A Bite of Douluo Continent

"Does he still hire waitresses? I want to apply too!" Ying Shuangshuang's eyes lit up, wishing she could try applying as well.

She didn't care about working or not having meals; she just wanted to spend time with her best friend, Fuya!

Fuya tilted her head and thought for a moment, "I saw the boss take the notice board away before he left, so he probably won't take it back, right?"

"Waaaaah!" Ying Shuangshuang threw a tantrum in Fuya's soft arms for a while, completely losing her noble lady image.

Fuya chuckled and patted Ying Shuangshuang's head. "I have to go to work this afternoon."

"I want to go too!" Ying Shuangshuang huffed. "That boss treats you so well, I suspect he has ulterior motives!"

Fuya was stunned for a moment, then shook her head. "Really? He can't beat me."

"Who knows?" Ying Shuangshuang muttered to herself, while secretly planning what to eat at the small shop that evening.

She hasn't tried the Dongpo pork knuckle that's supposed to improve cultivation yet. She was planning to have it for lunch, but she definitely wants to have it for dinner!

Oh right, before I left at noon, I heard that the restaurant had a new dish? Something called tomato beef brisket.

Eat, eat, eat! I want it all tonight!

Ying Shuangshuang clutched her increasingly depleted wallet and let out a howl typical of someone who lives off others.

...

Having successfully hired a waiter, Qi Han felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders.

From now on, Fuya will be in charge of clearing the tables, serving dishes, and recording guests' orders, while I only need to cook in the kitchen.

Yeah, that's really nice.

【Ding! 】

[A task has been detected that has been completed on the host.]

Side Quest 2: Hire a Waiter (Completed)

Task Reward: 1 x One-Star Selectable Recipe Fragments (Claimable)

The long-awaited task completion notification sound.

Well, actually it hasn't been long, only eight chapters have passed.

Qi Han accepted the recipe without hesitation, and there were no more training recipes available at that moment.

Choose a one-star recipe for a seamless transition.

It's you, you scumbag Qi Han!

No new side quests have been triggered, and Qi Han currently only has the fourth main quest left to complete.

After receiving the one-star self-selected recipe fragment, Qi Han fell into deep thought.

Hmm... what new dish should we choose?

By the way, it seems the shop doesn't sell drinks...

Let's have a one-star drink then.

Opening the full menu of Yixing, Qi Han skipped over a bunch of fancy dish names and went straight to the beverage category to start looking at it.

Qi Han flipped through the pages for a while, then asked with some confusion, "System, where's the wine?"

Why are all the one-star beverages on the menu listed as soft drinks?

[The alcoholic beverages included in this system are of a very high grade, starting with two-star recipes. One-star recipes mainly consist of other beverages.]

Starting with a two-star alcohol recipe?

Qi Han couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement; he would like to see what kind of wine it was when he had the chance.

"Drinks it is," Qi Han said, flipping through the list again. His gaze settled on one of the drinks. "System, didn't you say that Qinan juice was too low-grade and you wouldn't include it?"

The drink was clearly labeled with the four large characters "Qi Nan Juice".

The raw material used in this system, Qinan fruit, is a special variety that has undergone hundreds of generations of artificial selection and is grafted using a special technique...

Speak like a human.

[After being nurtured by this system, it is no longer low-level.]

Fine, you're the system, so you call the shots.

Qi Han shrugged. "This is the one."

He quite liked the taste of kyara fruit, which was somewhat similar to watermelon.

Of course, if he had the option of watermelon juice, he would still choose watermelon juice.

But there wasn't a single fruit he recognized in the juice.

What, are the fruits of my Blue Planet not worthy of being called?

[It's normal that the fruits produced on Earth, being a normal plane, don't taste as good as those from extraordinary planes.]

That makes some sense.

Qi Han seemed to be deep in thought.

No wonder the ingredients I use for cooking have to be systematically cultivated. Even ingredients from Earth have to be crossbred with those from here to improve the taste.

[Host has used 1 one-star selectable recipe fragment to exchange for a one-star recipe: Qinan Juice. Confirm?]

"determine."

As Qi Han answered, the system space transformed back into a training space.

