civilwarnovels Chapter 620 The best-selling item at the festival is, of course, fried chicken nuggets
Chapter 620 The best-selling item at the festival is, of course, fried chicken nuggets
Chapter 620 The best-selling item at the festival is, of course, fried chicken nuggets
In the corner of the area designated for the Axis Cult, there was a small stall, and when Kobayashi saw the stall owner, he curled his lips.
The one taking care of the vendors was the dusty-looking Chris.
No one knows what she has gone through, but now she looks like she has lost all hope in life, with her legs hugged up, squatting in front of the stall and greeting the customers.
Chris, whose eyes looked vaguely dead, waved his hands weakly after seeing Xiaolin.
Aqua smiled happily and said, "I saw Chris wandering around and seemed to have nothing to do, so I grabbed her to help take care of the vendors."
What on earth is she trying to do?
Poor Chris was played around by Aqua, and no one knew how much injustice he suffered.
When I walked closer, I realized what kind of stall she was setting up.
It seems like a lottery game.
You spend money to buy tickets, and if you draw a winning ticket, your money will be doubled. If you don’t draw it, your money will be gone. It is similar to the nature of lottery.
Logically speaking, there should be many lots put together for the guests to draw, and the probability should be pitifully small. However, unexpectedly, Chris only took out three lots and placed them in front of the guests. The probability of winning was not one-third, but two-thirds!
however--
"Hey, once again, I want another pump, please!"
"Wait a minute, I'll go first! I've already spent a lot of money here!"
"Me first, let me go first!"
A guest squeezed to the front and drew a lot from the three lots handed over by Chris, paying a few Eris coins.
As everyone watched with bated breath, he tremblingly opened it and took a look -
"Damn it, thanks for your patronage again!"
"Tsk~~~"
There was a lot of booing from the surroundings, as if they were spitting at the guest's luck. The guest was also blushing from the booing, and he couldn't help shouting, "Cheating! It must be cheating! Hey, open the remaining lottery tickets and let me see!"
Under the man's angry shouting, Chris slowly opened the lottery ticket in his hand. The remaining two lottery tickets both had "Congratulations on winning" written on them.
It turned out that the man had bad luck.
"Okay, I will definitely win this time! Since there is no evidence of gambling fraud, I should be able to win!"
"There's no sign of blessing magic being cast, so why do we always lose? Hey, it's about time we stop."
"Just one more time is enough. I don't care whether I get my money back or not. I won't be satisfied until I win once! How can I just walk away after winning all the prizes to thank you for your patronage?"
However, the man did not think so. He stubbornly believed that he would definitely win the prize. Then, despite his companions' dissuasion, he took out double the money to draw the lottery again. He wanted to take this opportunity to make a profit.
He is no different from the gambler above.
It would be better to say that he was so irritated by the boos from the people around him that by the time he realized what was happening, he was already in a difficult situation.
Too bad this guest will never win.
If you want to say why...
The true identity of this girl is the goddess of luck Eris!
The guest rubbed his hands and shouted, “Okay, I will definitely win this time! Goddess of Luck Eris, please bless me to draw the winning ticket! Otherwise, I will convert to Axis!”
“Eh? Wait, wait…!”
The guest's remarks made Chris panic.
But it was too late, the guest drew the lot again and opened it.
“Damn it! Thank you for your patronage again! I hate the goddess Eris the most—”
He threw away the sign that said thank you for your patronage and ran away crying.
Chris cried out in tears: "How, how could this happen——"
Aqua walked up to her with a smile, patted her shoulder and said, "You are awesome, Chris. It is really worth asking you to help me. I didn't expect that you would not only help take care of the stall, but also convert the Eris believers! I will give you this little dragon (lizard dragon) as a thank you gift."
"I don't want to! Ahhh... my precious believer..."
Chris was devastated and hung his head.
Poor kid, he was badly harmed by the stupid goddess, but he couldn't refuse her firmly because of her status.
Ah, speaking of which, Xiaolin also wants to set up a stall for fun.
However, this idea should be put off until tomorrow. After all, I have already agreed to accompany Liu Zi on a date today, and the festival will last for three days, so there is no need to rush.
