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As Chen Lin Village's population grew more prosperous by the day, its food and drink trade also spread out into a clearly layered map.
The Second Ring area near the core of village affairs seemed to have been awakened by the dawn, the air filled with the steaming aroma of grain.
Hot breakfast stalls and simple eateries gathered here—plank tables, benches, porridge pots and rice steamers puffing white vapor—together forming the villagers' hurried yet grounded mornings.
Stepping into the Third Ring area, the atmosphere quietly changed.
Several mid-range taverns with plain signboards stood beside Small Courtyards used to receive outside guests.
By day, they provided convenient meals, but when dusk fell, the taverns became another world—the laughter of men and the clink of wine cups drowned in dim yellow lamplight. This was the village's most vibrant social energy field, where information and emotions intertwined closely.
Beside Ring Village Avenue in the western Fourth Ring, a quiet lake watched over Lakeside Residence. Its refined décor and carefully prepared dishes made it the only place in the village suited to dignified receptions and high-end banquets.
The Ancestral Hall banquet hall that truly carried the clan's solemn authority, however, stood atop Blue Heart Mountain outside the village. Far from the noise of daily life, it opened only during the most solemn sacrifices or celebrations, offering the highest-standard feasts to special honored guests, while the large canteen beside it silently guaranteed meals for the personnel on the Ancestral Hall side.
Driving this food and drink network was the invisible yet powerful hand of the Internal Affairs Department—the Logistics Materials Center under its Internal Affairs Operations Division firmly controlled the lifeline of ingredients.
Whether it was the simplest breakfast rice noodles or delicacies served at banquets atop Blue Heart Mountain, the