Chapter 022 Chapter 22 Dentures
Along with the steaming hot air, a rich aroma of rice wafted out, as well as the taste of green pepper beef.
Bai Feng naturally couldn't tell what these aromas were, but among the rich aroma of instant noodles around him, the smell of the box in front of him was unique and was not covered by other smells.
People were coming and going around him, making him feel that these fifteen minutes were too long.
Finally, the white smoke coming out of the air holes on the box gradually became smaller, and fifteen minutes were up.
Bai Feng suppressed his excitement and opened the lid of the self-heating rice.
As soon as the lid was opened, a stronger aroma wafted out.
Bai Feng swallowed subconsciously, and then he saw that the box was divided into three compartments. The largest compartment contained crystal clear white rice with distinct grains.
In the two grids next to it, one side has beef with green peppers, but there is basically only green peppers and no beef, and the beef is chopped too finely.
The remaining small compartment contains egg and tomato soup.
Lin Song, who had just come in, sat at Bai Feng's table. He had eaten instant noodles yesterday and came here for the instant noodles today, so when Ye Yu came over, he wanted to order some instant noodles, but his eyes were quickly attracted by the box in front of Bai Feng opposite him.
Seeing the box of rice, the distinct white rice grains were exactly the same as the rice in some brochures kept in the library. Lin Song stared at the box of self-heating rice with his eyes wide open. He swallowed unconsciously and asked, "You, what is this?"
Bai Feng only glanced at him and replied briefly, "Rice."
Then he couldn't wait to pick up the spoon and scoop a spoonful of rice into his mouth.
The rice has a rich aroma and is very chewy when eaten. At this moment, Bai Feng truly experienced what the rice aroma described in the novel tasted like.
It smells delicious just by eating it plainly.
It doesn’t have the rich and strong taste of instant noodles, but it captured Bai Feng’s heart at once.
He scooped a spoonful of green pepper beef with anticipation, ate it with rice, and felt a completely different taste from eating rice with his mouth.
Seeing this, the guest at the same table with him was so greedy that he kept swallowing his saliva and hurriedly said to Ye Yu next to him: "I want this too, the same one he is eating."
Ye Yu certainly had no objection, but he also asked the customer to pay some coins before writing down the menu and sending it to the kitchen.
Lin Song watched Bai Feng eating with big mouthfuls of food, his mouth constantly secreting saliva, and the sound of him swallowing saliva was almost as loud as the sound of him drinking water.
The presence of self-heating rice in front of Bai Feng made many people realize that the restaurant now has more than just instant noodles. So they looked at the menu carefully instead of ordering instant noodles directly when they came in.
Bai Feng had a hearty meal and left the restaurant contentedly. He was taking a rest today and could come over for lunch later. Oh, and he could also come over for dinner in the evening.
He took out his point card and checked the balance of points. He had saved quite a lot of points.
However, this time the self-heating rice is much more expensive than instant noodles. Perhaps there will be more delicious and expensive foods in the future.
He needs to cheer up and work hard to earn some coins. It would be a loss if he skips a meal of such delicious food.
For a moment, Bai Feng was full of energy, feeling that the road ahead was lit up with a bright light, which gave him hope for life and motivation for work.
Bai Feng left, but Lin Song was still waiting for his self-heating rice in the restaurant.
Finally the time came, he hurriedly opened the lid, not caring about the heat, scooped up the rice with a spoon, blew on it and put it into his mouth.
The next moment, Lin Song's expression changed.
The dehydrated rice becomes chewy when cooked with the right amount of water, and is not as soft as rice steamed directly in an electric rice cooker.
When he put the rice into his mouth, he felt the rice grains moving around in his mouth, but he had no teeth and couldn't do anything with the rice.
Yes, Lin Song has no teeth.
His teeth became loose at an early age, and later fell out because they were so loose.
But for Lin Song, teeth are gone and he doesn't care at all. He doesn't understand why those people who love their teeth are making such a fuss. After all, teeth are really useless to them, and they don't need to eat.
But now it’s different, now they can eat.
Lin Song had a bitter face and tried to chew the rice with his atrophied gums, but when he chewed, the rice grains rolled around between his gums.
When he was eating instant noodles yesterday, he didn't think much of it, because he could grind the noodles with his gums and swallow them directly, so he didn't care about having no teeth at all.
But now…
There is nothing wrong with eating instant noodles, but eating rice is a big problem.
The more he ate, the angrier he became, but Lin Song couldn't bear to stop eating, so he could only eat one bite after another with great difficulty.
Suddenly seeing the egg and tomato soup in the small compartment, he mixed the soup with rice. The rice soaked in water was easier to swallow.
After eating, Lin Song hurriedly left the restaurant and went straight to the hospital.
No matter what era it is, hospitals are always the busiest and most crowded.
When Lin Song arrived at the hospital, there were still many people queuing at the registration window, so he could only queue up obediently at the back.
I waited in line for ten minutes before it was his turn.