Cecily, who was just recruiting believers, suddenly ran over and said, "Lady Aqua, what should we do... Because the customer who insisted for a long time gave up, and finally even this lottery booth has no customers... It seems that it is time to launch the stall I suggested, that is, the one selling agar slime!"
"That's right, it seems this is the only trick left."
Aqua actually indulged her own followers.
Agar Slime is a special drink that is not much different from a jelly drink, but it is not actually allowed to be sold.
Therefore, as soon as Cecily put the agar slime powder up, she was stopped by guards AB, and their plan completely failed before it could be implemented.
Aqua looked at Kobayashi with tears in her eyes.
“Xiao Lin——”
"You guys..."
To be honest, Xiao Lin really didn't want to play with them, but if he didn't watch them, they would definitely cause bigger trouble, so he had no choice but to accompany them.
"Sorry, Liu Zi, the date has to end."
"It can't be helped, Master Kobayashi. But as compensation, could you please let me have the fireworks display on the third night?"
"……sure."
At that time, Kobayashi hadn't invited anyone yet. It would be more accurate to say that he was waiting for others to invite him. However, no one made an invitation until the festival started, until Liu Zi made the suggestion.
"I see. I'll help too."
"Thank you, Liu Zi."
Xiaolin held her hand.
Aqua pointed at herself and asked, "Xiaolin, what should I do?"
"Well, now is the time when we need your help. Use your unrivaled performance skills to attract more customers."
"In short, I just need to attract customers, right?"
Aqua excitedly went to the stall to perform her talent.
Xiaolin said to Liu Zi: "Now please go to the kitchen of the mansion in the suburbs and get the kitchen utensils in the third cabinet, and also prepare the batter and chicken. Um... Also, get the oil from the basement of the mansion."
"Okay, I've got it."
It was like pressing the fast-forward button. In the blink of an eye, the stall where Kobayashi was working had placed a lot of ingredients, and they were arranged neatly.
Cecily exclaimed, “W-What’s going on here?!”
"Liu Zi's ability." Xiao Lin rolled up his sleeves and said to her, "Cecily, don't be lazy, come and help me. Heat the oil in the pan first. Liu Zi, please cut the chicken into pieces... Oh, don't use the sickle, use the kitchen knife properly."
"Okay, Master Kobayashi."
"Leave it to me, big sister!"
The two men took action.
Xiao Lin didn't plan to do anything weird. After all, he was not a god of food and he didn't know how to cook delicious food.
All he could think of was simple food like fried chicken nuggets.
Although this kind of thing is very ordinary, it is at least normal. I didn't expect it to be so popular. When all the vendors were losing money, only Kobayashi's fried chicken nuggets were very popular. After the evening, Sato Kazuma also came to help, and his modern fried noodles received unanimous praise.
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After today's festival ended, Kobayashi wanted to go back and rest, but unexpectedly, Sato Kazuma pulled him into the conference room to listen to today's sales figures.
“Okay, that’s today’s turnover!”
"Oh oh oh!!!"
After hearing the sales volume, many people cheered enthusiastically because this year's sales volume was more than twice that of previous years, which means that Sato Kazuma's plan was successful.
“It’s all thanks to Satou Kazuma’s determination to make the Eris Cult and the Axis Cult compete with each other. Although the Axis Cult’s sales are not ideal, the Eris Cult members are instigated by them and are very motivated.”
Are you sure you are trying to incite and not cause trouble?
If the Axis cultists hadn't been causing trouble from time to time, the Eris Cult's sales would have been even greater.
Then they admired Kobayashi's fried chicken stall and Sato Kazuma's fried noodles stall, because the sales of this stall alone had caught up with the sales of all other stalls in the Axis Cult combined.
Moreover, we didn’t start setting up the stall until almost evening. If we set up the stall early tomorrow morning, we might have more sales.
Sato Kazuma said he would work harder tomorrow.
He is so active because he will receive extra compensation as a consultant.
To be honest, Xiaolin already wanted to run away.
After the meeting, Sato Kazuma went to the Succubus shop to reward himself, while Kobayashi and Ryuko returned to the mansion.
