Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

"Grandpa? You're here! Come and try the new dishes we've researched and recreated." Li Xingyu was stirring the vegetables in the pot while standing on the floating platform, then glanced towards the kitchen door as if sensing something, and saw Qin Fengshi and the other two standing there.

"Oh? Little Feather, what new dishes have you guys researched?" Qin Fengshi and the other two walked towards Li Xingyu and the others with a mixture of doubt and eagerness on their faces.

"Hehehe, we wrap the whole chicken, which has been prepared and marinated, in lotus leaves. Remember to put the prepared side dishes inside the cavity, and then cover it with a layer of mud. Then we heat this mud ball. After a long time of heating, the chicken inside and the side dishes inside the cavity will be cooked, and the mud outside will be dry and cracked. We break the mud, peel off the lotus leaves wrapping the chicken, and the dish is done." Li Xingyu stepped aside a little, making way for a whole fragrant beggar's chicken on a plate behind her.

Qin Feng and the others smelled the enticing aroma in the restaurant and wondered if Li Xingyu had made some new dish.

The aroma is simply irresistible, with a rich and mellow meaty fragrance mixed with a subtle sweetness of vegetables and fruits, which can awaken the appetite deep in people's souls.

As luck would have it, when Qin Fengshi and his group arrived, Li Xingyu and the others had just finished preparing the beggar's chicken for their experiment and were about to try it out.

Although Li Xingyu was very confident about the dish, Xinghe and the others were unfamiliar with food being prepared this way, and were filled with uncertainty and worry. That's why they said they wanted to experiment first to see if they could make it well and if it would taste good.

The aroma wafting from the kitchen and the sight of the perfectly preserved beggar's chicken with its slightly yellowed skin on the plate—no further explanation was needed to confirm their success.

The next step is simply to taste the beggar's chicken on the plate, which will tell you everything. Of course, I'm not doubting that it's not delicious, but rather that the proportions of the ingredients need to be adjusted to make it even more flavorful.

Although Li Xingyu has the added advantages of skills, cooking, and recipes in her mind, she still has not fully mastered the ingredients in the interstellar world.

Because the same ingredient can be modified in different ways, although the taste may be similar, there are still some differences. Li Xingyu needs time to slowly explore and discover them.

To put it another way, Li Xingyu already knows the appearance of these plants and whether they are edible. All she needs to do is study and compare the taste of these ingredients a little more.

This is an essential step in the pursuit of the ultimate flavor of food. Li Xingyu takes eating seriously, and since she has the time and resources, why not make the food taste the best?

If she succeeds, it will benefit her taste buds, so Li Xingyu believes she can handle the current little bit of trial and error.

Looking at the whole beggar's chicken on the plate, Li Xingyu once again complained and remarked on the chicken's appearance:

The head and neck together are about 20 centimeters long, while the body connected below is 30 to 40 centimeters long. The most bizarre feature is the three pairs of chicken wings on the chicken's back, which are 10 to 20 centimeters long, and the six chicken legs on the chicken's belly, which are about the same length.

If Li Xingyu hadn't known the current time and technological level, she would have thought it was a creature raised by nuclear wastewater in some tiny place where life was too good.

Interstellar technology had advanced to the point that it could completely eliminate the pollution caused by nuclear energy tens of thousands of years ago.

Moreover, they stopped using nuclear energy tens of thousands of years ago, and interstellar spacecraft has long since developed a very powerful and environmentally friendly energy conversion system.

The current interstellar system also uses this conversion system, but it has undergone countless optimizations and reforms. After all, the times never stand still, and it has already progressed.

Since the chicken was big enough, Li Xingyu only asked for a wing, including the middle and tip, but not the root. She was going to have lunch later and didn't want to overeat.

It's quite strange, but Li Xingyu's appetite has increased recently, although she doesn't know how much she used to eat because she didn't have any food before.

However, Li Xingyu felt that she ate quite a lot, wondering if it was because she had just awakened and her body urgently needed energy to grow.

However, Li Xingyu also compared Li Manzhou and Li Qingyue's appetite and found that it was not much different from theirs. They all ate about one bowl of rice and one bowl of soup, which were rice bowls with a diameter of about 15 centimeters.

