Star Chef

"Requisition order?" Xia Xun opened the file sent to him by Rhubarb and asked in confusion.

"Well, Donald and the others wanted to give it a try and invited me to join the team." Rhubarb said.

It has been a few days since the hunting area was closed. Although it seems that the impact is not significant now, various disadvantages have been revealed, and the lack of food is one of them.In order to alleviate the shortage of food, Rocco City announced the task of collecting materials on the bulletin board. As long as the hunting team meets the requirements, they can accept the task, but the food needs to be handed in as a task item, and the corresponding amount will be issued according to the difficulty of the task. Mission points and star alliance coins, among which mission points can be used as trading qualifications for precious items.And the light moss is one of the tradable items, so when Donald invited him, he did not refuse.

"Will it be dangerous?" Xia Xun's mood was very conflicted. He was worried about Rhubarb's safety, but also worried that he would restrain him.

"Donald's team is B-level. I can still handle prey of that level, and there will be no danger." Xia Xun felt a little relieved when he heard this, and then thought of the A-level beast they saw in the hunting area. With Rhubarb's current ability it should be no problem.

Rhubarb is no longer that ignorant lion, and even in the eyes of the Luo Ke people, he is older than Xia Xun, and he is already a full-grown adult, while in the martial Luo Ke star, the male adult is obliged to take care of him. Good for his contractor.Da Huang doesn't want to leave Xia Xun, but he also wants to give him a better life.

On the first day Da Huang left, Xia Xun spent it restlessly. Even when Moore came to discuss the decoration of the store with him, he was a little absent-minded.

Moore put down the report, sighed and said, "Are you worried about rhubarb?"

Xia Xun paused for a moment, and finally nodded.

"I heard from Mu that Rhubarb is very capable." Mu is Moore's partner. "When Mu went out with the hunting team for the first time, I was also worried. At that time, he almost always came back with injuries. "Moore originally wanted to comfort Xia Xun, but for some reason, he began to recall it while talking.

"Yi Mu's character, even if he was seriously injured, he would not tell me, so every time I forced him, he reluctantly exposed the wound." There was sweetness in Moore's words, but more Still worried, "I got used to it later, at least he came back alive every time." What Moore didn't say was that he had seen many separations during this process, and more people failed to return from the hunting area. So he no longer gets angry with Mu because of some meaningless things, but is grateful for his safe return every time.

"And..." Moore's expression hesitated, but he finally expressed his thoughts, "When Rhubarb was a minor, he thought it was justifiable, but now he is a complete adult. It is his responsibility to support the family, and this family cannot be supported by you alone." Moore said it rather tactfully, if he had a more direct temper, he would probably directly say that Rhubarb is a male, and he even made Xia Xun A female raised it, obviously eating soft rice.

Xia Xun's heart was miraculously comforted. Looking at Moore, who was a veritable "person/wife", she felt more and more that the two of them were a bit like housewives whose husbands left home and chatted together. Perhaps this idea was too scary. Xia Xun Xun quickly drove this idea out of his mind, and began to concentrate on listening to Moore's report and taking care of the onions, gingers and garlics he brought from the bottom of the cliff.

After sending Moore away, Xia Xun waited from morning to dusk, as soon as he heard a slight noise outside the door, he would get up to check whether Da Huang had returned.It wasn't until it was getting dark that there was a knock on the door. As soon as Xia Xun heard the sound, Xia Xun jumped up from the sofa, and he was relieved when he opened the door and saw Da Huang's familiar face.

"I'm back." Seeing his nervous expression, Da Huang couldn't help lowering his voice.

Xia Xun pulled Da Huang into the room silently, and impatiently... began to take off his clothes. Although he enjoyed it, Da Huang still stopped him.

Xia Xun only felt that his sense of smell seemed to be several times more sensitive than usual, and he even smelled the bloody smell from Rhubarb, which was very weak, but it was there. "What's the smell on you?" Xia Xun asked ferociously, No matter how you look at it, it looks like the female is interrogating his belated mate.

Rhubarb was pleased by his expression, and let him take off his clothes, revealing his lean body. Compared with his hard body, Xia Xun's hands were much softer, and even had a warm temperature.

"Enough." Rhubarb's voice was hoarse and deep, preventing Xia Xun's hand from continuing to touch.Xia Xun looked at him suspiciously, why did he speak with a nasal voice, did he have a cold?

Such a scene only happened once, except for the smell of blood on his body when he came back on the first day, there were no scars on Rhubarb's body in the next few days, not even blood stains, and he always went out in the morning and at night When he came back, if he hadn't already known that he was going hunting, Xia Xun would probably think that he was just an ordinary office worker, going to work from nine to five every day, with an extremely regular schedule.

After the rhubarb matter was resolved, Xia Xun put his mind on the shop, and Moore, who was busy every day, finally had time to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw his help.The store has received a lot of attention during the preparation process. Not only Neo Barbecue Restaurant, but also Moore's Germ Candy became famous in that competition.