Lin Song took out some coins and said to the nurse at the registration counter, "I want to make an appointment for the dentistry department."
After making an appointment, Lin Song hurried to the dental department.
The dental department is the quietest of all departments. When he went there, there was only one patient in front of him, who came to get medicine for swollen and painful gums, so it was soon Lin Song's turn.
"What's the problem?" the dentist asked directly.
Lin Song hurriedly said, "I want to get a set of dentures. Doctor, how much do they cost?"
Upon hearing this, the dentist looked up in surprise. He looked at Lin Song for a moment and asked, "You want dentures? Are you sure?"
Not everyone in the base doesn't care about their teeth, so those who do care about their teeth and occasionally get injured and lose teeth during a mission will come to the hospital to repair them or directly get dentures.
But as soon as Lin Song opened his mouth, it was clear from his dark mouth that he did not take care of his teeth. His gums had completely atrophied. It was hard not to surprise the doctor when such a person suddenly came and said he wanted to install dentures.
Lin Song nodded hurriedly: "Are you sure? I really want to install it. Can I install it now, doctor?"
The doctor looked at him speechlessly. "Your gums are so receding, how can you get dentures? To get dentures, you need to treat your gums first. This will cost a lot of money. The total cost of gum treatment and dentures is estimated to be around 300,000 or 400,000 yuan."
"Hiss! So expensive!!" Lin Song widened his eyes, his heart aching.
Three hundred or four hundred thousand, how long would that last if he switched to instant noodles? Even if he switched to self-heating rice, it would still be enough for him to eat more than 100,000 boxes.
Seeing how distressed he was, the doctor simply tapped the table and asked, "Are you still going to get the implant? If so, lie down on the treatment bed and I'll check your gums first. If they're fine, it probably won't cost you this much."
Although it hurts, I have to get these dentures for my future happiness.
However, Lin Song still hesitated and asked, "Doctor, if I need to treat my gums first, how long will it take before I can get dentures?"
One day later, he will have one day less to eat delicious food...
The doctor looked at him speechlessly. "What are you thinking? Of course, the gums need to be healed before they can be installed. If the recession isn't the worst, it'll probably take 7-10 days. If it's more serious, it'll probably take more than half a month."
It took so long just to treat his gums that Lin Song felt dizzy.
But no matter how devastated he was, he couldn't avoid treatment. He could only lie on the treatment bed and open his mouth for the doctor to check his gums.
An Qing didn't know that once self-heating hot pot and self-heating rice came out, many people went straight to the hospital to get dentures.
Only then did they realize how important teeth are and regretted not taking care of their teeth before.
Of course, some people think that it is not cost-effective to treat gums and install teeth. Instead of going through all this trouble, it is better to enjoy delicious food.
If you can’t eat self-heating rice or self-heating hot pot, just eat instant noodles. Why go through so much trouble?
In the hotel, An Qing was in a good mood listening to the ding-dong sound of the system's broadcast. The numbers were like beautiful musical notes that made people happy.
Today is a particularly busy day, especially at dinner time. An Qing announced the closing of the store at nine o'clock in the evening.
The hotel had a very large number of customers today. Even though we were delayed for a long time in the morning, we still gained a lot of points and happiness points at the end of the day.
An Qing was overjoyed when she saw the happiness value of 19118 points in the system background.
She took out her communicator and called Wei Xunyi.
The call came early today, and the other party obviously hadn't rested yet, so he answered it quickly.
An Qing got straight to the point: "Secretary Wei, how's the facial recognition system going? Has the research institute finished refitting it?"
Wei Xunyi sighed, "Not so fast. You want to add the order function. I asked Dean Jiang, and he said that he can definitely make one for you before the day after tomorrow."
An Qing nodded: "Oh, okay, what about the other shops? Can they open tomorrow?"
Wei Xunyi: "Yes, we have already prepared shops in the four corners of the base, east, south, west and north, and they will be open for business tomorrow."
An Qing: "Okay, now that the stores are ready, I'll ask the Blazing Team to help deliver the instant noodles to the four stores first, so they can open directly tomorrow morning."
Wei Xunyi pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send the key over."
After hanging up the phone, An Qing smiled with her eyes curved.
Starting tomorrow, her happiness might double.
001 suddenly appeared on An Qing's shoulder, rubbing her with his furry tail, and said in a faint voice: "With so many happiness points, why don't you unlock new shelves?"
An Qing reached out and pinched the cat's nape, then lifted it into her arms and petted it. She smiled and said, "I'm planning on buying 6,000 bags of instant noodles and sending them to those four stores to unlock new shelves. A day late won't hurt. We have more than enough on the shelves right now."
Wei Xunyi's people quickly delivered the keys and told An Qing and the others the exact location of the store.
The members of the Fire Team drove four vehicles, loaded 6,000 bags of instant noodles into the vehicles, and drove towards the four store locations of the base.
The action here was quickly passed on to Liu Sisi.
Liu Sisi immediately reported to Chengyue.
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