Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

Carefully controlling the ratio of water to mud and mixing the mud well is a crucial step, even though it's not difficult. It's fair to say that the quality of the roasted chicken is inextricably linked to this layer of mud.

Li Xingyu controlled the cement ratio in the mud, Xinghe helped her pour water with a bucket, and Tian Shu and Li Yue helped stir it. The group worked together in perfect harmony, following the same instructions and actions, and had already achieved a basic level of coordination.

Hu Yu didn't participate because they were the ones who were making mud in the morning, and he didn't know exactly how to do it. In order to avoid making things worse, he just watched Li Xingyu and the others make mud from the side.

Having done the same thing before, Li Xingyu and the others were now much more adept at it, controlling their speed and strength better, and soon they had mixed the mud.

Because they were going to roast ten chickens, Li Xingyu and the others had been playing around in the morning, and now they were also joining in the process of putting mud on the lotus leaf chickens.

It took several people a while to finish applying the mud, and then it was time to start baking.

Once the fire is lit, put the beggar's chicken into it. Then you can adjust the time accelerator. After that, just keep an eye on the fire and add firewood as needed.

Hu Yu and Xinghe volunteered to watch the fire. They were indeed relatively experienced and had good reaction speed, so Li Xingyu didn't say anything and let them watch it themselves.

As for what Li Xingyu did?

She was leading Tian Shu and Li Yue back to the mud pit where they had been playing with mud, intending to try and sculpt a few mud figures.

In the morning, because it was her first time baking and she wasn't very skilled, Li Xingyu kept moving between the mud pit and the fire, since the fire was right in the middle of the open space and the summer morning sun was quite strong.

Even without watching the fire and the time, Li Xingyu still walked towards the edge of the grass. Her skin was so white and smooth now, and she would regret it to death if she got a little tanned.

But now that Xinghe is there, Li Xingyu completely trusts his record of making beggar's chicken this morning, because she has already seen it, and Xinghe remembers the steps and time perfectly.

So Li Xingyu confidently led the two to play by the mud pit. Under the somewhat disapproving gazes of Tian Shu and Li Yue, she used her spiritual power to condense a set of tools for making mud figures.

Over here, Hu Yu and Xinghe were intently observing the firewood burning extremely rapidly under the time accelerator, while their hands moved with lightning speed, adding the already cut wood into the fire.

When Li Xingyu and the others started the fire, they first piled up the firewood so that all five big mud balls could receive heat.

Because ten mud balls were too big in terms of both volume and area to be baked all at once, Li Xingyu and the others divided the ten mud balls into two batches, baking them in groups of five.

That's why Li Xingyu was so relaxed, pulling Tian Shu and Li Yue aside to play. If there were a time accelerator, it would take about twenty minutes, almost half an hour.

Because you need to pay attention to the heat and the burning speed of the firewood, as well as some tips for adding firewood, so as not to collapse the fire when adding firewood.

Li Xingyu led Tian Shu and Li Yue to the mud pit that had not yet dried and solidified, and used the twig she had used to collect mud that morning to pick out a large lump of mud that was somewhere between solid and liquid.

The tree branch was taken out of Li Xingyu's storage space and had just been placed on the grass next to her; now it was just the right time to take it out and use it.

The current state of the clay is just right for sculpting clay figures. When I first wrapped the chicken, it was too runny and I couldn't shape it. Now that it has solidified slightly, it's just right and has good plasticity.

Li Xingyu placed the mud on a slightly flat stone next to her. There were many stones of various shapes scattered around the edge of the grass. She had walked around in the morning and placed this stone, which looked like a cuboid, next to the mud pit.

Perhaps because her mental strength level and the skills given by the main system enhanced her physical abilities, Li Xingyu easily lifted the stone, which would normally require some effort, although it startled the others present, who were afraid she might get hurt.

As Li Xingyu was kneading the clay, she suddenly remembered a text she had studied before. She even remembered its name: "Clay Figure Zhang." At the time, she had developed a great interest in clay figures and had even searched for related information.

As she pondered, Li Xingyu looked at the lump of clay in her hand and couldn't help but chuckle. Could she now be considered Clay Figure Li? After all, her skills had reached the level of Clay Figure Zhang. Once again, she thanked the main system for its gift.

