When Liu Ben was sowing the new seeds he had obtained in the space, Gou Wen's assistant called him again but the call was not picked up. Moreover, this time the prompt "The user you dialed is out of service area" changed to "The user you dialed is farming", which made the assistant very upset.
Since Liu Ben had been contacted many times, the assistant thought about it and went to the store in person to ask the clerk.
The person on duty today was Wang Caiqing. When the assistant found her, she was packing pine nuts for someone.
Wang Caiqing glanced at the man in a suit in front of her and said with a smile, "If you want a large quantity of goods, the store can't handle it. The boss is in charge of this, so you have to contact him."
"I just can't get through to him on the phone, so I wanted to ask how I can contact him," the assistant said politely.
Wang Caiqing packed the pine nuts for the customer. After weighing them, the customer felt that they were a little expensive and asked Wang Caiqing to pour some out. Wang Caiqing scooped out half a spoonful for him. After weighing them this time, the customer was satisfied and happily paid and left.
The assistant watched Wang Caiqing busy, and actually looked down on these poor people who were stingy when buying things. It was obvious that the customer wanted more when he packed it himself, but after he packed it for him, he felt it was too expensive and wanted to take some away. It was embarrassing and wasted the clerk's time.
In fact, this is very common in ordinary business transactions, but the assistant is used to being rich, and he thinks he is superior. Although he doesn't show it on his face, there are some traces in his eyes.
The guest didn't notice, but Wang Caiqing was very sensitive and she felt it, but she didn't say anything about it.
Wang Caiqing: "Oh, I can't contact the store manager. That means he's busy. Please write down all your information in the notebook. I'll show it to him later."
After saying that, he handed a notebook to his assistant.
The assistant had just awkwardly picked up the cheap ballpoint pen from the notebook when Wang Caiqing added, "Write down which company or organization you are from, the name and phone number of the person in charge, the purpose of the purchase, the type and quantity of the items you want to buy, and so on."
The assistant paused. He actually didn't know why his boss didn't let him disclose information about his own company, but since his boss had specifically instructed him to do so, he had to do it.
"This... does it have to be so detailed? We don't want others to know our purchasing channels." said the assistant.
Wang Caiqing understood: "That's normal. After we sign the contract, we can discuss confidential transportation, but before that, we still need to know where you are from to be safe."
Assistant: "Why don't we just pay for each purchase?"
Wang Caiqing took one more look at the assistant and began to think he was a little suspicious. Even if he was being cautious, he wouldn't be so cautious, right? Why didn't he even want to talk about it?
"Then please leave your phone number first and I'll let the boss talk to you later, okay?" Wang Caiqing was very busy as she had many guests to entertain and didn't have time to ask more questions.
The assistant could only leave his name and personal mobile phone number and then left.
Liu Ben had just finished sowing the seeds in the space, and seeing that it was almost noon, he left the space.
He Mei was in the kitchen, and had just finished washing the vegetables and was about to start cooking when she saw Liu Ben walk in. He Mei thought Liu Ben was going to say something, but Liu Ben just stood silently in a corner of the kitchen, watching her movements.
He Mei couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Ben, is there something wrong? Or do you want to eat something?"
Liu Ben shook his head: "I'll just take a look."
In this case, He Mei concentrated on her own cooking. Today she was going to stew a dish of braised pork. She had already thawed a large piece of high-quality pork belly, cut it into pieces, and marinated it with seasonings. Now she just had to put it in the pot, add other ingredients, peel some potatoes, and stew it.
After finishing the braised pork, He Mei turned around to make stir-fried pork with chili peppers, and found that Liu Ben was still standing motionless in a corner of the kitchen, watching intently.
He Mei thought about it and asked with a smile: "Do you want to learn how to cook?"
Unexpectedly, Liu Ben really nodded. He just wanted to learn how to cook.
He Mei was surprised. Why did Xiao Ben suddenly have this idea? Many grown men didn't want to learn this. They always thought that cooking at home was a woman's job. Not to mention cooking, they were even reluctant to wash the dishes and serve the rice.
