The school forum had also blown up because Gan Lan was selling Luosifen at the South Gate Cafeteria.
[SHOCKING! Luosifen has occupied the South Gate Cafeteria. Where do those of us who frequent the South Gate Cafeteria go now?]
1st Floor: [Just make Luosifen together. Ask our junior for the recipe! She mentioned earlier that the ingredients hadn’t arrived yet. Go ask her now if the supply is here. The South Gate Cafeteria can just be turned into a Luosifen cafeteria.]
2nd Floor: [First Floor makes a lot of sense. The South Gate Cafeteria’s business hasn’t been great, but it’s unexpectedly lively today. Everyone is slurping noodles, and I’m one of them.]
3rd Floor: [That sounds good and all, but how are those of us who can’t stand the smell of Luosifen supposed to make it?]
4th Floor: [Just wear a special mask that blocks out smells, wouldn’t that work? But if the people making it won’t even eat it, will the Luosifen they make even be edible?]
5th Floor: [You guys make a lot of sense, but I’m standing on the side of Luosifen! Slurping noodles is truly beautiful!]
6th Floor: [There’s nothing more to say. Let’s just start a poll to either keep or cancel Luosifen. Majority rules! I believe that if eighty percent of the people can’t accept it, our junior won’t continue selling it. After all, my goddess is very open-minded!]
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System Notification: [Immortal Barbecue has initiated a school-wide poll on whether to keep or cancel Luosifen. The Red Side is to keep it, and the Green Side is to cancel it. Everyone is welcome to actively participate.]
For a moment, the Light Brains of all the students slurping noodles in the South Gate Cafeteria chimed simultaneously.
"What did the school announce this time? Judging from the notification sound, it’s probably from the Student Council."
"Just look at it and you’ll know." The student opened his Light Brain and immediately shrieked, "What! They actually want to cancel my Luosifen!! Dammit!"
Hearing this loud exclamation, the noodle-slurping crowd eagerly opened their Light Brains and logged into the forum.
Gan Lan also saw the post about Luosifen. She understood where they were coming from, but she didn’t cast a vote. After all, the points made in the post were quite valid. The smell of Luosifen was too distinct and easily overpowered other foods, and not everyone could accept it. However, she still hoped that Luosifen could continue. Even if it wasn’t at the school, it could be somewhere else. If it truly got canceled, she could always hand the recipe over to the people on Poverty Star 2122.
She could teach them how to make it live via video. Since their planet could produce pickled bamboo shoots and they found them delicious, Luosifen would definitely be very popular there. It might even become a specialty of their planet in the future.
Gan Lan thought this sudden idea was highly feasible! Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. This idea was simply fantastic. She was practically a genius!
Just like in her past life, Luosifen was a unique local delicacy! The people there generally loved eating it, which was how it eventually gained widespread popularity across the country. Even if people hadn’t eaten it, they had definitely heard of it.
Wang Bin thought Gan Lan was feeling sad, so he patted her shoulder. "Junior, Luosifen won’t be canceled. Look!" he said, showing the screen of his Light Brain to her.
Gan Lan snapped back to reality and looked at the poll. The Red Side was currently in the lead.
She smiled. "Thank you, Senior Brother. I wasn’t worried about this. Even if it gets canceled, I can just make other delicacies. Don’t worry about me."
"Then we can rest easy! If Luosifen really can’t be sold in the cafeteria anymore, I would be heartbroken. I’m going to take a couple sips of Luosifen broth to calm my nerves first!" the senior brother with shoulder-length hair said playfully.
PFFT! Gan Lan burst into laughter. Seeing such a serious-looking person suddenly act so playfully made her feel like his entire character had collapsed. It really was a case of birds of a feather flocking together. Back then, Wang Bin had also made the shocking statement that he wanted to be her sister.
"The poll closes at six o’clock tomorrow morning. It looks a bit risky right now. The votes are neck and neck, so who knows what the result will be tomorrow," Wang Bin said worriedly.
Of course he was worried. He had fallen in love with Luosifen too. The thought of originally being able to eat it every day, only to potentially never eat it again if the poll failed, made him quite uncomfortable.
"Senior Brother, it doesn’t matter even if they don’t let me sell it. You will definitely get to eat it in the future. I guarantee it!" Gan Lan comforted him instead.
"That’s right. Without Luosifen, you definitely have other kinds of noodles, right? I’ve already fallen in love with the feeling of slurping noodles," the senior brother with black-framed glasses said to Gan Lan, his eyes shining brightly.
Meanwhile, the senior brother with shoulder-length hair abruptly stood up, waving his hands and shouting loudly, "Brothers and sisters, hurry up and vote on the forum! This concerns whether or not we can slurp noodles every day!"
The alumni who were currently eating Luosifen cast their votes between slurps. They even mobilized other students to help them vote. Their reasoning was: If you don’t eat it, you can go to the West, East, or North Gate cafeterias! Just leave the South Gate Cafeteria to us. The South Gate Cafeteria always has the fewest people anyway!
When the others heard this, they felt it made a lot of sense. If the South Gate Cafeteria was taken over by Junior Gan Lan now, wouldn’t they be able to just head straight there whenever new food was released? Besides, there was also the Food Street. The school certainly wouldn’t miss one South Gate Cafeteria.
Convinced by this logic, the other alumni who had initially planned to abstain ended up voting for the Red Side. Consequently, the Red Side’s votes skyrocketed, leaving the Green Side far behind.
The three people sitting at the table looked at the vote count and simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there were no accidents, the Red Side was guaranteed to win!
Inside the cafeteria, people continued to rally their classmates and roommates to help vote.
Gan Lan observed the lively atmosphere. Last time, it was a physical fight, and this time, it was a mental battle. It couldn’t help but give her the illusion that she was a magnet for trouble.
She stood up and told her seniors, "Thank you for your support. I’m going back to prepare the ingredients first. I still have to livestream later. Again, thank you for backing me up."
After returning to her dorm, Gan Lan took a short nap to recharge. She felt like she had been extremely busy since she woke up today, and her body was a bit tired.
She didn’t care much about the online poll since she had already made her decision. Opening her Light Brain, she sent a private message to the shop owner who sold preserved goods.
Come and have some barbecue!: [Shop Owner, are you there? I have something to discuss with you.]
As soon as Gan Lan sent the message, the shop owner replied in seconds.
Shop Owner: [What is it? Are you returning the goods?]
Gan Lan was a bit speechless. It turned out he was afraid she wanted a refund.
Come and have some barbecue!: [Are you willing to learn how to make food from me? It uses your planet’s preserved dishes as the main ingredients.]
Come and have some barbecue!: [[Video] This is the finished product I made. Try the taste and see if it suits your planet’s palate.]
Come and have some barbecue!: [If it suits your taste, I can teach you the cooking methods step by step. Since you already have the ingredients, it will be very convenient to make.]
Gan Lan sent three private messages in a row, along with a video of her making Luosifen live in her streaming room and the finished product.
Shop Owner: [Wait a minute, can you wait a minute? I can’t make the decision on this matter. I’ll go ask my elders.]
Meanwhile, on Poverty Star 2122, the flat-top youth anxiously waited for Gan Lan’s reply. It wasn’t until he received an "Okay" from her that he excitedly sprinted out to find his elders.