After assigning the task, Shang Zhisheng was about to leave with his team, but Lin You called him:

“You haven’t eaten yet, right? I’ll cook you a bowl of small wontons!”

Shang Zhisheng quickly declined: “No, no, you’re running a breakfast shop, you were supposed to be closed and resting. It’s me who dragged you down. If I make you cook for us, that’s really too much.”

Lin You said: “A breakfast shop can also serve dinner! The sky’s getting dark, just eat here before you go! Besides, the ingredients in my freezer are all good stuff. Don’t you want to try them?”

Shang Zhisheng looked at the more than ten people he brought with him: “What do you guys think?”

Qi Kai was the first to take out his phone, raised his hand, and scanned the QR code:

“I’ve paid, can I stay here and eat?”

Shang Zhisheng: “……”

Qi Kai went to the front hall, pulled out a chair, and said: “Immortal sister, no need to rush, I’ll sit here and wait slowly, as long as I can eat tonight.”

Lin You smiled at him and said to the others: “Since Qi Kai is staying, you can all try the taste too. No need to pay, the ingredients I use just appear out of nowhere, there’s no cost.”

When Shang Zhisheng heard this, he couldn’t help but shake his head: “Isn’t the electricity for the freezer a cost? And making these wontons, there’s a labor cost too!”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone quickly took out their phones and paid for a bowl of wontons.

Lin You heard the sound of payment notifications from Alipay: “……”

She didn’t have much else to say and walked over to the stove.

The wontons were something she had wrapped earlier in the morning when there weren’t many people around, and she was bored in the kitchen.

She had originally planned to freeze them for storage, to sell as breakfast tomorrow morning.

But since she had wrapped quite a few, and the ingredients in the freezer kept pouring out—

Like the beans that spilled just now, when there’s too much, it couldn’t be stored anymore, so she had to use them up quickly.

Lin You filled a large pot with water and started boiling it. On the side, she was preparing the soup base for the wontons.

Seaweed, shrimp skins, chopped green onions, and a little salt, MSG, and pepper.

When the water boiled, she added the small wontons.

Since the wontons were small, they would be ready in just a few minutes.

Lin You first poured some clear broth into the bowls, activating the flavors of the seasoning.

Then, she added the tightly packed small wontons into the bowls.

Lin You’s hands were very skillful. These wontons, though small, were very well-shaped.

The wonton wrappers were as thin as a cicada’s wings, and you could almost see the rich fillings inside.

Pork with shepherd’s purse, pork with green onions, pork with corn… there were quite a few varieties, and each bowl had a few different kinds of wontons.

Shang Zhisheng and Qi Kai acted as servers, bringing the wontons to the rest of the group.

After finishing these, Lin You took off her apron and walked out of the kitchen, leaning against the glass door, and said:

“These fresh meats were taken directly from the freezer, the shepherd’s purse, green onions, and corn are all the same. Try them and see how they taste.”

The wonton soup was a little hot, so Qi Kai used a small spoon to scoop some soup, blew on it, and then drank it in one go, letting out a comfortable sigh:

“This sip is better than being a living immortal!”

Shang Zhisheng gave him a glance: “Why are you always talking about immortals?”

Qi Kai swallowed another wonton: “I want to, what’s wrong with that?”

After saying this, he looked at Lin You, “Immortal sister, your cooking skills are really great!”

Lin You explained: “It’s not my skills, the main thing is the ingredients. The pork and vegetables I usually use don’t have this kind of freshness.”

Qi Kai: “It’s definitely different from what I usually eat. The meat I buy at home is slightly better, but when eating out, I don’t know what’s mixed in the meat. After a few bites, it tastes greasy, and sometimes, you can’t even taste the meat, only the added seasoning!”

Shang Zhisheng nodded in agreement: “The meat aroma is really strong, I haven’t had such fresh and fragrant wontons in a long time.”

He said this and then paid for another bowl, “Lin You, I’ll have one more bowl, but this time I’ll pack it and take it back to let the leader try it. He’s always been concerned about your shop, and when I reported to him, he sighed and said that the rich ingredients in your breakfast shop are the hope of Ancheng.”