Oh, by the way, Liu Ben will not find a wife. He Mei remembered that Liu Ben will live with You Ying in the future. You Ying is obviously the son of a wealthy family. The last time she heard him talk, she also knew that he usually asked the chef to come to his house to cook, because You Ying couldn't cook himself.
So Liu Ben is learning to cook this time because he wants to cook for You Ying.
He Mei smiled and called Liu Ben: "You can't learn to cook just by watching. You have to cook."
Liu Ben pointed at himself: "Me?"
"Yes, you do it and I'll tell you." He Mei pulled him to the stove and stood aside to give instructions.
Liu Ben walked obediently to the stove and felt a little fresh.
He Mei: "Pour the oil first."
Liu Ben picked up the pine nut oil and poured a little bit of it. This was the amount he poured when frying eggs these days.
He Mei: "Not enough, a little more... that's enough."
Liu Ben hurriedly picked up the oil bottle, closed the lid and put it aside.
After waiting for the oil to heat up, He Mei continued to instruct: "Then put the meat in."
Liu Ben picked up the plate of meat slices next to him and grabbed it.
He Mei:!
Some of the water in the plate began to explode in the frying pan, splashing oil everywhere, and Liu Ben was covered in a lot of oil spots as if he was rained on.
He Mei quickly closed the lid, pulled Liu Ben away, and asked, "Are you scalded?"
Liu Ben shook his head: "No, I have thick skin and am not afraid of the heat."
He Mei: "...next time, remember not to pour water in."
After a while, when the sound became smaller, He Mei opened the lid and saw that the meat was cooked. She asked Liu Ben to quickly take out the meat, then put in the washed green peppers. When the skin of the green peppers was charred, she put the meat back in and stir-fried it. Then she added various ingredients and it was ready to be served.
The simple recipe for stir-fried pork with chili peppers is actually quite easy, but for a novice like Liu Ben, it was quite difficult. He sprinkled too much salt, the chili peppers were burnt, one side of the pork slices was mushy, and the other side was white with no sauce at all...
When it was finally out of the pot, it didn’t look very good.
Liu Ben took a bite and frowned.
He Mei comforted them, "It's normal to be a little clumsy when cooking for the first time. You just need to practice more." Anyway, the three younger ones, Xiaolei, Xiaosen and Xiaorui, have already gone back to school, so it's okay for the older ones to eat the dishes that Xiaoben prepared for practice.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ben was not disappointed at all. He just picked up the Miaoxian mushroom powder beside him and sprinkled some on the stir-fried pork with chili peppers. He tasted another piece and gave a thumbs up: "Delicious!"
He Mei: ...
Liu Ben was very proud: "I didn't expect that my cooking skills were pretty good for my first time."
He Mei thought, Miaoxian mushroom powder will taste good even if you add it to Jinkela.
Liu Ben was eager to try: "I don't think home cooking is difficult. I want to learn something more difficult."
Then Liu Ben was driven out by He Mei.
Liu Ben was completely bewildered, while Liu Yibiao, who had witnessed the entire process, mocked him: "You haven't even learned to walk yet, and you're already thinking about flying?"
"That's not difficult. The chili fried pork I made is quite delicious." Liu Ben licked the oil that splashed on his fingers and said, "Even the oil I fried tasted good."
"That oil tastes good anyway." Liu Yibiao rolled his eyes at him.
Liu Ben said clearly: "The oil is squeezed in my factory, so it can be considered as my oil."
There is a reason why his pine nut oil can be sold for 1,000 yuan a bottle. This oil is fragrant and rich, and it is also an all-purpose oil. Whether it is used for stir-frying, cold dishes, pickles, or steaks, it tastes good with anything, and there is even nothing wrong with drinking it alone.
Of course, humans can’t do that without any effort. The only ones who can do that are mice and the hairy cow at home.
There are many cats in the house, so there shouldn't be any mice. However, the Liu family has so many delicious foods that many mice, despite the risk of being killed by the cats, are willing to come in and try their luck. Of course, in the end, all the mice will be taken away by the cats and their mother, Da Lihua, but before that, they may still appear and cause trouble at the Liu family.
