The second day of the food festival coincided with a Sunday.

Many companies in Wenling City have the rule of working on Saturdays.

But on Sundays.

Basically, all companies have the day off.

Plus, many food enthusiasts believe the first day of the festival would surely be crowded, so they choose to visit on the second day when there might be fewer people.

They wait until the second day to come and stroll around.

When Huang Tao arrived at the outskirts of the food festival by the small truck driven by his driver, people were already flocking to the commercial pedestrian street.

Looking at this crowd, it was no less than yesterday's crowd!

Xuanxuan and the others were waiting at the usual spot for him.

"Daddy~"

As soon as Xuanxuan saw his figure, she happily waved her little hand, wanting her dad to spot her right away.

"Hey!"

He waved back with a smile and reminded, "You go in with grandma and grandpa first. Dad will be there soon..."

Xuanxuan knew that Dad was busy moving things with Aunt Suqin and the others.

No time!

She had to be good and not get in Dad's way while he's working.

"Okay..."

She replied obediently and in a sweet, tender voice said, "See you later, Daddy. Be careful while moving things~"

At this moment, Huang Tao felt his heart melt; he really wanted to take her into his arms and love her dearly.

My little darling is so considerate and sensible!

Watching her hold her grandpa and grandma's hands and walk away, he flashed a big smile and responded, "Okay, Daddy knows!"

Xu Hao and the others unloading goods heard Xuanxuan's words, looking at Huang Tao with envious eyes.

Lin Zifeng murmured, "I also want a sweet daughter like a little cotton-padded jacket."

Xu Hao glanced sideways at Lin Zifeng.

Yan Ming was silent for a few seconds, then said, "First, you need to find a girlfriend and then ask her if she's willing to have a daughter with you!"

Single dog Lin Zifeng nearly knelt before Yan Ming... Life is already hard enough, why expose the truth!

Leave him with some beautiful dreams, okay, alright?

Huang Tao didn't even have the time to care if he hurt the tender heart of a naive young man.

"Everyone, be careful too..."

With Xuanxuan's reminder, Huang Tao worked even more energetically, helping to unload all the equipment and ingredients from the small truck one by one.

Everyone was busy again.

Gradually moving all the ingredients and equipment to their own booth.

The other chefs and waiters from the other food festival booths had already arrived, all busy preparing for the food festival opening.

Old Qian, the head chef from Taste Memory, the head chef from New Kaiyuan Restaurant, and the chef from Su Mansion all came with smiles towards Huang Tao's booth, wanting to say hello, get acquainted, and build good relations.

And incidentally ask Huang Tao about his closing time for the booth these two days.

If he closed as early as yesterday, they might still have a shot.

Especially Taste Memory and New Kaiyuan Restaurant, which were right next to Huang Tao; as long as Huang Tao didn't close, their booths had hardly any customers all day.

If they hadn't seen the dawn of hope last night, they might have withdrawn from this food festival today.

Huang Tao naturally didn't know, the two neighboring booths had even considered quitting because of his overwhelming strength.

Old Qian, arriving first, saw Huang Tao still busy, and with a smile said, "Boss Huang, you're here. Looks like you have a lot of stuff, need a hand?"

As he spoke, he spontaneously stepped forward to help Huang Tao move things.

Since there was indeed quite a lot, having one more person surely meant more strength.

Huang Tao had no reason to refuse.

Watching this scene, the head chef from New Kaiyuan Restaurant and the head chef from Su Mansion were internally like, "..."

Uh~

They all planned to greet together, and Old Qian went ahead and stealthily started helping~

You're blatantly trying to stand out!

They really wanted to shout at unprincipled Old Qian, "Put down those buckets, let me do it..."

The two also hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Boss Huang, let me help too."

In a short time, the three head chefs came over, struck up a conversation, and swiftly helped Huang Tao carry culinary equipment and ingredients.

With their help, all the equipment was soon moved to the booth.

Once everything was sorted, Huang Tao sincerely thanked, "Thank you, all three of you."

"It's nothing, just a small effort." The three head chefs replied with cheerful smiles.

Now that they were done, they chatted a bit.

"Boss Huang, you look pretty young! Are you 30?"

"Well, twenty-nine."

"Only twenty-nine! You got married quite early!"

Old Qian knew Huang Tao was quite young but hadn't expected him to be under thirty.

So young, yet with such outstanding culinary skills.

