Chapter 372 - 154: Get Ready for the New Food Storm

Chapter 372: Chapter 154: Get Ready for the New Food Storm

’And besides, his cooking is genuinely delicious. If my future partner could cook such amazing food for me every day, I wouldn’t even care about staying in shape...’

But!

I can’t show that I’m interested in getting to know him just yet, or I’ll lose the upper hand.

’Right. No matter how good his food is today, I have to resist eating it. Otherwise, Dad will use it against me later.’

And there was one more thing.

Shen Ning recalled the livestream she had just been watching on TikTok.

’It’s a full set of Apple products! It’d be a waste not to get it!’

CLICK! CLICK!

After snapping a few photos of the food cart, she picked two large crabs from the tank. Bai Xiaobo weighed them and rang her up for both the crabs and the buns she’d ordered earlier.

"Am I competing with you to shell a crab?"

Zhang Li nodded proudly. "That’s right. As long as you can shell them faster than us, your two crabs will be on the house."

"Mm," Shen Ning said, waiting for her chosen crabs to be steamed.

’If you think about it that way,’ she thought, ’these buns aren’t actually that expensive. They’re made with the real deal, after all.’

Meanwhile, she opened TikTok on her phone and easily found the streamer who was giving away the full set of Apple products.

She tapped the streamer’s profile picture and sent them a direct message containing the photo she had just taken. Now all she had to do was wait for a reply.

A short while later, Bai Xiaobo brought over the steamed crabs.

"Alright, let’s begin!" Zhang Li said, grabbing a new crab. With scissors and tweezers at her side, she actually looked quite professional!

"Don’t bother. I don’t think I can beat you. I’ll just pay for them."

Shen Ning was in no mood for a competition.

’Since they dared to set up a stall here, these two girls must have practiced.’

Disappointed, Zhang Li took Shen Ning’s two crabs and began shelling them for her. "I can’t believe it. We practiced for just one afternoon and we’re already invincible, with no challengers left."

He Shuting also sighed dramatically. "It’s so lonely being invincible."

The braised pork was prepared quickly. Su Chen brought out the sweet-style dish, and Shen Guofu immediately leaned in to take a sniff.

"Amazing! Does this braised pork have a faint fruity scent?"

Over by the car, Zhang Jiayi raised her voice. "It does! Boss Su stews this braised pork with hawthorn fruit, so you can eat as much as you want without it feeling heavy!"

Shen Guofu picked up a piece of hawthorn from the plate and glanced at it, concluding it was just for show and utterly useless.

He then picked up a cube of meat drenched in the thick sauce and popped it into his mouth.

With just a few light bites, the fall-apart tender meat seemed to dissolve into a rich gravy. The fatty parts were almost imperceptible, with only the skin on the surface retaining a slight, pleasant chewiness.

The sweet flavor, paired with the rich yet not greasy meat, gave his palate—that of a Jingzhou local—a completely new experience.

"This is fantastic!"

After swallowing the first piece, Shen Guofu smacked his lips. "There’s a sweet, fruity aftertaste. It’s not just the sweetness from caramelized sugar. This braised pork is the real deal! 88 yuan is a steal!"

With that, he immediately picked up another piece and put it in his mouth, not forgetting to shovel in a large mouthful of rice.

Shen Ning, sitting across from her dad, was starting to get confused.

Normally, her dad would have taken a couple of bites and then deliberately put on a show of how delicious it was.

Then, he’d casually place a piece on her plate and say in a goading tone, "It’s really good, try it if you don’t believe me!"

Shen Ning had seen this routine many times before.

But today...

She watched as her dad finished off the braised pork piece by piece, right as the new crab soup dumpling was ready.

Her dad spent a good while slurping the soup from the dumpling before popping the whole thing into his mouth. The entire time, he showed no intention of letting her have a single bite.

’What is this old man up to now?’

After finishing, Shen Guofu patted his belly contentedly. "So satisfying! I’ve never eaten anything this good in my life."

He then stood up. "Young man, will you be setting up your stall here again tomorrow?"

Su Chen smiled. "Not necessarily. I might, or I might not."

"So you have a mobile stall? Is someone giving you trouble?" Shen Guofu’s expression turned serious. "The government is encouraging the street vendor economy now. If anyone gives you a hard time, you call this old man! I can still help with little things like that."

Su Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "No one’s giving me trouble. It’s for other reasons."

"Oh... alright then." Shen Guofu patted his stomach again and happened to see Uncle Zhang returning from his walk. "Old Zhang! Come here, come here!"

"What’s up?"

"Come on over, I’ve got something good for you to try!"

After a round of enthusiastic praise from Shen Guofu, Uncle Zhang also ordered a portion of braised pork and had two large crabs weighed out.

DING!

WeChat payment received: 311 yuan!

As evening fell, the number of pedestrians at the entrance to the residential complex began to increase. Some were just getting off work and heading home, while others were on their way out to buy groceries for dinner.

Shen Guofu didn’t go home. He just sat at the roadside stall, chatting with his neighbors.

"How is it? Delicious, right?"

"I told you I wouldn’t steer you wrong! You might not even find stuff this good in the Capital City!"

"It’s a real shame for a young man with skills like these to be running a stall instead of opening a big restaurant!"

Zhang Jiayi, full and satisfied, hid in the car. Listening to the old man bullshit with his neighbors was incredibly amusing.

’If he knew that Boss Su actually runs a very successful company, his jaw would probably hit the floor, wouldn’t it?’

Meanwhile, Shen Ning, who had been waiting for her father to offer her a bite, saw no indication from him that he intended to do so.

As she sat there watching people come and go, some slurping soup dumplings, others devouring huge mouthfuls of braised pork, she, who had tasted Boss Su’s cooking before, finally couldn’t take it anymore.