Xiao Na and the others watched as Uncle Liu gloomily rode away on his tricycle; they were also feeling down.

"But it's not even dark yet, and he's not setting up his stall today?"

"Probably something urgent at home, but what was he saying about Ning County or something?"

"Who knows, the old man isn't acting like himself today."

The group of technicians mumbled to themselves and turned to go back to work at the foot massage shop.

Jingning No.1 Tourist Road.

Chen Mo stood at the counter, while LuLu was in the driver's seat, confidently operating the food truck, "Boss Xiao Chen, this is so much fun! Can I drive you home every day from now on?"

How could the little train at the supermarket compare to the fun of this big food truck?

Chen Mo was at a loss for words, thinking, "So you're treating my food truck like a kiddie ride?"

But Chen Mo wasn't in the mood to chat with LuLu. His eyes were fixed on the rear, "Why is there a black car tailing us?"

LuLu turned her head to look, scaring Chen Mo enough to quickly tell her to face forward and ask if she'd even passed the driving theory test.

Noticing Chen Mo was watching, the black Cadillac behind them accelerated and drove alongside the food truck, revealing a chubby, goofy face in the passenger seat.

Dunzi shouted excitedly, "It really is Boss Chen! Boss Chen, are you doing mobile food stalls today? Give me two portions of egg dumplings and a serving of spicy chicken! This is great, very creative!"

Zhang Feng wasn't to be outdone, leaning in and yelling, "Driving while enjoying the scenery and delicious food, Boss Chen, this is so like you! This idea is fantastic!"

Chen Mo:凸(艹皿艹)!

Is this reasonable?

Just as he was about to refuse, LuLu screamed from the front, "So this is what Boss Chen meant! That's great, I'll take charge of driving, you handle the cooking, today we two warriors will conquer this highway!"

Who's your warrior buddy?

Chen Mo looked at LuLu's excited back, then at Dunzi's honest and expectant face.

Oh well, it's not like he had anything else to do.

"I didn't prepare in advance today, everything has to be made from scratch. If you're willing to wait, then wait."

"Alright! I'll clear the way for you!"

The Cadillac accelerated to the front of the food truck, turned on its hazard lights, and opened all four windows and the sunroof.

Zhang Feng didn't even need to press the gas; idling was enough.

To be fair, there's a reason Jingning Line is called a tourist road. The wide road is flanked by grassy slopes, beneath which clear river water flows freely, and even the air is filled with the scent of vegetation.

The vehicles drove slowly, enjoying the scenery and breathing in the fresh air. For a moment, Chen Mo felt as if he had shed all his fatigue.

If it weren't for the music blaring from the Cadillac, this feeling could've lasted longer.

"Nothing can stop me, I long for freedom~"

Chen Mo shook his head; they hadn't even driven a kilometer out of the city and already felt free?

Since there was no plan to set up a stall, the storage cabinet was very limited on food supplies, with only some eggs from the day before and some pork belly kept at the optimal temperature.

Making egg dumplings would be easy, but driving a food truck down the road made it wobbly, adding no small amount of difficulty to cooking egg dumplings.

"Right, I have flour!"

The flour from the supermarket was rated C-Level by the food truck's ingredient identification function, but that didn't mean it was inedible; after all, ordinary families use such flour.

Chen Mo tried cutting off a small piece of pork belly, then added some flour, and fed them into the food truck's slot.

LuLu was focused on driving and wasn't worried she'd see.

Soon, familiar text appeared before his eyes.

[Based on your current level, the best recipe has been deduced: Braised Pork Buns]

"Braised pork buns? How are they different from sauced pork buns?"

Sauced pork buns were a type of bun Chen Mo loved, mainly because they were filled with meat, a mouthful of sauced pork, lean but not dry, fatty but not greasy, the umami sauce permeating the bun—pure joy!

The meat juices soaking into the glutinous bun skin, the pleasure of meat and carbs combined was indescribable!

"Whatever, let's give it a try first."

