Liu Hongmei didn't touch the 20,000 yuan she got from selling guppies; she let Xu Milu keep it all for herself.

Xu Milu didn't expect Liu Hongmei to be so agreeable this time, but she didn't say much. Instead, she treated her family to a seafood buffet for 188 yuan.

—Of course, Sun Zhi was also invited to help, since he had been helping out at Liu Hongmei's breakfast stall these past few days.

"Wow, what huge shrimp! Sis, there are crabs too, don't you like them?"

Xu Minian, carrying his food tray, looked around excitedly. The most expensive buffet he had ever eaten at before was only seventy or eighty yuan per person. This seafood buffet was nearly two hundred yuan per person, no wonder he was so excited.

"Wow, I'm going to take a picture, post it on WeChat Moments, and show it to them, hehehe."

Xu Minian started snapping photos of the crabs with their claws outstretched on the plate.

Liu Hongmei kept filming short videos with her phone, saying "Don't waste money," but she was actually happier than anyone else.

This buffet restaurant called "Seaside Ranch" is located on the sixth floor of a certain shopping mall. The environment is quiet and the service is good, but the price is a bit expensive.

"Red plum, what is this? How do you eat it?"

Sun Zhi took a plate of shellfish from the fresh food section and asked Liu Hongmei in a low voice, "Is this abalone? Should we boil it or grill it?"

Liu Hongmei didn't recognize him either, but she still nodded seriously:

"Never seen this before, have you? This is abalone. It'll be incredibly fresh after being grilled. Keep your voice down, or people will think we're unsophisticated."

Xu Milu suppressed a laugh. What Liu Hongmei thought was abalone was actually oyster. The thick shell had been pried open, revealing juicy oyster meat.

"Mom, these are oysters. They can be eaten raw. You can also grill them on a baking sheet and sprinkle some minced garlic and lemon juice on them."

Xu Milu took one; the oyster was about half the size of her palm, with pale yellow and plump meat, and a faint fishy smell of seawater.

She hesitated for a moment, worried that Liu Hongmei might not be used to eating raw oysters, so she simply used tongs to put the oysters on a baking tray to grill.

The tender oyster meat contracts violently under high temperature, and the juice inside the shell makes a "sizzling" sound. Squeeze on a little lemon juice, and the snow-white oyster meat is incredibly tempting.

"Hmm, it tastes like clams, but it seems a bit fishy."

Liu Hongmei sucked the oyster meat into her mouth, smacked her lips, and said, "The portion is generous, and it tastes pretty good. It would probably taste even better with garlic sauce."

"Mom, you don't know, oysters are as cheap as cabbage on the coast, but they're expensive inland, ridiculously expensive."

Xu Minian, holding a crab leg, grinned and begged Xu Milu for garlic vermicelli scallops.

"Go grill it yourself if you want to eat it. Your sister has been busy for ages and hasn't even had a bite yet."

Liu Hongmei rolled her eyes at her son, but still reached out and put a few scallops into the baking pan.

Once the water on the shrimp's backs had mostly evaporated, she put a whole plate of shrimp into the pot, and even asked Sun Zhi what he wanted to eat, keeping herself very busy.

Xu Milu glanced at Sun Zhi and understood something in her mind.

As the younger generation, Xu Milu and Xu Minian didn't feel comfortable asking about Liu Hongmei and Sun Zhi's situation, so they could only watch as the two of them slowly made do.

Sun Zhi has now practically taken on the role of father in the family, except that he doesn't live in the house anymore.

Liu Hongmei made 20,000 yuan from selling guppies, but she didn't tell anyone, not even Sun Zhi.

Xu Milu didn't ask Liu Hongmei what she was thinking. She knew her own mother wasn't one to suffer a loss, so she let them be.

Xu Milu glanced at Sun Zhi, who was cheerfully placing vermicelli on scallops and occasionally turning to ask Xu Minian if she wanted minced garlic. When he saw Xu Milu looking over, he gave her a simple and honest smile.

Well, it's their business anyway, and it's none of my concern.

The scallops with vermicelli and minced garlic are delicious and perfectly seasoned; the crab leg meat is snow-white and tempting, every strand and strand is captivating.

The oysters and lemon are refreshing and delightful, with sweet and tender meat; the steamed seafood hot pot offers a wide variety of options that are dazzling to the eye.

Steamed clams with wine are incredibly fragrant and tender; the lobster is bursting with roe, one bite is enough to make your soul melt; not to mention the snow-white cod and the arm-long shrimp...

The four of them left practically rubbing their stomachs, all agreeing that it truly lived up to its price of 188 yuan for a buffet.

Xu Milu even fantasized that once she collected enough food from the Gourmet Hunter world, she would definitely open a gourmet shop to sell things from the Gourmet Hunter world.

However, this is just wishful thinking. From hiring staff and choosing a store location to explaining the source of ingredients, there are still many problems.

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Xu Milu's storage compartment was still full, so she planned to refrain from exploring other planes for the next few days and instead stay at Liu Hongmei's breakfast shop to help out and see if she could find a way to dispose of the fruit in her storage compartment.

Liu Hongmei and Xu Milu arrived at the store at 5:30 a.m.

They were putting things away, arranging tables and chairs, boiling tea eggs, and steaming buns. Neither of them had time to talk; they were both working silently.

In the misty white steam, only the figures of the two busy figures could be seen through the fog.

"Mom, how are things at the store these days?"

Xu Milu only spoke when she saw Liu Hongmei start wiping the stove.

"Let me tell you, the shop is selling really well. Just the tea eggs alone, I can sell more than 500 a day. If you hadn't said you wanted to limit the quantity, I would have cooked several more batches to sell. By the way, could you see if you could find some millet or something from the countryside? There are a few old men and women who say that the free-range eggs we use and the rice we use to make porridge are not good enough. Tsk tsk tsk, people's tastes are getting more and more discerning these days."

Liu Hongmei shook her head.

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