The other fruit juices were restocked as well.
After replenishing everything, Su Yue recorded the inventory.
At the end of the day, the food cart would conduct a stock count and reconcile the accounts.
If there were any discrepancies, the staff member on duty would be held responsible.
Once the restocking was finished, Su Yue called Di Kun to head home.
It was already 10:40 a.m., time to start preparing lunch.
Di Kun went down to the basement to help with the juice production and, on the way, sent the household robot upstairs to assist Su Yue.
In the sunroom, Di Kun told Su Yi about Su Yue’s prenatal checkup.
When the conversation turned to the baby, his entire expression softened.
“I want to see the baby too! Next time I’ll go to the hospital with Yue Yue!” Su Yi said, sounding a little disappointed.
Di Kun glanced at his brother-in-law.
“There won’t have to be a next time. We’ll make more juice, earn enough money to buy a medical pod, and then we can check on the baby at home.”
“Oh, and Big Brother, how about you take over delivering juice to the food cart from now on?”
Su Yi looked puzzled.
Di Kun then explained everything about the food cart business.
After listening, Su Yi looked worried, afraid he wouldn’t do a good job.
“Don’t worry. The food cart at Infinite Plaza will need another restock this afternoon. I’ll take you there a couple of times, and you’ll learn how everything works.”
“…Okay.”
Although still nervous, Su Yi agreed.
Unexpectedly, they didn’t even have to wait until the afternoon.
At 11:30 a.m., Su Yue received a call requesting another delivery.
After learning the situation, Di Kun took Su Yi along to make the delivery.
They returned just in time for lunch.
That afternoon, Su Yue wanted Di Kun to accompany her outside the city to gather more supplies, but he refused.
“We already went out this morning. You’re staying home this afternoon.”
“Go take a nap. If you’re still bored after you wake up, you can cook something with the household robot.”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to make dumplings? I’ve been craving them.”
As he spoke, his face was full of anticipation.
While serving on the front lines, dumplings were something he never got to eat.
He had only eaten them in the Imperial Palace during New Year’s celebrations.
Hearing Di Kun mention delicious food, Su Yi immediately became interested as well.
“That’s right! Yue Yue, go get some rest. After you wake up, make something tasty for us!”
What else could Su Yue do?
Outnumbered, she accepted their arrangement.
Besides, the doctor had specifically reminded her that morning to get plenty of rest.
A daily afternoon nap was good for the baby.
So she returned to her room.
She absolutely loved the large bed in her new bedroom.
The moment she lay down, she quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, Di Kun and Su Yi continued making juice in the basement.
Whenever the food cart needed more stock, they contacted Su Yi directly.
The first couple of deliveries were made with Di Kun accompanying him.
After two successful trips, Di Kun let Su Yi handle the deliveries alone.
Before long, the responsibility was entirely his.
Su Yi actually enjoyed making deliveries.
It gave him a strong sense of purpose.
Su Yue slept soundly.
When she finally woke up, it was already four o’clock in the afternoon.
There wasn’t enough time to have dumplings ready for dinner, but she still asked the household robot to help knead dough, roll wrappers, and make dumplings.
Whenever she cooked, she always prepared large portions and stored some finished dishes in her storage space.
Today, she could simply take out those prepared meals for dinner.
Although it would reduce her stockpile of cooked food, it wouldn’t interfere with today’s dumpling-making.
Thinking about storing more ready-made meals made Su Yue feel a little anxious.
She was the only one in the family who could cook, and the two men both had enormous appetites.
She needed to prepare and store as much food as possible.
After the baby was born, she would have to spend time recovering after childbirth.
Surely she couldn’t be cooking every day during that period.
As for buying meals outside…
Not only were restaurants serving natural ingredients extremely expensive, but the food didn’t even taste as good as her own cooking.
Even if she ignored everyone else’s preferences, she didn’t want to settle for food she didn’t enjoy.
Come to think of it…
When she had time, she needed to research postpartum meals and prepare them in advance.
She had heard there were many foods new mothers shouldn’t eat.
Well…
One step at a time.
Today, she’d focus on making dumplings.
She instructed the household robot to play educational lessons about pregnancy while they worked together.
Dumpling wrappers didn’t require fermentation, making them fairly simple to prepare.
Su Yue first taught the robot how to knead the dough, then how to roll the wrappers.
The household robot’s learning and imitation abilities were exceptional.
After watching only once, it had already mastered the process.
Satisfied, Su Yue left all the dough-making and wrapper-rolling to the robot while she prepared the fillings.
She planned to make several different varieties:
One large bowl of each.
Thanks to the advanced kitchen appliances, preparing the ingredients wasn’t difficult.
The only time-consuming part was stir-frying the fillings herself and seasoning them properly.
About twenty minutes later, all four fillings were finished.
She then took out stacks of dumpling trays from her storage space.
She had planned to make dumplings for some time, so during an earlier supermarket trip, she had bought plenty of specialized trays.
Each tray held fifty dumplings in individual slots.
Six trays could be stacked together and locked into a single rectangular storage box.
Seeing that the household robot had already rolled plenty of wrappers and was about to knead another batch of dough, Su Yue stopped it.
Instead, she taught the robot how to wrap dumplings.
Making dumplings wasn’t difficult.
The robot worked remarkably fast.
Before long, Su Yue simply handed over the entire wrapping job to it.
By then, it was already 5:30 p.m.
Su Yue decided to head downstairs to check on the two men and call them up for dinner.
In the basement sunroom, the lights had already been turned on.
Di Kun and Su Yi had produced a huge amount of mango juice.
For the entire afternoon, they had made nothing but mango juice.
That had been Di Kun’s decision.
According to feedback from the food cart, customers overwhelmingly preferred mango juice over the other flavors.
Some returning customers even bought several extra cups at once whenever mango juice was available.
To increase average sales per customer, Di Kun decided to prioritize mango juice production.
For that reason, he had even taken Su Yi shopping earlier.
They bought waterproof raincoats, rain boots, hoses, a dryer, knives, and several other supplies.
The money came from the Star Coins Su Yue had previously transferred to Su Yi.
When Su Yue entered the sunroom, she found the entire place soaked.
Yellow mango juice covered the floor and splattered nearly every surface.
The two men, dressed in raincoats and rain boots, were busy cutting mangoes larger than basketballs.
The fruit was incredibly juicy.
Every slice sent streams of golden juice flowing out.
After hours of continuous work, a considerable amount of mango juice had accumulated across the floor.