Chapter 112

The new supermarket opened, so Jiang Qing, Fu Yiming and others naturally wanted to go and take a look.

The barrier is open to the public at 8 a.m. every day. Those who live within the barrier have more advantages than those who camp outdoors. They can get up early and queue up, so they don't have to worry about not getting a spot.

Although guests staying in the B&B area can enjoy free ordering services, the two of them believe that getting up early in the morning to go shopping in the supermarket is fun in itself, and having the items delivered directly to their homes would actually kill the fun.

So they didn't place an order right away, but chose to come and see the situation on the opening day.

If you really can’t get it, it’s not too late to order it again!

The two thought optimistically.

So they got up early in the morning at around six o'clock, thinking about what Shu Mo had advertised before: "Each person can only grab one egg", and even woke up Haohao.

"Hurry up and get up and help mom and dad get eggs!" Fu Yiming said in a loud voice.

Haohao was lying on his little bed, sleeping like a pig. All he could see was a bunch of quilts wiggling around, silently expressing his refusal.

Since coming to the homestay area, Haohao has had a large room of his own, which is decorated with various of his treasures.

The small fish he caught were placed in a round fish tank decorated with fake seaweed and corals and placed on a shelf. The bedside was also filled with some woolen dolls brought back from the handicraft store... Every corner of the entire room was decorated purely according to Haohao's own aesthetic and was full of childish innocence.

Momo and Xiaoyi came to visit several times and expressed their envy many times, but they were still a little depressed when they went home, which made Xu Ruixi and Xiaoyi's parents work harder in killing monsters during this period.

Fortunately, Jiang Qing's team has made great achievements recently. At this rate, they should be able to move in when the homestay area is expanded next time.

Another thing that made the couple feel relieved and emotional was that since they had this room, Haohao no longer insisted on sleeping with them. Every day after dinner and playing for a while, he would consciously say good night early and couldn't wait to get into his own little room. His independence was much higher than before.

Fu Yiming looked at the quilt that was bulging like a small hill on the bed, feeling helpless.

Jiang Qing still had a solution. He cleared his throat and said, "Don't you want the eggs laid by the chicken? If you don't go today, you won't be able to buy them. What a pity."

Haohao in the bed: "!"

"That won't do."

He threw back the quilt, jumped up, and shouted anxiously, "I want to bring it back to hatch chicks!"

During this time, when they have nothing to do, they will take a walk to the planting area to take a look. The little hens there were all very beautiful, with full feathers and pure white color without a trace of other colors. The group of little friends were all envious of them.

It feels like I’m hugging them with my own hands!

Unfortunately, there is a fence between us and we can only watch from a distance. This visible and intangible feeling made them even more itchy.

Recalling what his parents had said about chicks popping out of eggs, Haohao immediately became obsessed with the idea: he also wanted to raise a chick of his own.

Jiang Qing paused after hearing this, and became distressed, "These eggs can't hatch chicks."

She still remembered that when the whole family went there on the first day, they leaned over the fence and watched for a long time. Jiang Qing remembered it clearly: the chicken coop was full of hens, and there was no sign of a rooster.

Seeing Haohao's head drooping in disappointment, she thought of a clever idea and tempted him: "Although the eggs you snatched can't be hatched, you can use them to steam a bowl of delicious egg custard for Haohao."

Haohao pricked up his ears again: "Egg custard?"

"Yeah, it's fragrant and smooth, and has the same texture as pudding. It's delicious with a little soy sauce." Fu Yiming supplemented his wife, but as he was talking, he felt a little hungry himself.

He hasn't had breakfast yet.

He rubbed his stomach and said, "When I was a kid, I loved to eat egg custard mixed with rice."

Haohao swallowed his saliva.

It’s a pity that there are no chicks...but the egg custard sounds delicious!

He raised his little hand high, "I want to eat!"

"Get up quickly if you want to eat." Jiang Qing breathed a sigh of relief and patted him with a smile.

Haohao was thinking about the egg custard and rushed to the bathroom with a cry.

