The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 83

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: A Bad Review

When she was looking at the abandoned building’s blueprints with Boss Xu earlier, the system automatically scanned a copy. Now that Shen Lu wanted to renovate the shop, she just had to enter the shop module’s editing interface.

Shen Lu: "Mhm, let’s enter the editing interface."

Upon receiving the Host’s affirmative response, the system silently displayed a top-down floor plan. It was, in fact, the layout of the abandoned building’s first floor.

Shen Lu had already chosen a renovation style long ago. All she had to do was click on the "natural wood style" icon below.

Full of anticipation, Shen Lu clicked "Confirm." She thought some magical scene would appear, but nothing happened.

Shen Lu: ?

Shen Lu: "What’s going on now? Where’s the renovation?"

[Host, the renovation will take one hour.]

’Fair enough, that sounds reasonable.’

But Shen Lu wasn’t about to wait here for an hour. It was better to head back.

Just as she walked out of the abandoned building, Shen Lu discovered that the first floor had been encircled by a black cloth, completely obscuring the view. She poked it curiously but was blocked.

A line of text appeared.

[Renovation in progress...]

Shen Lu had no choice but to turn back. Once inside her house, she took off her mask and drank some water to soothe her throat.

Seeing her return home safely, Fu Cheng, who had been worried the whole time, let out a sigh of relief.

Shen Lu rested for about fifteen minutes, then got up to cook the braised foods.

After finishing that, Shen Lu confirmed with Boss Zhou about the appliance delivery for nine o’clock the next morning. Once she got an affirmative answer, she started editing today’s video.

She had already edited and posted the video she shot yesterday, and the response had been mediocre, but it hadn’t dampened Shen Lu’s enthusiasm.

She spent half an hour editing the video and uploading it to the platform. A moment later, a little red dot lit up in her account’s backend.

Hmm?

’Yesterday’s video still has no comments, but today’s got one less than five minutes after I posted it?’

’This is a good start.’

Full of anticipation, Shen Lu clicked on the little red dot.

—Fake! What kind of good stuff could possibly come from the Lower City District? It’s a total scam. She probably uses illegal additives, otherwise how could it smell so fragrant? Don’t believe her, everyone!

Shen Lu mentally shrugged.

’Alright, a negative comment.’

’A negative comment is fine, too. At least it’s generating some buzz.’

’As they say, all publicity is good publicity. The important thing is to build up hype first. Being ignored is the scariest thing.’

’Besides, her food was the real deal, with no weird additives whatsoever. She wasn’t afraid of any self-proclaimed crusaders of justice.’

In high spirits, Shen Lu closed the backend and used today’s Lottery Ticket.

[Congratulations, Host, for drawing Blind Box Prize #003: One voucher for ten thousand jin of crayfish.]

[Voucher for Ten Thousand Jin of Crayfish: Can be used to redeem ten thousand jin of high-quality crayfish from the system’s marketplace.]

Shen Lu: ...

Following the one hundred jin of seasonings, she had drawn ingredients yet again.

But this time, the ingredients were much more valuable than the last.

Shen Lu stroked her chin. ’Crayfish are great, too. There are lots of ways to cook them. I was just wondering what kind of gimmick I should use for the grand opening. I can build it around the crayfish.’

’Maybe a crayfish eating contest?’

’Whoever eats the most crayfish in one minute gets a membership card that gives them a twenty percent discount.’

Shen Lu thought this was an excellent idea. ’Note to self: write this down!’

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