Qin Fengshi and his group ate almost twice as much as Li Manzhou and the others, usually two or three bowls of rice per meal.

Li Xingyu likened the difference in appetite to the difference in appetite between people from the North and South, which she felt was a very apt analogy.

While munching on chicken wings, Li Xingyu also took the time to observe Hu Yu and Li Yue. She remembered that the fox seemed to really like eating chicken.

Then Li Xingyu got two foxes, one old and one young, with different breeds and fur, whose mouths were greasy but whose fox eyes were bright and whose mouths were full of chicken.

The ears and tails of Fox Yu and Tanuki Moon perfectly expressed their feelings of being too busy eating beggar's chicken to speak.

For details, please see their large tails of different colors and numbers that are almost blurry, and their large ears that spread out to the sides of their heads.

Fox Yu and Li Yue were indeed in a great mood. The chicken was tender, firm, juicy, and fell off the bone. One bite left a lingering fragrance on their lips and teeth. The chicken skin was also smooth and slightly chewy, creating a full range of textures. How could "happy" possibly describe their mood?

Not only Hu Yu and Li Yue, but everyone present except Li Xingyu was so engrossed in eating that they couldn't lift their heads. The chicken on their plates was visibly reduced to bones.

The viewers in Li Xingyu's live stream were so anxious they were practically crawling out of the StarNet: "You guys are eating so happily and quickly, but leave us a couple of bites to try! Chicken necks are fine too!"

When Li Xingyu made beggar's chicken, he removed the head and claws, leaving only a long section of the chicken's neck, legs, wings, and torso.

"Hmm, it tastes alright for the first time, barely passable. Next, I'll adjust the marinade and the ratio of side dishes inside the chicken cavity. There's a little too little salt and a little too little oil..." Looking at the remaining chicken bones on the plate, Li Xingyu casually put the chicken bones she had finished gnawing on into the plate.

Qin Feng, who was in their live stream with Li Xingyu, looked incredulous after hearing Li Xingyu's words.

No way, we almost swallowed our tongues! And you say it tastes okay? Barely! You're making us sound so unsophisticated!

But looking at Li Xingyu, who was slowly wiping her mouth and washing her hands with a calm expression, they didn't know what to say. After all, she was the one who researched and recreated the dish, and she was the one who had the most say in its taste.

"Weak, helpless, and pitiful, hugging my 160-pound self? Why would I be weak, helpless, and pitiful? Although the taste is indeed a bit off, it's still okay, right?" Li Xingyu cleaned herself up and glanced at the comments as she turned around. She happened to see the wailing on the screen and was somewhat puzzled.

Right now, Li Xingyu is completely focused on researching the ingredients here and striving to make top-notch food. For a moment, she didn't realize that interstellar people have basically never eaten anything other than boiled in water with salt or roasted in its original flavor.

After reading the comment aloud and asking a question, Li Xingyu's mind, which had been immersed in exploring the flavors of the ingredients, finally came to its senses.

Seeing the comments pause briefly before appearing even faster, Li Xingyu touched her nose sheepishly: "Sorry, I was thinking about ingredient combinations and didn't realize it."

The comments section was filled with tearful "It's okay," making Li Xingyu feel a little guilty: "But I think there's still a lot of room for improvement in the taste. How about we bake a lot more later and give away two hundred packages?"

Li Xingyu glanced at the live stream page where the number of viewers was rising rapidly, and wondered if he should draw a range. With over 100 billion viewers, would they start fighting if he gave away 200 shares?

"Sure, let them try Xiao Yumo's cooking skills, and it might also inspire their enthusiasm for learning to cook," Qin Fengshi said cheerfully in agreement.

Li Xingyu suddenly remembered that her father, Mo Lichen, had said a couple of days ago that he would try to cook for them. Now that they were in a recovery period where everything was in disarray, they could gradually resume three meals a day, and nutritional supplements could be stored as emergency food.

This is actually what the alliance wants. Moreover, given their long lifespans and the fact that they no longer need to fight, if nothing else can bring people satisfaction or other emotional fluctuations, society will slowly become stagnant, which is not a situation they want to see.