It's truly awe-inspiring!

Back then, when he was twenty-nine...

Forget it, enough boasting of past achievements.

Besides, his culinary skills now couldn't compare to Huang Tao's, let alone boast about his twenty-nine-year-old self...

"Hmm, it is quite early."

Huang Tao nodded.

"Boss Huang, since you brought your parents and kids here, does that mean you'll close earlier in the evenings?"

Finally, Old Qian voiced the question they all were most concerned about.

With that question,

Huang Tao naturally understood why they had come over specifically.

They wanted to find out if he would close as early as yesterday in the next couple of days!

If he stayed open until 10 PM with such booming business, many of his peers might be sitting in their own stalls, bored to the point of counting heads to pass the time...

So Huang Tao understood the feelings of these head chefs.

"My daughter will start school tomorrow, so I have to go home early in the evenings. The closing time for the next couple of days will be similar to yesterday's."

Hearing what Huang Tao said, the three head chefs finally felt relieved!

If Boss Huang closed early, then their stalls would have a glimmer of hope like last night~

Relieved, the three couldn't resist ordering some food.

"Boss Huang, I'd like a portion of each marinated dish."

"I'll have a marinated pig's trotter, a marinated duck neck, a marinated chicken wing, and a marinated chicken leg each."

"I'll take a bowl of nourishing fish soup, glutinous rice with steamed ribs, and a portion of each marinated dish."

Huang Tao smiled and said, "Sure, please wait a moment. We have a new product today, Fish Ball Soup, would you like to give it a try?"

"Fish Ball Soup?! Alright, let me have a bowl to try." Old Qian was instantly tempted.

"I'll have some too, give me two bowls."

"I'll take two bowls too!"

Huang Tao took the black marker and wrote the selling price of the new Fish Ball Soup on the standing mobile whiteboard.

(New Product) Fish Ball Soup: 20 yuan per bowl (one bowl contains six fish balls).

After writing, he saw that all the chefs had paid and started preparing the Fish Ball Soup for them.

However, in his mind, a cold system prompt sounded.

[Ding!]

[The host has opened with a bang today, triggering a side quest: Please sell 3,000 bowls of Fish Ball Soup before the end of today's food festival. Task completion will reward a random Culinary Skills skill.

[Current Fish Ball Soup sold: 5 bowls!]

Let's just say the system's tasks might be delayed, but they'll never be absent!

Luckily, he had a large stock of fish balls prepared, otherwise, the sudden task from the system would have thrown him off balance.

Of course.

This task, Huang Tao gladly accepted.

Having a task means a reward, and he would never turn down a reward.

Without showing it on his face, he continued cooking.

...

The chefs at other stalls, upon learning that Huang Tao had a new product, were all a bit unsettled!

Oh no!

Oh no!

Oh no!

The owner of Delicious Restaurant has launched a new Fish Ball Soup…

Damn!

How are we supposed to do business at our stalls today?

The chefs from stalls with good relations huddled together, sighing.

Dongling Stone Hotel's head chef: "Oh man, his business was already so good, and now he's releasing a new Fish Ball Soup? He's aiming to outpace us!"

Yunding Hotel's head chef: "Sigh! His dishes taste great, and customers willingly go to his stall. There's not much we can do about it,"

Maideng Hotel's head chef: "Exactly, even if we wanted to compete with him for business, we couldn't! We should think of ways to create some new products ourselves, giving customers more choices. Of course, everyone should also make an effort to attract guests."

Xinglong Restaurant's head chef: "That's all we can do!"

Sigh!

Despite being from well-known hotels and restaurants, we can't compete with a small eatery…

If word got out, people would laugh their heads off~

But what can we do?

The other side's capabilities are just too strong!

We can't compete at all!

Xinglong Restaurant's head chef Old Chu weakly said, "Speaking of which, how does his new Fish Ball Soup actually taste?"

Originally, everyone was strongly condemning Huang Tao!

But as soon as this question came up, everyone fell silent.

Yeah!

What does his new Fish Ball taste like?

Everyone's curiosity was instantly piqued!

"How it tastes, does it matter to me? I have no interest in the Fish Ball Soup at his stall!"

"It's just fish balls, who's never had those? The taste is probably just average! I'm not interested and won't buy any!"

"I'm not interested either~"

Everyone expressed that they had no interest in the Fish Ball Soup at Huang Tao's stall.

And they wouldn't buy any either!

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