Huihui, Youyou and Aqua haven't returned from the mansion yet, and no one knows where they went to fool around. But it shouldn't be a problem. After all, they are all problem children, and they will definitely not be able to hide from them, let alone harassment.
But there are still people in the mansion.
It’s Darkness.
She lay on the sofa with a tired look on her face, and the big dark circles under her eyes showed that she was in a very bad condition.
"What's wrong, Darkness?"
Kobayashi came to sit beside her with concern, stroked her cheek, and the healing magic made her look radiant.
The physical fatigue was eliminated, but the mental fatigue remained. Darkness turned over and crawled into Xiaolin’s arms. She said gloomily, “I didn’t expect the lord’s work to be so tiring. I’m just an assistant…”
"Tired from work?"
“Ah, the reports coming in are nothing like what they were before the festival. It seems that some idiot with no idea what was going on exiled the giant toads that hadn’t even grown up yet to the lake. Other reports include complaints about museum fraud, Axis cultists in the haunted house groping guests, Axis cultists asking Eris cultists to pay protection money, forcing children to buy dyed lizards, and using unknown methods to prevent guests from ever winning the lottery…”
Wait, he admitted that the first few were done by Axis cultists, but he didn’t admit that the last one was done by Kobayashi.
That was the work of the goddess Eris!
But he couldn't say it. He didn't expect that the Axis Church, which had always slandered others, would now take the blame.
Liu Zi brought a cup of hot tea. Darkness drank it weakly and said, "Thank you, Liu Zi. I feel like I have aged a lot these days."
"Well...why not let Liu Zi help you..."
"No, no need."
Darkness propped herself up and leaned on Krillin’s shoulder. She said, “With Ryushi by your side, she will be more useful. Those Axis cultists will also be more restrained. I’m sorry, Krillin, I think I understand how hard you worked.”
"Yeah, it's similar to when you guys caused the trouble and I had to go and apologize to others. But most of what you said actually had a lot to do with me, sorry."
"It's okay, I…wait, what did you just say?"
Darkness was dumbfounded by Kobayashi’s words, but before she could say anything else, she was sent back to her room to rest.
Although there was a lot of commotion today, he had already asked Sato Kazuma to follow Aqua and the others tomorrow. In addition, he also hoped to move the modern festival to the other world, so he should not be lazy.
the next day.
Xiaolin originally wanted to hang out with Huihui and Youyou, but the two of them didn't come back last night and no one knew where they went.
After strolling around with Liu Zi, I subconsciously walked to the Axis Church area.
When he arrived there, Aqua was selling goods enthusiastically, and under Sato Kazuma's strong request, the things they sold became much more normal.
For example, takoyaki, shaved ice, fried chicken, etc.
"Ah! Xiaolin, you are so slow. Look how good our business is! Come and help us quickly. We are running out of manpower!"
Xiaolin was brought to the stall reluctantly.
Then he was inexplicably put on an apron, and the ingredients for making fried chicken nuggets were inexplicably prepared in front of him. Aqua looked at him with a smile on her face.
"Hurry up, everyone is waiting for you."
Ah, what?
Kobayashi has always believed that he is an indispensable person. After all, without him, the family would be broken up. But this is the first time he has heard Aqua thank him so sincerely.
"This is all thanks to Xiaolin. Look, the children of Axis are all smiling happily."
“H-Hah…”
"Xiaolin, I think it's great that we can hold this festival. Thank you for helping Axis!"
She gave an innocent smile.
What is going on?
Kobayashi scratched his head and said, "But I didn't do anything. You were the one who said that the festival was going to be held, and the one who helped to hold the festival was Sato-kun, and the people who were willing to help were also from the Akusis Church. I didn't do anything."
"But you paid for it! I know that the Eris Church said it was going to raise funds for the festival. It was you, Xiaolin, who paid for it, right?"
Aqua crossed her arms and smiled gently and brightly like a goddess.
"——Thank you, Xiaolin."
What's going on?
Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?
Why can’t my heart stop beating?
Xiao Lin opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Oh, I understand.
She was just purely enjoying the festival, that's why she was so happy.
Yes, that must be the case!
(End of this chapter)