The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 240

Chapter 240: Chapter 240: The Young Master Who Only Knows How to Farm Can’t Cook

Lin Zhou pursed his lips, looking rather embarrassed. "Boss Shen, ahem... uh, do you have any more of those cookies? I’d like to buy some."

Shen Lu: ...

’He’s being so polite about it.’

Shen Lu took out a small bag containing about five cookies. "Here, these are for you."

"I can pay for them," Lin Zhou insisted.

"Consider it payment for helping me keep an eye on Song Zhigao."

"In that case, it would be rude of me to refuse."

Lin Zhou readily accepted, taking the bag of cookies and returning to his usual post.

He tore open the package and took a bite of a crispy, crumbly cookie.

Mmm~

’This is the stuff~’

He absolutely loved cookies.

’Sigh, but our security contract is up in just a few days. I wonder if Boss Shen will renew it.’

’This is the first time I’ve ever felt reluctant to leave an employer.’

’If Boss Shen is willing to renew, I’d even agree to a lower rate.’

’I just don’t know if the boss would agree.’

Shen Lu was wondering about the relationship between Song Zhigao and Master Luo.

’Judging by their ages and backgrounds, a master-apprentice relationship seems most likely.’

’He couldn’t be here to steal culinary secrets, could he?’

’But Song Zhigao’s cooking skills are already quite high. He could even open his own restaurant.’

’I can’t figure it out. It just doesn’t make sense.’

So, Shen Lu decided to stop thinking about it. She went to wash up and get ready for bed, tallied the day’s revenue, and then did her lottery draw.

[Congratulations, Host, you have drawn the prize from blind box #27: One bag of Jinkela Compound Fertilizer.]

[Jinkela Compound Fertilizer: The king of compound fertilizers. It promotes mineral absorption in plants and can dramatically increase crop yields. As the saying goes: With Jinkela, you’re guaranteed a yield of one-thousand-eight!]

Shen Lu: (￣ー￣)

’System, are you messing with me?’

The system was also sweating bullets. The prize pool was just too vast and varied. Forget Jinkela fertilizer; for all it knew, tomorrow Shen Lu could pull an even more outrageous prize, like a Fleshlight or something...

[Calm down, Host. You must remain calm.]

The system wracked its brain for a justification.

[Don’t you have some scallions growing? You can use this fertilizer to speed up their growth!]

Shen Lu scoffed. "So?"

[So, it is useful.]

Shen Lu said, "It’s just one pot of scallions with less than five stalks. So what if they grow bigger? It’s barely enough for one stir-fried dish."

[The scallions can regrow, you know.]

Shen Lu said, "If it’s so useful, how about I trade it with you? I’m not asking for much, just 1 point of store defense will do."

[...]

The system decided to play dead.

Once it went silent, there was truly nothing Shen Lu could do. After all, the system existed only in her consciousness; it had no physical form.

Otherwise, Shen Lu really would have grabbed it by the neck and shaken it hard to see if anything would fall out.

「The next day.」

Shen Lu did indeed see a handprint on Song Zhigao’s face.

She wasn’t the only one; the others noticed it too.

"Little Song, what happened to your face?" Cai Su asked.

Song Zhigao turned his head away slightly. "It’s nothing."

He clearly didn’t want to talk about it, so they didn’t press the issue.

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