Chapter 25: A Message from the Heavens
Watching Isayama Huangquan grab the unwilling Tsuchinomiya Kagura and leave, Zhao Youqian touched his chin.
"Why didn't the New Year's festival system prompt the release of the task this time?"
Originally, he thought that according to the identity of Isayama Huangquan, if there was a request or request, he should release one or two tasks, but he didn't expect that the current system would be like a pool of stagnant water, and there would be no response at all.
This made him wonder how the task was triggered.
"Forget it, hurry up and clean up the table and get ready for today's business!"
After cleaning up the remaining meals on the table, passing it with water for a while, and removing the saltiness, Zhao Youqian sent the leftovers to the back of the house, and a few wild cats that were already waiting to be fed ran out.
"That's all there is left for today, if that's not enough, let's go catch some rats around."
Touching a few wild cats close to him, Zhao Youqian stroked the cats a few times, and then left directly.
Shortly after he left, a pitch-black kitten with three tails entered the alley, and one glance at the wild cats that were eating made the little ones freeze.
But soon the three-tailed black cat left the alley, and the wild cats, after a moment's hesitation, continued to eat.
Even if blanching removes a lot of flavor, the mind and energy contained in these foods are much higher than many special pet foods.
...
"Huh?"
Zhao Youqian seems to have gone through the cultivation of meditation and rituals, and is very sensitive to abnormal energy, and vaguely senses that something is passing outside his small shop.
However, because there are often hundreds of ghosts patrolling and guarding here, Zhao Youqian just turned around in his mind and put this matter in the back of his mind.
The lights of the small shop were lit, and soon the commercial street ushered in the busiest time of the day.
The previous parades did not seem to affect the prosperity of the lower shopping street, and until midnight, it was still brightly lit.
Drunken drinkers weave through the streets, and even if there are people who don't have a long eye and want to do something, you should pay attention to the police booths in front of and behind the streets.
Therefore, this is also a place where nearby residents get drunk, but they are very relieved.
Even if it is a small restaurant called Zhao Youqian, although the food is not good for the body, the outstanding taste has also become the favorite of many drinkers.
And today is destined to give these drinkers an unexpected surprise.
The drinkers who had already drunk the second or third stall came to Zhao Youqian's shop, ready to drink the last round and go home, but they ate the food that made them feel hot, full of the taste of the power of the ingredients, so that part of their alcohol was quickly dispelled.
Surprised by Zhao Youqian's progress, but for all diners, getting more benefits for the same price is naturally something that cannot be desired.
"Come again, today's food is very good!"
The man, whose face was already glowing with oil, held up his wine glass and clinked glasses with his companions.
"No, I need to have a few more drinks today..."
I saw the man holding the wine glass beckoning to Zhao Youqian from afar.
"Boss, let's have two more snacks, you can watch and cook!"
Zhao Youqian, who was busy in the kitchen, glanced at the small table over there after hearing it, and then nodded clearly.
"Okay, I'll give it to you later!"
Then he prepared a few braised dishes in his hand and sent them to another table first.
Unlike Yaozhou people who eat everything, Dongyingzhou prefers some internal organs such as chicken, duck feet or liver, and Zhao Youqian generally prepares a pot of brine, which can be used for a day's worth of marinated vegetables at one time.
Meat and vegetables should be marinated separately, and beans should be marinated separately from vegetarian dishes, otherwise the taste of the brine will be destroyed.
Don't look at the braised vegetables as if they are out of a pot, in fact, there is a lot of knowledge in them.
This is one of the reasons why his shop was not good for the body before, but it was able to run on the basis of taste alone.
As a kind of appetizer and snack, braised vegetables are also the favorite of many drinking friends, and the unit price of braised vegetables with good taste is not low, which is enough for him to operate, and there is a slight surplus.
Just when Zhao Youqian put down the prepared braised vegetables, suddenly a regular customer next to him spoke.
"Don't you know yet?"
Then his companion also pushed the wine glass, blushing and said.
"That's definitely right, the little boss works in the afternoon every day, until midnight, and he must be resting during the day in the morning!"
Frowning, Zhao Youqian looked at the regular customers around him who were already drinking.
"What's wrong with Uncle Longji?"
During the day, he was competing with Erina, and it was Isayama Huangquan who came to disturb him, but he didn't know much about what was happening in the shopping street.
"I know of a company that is going to replan the shopping street, is there anything else?"
Uncle Long, whose face was flushed, laughed.
"Look, I know the little boss doesn't know, you have to treat me to a drink later!"
Of course, he didn't say this to Zhao Youqian, but raised his glass to his companions beside him.
Shaking his head helplessly, his companion, who was still sober, pushed him.
"Just say it, I'll still ask for a glass of wine!"
Hearing this, Uncle Longji's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhao Youqian.
"That's right, what kind of urban life planning company has organized a commercial street food competition, saying that it is to discover those real delicious restaurants, tsk..."
"I can see at a glance that this is to prepare for the follow-up project in the future!"
A delicious competition in the commercial street?
Zhao Youqian showed a thoughtful look, and at the same time, the system that had been silent jumped out.
"Mission: Enter the finals of the Shopping Street Delicious Competition."
"Reward: 500 points, depending on the influence caused, if you reach more than 80% of the completion, there will be a certain amount of points and reward bonuses, and the additional reward will increase the information detail level of the next Heavenly Diners and Intelligence!"
A trace of astonishment flashed on his face, the previous invitation of Isayama Huangquan did not trigger the task, but he didn't expect a small commercial street competition to trigger the task instead.
Does it mean that a goal that is too long-term cannot lead to a task that forms the system? ’
After thinking about it, Zhao Youqian felt that he should have mastered some rules.
"Little boss? Little boss?? ”
Just when he was still thinking, there was a sudden tremor in front of him, and it turned out that Uncle Longji in front of him was pushing him.
"Serve us two more beers!"
As soon as the words fell, it seemed to ignite the fiery atmosphere in the small store, and soon the sound of adding orders sounded one by one.
"The boss gave me two more bottles of sake!"
"Boss, let's have three skewers and two pickled vegetable platters!"
Zhao Youqian, who soon turned back into a small shop owner, showed a confident smile.
"Okay, okay! Soon to come! ”
As for the mission or something, let's talk about it tomorrow...