Chapter 251 No amount of bonus can compare to natural growth
[A box of level 4 strawberries originally priced at 20 yuan. If half are upgraded to level 1, it will cost 50 yuan, and the other half to special grade, it will cost 2 system coins. Are you sure you want to upgrade?] After listening to Zhao Xiaojing's request, the system confirmed again.
"Yes." Zhao Xiaojing nodded and secretly sighed that the upgrade was quite expensive. 50 yuan was okay, but 2 system coins were really expensive. You know, her entire balance now, including the upgrade reward she just got, was only 1060 system coins in total.
But I have already bought the cooking course anyway, and there won’t be many places to spend system coins later, so I should be able to save them up in the future.
While I was thinking about it, the strawberries in the box changed their appearance.
The strawberries, which were originally the size of a thumb and had uneven colors, and were squeezed into the box to fit perfectly, were now thrown out of their original boxes and neatly stacked on the table in front of them, automatically dividing into two piles.
The pile on the left is almost the size of an adult's palm. Each one is plump and even, bright red and shiny, and looks very festive. A dozen strawberries put together make the ordinary table look like a gift box.
The pile on the right is half the size of the one on the left. It is also plump and round, with a regular shape. The golden seeds and emerald green leaves make the strawberries look particularly bright red, which is extremely cute.
Zhao Xiaojing took one in each hand, summoned the quick module to clean it with one click, and then took a bite of the strawberry on the left to taste it.
"Hmm!" Zhao Xiaojing couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as soon as she took the strawberry on the left into her mouth.
The strawberry on the left is juicy. Take a light bite and the rich strawberry aroma fills your mouth. If you chew it carefully, you can feel a hint of milky flavor in the sweetness, making the whole strawberry mellow and sweet.
Zhao Xiaojing enjoyed eating a palm-sized strawberry, and her stomach, which had not yet digested dinner, instantly felt full again.
There was still a slight sweetness in her mouth after eating. Zhao Xiaojing rinsed her mouth like her instructor did during exams before picking up the strawberry on her right and started eating.
As soon as she took a bite, Zhao Xiaojing widened her eyes slightly and looked at the strawberry in her hand, the light in her eyes brightened a little.
The strawberry on the right is sour and sweet, but the sweetness and sourness is just right. It is the kind of sweet and sour that is neither greasy nor sour. It has the special strawberry flavor of the strawberry itself. One bite makes people feel that this strawberry must have grown very healthily, absorbing the sunlight and rain very well, and must have grown naturally in the right season, making people feel very happy and nourished when eating it.
Although the one on the left tastes pretty good, Zhao Xiaojing feels that it is more like some kind of high-end technical training, and in order to show that it is high-end and expensive, it comes with additional products such as a light milky flavor.
Although it tasted amazing at first bite and was better than ordinary strawberries, when she ate the right side, she instantly felt like she was returning to nature. Strength can defeat skill, and no amount of added flavors could compare to the taste given by natural growth itself.
In order to verify her idea, Zhao Xiaojing turned on the excellence module again.
The palm-sized strawberry on the left: [Eastern Province Milk Flavor 999 Diamond Strawberry, Quality: Grade 1]
The sweet and sour strawberry on the right: [Specially supplied natural strawberry, quality: premium]
As expected, Zhao Xiaojing's eyes were full of joy. The special grade given by the system was the same as the special grade in her mind.
She had seen the milky 999 diamond strawberry in the supermarket, but she remembered it because it was expensive. At that time, the packaging of this kind of strawberry in the fruit area was very beautiful. There were about a dozen strawberries in a box, and the price was 138. However, the appearance and size were not as good as the system-optimized ones.
As for the premium strawberries specially supplied by the system, they can probably only be purchased through the system.
Zhao Xiaojing tapped the table with her fingers and looked at the strawberries on the table with satisfaction.
Before the experiment, she still had some doubts. After all, the food ingredients were graded in the vegetable market, and the good and bad could be seen at a glance. If she wanted to buy good ones, she could just increase the price. Why would she need to buy them first and then use the system to improve them?
But through the optimization of strawberries, she found that it was more economical and convenient to process them through the system, at least much cheaper than buying them directly on the market.
Take these dozen strawberries for example. The ones in supermarkets are not as big or as good-looking as these, and they cost 138 yuan per box, while the ones with system optimization only cost 60 yuan in total.
Not to mention buying this kind of strawberries from other places. In order to reduce the loss rate before transportation, you must not pick fully ripe fruits, but pick them before they are ripe. Then ripen them, and the taste is still far from that of the ripe fruits directly optimized by the system.
This is also the reason why many things do not taste good when they leave their place of origin, even with the same cooking methods and ingredients.
It feels so good to cheat! Zhao Xiaojing shook her head with pleasure while returning to the system page to check the next item.
Next, behind the excellence module, the original mall began to flash.
Zhao Xiaojing clicked on it and found that it was the recipe module under the mall that was flashing.
Recipe?! Zhao Xiaojing sat up straight with excitement and clicked on it hastily.
Only then did I realize that it wasn't a new recipe, but that in addition to the recipes that had already been obtained, the recipe module had a new branch added with the word "collection".
Zhao Xiaojing clicked on it in confusion, and saw a long list of dish names, followed by a percentage, and finally two buttons of different colors, one red for purchase, and the other green for activated.
【Three Fresh Vegetables: 70% available for purchase
Kung Pao Chicken: 59% activated
Spicy and Sour Chicken Offal: 60% available
Salad cabbage: 8 2% available
Spicy Pork Liver: 67% available
Stir-fried beef: 8-9% available
Stir-fried pork with chili peppers: 9 1% available
Griddle Lamb Chops: 5 3% activated
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The names of the dishes are all from the rice bowl menu sold in the store. In addition, there are some dishes that she cooks more often and that she is quite satisfied with.
Zhao Xiaojing carefully read the function description and suddenly realized it.
It turns out that the collection function is used to collect recipes. The collection method is very simple. As long as the dishes made by Zhao Xiaojing herself reach more than 50% of the system recipe level of this dish, the collection function can be activated and displayed on the collection page.
After activation, you can select the green button and a small prompt will pop up on the activated page.
Zhao Xiaojing can continue to practice cooking this dish according to the prompts. After her cooking level reaches 60%, she can purchase the system recipe for this dish.
The system coin cost to purchase a dish varies depending on the skill level. For example, Zhao Xiaojing can purchase the 91% skill level stir-fried pork with chili peppers for 10 system coins, while the just-passed spicy and sour chicken requires 150 system coins.
Zhao Xiaojing suddenly became confused.
Recipes are important, and ingredients are also important. Both of these important things require system coins, but she only has 1058 system coins in total. She feels heartbroken no matter which one she buys!
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