The shop did not lack disposable bowls and chopsticks, so she casually collected some and stored them in the Large Stomach Bag.
This would make it convenient to trade with other players.
Time could not be wasted, so she put ingredients into the pot again, covered the lid, and continued to simmer the soup.
Before the first steamer of buns was even fully done, the second pot of soup was cooked again.
Ladling out a small bowl, she let it cool until warm.
Then, picking up her daughter, she fed her little by little with a small spoon.
Attracted by the fragrance, Baobao smacked her tiny lips, eating with even more appetite than usual; a small bowl of soup was finished very quickly.
Before long, the little one’s face turned flushed, and she let out a lazy yawn.
Song Xu placed her back into the baby chair and covered her with the small blanket.
The remaining vegetable soup was gathered into the Large Stomach Bag.
At eleven o’clock, by the time the first steamer cage of buns was done, she had already stored two large basins of Chinese cabbage and tofu soup.
The familiar fragrance drifted out, attracting several regular customers.
“Oh, Little Song opened the shop late today!” Old Man Zhang, a regular, said as he familiarly found a small table near the inside and sat down, “Give me five meat ones and three vegetable ones!”
“Alright, please wait a moment.” Song Xu swiftly packed the buns and brought them over.
Old Man Zhang had just taken a bite of a bun: “That’s not right, Little Song, what else are you stewing in your back kitchen? It smells so good!”
The other two customers who had just walked in beside him also caught the scent: “Yeah, Sister Song, what good stuff smells so fragrant? Are you stewing big bone soup?”
Song Xu smiled and said: “I just simmered some Chinese cabbage and tofu soup myself.”
“Chinese cabbage and tofu?” Old Man Zhang’s eyes widened, “Chinese cabbage and tofu can be simmered into a flavor like this? Oh my, smelling this makes my mouth water… Little Song, can you ladle a bowl for me?”
Song Xu felt a bit put on the spot, as she had originally not intended to sell that soup.
However, seeing Old Man Zhang looking on with eager anticipation, her heart softened: “Alright.”
She turned and went into the back kitchen, ladling out three small bowls, and casually sprinkled some chopped green onions as garnish.
Although the ingredients were ordinary, because the fragrance of that toad oil was too dominant, even the soup caught a bit of that unique aroma.
“Here, be careful, it’s hot.” Song Xu served the soup to the table.
Unable to wait any longer, Old Man Zhang ladled up a spoonful, blew on it, and delivered it into his mouth.
The moment the soup entered his mouth, his whole body froze.
“This is Chinese cabbage and tofu soup?” His voice was even trembling slightly, “Fresh! So delicious! Fresh enough to make your eyebrows fall off! How comfortable!”
The other two customers also revealed the same shocked expressions on their faces.
“Incredible! Sister Song, your skill is divine!”
“Drinking this soup makes my stomach feel so comfortable! How much is a bowl? I have to get another bowl!”
Song Xu hastily waved her hands: “It’s just ordinary Chinese cabbage and tofu, it’s not worth much money…”
“That won’t do!” Old Man Zhang pulled out ten yuan and slapped it on the table, “This soup is too delicious! Ten yuan a bowl, this old man is taking advantage of you!”
“Right, right, we can’t drink it for free, we’ll give money too!” The other two customers also pulled out ten yuan one after another.
Song Xu could not decline, so she had to accept it.
In her heart, however, she was quickly calculating: ordinary Chinese cabbage and tofu didn’t cost much money, and the toad oil was brought out from the game, bearing no cost. At ten yuan a bowl, the profit was huge!
Her vegetable buns were one yuan each, and meat buns were two yuan.
She had to sell ten buns to make the money for this one bowl of soup; it was quite a bargain.
At this time, a few more customers came to buy buns for takeaway.
Hearing them discussing that there was soup, they spoke up one after another:
“Boss, you have soup today? Give me a bowl too!”
“Four meat buns, and another bowl of soup!”
