HCB Chapter 22 New Seeds
Chapter 22 New Seeds
Lu Ming'an carried two tomatoes back to his workstation and sat down wearily.
A thoughtful colleague asked, "Ming'an, have you finished eating?"
Lu Ming'an shook his head weakly, "No, I just went out for a walk and didn't have much of an appetite, so I'm just going to eat two tomatoes. It'll be good for my diet."
She's been so busy with work these past few days that she was completely overwhelmed. When it got to lunchtime, she realized she hadn't brought any food and wanted to order takeout, but then she thought there wasn't much good food to eat and decided to go downstairs for a walk. But when she got to the vicinity of the vegetable market, she saw that the restaurants looked greasy and she couldn't bring herself to eat them. Seeing so many people gathered around buying tomatoes, she thought she might as well just buy two and eat them as fruit.
Her colleague looked at her with disapproval as she ate only two tomatoes, saying, "How can that be? What can you possibly eat? It's all water. You'll be hungry by the afternoon. I have some biscuits here, take them to tide you over."
"Oh, no need, no need, I have enough to eat." Lu Ming'an quickly declined.
"Sigh, just take it. It's just a cookie, nothing valuable."
Lu Ming'an ultimately couldn't return it. After thinking about it, she decided to accept it and bring some things back for her colleagues later.
I checked the time and it was almost 1 o'clock. I was quite hungry, so I got up, took a tomato, washed it, and casually popped it into my mouth.
With a "crunch," the abundant juice seeps out, and after a couple of casual chews, the delicious taste of the fruit is also savored.
Lu Ming'an looked at the large tomato in his hand with some amazement, "How can it taste so good?"
Her colleague, hearing her voice, looked over curiously. "What's wrong?"
But Lu Ming'an seemed to be caught up in a strange atmosphere. He stopped looking at his phone and instead held the tomato in his hand seriously, taking bite after bite, completely ignoring her question.
When his colleague saw Lu Ming'an finish the tomato in no time and look on with a happy expression as he savored it, he became interested as well.
They were fairly familiar with each other, and she knew that Lu Ming'an was usually a picky eater and didn't eat much. Not to mention that recently, with her work getting busy, she had even less time to eat and didn't like to eat much fruit or snacks. She rarely saw her so eager.
She dragged a chair closer to Lu Ming'an and asked, "Ming'an, your tomatoes are so delicious! I saw you eating them without even looking up and didn't hear me."
Lu Ming'an was brought back to reality by the sound of her colleagues' voices and movements. The saying that food is the most comforting thing is true. After finishing her delicious tomatoes, she felt particularly good, and the previously irritating work didn't seem so annoying anymore.
She nodded. "Yes, they're absolutely delicious. I've never eaten such delicious tomatoes before. They're even better than the imported fruits I've bought before."
"Really?" This time, my colleague was genuinely interested and quickly asked, "Where did you buy it? I want to buy some too."
Lu Ming'an thought for a moment, "I'm not sure. Anyway, I didn't add her on WeChat at the entrance of the vegetable market, and I saw that she had already gone home after selling out today. But I can find the owner through the payment method and leave a message to ask. I also want to buy some more tomatoes. This price is really worth it."
"Okay, Ming'an, if you find out, just let me know, and we'll go buy it together."
"Okay," the two decided during their discussion that they would definitely patronize Xia Shiyu's business next time.
Xia Shiyu guessed that her tomatoes would be well received. Sure enough, on the very first day after they were sold, many customers posted pictures of their cooking in the WeChat group, praising her dishes and asking when she would come next, regretting that they hadn't bought enough.
The suppliers also praised the dish. After receiving the tomatoes, my cousin's shop cooked a large pot of tomato and egg sauce. When customers want it, they can just scoop a spoonful over the noodles.
Many customers are attracted by the aroma of scrambled eggs with tomatoes when they come to the store, and some even order a second serving after ordering noodles.
There's not much to say about Tan Yue's side. In hot pot restaurants, tomatoes are mainly used to make the broth, but even so, it has received rave reviews. Customers who can't handle too much spice can't help but be captivated by the charm of this tomato broth after ordering it.
Everyone agreed that they should definitely come back again next time and order this soup again.
Manager Wu was even more enthusiastic, praising the tomatoes highly and telling her that he no longer needed to send samples and had already placed an order for future cooperation, because the dish was just too delicious.
After the hotel chef cooked a serving of tomatoes, he couldn't resist fighting with the other employees for some.
Xia Shiyu was very happy to hear these feedbacks. Her dishes must be of high quality. It's just that her production capacity is limited and her reputation hasn't spread too far yet. Otherwise, they would be even more sought after, and she might have to limit the supply.
Xia Shiyu was even happier that after completing the tomato task, she could start a new task.
"What kind of seed should I choose now?" Xia Shiyu thought and thought, feeling like she wanted everything, wanting seeds that grow quickly, but also wanting other kinds of seeds.
After careful consideration, she decided to get the radish seeds first, and then some chives, scallions, and other seasoning plant seeds later. These plants not only grow quickly but are also quite common.
After obtaining all the plant seeds, Xia Shiyu will then directly purchase fruit trees.
The system says that to get fruit seeds, you need to unlock the second map, and the condition for unlocking the second map is that you need to have 6 kinds of vegetable seeds.
She now has three types, or even four if you include corn, but these were obtained from the Fragment World, so she doesn't know if they count. But even if they don't, it's going to be quick at the current pace.
Xia Shiyu shook her head, trying to stop thinking about it, and decided to start the mission directly. "System, I want radish seeds."
[Okay, the third task has now been initiated for the host: obtain radish seeds. Current progress: 0%.]
Xia Shiyu was quite satisfied to see the mission starting, but she didn't know which animal she would encounter after entering. However, the animals in Animal Town all seemed very gentle, so she was quite looking forward to meeting them.
Xia Shiyu tidied up the house, told his mother, and then ran to his room to enter the fairy tale world to complete his mission.