With a little concentration, images of making buns appeared in Chen Mo's mind. Those ownerless hands were extraordinarily skilled; if not for Chen Mo selecting slow-motion, they would've been hard to see clearly.

"So this is how it's done!"

After watching a video once, Chen Mo had a general idea of braised pork buns, so he was ready to start!

Chen Mo didn't really care; after all, if it weren't for the ingredient identification function, he wouldn't see any difference between this 70-yuan flour and the 120-yuan flour. And how many of the buns sold at the market use the most expensive flour?

Chen Mo wouldn't buy it.

So he simply mixed eight types of flour together, a total of four pounds!

Reaching into the cabinet, he took out two packets of yeast powder, adhering strictly to the proportions given by the recipe analysis function!

The electric kettle heated water, the yeast powder dissolved into the warm water.

Items like yeast powder were things Chen Mo bought the day before his first stall, completely a kitchen newbie, not knowing what's useful and what's useless.

So he bought a lot of things at random, and since the food truck had an almost unlimited space in its storage cabinet, these things surprisingly came in handy now.

Taking out a large basin, he poured all four pounds of flour in and grabbed a handful of sugar.

[The carbohydrates in sugar will enhance yeast activation, speed up fermentation, and give a slightly sweet effect to the bun skin.]

Sugar mixed with flour with chopsticks, Chen Mo found a pair of disposable gloves before slowly pouring in the yeast water while stirring the flour with chopsticks.

As a child, he remembered begging his mom to let him knead dough because it seemed fun.

Back then... his hands felt trapped, unable to pull or knead any further, much to his frustration.

Ever since then, Chen Mo had a little nervousness about kneading dough.

As the yeast water finished, the dough became a flocculent texture. Following the screen's guidance, he added vegetable oil, took a deep breath, and plunged his hands into the basin, kneading dough!

Each of Chen Mo's movements aimed to align with the progress bar's glowing sphere, surprisingly this time it didn't stick much, and soon the flocculent dough was kneaded into a very smooth dough ball.

He covered the basin and placed it back in the storage cabinet.

The magical storage cabinet would preserve the dough at the optimum fermentation temperature.

This was why Chen Mo insisted on completing side quests; if the storage cabinet was miraculous, how incredible must the rewarded Cloning Chef Machine be?

Now that the dough was settled, he continued preparing the meat filling, specifically braised pork filling.

"Seven parts lean to three parts fat, cut into dice then chop without turning to mush?"

If it weren't for the animation in his mind, this one sentence from the recipe would've been enough for Chen Mo to ponder over for ages.

The fifty-fifty pork belly, combined with a small piece of hind lean meat, was all cut into one-centimeter square cubes, showing just how incredible the truck's storage cabinet was.

After taking out the stored meat, he could feel it was previously frozen at around -18°C, but since he was using it now, it remained in a half-frozen state.

Called frozen meat, but it could be sliced easily; not frozen, but it was still firm—a perfect state for cutting.

The diced pork belly mixed with lean meat was set aside.

Chen Mo took off the gloves, opened the seasoning box, and started arranging the spices and seasonings required for braising pork.

"Boss Chen~ Boss Xiao Chen~"

Turning his head, at a distance from the rear of the food truck, two people in black cycling gear appeared on the road, each gripping a handlebar with one hand and waving the other enthusiastically in greeting.

"Finally caught up with you! Let me hang on and take a break!"

Chen Mo watched as the two accelerated to catch up with the food truck, each grabbing one side.

Now, they didn't even need to pedal, just being towed by the food truck was enough.

Getting closer, Old Zhao panted and stood up on the pedals to peer inside.

"Whoa, I was right! Boss Xiao Chen is at it again with something fresh!"

Guo Aiping mirrored the posture, grabbing the food truck with one hand, standing on the pedals with both feet to look inside the truck.

"Exercising and losing weight while enjoying a meal, Boss Xiao Chen, you're an absolute genius in the street stall business!"

Chen Mo looked at the two of them silently, genuinely rendered speechless.

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