[This week’s System task: Sell 300 “Waterfall Cheese Beef Burgers” at the Zhou Bridge Night Market and collect 500 “Amazement Points”!]
Lin Xiao, an overworked office drone, wakes up as a penniless young man in Bianjing, the Northern Song capital.
Just as all hope of survival seems lost, the [Across-Time Food Stall System] suddenly binds itself to him!
Every week, it assigns a bizarre new task at a random location:
Sell bursting milk tea outside the Da Xiangguo Temple, offer fried chicken and beer by the dragon boat races at Jinming Pool, or even get dumped on a street outside the imperial palace to hawk oden to officials leaving court…
And so, the everyday lives of the Northern Song’s top-tier stars are completely upended by one little food stall:
Yue Fei, destined to become a loyal patriot in the future, is currently a simple, honest boy who comes to my stall every day to “volunteer for security duty” in exchange for a cheese hot dog that stretches a full meter.
After work, literary giant Su Shi heads straight to my stall with his salary in hand. Slurping tomato-and-beef rice noodles, he waves his brush and declares, “Marvelous! This flavor is so satisfying, it calls for a toast!” Then he really does open a beer.
The incorruptible Lord Bao is secretly a fan of my “insanely spicy grilled gluten.” The crescent moon on his forehead glows as he cries, “Such fiery spice is like seeing through evil, utterly enlightening!”
Even Emperor Huizong, the artist emperor, cannot resist sending a trusted eunuch sneaking out of the palace to bring back a chilled mango pomelo sago, all in the name of “seeking inspiration.”
Later, my humble food stall grows into the most popular mobile food truck in all of Bianjing.
Zhan Zhao uses his lightness skills to deliver my orders, while Gongsun Ce falls into deep scholarly contemplation over how self-heating hot pots work.
When the System unlocks its ultimate item, a dream food truck equipped with neon signs and a Bluetooth speaker, I know it’s time to use a whirlwind