Upon hearing this, Lin You’s face flushed, “But I can’t supply that much food each day, I’m afraid I’ll disappoint the leader…”

Shang Zhisheng finished his bowl of wontons, stood up, and walked to the kitchen. While washing the dishes, he comforted her:

“This is already very good. Your breakfast shop, although it doesn’t supply much each day, is strong in that it can supply steadily.”

Thinking that Lin You might have seen the latest news about the opening of resource channels, he continued:

“The new transportation line reported in the news has a high danger factor, so we can only try to operate it for a week. But you should know, although the western region is safe, it’s too far from here. The routes can’t reach there, so we can’t get goods from there. As for nearby provinces, they’re currently facing zombie attacks and can’t spare much to send us, so what they can provide is very limited.”

Upon hearing this, Lin You understood and nodded, saying: “It seems that my breakfast shop is quite important.”

Shang Zhisheng said: “Of course it’s important. And you should know that the food we transport is limited. We have to consider many factors, like ensuring the goods are abundant, reasonably priced, and easy to store. Therefore, we can’t have everything, and we definitely won’t consider nutritional balance. For example, milk, which is expensive during this critical period, has a short shelf life and can be replaced with water… Considering these situations, we won’t be thinking about buying it from neighboring provinces for now.”

When it came to milk, Lin You suddenly remembered the faucet.

She quickly ran to the kitchen, filled a cup with fresh milk, and handed it to Shang Zhisheng, saying: “Fresh milk! This is also unlimited. But I don’t need to move it, just twist the faucet and use a large bucket to catch it. This means I can meet the fresh milk needs of all Ancheng citizens!”

Shang Zhisheng was stunned.

He looked at the faucet from which milk was flowing out, his face full of astonishment.

“How many surprises are there here that I don’t know about?”

Shang Zhisheng took the milk, leaned down, and smelled it.

Just as he finished, Qi Kai, who had just eaten wontons and came to wash dishes, pressed his lips in a smile: “Brother Shang, you’re starting to joke now?”

Shang Zhisheng shot him a glance: “Wash your dishes!”

Shang Zhisheng held the glass and took a sip.

The milk had a pure and fragrant taste, it was indeed high-quality fresh milk.

“This faucet probably only produces fresh milk when it’s in your hands, right?” Shang Zhisheng asked.

Just as he finished speaking, Qi Kai, who had finished washing the dishes, lifted the faucet with his hand.

Then, the faucet… stopped producing anything.

Qi Kai was greatly embarrassed, clearing his throat twice to cover up the awkwardness.

Shang Zhisheng thought for a moment and said: “Lin You, this fresh milk can be distributed to the entire city. You’ll be in charge of managing this faucet, and I’ll assign people to assist you. They will help you maintain order and also help you change the barrels.”

He looked at Qi Kai, “Qi Kai, after changing the barrels and loading them onto the delivery truck, according to regulations, you’ll deliver them to designated supermarkets across the city. Got it?”

Qi Kai straightened up and said: “Got it!”

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After finishing their wontons, Shang Zhisheng’s team voluntarily washed their own dishes, wiped the tables, and swept the floor before leaving.

Lin You simply wiped down the kitchen and, thinking about how the food would be transported tomorrow, felt a bit excited.

It seemed that her breakfast shop was far more important than she had imagined.

She stared at the freezer for a while, then picked up the glass of fresh milk next to her and drank it in one go.

Then, she closed the breakfast shop and left.

Before leaving, Shang Zhisheng told her that the scheduled interview would take place the day after tomorrow.

So now, Lin You was a little nervous.

The thought of her small shop being on camera made her want to make it look even better.

Although it was just a recently opened small shop, it had to be transparent and clean.

There wasn’t time to redo the decoration, but she could still make the space look nicer.

So, when Lin You reached the door, she paused and turned around.

Originally, she had bought simple white bowls, plates, and spoons for breakfast because everyone was rushing to work and eating quickly.

But now it was different.

She was going to the supermarket to replace her current set with something more visually appealing.