Caelus's current identity on the Xianzhou had a certain source of income, and at this moment, he was completing his work to earn his pay.
His job under this identity was as the owner of a snack stall. It had to be said that this identity was quite good, at least the cooking he had learned before had indeed come in handy.
[Caelus's Snack Stall]
Qingque's eyes lit up. After walking over and looking at the items displayed on the snack stall, she said, "You're selling fried food today? Then fry me a few portions of french fries, add extra ketchup. I'm going to eat while playing cards later."
The reason Qingque and Caelus were able to meet was because Caelus was running a snack stall. She was able to know about this little stall because she had seen it on the internet.
Someone on the internet said that there was an extra snack stall on the Xianzhou Luofu recently. You never knew when this snack stall would open, where it would open, or even what it would sell each time, it seemed to depend entirely on the boss's mood.
Even so, the food sold at this snack stall was indeed very good, and the prices were fair. Plus, its randomness was particularly novel, so much so that now there were always some foodies wandering around the Xianzhou Luofu just to run into this legendary snack stall and taste the highly acclaimed delicacies.
Looking back, Qingque also felt she was lucky. By chance, when she sneaked out to slack off, she encountered this mysterious snack stall opened in a remote corner and tasted a salad. Although she still couldn't figure out why it looked like just a very ordinary vegetable salad, it made one feel so happy and pleased when eating it, so much so that Qingque even suspected that something had been added to it.
"I'm telling you, Caelus, given your cooking skills, even if you opened a proper shop, you'd earn more than you do now, right? And it would be much more convenient, not like now where you have to push this snack cart around randomly. Also, you shouldn't always pick remote corners."
Speaking of this, Qingque couldn't help but want to ask her new friend why he had to push his snack cart to the vicinity of the Garden of Serenity. Who exactly did he want to sell to there?
"I run this snack stall just to take it out for a spin occasionally when I'm short on money, enjoying the customs of the Xianzhou while earning some pocket money. I'm not looking to make a fortune."
Caelus replied while deftly cutting potatoes into strips of equal thickness and size, then putting them into the heated oil.
"No way, your pace of life is just too much like a retired old man. You're even better at slacking off than I am, and I'm an expert at it."
Qingque picked up some snacks that had already been made and placed on the stall and stuffed them into her mouth. Although the taste wasn't great because they were a bit cold, they were still much better than the fried food one could normally buy.
"Why is it that fried food, which usually doesn't taste good when cold, tastes pretty good even when cold when you make it? As a diviner of the Divination Commission, I'm starting to suspect you've added something addictive to it."
Qingque joked. She naturally knew that nothing addictive had been added to these things, after all, such things were of no use to the Xianzhou people and were very easy to distinguish.
"It's emotion. I add emotion into it when I cook."
"You're just like the protagonist in those gourmet novels, incorporating emotions into dishes and such, it sounds really fantastical!"
Qingque laughed and said, "In that case, if you add love to the dishes, wouldn't they be even more delicious?"
Caelus shook his head and denied it, "Love cannot be added as a primary flavor to food. Otherwise, something that should be sweet would become cloyingly sweet, and something that should be salty would become unbearably salty. Love is a catalyst, not a primary flavor, otherwise, it would only make the taste too extreme."
"Oh, you speak so eloquently, there's even philosophy in it. I'm almost convinced. Why don't you make a fried dish with love as the main flavor right in front of me? I'm actually quite curious!"
Qingque's curiosity instantly spiked. She wanted to see if this so-called emotional cuisine was real or fake.
Under Qingque's gaze, a serving of popcorn chicken, which looked golden and crispy but certainly couldn't be called perfect, was placed in front of her.
"It looks so plain. You didn't add any special effects when you made it. It's really hard to believe this really has any... Ugh! Why does this taste so greasy!"
Qingque had just put the popcorn chicken in her mouth and taken two bites before she couldn't stand it and spat it out. The taste was simply too greasy, greasier than pouring oil directly into one's mouth.
"This is my personal talent. I am a Pathstrider on the Path of Remembrance, which is why I can incorporate abstract emotions and the like into my cooking."
"Alright, I believe you. It's certainly amazing. I've never heard of anyone using the Path of Remembrance to cook."
"Your fries are packed. That'll be 1,500 Credits."
"So your pricing is also weird. Is it purely based on your mood?"
"Yes."
"...Buddy, you're really too free. You don't seem like an Outsider at all, you're practically a local!"
Qingque grumbled, paid the money, and then hurriedly left with her food to rush to her card game.
(To be continued.)
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