Chapter 20: Frying Sweet Potato Balls

Ruan Mian was very happy when she received the call from Lu Yi this time.

Business had arrived; who wouldn't be happy!

"Since it's a customer introduced by you, of course they can purchase from me, but the portions of these items are not large. If you want to place an order directly through me, the price won't be cheap; it will be more expensive than buying directly from the shop. Can you accept that?"

Money?

Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.

And the thing he was least short of was money!

"Of course! Your things are so delicious, of course I have to spend money to buy them!"

He raised his wrist, wishing he could transfer the money to her immediately.

Ruan Mian raised an eyebrow; although she didn't say anything, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but start to turn upward.

"Um..."

He Yu rubbed his hands together somewhat bashfully, looking like a shy young bride, which made Lu Yi beside him frown.

"If you have something to say, just say it; why be so coy!"

In a flash, someone's eyes lit up, "Then I'll say it!"

"Boss, I want this yellow thing that Brother Lu Yi ate, is that okay?"

"It's okay!" At this moment, in Ruan Mian's eyes, he was just a moving, glowing gold nugget.

She realized she had agreed a bit too quickly, so she added in a timely manner, "I happened to make one extra and haven't eaten it yet. If you want to buy it, I can sell it to you."

"How could I be so bold?" He Yu chuckled twice, "How much is it? I'll transfer it to you now~"

Looking at his eager manner, one couldn't see a shred of bashfulness anywhere.

"Eight hundred per stalk. If you want it, just transfer the money to Lu Yi; I'll have it remitted to his Light Brain directly."

As if afraid she would go back on her word, the moment her voice fell, Lu Yi's Light Brain received his transfer notification.

Having obtained the Sweet Corn, He Yu thanked her repeatedly, hurriedly stored the corn in his Light Brain, and stepped onto his Flying Device to run off in a rush.

It was as if there were a ghost chasing him from behind; he was impatient.

One shouldn't fall into the same pit twice; he had to find a secret and safe place to slowly savor the delicacy.

"Why give it to me?"

Although Lu Yi's face was filled with confusion, the feeling in his heart—the sensation of being trusted by her—was beyond words.

In short, it was one word: awesome.

He just knew that he was different to Ruan Ruan!

"This counts as a customer you brought!" Ruan Mian had only just thought of this, and she chatted with him happily.

Seeing her black eyes rolling around, Lu Yi knew she was brewing some idea again.

"Let's collaborate~"

Previously she didn't know Lu Yi was still a student, but now that she did, such a good distributor had to be put to good use!

"You can develop our customer base among the students around you. You set the price; once you sell them, we'll split it four-six. I take four, you take six. It'll also help you save up a little treasury, how about it?"

Ruan Mian felt she was truly a little business genius.

With the lowest, lowest cost, she could let the distributor do the selling, and she only needed to be responsible for taking the money.

"No."

Without even thinking, Lu Yi rejected her proposal flat out, which made Ruan Mian very sad.

Since ancient times, the student demographic had always been a huge market!

To give it up just like that was truly a great pity!

"Why not? Actually, you don't even need to deliberately promote it. When someone asks, you can just sell a portion on the side. The price and such are all negotiable."

She didn't believe it; her food was so fragrant, wouldn't it be easy to win over these Interstellar residents?

"I didn't say I wouldn't help you sell things."

"Then what are your concerns?"

Lu Yi laughed, "I take four, you take six—these are all your things, I don't need to take that much."

Besides, he could just earn some money to buy that high-level defensive component together, so he could make equipment for her.

Ruan Mian didn't know what he was thinking, she just felt that this person was really great.

It was just like a wholesaler coming to stock up; she said she would wholesale it to him at forty cents each, and he insisted on sixty.

It made her feel a bit embarrassed.

"Alright, then it's a deal!"

Embarrassment was embarrassment, but she still accepted it with quite a clear conscience.

"I'll make more Boxed Meals for you at noon. If you have needs, you can handle it yourself! Come on, I believe in you~"

For noon, she would make Dry Pot Cauliflower, Green Pepper Shredded Potatoes, and Fried Sweet Potato Balls, and for rice, she would have Corn Sand Rice.

Simply perfect.

But she still had to plant some cauliflower and wheat.

A few cauliflower plants would do, but she needed to plant more wheat. Fortunately, there was a machine; shelling and milling into flour could be done in one go.

She planted a plot of land and harvested half a bag of flour; although it was little, it was enough for the time being.

Ruan Mian looked at 917 with great gratification, so moved she was almost crying.

It was thanks to his help, otherwise she would have been exhausted on her own.

She patted his shoulder with a loving palm, "917, I'll add more machine oil for you in a while; I can't let you get worn out."

917: I thank you very much!

Boil the sweet potatoes, mash them, add sugar water, add flour, and stir until it's not too sticky; then you can roll them into little round balls.

The oil in the pot was heated until bubbles formed when a chopstick was inserted, then the temperature was lowered a bit.

She dropped the sweet potato balls in to fry.

A sizzling sound rang out, and under the effect of the high heat, the skin of each sweet potato ball became increasingly golden.

Once the color deepened and they were golden and crispy, they could be scooped out to drain the oil.

However, it always felt like things fried in animal fat weren't as good as those fried in vegetable oil.

It seems that when she has time, she still needs to plant rapeseed, sunflowers, and the like.

The oil pressed from them has more uses, and the dishes made with it will be more fragrant.

Her big house is not far off now!!!

Once the sweet potato balls cooled, Ruan Mian picked one up and put it in her mouth; biting through the crispy shell to taste the tender center, this batch of sweet potato balls was fried very successfully.

Stir-fried corn kernels naturally had no difficulty, and the job of shelling the corn kernels was naturally wrapped up by 917.

A Simulation Human is truly even more useful than a beast of burden.

Fast speed, high efficiency, and asking for no reward; it is no wonder capitalists want to phase out humans.

Tsk tsk.

She felt like she was almost becoming unable to live without a Simulation Human.

Dry Pot Cauliflower is not hard to make either; the chili peppers planted two days ago had already yielded a batch of dried chilies, which were just right to be snipped into pieces for later use.

Blanch the cauliflower slightly, heat oil in the wok, add the dried chili segments and green onion segments, and stir-fry until fragrant.

She hadn't made chili sauce, so she skipped that step.

It was just a pity; it would be even more delicious if there were pork.

Fatty pork sliced thin and rendered until dry has more chew.

She couldn't even remember the last time she ate meat; she was craving it...

*Sss-hah, sss-hah. *

Sooner or later, she had to get a pig back here.

The three dishes were ready, the corn and white rice were steamed, everything was in place, and the Boxed Meal business would start immediately!