Chapter 40 Dowry
After licking, the black ball immediately raised its head high and looked at Qi Huan expectantly with its beautiful golden glass-like eyes.
"It's no use looking at me, you ate them all." Qi Huan shook the two empty boxes with a helpless look. He finally realized that the person in front of him was a simple foodie, but she was so cute that he was helpless.
The black ball uttered softly, still looking at Qi Huan stubbornly.
Who can resist such a sweet, soft, cute and bright gaze? Qi Huan was afraid that he would surrender in two seconds, so he quickly held the little guy in his arms, "Little Ba, eating too much sweets will cause tooth decay. I'll make it for you tomorrow."
The black ball rubbed Qi Huan's arm aggrievedly, and finally gave up insisting.
"It would be nice if your master only liked to eat like you." He sighed and gently rubbed the crystal clear little corner on the left side of Zhou Qi Ba's head with his fingertips. "It would be best if he could forget all the embarrassing things I did in front of him when he saw food, especially what Shen Ye said just now about the mini medical cabin. It was too stupid."
Si Han in the hall paused his fingers slightly, and his frosty eyelashes drooped gently.
After the restaurant closed, the robot bear butler began to clean the store. Qi Huan fiddled with setting up a new signal device and searched for tiramisu on the Star Network to make sure it was not the same as others. Shen Ye also used the local materials to hang upside down on the stair railing to exercise.
The advanced signal device not only has a higher degree of simulation and a large coverage area, but also comes with four wide-angle collectors and an advanced personal terminal. From now on, as long as it is not during a photomagnetic storm, he can log in to the star network at any time when he is outside.
When the collector is not in the collection function, it can also be used as a split-screen surveillance camera. Qi Huan installed one of them in the restaurant lobby to test the effect. The sweat beads on Shen Ye's forehead could be seen clearly on his personal terminal. The effect was comparable to that of a high-definition sky eye, which was very satisfying.
After debugging the signal device, Qi Huan, who had nothing to do, followed Shen Ye to try some suspended sit-ups, but he was exhausted and out of breath after just a few tries.
"If you want to exercise, you can start with these movements. The burden is not that great." Shen Ye rolled down the stairs and taught him a few movements that used the wall to exercise his core and thighs.
"Oh, I forgot just now. Please help me give this to Si Han tomorrow." Qi Huan took out the gold from the space bag and handed it to Chen Ye. Since this thing is a material for making mechas, it will definitely be more useful to give it to the sentinels. It just so happened that I had accepted Si Han's expensive mini medical cabin before, so I could repay him a favor.
"Oh," Shen Ye looked at the piece of gold, then at Qi Huan, and winked mischievously, "Giving such a valuable thing to our boss, are you trying to pursue him?"
"You guessed it right. It's a betrothal gift." Qi Huan stuffed the money into his hand. When it comes to talking, he has never lost.
Shen also choked. My goodness, this underage human is so courageous that he actually wants to marry a sentinel?
The few moves that Shen Ye taught were indeed relatively easy. Qi Huan practiced them on and off, and finally managed to complete an hour of practice.
After taking a shower, Qi Huan habitually opened his personal terminal while drying his hair, and found that the fierce beast A had sent a message half an hour ago.
[Sorry, I was not thoughtful enough about the mini medical cabin this morning. I should have told you how to use it.]
[No, no, no] He replied hurriedly, [I just assumed it. If I had just asked directly, there wouldn't be so much trouble. It's not like you were hiding this from me on purpose.]
[What if I really didn't tell you something? ]
Qi Huan stared at the words for two seconds, [Is it malicious?]
[Of course not. It’s just that it may not be convenient for the time being.]
[That's fine. I don't like to worry about anything other than food.] Qi Huan scratched his head. As the "IQ low" in the family, he was used to being kept secret. His parents and later his sister would occasionally handle data and projects that needed to be kept secret from the family. At first, they would tell a lie to get by, but later they would always say "Don't ask". He actually didn't bother to care about those messy secrets. He might as well make a small cake instead of wasting time listening to them explain those difficult terms one by one.
The message from the other side was quickly replied [To make up for the mistake in the morning, I will tell you a secret]
Qi Huan: [???]
[When you asked Xiaoba what kind of food he liked in the morning, I was flying the airship. I didn’t pay attention when I was replying to your message and crashed into a tree.]
Qi Huan was shocked, [Are you okay? ]
[It's okay, the airship got stuck in the crown of the metal tree, and it took some effort to get it off.]
It turned out that he was not the only one who made stupid mistakes. Thinking of Si Han, a god-like figure stuck in the tree canopy and in trouble, Qi Huan finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
"What are you grinning at?" After taking a shower, Shen Ye went upstairs and saw Qi Huan smiling at his personal terminal.