The purchase restriction method allows more tourists and residents of Rocco City to taste the taste of maltose and fall in love with it.It's a pity that the maltose in Moore's hands is limited, and although Xia Xun's production skills are becoming more and more proficient, he only has one person after all. Even if he hoarded a large amount of inventory before, it seems that it is not enough now.

"The current stock of maltose can last for a while, but it's not enough for you alone." The decoration of the store is almost the same, and Moore began to worry about other issues.

"En." Xia Xun replied, he had thought about this problem and thought of a solution, "Call some more people, we need to build a factory." Xia Xun said, but in fact he had other ideas in his mind, Maltose, like maltose in history, can only become a snack in the end, and cannot replace white sugar.

Xia Xun's idea is actually very normal, but given that he and Moore's current financial resources are not enough to build a large factory, they can only start with a small workshop and then gradually expand.

"This is a good way." But Moore is not only worried about this, "But once the factory is established, we will bear the risk of the production method of maltose being leaked."

"My previous purchase of Yaya and Pueraria yam was not a small move." The implication is that those who intend to investigate have already investigated, and even if they hide it, they will not be able to hide it for long. It is better to take this opportunity to seize the market and earn In the last sentence, "We directly apply for a patent." Xia Xun directly stated the result of his deliberation.

"Patent?" Moore frowned. With the progress of civilization in Rocco City, patent protection is a matter of course, but the time of patent protection is limited after all.

Of course Xia Xun knew his doubts, "Enough is enough, we can't make money for a lifetime by relying on malt sugar." Xia Xun is not good at doing business, but he still has basic common sense, many big companies and big companies are not He was defeated by others, but killed himself.Their complacency prevents them from catching up with the changes in the trend, and they can only watch helplessly that the weak ones they looked down upon catch up with them one by one.

Moore was also relieved when he heard this. He felt that his vision was not bad, but he didn't expect it to be narrow at this time. By the time others can make sprouts, they have already accumulated a certain amount of capital, let alone It will be a long time before someone grabs the business, and it is too early for him to start worrying now.

On the second day after discussing with Xia Xun, Moore went to apply for a patent, and the next step was to prepare for the factory. Their capital was not enough. Although the store saved a lot of money, it is still necessary to use the money to build a factory. It is far from enough, in fact, they even find it difficult to build a small workshop.

Moore even offered to use the house as collateral to borrow money, but Xia Xun stopped him.

In the past few days, the changes in the wild animals in the hunting area have become more and more obvious. Da Huang also came back every day instead of coming back every other day. It was precisely this that prevented him from noticing Xia Xun's troubles immediately.

Xia Xun is not a person who likes to complain. When he was alone in the past, no matter how many grievances he had, he would only choose to swallow it alone. But now that he has Rhubarb, who is like a relative, he sometimes can't help but confide in his troubles .

Rhubarb felt that he was too reckless for letting his contractor worry about livelihood issues.He is an adult and should shoulder his responsibilities as the head of the family.

Rhubarb opened the communicator silently, and transferred all the money in the communicator to Xia Xun's name. Xia Xun, who was still worried, was dumbfounded at the sudden extra 20 Star Alliance coins on the communicator.

Da Huang is going to rob a bank?Xia Xun thought worriedly, "There are no banks anymore." Yue Ban said coolly, feeling a headache for the host's ignorance.

"Our luck is good." Rhubarb explained: "We caught two A-level beasts." In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the hunting team, the rewards for completing the collection order are also very generous, especially the A-level beasts. Their meat quality not only contains Rich energy can be made into high-level nutrients, and some skin and hair are raw materials for making weapons.

Although Rhubarb was a latecomer, he had already gained a firm foothold in Donald's hunting team, and even faintly became No.1 under Donald. Even Donald often competed with him in combat skills.

With this money and the originally reserved funds, they barely built their own small workshop, and the next step was to recruit workers. Although they had applied for a patent, Moore was still very careful when selecting workers. It must be a resident of Rocco City, and secondly, someone who has a good reputation and is hardworking.Even after such a selection, Moore still felt uneasy, and signed a non-disclosure agreement with them.

The small workshop of Ginger Sugar was built in the kitchen of the original barbecue restaurant, where all the materials are available. Moore originally wanted to dismantle the kitchen and use it as a warehouse, but after discussing with Xia Xun, he directly made a simple modification. It became a small processing factory for the production of maltose.

The recruited workers were quickly settled. All the applicants were female. Moore recruited a total of four people after thousands of selections. One shrewd one was in charge of greeting guests and collecting money for himself, and the remaining three Leave it to Xia Xun for training.

Considering the production process of maltose, Xia Xun divided the process into three parts, and each person is responsible for one of them, so that even if you don't have cooking skills, you can quickly get started as long as you master the method.As for the configuration of the materials, he did it himself. After all, it is not difficult to make the sprouts themselves, and the most important thing is the ratio of sprouts to kudzu root.

After some preparations, they finally waited until the day of opening.