Food Stall: Customers Chase Me across the Country-Chapter 322 - 323: The Authority to Coordinate Ingredient Distribution

Chapter 322: Chapter 323: The Authority to Coordinate Ingredient Distribution

Shen Teng looked at the empty fifth window, feeling like ten thousand alpacas were running wild in his heart.

What’s happening?!

How come it was here during noon, but gone by evening?!

Where is that sneaky person?

Boss Wang, get out here, you bastard!

He took out his phone, ready to rant on Weibo, but hesitated when he saw the push notification.

"Meizhou flood? Boss Wang ran off to Meizhou? Where is Meizhou?"

Shen Teng curiously searched for news on Meizhou.

"Whoa?!"

After watching the on-site recordings in the video, he couldn’t help but swear.

"This could be compared to the deluge of the Tianhe of years past, as if the sky got pierced with a hole."

"Boss Wang, I won’t hold a grudge for standing me up. I, Shen Teng, hail you as a man! You are one of a kind, brother, can’t let you face this alone. Although I’m a bit tight on cash lately, let me first donate one million to you."

Supporting on-site was not possible for him, he admitted he wasn’t that noble, but he was willing to donate a bit to support the cause.

Straight away, he sent a private message to the backend, but received an automatic reply: "Only accepting donations of food and purified water. For more details, please contact Meizhou Fire Department, phone: 1xx extension Meizhou."

Shen Teng couldn’t help but laugh, truly a hardcore boss worth following, someone who doesn’t use disasters for personal publicity.

From now on, I’m your die-hard fan!

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Exhausted, Wang Fan no longer knew how many meals he had made today.

Since nearing noon, he had been mechanically putting things into the all-in-one cooker, then taking meals out from it.

The foodstuffs accumulated on the road in the RV were almost completely used up.

Utilizing his understanding of the system, Wang Fan exploited a bug once more.

As long as he replayed his conversation with Zhuo Qianqian before opening the machine’s door, he could still receive double the food, significantly reducing troubles.

This system is pretty casual, huh.

Patted the all-in-one machine, Wang Fan couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Today’s feat of serving hot meals to over 5,000 people owed greatly to this machine.

Chen Baoguo was also quite tired at this point.

Spending almost the entire day in water and on inflatable rafts was both physically and mentally taxing.

Only after settling the villagers did he have the time to sit down and eat.

Holding the steaming meal, smelling the enticing aroma of meat, he greedily took a deep breath.

"Are all the villagers confirmed to have eaten?"

Cheng Dong nodded: "Confirmed, including those who were just relocated, they’ve all had dinner. Captain, you should eat too."

Chen Baoguo nodded and finally put a piece of rib into his mouth.

"Whoa? Your skills have improved quite a bit, these ribs are really delicious."

Deputy captain Li Kai praised as he bit into a rib: "Tender and flavorful, melts in your mouth! How come I didn’t realize you guys were such good cooks before?"

Cheng Dong quickly waved his hands: "I dare not take credit, these ribs were made by that Brother Wang. In fact, the fast completion of the villagers’ meals today was all thanks to him."

"Hmm?"

Chen Baoguo was taken aback: "Explain in detail."

After Cheng Dong recounted the day’s events from start to finish, he said: "This young Brother Wang is really extraordinary, quick and delicious cooking, we brothers ended up assisting him. His girlfriend Zhuo, responsible for distributing the meals to the villagers, was equally crucial, visibly impacting the villagers’ mood swings."

Chen Baoguo listened and then remained silent without speaking further, only standing up to head towards Wang Fan after cleaning his plate pristinely.

Upon seeing Chen Baoguo approach, Wang Fan didn’t know what he was up to, so he stood quietly without speaking.

Chen Baoguo reached Wang Fan, saluted formally, then sincerely said: "Mr. Wang, I apologize for the prejudice I had against you before, and I’m very grateful for what you did for the villagers today. You are different from those internet celebrities."

Previously, he indeed had prejudice against those internet celebrities, primarily because during a previous disaster relief, a group of them showed up, claiming to help but only took selfies, did no work and even monopolized rescue boats, almost delaying the relief efforts, which left him with a bad impression of the group.

But he also wouldn’t generalize unfairly. Wang Fan’s actions today were enough to make him look at him in a new light, and as a man, if you make a mistake, you admit it.

Wang Fan could sense the change in attitude from the captain in front of him, sighing in relief, it’s easier to get things done this way.

"Captain Chen, considering this is a special time, don’t mind these small things. When I came, the food I bought on the road was almost all used up. Can I use the food you prepared tomorrow?"

Chen Baoguo nodded: "Cheng Dong has already told me about your situation, technically it wasn’t allowed, but extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. Tomorrow I’ll have Cheng Dong and his team continue supporting your work. Also, we just received notification that eight of your fans have contacted us to donate food, preliminary estimation values it at around 1.2 million, and you can be in charge of handling these later."

Wang Fan was quite surprised to know he had such supportive fans, thinking he’d need to inform them first thing wherever he goes in the future. Whether they show up or not is their business, but he wouldn’t hide or hold back.

After saluting Wang Fan again, Chen Baoguo turned and walked back. He needed to rest up; during such critical moments, having a proper sleep was absolutely impossible, so every second of rest mattered.

Dragging his weary body, Wang Fan headed toward Cheng Dong, needing to find out what foodstuffs they had.

Cheng Dong showed Wang Fan the supplies, with ample stocks of cabbage, vermicelli, potatoes, beef, lamb, pork, onions, eggs, rice, and flour, etc., which Wang Fan nodded at and said: "Let’s make pork and cabbage stew with vermicelli tomorrow."

Cheng Dong laughed: "Captain Chen said you have the final say, whatever you decide, we’ll do it. Honestly, I rarely admire anyone when it comes to cooking, but I truly admire you."

Wang Fan laughed too: "Maybe I do have a bit of natural talent in this area, Brother Cheng, you should also rest up. Tomorrow is another tough battle."

Cheng Dong laughed heartily: "Don’t worry, I have more experience than you in such matters, nowadays things aren’t as hard as they used to be. Older times were truly tough—rest up, Brother Wang, you are the main player tomorrow, and we’ll back you up."

Exhausted after a day’s work, Wang Fan fell asleep as soon as he got into the RV, just like Zhuo Qianqian. At this moment, not to mention taking a bath, even washing their face felt cumbersome, plus freshwater at such moments was highly valuable, using it for washing would be a sheer waste.

In the middle of the night, a gentle rain began to fall again, and Chen Baoguo and his team also set off once more on their tasks—at such crucial times, sleeping was truly a luxury.