"A secret." Qi Huan raised the corner of his lips slightly, took the black cat doll into his arms, and decided to protect this secret for Si Han 'to the death'.
"Tsk." Shen also shook his fiery red hair disdainfully.
[Also, thank you for making ice cream for Xiaoba tonight. He likes it very much. Good night. ]
【Good evening. 】
Qi Huan excitedly rolled around on the bed twice while holding the doll. That was great. It felt like his image could still be saved.
"Sure enough, he is still an underage human." Chen Ye, who was lying on the bed opposite him, saw him rolling around with the doll in a childish manner and shook his head speechlessly.
When Qi Huan woke up the next day, he thought his hands and feet would ache, but he felt almost nothing. Compared with the "terrible" situation he experienced on his first day working at the unloading site, it was a world of difference. Could it be that his physical condition had really improved a little?
The morning market was closed, and Qi Huan made a tiramisu and put it in the cold storage before going to work at the unloading yard. After sending him off, Shen Ye hurriedly turned around and went to Dongcheng, as if he had something urgent to do.
Qi Huan first went to check on the condition of the ham and bacon. When he returned to the middle hall, Uncle Wan brought him two good news and one bad news.
The bad news was that no one wanted the small crabs and there were very few in stock, so he would have to wait a few more days. The good news was that since very few people wanted them, Uncle Wan took the opportunity to help him lower the price of the crabs by another 10%.
Another good news is that the chef has set the time for the food tasting. It will arrive at 6:30 tomorrow night sharp. He will bring three more people, making a total of five people including Uncle Wan.
Qi Huan thought about it and decided to prepare the menu and ingredients for today, so he thought it wouldn't be a big problem and agreed.
By the way, he also discussed with Uncle Wan about renting a delivery machine to deliver takeout. He couldn't afford the cost of buying the machine alone, and with the current sales volume, it was not cost-effective to deliver one or two sporadic orders of takeout. It happened that the food store basically did not deliver at night, so it could avoid his usage time.
Uncle Wan and Aunt Wan discussed it briefly and then agreed.
Qi Huan sent a "notice" to all old customers who had contact information, saying that he had opened a dinner takeaway service and those who needed it could place an order.
The owner of Vino immediately placed the first order.
Lin Jian jokingly asked him, "Can the hunting area also be given away?"
Qi Huan replied with two words in a vicious tone, "Go away!"
When they returned to the restaurant in the evening, the next door had been repaired and refurbished for two days and looked brand new. A group of people at the door were noisily carrying furniture such as cabinets and chairs inside. Chen Ye parked the airship and rushed over to supervise, and Qi Huan also followed curiously to take a look.
The layout of the houses on this street is similar. They all have two courtyards. The small building in the front is arranged as a living room. There are two simple and neat rows of chairs with a single small table. There are no fancy decorations. Half of the room is separated by a hanging screen. There are a bunch of large unpacked equipment inside. Judging from the name, they are probably used for exercise and fitness.
"Finished?" Qi Huan was somewhat surprised at the efficiency of the base engineering team.
"The garbage pipes and everything are ready. We'll clean it up tomorrow, put our things and daily necessities in place, and we'll be able to move in."
"That's great." Qi Huan followed Chen Ye to the attic with envy. When he saved enough money, he would definitely renovate his own ruined backyard, make a quiet bedroom, a comfortable big bed, and build a large food storage.
The attic was empty, with only a few single beds and small tables, which seemed to be used for temporary rest.
The backyard was flattened to create a large flat platform, without any flowers or plants to decorate the area.
Seeing his puzzled look, Shen Ye explained, "This place will be used to park airships in the future."
That's right, everyone in their team has an airship, and if a friend comes along, they might not be able to stop unless they make it bigger. Qi Huan nodded.
The backyard is a few bedrooms and bathrooms, which are just as simple and neat as the front yard, and take a pragmatic approach. Similarly, it also reveals a sense of temporary transition and no intention of long-term residence.
Qi Huan felt a little disappointed for some reason, but then he comforted himself. It was normal for a hunting team to come and hunt stone beasts and leave after the hunting season was over. Being neighbors for a while was an unexpected surprise.
There were only two or three tables of customers as usual in the evening market, but the owner of Vino recommended a few friends who added Qi Huan's contact information, and the takeaway orders actually exceeded the dine-in orders.
The live broadcast room of the Third Chef in the World started for the third time, and the number of fans increased to 191. The die-hard fans included the ferocious beasts Ding, Jia, Yi, Bing, and Wu, and the lychee shrimp balls on the shelf were also sold out successfully.