Qi Han sensed that something was not quite right.

When he saw the chef's phantom reappear in the system space, he finally understood the root of the problem.

"You need a training space just to make juice???"

The system did not respond to Qi Han's question; instead, it responded with a phantom image in the training space.

The phantom figure swung its knife, swiftly slicing each agarwood fruit in half. The knife moved with incredible speed, and not a single drop of juice spilled.

Just imagine cutting a watermelon without spilling any juice, and you'll get a sense of how difficult that would be.

The agarwood provided by the system was indeed cultivated over hundreds of generations; it was much larger than a normal agarwood, about the size of two fists. After being cut in half, the phantom quickly scooped out the center part, which was only the size of a ping-pong ball, and put it into the system's high-tech juicer. The rest was simply left aside.

this...

Qi Han was dumbfounded, but the illusory figure's performance was not over yet.

The phantom figure took out a tall glass with an ornate relief on its surface, used ice tongs to pick out a long strip of ice, put it into the glass, used a pestle to make the ice cube rotate several times in the glass, then removed the ice cube and used the tall glass to collect the juice from the juicer.

Then add a few mint leaves to the rim of the cup and insert a glass straw with a spiral at the inhalation end.

Finished.

Qi Han's eyes widened. "System, I'm not well-educated. Aren't these operations used in bartending?"

Is it really necessary to make such a fuss over a glass of juice?

Chapter 30: Work Attire = Maid Outfit?

I took the juice and took a big sip.

The tall glass was already soaked with the chill of ice, and when juice was poured in, just one sip brought a refreshing coolness to one's very being.

The juice is very sweet; the system wasn't lying. This juice is much sweeter than the original Qinan juice. This sweetness isn't cloying; instead, it has a rich fruity aroma that gives a refreshing feeling.

Savoring it slowly, one sip at a time, the entire bottle of Qinan juice was soon finished.

"System, what about the remaining Qinan fruits?"

The system is responsible for recycling the waste to feed other livestock.

Is recycling acceptable?

"How much does a glass of Qinan juice cost?"

[1 Gold Soul Coin/Cup]

The lowest price ever recorded at this shop has been broken.

Smashed cucumber: I'm finally not the cheapest anymore!

Standing up, Qi Han's eyes shone with light. "Come on, let's begin training!"

Making Qinan juice is not difficult; the only difficulty lies in the initial step of splitting the Qinan fruit in half without any juice leaking out.

Qi Han thought that such a requirement was to prevent waste, but the system's answer was somewhat unexpected.

The juice that splits in two comes from the pressure applied to the flesh of the agarwood fruit at the cut surface. Since not all the flesh at the cut surface is the purest part, the juice from the non-pure flesh contaminates the purest part, preventing the agarwood juice from reaching its perfect quality.

The "essence" part roughly refers to the central, ping-pong ball-sized section. The rest is ruthlessly categorized by the system as non-essence, even being labeled as "contaminated."

Being meticulous and nitpicky is very systematic.

Fortunately, Qi Han's knife skills had recently reached a proficient level. The phantom's operation looked extremely gorgeous, but after trying it himself, Qi Han quickly discovered that it was easier than he had imagined.

It's simply that the speed of the strike is faster, and the blade always stays in the same direction as the strike, without any deviation.

After spending about five days in the training space, Qi Han was already able to master it.

This was the fastest Qi Han had ever left the training space, yet he still made a total of three thousand mistakes while swinging his sword.

Qi Han smiled as he looked at the new text added to the menu.

For him now, the happiest moment is probably every time he walks out of the training space and sees a new item added to the menu.

Qi Han went back upstairs for a short rest, and soon it was 4:30.

As soon as the shop door opened, Fuya was already standing gracefully at the entrance.

Half an hour before the shop officially opened, there were already quite a few people queuing in front of the store.

Seeing Qi Han open the door, the diners assumed that Qi Han had opened early and were eager to go inside.

Unexpectedly, Qi Han only let a girl in and then casually closed the shop door.

Diner: ? ? ?

Upon entering the shop, Qi Han glanced at the Shrek Academy uniform that Fuya was wearing and raised an eyebrow.