Back at Sweetie's Food Shop, the dimensional decorators had already started their tasks for the day. Yuan Tiantian greeted everyone and then directly took Xiuxiu to the kitchen.
Yuan Tiantian placed the eggs on the stove. The natural gas hadn't been installed yet, but fortunately, the water and electricity had been connected the day before. So, for now, she could only use the rice cooker to cook. Looking at the half - pot of water in the pot that had just started to form small bubbles from the previous heating, she directly dropped two small pieces of brown sugar into the pot. Soon, as the water slowly boiled, the sweet and slightly cloying aroma of the brown sugar spread throughout the kitchen.
This sweet fragrance also attracted Xiuxiu. The little figure wrinkled his nose and sniffed gently. Yuan Tiantian smiled softly.
When the brown sugar had completely melted, Yuan Tiantian cracked five eggs one by one into the boiling brown - sugar water in the pot. After letting them boil for a minute, she quickly turned off the power, covered the pot, and let it sit for 30 seconds.
Just like that, a bowl of fragrant poached eggs in brown - sugar syrup was ready! The unique sweetness of the brown sugar brought out the special deliciousness of the eggs, making one's mouth water.
Smelling this familiar aroma, Yuan Tiantian recalled her childhood.
She still remembered that when she was a child in the orphanage, whenever one of them got sick, Mother Dean would definitely cook a bowl of such poached eggs in brown - sugar syrup for that person. At that time, they were still young and didn't understand much. They would secretly envy the sick children.
Now, thinking about it, it was a warm taste of childhood.
However, she didn't have much time to reminisce. Xiuxiu was already tugging urgently at the corner of her clothes, looking at her longingly. Yuan Tiantian fished out three eggs and poured them into a bowl. Then she moved the only high - stool in the kitchen over, picked up Xiuxiu, and placed him on it. After Xiuxiu sat down, he picked up the soup spoon and started to enjoy the delicious food in front of him.
As soon as the first mouthful of brown - sugar water entered his mouth, Yuan Tiantian saw him close his eyes comfortably.
"Sweet and delicious!"
After drinking two mouthfuls of brown - sugar water in a row, Xiuxiu's fair and tender little face was already a bit flushed. Then he seriously affirmed the delicious food Yuan Tiantian had made. After that, he lowered his head and continued to eat seriously. Watching the little one open and close his mouth as he ate, Yuan Tiantian couldn't help but reach out and touch the top of his head. He was so cute!
Seeing that Xiuxiu's eating speed slowed down after he ate two eggs, Yuan Tiantian guessed that he was almost full. Then she ate the remaining two poached eggs in the pot.
Sure enough, after Xiuxiu ate the last egg, the bowl was clean, but his little belly was round and bulging.
"Is it a little watermelon?"
Yuan Tiantian packed up the things and joked, pointing at Xiuxiu's bulging belly. The latter shyly hugged Yuan Tiantian's left leg and buried his face.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the breakfast task for Xiuxiu, a diner from Gexi Forest. You have obtained +10 gratitude points from the customer."
Next, Yuan Tiantian took Xiuxiu back upstairs. Maybe because he was full and satisfied, Xiuxiu obviously looked a bit sleepy. Just as Yuan Tiantian was thinking about whether to put Xiuxiu on the bed to rest, the little one directly transformed back into his original form in front of her, then hopped back to the flower pot prepared on the balcony last night.
Yuan Tiantian: "..."
This little guy was really easy to take care of! After sighing, Yuan Tiantian moved the flower pot to a shady place, then began to look through the shopping list she had made last night when she couldn't sleep. Except for the bed bought in a hurry yesterday and the three kitchen utensils given by the system in the kitchen, the shop was currently empty.
There were so many things to buy. At this moment, Yuan Tiantian was also glad that the original owner had some money. Otherwise, she wouldn't have the initial funds to buy these things!
On the Jingxi shopping platform, it took Yuan Tiantian almost two hours to place orders for all the things she needed. Looking at her thinning wallet, Yuan Tiantian, the stingy one, really felt heart - ache.
"Four, I've spent so much money. Don't you guys have any subsidies?"
"Look, even the government will give tax subsidies to small and medium - sized enterprises. Don't you guys have anything like that?"
Yuan Tiantian was just bickering with the system because of the decreasing amount of money. She didn't expect to activate an unexpected gameplay, the lucky draw wheel!
"Come on, if I hadn't asked, you wouldn't have told me about this, right, Four?"
The system didn't answer this question. It just reminded Yuan Tiantian, "Please complete the free lucky draw wheel as soon as possible. The wheel will disappear in 10 minutes."
When she opened the system interface, a large disc appeared in front of Yuan Tiantian. It was divided into five grids in total. Besides two "Thank you for your patronage" signs, there were three other items interspersed, namely a soup spoon for cooking, something in the shape of barley, and a hen.
It was a very strange wheel, but there was something Yuan Tiantian wanted on it, which was the soup spoon! It must be as great as the previous three kitchen utensils!
Yuan Tiantian rubbed her hands and silently prayed in her heart, "God of luck, bless me!"
She spun the wheel. Under Yuan Tiantian's nervous gaze, the pointer skipped the soup spoon again and again. Just when it was about to stop on "Thank you for your patronage", the pointer moved one step forward and landed on a hen!
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a hard - working hen. Please pick it up. If you exceed the time limit, the system will recycle it. 10, 9..."
Yuan Tiantian didn't even understand what this was when she heard Four counting down. She quickly picked up the hen without caring what it was. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Tiantian put the hen on the ground, it started to cluck non - stop. Then it rushed to a corner of the balcony and started to sit on the nest to lay eggs!
At this time, Yuan Tiantian finally saw the detailed description of this hen on the system interface.
Hard - working Hen: A specially - raised hen from the alien beast world. It only eats egg grass and can lay at least 8 eggs every day. These eggs can be eaten raw. They are sweet and delicious, and their protein content is 5 times higher than that of ordinary eggs. Note that the hen itself cannot be eaten.
!!
Looking at the special hen working hard to lay eggs, Yuan Tiantian thought that she had got an egg - laying machine. But it only ate egg grass. What was this egg grass?
"Four, what is this egg grass? Without this food, will this hard - working hen die?"
"Please check the gratitude - point redemption mall, host."
Gratitude - point redemption mall? Yuan Tiantian opened the system interface and indeed saw a gratitude - point redemption mall. When she opened it, there was only one item on it, egg grass. There was also a picture of it, which looked no different from the ordinary grass. But above the picture, it was written "egg grass", and below it was the price tag. 99 plants of egg grass cost 3 gratitude points.
It seemed not too expensive, but Yuan Tiantian only had 10 gratitude points at present, so it wasn't really cheap either. She just didn't know how long 99 plants of egg grass could feed this special hen. However, Yuan Tiantian still wanted to raise this amazing hen well. After all, not to mention anything else, the protein content, which was 5 times higher than that of ordinary eggs, was quite amazing. Its nutritional value was beyond description; it was extraordinary!
With the upcoming opening of the shop, Yuan Tiantian planned to use these eggs as the signature dish to make a big splash for the food shop!