Chapter 87 (1/2)

Chapter 87: A Temporary Mission

“Little Master Yuan, you really have superb culinary skills.” The grandpa nodded.

“Would you like a Herbal Tea Egg today?” Yuan Zhou first nodded, accepting the praise before asking.

“No, thanks. This old man can’t afford it.” the grandpa already noticed that the Herbal Tea Egg had risen back to its original price. It was better not to eat such an expensive egg as it brought about great heartache every time after tasting it.

“The original price represents one’s social status,” Yuan Zhou promoted the dish earnestly.

“This decrepit old man has no social status.” the grandpa shook his head, still refusing.

“Ok. Help yourself, please.” Although he had failed in promoting his dish, Yuan Zhou didn’t get discouraged.

“Pa,” the grandpa suddenly patted on his thigh, “I was preparing to eat it with the Clear Broth Noodle Soup. How could I have finished eating it so quickly?”

While saying that, he looked at the empty plate beside him with a helpless manner.

“Boss, did you grow the vegetable shoots over there?” seeing that Yuan Zhou had finished his work, Mu Xiaoyun asked in a whisper.

“No, they were already like that when I purchased them,” Yuan Zhou said decisively.

“Oh, so it’s like that. No wonder I didn’t see them yesterday,” Mu Xiaoyun muttered to herself.

“Concentrate on greeting the customers,” standing at the side, Yuan Zhou reminded her.

“Ok, sure, boss,” Mu Xiaoyun answered with a sweet smile on her face.

Yuan Zhou also looked towards the entrance, waiting for new customers to drop by. The most important customer was the super-wealthy Ling Hong since the Herbal Tea Egg was now back to its original price.

The reason why Yuan Zhou got so eager to sell the Herbal Tea Eggs, even going to the extent of promoting it himself, was quite simple.

The rewarded regional cuisine was Jin’ling Cuisine, a subcategory under Su Cuisine, which was one of the eight famous regional cuisines. A typical characteristic of Su Cuisine was that it emphasized on sculpt to match the dish. This also happened to be a weakness of Yuan Zhou.

To prepare the Phoenix-Tail Prawns, the tail of the prawn had to be styled into a tail of a phoenix. The heat control during cooking was not a problem for him, but the most important point was that some sculptings were necessary for the presentation.

Shredding was an easy job for Yuan Zhou but the sculpting was more difficult as he had never specifically learned that.

All these problems weren’t noticed by Yuan Zhou at the beginning. Only until the grandpa ordered the new dish of Jin’ling Grass did the system remind him of a temporary mission.

The system displayed, “Considering the host hasn’t mastered the sculpting skills required for the Phoenix-Tail Prawns, this new dish is temporarily unavailable for now. A temporary mission is hereby released.”

[Temporary Mission] Selling ten Herbal Tea Eggs at its original price within two days

(Only by selling out the Herbal Tea Eggs at its original price can one show one’s genuine abilities.)

[Reward] Sculpting Skills, Medium Part

“System, what does the ‘Sculpting Skills, Medium Part’ mean? Is there an Upper Part and a Lower Part?” Yuan Zhou asked while looking out for more business.

The system displayed, “The Sculpting Skills consist of Upper, Medium and Lower parts. When you finish the mission, you’ll be rewarded with the Medium Part.”

“What do the Upper, Medium and Lower part consist of respectively?” Yuan Zhou asked directly.

The system read, “The upper part is the sculpting for inedible objects; the medium part is sculpting for vegetables; the lower part is for meat dishes.”

“Understood.” Yuan Zhou felt that vegetable dishes were a major category, hence he could produce many different dishes.

“Boss, one serving of Egg Fried Rice Set.” Yuan Zhou was pulled back to reality from the deep thought by the voice of the little loli, Mu Xiaoyun.

“Humm.” Yuan Zhou turned around and went into the kitchen to prepare the dish calmly, just as if he were not the one who stared into space and had to be called twice.

“What’s wrong with Boss Yuan?” Wu Zhou asked in puzzlement.

“I don’t know. Maybe he is thinking about the dishes. After all, some new dishes are available now.” Mu Xiaoyun did her job well. She even started to promote the new dishes.

“New dishes? Let me have a look.” Immediately attracted by the new dishes, Wu Zhou turned his head to look at the price list.

“Tut-tut. It turns out that the Herbal Tea Egg really was on special offer before.” When Wu Zhou first saw on the menu, the Herbal Tea Egg costing 1888 RMB per serving, he sighed with emotion.