At the old famous restaurant in Kaifeng, of course, you have to try the local specialties. Chen Mo started ordering from the menu.

"Sweet and sour soft-fried, carp with sesame noodles."

"Amber wax gourd, fried purple crisp pork. Four dishes for four people. Just get a soup randomly."

Yu Hui shot a look at his buddy beside him, "Boss Xiao Chen really knows his food. These are all quite characteristic dishes of You Yixin, a must-order!"

Chen Mo pointed at the menu, "It says right here, signature dish."

Yu Hui: ...

It's so awkward when your flattery hits the wrong spot.

He then asked, "What about the staple food, what do you want to eat?"

This time Chen Mo didn't even look and enthusiastically ordered a bowl of mutton soup boiled noodles.

It's said to be a must-try noodle dish when you come to Yu Province. Plus, I noticed quite a few small shops selling mutton soup boiled noodles on the streets, so it must taste good in such a big restaurant.

After all, it's a big restaurant, and the dishes came out quickly.

The four of them started eating together. Yu Hui tasted the carp with sesame noodles, "Tsk, I used to think the food here was pretty good, but now it doesn't taste as good as Boss Xiao Chen's braised fish."

The method of making the carp with sesame noodles is pretty similar to Chen Mo's Yellow River Carp, just a slight difference in taste.

Chen Mo tried a couple of bites too, and all he could say was that it's quite tasty but lacks depth of flavor.

After tasting the four dishes, Chen Mo put down his chopsticks. He wasn't sure if it was because he'd been eating his own cooking too much lately or what, but he felt these dishes were good, just missing a little something.

In contrast, Yu Hui and the others ate quite heartily.

Chen Mo simply stopped, occasionally taking a sip of water, and threw a piece of meat onto the floor between his legs, where Xiao Juzi was happily eating under the chair, even trembling in excitement.

The food was almost finished.

They had chatted about various things, and Yu Hui tentatively brought up the main topic, "Brother, in a couple of days, there's a big market in our village. I wonder if you're interested?"

"A big market?" Chen Mo asked, "Like a bunch of people gathering in a village to sell clothes and all kinds of food, and have balloon dart games, right?"

Old Yu shook his head, "What you said exists, but our village's big market isn't like that."

"Oh? Tell me more." Chen Mo was intrigued.

Frankly speaking, there aren't many towns that still hold traditional markets nowadays. Jingzhou still has some towns with these traditions, but it's not as interesting as it used to be.

The ten Yuan skewers on the street already look quite unhygienic.

There's also the ring toss game, where the hamster you win one day is gone the next.

And things like pirate ships located in the wilderness. Anyway, these things barely interest Chen Mo.

Yu Hui put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Our village is called Dakang Stronghold and there are seven or eight neighboring villages. This year the township is doing a pilot project, holding the big market on the 1st and 15th at Dakang Stronghold, and on the 2nd and 16th at Flame Heaven Stronghold, so basically fifteen villages in the township, each holding a big market twice."

Chen Mo checked his phone. Today was May 13th, so the big market would be in two days.

Yu Hui continued, "The township said they would only do this for this month, and afterwards, according to each village's attraction to customers, build a gourmet village culture to promote local food."

This explanation made Chen Mo more interested, "Brother Yu, tell me more."

Seeing Chen Mo was interested, Yu Hui felt relieved halfway.

"Actually, here's the thing..."

With the integration of towns and cities in recent years, Red Mountain Town, where Old Yu lives, has gradually been included in the city's planning area. Currently, the project planned for Red Mountain Town is an agritainment food project.

The plan is to select a location in the Red Mountain Fifteenth Village area to build a large agritainment project, incorporating eating, drinking, and entertainment.

But Red Mountain Town is different from other towns. The fifteen villages are very close together, so choosing a location is difficult since everyone has similar resources.

So the township came up with this event.

They let each village host their own food festival, and the township would handle the publicity. Special personnel would evaluate, and the village that holds the most successful event would get approval for this agritainment project.

Old Yu used to be the production team leader, and although he doesn't hold any official position in the village now, the villagers still habitually consult him when things happen.

In order not to appear meddlesome, Old Yu went fishing with friends in Qu Shui for a few days, so that the village cadres wouldn't think he had some ulterior motives.

But on his way home this time, he met Chen Mo and thought it might be an opportunity.

"A food festival, after all, is about who's got more excitement and draws more people. Boss Xiao Chen, your cooking skills are so good, you could just set up a stall in our village and sell anything casually, and the business would definitely be booming."

"The problem is..." Chen Mo had his own considerations, "Since you're promoting your local food culture, you must be making local food. I can't cook Yu Cuisine."

Yu Hui waved his hand nonchalantly, "That's no problem. My wife can make spicy soup. Those other villages don't have many people making Yu Cuisine either; they're all snacks from outside, and young people love that stuff now."

After another round of chatting with Old Yu, Chen Mo understood the situation.

At the beginning of the month, on the 1st, was the first day of the big market, and the location was at Dakang Stronghold. But the villagers just made some random homemade dishes, and there were some people in the morning, but not a single one in the afternoon.

Lately, they saw other villages holding events with internet celebrities singing and filming promotional videos, drawing a big crowd.

That's when Dakang Stronghold realized this is how it should be done!

But because they were too slow, the more well-known local internet celebrities were already taken by other villages, and the remaining somewhat famous ones couldn't be afforded by the village.

The big market on the 1st was already a bust. If they didn't try harder on the 15th, it would be a total failure.

"Overall, our goal isn't to be the best; everyone knows that's impossible. Our goal is just not to end up last..."

Yu Hui wore a bitter expression, remembering the days when he was the leader, and their team took first place every year. Now look...

Chen Mo took a sip of water, "Hehe, if you just want me to go to the big market and play, that's fine, but please don't give me any tasks to complete!"

Yu Hui was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Exactly, just for fun! No other intentions!"

Chen Mo bent down, picked up Xiao Juzi, placed him on his lap, and stroked his furry back.

"Alright, today's the 13th, the big market is the day after tomorrow. How about if I go over on the 14th in the evening? Tomorrow, I'll spend the day exploring Kaifeng; I've never been here before."

"Oh, thank you so much! I'll toast you with tea instead of wine!"

Chen Mo clinked tea cups with the three old brothers, chatted for a bit, and then the four of them went their separate ways home.

Of course, Chen Mo returned to his food truck to rest.

"The big market... A food culture activity, that's quite interesting."

Xiao Juzi lay on Chen Mo's chest, nodding off again.

And Chen Mo, with full concentration, looked at the side mission already completed in his mind.

[Congratulations, you have received a reward: Black Gold Series Cookware Upgrade Coupon *1]

"Use it!"

Chen Mo eagerly anticipated the changes to his food truck's cookware.

He just felt he urgently needed a thorough, exhilarating time setting up a stall!

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