Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 56: Thirty Years on the East Bank!


So, thanks to Mu Mu's diligent work, the preparation that should have taken five hours ended up taking a full six hours today.

Chen Mo had to braise the meat first, then boil eggs with braised eggs, and finally make dough for buns.

At first, Mu Mu rolled up her sleeves and was ready to help, but when she found out it was noodles and buns that needed to be made, she decisively gave up.

For a Guangdong person, kneading dough by hand and then making buns is a bit challenging, especially for young people like Mu Mu, who have never even tried it!

Originally, Chen Mo planned to continue making buns with the flour from the Cloning Chef Machine, but later realized that the Chef Machine could only replicate ten portions of ingredients a day!

Each portion was five pounds.

If used for making buns, the noodles would be a bit insufficient.

After thinking it over.

Chen Mo finally made a decision: all A-grade flour was used for noodles, while the buns used the best flour from the supermarket.

When Chen Mo put the last bun into the steamer, Mu Mu clapped her hands excitedly in the food truck.

"Oh wow, Brother Mo, I didn't realize you were so skilled!"

"You're truly overqualified for our company; you should be a head chef at a Michelin three-star restaurant!"

"Wow! This bun looks delicious. The girl who marries Brother Mo will surely be very happy!"

Yes, during these six hours, Mu Mu did nothing but shower compliments.

She cheered when Chen Mo was braising meat, she applauded when he boiled eggs, and when Chen Mo made buns, she was both cheering and applauding.

At first, Chen Mo was a bit embarrassed.

Later, he gradually got used to it, and by the end even started to believe it a little, which made him feel a bit inflated inside.

'No wonder people say nice things to cattle and horses; this is a total mental poison!'

Chen Mo couldn't help but remember a video he had seen on Douyin, where a woman would come home every day and start praising her husband in the kitchen, praising him for his amazing cooking skills, boosting the man's confidence to the skies! He didn't do anything else, just dove into the kitchen to cook every day.

Like a workhorse, completely lost in compliments and losing himself.

'No way, I must stay alert! Mu Mu is trying to enslave me!'

Chen Mo cautiously took a step back, putting some distance between himself and the "enemy."

"Let's go, Brother Chen Mo!" Mu Mu eagerly went to the driver's seat, "I'll drive, my driving skills are great."

"I believe you, let's go."

Neither of them had eaten all day, so Chen Mo planned to just cook some noodles once they reached the development zone where they'd set up shop.

Mu Mu drove attentively, and when Chen Mo glanced over, he noticed her fair calves tapping back and forth as if simulating the act of stepping on a gas pedal...

It was truly hilarious!

On the way to the development zone, Chen Mo took the chance to carefully look over the new task in his mind.

"Oh? There's another one?"

In the task log, the main task was still the upgrade for the food truck.

Side quest one had changed as well, becoming:

[Side Quest One: Seeking Flavor (2), yet to be triggered.]

[Side Quest Two: Skill Seeking (1)]

[Being immersed in the joy of making simple food will ultimately not help you create more advanced dishes. As your fame in the street food scene rises, someone might come to challenge your skills soon.]

[Make those who question you completely convinced and learn a cooking skill from them.]

[Task Reward: A pot (rewarded according to the skills learned)]

Looking at this task, Chen Mo was once again left speechless by the system.

Who's coming to trouble me? What's their identity? How do I learn their skills?

These are all unknowns, just knowing that this might happen in the future, so Chen Mo decided to ignore this task for now.

The task log had another new chapter.

[Side Quest Three: Seeking Love (1)]

[Food has feelings too, let your food make the customers feel the emotions within it.]

[Task Reward: Upgraded Version of Reproducing Seasoning Box]

It has to be said, Chen Mo always felt that the new tasks in the [Task Log] after upgrading the food truck were like a cloud of mystery, never speaking clearly, leaving him unsure of how to complete them specifically.

Aside from taking things one step at a time, there was no other way.

After driving according to the GPS for forty minutes, Mu Mu finally reached the development zone. It was now 9 o'clock, leaving one hour before Chen Mo's business hours started.

Mu Mu diligently set up the small tables and chairs Chen Mo had taken out along the roadside, "Brother Mo, are we going to get caught by the city inspectors?"

This was something Chen Mo didn't consider before.

But since the company had legal affairs, and when he went to collect the petty cash this morning, the finance also handed over the business licenses to Chen Mo.

"No worries, we are doing legal business!"

That's the benefit of working for a big company; such matters don't even require your presence, just a call and submitting the necessary documents, of course, the legal entity on the business license was Chen Mo himself.

Mu Mu felt relieved, "Alright, then I'll start working."

Sitting on a small stool, she took out her brand-new Apple laptop, then pulled out a Starbucks coffee cup from her bag, which seemed to contain capsule coffee or something, though Chen Mo didn't understand.

"Is this the daily life of an elite woman from a big city..." Chen Mo sighed.

If it were up to him, he would just grab two sheets of A4 paper from the office and jot down a few numbers, easy enough.

"I'll make you a bowl of noodles first, you've been busy all day without eating."

Mu Mu seriously watched Chen Mo while sipping her drink through a straw, "No thanks. I'm not a fan of noodles, especially not the noodles from Jingzhou here; I prefer the wonton noodles from back home."

Seeing Mu Mu pulling out a small piece of bread from her bag to flaunt, Chen Mo didn't push further.

Everyone has their own tastes and preferences; people who always try to get others to eat things they don't like are just plain sick, in Chen Mo's opinion.

Since she wasn't eating, Chen Mo made himself a bowl of noodles.

Having the magical ability of the "progress bar," Chen Mo's dough-making speed might not be fast, but the quality was very stable.

When to add water, what temperature the water should be.

How often and to what degree to knead, all follow the progress bar exactly.

In no time, a smooth lump of dough was ready.

He separated a pound of noodles, rolled it into a dough sheet, folded it over and over, then started cutting with a thumping sound.

Chen Mo now really enjoys eating these noodles; he can't go a day without a big bowl.

And at this moment.

Just finished with work, Mu Xin left the restaurant, calling his wife over and pointing at a cart in front of the restaurant door.

The restaurant employees, seeing this scene, stopped curiously, not in a hurry to leave, each quite surprised.

The wealthy boss who came all the way from Guangdong to Jingzhou to open a Cantonese restaurant—what on earth is he up to?

Mu Xin pointed at the cart, "Back in the day, this was how I, Ah Xin, went from being three thousand in debt to building a fortune of millions!"

"People all thought I was just lucky, calling me a trendsetter, hehe..."

"Today, I, Ah Xin, am going back to my old trade to show..."

Zhong Xia glared at him, then gave him a sharp kick in front of many employees.

"Just admit you're worried about your daughter, do you still think you're the same Xin Zai from back then?"

Mu Xin gritted his teeth against the sharp pain in his calf, "Let's go, the car is waiting outside."

Following behind Zhong Xia, feeling the quiet snickers of employees.

Mu Xin clenched his fist tightly.

Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west, do not underestimate the old and poor!

I am here to show everyone that my Xin Zai's wonton noodles are famous in Guangzhou!!!

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