"Little Star? What's wrong? Did you think of something happy?" Tian Shu and Li Yue were drawn to Li Xingyu's laughter. Tian Shu couldn't help but ask, and Li Yue nodded with a curious look.

"Oh~ I just remembered an article about clay figures from Blue Star. Do you want to hear it?" Li Xingyu paused slightly in her work, then tilted her head to look at Tian Shu and Li Yue. Golden sunlight filtered through the dense branches, dappling her body.

"Huh? Ah, you want to hear it." Tian Shu and Li Yue were both stunned for a moment before they reacted. Tian Shu quickly nodded in agreement to cover up his dazed state. Li Yue next to him coughed awkwardly and nodded.

"Okay, I'll read it to you:"

In the world of art, "Clay Figure Zhang," the master of clay figurines, ranks number one. Moreover, there's a number one, but not a number two; the difference between third and fourth place is immense.

The clay figurine artist Zhang's real name was Zhang Ming. He frequented two places during the Xianfeng era.

It was the theater in the northeast city, and the restaurant in the north gate, Tianqing Restaurant. Sitting there, I watched all sorts of people, and also tried to sculpt all sorts of people.

"Go to the Guanlou Pavilion to see all sorts of things on the stage, go to the Tianqing Hall to see all sorts of things in the human world. And there are even more things like the latter..." Li Xingyu recited the text to them while fiddling with the clay in his hands and shaking his head.

It was just memorizing a text, and it was a text from several years ago. Luckily, Li Xingyu remembered the things he tried hard to memorize in the textbook well. Once he memorized them, he wouldn't forget them easily. Otherwise, he probably would have had to ask Qingyao and Hanqing for help.

Strangely enough, Li Xingyu couldn't remember people's names, nor could he remember place names, let alone match people's names with their faces. But he could still remember the knowledge points he deliberately memorized from books, even after a long time. He still remembered some knowledge from his elementary school books. His memory was really something else...

It's hard to rate.

In fact, Hu Yu and Xing He were also listening intently to Li Xingyu's conversation with Tian Shu and Li Yue.

Not to mention the people in Li Xingyu's live stream room, they not only recorded the video, but also wrote down the article that Li Xingyu recited in their notebooks.

"Three days later, Hai Zhangwu sent people and spent a lot of money to buy all these clay figures. It is said that he even bought the clay molds. The clay figures are gone, but the story of 'selling Hai Zhangwu' has been passed down for over a hundred years, even to this day." After reciting the last sentence of the article, Li Xingyu looked at the confused expressions of the four people present. As if he had thought of something, he took a sip of water he had taken out of his storage space and began to explain the facts at a leisurely pace. In fact, he was just going over a small piece of knowledge from the end of the text.

Zhang Ming (1826-1906), whose given name was Changlin and courtesy name was Ming, was a native of Tianjin (now Jinzhou), with ancestral roots in Shaoxing, Zhejiang (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). He was a famous folk artist known as "Clay Figure Zhang".

He began practicing clay sculpting with his parents from a young age, honing his skills to an extraordinary level. He could sculpt a figure simply by sitting and chatting, without making a sound, and in an instant, the clay would be complete; he could even conceal clay in his sleeve and quietly sculpt a lifelike figure, so vivid and lifelike that the eyebrows and beard seemed to move. After saying this long passage, the little clay figure in Li Xingyu's hands was almost finished.

That's right, Li Xingyu just sculpted it with only one hand. She didn't stop sculpting the clay figure while she was drinking water and talking.

The others were completely absorbed in Li Xingyu's narration. Except for Hu Yu and Xinghe, who spared a little attention to keep an eye on the fire in front of them to prevent it from going out, everyone else listened with rapt attention.

This also includes those people in Li Xingyu's live stream who were frantically taking notes with paper and pen. Some thought it sounded great and amazing, some thought it was meaningful, some were just curious about the article, and others were staff members sent by the alliance to record this information and data.

It's fair to say that if they hadn't recorded the screen, they would have had to go back and watch the replay, and they would probably have asked Li Xingyu to release the original text.

It's important to know that the interstellar script uses Chinese, and Mandarin is their common language. One sound can correspond to many characters. Although it's meant to be listened to as a story, if you want to tell it to others, you at least need to know what it's actually about.