Then there's Avocado. For some reason, he's extremely curious about the kitchen. Whenever no one's watching and the kitchen door isn't locked, he'll try to sneak in to see what's inside. Of course, the kitchen is locked most of the time. If it's unlocked, it means it's time to cook, and there must be someone inside, so Avocado will be chased out if he breaks in.
But there was one time when Wang Fengjing was cooking and found that she had forgotten to take a dish, so she went to the warehouse. As a result, avocado slipped into the kitchen when no one was there and the door was not locked.
Avocado is very good at seizing opportunities. It wants to try everything it sees. The best ones are of course the ingredients taken out from various spaces, but avocado has eaten all of these before, so it is not curious. Avocado only focuses on those that it has never eaten or rarely eats, such as mushrooms, garlic, and salt. Surprisingly, the one it eats the most is pine nut oil!
When Wang Fengjing came back, she found that Avocado had bitten open the cap of the pine nut oil, and was holding the bottle mouth and gulping down half of the bottle.
Wang Fengjing was scared at the time, fearing that the avocado would cause illness, so she took the avocado to see a veterinarian. After observing it for a long time at the veterinary station, the veterinarian found nothing wrong. However, the veterinarian still gave it an injection and let them go back. The avocado was fine for the next few days.
But Avocado never entered the kitchen again. It had a very deep memory of the injection and probably never wanted to go to the veterinary station again.
In short, this oil is delicious no matter how it's cooked. It's not just the Liu family who thinks so; many of the shop's customers have also been using it and are equally raving about it. The three young masters, in particular, say that using this pine nut oil and Miaoxian mushroom powder to make white jade root is a truly appetizing triple whet—so fragrant and delicious that no one can resist! It's like the new Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Although the ingredients don’t match those of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, it may have the effect of its name.
Liu Ben thought that he could learn something more complicated and delicious. Now he has learned how to make fried pork with chili peppers and galaxy mushroom soup, which is a good start!
When Wang Caiqing came back in the evening, she gave Liu Ben the assistant's information and explained the situation at that time.
"Second Aunt, are you saying this person is hiding something?"
Wang Caiqing nodded. "Yes, I asked him to leave the company name, but he refused. He just said we can order once and the payment will be in full, no contract required."
"That won't work," Liu Ben shook his head and took the note from his second aunt. "I'll go ask first."
Liu Ben took the note back to his room, but did not call to inquire immediately.
Liu Ben: "Big Cat, whose phone is this?"
【50 Scum Value】
"Take it!" Liu Ben said generously.
【Wang Xiaoming】
Liu Ben: "Who is Wang Xiaoming?"
【50 Scum Value】
Liu Ben: "...Speak."
[I am an assistant.]
Liu Ben couldn't stand it any longer: "You're really too deceiving! You have the nerve to take 100 Trash Points from me for this useless information?"
[Alright, alright, give me another 50, and I'll tell you, hehe, who told you to always let me clean up your mess? Those services are not originally provided by this system!]
"You don't have those services, which means you're not smart enough!" Liu Ben said strangely, "As an intelligent system, you have to understand customer needs."
【This system is not a nanny robot】
"Alright, alright, I'll give you another 50, but you have to say something useful."
【Gou Wen's Assistant】
"Who?" The system didn't answer, but Liu Ben asked as a hint, and he immediately realized: "Gou Wen, why did he come to me... Oh, to order food from me..."
Liu Ben was a little confused when he first heard the name, but after thinking about it, he understood.
The reason why Gou Wen wanted to order dishes from his restaurant was definitely not because he knew that this restaurant was opened by him to show his support for his grandson. It must be beneficial to Gou Wen himself.
What benefits did Liu Ben's food bring to Gou Wen? In Liu Ben's view, Gou Wen's company specialized in making useless and expensive nutritional supplements and high-end nutritional products. These products were hyped up through extensive advertising and promotion, so many people still bought them.
Although their company can sell its own useless nutritional products through various powerful marketing methods, if they can develop useful nutritional products, they can definitely sell them at a higher price, right?
