0p0 How about Chapter 390?
How about Chapter 390?
Half an hour later, after reading this part, Yun Ci realized that it had been a month since he had been to the restaurant, and decided to go and see how his junior brother Ximen and the others were doing.
The morning mist has dissipated, and the distant mountain peaks have become clearer. White cranes fly by from time to time, and their cries echo through the mountains.
It was morning, and the sunlight grew stronger, casting a golden glow on the buildings on the mountain peaks, the paths, and the ancient trees.
The body cultivators were running around the mountain path, their tanned muscles glistening with sweat, their eyes filled with determination...
Yun Ci saw some people sitting in a corner of Lingxiu Mountain, meditating and cultivating.
Some female eccentrics were resting and chatting on the stone benches by the flower bed. When they saw Yun Ci, their faces instantly lit up with surprise.
Without disturbing anyone cultivating, Yun Ci smiled and nodded in greeting before walking into the restaurant.
There were more than ten tables of people eating in the restaurant, and the staff would occasionally walk by carrying food. They all looked exhausted.
Yun Ci went inside.
When the shop assistants saw Yun Ci, it was as if they had seen a savior; their dull eyes instantly lit up.
The little puppets, who were spacing out in various corners of the store, squatting on the ground, and poking around with sticks they had picked up from who-knows-where, also came running over when they saw Yun Ci.
Tian Qingqing, who had been propping her head up with her hand behind the counter, excitedly stood up, "Yun Ci!"
Xiao Hou was the first to rush over, shouting, "Yun Ci, you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, everyone would have run away!"
Yun Ci turned to look around and said with a smile, "Isn't this great?"
It was clean and well-organized.
As she spoke, Yun Ci patted Xiao Hou on the shoulder, "You did a good job, I'll consider giving you a raise."
The surrounding shop assistants were instantly stunned, staring blankly at Yun Ci.
My goodness, what an amazing boss! Compared to a month ago, almost everyone has left now; this whole floor isn't even full!
God knows how much this past month has affected them; they've already started to miss the busy times they used to have.
Looking at the lifeless expressions on everyone's faces, Yun Ci thought to herself, "It seems this past month has been a huge blow to them? But the business is clearly doing quite well."
The people eating around them lit up instantly when they saw Yun Ci.
"Yun Ci is really back?"
Dahai and Mao Mao ran out of the kitchen.
Seeing Yun Ci standing there, Da Hai almost burst into tears.
Mao Mao's eyes were filled with excitement, her lips were tightly pursed, and her eyes contained a thousand words.
If Yun Ci doesn't come back soon, they'll have to go to Lingzhi Peak to find him. He just can't stand being in this kitchen any longer!
Yun Ci, “…”
No, what happened?!
Da Hai walked over, his eyes conveying to Yun Ci that she had finally returned.
The intense gaze made Yun Ci raise her hand to touch the tip of her nose.
After exchanging glances, Dahai asked Yunci if she wanted to eat steamed buns, which were fresh out of the pot and still warm.
After Xiao Bao arrived, there were three handyman disciples in the shop. There were relatively many people coming to buy food in the morning, so breakfast was usually eaten in the morning.
Yun Ci looked down and saw that there were many buns. She picked up a bun, took a bite, and her eyes lit up. "Well, these buns are pretty good."
Ximen Yichen looked away from Yun Ci's bulging face.
The elder said that my senior brother was very cute, and it seems he was right.
Yun Ci noticed Ximen Yichen's gaze, turned her head and smiled.
Ximen Yichen was taken aback, then smiled faintly.
Da Hai sighed, "Of course it's good. This is from Da Zong Bao."
Yun Ci looked at the large brown bun that was walking over and waved the bun in her hand, "Delicious."
Da Zong remained silent, but Yun Ci could tell that Da Zong was very happy at that moment.
The shop assistants sat down around the table, while other disciples from the peaks surrounded them, eating steamed buns and fried skewers.
Everyone pressed Yun Ci about how she cultivated so many Azure Lotuses in just one month, and they also talked about the demons who had defected two years ago. In the end, they all sighed with relief that Yun Ci had finally returned to cook.
This prompted Dahai and Mao Mao to ask what it meant, as if their cooking wasn't good!
Yun Ci took another bite of the fried skewer and praised it without reservation, "The fried skewers are delicious too."
The sea suddenly swelled up, looking as if it were proud of itself, and Mao Mao smiled too.
Dahai said, "Compared to making steamed buns, frying skewers is much simpler! After practicing for a month, plus the added benefit of the recipe, it would be unreasonable if it didn't taste good."
