"Congratulations to the host for completing the Side Quest 'Midnight Visitor'. Reward: A signboard for 'Sweetie's Food Shop'. This signboard has a special function of increasing charm value by 20 at night."
A signboard? Yuan Tiantian's eyes lit up. She had been worrying about who to ask to make one for the shop today. It was like getting a pillow just when she was sleepy!
But where was it? Yuan Tiantian opened the system interface and searched for a while, but she didn't see the signboard item of 'Sweetie's Food Shop'.
Finally, prompted by the system, she came to the front door. Looking at the top of the small building, there was a simple wooden signboard hanging with the five big characters of 'Sweetie's Food Shop' in a bold and imposing running script.
Moreover, probably because of the increased charm value of the signboard at night, Yuan Tiantian felt an inexplicable sense of attraction when looking at the food shop. This meant that if someone saw the signboard at night and was choosing a place to eat, they would definitely prefer to come here.
Thinking of this, Yuan Tiantian couldn't help grinning. It seemed that she should operate the shop a bit later at night from now on.
"Sister?"
After the outsiders left, Xiuxiu trotted after Yuan Tiantian to the door on her short legs. Seeing the latter looking very happy, she blinked her big, puzzled eyes.
Only then did Yuan Tiantian come back to her senses from her excitement. She took Xiuxiu's little hand. There was this little one who needed to go to bed early. She closed the doors and windows and took Xiuxiu to the second floor. As soon as the little one got to the second floor, just like after a full meal in the morning, it directly transformed into its original form and rushed towards the flower pot. Yuan Tiantian replenished some water into the flower pot again and heard Xiuxiu's satisfied sigh once more.
"Sleep well, be a good girl."
Yuan Tiantian smiled and stroked its tender green leaves, then went back to her room. Lying in bed, Yuan Tiantian looked at the orders on her phone. The supplies for opening the shop that she had ordered would basically arrive the next day. It was going to be a busy day.
Early the next morning, Yuan Tiantian was woken up by Xiuxiu again. The little one had climbed onto her bed. Looking at the alarm clock on the bedside table, it was only 6 o'clock. Yuan Tiantian coaxed Xiuxiu to sleep a little longer. But not long after, the honking of a car came from downstairs. Soon there was a knock on the door. Xiuxiu was woken up. Rubbing its sleepy eyes, a tuft of green hair stood on its head. It looked at Yuan Tiantian blankly at the moment, and the latter was instantly melted by its cuteness.
"Xiuxiu, sleep a little longer."
After saying that, Yuan Tiantian got dressed and rushed downstairs quickly. It was the delivery man.
This batch was all electrical appliances. Since it was agreed when she bought them that they would be installed together, Yuan Tiantian didn't need to find someone else. The delivery men installed all the electrical appliances in Yuan Tiantian's shop, especially the refrigerator, freezer, and of course the air - conditioners.
The hall was quite spacious. Considering the temperature in winter and summer, Yuan Tiantian had arranged a standing air - conditioner in each of the diagonal corners. There was also one in the kitchen, but it was a wall - mounted one to save some space in the kitchen. As for the natural gas, kitchen stove, range hood, etc., none of them were missing. Even the air - conditioner and water heater upstairs were all set up. From today on, Yuan Tiantian didn't need to boil water or use cold water to take care of her personal hygiene.
After this group of people left, it was already 10 o'clock. Xiuxiu was completely awake, and of course, hungry. It was whining and looking at Yuan Tiantian. The latter was scratching her head, wondering what to cook for it. Just then, the food she had ordered online was delivered.
"Be good, sister will make sausage steamed rice for you later!"
Yuan Tiantian took Xiuxiu downstairs. She brought a high - stool from the kitchen to the corner of the living room and let Xiuxiu sit there. Hearing that there would be delicious food later, Xiuxiu was extremely well - behaved. Then Yuan Tiantian went to check the delivered goods: rice, beef, mutton, and some vacuum - packed foods like sausages. Anyway, the delivery man had brought a full small truck.
"Little girl, are you planning to open a restaurant?"
The delivery worker saw the signboard of 'Sweetie's Food Shop' and asked casually. Yuan Tiantian nodded with a smile, "Yes, I'm going to give it a try."
The man smiled but didn't say anything. However, from his expression, Yuan Tiantian could feel that he didn't really believe she could make the shop successful. It didn't matter. This was just the beginning. Not to mention that she was already a good cook, and now with the help of the system, she believed that it was only a matter of time before the food shop became popular.
It had to be said that Yuan Tiantian was very confident.
"Thank you!"
After seeing off the food delivery staff, looking at the time, it was almost 11 o'clock. Yuan Tiantian put the tidying aside for the time being. She quickly found the Cantonese - style sausages and small peas she had bought, then washed a large pot of rice. She and Xiuxiu definitely couldn't finish it all. Yuan Tiantian planned to send some to Aunt Qian Huahua to taste.
After washing the rice, Yuan Tiantian put it into the pot. Then she took out the clean chopping board and kitchen knife and sliced the sausages into thin pieces. After that, she evenly spread them on the rice, then sprinkled the small peas on it. Next, she poured in an appropriate amount of water. After everything was ready, she covered the pot and started to steam the rice.
As soon as Yuan Tiantian entered the kitchen, Xiuxiu followed. Looking at the food, there seemed to be stars in its eyes, and its little mouth was slightly pouted. It was so cute.
"It will take a while to be ready. Let's tidy up the things first!"
Yuan Tiantian pointed to the scattered ingredients in the kitchen. Xiuxiu nodded seriously and then said in a milky voice, "Help sister!"
"How can you be so cute!"
Yuan Tiantian gently pinched its soft little cheek. The feeling was still amazing.
Next, Yuan Tiantian set aside a place in the kitchen for storing rice and flour, which was on the right - hand side as soon as one entered. Four one - meter - high round rice and flour containers that she had bought earlier were already placed there. Yuan Tiantian opened the rice and flour bags and poured them in. One container was for rice, and the rest were for wheat flour, corn flour, and glutinous rice flour, all things that would be commonly used in the future.
Yuan Tiantian put the meat in different areas of the freezer, and other fresh ingredients directly into the fresh - keeping layer of the refrigerator, such as corn, celery, eggplant, and other vegetables that could be stored for a short time. Yuan Tiantian hadn't bought any seafood yet. She planned to go to the market to choose them herself later. If these things were not chosen well, they would go to waste.
Xiuxiu trotted around, helping to hand over things here and there. It was very busy. Finally, after more than half an hour, when the aroma of the sausage steamed rice came out, the tidying was almost done.
"Slurp!"
Xiuxiu looked in the direction of the rice cooker and took a deep breath. Its shiny eyes looked at Yuan Tiantian expectantly. It smelled so good and it wanted to eat! Seeing the obvious meaning in Xiuxiu's eyes, Yuan Tiantian smiled. The sausage steamed rice was really almost ready.
Yuan Tiantian took out the bowls and chopsticks. After the rice was steamed, she let it sit for another minute, then opened the lid. The over - powering aroma of the rice and the faint sweetness of the Cantonese - style sausages stimulated people's taste buds.
"Oh, what delicious food are you making? It's making my mouth water!"
Just as Yuan Tiantian was serving the rice, Aunt Qian Huahua rushed into the kitchen. Looking at the spoonful of sausage steamed rice that Yuan Tiantian had scooped out, her eyes lit up.
Was it this? It smelled so good!