In the words of an ordinary, normal person: when you're trying to popularize science, you need to be clear and understand it yourself, otherwise how can you popularize science to others?

"Wow~ Little Star, you're amazing! Just like Zhang Mingshan, the protagonist of the article you just mentioned." Li Xingyu placed the clay figure she had just sculpted on a corner of the rock, and Tian Shu and Li Yue's eyes immediately turned to it. Li Yue couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Because the clay figure Li Xingyu sculpted was actually Li Yue, and apart from the size and color, it was exactly the same as him. It looked very delicate and cute, and even Li Yue's nine fluffy tails were sculpted to be lifelike.

Li Xingyu sculpted Li Yue simply because its features were very distinctive—its fox ears and tail were incredibly eye-catching. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to sculpt anyone else well on her first try, so she chose the person with the strongest features to experiment with. So far, it seems to be working quite well.

However, the others had no idea what Li Xingyu was thinking. Hu Yu and Xinghe couldn't see it clearly because of the distance and their positions, and because the clay figure Li Xingyu sculpted was only about the height of her palm, about ten centimeters.

Tian Shu was different. Looking at the clay figure Li Xingyu had sculpted, she felt a mix of grievance and confusion: 'Does Little Xingyu like Li Yue more? Not only have they been inseparable these past few days, but even the first clay figure she sculpted was of him. Aren't we best friends?'

Li Xingyu had no idea what Tian Shu was thinking. She simply picked up another lump of clay and started kneading it, using both hands at the same time. Her speed increased considerably, and in less than five minutes, a lifelike clay figure, seemingly a scaled-down version of Tian Shu, appeared in her hands.

When sculpting clay figures, one's mind is focused on the clay, so Li Xingyu didn't notice that Tian Shu's expression was a little off. After finishing sculpting the clay figure, she looked up and saw Tian Shu with his head down and a somewhat somber aura.

"Tian Shu, do you think this looks good? Do you like it?" Li Xingyu was a little puzzled, but she still took the clay figure she had just made, moved next to him, and nudged Tian Shu, who was still lost in thought, with her elbow.

Li Xingyu originally wanted to tug at his clothes or poke him, but since both her hands were covered in mud, which would get her clothes dirty, she used her elbow instead.

"Hmm? Is this a clay figure of me? It's very pretty. Little Star's craftsmanship is amazing." Tian Shu heard Li Xingyu's words, turned his head and looked in the direction she was pointing, and then saw the clay figure in her hand that looked exactly like himself. His mood immediately improved.

'Alright, alright, let Li Yue be the first one then. Little Star still cares about me; she made me the second one. Xinghe hasn't made one yet. Little Star must be making me based on how far away the people around her are right now.' Tian Shu looked at the lifelike clay figure in Li Xingyu's hand and quickly reassured himself.

Tian Shu was only confused and aggrieved for a moment. He thought he wasn't there. He apologized to Li Xingyu in his heart. He would try to believe in her in the future. Only someone who can create such warm, gentle and touching scenes would not ignore the emotions of the people around them.

"Let this dry in a bit, then I'll give it to you. The same goes for Li Yue's. We can't move it around too much right now, but it'll be fine once it's dry." Li Xingyu watched Tian Shu's mood change from cloudy to sunny, feeling a little confused, but she knew he had been appeased, so she didn't think much of it and just sighed inwardly.

'So easily fooled! She'll be completely taken in from now on. Hmm, I should be more careful. After all, she's a good friend.' Li Xingyu made up her mind that she would keep a closer eye on Tian Shu in the future and not let others deceive her.

Li Xingyu never imagined that she would be the one to "trick" Tian Shu the most in the future, and Tian Shu would always be foolish enough to willingly "fall for it".

"Okay." x2

Tian Shu and Li Yue looked at the two little clay figures that Li Xingyu had placed together and agreed in unison. However, their eyes were secretly watching the two little clay figures. They squeezed the clay in their hands, looked up at the clay figures and Li Xingyu.

We'll talk about the future later. Right now, Li Xingyu has started sculpting her third and fourth clay figures. She plans to try multitasking and sculpting different clay figures with both hands.