Being able to let him go to bed early is an advantage, but there is another significant change after coming to the hot spring, that is, Haohao's frequency of sleeping in has also decreased significantly.

There is something new happening in the hot springs every few days. In order to join in the fun in time, they have to develop the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. When the time comes, they get up more actively than anyone else.

The family of three packed up, heated up some food they brought back yesterday for breakfast, and set out to queue.

The supermarket officially opened at nine o'clock. In order to disperse the flow of customers, the customers in line were required to enter in waves. Jiang Qing and his friends were assigned to the first batch as they wished because they arrived early.

The supermarket was most fully stocked at this time. They once again expressed their admiration for the benefits of getting up early and living inside the hot spring, and following the staff's instructions, they couldn't wait to go in.

The entire building has only one floor. Like an ordinary supermarket, all goods are displayed in the same hall in separate areas, making the visual effect appear particularly large.

Various goods are neatly placed on different shelves. Potatoes are even piled up into a pyramid-shaped hill, giving a feeling of harvest.

The bright lights highlight the bright colors of the products, making them more attractive.

As soon as Haohao entered, he exclaimed "Wow".

There was a row of red shopping baskets at the door. Fu Yiming took one out and slung it over his arm. He immediately felt like he was shopping in a supermarket.

They looked at each shelf one by one and found that each item was marked with a price and purchase limit.

[Eggs: 5 points/egg (limited to one egg per person)]

[Potatoes: 7 points/potato (limited to one potato per person)]

【Strawberry: 30 points/portion (limited to one per person)】

[Wild honey: 60 points/can (limited to one can per person)]

…

Because the current production is limited, for things like eggs, the limit is one per person, which can benefit the most customers.

The strawberries are wrapped in plastic film, three in a pack, and the price is 30 points, which means one strawberry costs ten points. Compared with the normal prices in the hot spring, it is definitely not cheap.

But this is a rare fruit, and it is freshly picked. Each fruit is very large and looks particularly appetizing under the light, so people are still rushing to buy it.

As soon as Jiang Qing entered the door, he took three boxes of strawberries and put them in the shopping cart.

Fu Yiming felt the weight hanging on his arm, and he felt indescribable satisfaction in his heart, "I never thought that our son could be so useful."

Other people get two portions, but they can get three!

Even if Haohao can't get up today, he has to carry him over to make up the number of heads.

Haohao: “?”

After leaving the strawberry area, they went to the fish market.

There was a wall of water tanks, in which the fish that had just been caught were swimming around energetically, flicking their tails. Haohao pressed his cheek against the glass, his facial features flattened, and stared intently.

Jiang Qing and Fu Yiming moved to the side. This area was filled with cold air. The slaughtered fish were placed on ice. Customers didn't have to do it themselves, which saved a lot of trouble.

"It's just right. Neither of us dares to kill the fish. Let's buy some processed fish meat and make soup at home." Fu Yiming said happily.

"There's no rush for fish and bamboo shoots. Let's grab the ones with the strictest purchase restrictions first." Jiang Qing had clear ideas and gave orders calmly.

Each person is limited to purchasing two pieces of fresh fish. If the fish is processed, each person is limited to purchasing two pieces.

From this number, we can also see Shu Mo's little thoughts.

That one fish was enough for their family to eat. They couldn't finish two, so Jiang Qing was not in a hurry at all. "Let's go over there and take a look first."

They walked forward for a while, and Jiang Qing noticed the honey container next to them.

She took a jar out of curiosity and said, "This honey looks really good! Does the boss also raise bees?"

Fu Yiming also came over, "That's not right, it says wild honey here." He was at a loss, "Where can I get honey in the wild?"

"Never mind, just take a jar." Jiang Qing casually put the glass jar into the basket.

She didn't take too much. One jar of honey was enough for the family to eat for a long time.

However, wild honey is not artificially cultivated and has a lower yield. It is said that rare things are valuable, not to mention that honey has many other nutritional values ​​and functions. Now that you see it, of course you have to take some.

