The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Shu Meng is Greatly Shocked

With four more people in the back kitchen, plus Shen Lu, Cai Su, and Little Mantis, that made seven of them in total. The amount of food they could produce was on a whole different level now.

But since it was their first day working together, there were still plenty of kinks to work out.

After a few stumbles, all of the day’s dishes were finally ready.

[Ding dong~ New Mission: Sell 420 Braised Pork set meals and 320 Kung Pao Chicken set meals. Achieve a total revenue of 80,000 yuan and maintain a customer satisfaction rating of three stars or higher. Time limit: eight hours.]

Shen Lu wiped the sweat from her forehead and heaved a long sigh.

Song Zhigao and Shu Meng stayed behind to clean the kitchen, while Xin Yu and Deng Ying followed Cai Su to the service window to plate the food. Shen Lu went to the front counter as usual, responsible for handing out and stamping the punch cards.

Wang Daguo was still on tray-collecting and cleaning duty, and he also helped maintain order.

As for Little Mantis, it had run out of battery and was recharging in the storage room.

Word that you could enter a lottery at Little Deer Cuisine after ten check-ins—and maybe even win Li Zexing merchandise if you were lucky—had been spreading through the fan club. As a result, even more people showed up today to join in on the excitement.

Thankfully, Shen Lu had made the quick decision yesterday to call Xin Yu and the other three in to work. If she hadn’t brought in reinforcements, the problem of demand exceeding supply would have been even more severe today.

Customers rarely empathize with businesses. If Little Deer Cuisine couldn’t provide enough food, they wouldn’t be understanding. They would only complain that their needs weren’t being met.

This was especially true for Li Zexing’s fans.

Missing one check-in meant they’d have to wait another day to enter the lottery.

’And if the lottery is delayed by a day, who knows what might happen?’

Shen Lu watched helplessly as the restaurant’s satisfaction rating dropped again. She started to wonder if she’d just created unnecessary trouble for herself.

’If I hadn’t gotten the wild idea to ask Li Zexing for merchandise, I never would have had the flash of inspiration to hold a lottery.’

’Without the lottery, all these fans wouldn’t be showing up to get their cards stamped. Customer traffic wouldn’t have surged, and the supply situation wouldn’t be this strained.’

Shen Lu figured most of the bad reviews were definitely coming from Li Zexing’s fans.

Tsk...

’I really didn’t think this through. I need to stop making these spur-of-the-moment decisions.’

Pushing through with grim determination, Shen Lu sold the last of the food and successfully completed the day’s mission.

[Ding dong. Detected: Braised Pork set meals 420/420, Kung Pao Chicken set meals 320/320. Total revenue has reached 80,000 yuan, and customer satisfaction is three stars or higher. Mission complete. Reward: one Lottery Ticket.]

After stamping the last customer’s card and seeing them off, Shen Lu immediately had Wang Daguo close the doors. They also brought in the life-sized cutout; otherwise, the fans would have just kept crowding around the storefront.

"Li Zexing is insanely popular, isn’t he?" Shen Lu sighed, which made her recall that the original novel hadn’t really described the extent of his fame.

But that was understandable. In the original story, Li Zexing didn’t even show up until after the cataclysm. By then, the survivors were living harsh lives, constantly worried, without enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear. They certainly didn’t have the spare energy for celebrity fandom.

It wasn’t like now. Life still wasn’t great, but at least it was relatively stable. And after so many years of hardship, people had gotten used to it. Naturally, they had the time and inclination to follow a celebrity or two, just to enrich their lives a little.

By the end of the day, Shen Lu was quite satisfied with the four trial employees. They had different personalities, but they were all diligent and proactive, always seeing what needed to be done.

Shu Meng volunteered to make the staff meal. Seeing that she’d spoken first, Song Zhigao, who had been about to offer as well, pursed his lips and said something else instead.

"Can I help you with the prep work?"

"No need. You’ve worked hard too, go take a break. I’ll just have Deng Ying give me a hand." Shu Meng was experienced. After hearing Shen Lu mention they were competing for the jobs and seeing how the tasks were divided, she understood the situation.

’It must be me against Song Zhigao, and Deng Ying against Xin Yu. Since I’m grabbing this chance to show what I can do, of course I’m not going to share it with my direct competitor.’

Deng Ying, completely oblivious, went over to help.

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