So there is a possibility that Gou Wen saw the nourishing effects of the dishes in his own restaurant, and then was tempted and wanted to buy them back to develop them into nutritional supplements and sell them at a higher price.
That must be it!
Liu Ben clapped his hands together, and combined with the previous system prompt that "the host indirectly and negatively affected the Gou family's business", it meant that some customers abandoned the Gou family's nutritional products and bought their own vegetables!
Imagine a wealthy man with weak health who frequently ordered expensive products from Gou Wen Company, but to no avail. Later, he learned that Wushuang Rice from their own company was good for health, so he bought their own rice and found that his health improved. He then stopped being a sucker for Gou Wen Company, canceled all his orders, and devoted himself to buying his own food.
There must be quite a lot of these customers, otherwise it wouldn't be enough to affect the Gou family's business. Although Liu Ben didn't manage the business much, he had added many regular customers, many of whom were wealthy people. They ate well at home and would recommend other wealthy people to order. With such a large base, there must be some who were former customers of Gou Wen.
That makes sense!
Liu Ben was happy just thinking about Gou Wen's sullen face when his business got worse, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.
Oh, Gou Wen wanted to buy his own vegetables, but was afraid that he would find out that he had ordered them and would not agree to sell them, so he asked his assistant not to tell him which company he was from.
Hey, in the words of Big Cat——
You’re dreaming!
Liu Ben did not contact the assistant. After dinner, he went back to his space to check on the land he had planted.
When he returned, he found that the seeds he had newly exchanged had grown, and they were very beautiful.
I saw that the land where he had sown seeds was covered with pure black vines. The vines were tall and long, and they were intertwined and grew together, as high as a person's legs. Of course, there was nothing beautiful about it, and it was quite scary. The beautiful part was that there were beautiful big roses blooming on those thick and scary vines.
Yes, they were indeed roses. Liu Ben looked carefully and found that there were two kinds of roses on the vines, one was red and the other was blue. They were exactly the same as the beautiful rose pictures posted on the Internet.
And as Liu Ben walked closer, he smelled the fragrance of roses, which made him even more certain that it was a rose.
Since it's a rose, then this vine might be...
Liu Ben finally got closer and took a look. Sure enough, all the black vines were covered with sharp thorns, as densely packed as thorns, and very hard to the touch.
Many ripe flowers have fallen to the ground. If ordinary people want to pick them up, they have to pass through dense thorns and may even get cut and bleed.
However, this time the system cat had no interest in getting close to watch Liu Ben collect data. It just lay on its soft bed from a distance, tilted its head and squinted at Liu Ben.
Without thinking, Liu Ben turned back into a half-bull orc.
The skin of the half-bull orcs was extremely tough, and the thugs couldn't even hit it with knives or sticks, so of course they were not afraid of the thorny bushes. Liu Ben first tried to bend down and reach out to pick up a red rose on the thorny ground closest to the edge.
As his hand passed through the dense vines, he naturally touched the sharp thorns, and Liu Ben actually felt a little pain, which was rare.
Liu Ben: ...This thorn is definitely not an ordinary thorn.
Liu Ben's skin, which usually had no feeling even from being scratched by a knife, was actually pricked by these sharp thorns.
Liu Ben's face didn't change color at all. He continued to reach down, picked up the flower, and then stood up straight.
Although his arm was not scratched, it had a few white scratches, which was a very powerful weapon for the half-bull orc.
Spreading out his hands, Liu Ben carefully observed the flower in his hand.
It was indeed a rose, with overlapping red petals, made of a material like red velvet ribbon, and the color was bright red. Although it grew among thorns, it was not scratched at all. The whole flower was large and beautiful, and there was a seductive aura, like a sexy woman in a red dress.
Although the roses were beautiful, Liu Ben didn't appreciate them much. He put the roses in his hand into a basket, picked up the basket, and stepped directly into the thorn bush.
Fortunately, the half-bull orc was tall, and the thorn bushes that were as high as the legs of an ordinary person would only reach the calves of the half-bull orc. Liu Ben's iron hooves stepped on the thorns without any damage.
