The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead

Chapter 156: Chapter 156 Ketchup
 

Fu Yunhe finally picked up a potato arranged by Ha Ha since he couldn’t outstubborn the simple wolf.

He wanted to work, but before he could even start, it was over, and he had accepted Ha Ha’s “friendly help.”

Nian Shutong put the potato into the Space Button and walked over to Fu Yunhe’s side.

“The beauty’s protection mission was excellently done. Look at this face, look at these hands, you’ve worked hard.”

Listening to Nian Shutong’s teasing words, Fu Yunhe wanted to retort but found no words, and in the end, he stubbornly held a potato and followed the large group back.

The first thing he did upon returning was to sit down again.

Sigh…he had overestimated himself; it seemed he was only fit to be “observed.”

Though there was indeed progress, at least he could now walk there and back by himself.

Initially, even crossing a small stream had been a struggle for him.

Upon returning, Zhang Hui and her daughter stayed to cook, and Rubble was too exhausted; he took the design plans given by Nian Shutong, rested in the studio for a bit, and then went on to study the reaping machines for harvesting wheat and rice.

The others followed Nian Shutong to the tomato field, where the tomatoes were beautifully red.

They hung scattered like red lanterns in a small forest.

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“Let’s start picking.”

Nian Shutong bent down, picked the first tomato, casually rubbed it on himself, and took a bite.

Juice overflowed, tangy and delicious, sweetness making up nine parts, the remaining one part was half sour, half the taste of sunshine.

“Delicious! Everyone try it.” Nian Shutong quickly ate a tomato, bent down again to pick another, and stood up.

“Xiao He, don’t move, catch this.”

Nian Shutong’s Spiritual Power surrounded the tomato and sent it across.

Fu Yunhe only saw a glow with a point of red flying towards him, his instinct was to dodge, but his brain stopped him, and he opened his hand.

Can’t beat Nian Shutong, then trust Nian Shutong.

The tomato landed steadily in Fu Yunhe’s palm with no impact force at all.

Fu Yunhe looked at the tomato in his palm; what kind of skill was this, or rather, what was Nian Shutong’s Cultivation about?

The control, so precise.

He was indeed the best candidate to pilot a Mecha.

“Try it!”

The voice from across came again, Fu Yunhe nodded and brought the tomato to his mouth; it tasted slightly different.

He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that the one he had grown tasted a bit better.

With one bite, Fu Yunhe’s pupils constricted slightly; it could even improve physical constitution, or perhaps it exceedingly benefited Cultivation.

The previous dumplings and soupy porridge were not so apparent, but this one whole tomato felt somewhat significant.

His gaze shifted to Nian Shutong on the other shore; who was this woman, really?

Too mysterious, mysterious enough that he too wished to delve deeper.

Across the shore, Nian Shutong was joyously picking tomatoes.

“One thousand three, two thousand six, three thousand nine…”

Picking each one, Nian Shutong calculated the price, becoming happier the more she picked.

Ha ha ha ha ha! She was going to be rich again.

After buying the shop, she was broke again, unsurprisingly, and was very much hoping for money to come in; she still enjoyed the feeling of having full pockets.

Though she could get by robbing Xiao He, she preferred spending the money she earned, it felt grandiose in a luxurious way.

A mu of tomatoes was picked before nightfall.

Nian Shutong stored them in the thermal storage, how to process them later she hadn’t yet decided.

In the evening, everyone ate noodles with egg and green pepper stew, but without the major sauce and using soy sauce instead, the taste seemed slightly off.

“Zhang Hui, has our sauce block gotten moldy?”

“It’s grown a little, not to the extent you mentioned.”

Nian Shutong nodded and said, “Then let’s wait a bit longer.”

After dinner, Nian Shutong began to study the seeds and seedlings in her hand.

Before she had completed green onions, ginger, and garlic, the system gave her three kinds: corn, soybeans, and beets.

Later, because Xiao Ba and Daodao had argued, she was compensated with a type of seedling called strawberry.

She had searched on the Star Network, and corn, strawberries, and beets were not yet found in interstellar space, or rather, they were undiscovered.

After all, she had discovered the existence of corn on Blue Star.

That is, maybe they existed somewhere, just that no one had discovered their uses yet, like the previous chestnuts.

Rice and wheat would still take a few days, just in time to wait for Rubble’s machine to be ready.

Then, she planned to plant these items first so she could buy some raw materials from the system in advance.

Because she wanted to make white sugar.

White sugar could be used in many dishes; it was an important seasoning.

And beets were one of the main ingredients for white sugar; the other was sugarcane.

There was sugarcane in interstellar space, and she originally wanted to buy some, but with too much on her hands, she was not in a rush.

Now, buying some beets would suffice.

Resting for about ten minutes, Nian Shutong called for Ha Ha and left.

Because she was going to work, and if she didn’t call Ha Ha, Ha Ha would be angry.

The two reached the wasteland, where Ha Ha continued to clear the land, and Nian Shutong found a spot to plant all four items and got them properly sown.

“Xiao Ba, I want to buy beets.”

“Sure, host. Beets are one hundred star coins each. How many do you need?”

That’s cheap!

Nian Shutong’s first reaction was that it was cheap, truly accustomed to the system’s high prices.

She calculated that according to Daodao’s calculations, three beets could produce about one pound of white sugar under machine processing, and if done manually, the consumption might be even greater.

“Just buy a hundred pounds for now.”

She wanted to first try it out. Once she succeeded, she also planned to buy some sugarcane to make some traditional red sugar, which should taste much better than the current interstellar ones.

No rush, one thing at a time.

Having bought the beets, Nian Shutong kept a small portion and started making the first batch in the kitchen.

The rest, she would make gradually.

Nian Shutong, accompanied by Fu Yunhe, Zhang Hui and her son, and Rubble who was staying up all night for the first time, began making white sugar, while other people continued clearing the land to prepare a large vacant lot for future residents’ housing.

In the kitchen, the beets were washed, shredded, and boiled in water.

After boiling, the sugar water was squeezed out, and they obtained brown sugar syrup, which was the syrup for red sugar. Next, they needed to decolorize this syrup.

For decolorization, Nian Shutong chose modern limestone instead of the traditional yellow mud soup.

There was limestone in interstellar space, only it was called by a different name, kinetic inorganic gel, which sounded like a cultured name.

Once the decolorization was successful, the soft white sugar was ready.

Beets made soft white sugar, while sugarcane produced granulated white sugar.

“Xiao He, are the tomatoes ready?”

“Ready.”

While Nian Shutong was making white sugar, Fu Yunhe had mashed the tomatoes and even prepared the fries while watching the time.

Next, they added sugar to cook the tomatoes until thick, added a bit of salt, and it was ready.

“Are the fries ready?”

“Here.” Fu Yunhe came over with the unsalted fries, imitated Nian Shutong’s actions, picked one up, and dipped it into a bit of ketchup.

Sour and sweet, very delicious.

“Good, we’ll use this ketchup for a livestream tomorrow, one for fries, another for fish.”

“Fish?”

Nian Shutong looked at Fu Yunhe nodding and said, “Yes, it’s called tomato sauce fish, a sour-sweet flavor, should be good.”

“Is tomorrow’s theme sour and sweet?”