world is full of mutated plants and animals. We've eaten the meat, roots, and leaves of those things before, and we've even cooked them ourselves, but they never taste good no matter how we cook them. Why do other people's versions taste so good?"
"Oh my, you know what, their food is really delicious. Yesterday when I took my grandson there, I took a sip of the soup, and it was so fresh, it was amazing! It's so delicious. Actually, it's okay if you don't buy it. They're having a tasting event right now, and everyone can get a sample to try. If you don't like it, just don't buy it, okay?"
As they were talking, they were about to leave through the gate when the old lady quickly chased after them and asked, "What's wrong? Are you going to buy something?"
The old lady said, "That's right! My grandson's father hasn't even had a taste of the soup I bought yesterday. The child drank it all. So today my son isn't working, so I'm going to buy some more for him to try."
"Hey, hey, take me with you! Wait for me!"
"Hurry up, or we'll have to wait in line again!"
They were right! Not only did we have to queue today, but the number of people in the queue was even greater than yesterday!
A long queue formed on the terrace outside the small shop!
Moreover, when they received the samples, they even found a small sign hanging on them that read: "In order to allow more people to taste the flavors of Yiran Food City, we are implementing a purchase limit policy for the first week before the opening. Each customer who comes to the store is limited to two servings of spicy hot pot, ten meat and ten vegetable skewers, and a free cup of lemon water!"
"Wow, they've even implemented purchase limits. Looks like business is really good."
As he spoke, he poured the sample skewers of grilled meat that he had just taken from the small window into his mouth.
The old woman's eyes lit up the moment she took a bite!
"Wow, this, this smell!"
"It's delicious!"
Then he poured the small pieces of spicy radish with some broth into his mouth.
"Oh my goodness! Where did this amazing person come from? The food they make is so delicious!" The old lady was so excited that tears almost fell from her eyes. "I...I...I've never eaten anything so delicious in my entire life!"
"That's right, I'm the same way. I've never eaten anything so delicious in my life. You know, when we were kids, we used to scavenge for scraps. We didn't even have insect cakes often, let alone a decent meal. The only time I remember eating this was when my dad took me to a restaurant in the mall and bought me a grilled sausage. I don't think it tasted as good as this!"
"Yes, yes, it was only after the child became a mercenary that I was finally able to eat my fill! To be able to eat such delicious food before my time is up, this old woman is quite content."
The two chatted and laughed, and the long wait didn't feel boring at all.
Lin Yiran was surprised that so many people came even with the purchase limit today.
Seeing how many people were in the shop, Lin Yiran quickened her pace, but instead of making skewers, she was stir-frying a large pot of vegetables.
She bought a large, automated wok from the system; all she needs to do is control the heat and the amount of seasoning.
Fortunately, this thing is automated, which saved her a lot of trouble. Otherwise, she might not even be able to swing the spatula properly with so many vegetables!
In front of Lin Yiran were three large pots: one was stir-fried beef with green peppers, another was stir-fried white radish with vinegar, and the third was stir-fried green beans.
On the counter next to her, Xiaofang was cooking mala tang (a spicy hot pot dish). There were ten circles, similar to induction cookers, providing heat. On top of them were small pots that were boiling. The ingredients were all fixed. A robot outside that served customers would portion out the fixed ingredients and give them to Xiaofang to cook. After cooking, it would pack them up or serve them to the table according to the customer's needs.
Behind her was Xiao Hui, who had her back to Lin Yiran, and she was diligently grilling skewers.
Grilling skewers is usually the most tiring job, because the grilling machine Lin Yiran used when she set up her stall was too small, and she couldn't grill many skewers at a time. In addition, there was a large platform next to her for applying seasonings, which was a waste of space and made it difficult to increase the speed.
Lin Yiran spent thirty popularity points to have the system modify the entire work surface into an automatic barbecue rotating machine, and added another machine. Now Xiao Hui can grill more than a hundred barbecue pieces at a time. She only needs to control the heat and take them out in time to sprinkle seasoning. Behind her, there is a robot carrying a barbecue tray waiting.
Next to the cold storage door, a new workbench has been added, where a robot is diligently skewering barbecue skewers, and next to it is a sink with some unwashed dishes.
Fortunately, seeing that business was so good yesterday, Lin Yiran simply replaced all the bowls with disposable bowls and lunch boxes, saving her the trouble of washing dishes.
Another robot was diligently cutting all sorts of vegetables and meat in the cold storage.
Lin Fu was collecting money at the cashier outside.
The division of labor was orderly and well-organized.
I estimate that today's sales and popularity will not be less than yesterday's.
Just thinking about Lin Yiran makes me happy.
Yesterday she calculated that more than 1,500 customers came into the store, which also gave her 1,500 popularity points, enough to exchange for a lot of crystal cores.
So she simply exchanged crystal cores with the system to fill up her superpowers. Now her eighth-tier metal-type superpower bead is fully circulating in her dantian.
The physical abilities of superhumans are even better than those of interstellar people. Lin Yiran cooked more than a dozen large pots of stir-fried dishes from morning till night without feeling tired.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer people outside, Lin Yiran called out the robot in the cold storage and had it pack all the boxed meals and put them in a spatial lock that Lin Yiran had prepared.
She checked and found that they had made 500 boxed meals that day, but unfortunately there was no staple food!
Because she couldn't find any food to eat as a staple food when she went to the Forest of Hope last time.
Fortunately, when she went to buy meat yesterday morning, she discovered that the interstellar people were eating something similar to millet. She asked the system, and it said that this was millet, a staple food that could be eaten.
She simply ordered 500 jin of millet from the boss to temporarily replace rice as the staple food for her boxed lunches.
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