Baobao’s small hand brushed across her face, so anxious she was almost about to cry.
She hurriedly held it and placed it against her lips, “Alright, alright, Mommy won’t cry, I won’t cry anymore! Baobao is so awesome! Mommy is truly so happy!”
It must be the Gene Repair Fluid taking effect!
Song Xu happily held her daughter and spun in circles on the spot, making the little one laugh nonstop.
After calming her emotions, she fetched warm water to brush her daughter’s teeth and wash her face, then fed her milk, and put baby food on to steam.
As for Song Xu, she grabbed a mantou from the refrigerator, munching on it while feeding carrot puree to her daughter.
After eating her fill, she took out the baby carrier and strapped her daughter to her chest.
Her daughter’s small hands, which used to hang down every time, actually raised slightly this time, as if trying to hug her.
“Mwah~” Song Xu kissed her daughter’s forehead: “Let’s go, Mommy will take you shopping!”
Sober duration countdown: 13 hours and 15 minutes.
Mother and daughter appeared at the wholesale market.
Song Xu had tested it—all the food in the refrigerator could actually be packed into the Large Stomach Bag, and even pots, bowls, pans, and the electric rice cooker could be put inside.
As long as it was something related to food, it was all fine!
Then what was she waiting for?
That game world was as if suffering from a famine; if she could bring food inside, she didn’t know how many good things she could exchange for it!
The savings at home still had 4,330 yuan left.
She first bought 100 jin of rice, 100 jin of fine dried noodles, 200 eggs, and 4 buckets of cooking oil, spending over nine hundred yuan.
Ten boxes each of instant noodles, compressed biscuits, and mineral water, along with two boxes each of ham sausages, spam, and pickles, spent 1,430 yuan.
Afterward, she went to the meat stall and bought 50 jin of pork and 10 chickens.
Passing by the supermarket at the entrance, she bought powdered milk and diapers for her daughter.
In passing, she grabbed some chocolates and two buckets of high-proof liquor.
Although she didn’t drink, perhaps other players had this demand.
There was less than three hundred left in her pocket.
The hired reverse-tricycle was almost packed full.
She wrote down the address of the bun shop and had the tricycle deliver the goods.
She herself took a motorcycle taxi while holding her daughter, returning to the shop first.
Just as she arrived at the shop entrance, she bumped into a regular customer.
“Oh my, Little Song, why did you only get here just now? Not selling buns today?”
Song Xu smiled: “Sorry, Auntie Wang, there was something at home today.”
“Ah, my old man just loves eating the buns from your place and waited in vain for so long. What about noon then? Are you selling at noon?”
Thinking of the balance in her wallet and checking the remaining duration, Song Xu still nodded: “Selling, I’ll go right in and steam the buns now.”
Auntie Wang gently pinched Baobao’s soft little cheek, “Good, good! Oh my, why is our little Baobao so energetic today? These tiny braids are tied so nicely!”
Auntie Wang was full of fondness every time she saw Baobao.
This child was truly born too well.
Her skin was fair and tender, and her eyelashes were long and dense like two small handheld fans; her large, dark eyes were like black grapes.
Although a bit frail and thin, those facial features were simply too exquisite—anyone who looked at her would praise that this child was truly beautiful!
Auntie Wang sighed inwardly.
What a pity; if she hadn’t been born with such a heavy illness, just relying on these looks would be enough to shoot commercials and become a child star.
She raised her eyes again to look at Song Xu, who was opening the rolling shutter door.
As a mother, her looks were top-tier as well, the kind of comfortable, long-lasting beauty with stretched eyebrows and a straight nose bridge.
That kid Little Liang was also down-to-earth, hardworking, and knew how to care for people; the lives of this young couple should have been booming and prosperous.
Sigh, it was just bad luck; the elders on both sides passed away early without offering any help.
After finally giving birth to a child, they were saddled with such a money-draining and grueling severe illness.
Seeing this young couple working like mules these past few years, running this small bun shop from morning till night, old neighbors like Auntie Wang felt heartbroken just watching them.
