Chapter 51 Before the Trip (Part 2)
Jiangyou's soul fire was getting brighter and brighter. She felt that she had a keen eye and had chosen this partner with beautiful muscle lines... well, a partner with unlimited potential. Now the value of this partner was getting higher and higher, which was a great thing for her!
A powerful viscount! He'd even become the local lord! With an investor like that, she could open any shop she wanted in Eston West City, completely unafraid of being bullied!
——Having said that, up to now, no one has dared to bully her under the knight's nose.
During this period, Xiaolong still had to work hard to cultivate the dragon crystal mine next door. He also happened to serve as a free security guard in the brewing workshop, shouldering the responsibility of opening and closing the store. He also had to provide the store with some seasonal seafood every day to change the side dishes for diners.
Seafood is often prepared in the same way: steam it with cooking wine, soy sauce, or galangal and fermented black beans, then sizzle it with a spoonful of scallion oil for a fragrant and delicious dish. For a more effortless experience, add tofu and cook a seafood broth, our daily signature soup, guaranteed to wow diners with its delicious flavor.
As for daily drinks, they rotate between mung bean soup and winter melon tea. Jiangyou has already prepared the winter melon tea puree and keeps it in the refrigerator. Simply mix it with drinking water and add ice. The mung bean soup needs to be brewed fresh. Naxia can adjust her daily preparations based on the shop's busy schedule.
Before leaving, Jiangyou made Xiaolong five thick toasts with ice cream so he could enjoy them all at once. The freshly made gelato filled up half the freezer. Although Naxia still hadn't mastered the art of toasting, her toasts were round, thin, and delicious!
Jiangyou specially taught Nasha how to make crepes, so that Nasha could make a few crepes every day, scoop a few scoops of ice cream, roll them up, and then pour some plum jam on them, so that Xiaolong could taste this delicacy from the other world of France.
With everything settled at home, Jiangyou even visited Holly to order the fruits, vegetables, beans, rice, and other supplies for the period. While she was away, plums wouldn't need to be delivered for now; rice, vegetables, and fruit would still be available, while soybeans and black beans would be sent directly to Alexi's tofu workshop.
"I really like that soft and juicy tofu," Holly said. "Can I have the driver bring back a plate of it every day? The price will be covered by the raw material cost."
"Of course you can!" Jiang You said, "But doesn't the driver have to deliver vegetables to many places every day? It's best to pick up the tofu on the last leg of your journey. Firstly, you'll catch the tofu sales time, and secondly, you don't have to worry about the tofu breaking if you go straight back~"
—After all, that Hafu driver isn't like that Akina Mountain driver who can navigate a drainage ditch bend without breaking or spilling anything...
The two quickly reached an agreement on the price of tofu and the pickup time. Having expanded his sales range, Jiangyou hummed a song contentedly, rode his mule to say goodbye to Holly, and went to the branch in Witch Forest again.
The little witches' business was as good as ever. The magic crayfish in the lake were almost eaten to extinction, so the clever Lolisa asked the beavers to catch all the magic crayfish with lobster cages and put them in the river near the witch village Lanchalo for breeding.
Without the invasive species of crayfish, the beavers' lakes are now free of them, and their lives are much better. They spend their days gnawing on trees and bamboo, repairing dams, and their fur is sleek and shiny. They've also given birth to several litters of beaver pups. Now, in the beavers' minds, Jiangyou is a kind of skeleton god. When Lolisa visits Mr. Beaver, she often sees them dancing around the newly built bamboo skeleton "statue" in worship.
Takumi: "...Ah, no need for offerings. I actually like those thin bamboo straws from before."
"Oh, that's easy. That kind of bamboo grows year-round. If it rains the night before, a huge patch will sprout the next morning. And it's not a good material for building a dam. Beavers are always clearing it out, and there's nowhere to store it. It takes years for it to rot naturally... If you like it, they'll be happy to give it all to you."
Jiang You: “…” She always felt that she would soon become the garbage-picking god in the eyes of the beavers.
But then again, there's no such thing as real garbage, only misplaced resources. She really needs the beavers' hated lobsters and the annoying bamboo everywhere! A garbage-collecting god is a garbage-collecting god, she's not losing out!
"That's it, then. I really need thin bamboo straws, bamboo takeout boxes, and bamboo cutlery. If the beavers have any needs, please let me know and I'll do my best to meet them."
Lolisa waved her hand, acting like a professional beaver spokesperson. "Beavers are used to living naturally in nature. As long as no strange creatures suddenly appear to disrupt their balance, they can live happily forever. For the beavers, making those bamboo products is just a way to add a little fun and variety to their daily process of clearing grass and trees.
"They often spend their time like this. Every beaver's home is always filled with all kinds of bamboo and wooden handicrafts, until there's nowhere left to put them... These things have to go somewhere. Now offering them to you not only solves the beavers' long-standing worries, but also satisfies their wish to repay the 'god'. There's no better arrangement. If anything endangers the ecology of the lake again, I'll let you know."
"Okay!"
Lorisa also took Jiangyou to see the magic crayfish farm they had set up in the river. The huge metal cages were submerged in water, enclosing a large area that was enough for the magic crayfish to reproduce and live "freely" in the cages.
"We spent part of our profits to have this cage custom-made by Tukes. It's great for feeding the magic crayfish, and it can also collect the wind elemental magic released by the magic crayfish. Polina collects these magic elements year-round and gives us a very good price. Now, just relying on this magic income, we're almost making back our investment!"
Takumi: “…?” It felt like some otherworldly magical version of a wind turbine business? She didn’t understand it, but it seemed impressive!
Grilled fish and steamed fish with fermented black beans have recently replaced crayfish as the hottest late-night snacks at this branch. Galangal and fermented black beans are even more popular here than soy sauce. During lunchtime in the cafeteria, you can always see people carrying jars of fermented black beans, mixing them with everything.
Takumi Yuu: "...This is true love!"
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