Two city management officers parked their city management truck by the roadside.
"Where's the rice combo set around here? Qian Bing couldn't have tricked us!" one of the officers complained.
"Keep looking. Didn't he say it was around the southeast corner? If we circle around, we'll definitely find it!" the other officer said.
"Or should we just buy some steamed buns?"
"No, Qian Bing didn't seem to be lying!"
The city management truck slowly moved forward.
"Do you smell something delicious?" At this moment, one of the officers took a sniff and spoke up.
"There is a bit of a scent. I thought I was hallucinating because I'm so hungry," the other replied.
As they marveled, they suddenly saw a crowd of people lining up in a clearing ahead, with stalls selling pancakes and candied haws nearby.
"That's it!"
"Let's go, over there!"
Both officers' eyes lit up, and they immediately drove over. After parking the truck, they finally joined the back of the line.
The pancake vendor and the candied haw vendor had been having a lively chat. Seeing the city management officers approaching, they suddenly fell silent. It couldn't be helped; no stallholder ever saw city management officers without feeling afraid. Except for Jiang Feng, who didn't fear them and even did business with them. Who could surpass him!
At this moment, Jiang Feng had just finished stir-frying a wok of fish-flavored shredded pork. He looked up at the long queue, meeting pairs of hungry, eager eyes, and couldn't help but sigh. How are there still so many people?! I only wanted to sell 200 servings! You're forcing me to overwork, huh!
The customers ate with great satisfaction.
The two city management officers couldn't stop praising the rice combo set prepared by Jiang Feng. They discussed it among themselves, planning to recommend it to their colleagues who were on duty the next day. We'll eat here from now on!
Other stalls were chased away by city management officers. Jiang Feng's stall, however, had city management officers running to it, eager to be customers.
Around 3:00 p.m., the ingredients Jiang Feng had prepared were finally all sold out.
"No more, no more, all sold out! Sold out!" he shouted to the customers still lining up. "Out of meat! Come again tomorrow!"
Joy mixed with his voice. Finally sold out! My spatula hasn't stopped moving!
Upon hearing Jiang Feng's words, the faces of the queued foodies stiffened. "Sold out?" one muttered. "This early? It's only 3:00 p.m., and you're saying the rice combo sets are gone?"
"Boss, wait a moment!" Just then, a bespectacled customer from the back of the queue stepped forward, a plastic bag in his hand. Upon closer inspection, the plastic bag surprisingly contained top-quality pork loin!
Jiang Feng was a bit stunned. What's going on?
"Boss, go ahead and cook. I bought the meat especially," the man said. "This is enough for ten servings of fish-flavored shredded pork. I want a fish-flavored shredded pork rice combo set."
Seeing the man had brought meat, the surrounding customers got excited.
"I want one too! Sell me some of your meat!"
"You're so smart! Why didn't I think of that?"
"Here, let's chip in for the meat together!"
"Buddy, how much is the meat? There are exactly ten of us; let's split it evenly!"
The customers still in line immediately gathered around.
Jiang Feng's mouth twitched. Aren't I being forced to work overtime now?
After the ten customers agreed among themselves, the bespectacled man who bought the meat walked up and placed the pork loin on Jiang Feng's food truck, saying with a smile, "Boss, don't worry about running out of ingredients; I've got you covered!"
Jiang Feng managed a smile. Listen to that! Is he even serious? Would I be afraid of running out of ingredients? I wish the ingredients would run out faster! Thanks a lot! Business being too good can be a bit overwhelming.
"Fine," Jiang Feng said. "Since you've provided the meat, each serving will be 15. The meat needs to be processed, so please wait a moment."
At this point, Jiang Feng could only resign himself to fate. The customers happily paid and waited to the side.
Jiang Feng put on gloves and started to process the pork loin. His knife skills were excellent; he placed the pork loin on the cutting board and smoothly sliced it into strips. Then he put the meat strips in a bowl, adding salt, pepper powder, and Sichuan pepper wine to remove any gamey taste. Next, he coated it with a mixture of egg white and starch. Finally, he sealed it with a bit of oil.
The meat was marinating in the bowl while the other ingredients were already prepared. When the meat was sufficiently marinated, he could heat oil in the wok and stir-fry two big woks of fish-flavored shredded pork—just enough for ten rice combo sets.
Soon, the steaming hot fish-flavored shredded pork was ready. Jiang Feng arranged the plates, ladled out rice, and spooned the shredded pork directly on top, successfully making the rice combo sets.
There was just a little rice left. Jiang Feng thought that in the future, he would just say the rice was all gone. Surely no customer would bring their own rice. Today's customers actually brought their own ingredients! Unbelievable!
After finishing the last ten orders, Jiang Feng rested in the food truck. Little Black climbed up the steps and ran to Jiang Feng's feet, wagging its little tail and acting cute. Jiang Feng naturally patted its little head.
The customers nearby were eating happily. The aroma of the fish-flavored shredded pork made them lavish it with praise. After eating, they felt nothing but satisfaction.
The day's business was finally over. Jiang Feng packed up his stall and, driving his food truck minibus, slowly left the corner of the park.
[Satisfied customer count: 330/200, today's mission completed.]
[Received additional reward: Spicy Fish Head Recipe.]
Today's mission was once again completed, and the system awarded another food recipe. This time, the reward was for a representative Hunan dish, Spicy Fish Head.
The key to a good Spicy Fish Head was how to remove the fishy smell. A good Spicy Fish Head had no hint of fishiness, was covered with heaps of red chili, was tasty, and went great with rice. You could even mix the sauce directly with rice.
It's actually Spicy Fish Head. Making it into a rice combo set would be a bit costly. But I could try making a premium Spicy Fish Head rice combo set; it's okay if it's a bit more expensive, Jiang Feng calculated in his mind.
He was still too responsible. Love what you do, do what you love. Although Jiang Feng was a laid-back person, he still tried his best to do a good job within his responsibilities.
Soon, Jiang Feng drove the food truck back to his small shop, parked it in the yard, and tidied up.
"Little Black, come, let's eat," Jiang Feng called out.
"WOOF!" Little Black responded happily, wagging its tail, following Jiang Feng as they walked towards the dilapidated apartment building.
「Meanwhile, at the city management office.」
The city management officer who had been on duty returned. As soon as he got back to the office, he started chatting with other officers who hadn't been on duty.
"The rice combo set Qian Bing recommended was really good! It tasted great, and there was a huge line there at noon!"
Hearing this, the others became curious.
"Really? A street vendor selling rice combo sets is that popular?"
"Try it out tomorrow and you'll know. It really made my day today!" the on-duty officer added.
"Okay, I'm on duty over there tomorrow. I'll give it a try."
Jiang Feng had no idea that his little stall had caught the attention of the city management officers. It wasn't just the officers; residents around Hongshan Park and employees from nearby companies were all talking about it.
Food is the first necessity of the people. What the common folk are most concerned about is their daily meals. If a particularly delicious restaurant appears somewhere, people will inevitably spread the word. There are many good restaurants, but truly delicious ones that leave people utterly satisfied are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
Word of mouth spread from one to ten, and then from ten to a hundred. More and more people learned that there was a young man making exceptional rice combo sets in a corner of Hongshan Park. The taste was said to be unparalleled!
Consequently, many people planned to go and taste it for themselves.
Jiang Feng's little stall was about to get popular again!