The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 327

Chapter 327: Chapter 327: Attacked

Early the next morning, Shen Lu received a large truck full of merchandise from Qin Shuangshu. She happily stored half of it in the System Warehouse and put the other half in the small storage room behind the front counter.

Today was another busy day, as usual. Shen Lu seemed to have grown accustomed to the hustle.

The kitchen operated like a high-speed, precision machine. Everyone completed their tasks accurately, rushing to get the first wave of dishes to the service window by eleven-thirty.

Xin Yu’s hands were still swollen, but he barely felt it anymore.

"You get used to it after a while," he told Deng Ying. "This is the path I chose, and I have to see it through, even if I have to crawl."

Deng Ying was filled with respect. "I really underestimated you."

She’d thought Xin Yu was the careless type, someone who would just lie down and give up wherever he stumbled.

She never expected him to be so resilient.

While Xin Yu was all smiles on the outside, he was grimacing internally.

’If I’d known the pizzas would sell this well, I wouldn’t have made them hand-tossed. Pan pizzas are so much easier!’

"You’d better keep it up, too," he said. "The boss is going to hold a skills assessment soon, and there’s a penalty for anyone who doesn’t pass."

Shen Lu had mentioned this on their first day back. Everyone was supportive of the idea of a skills assessment, and they had been working with extra diligence these past few days.

Shen Lu’s intention wasn’t to create a cutthroat environment for her staff. She just believed that when you learn something, you need regular assessments to know what you’re doing well and where you still need to put in more effort.

After the lunch rush, Shen Lu grabbed a quick bite and was resting at the front counter when Liu Qiang came stumbling in.

"Ahem!" He pulled the door open a crack and let out a loud cough.

Shen Lu recognized his voice but didn’t turn around, continuing to rest with her eyes half-closed.

Liu Qiang coughed again, even louder, but Shen Lu still ignored him. Left with no other choice, Liu Qiang walked up to the counter and said her name.

"Shen Lu, why didn’t you answer when I called you?"

In front of his daughter, Liu Qiang always instinctively adopted a patronizing posture, as if it were etched into his very bones.

"When did you call me, Dad?" Shen Lu feigned, pretending she had just woken up. "I didn’t hear anyone call my name."

"Are you deaf? How could you not hear me coughing so loudly?"

"A cough? My name isn’t ’Cough.’ Next time you need something, you’d be better off just using my name." Shen Lu crossed her legs. "What is it?"

Liu Qiang looked uncharacteristically embarrassed. "You know how you said you were going to find me a new wife... How’s that coming along?"

Shen Lu froze for a second. "Dad, wasn’t that just nonsense Liu Yaozu was spouting? You actually took him seriously?"

"It wasn’t nonsense," Liu Qiang frowned. "That’s exactly what Yaozu and I are planning. We’re doing this for your own good!"

Liu Qiang understood the principle that you had to get someone in the same boat if you wanted them to put their heart into a task.

But his excuse for pulling her into his boat was so ridiculous Shen Lu wanted to laugh.

"For my good? How is it for my good?"

"Your mother is an illiterate, unpresentable woman. I can see you’re destined for greater things; you’ll probably marry into a good family. How humiliating would it be when your in-laws find out what kind of mother you have?"

Shen Lu almost laughed out loud. ’He must have wracked his brain to come up with that excuse.’

’What a load of crap. Setting aside whether I’d even get married, if we’re following his logic, I shouldn’t just replace my mom. I’d be better off replacing my dad and brother, too.’

’So, Yang Jing isn’t presentable, but he and Liu Yaozu are?’

"Did you give Mom her medicine?" Shen Lu asked, not wanting to engage with his argument and deciding to change the subject.

"We did."

Liu Yaozu hadn’t wanted to, so Liu Qiang had done it himself.

"Has she woken up?" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

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