Free Web NovelBlizzard Zero · Starship Dining Hall
Following Captain Zhao's orders, all one hundred Half-Beastman female crew members on the ship had arrived.
"Why are you all standing? Sit down, quickly." Looking at the female crew members standing in unison, Captain Zhao waved, signaling them to sit.
Feeling somewhat constrained, the female crew members slowly sat down.
"Charlotte, come help me distribute this food." Zhao Chen opened all the bags of meal boxes that Vice Captain Charlotte had brought over earlier.
In an instant, an appetizing aroma filled the entire dining hall.
One must know that the sense of smell of a Half-Beastman far exceeds that of humans, so they were even more captivated by these aromas.
Even Charlotte stared at the meal boxes emitting the enticing aroma, stunned for several seconds.
"Don't just stare, get to it. Otherwise, it will all get cold, and then it won't taste good." Captain Zhao urged.
He took on the role of a 'kitchen lady' himself, evenly dividing the food from the meal boxes into one hundred portions, and then had Charlotte distribute the trays containing the meals.
Actually, if it were just those dishes, distributing them into one hundred portions would basically amount to only one bite per person.
But besides that, there was a large basin filled with white, fluffy food.
Rice!
Looking at the white, fluffy rice, many of the Half-Beastman female crew members swallowed their saliva.
"This... is all to be distributed?" Charlotte didn't understand what Zhao Chen was up to.
"What's wrong? This is everyone's lunch for today." Zhao Chen said casually.
Lunch?
These delicious dishes that made one drool just by smelling them?
Hearing Captain Zhao's words, Charlotte and the one hundred female crew members present were dumbfounded, looking in disbelief at the captain they were gradually becoming familiar with.
"Hurry up and serve it, everyone is waiting." Seeing Charlotte still in a daze, Captain Zhao urged.
Only then did Charlotte start working, carrying the meal portions to the front of the female crew members.
In a short while, over thirty portions had already been distributed.
Captain Zhao took a moment to look up, but discovered that the female crew members who had already received their food hadn't touched it at all.
Although some were already drooling while staring at the delicacies in front of them, they still didn't touch anything and sat upright.
"Why ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) are you all just staring? Eat. Those who have received food, eat first; those who haven't, wait a bit longer. No need to rush, everyone has a portion." Captain Zhao said.
Seeing that still no one moved, Captain Zhao pretended to be angry and said: "This is an order!"
At this moment, the female crew members who had received food finally started to eat. At first, they were still a bit constrained, eating in small bites.
But soon, the stimulation on their taste buds made it impossible for them to remain reserved or calm.
Their sense of taste, which had been tortured for years by artificial food, was like someone in a desert who finally drank a mouthful of water.
One by one, they began to eat the food frantically, even using their hands to grab it.
A portion of food was finished in less than three minutes, and everyone was still licking their plates and utensils, unsatisfied.
Looking at those female crew members with animal ears licking their plates, Zhao Chen felt it was somewhat cute, but also felt a bit heartbroken.
Many of them were younger than him, and some were even minors.
Of course, this was according to Zhao Chen's way of thinking; in the Half-Beastman population, there was no definition of minor or adult—as long as one could fight, they were already adults.
Therefore, generally, twelve or thirteen-year-old Half-Beastmans would be thrown into battle and work, regardless of gender.
Only by fighting and working could they exchange for a day's rations.
Soon, all one hundred portions of food were distributed.
The last portion of food was personally carried by Zhao Chen to Charlotte: "Go ahead and try it, it tastes quite good. Especially this fruit!"
Charlotte looked at the rich food on the tray, as well as the crescent-shaped piece of apple and the finger-sized berry.
She looked at Zhao Chen: "Then you..."
"I have already eaten, I am quite full. If you don't believe me, look at my stomach." Zhao Chen patted his round, bulging belly without caring about his image.
Charlotte giggled, and she lowered her head to start eating the food.
After eating a few bites, Zhao Chen noticed that Charlotte's head was lowered even further, her entire face basically parallel to the tray.
At first, Zhao Chen didn't understand what was going on.
But when he saw the corner of her eye exposed through her white hair, that glimmer of crystal.
He understood what Charlotte was hiding. fгeewebnovёl.com
"Wuwuwu..." At this moment, Zhao Chen heard crying sounds coming from the dining hall.
Some female crew members were crying while eating, food mixed with tears being stuffed into their mouths.
Perhaps they were crying because the food was too delicious, or perhaps because this moment of beauty reminded them of their past experiences, reminded them of their brothers and sisters in their hometown who were struggling with all their might just to survive.
For the first time, they knew that food was not just for filling the stomach, but a wonderful experience of enjoyment.
"Everyone, eat while I announce something." Zhao Chen suddenly spoke up, startling all the female crew members in the dining hall.
Some female crew members who were still eating also stopped their movements.
"It's fine, you keep eating; just listen to me." Zhao Chen signaled for the female crew members to continue eating, but they still looked at him.
Helpless, Zhao Chen could only look at Charlotte, who was also looking at him and had stopped eating.
Charlotte understood his meaning and took the lead to start eating again, but her movements had obviously slowed down.
"What I want to talk about is everyone's benefits. We agreed before that you would work for me for three years, and I would give you your freedom, right? fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
But there are some details we haven't clarified yet. For example, the issue of crew benefits." Zhao Chen looked at Charlotte: "In your previous fleet, what was the meal standard for the crew?"
Charlotte was stunned, then said: "A daily meal standard of 0.01 star coins."
The corner of Zhao Chen's mouth twitched slightly. 0.01 star coins? This was basically the price of the most basic single portion of artificial food per day—a single portion! This meant that they were originally on a one-meal-a-day system.
"Well, I've calculated it. We will phase out artificial food, and in the future, our food will consist entirely of natural food. However, we won't be able to make it as lavish as today.
But I can guarantee that we will be well-fed with three meals a day; the meal standard we have set is 0.3 star coins per person per day, not exceeding 10 star coins per month. As for what exactly we will eat, I will discuss it with the logistics department responsible for meals later." Zhao Chen announced this matter calmly.
However, everyone present was stunned. After a long while, a fifteen-year-old Half-Beastman female crew member said in a tearful, quiet voice: "Does that... mean... I can... eat rice... for every meal...?"
