Food Intelligence King

Chapter 12 I'm Not Afraid of You
My wife's hometown is in Shaanxi Province.

It is an ordinary small town in Guanzhong, located at the foot of the Qinling Mountains that divide north and south, and the Hu Huanyong Line, which divides east and west, also passes through it.

Since retiring, my mother-in-law has become a professional childcare worker.

I just got Tao Tao into kindergarten a couple of years ago, and now I'm back in Guanzhong to help my eldest daughter take care of her grandson.

Chen Zhou's parents also do not live in Haibin City.

Fortunately, they live not too far apart. During holidays, he can take his wife and children back to his hometown to visit. However, because Chen Zhou's grandparents are unable to move around easily, the elderly couple also have to take care of their parents.

Thinking of both sets of parents, Chen Zhou couldn't help but sigh, those older generations really never had a moment's rest.

If there's an opportunity in the future, I'll bring them here to enjoy their later years.

Now that my stall business is gradually stabilizing, and the information I gather allows me to occasionally make a small fortune, I believe that day is not far off.

It's the weekend again in the blink of an eye.

Chen Taotao doesn't have to go to class. Lin Yifan is cleaning at home.

To prevent his daughter from causing trouble, Chen Zhou took her out with him to the market to buy groceries.

The first place they went to, of course, was Mr. Zhang's butcher shop in Yongjia Fresh Food.

This was the first time Zhang Jinsheng had seen Chen Zhou bring his daughter since they met. Seeing the adorable little girl, several wrinkles on Zhang Jinsheng's face smoothed out.

However, given Lao Zhang's appearance, he might not be suitable for children.

It's still a bit scary.

Chen Taotao held Chen Zhou's hand and slowly walked forward, but her body gradually hid behind Chen Zhou.

Zhang Jinsheng had already greeted Chen Zhou.

Then he bent down slightly and started chatting with the child: "What's your name, baby?"

When Old Zhang smiles, you can still see a hint of kindness and amiability in him.

Chen Taotao grew bolder and peeked out:
"I'm not afraid of you, my name is Chen Taotao!"

Chen Zhou lowered his head and said, "You don't need to be afraid of this Uncle Zhang, he doesn't eat children."

Hearing her father's words, Chen Taotao finally leaned out with her whole body.

She patted her chest with her little hand:
"That's good."

Zhang Jinsheng felt a little embarrassed, because he also had a daughter who was now in high school. Seeing Chen Taotao reminded him of his own daughter when she was little.

"It was better when we were kids; nobody cares about you now that we're grown up."

Because they get along well in business, Chen Zhou and Lao Zhang's relationship has warmed up rapidly in the past few days.

As the two chatted, Old Zhang brought up the issue of rising vegetable prices.

"A heavy rain in another province caused many vegetables to wilt, making price fluctuations inevitable."

Chen Zhou nodded. Summer is also the peak season for vegetable production, and prices would drop again in a few days. He was a little curious about the changes in pork prices.

Zhang Jinsheng answered:

"The situation with pork is much more complicated; pig farms even buy futures contracts for live pigs themselves."

In the evening, it was time for the familiar stall-setting up time again.

Chen Zhou's fresh meat buns have gradually built up a certain reputation in the neighborhood.

Initially, more people in this community bought the property, but now it has gradually spread to residents of several surrounding communities.

You can often see customers arriving by car or bicycle.

The atmosphere in the Sunshine City residential community's WeChat group has also changed drastically.

What started as a protest against the property management has now turned into a discussion group about Xi Jinping.

Some people even deliberately spread the word.

Wotu: "Family, the steamed bun stall has arrived. Hurry up, first batch!"
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"I'm so envious of you. You live on the south side of the community. I have to walk around the community every day to buy steamed buns."
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"Building 12 is right downstairs from the entrance, which is really convenient."

Wotu was even a little carried away with his pride: "Do you think I'll be able to sell more houses in the future?"

This episode is arguably the one with the highest value for money in the neighborhood's housing prices.

For Chen Zhou, business became much easier.

For the first two days, Baozi was waiting for people; now, people are waiting for Baozi.

People can easily tell how good the steamed buns taste and whether they are made with high-quality ingredients after eating them a couple of times.

He set up his stall while...
The system would pop up a few "good reviews +1" messages every now and then.

At this point, the latest "diners' updates" gradually became an eyesore.

Chen Zhou's food intelligence has a time limit. For example, the Boston lobster he bought at the beginning will show as dead when he checks the intelligence again a few days later.

The urban management officers mentioned in this intelligence report were truly a mystery to Chen Zhou.

He should have already updated the next set of intelligence, but he still hasn't shown up.

So Chen Zhou would sometimes observe each customer who had bought the steamed buns.

Is this the young man wearing the double-strapped vest?

No, his nickname is "I'm not a foodie," so it definitely isn't him.

Next person.

That tall, beautiful woman? No, that's not right. She's our neighbor, a stay-at-home mom. My wife used to walk the kids with her.

this?

He was a regular customer of his stall; Chen Zhou had seen him buy steamed buns several times in a row, seemingly without missing a single day. It couldn't possibly be him, could it?

Wait a moment.
Urban management officers will be visiting your stall in the next four days.

"Comrade, you've hidden it well."

Chen Zhou looked into the distance.

Today's customer was accompanied by a female companion; judging from their conversation, they were probably a couple.

The woman spoke first, her voice tinged with anger:

"Wang Meng! Do you come here every day to go on a date with me, or to buy steamed buns?"

Wang Meng quickly tried to appease him:

"Of course I came to see you. The steamed buns were just for my breakfast the next day; the breakfast at our company cafeteria is terrible. His steamed buns are so soft and fragrant. Even if you leave them in the refrigerator overnight and reheat them in the microwave the next day, they're still bursting with juicy filling."

"Don't you get tired of eating steamed buns?" The woman walked away without looking back.

He only left Wang Meng with the words, "We're not compatible."

On the other hand, Wang Meng looked relieved.

Chen Zhou, watching the spectacle, secretly chuckled to himself.

So the two of them were on a blind date. The girl did seem a bit unreasonable.

However, this glance was crucial, as it met Wang Meng's gaze.

What are you looking at?
The other person walked towards the car, putting their hands into their pockets as they went.

The intention behind revealing the true purpose of the plan is self-evident.

However, before he could even reach the front of the car...

Suddenly, someone shouted from the group:

"You have to queue to buy steamed buns!"

Upon hearing this, the two customers at the front, being quite wary, used their bodies to block Wang Meng from moving a distance.

Wang Meng could only peek out from the side, showing half his head, to speak to Chen Zhou:

"Hello boss, I'd like to see your business license."

Chen Zhou smiled, suddenly remembering what his daughter had shouted to Lao Zhang that morning: "I'm not afraid of you."

I've been waiting for you for days.

Chen Zhou took off his gloves and showed the series of procedures he had completed over the past few days.

Health certificate, pork quarantine certificate, registration application. A small stack.

Wang Meng carefully looked through the pages and checked each item one by one.

Finally, he showed an expression even more relieved than when he had just finished his blind date.

"I feel relieved now."

　I've seen a lot of familiar IDs these past few days!!
　　Jingjing was extremely excited.

　　So, first of all, thank you for your support, both old and new friends!
　　I haven't published a book in almost a year, and I didn't expect the competition on Qidian to be so fierce now.

　　As you can see, I have not signed a contract to this day.

　　Enough of the small talk, I'm working hard to save up some chapters, hoping to get a contract signed and published smoothly.

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(End of this chapter)