Qi Huan couldn't help but smile at the series of vests of the ferocious beast team. Ferocious beast D was Chen Ye, ferocious beast A was Si Han, and the remaining three, Yi, Bing, and Wu, could not be matched for the time being, but they must be Tao Zhe and the other two members mentioned by Shen Ye who had not yet arrived at the Waste Star. Needless to say, they were definitely pulled over by Shen Ye to help him fill the scene.
Quan Hai worked overtime again today. His assistant broadcaster was Chen Ye. Afraid that Zhou Ba would cause trouble, Si Han took him to the hall outside to watch the live broadcast. Tao Zhe went to the hunting area early in the morning and would not be here tonight.
Through the signal device placed in the restaurant hall last night, he could instantly see Xingqi Ba and Si Han on the split screen. At this moment, Hei Tuanzi was squatting on Si Han's shoulder, looking up at the display screen seriously, his fluffy black face looking very serious.
"Hello everyone, welcome to Xiaochu's food live broadcast room. Today I'm going to make tiramisu for you." Qi Huan showed the finished ten-inch cake to the camera. After making the tiramisu, it needs to be refrigerated for a while to achieve the best taste. Considering the shelf effect and Zhou Qiba's appetite, he specially made a large portion.
When Zhouqiba saw Tiramisu, he rushed to Jiufangyu's personal terminal display screen and frantically gave the live broadcast room a thumbs up with his beautiful yellow crystal hoof claws.
"There are 500 copies on the shelves, and the price is still 99 silver coins. If you want to try the taste first, you can order one directly. Then we will get started~" Qi Huan glanced at the split screen, and the tone of his voice rose happily at the end of the sentence. Everyone in the live broadcast room could feel the concrete and lively wavy lines.
[I caught up today and sat in the front row]
[The host seems to be in a good mood today]
【Watch the famous anchor who lost connection and stopped broadcasting】
[I’m dying of laughter. I bet a silver coin that the host will still end the broadcast quickly today.]
【With a silver coin】
[Please help me, what is the story behind the disconnection and interruption of broadcast? 】
[This is so sour, it looks black and doesn’t taste good]
[So ugly]
[Disappointed, so ugly, totally incomparable to the previous two times]
[Everyone has a limited number of recipes. I guess the host only has the two high-end ones from before.]
[Is this color coffee or chocolate flavored?]
Chen Ye was like a duck in water when it came to being an assistant broadcaster. He adjusted the background music, paid attention to the dynamics in the live broadcast room, mixed in the barrage, and occasionally found time to give rewards to enhance the atmosphere.
"The most important ingredients for making tiramisu are ladyfingers, special cheese, coffee liquor and cocoa powder. Do you think you have never heard of these ingredients? The anchor couldn't find any ready-made ones, so he had to make them himself with the ingredients at hand. Tiramisu is actually the dialect of the hometown of the celebrity chef who invented this dessert, which means 'take me away'. There is actually a little story behind this dessert..."
Qi Huan half-jokingly and half-seriously recounted the distress of the shortage of materials on Waste Star, and then talked about the origin of the dessert Tiramisu. His hands were not idle at all, and he neatly separated the yolk and white of the cracked eggs and beat them. Taking into account that there was no Italy in this era, he retained the name of Tiramisu, but changed the mascarpone cheese part to a more convenient name of special cheese to avoid the trouble of explaining it later.
"The only ingredients used for finger biscuits are eggs, flour and sugar. Beat the egg yolks and egg whites separately, then add flour and mix well. The resulting batter is squeezed into long strips on a baking tray and baked in the oven to get crispy and sweet finger biscuits."
[After tasting it, I’ll come over and say this with a clear conscience. Go buy it now while it’s still on the shelf! Brothers and sisters, I can only help you up to this point! ]
[Ahhh, this tiramisu may look ugly, but it’s super delicious]
[It's so delicious that I want to scratch the wall! 】
[The taste and appearance are two extremes, reminding me of the sunny breeze in the fruit]
[It gave up the appearance and focused all its skills on taste! ]
[Oh my god, I envy the people on the Waste Star so much, they can actually eat these things directly]
[+1, for the first time in my life I envy the residents of the abandoned planet]
The biscuits slowly expanded in the oven, and the aroma filled the hall outside. Zhou Ba was so anxious that he kept spinning in circles, and his crystal-like hooves knocked on the table, making a kicking sound.
"Be good, and when we're done, you'll be allowed to eat two more pieces." Si Han stretched out his finger and touched the top of its head soothingly.
Monday whimpered twice and rubbed his fingertips affectionately with the top of her head.
Si Han knew nothing about cooking, and it was the first time for him to watch a food live broadcast in his life. He saw Qi Huan skillfully fiddling with tools that he could hardly name, and in a short while he turned flour and animal eggs into fragrant biscuits, which was quite novel and interesting.
