In this society, it's hard to say what people are truly pursuing.
But when Chen Mo stepped down from the driver's seat of the food cart, the diners waiting to eat at the vacation village instantly seemed to realize, this is what they should be pursuing!
What's the use of a nine-to-five job, stability?
What's so happy about getting married and having kids?
Just look at Boss Xiao Chen.
One person, one car, oh right, and a cat too.
Xiao Juzi had finally had its fill of the wild these past few days. When it saw Chen Mo returning, it suddenly darted out from some bushes, clasping onto Chen Mo's pant leg and climbing up as if it was a tree, finally settling obediently on his shoulder.
Not exactly obedient, it was licking a strand of hair sticking up at the back of Chen Mo's head.
"Boss Xiao Chen, changed your car, huh? Open your stand quickly, everyone's starving."
"Yeah, Boss Chen, I've been wondering why you hadn't opened your stand by now, turns out you went to get a new car! Congratulations Boss Xiao Chen!"
Old Zhao came out of the crowd, looking excitedly at Chen Mo.
"Boss Xiao Chen, do you know what I've sacrificed to have a taste of your food?"
Chen Mo was a bit puzzled, "I remember you were hospitalized, right? Couldn't eat last time?"
At that time, it seemed LuLu had turned into a food delivery rider, delivering to almost every patient. How could Old Zhao have been missed?
Old Zhao clearly didn't want to mention this, waved his hand and skipped the topic, "Anyway, let's get started!"
This was awkward.
Chen Mo pulled back Xiao Juzi's head, feeling uncomfortable from the licking, "Well… to be honest, I didn't prepare any ingredients, I probably can't open the stand today."
What!
Upon hearing this, the diners immediately became restless.
Chen Mo shrugged, waiting for the crowd to quiet down a bit, he raised his voice, "Sorry everyone! I'm just a wanderer around the world, meeting everyone here at Huaxi was a fateful encounter, it's time for me to move to the next place."
LuLu raised her phone, "Boss Xiao Chen, could you give us a hint where you're heading next?"
Chen Mo looked at her with mock annoyance, "Really far, I bet you won't be able to catch up."
Yino stepped out of the crowd, "Brother Xiao Chen, are you really going to Sichuan?"
Chen Mo nodded, "Yes."
She then got a bit ahead of herself, "Why not take Yingqiu along? She's also been thinking of going back home lately."
Lu Yingqiu, standing behind, tugged at Yino's sleeve, her face flushed red.
Chen Mo chuckled, "Traveling with an unmarried woman, I'm afraid it's not suitable, I'm fine with it, but letting Yingqiu follow a big guy for such a long journey, how will she get married in the future?"
It was an old and effective excuse, Lu Yingqiu's face eased up a lot, relieved yet feeling an inexplicable sense of loss.
"Maybe it's because I couldn't win a chess game openly!" Lu Yingqiu thought secretly.
Chen Mo had been conflicted about this too, as a key figure in his clues, if they parted ways now, the "Seeking Love" series task might soon be declared a failure, and the unlimited juicer would just be a missed opportunity.
But Chen Mo thought it through.
Roaming the world, one can't be bogged down by worldly affairs, things meant to be yours, will eventually come back after going around, and what's not yours, why force it?
Waving goodbye to everyone, Chen Mo got into the driver's seat.
Ignition, start...
[Detect foreign living organism inside the food cart, activate neurotoxin?]
"No..."
Chen Mo turned his head to look, now in the cockpit there was no small bed, but there was a piece of glass behind the car seat, allowing a clear view of the interior of the RV.
"Damn, Mu Mu! What the hell are you hiding in my car for? Don't think I won't recognize you just because you covered your head with a blanket!"
Chen Mo pulled Mu Mu out of the RV, "Just go back to work! I don't want your dad issuing a national warrant for me."
Mu Mu looked at Chen Mo pitifully, "When I become permanent, I will definitely come to find you!"
"Okay, okay."
Chen Mo returned to the food cart for real this time.
Vroom...
The food cart let out a low growl and slowly thudded away from the sight of the vacation village.
Old Zhao, dumbfounded, watched the receding yellow speck, heartbroken, holding onto Fang Zhizhong's shoulder.
"Boss Fang, do you think I did something wrong?"
Fang Zhizhong didn't understand what he meant by this, "You did nothing wrong."
"Then why... huh!" Old Zhao fiercely kicked his slipper, flinging it far away.
.....
When the food cart was on the highway, Chen Mo found it a bit novel. He parked the car and slipped into the RV at the back, "If only I could lie here while driving."
[You can fulfill that wish! Activate intelligent driving?]
"Activate it..."
He was tired.
There had been too many incidents during this period, and Chen Mo felt like at this rate he didn't know when he'd reach Sichuan.
He set the destination as Hanyang.
This Hanyang wasn't the other Hanyang.
In Hubei Province, there's a place called Hanyang City, but Chen Mo chose Hanyang in Sichuan, a small town in Qingshen County, Meishan, on the east bank of the Min River.
The sideline task, the "Seeking Flavor" series, was about Han Yang Peanuts, which intrigued Chen Mo.
After all, flour is a staple food, and high-quality flour can be made into countless delicacies, what's so special about peanuts? It seems necessary to indulge curiosity.
Leaving the room and returning to the driver's seat, he activated the intelligent driving feature.
The food cart drove normally at times, and when coming across places without cameras or people, it activated the space-time traversal ability. A journey of over a thousand kilometers only took an afternoon to arrive.
Truly amazing.
Chen Mo took control of the food cart, driving slowly while looking around outside the window.
Past the commune was the entrance to the small town, where Chen Mo parked the car.
The small town had only one main street, and the stone-paved road was not wide, if his food cart drove in, it might just about fill it up.
On both sides of the stone road were non-modernized houses.
The houses, built with green bricks, had facades made almost entirely of wooden planks, with each household's entrance adorned with two large red lanterns, exuding an ancient charm.
Chen Mo followed the stone road inward.
The buildings along the small road were mostly businesses, and [Han Yang Peanuts] seemed to be a local specialty, seen everywhere.
Chen Mo casually bought a pack of roasted peanuts, put them in his pocket, and ate as he walked.
Even after walking for a while, he didn't come across young people, only many old people sunbathing by the roadside, chatting about trivial topics.
Besides Han Yang Peanuts, there were two other store types that were most abundant on this street.
One was a snack selling something called [Pillow Rake], and the other was something Chen Mo had become very adept at—Stick Chicken!
Standing at a corner of the stone street, Chen Mo pinched a peanut, "Granny, which place has the best stick chicken?"
The gossiping granny glanced at Chen Mo, with no surprise, "The best stick chicken opens only on market days, you came too early!"
"Market day?"
"Our town has market days on even dates, today is an odd date, the market is tomorrow."
Chen Mo thought this was quite interesting, Dakang Stronghold seemed to be imitating this market day model as well.
However, Hanyang is considered a well-known ancient town in the surrounding area, and it's the original and authentic kind of ancient town.
"But you came at a good time, tomorrow there will be a big festivity in the town, if you want the best stick chicken, you have to get up early, it's over there."
The granny pointed to a road that turned around the corner, "There's a shop called Lu Fang over there. Tomorrow there's a festivity, their stick chicken is the best."
Uh.
The peanut in Chen Mo's fingers was quietly crushed.
Lu Fang?
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