Most people think that one can is enough for the whole family.

Therefore, although the sales volume of honey is stable, it is far less than that of other commodities.

Until Lao He came in and spotted the golden glass honey jar among the rows of shelves.

"There is honey here!" He was so busy looking at the strawberries that he didn't even notice the honey. He reacted in two seconds, burst into ecstasy, and hurried over.

As he picked up the honey jar, many desserts that could be made with honey flashed through his mind.

Businesses like bakeries and hotpot restaurants usually purchase raw materials from Shu Mo to make their products, but Shu Mo also made it clear that those are materials provided by the system.

Even though the taste is very good, it still cannot compare to the freshly grown fruits and vegetables, eggs laid by farmed hens, and natural honey collected from the wild.

They have all been to a grilled fish convention and tasted the fish themselves. The taste of the freshly caught fish is different from the fish dishes usually provided by the restaurant. The fish is obviously fresher and more tender.

In the past, we couldn’t ask for too much, but now we have choices. Food made with these fresh foods as raw materials will definitely become a new trend in hot springs in the future.

Even without mentioning the difference in taste, with the gimmicks of “made with fresh strawberries” and “made with wild honey”, are you still worried about not attracting customers?

Lao He has a good business sense and has already started to make plans in his mind.

Thinking of this, he felt annoyed again, "If I had known earlier, I should have called Wang Hao and the little girl working in the store as well..."

If there are many people, you can grab a few more.

To support a store, this jar of honey is far from enough for him.

*

"Xiaoyun, come over here and take a look."

A couple in their fifties were standing in front of the vegetable shelf, carrying shopping baskets and selecting carefully.

Their daughter, a young girl named Xiaoyun, responded and came over, frowning and saying in distress: "Mom, I took three eggs, but this is enough for our family to eat, and it is far from enough to stock the store."

At the same time as the hot pot restaurant, there was also a breakfast shop that moved into the hot spring. Compared with the hot pot restaurant, the shop was much smaller, but the rent was also much cheaper.

The shop was rented by this elderly couple and their daughter, a family of three.

It was obvious that the family was not well off as they chose such a small shop. After gritting their teeth and buying the shop, they rented two employee dormitories at a low price. The mother and daughter lived together. After the family calculated the accommodation expenses, they found that it was actually cheaper than renting a house in Guangming Town. The accommodation environment was much better, so they were very happy.

This store is said to be a breakfast shop, but in fact its business hours are the same as other stores in the commercial street, except that the things sold there are more suitable for eating in the morning.

——The store sells buns, dumplings, wontons, etc. that are made by the family themselves. They make the fillings and knead the dough themselves, and get up in the early hours of the morning to make them, earning hard-earned money.

A plate of dumplings costs 20 points. Although it has no special effects, it is enough to fill an adult. This pricing is popular among many ordinary players who want to save money.

Sometimes when you’re not too hungry at night but don’t know what to eat, it’s nice to go to their restaurant and have a bowl of hot wontons.

Wonton soup is filling and can also warm up your whole body.

This couple ran a snack bar before they started playing the game. They have pretty good cooking skills and can cook a little bit of everything, so when they heard that a fresh food supermarket was going to open on the commercial street, they hung a "temporarily closed" sign on the glass door of the breakfast shop this morning and hurried over to open the door to select ingredients.

After hearing her daughter's words, Xiaoyun's mother took the eggs and thought for a moment, "Beating the eggs requires skill. Three eggs are actually enough to make egg drop soup."

But it will definitely be much rarer.

I can’t sell it for money, but maybe I can add a free soup to the store?

This may seem like a waste of cost, but by promoting the idea of ​​"free soup when you eat at our restaurant", it can also attract a lot of customers. After all, many people who come to breakfast shops to eat are looking for cheap prices and value for money.

The free soup contains egg drops, tomatoes, vegetables and the like, and is seasoned well. Even if it is a little watery, it is better than drinking plain water.