Auntie Wang pulled her thoughts back and patted Song Xu’s arm, “Don’t overexert yourself either. Where’s Little Liang? How come I haven’t seen him for several days?”
Song Xu paused for a moment, then smiled: “He… hasn’t been feeling well these past two days.”
“Ah, it’s gotten cold these past few days, you two must pay attention to your health.”
“Mm, okay, thank you, Auntie Wang.”
After seeing off the warmhearted Auntie Wang, Song Xu first placed her daughter on the baby chair behind the cash register, wrapping her with a blanket.
She poked her tiny nose, “Baobao be good, Mommy is going to work.”
Her daughter’s large eyes looked at her haze-filled, breaking into a smile.
Song Xu felt like she had eaten honey in her heart, immediately getting busy.
Kneading dough, chopping filling, mixing filling.
Just as she was wrapping the buns, the reverse-tricycle arrived, and she hastily went out to receive the goods.
After the delivery person left, taking advantage of no one paying attention, with a slight movement of her mind, she gathered that large pile of supplies just unloaded at the door into the Large Stomach Bag.
Sweeping her gaze across the cooking pot, Song Xu instantly felt a bit itchy in her heart.
She wondered what it would be like to cook dishes in reality using such a magical pot.
Try making a Chinese cabbage and tofu soup?
There was also the toad oil; ‘See Food Is Eat Food’ had annotated that this kind of oil was extremely delicious and held high nutritional value.
If her daughter could eat it, it could also nourish her body.
She took out a small piece of toad oil and washed it carefully and thoroughly.
Putting the Chinese cabbage, tofu, and toad oil into the pot together, she added a ladle of water and two spoons of salt.
Just as Song Xu withdrew her hand, a faint line of small text floated above the stone pot:
[Chinese Cabbage + Tofu + Toad Oil + Edible Salt + Water = Unknown Cuisine, Deliciousness: ???]
Song Xu’s heart thudded—others wouldn’t be able to see this text, right?
She raised her head; through the kitchen glass, her daughter in the baby chair was half-asleep.
In the reflection of the glass, the appearance of the stone pot could be seen, but there was no reflection of the text.
She confirmed it back and forth several times and even pulled out her phone to take a photo facing the pot.
Only until confirming that this text was visible only to her and couldn’t even be captured in photos did she breathe a sigh of relief.
She covered the pot lid.
A gentle bubbling sound immediately came from inside the pot.
Three minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
The pot lid produced a soft click, automatically springing open a crack.
Instantly, a flavor of extreme freshness surged out, filling the entire small kitchen!
Song Xu leaned closer to take a look; the originally ordinary Chinese cabbage and tofu had undergone a massive change.
The broth was milky white and rich, with a few strands of golden oil blooms floating on top.
The Chinese cabbage leaves were stretched out, translucent and crystal-clear. As for the tofu, it was white as jade, tender enough to break from a breath.
[Golden Soup White Jade Stew x1]
[Deliciousness: ★★★]
[Effect: Data Error.]
Song Xu raised her eyebrows in confusion—Data Error was probably because everything in the game had numerical values displayed, whereas this was the real world?
Perhaps only upon returning to the game could the specific attributes of this dish be seen.
She ladled out a small bowl with both soup and vegetables to taste.
Right now she was just afraid that this cooked dish, like in the game, would disappear after taking only one bite.
First taking a sip of the soup, it was incomparably fresh and fragrant upon entry; clearly vegetable soup, yet it was even more fragrant than meat soup!
Taking another bite of the vegetable and tofu, the soup in the pot still didn’t disappear.
Song Xu pondered for a moment and used her mind to gather the remaining portion in the pot into the Large Stomach Bag.
Strangely, the system did not provide tableware.
After those vegetables and soup went inside, they turned into a clump, floating suspended in midair.
It seemed that for real-world food, one had to prepare tableware oneself.
Song Xu casually grabbed a stainless steel basin, placed it into the Large Stomach Bag, and scooped up that pot of soup.