As Liu Ben walked, picking up fallen flowers from the vines, he observed that while these flowers looked exactly like roses, the thorns were not rose trees. Recalling the process by which the system had created these varieties, Liu Ben could say that at least these were not genetically all roses.
The roses he picked up had fallen naturally from their growth sites, but their petals showed no trace of the withered look of withering. Instead, they were intact and fresh. And unlike the calyx of a rose, the place where they had fallen was not bare. Instead, an oval green fruit had grown. It was still small and raw, so Liu Ben would not pick it. However, he could collect flowers that had fallen to the ground.
Liu Ben didn't touch the fruit that was still growing on the vine, so as not to affect the growth of the fruit.
Liu Ben walked slowly, and the sharp thorns left white marks on his legs and hands. Sometimes when Liu Ben lowered his head and didn't pay attention, the vines would bounce back and scratch his face, leaving a mark on his face.
This little pain was nothing to Liu Ben. Compared with the pain he had experienced fighting other orcs in the orc wilderness before, it was a drop in the bucket.
Although every time Liu Ben wins a fight, he will only take a piece of not-so-good land and will not steal other people's good land, but winning or losing does not only represent the land you get, but also your honor. Orcs are all very face-conscious and fight very hard. Unless they really can't win, they will never let you win just because your goal is small.
There are times when they beat each other until their heads are bloody, and it is even more terrifying when they fight for a mate. The half-bull orcs will rarely use the horns on their heads. Their horns are the sharpest and toughest weapons. Except for some special races that can also bring their own weapons, no natural minerals or later refined products can compare with them.
So during the annual mating season, the fiery orcs would clash with each other, sometimes even piercing the opposing orcs. Of course, they were also very resilient, so even if they were pierced through, they would be back to being full of life within a month.
Fortunately, this is not the Orc Wilderness. Liu Ben can own such a large and unlimited piece of land, and there is no opponent to fight and rob. The more he thinks about it, the more comfortable it is. Even though the planting conditions in the space are very harsh, Liu Ben still thinks it is a great deal.
What's more, your target is stable, you don't need to fight with other half-bull orcs!
When Liu Ben thought of this, he became cheerful. He shuttled through the thorns, but he was as happy as Little Red Riding Hood who carried a basket to visit her seriously ill grandmother in the forest.
Why did Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother live alone in a forest infested with wolves? And how could Little Red Riding Hood's mother let a child go to such a dangerous place alone?
Could it be that Little Red Riding Hood is actually a descendant of the Spartans? She must have experienced harsh trials from a young age, and failure would make her unworthy of being a Spartan?
While Liu Ben was collecting information, his mind was running wild.
Liu Ben touched the thorn bush and suddenly felt something. He suddenly said in a pretentious voice: "Oh, Sleeping Beauty who has slept in the Castle of Thorns for a hundred years. The time has come. Will I be the prince who wakes you with a kiss?"
The big cat basking in the sun: Are you sick?
Liu Ben picked up a rose and said, "Oh, the sleeping prince, he is not the Prince of Games, not the Prince of Pleasure, but the Prince of Youying!"
"Prince, let me kiss you to wake you up!" Liu Ben held the flowers affectionately and kissed them with his pouty lips.
The system waved its claws, and its cat bed floated up by itself and flew to the edge of the space.
Let the psychopath host have fun on his own.
Liu Ben acted on his own until he had collected all the flowers that had fallen on the ground, then he walked out of the thorn bush carrying a basket filled not with wine or bread but with roses.
Red roses and blue roses, Liu Ben classified the roses one by one, prepared to wrap them into a better-looking shape, and send them to You Ying to make up for the flowers he failed to send last time.
Although the bouquet of flowers was finally picked up by You Ying, it didn't count as something he had given it to her personally.
After picking up the flowers, Liu Ben left the space and started looking for tutorials online on how to make beautiful bouquets of flowers.
First, arrange the flowers one by one and stick them on the selected branches to form a heart shape...
After tinkering with it for a while, although Liu Ben was always clumsy, he was attentive and soon he finally finished it. The beautiful heart-shaped rose bouquet with red and blue looked quite neat and was no worse than those bought from the flower shop.
