0p0 Chapter 167 Lemon Honey Water
Chapter 167 Lemon Honey Water
"Sis, I've already notified my underlings; they should be here in about three hours."
Miler tossed her phone into her small bag and reported the situation to Yufei.
Yufei nodded, indicating to Miler that she understood. Miler then remembered something, ran to the shopping bag, rummaged around for a while, took out the milk fruit, and walked towards Yufei.
"Sister Yufei! I almost forgot, this is for you," Miler said, handing the fruit in her hand to Yufei.
Yufei stopped what she was doing, picked up the fruit, and looked at it.
How do you eat this? Do you just bite through the peel? But Yufei feels the peel is very tough; biting into it directly might be embarrassing.
Yufei looked at Miler with questioning eyes, hinting at how to eat the fruit.
Miler didn't disappoint Yufei either. After handing Li Lanjuan a milk fruit, she took one for herself and said to Yufei...
"Sister Yufei, let me tell you, don't be fooled by how thin the skin of this fruit looks, as if it might break at any moment. Actually, it's very difficult to bite open. You can only do it from this spot."
Miler pointed to a small bump on the milk fruit and continued...
"Only this spot can be broken open with your teeth; you can't break it anywhere else," Miler said, demonstrating by biting a small opening where she pointed.
It began to suckle like a baby, drinking with a look of pure bliss.
Yufei followed Miler's example, finding the bumps on the milk fruit, gently biting them open with her teeth, and sucking out the juice. As the juice entered her mouth, a rich milky flavor burst forth.
Unlike animal milk such as cow's milk or goat's milk, which has a fishy smell, this milk has a unique herbal fragrance and is exceptionally sweet.
Delicious! Yufei thought this milk fruit was the best-tasting dairy product she had ever had, much better than the milk from the specific cows in her space.
"It would taste great to make milk tea with the juice of this milk fruit," Yufei thought to herself. She secretly resolved that once they made some money from their stall today, she would buy a few more to try.
They also wished they could get their hands on the tree that produces this milk fruit. They wondered if it had seeds, since Yufei and the others didn't see any seeds after drinking the milk fruit.
"How is it, Sister Yufei? Is it good?" Miler looked at Yufei with bright eyes, like a little puppy waiting for praise.
"Mmm! It's so delicious! Thanks for the recommendation, Miler~ This is one of the best drinks I've ever had. I wonder if they sell this fruit tree? I'd like to buy one and plant it back in my village so my grandma can taste it too."
Yufei sincerely thanked Miler and made no mention of whether she could get a milk fruit tree.
"We can buy some milk fruit for Grandma Yufei to try later, but it's a specialty of the Fire Cloud Kingdom, and they're extremely strict about it, so it's basically very difficult to get."
Miler looked troubled, then something else occurred to her.
"If Sister Yufei could find the legendary black market or the dark web, there might be smuggling of this stuff there. Unfortunately, I don't have any connections in that area, so I can't help you. I'm sorry."
Miler looked weak and listless, her head drooping, filled with a sense of guilt for not being able to help Yufei, which made Yufei feel a surge of pity for her.
She patted Miler's head.
"How can I blame you? If you can't buy it, you can't buy it. We can just buy some for Grandma to try, like you said. I think your suggestion is great! Thank you!"
Ah! We need to make the lemon honey water quickly, we're running out of time!
Yufei, fearing that Miler would continue to wallow in self-blame, changed the subject. Miler, being simple-minded, immediately looked away as well.
She was already interested in the lemon honey water that Yufei mentioned, and once she heard that she needed to make it quickly, she focused all her attention on making it.
Making lemon honey water doesn't require any special skills; Miler watched Yufei demonstrate it once and immediately knew how to make it.
She had never seen that kind of bright yellow fruit before. She brought it to her nose and smelled it, and her mouth started watering uncontrollably.
What kind of smell is this? Her older sister, Yufei, told her it was a sour smell. It was amazing! After smelling it a few times, she actually started to find it quite pleasant.
Yufei only put one of these fruits in a whole bucket of water, and then used a whole jar of nectar secreted by buzzing insects.
The nectar secreted by the buzzing insect is Rice Ball's favorite food. Every time they go to the countryside, it always risks getting stung to collect it.
Miler was happy to try it with Rice Ball, and it was delicious! Even sweeter than honey fruit. Later, she saw it in the supermarket, but it wasn't the kind wrapped in a buzzing insect nest; it came in a bottle.
She checked the price—it was so expensive! A small bottle cost over 1000, which was almost the price of a summoning ritual at the Beast God Temple.
Later, she negotiated with the rice ball to give her a little bit of their snacks, which she then sold, earning some pocket money in the process.
I didn't expect Sister Yufei to bring out three big bottles to make that lemon honey water. I estimate that each bottle costs several thousand yuan. How much is she planning to sell this lemon honey water for?
Miler couldn't help but think that this drink was too extravagant!
They each made a large bottle, and Yufei put the three large bottles in Miler's refrigerator, telling Miler to wait patiently for an hour before offering her lemon honey water.
"Yo-ho~"
Rice Ball emerged from the summoning space at some point, tugged at Yufei's sleeve, and looked at her with longing.
Yufei could see the longing in its face that it also wanted some. She patted the rice ball's knee and looked up to indicate that it wanted some too.
Only then did Fantuan release Yufei with satisfaction, contentedly watching the time as she waited for her lemon honey water.
Time flies, yet it doesn't; it passes by in a blur of anticipation for Miler and an eternity for Fantuan.
Finally, the lemon honey water is open and ready to drink! By now, the lemon and honey have fully blended together.
Yufei first took a bottle of water from the refrigerator and then took out ice cubes that had already been frozen from the bottom freezer compartment.
Then, a large glass was prepared for each of the two people and the bear, ice cubes were placed in it, and the prepared lemon-honey water was poured in.
The lemon honey water was handed to Miler, Sister Juan, and Fantuan. Miler couldn't wait to start enjoying it after receiving it.
It doesn't have the pure sweetness of the buzzing insect honey we used to eat with rice balls, but it has more flavor and a fruity aroma from lemon.
The coldness of the ice brought Miler a refreshing coolness in the sweltering summer, soothing the inner turmoil caused by the heat.
Moreover, unlike honey from eating buzzing insects, which can be a bit too sweet and make you thirsty if you eat too much, this honey makes your mouth water and you want to drink more.
Miler quickly finished her lemon honey water and was now blinking at Yufei, her expression exactly the same as when Fantuan begged for a drink.
Birds of a feather flock together.
This time, the rice ball only drank one cup before putting down the cup and not asking for a refill, so it seems the lemon honey water didn't quite suit its taste.
Yufei poured Miler another cup, took out a pen, and asked Miler if there was anything that needed improvement.
Yufei's lemon honey water unexpectedly suited Miler's taste. After racking her brains to offer a couple of trivial suggestions, Miler gulped it down again.
Yufei was both annoyed and amused, and could only hope that Miler's friends who arrived later would help.
After making the lemon honey water, Yufei and Li Lanjuan, who had just finished a glass of lemon honey water, didn't stop working either.
I started preparing minced garlic, chopped green onions, and a little chili, ready to start cooking crayfish as soon as Lei Jun and the others returned.