Song Xu was busy off her feet, selling buns while packing tofu soup.
Beside a table in the corner, Zhao Feng ate at lightning speed, taking a bite of a bun followed by a sip of soup.
He had just worked a major night shift; his stomach was empty and he lacked an appetite, having originally thought about eating a bun just to get by.
With a bowl of steaming hot Chinese cabbage soup down his stomach, Zhao Feng immediately pulled out his phone and typed furiously in the residential community group:
[Notice! Ping’an Bun Shop downstairs has released a new product! Chinese cabbage and tofu soup, ten yuan a bowl! The taste is incredible! Unbelievably fresh! Come fast! If you’re late, it’ll probably be gone!]
A sea of question marks and exclamation marks instantly popped up in the group.
[How good can Chinese cabbage and tofu soup taste?]
[Brother Zhao, did you get hungry to the point of hallucinating?]
[Ten yuan a bowl is not cheap!]
Knitting his brows, Zhao Feng typed quickly: [I haven’t drunk such delicious Chinese cabbage soup in my entire life, come or not as you like.]
Before long, Song Xu was surprised to discover that the room was packed, and there was actually a line outside.
There usually weren’t this many people at noon, right?
Only after asking did she realize that everyone had come for the soup.
With no other choice, she could only simmer pot after pot.
Afraid that people would find it too expensive, she specially switched to large bowls to hold it.
One pot made would be empty after ladling out seven or eight bowls.
Not until around two o’clock in the afternoon were the ingredients gone.
With a face full of apology, Song Xu said: “Sorry everyone, today’s tofu is completely used up. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will prepare more!”
The few customers who had arrived late were full of disappointment.
“Ah? Gone just like that? They all said it was super delicious, I haven’t even tasted it yet!”
“Boss, what time do you open tomorrow?”
“Yeah, I’ve been smelling this scent for half a day, it’s making me crave it to death.”
Song Xu smiled and said: “It should still be opening at five in the morning, I’ll prepare more soup for everyone then.”
After seeing off all the customers and closing the shop door.
She looked at the income in her loose change and calculated.
Just soup alone had sold nearly a hundred bowls, plus the buns, this single noon’s revenue was actually over one thousand three hundred yuan, equivalent to several days of usual income!
Leaning against the wall, she could not suppress the smile on her face.
Just by adding a little toad oil, ordinary ingredients became so good in flavor.
If she made the stir-fried earth dragon and snail casserole next time, what kind of effect would that have?
About 7 hours remained of her sober duration.
She looked out toward the door.
Song Xu pondered that that begging old man had definitely not dropped the skill card by accident.
Perhaps Liang Yan had asked him to bring it over.
If she could find him, she might be able to inquire about Liang Yan’s whereabouts.
Unfortunately, that old man did not appear again today.
She quickly tidied up the shop and strapped her daughter onto her back.
Boarding the bus, she was still planning in her mind about those supplies of rice and white flour inside the Large Stomach Bag.
After arriving home in a bit, she would turn them all into cooked food, so that she could accept trades for finished dish items when the time came.
If everyone who ate her food could trigger ‘A Wise Person Submits to Fate’, then she would really be mind-blowingly powerful in the future.
Watching the scenery flashing outside the window, her thoughts flew wildly.
Liang Yan…
Where on earth did he go?
Why didn’t he leave her a message?
Now that she was a game player too, him telling her the truth shouldn’t count as violating the Law of Silence anymore, right?
After arriving home, she gave her daughter a sweet-smelling bath.
She completed a set of passive exercises helpful for recovering muscle drive.
Afterward, she placed her on the small bed and stuffed a little bear plushie to her.
“Baobao look, this is Daddy and Mommy’s favorite doll, do you like it?”
Baobao seemed familiar with this little bear; she didn’t mind it being ugly either, rubbing her face against it.
Song Xu laughed: “Baobao likes it too, right? Then let the little bear sleep with you from now on, alright?”
Baobao giggled and babbled, smearing the little bear’s face with drool.