Liu Ben found some colored paper and wrapped it up nicely, then very creatively decorated the edges with some osmanthus and pine flowers, which made it even more beautiful.
Liu Ben was in a very good mood after he finished it, and wanted to give it to You Ying immediately, but then he thought it was very late and You Ying might be asleep, so it was not very convenient.
Then Liu Ben thought about whether he could take a photo to show You Ying, but he suppressed the thought.
No, taking a photo and seeing it, You Ying couldn't smell or touch it, so it would just be a prepayment of the surprise of sending flowers, which was not good at all. So Liu Ben endured and put the flowers in his space, deciding to wait until tomorrow to send them.
He was so excited about this that he almost couldn't sleep that night.
It was so hard that it finally got to the morning. Liu Ben excitedly called You Ying to ask what he was doing.
You Ying: "I have a small meeting at the company this morning and will be back soon. I have an appointment with a very good chef to cook for me at noon. Would you like to join me?"
Liu Ben: "Wait a minute!"
You Ying: "Hmm?"
Liu Ben: "I'll go to your company to find you! And then go back with you."
You Ying readily agreed: "Okay, then come over quickly, the meeting will be over soon."
Liu Ben: "Oh!"
Liu Ben brought out a large bouquet of roses from the room, which surprised Wang Fengjing who was drying clothes in the yard.
"Wow, what beautiful flowers!" Wang Fengjing covered her mouth and exclaimed softly.
Liu Ben was proud: "I made the bouquet myself!"
Wang Fengjing put down her hand and smiled: "Ha, Xiao Ben, are you going to give it to You Ying?"
"yes!"
"Not bad, not bad. You young people are more, well... romantic! You'll give your loved ones surprises, just like your grandfather..." Wang Fengjing seemed to recall something and laughed again, covering her mouth with her hands.
It seems that grandpa and grandma were also very sweet in the past.
Liu Ben asked curiously, "Grandma, back then, wasn't it that a matchmaker recommended you both, and then both parents thought the other was good, so they got together?"
He remembered that many novels and TV dramas were like that.
Wang Fengjing waved her hands: "No, you are talking about wealthy families. Oh, or in the past, it was like this in other areas outside, but this is not the custom around here. We farmers are not those pampered young ladies who never go out. We also go out to farm and work with our parents every day.
The first time I met your grandfather was when I was a child. My parents came to this village to borrow a blower. At that time, this village was the richest in the area. Your grandfather's family lived a very good life. The warehouse was full of harvested grain. I was stunned! Then your grandfather gave me a piece of candy. It was so sweet, really..."
Wang Fengjing smiled and said with emotion: "Later, we became friends, and when we grew up, we were together and had three children. Oh, we were so young back then, and in the blink of an eye, we are old now."
Liu Ben: "Grandpa and grandma don't look old at all. They look much younger than their peers."
"You're just sweet-talking. Alright, go give me the flowers!"
Liu Ben walked and reminisced. After listening to his grandparents' stories, he felt a little emotional. Love at that time was so simple.
Well...his and You Ying's love is actually very simple, hehe~
Liu Ben rode his motorcycle, carrying flowers, and ran towards his prince.
The author has something to say:
Small Theater:
When Liu Ben walked into the castle, he saw Prince You Ying lying on the bed.
Liu Ben said affectionately: I want to kiss my prince!
Lower your head, lower, lower... The horns are blocked by the headboard, and the head cannot be lowered.
You Ying: Phew, sorry for laughing.
Thank you to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution for me~
Spalletti II irrigated 40 bottles of red roses^o^
Sugar irrigated 30 bottles of pink roses￣▽￣
--I irrigated 10 bottles of blue roses'ω`
Daodao irrigated 10 bottles of yellow roses˙w˙
It was Nezha who irrigated 2 bottles of white roses￣︶￣
I don't often buy North and South irrigation, so I bought a bottle of purple roses.
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
P.S. If any cutie catches a bug or a mouth, I will modify it immediately, so if you see a prompt that the text has been modified, you can ignore it. Generally, the plot will not be overhauled.
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