jdhmnovel Chapter 369 Selling grilled sausages outside the palace? Is this mission reasonable...?
Chapter 369 Selling grilled sausages outside the palace? Is this mission reasonable...?
"I have to accept it! Who can resist the temptation of the high-speed rail starting operation tomorrow!"
Bai Mengran spoke to the system telepathically, and her beaming face clearly showed her joyful mood.
[Great job, Host! The [Customizable Food Truck] has been deployed. You can retrieve it from the task toolbar.]
The system volume was several decibels higher than usual; I have no idea what it was so excited about.
Without saying a word, Bai Mengran clicked on the toolbar below the task.
I glanced at the food truck, but could only see one model with a "?" on it. Its specific appearance was not yet visible, so I guessed it would change depending on the needs of the random mission.
The task progress bar clearly displays "0/10", and below it, besides the toolbar, there's a "Task Assignment" panel...
This caught Bai Mengran's eye, and she couldn't wait to click on it.
"Let me see what this first task will be."
Her voice rose in excitement, and she immediately clicked on the task list as soon as she finished speaking.
The moment the random task refreshed, Bai Mengran's voice trailed off, and her soul trembled in shock.
[Random Task 1: Arrive at the streets and alleys around Xuanhua Gate outside the palace before 8:30 AM, use "Free Thousand-Mile Transmission" once, and sell grilled sausages to civil and military officials who have just finished the morning court session.]
Requirements: A total of 100 sausages must be sold, and at least 30 of the buyers must be officials.
(A ten-hour mission countdown will begin upon arrival at the mission point.)
"Oh... System, how can you be so careless! Take a look at this mission yourself, is it even reasonable?"
Bai Mengran took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her dissatisfaction with this bizarre task, thinking that since she was already there, she might as well do it, regardless of whether it was reasonable or not...
Based on her years of experience reading Tomato novels, this task isn't actually that outrageous.
After all, she had seen the system post a task before, like selling super spicy chicken wings in front of a proctology hospital...
Compared to this, her task doesn't seem so bizarre anymore, does it?
[Ahem, host, I'm innocent! I didn't design this mission; the Tong family was only responsible for issuing it...]
The system weakly offered itself up.
"Alright, alright, we've already accepted the call, so let's give it a try..."
Bai Mengran's strength lies in her positive attitude; after a brief moment of silence, she readily accepted this "gift of fate."
It was just past 7:30, with nearly an hour left before the mission started, and only three minutes remaining in the countdown for the final check-in mission in Daiyue Prefecture.
Xiao Yi and her friends had already handed out all the posters, and only the promotional video was playing automatically. The three of them were busy answering all sorts of curious questions from the onlookers.
"Pfft pfft..."
Bai Mengran gestured to the three of them with her eyes, reminding them to prepare to leave when it was time. Seeing that the three of them nodded in response, she got up and walked towards them.
Seeing this, Xiao Yi quickly changed the subject and began to summarize.
Bai Mengran, along with Yingying, Yiyi, and Guoguo, returned to the RV first.
As soon as the mission ended, the RV sped off like an arrow, heading towards Yan Yun Prefecture, the most prosperous place in Anshun Kingdom besides [Fairyland], which is also the location of the capital.
"Sister Bai, why are you in such a hurry to urge us to leave this time? Is the next mission on time and we're running out of time?"
Kong Nishang saw that Sister Bai had closed the door and started driving away the moment Sister Xiao Yi got into the RV, which was different from the usual pace, and she began to wonder.
"Wow, this little girl has quite the sharp eyes!"
Bai Mengran smiled and waved to the three of them, signaling them to gather in the living room. "Xiao Yi, come over here first and hear about the next steps."
Xiao Yi always obeyed Bai Mengran, her boss. As soon as Bai Mengran spoke, she smiled and sat down with the other two.
Su Yingying and Kong Nishang had no idea where this task that Sister Bai talked about every day came from...
But after spending these few days together, they've roughly figured out what's going on—
Sister Bai came with a mission. As long as these so-called tasks are completed, it will always benefit the people of Anshun.
So no matter what Sister Bai asks them to do, they will definitely do their best to cooperate!
Bai Mengran cleared her throat, her mind racing as she considered how to begin explaining the series of speechless challenges that might befall her...
"It's like this, we're heading to the capital next..."
She had barely mentioned the word "capital" when she was interrupted by two heavy gasps.
Bai Mengran didn't even lift her eyelids before she could guess where the two sounds came from.
"What? The capital? Oh my god, Sister Bai, we've already arrived in the capital?"
"Yes, Sister Bai, are you sure you're not mistaken? In my memory, the capital is over a thousand miles away from our Anzhou, and we've only been traveling for two or three days... How, how did we get here already?"
The two spoke almost simultaneously, their voices filled with shock and disbelief.
Su Yingying's mouth gaped open, her face filled with disbelief:
"I remember a few years ago my whole family went to Beijing, and it took almost a month just to get there!"
After that, the family never mentioned going to the capital again, because they were too afraid of the long and arduous journey..."
"Yingying, you're so lucky. You've already been to the capital. I haven't even had the chance yet..."
Kong Nishang looked on with envy. Her father was just a local county magistrate. Anzhou was too far from the capital, and he had never had the chance to go to the capital to meet the emperor.
Seeing that the two were getting more and more off-topic, Bai Mengran quickly steered the conversation back to the main point:
"Ahem, let's talk about this later. Yiyi, don't be envious. The opportunity to go to the capital has come today!"
"That's right, our mission has changed!"
Once we arrive in the capital, we'll have to be adaptable and set up food stalls wherever we can...
However, the requirements for the next task might be a bit... uh, weird!
She had to carefully choose her words while speaking, which made it difficult for Bai Mengran to speak clearly.
Fortunately, Xiao Yi understood immediately, after all, she was trained by the system and was very familiar with the system tasks.
But for the other two little ones, understanding this is not so easy!
They had finally figured out how to handle the publicity mission, but now the mission had changed again, leaving them both a little confused.
But right now, what they're more curious about is just how strange this mission, which even Sister Bai calls "weird," really is.
Kong Nishang couldn't hold back any longer and asked first, "Um, Sister Bai, what exactly is this strange mission you mentioned?"
Bai Mengran had no intention of hiding anything, so she simply told them everything about the first random task she had just encountered.
"Huh?" Su Yingying tilted her head in surprise, her eyes widening, looking like a kitten with its head tilted. "Did I hear that right... Sister Bai, what you just said was..."
Are we really going to sell sausages outside the palace right now?!