"Or, we can go talk to the boss and see if we can apply for some extra quota to buy eggs." Xiaoyun's father suggested, "I heard that the hot pot restaurant applied for extra bamboo shoots and mushrooms from the boss."

"That's fine too." Xiaoyun said happily, "Then I'll go find the boss now?"

If you go too late, the eggs will be sold out.

"Don't worry." Xiaoyun's mother smiled. "Let's see if there's anything else you need. You can bring it all together to save the boss too much trouble."

Xiaoyun quickly stopped.

She followed her father and mother and looked at them one by one.

When Xiaoyun's father saw the kelp, his eyes lit up. "This is good. It can be used to make soup. It tastes very fresh."

"It can also be used as stuffing for steamed buns, adding a new flavor to the store." Xiaoyun's mother planned and decided, "Buy more."

Because the tentacle guy was in a hurry to deal with it, the supply of kelp was quite sufficient - in fact, the most scarce ones in the supermarket were those grown by Shu Mo himself. The purchase limit conditions were set the same as those for fresh fish and bamboo shoots, both of which were "just a token of appreciation", and they hoped that players would buy more.

After going around in circles, they found that the most scarce item was eggs, so the couple asked their daughter Xiaoyun to discuss the matter with Shu Mo.

*

Most customers have been in Nuannuan Hot Spring for a long time and have figured out the routine. They know that once a new store opens, they must come early to grab a spot.

Combined with the purchase restrictions, most people who wanted to buy went home with full bags that morning.

But there are also some guests who are new here and are not familiar with the routine of Nuannuan Hot Spring. For example, the elderly couple living in the homestay area - the parents of the mayor of Longyan Town - were dumbfounded as soon as they came in.

"Why are there so many people?"

Seeing that many shelves didn't even have much stuff left, the old lady immediately became anxious, "What's going on? Didn't the store open at 9 o'clock? How come it's sold out so quickly?"

A player nearby interrupted, "Grandpa and grandma, you have to queue up to buy things here. Many of them come early in the morning. At this point, there may only be fresh fish and other things left. There are no more strawberries."

"This, we have to come so early in the morning to buy something?" The two were confused.

A shopping guide passed by and happened to hear their conversation. She smiled and said, "It's okay, uncle and aunt. I remember you are a tenant in the homestay area, right? You can order in advance, and our staff will deliver the food to your home the next morning. You don't have to queue up early in the morning."

The old couple listened to her with their mouths slightly opened, and then they were delighted, "Oh, that's great."

"Excuse me, little girl, could you teach us how to order?"

"Of course, no problem." The salesperson nodded happily, "Come over here, I'll teach you how to operate it."

The old couple thanked her repeatedly with gratitude and followed her to the side.

The shopping guide walked to the cashier counter, called up the supermarket panel, and quickly added the couple's names to the order list. He then asked for their address number, as well as the content and quantity of fruits and vegetables they wanted to order every day, and filled them out carefully one by one.

The elderly couple stood by and waited for her to operate. They asked curiously, "Since they can still order and it's so convenient, why do they have to line up so early?"

"Oh, this is an exclusive benefit for residents of the B&B area." The shopping guide smiled, "I heard from our boss that this fresh food supermarket was originally intended for the B&B area, after all, only in the B&B area can you cook. But later on, they added fruits and vegetables that can be eaten raw, such as strawberries, and then decided to open it to all customers."

“Living in a B&B area has this benefit.”

They exchanged glances, were extremely happy, and felt that the accommodation fee was a great bargain.

My son is really thoughtful and found such a good place for them to live in their retirement.

"Old man, when you wait for the summoned beast to send a message, tell your son to put down his work and stay here for a few days." The old lady was worried, "You've been thinking about work all day and you haven't even eaten properly."

"Let him tell us before he comes, so we can prepare in advance and stock up on some ingredients. There are so many things, including fish and eggs, that we can make a lot of delicious dishes."

She muttered as she looked at the shelves in the supermarket and thought of her child far away in another town, a smile on her face.

"I haven't cooked in years, so I can show off my cooking skills... He loved the fish I cooked the most..."