Chapter 1071: Chapter 439: Is There a Sweet vs. Savory Debate in the Sticky Rice Cake Circle? One Sentence Silences Both Sides [Monthly Ticket 1000 Extra Chapter]

Confirmed that there’s no issue, he adds the opening and closing, casually chooses a suitable screenshot for the cover, selects the output format, and starts generating the video.

"How is it? Tasty?"

"It’s super tasty, Xu Bao, I’ve found you really have a knack for making snacks. What do you think about us opening a shop specializing in exquisite traditional handmade snacks?"

Opening a snack shop?

This idea isn’t too bad.

But actually implementing it wouldn’t be easy.

Lin Xu said:

"Opening a snack shop requires manpower, and it takes a lot of time and effort to train a qualified snack chef. Once trained, they might be poached by other shops... Let’s not rush; we can talk about it later."

This shows that Lin Ji’s talent reserve is far from enough.

Unlike the second building of my senior brother, when Cheng JianShe left, Zhao Xuesheng immediately stepped in seamlessly.

You can pull out anyone, and they can take charge, which is why other head chefs are polite to my senior brother.

Because it’s not just him that’s skilled, but the second building is full of talents.

No wonder my senior brother said when asking for my help in the competition, that if the age were loosened to thirty, the second building wouldn’t fear any opponent.

He’s indeed skilled in talent training.

Lin Xu feels that points shouldn’t be wasted in the future and should be saved to exchange for teaching and training tasks to elevate everyone’s technical skills.

This way, whether opening a branch or handling personnel changes, the store can respond actively.

While thinking, suddenly he heard a system notification in his mind:

"Host is being proactive, triggering a limited-time task [Employee Training]: Please host elevate the cooking skill level of employees as much as possible within a month; every time an employee’s cooking technique level is improved, the host will earn corresponding points. After a month, exchange prizes with points; the higher the points, the richer the rewards!"

(Note: Elevating employee cooking technique from no level to Qualified Level +1 point, from Qualified Level to Excellent Level +2 points, from Excellent Level to Superior +4 points, from Superior to Perfect Level +8 points, crossing one level +2 points extra, crossing two levels +3 points extra... and so on.)

After listening, Lin Xu felt the system was becoming more and more sneaky.

Previously, there were draws, but now it’s straight points exchange.

And the points calculation is all determined by the system.

Is this to avoid Dundun’s interference to the maximum?

He’s not expecting much from the rewards, but since there’s a task, better to respond positively. Starting tomorrow, all points will be spent on employee skill training.

Ramp up everyone’s skill levels.

As for points, this kind of leftover routine from trashy mobile games doesn’t really interest Lin Xu.

Since upgrading the computers entirely, 4K video generation has become faster and faster. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Once generated, Lin Xu chooses to upload it and drafts a title for the video:

[Youngster, here’s the ultimate guide to making versatile Red Bean Paste; the world of Red Bean Paste desserts depends on you to create!]

Shen Jiayue glanced over and fed the last sticky rice cake to Lin Xu:

"Isn’t using a ’Kung Fu’ gag a bit dated now?"

Lin Xu chews on the sticky rice cake and laughs while saying:

"For classic movies, the older the gag, the more flavorful it becomes."

Successfully uploaded, the couple shuts the computer and heads downstairs.

Lin Xu wraps the remaining glutinous rice dough in plastic wrap and stores it in the fridge. You can’t eat too much of this stuff or you’ll get indigestion, so he didn’t make much today.

The leftover dough won’t be wasted either; later he’ll soak some dried vegetable, cut some ham cubes in the morning, mix them, and wrap it with glutinous rice to make dried vegetable ham rice cake.

Having tasted the sweet one, might as well try the salty sticky rice cake that Southern people often eat—it should pair nicely with porridge.

He tidies up the kitchen, steams a piece of fish for Dundun, then takes out a pack of dried vegetables, rinses them clean in water, and soaks in a bowl.

Tomorrow morning, wring out the water and chop them into pieces to directly wrap the rice cakes.

Besides the dried vegetable rice cake, Lin Xu plans to make some vegetable porridge and stir-fry the rest of the dried vegetables with dried chili; this thing is amazing whether sandwiching in a bun or accompanying porridge.

After handling kitchen affairs, he sits on the couch checking the newly updated video on his phone for any flaws or non-compliance issues.

After watching it, the video looks good; nothing wrong.

Just about to quit and play something else, he discovers people are arguing in the comments section.

Clicking on it, he finds sharp-eyed netizens have spotted the glutinous rice dough covered with a wet cloth on the counter and started fantasizing about whether there will be red bean paste rice cake next.

Then the salty faction in the rice cake community appeared, indicating that only salty rice cakes taste good and sweet ones are heresy.

This comment brought out people from the sweet faction, and everyone started debating in the comments.

Following that, more salty faction people appeared, arguing while tagging Lin Xu, asking him to clarify whether sweet or salty rice cakes taste better, making Lin Xu a bit at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Never imagined everyone would have so much time to argue.

He replied with a message:

"Just made some red bean paste rice cake, tastes great, soaked some dried vegetable too, planning to try dried vegetable rice cake tomorrow morning—anyone interested?"

This fence-sitting response prompted netizens to tease Lin Xu’s slick approach.

But everyone’s still unsatisfied, starting to tag his wife Shen Jiayue to hear her opinion.

Shen Jiayue actively participates, resting her head on Lin Xu’s lap, and types out a comment:

"I love dipping dried vegetable rice cake in sugar; do you like this way of eating?"

Her comment rendered both salty and sweet factions silent.

After a good while, a salty faction member said:

"Heretic!"

A member from the sweet faction agreed:

"Indeed, the boss lady is the biggest heretic!"

As both sides prepared to reconcile, Geng Lele secretly lurking, used a small account to send a message:

"I particularly dislike eating salty tofu brain, what about you?"

After brief silence, salty and sweet factions started arguing again, involving even more participants than before, spreading to discussions about rice dumplings, mooncakes, soy milk, tomato scrambled eggs, and poached eggs.

Lin Xu, looking at the exploding posts in the comments section, helplessly sends Geng Lele a message:

"Is your homework too little?"

"Haha, I find it fun! It’s so simple to reach the top of the hot discussion list—Xu bro, this is way easier than advertising."

Lin Xu barely manages a wry smile.

You find it fun, but how do we wrap it up next?

Why not... cook a dish with both sweet and salty flavors tomorrow to calm both sides?

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