Ever since the incident with the fried skewer sauce, they and Mao Mao started trying to make steamed buns. According to Yun Ci's method, it's simply a matter of wrapping the filling inside the dough, which is much simpler than making the fried skewer sauce!
When they started wrapping the dumplings, they discovered that either the wrappers were too thick or they had broken during the steaming process.
What really stumped them was the first step – kneading the dough.
Finally, he and Mao Mao went back to frying skewers in a sorry state; fried skewers were still the best thing for them.
However, after a month, they have made a lot of progress. Now they report to the kitchen that the sauce is wrong less and less often. Look, even Yun Ci says it's delicious!
After listening, Yun Ci recounted his experience learning how to make pastries.
The shop assistants were surprised to learn that Yun Ci had also spent a long time learning it.
Ximen Yichen wondered which country's people would make these unique and delicious foods.
"Anyway, since Yun Ci isn't in the restaurant, we all feel like we've lost our motivation to work," an outer disciple sighed.
As he spoke, the outer disciple named Xiao Cao looked at the others and said, "You all agree, right?"
The others, seeing that they had been called upon, nodded.
Xiao Bao and his friends are eating steamed buns.
Yun Ci ate two steamed buns and a few fried skewers and then stopped eating. She looked at Xiao Cao with a teasing gaze, "Even spirit stones have made you lose your motivation?"
Xiao Cao said, "That's certainly motivating. Who would turn down spirit stones? But Yun Ci, you don't know, in the first few days, the restaurant was practically overturned by everyone. Now there aren't as many people as before. Before, when there were more people, seeing everyone's lingering enjoyment after eating gave us more motivation. Now, everyone goes home right after eating, without any expression, and we lose our motivation."
After saying that, Xiao Cao looked at the others and said, "You all agree, right?"
Everyone nodded.
Yun Ci thought, this must be the value of emotions.
Xiao Bao didn't nod. He was motivated. He had so many spirit stones every day, and in two days he had saved up a month's worth of spirit stones. The only downside was that he hadn't seen Yun Ci for a long time.
Xiao Cao was satisfied with the affirmation and glanced at Xiao Bao, who hadn't nodded.
Xiao Bao was looking at the two people sitting diagonally opposite Yun Ci, and he also wanted to sit next to Yun Ci.
One was a shop assistant with a rather bad temper, and the other was Ximen Yichen.
Xiao Bao mustered his courage and looked at Ximen Yichen, whom he felt had a better temper after spending time with him, "Could we switch seats?"
Ximen Yichen asked calmly, "Why?"
Xiao Bao was still timid when talking to anyone other than Yun Ci and Shi Tou, but now he was able to express his needs, whispering, "I, I want to sit with Yun Ci."
Ximen Yichen immediately refused, "No, I also want to sit next to my senior brother."
"Okay, alright...it's okay." Xiao Bao forced a smile.
Upon hearing Ximen Yichen's words, Yun Ci turned to look at Ximen Yichen.
Ximen Yichen blinked.
Yun Ci thought back to the past month, when his junior brother, whom he "seemed to have been adopted," would send him various pills from time to time through the item teleportation function, with spirit-replenishing pills being the most common.
Yun Ci thought his junior brother was the cutest junior brother in the whole world!
"What's wrong, Senior Brother?" Ximen Yichen still asked, "Is there something on my face?"
Yun Ci shook her head, gave Xiao Bao a reassuring smile, and then said, "No, oh right, I heard from Grandpa that you're currently refining the Yuan-Boosting Pill?"
Ximen Yichen nodded, "Yes, but we're missing a top-grade Rejuvenating Herb."
Low-grade spiritual plants are easy to find, and mid-grade ones can also be bought, but high-grade and above spiritual plants are very difficult to buy.
“Come with me in a bit, I have some,” Yun Ci said.
Seeing that Yun Ci had made a decision, Ximen Yichen nodded in agreement.
The other disciples of the Alchemy Peak looked at Ximen Yichen with envy.
The spiritual plants that Yun Ci grows are now extremely rare and expensive; if they are available, they are always snapped up.
But they were too embarrassed to speak up, after all, Yichen was Yunci's senior brother.
After chatting for a while, more people arrived, and the shop assistants went to get busy.
Seeing that the shop assistants were busy and there was nothing he could help with, Yun Ci went to the kitchen to fry some more skewers, since he hadn't had enough earlier.
He hadn't had fried skewers for a month, and he missed them terribly!
P.S.: I've finished writing today's article, but haven't revised it yet. I'll update later, around 9 PM, everyone.