Everything has two sides; it all depends on your perspective.

Moreover, in many ways, much of the content in Li Xingyu's live stream can soothe their tense minds. This "mind" refers to two things: one is the spirit, the kind that encompasses emotions and other subjective things; the other is the spiritual sea, where the fluctuations of a god-level spiritual power user have a very powerful soothing effect on all men.

In other respects, it can also drive the development and economic progress of some planets, and even strengthen the connections between races and planets.

Of course, Li Xingyu could basically deduce these things as well. After all, she hadn't learned politics and geography in high school for nothing; she hadn't completely forgotten them all.

Not to mention that Mo Lichen specifically sent the message to Li Xingyu during work hours. Although it seemed a little like he was slacking off, Li Xingyu still understood what he meant.

This is the alliance's idea and plan. The rest is up to you. Do it if you want, or leave it alone if you don't. Anyway, this whole family is still here.

Xinghe and Tianshu were initially reluctant, but after Qin Fengshi reminded them, they nodded unwillingly. They knew some of the relevant inside information and had also subtly hinted at it to them.

Xinghe and the others were somewhat mentally prepared. They had to do it even if they were unwilling, and they could still distinguish right from wrong and what was urgent.

Even without being reminded, Li Yue, having already been exposed to some clan affairs, could easily understand it with a little thought.

The people in the kitchen exchanged knowing glances and then nodded in unison, meaning they would do their best to help Li Xingyu.

"Hey~ how much for one serving?"

For lunch today, Li Xingyu and the others had basically prepared all the ingredients. All they needed to do was steam, stir-fry, deep-fry, pan-fry, braise, stew, and roast the food.

Li Xingyu is now sitting on her hoverboard, with her elbows on her knees and her hands supporting her face, asking Xinghe who is standing next to her.

Two hundred portions is two hundred portions, but it's impossible for each portion to be a whole chicken. Li Xingyu still wants to take a nap, and she also wants her and her family's hands and bodies. It would take forever to finish two hundred chickens; they would definitely be exhausted.

Even with a time accelerator, it would still take a lot of time. It's not a problem otherwise; they can manage with the ingredients and space they have.

"The chicken we're using today to make beggar's chicken, after removing the head, feet, and internal organs, will weigh about 30 jin (15 kg). How about one jin or one kilogram per serving?" Xinghe calculated the chicken for today and gave his suggestion.

There definitely weren't that many chickens in the storage room; there were only about a hundred, all kept fresh using time-stop devices. They were all specially raised by their family in another state, and the taste and meat quality were unparalleled.

However, we can't use them all at once. If we use one per serving, we'll have to ask them to deliver it, and with the basic processing, there might not be enough time.

Let them have a taste then. A whole chicken is about the same amount of food an adult woman would eat, and she might not even be full. Anyway, they won't be full, so what's the difference between a whole chicken, a pound, or half a pound?

The little devil inside Xinghe, with demon horns and a tail, thought: 'Hmph~ You think you can eat your fill of food made by my little feather? What are you dreaming of?'

"Then let's make it one pound, that'll be more convenient." Li Xingyu did a rough calculation in her mind, and it should be about one pound for a leg, or a wing with the wing root included.

Moreover, if a chicken weighs 30 jin (15 kg), they only need to roast seven, which is an acceptable number for her.

"Okay, then Xiao Yumo, you and Grandpa Qin can guide Yinlian and the others in cooking first. Tian Shu, Li Yue, and I will go and get the chicken and other necessary ingredients to prepare." Xinghe looked at Li Xingyu sitting on the hoverboard next to him, her little legs swinging up to his shoulder, and couldn't help but raise his hand to half hug her and rub her head.

"Okay, then thank you Xinghe, Tianshu and Liyue." From the first day, or rather the second day, Li Xingyu had been hugged and had her head rubbed. She was used to it and didn't mind. So be it.

As for concerns about whether Li Xingyu would find it annoying, Li Xingyu said she couldn't be bothered with such things. If they didn't object, she could just let them be. It wouldn't hurt her or cause her any harm, so what was the big deal?