And Qi Huan standing in the kitchen looked very different. He looked particularly comfortable and enjoying himself.
In the live broadcast room, Qi Huan had already started making mascarpone cheese.
The method is also very simple. Heat the cream and sugar in a pot on low heat, gradually add lemon juice and stir until it becomes delicate and smooth, then put it into a filter bag, press it, and refrigerate it for a while to filter out the whey.
"Give your brother Huanhuan a tip." Glancing at the name of the ferocious beast Ding continuing to float above the live broadcast room, Si Han poked Xingqi on the back.
Heituanzi opened the reward interface with his paw, took a look, picked out the pattern he liked and poked at it.
[Beast Armor gives away Huanian Wine X1]
[The beast armor gives away Jade Ruyi x1]
[The beast armor sends out the Moruo Order X1]
[Ferocious Beast Armor gives away luxury starship X1]
[Beast Armor gives away Planet Tour X1]
The live broadcast room was quickly flooded with gifts. Qi Huan, who was mixing coffee wine, was stunned. When he saw the ID of the reward clearly, and saw Zhou Qiba poking the display screen with his paws on the split screen, he couldn't help but laugh and cry, and signaled Chen Ye to go out and take care of it. He was not trying to rush to the popularity list now, and he had to give the platform a commission for giving gifts. Why waste the money?
Can't afford to offend. Shen Ye timidly spread his hands, indicating that he dared not interfere in the boss's affairs.
Qi Huan had no choice but to proceed to the next step. He dipped the baked ladyfingers into coffee liquor, spread them evenly on the bottom of the mold, then topped them with a layer of whipped cream cheese paste, and repeated the process with another layer of liquor-soaked ladyfingers and cream cheese paste.
"At this time, you need to put the finished cake in the refrigerator for four to eight hours. This will not only make it easier for the cake to set, but also make the taste more delicate and smooth. After refrigeration, proceed to the last step, sprinkle cocoa powder." Qi Huan took out the cocoa powder and sieve, and sprinkled the brown-red powder on the surface of the cake. "Then the tiramisu is done."
At this moment, the signal device suddenly flashed a red light indicating an energy emergency.
"We definitely can't wait that long for the live broadcast, so the chef made a portion in advance and put it on the shelves. Friends who like it can go and take a photo to try the taste. It's almost time, so our live broadcast today ends here, see you next time." Qi Huan quickly finished his closing remarks, smiled and waved while pressing the play button.
A few comments were still floating in the black live broadcast room.
[I laughed my head off. The last few sentences were spoken so fast that sparks flew out. Is the host afraid of being disconnected again? ]
[Hahaha, congratulations to the host for the first safe broadcast]
[To celebrate the host's successful end of the broadcast, take a picture of a small cake to try]
[Give the anchor a peace charm next time]
[No matter what, the anchor has finally broken the offline curse, which is cause for celebration]
In the kitchen of No. 9 Jinwan Street, Base No. 3 of Waste Planet No. 7, Qi Huan stood with his hands on his hips helplessly facing the line of prompts that popped up on the signal device: [Energy is too low, the machine will automatically activate the disconnection protection mode in ten minutes]
Shen Ye looked at the messages on the barrage and laughed while slapping the table, "There's still so much time left, why are you in such a hurry?"
Once bitten, one is afraid of ropes for ten years. Qi Huan gave him a wronged look while changing the energy stone for the signal device, "I'm just afraid that it will get stuck and disconnected again. It can't happen again for the third time."
"Otherwise, you should worship the StarNet God before live broadcasting in the future, so that it won't always block you." Chen Ye suggested 'sincerely'.
"How do I worship the Star Network God?" Qi Huan asked doubtfully.
"I was just kidding. Are you really going to worship?" Chen Ye lay on the table and laughed again.
"The end of science is metaphysics." Qi Huan glanced at him and replaced the lid of the energy box. For such an expensive device, the energy stone that came with the machine actually popped up a low energy prompt after one use. It must not be full. I have to go to the customer service to have a good battle and complain later.
Chen had laughed enough before he remembered to comfort Qi Huan, "It's okay. In fact, as long as the goods are on the shelves, it's okay to be offline at the end. At most, you will be ridiculed by the barrage. Anyway, you can't see it. Maybe you can become popular on the Star Network because of this peculiar character setting and gain some fans..."
At the end, thinking of the "grand occasion" that might appear on the barrage, Shen Ye couldn't help laughing again.
Qi Huan: ...
Who wants such a weird character?
After watching the live broadcast, Si Han in the hall quietly opened the communication terminal and sent a message, [I remember you said last time that you would soon be promoted to a four-star chef? ]
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