Chapter 45: Not Enough Cooking Skill, Let the Ingredients Make Up For It

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Not Enough Cooking Skill, Let the Ingredients Make Up For It

The Shu Family.

Shu Yao woke up early looking for water. The moment she opened the cooler, all she could see were eggs.

Eggs were stuffed into every corner, and each one had a cute face drawn on it.

"..."

’I must be dreaming.’

’Let’s try that again.’

Shu Yao shut the cooler door, rubbed her eyes, and reopened it two seconds later.

It was the same sight.

Nothing but eggs, and more eggs!

’Did someone in the house declare war on hens?’

She soon realized that Shu Chao Yu must have bought the entire cooler full of eggs. He was also the one who had painstakingly drawn a different face on each and every one.

Her uncle probably felt guilty for eating Xiao Juzi’s steamed egg custard last night, so he’d paid out of his own pocket to compensate with this many eggs.

’How thoughtful of him.’

But when Shu Chao Yu woke up and devoured a breakfast meant for three, Shu Yao silently took back her previous sentiment.

"Is there more?"

Without a word, Shu Yao handed him a bottle of nutrition fluid.

After tasting a delicacy that made his taste buds come alive, Shu Chao Yu had completely lost interest in the nutrition fluid that could never satisfy his gourmet appetite.

He took the bottle of nutrition fluid and left for work with a mournful look on his face. Before he left, he made a point of telling Shu Yao, "Yaoyao, I’ll be back for lunch!"

The implication was clear: ’You’d better have something delicious waiting for me!’

The omurice with a molten center she made for lunch certainly did not disappoint.

The dumpling-shaped omelet rested quietly atop the rice. When he sliced open the golden-yellow skin, the liquid gold egg inside rushed out, blanketing the rice in its embrace.

The flavor—so tender, savory, and fragrant—was simply divine!

Shu Chao Yu made a point of sending Ma an "unboxing" video. Even without being there, he could just imagine how pathetic that slob—who rarely even washed his face—would look drooling over the video.

"Yaoyao, with skills like these, you could totally be a food streamer!"

An idea sparked in Shu Yao’s mind.

In fact, she had been thinking along those lines ever since leaving Zone 9.

Especially after being at the Empress’s yesterday and hearing Lin Yaodong talk about how profitable food streaming could be. Just last night, she’d been itching to give it a try.

After the destruction of Ancient Earth, many crops went extinct, and most culinary arts were lost. With a constant influx of new ingredients from the Outer Star System, the culinary scene in the Interstellar Federation never stopped its quest for delicious food and had always been incredibly active.

Lin Zhenxiang’s cooking skills were average at best, but there was no denying she held a significant place in the world of food streaming. This was largely thanks to her financial backing. After all, in the Federation, most fresh ingredients were far from cheap.

Most of the dishes she made on her streams used top-tier ingredients.

A classic case of using expensive ingredients to make up for a lack of skill.

If Shu Yao wanted to go down this path, she currently faced two major hurdles.

First, she was flat broke and had no startup capital.

Second, the Shu family home didn’t have a proper kitchen, which limited what she could create.

Shu Yao asked tentatively, "If I became a food streamer, would you invest, Uncle?"

Shu Chao Yu was secretly delighted. He puffed out his chest and promised, "Whatever you want, just tell your uncle! Uncle can get it all for you!"

Shu Yao crisply made a hand gesture. "Money."

"Well..." Shu Chao Yu looked troubled. Fearing his niece would get the wrong idea, he explained, "It’s not that your uncle is being stingy. Ever since you and Xiao Juzi came back, my sister has been a nervous wreck. She’s afraid that if you have money, you’ll leave. So she told me beforehand that I can’t give you too much cash."

"Mom’s overthinking things," Shu Yao sighed. But she quickly came up with another idea. "That small storage shed behind the house, can I have it for my own use?"

"No problem at all! If you need to buy anything, just tell your uncle!" Shu Chao Yu declared excitedly. "Uncle is your personal bank! Make withdrawals anytime!"