Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 608 - 607 Little Dragon Shrimp is Ready, Now Only Beer is Missing
Inside the shell of the crayfish, there’s another layer of soft meat, which must be the edible part. The hard shell on the outside mustn’t be eaten, but the shell is so tough, I’m not sure how to peel it open.
"Shopkeeper, how do you eat this thing? How do you peel open this hard shell?" Tian Peng fiddled with it for a while but didn’t know what to do, so he could only look to Chen Nuo for help.
"It’s easy, you do it like this..." Chen Nuo reached out and pinched the soft meat from the shell.
Tian Peng watched wide-eyed as Chen Nuo pinched that piece of soft meat, dipped it a bit in the broth, and put it in his mouth.
"Is it good, Shopkeeper?" Tian Peng asked eagerly.
"It’s delicious. You try it," said Chen Nuo.
Sun Wukong had been watching eagerly for quite some time, and now he finally knew how to eat it.
Before Tian Peng could even start, Sun Wukong had already grabbed one for himself, imitating the method Chen Nuo had just taught Tian Peng, twisting the head off, sucking it, and then pinching the meat to dip in the broth before putting it in his mouth.
The delightful taste of the broth burst in his mouth instantly. These unimpressive, even slightly terrifying strange insects turned out to have such a delicious flavor.
After eating one, Sun Wukong picked up another crayfish, broke it open, and put it in his mouth.
He ate crayfish after crayfish non-stop, and seeing Sun Wukong gobbling them down, Tian Peng also started eating.
The two brothers ate bite for bite, as if afraid one would eat more than the other.
Chen Nuo had originally planned to eat slowly, but seeing the two of them eating so desperately, he suddenly lost interest.
He smiled lightly, shook his hands, and set them down, slowly drinking Peach Blossom Wine from a silken pouch he took out.
The thing is delicious, yes, but it’s somewhat too salty to eat on its own.
Seeing Chen Nuo sipping the Peach Blossom Wine, Sun Wukong immediately waved his hands and began to plead, "Master, I want to drink too."
Chen Nuo nodded, but stayed still.
Sun Wukong got the hint, quickly plucked a hair from his body and laid it on the table, chuckling, "Master, I know what you mean."
Tian Peng also wanted to drink, but he neither had Magic Artifacts nor plenty of silver, so he could only look on eagerly.
Chen Nuo took a jug of Peach Blossom Wine from his pocket and placed it on the table, casually taking out two cups.
Tian Peng swallowed, but some reasoning remained, "Shopkeeper, I don’t have money. You don’t need to prepare anything for me."
"Who says?" Chen Nuo glanced at the monkey hair on the table, "Trading monkey hair for a jug of Peach Blossom Wine should be enough, you don’t need to feel burdened."
Tian Peng glanced at Sun Wukong. He had already taken the cup of wine Chen Nuo passed to him, placed them in front of the two of them, and poured the wine, too.
Knowing that Sun Wukong didn’t mind these things anymore, Tian Peng looked touched as he gazed at Sun Wukong and Chen Nuo, "Shopkeeper, Mr. Monkey, you both are really too good to me!"
"Alright, enough with the sentimentality," Sun Wukong glanced at him, "Come on, let’s toast, no need to say anything else."
Tian Peng also raised his cup to toast with Sun Wukong, "Mr. Monkey, let’s not say anything. Whatever I want to say is in this wine. Here’s to us."
The two had already begun to drink, and Chen Nuo didn’t disturb them as he stepped outside.
The food we had before was home-cooked fare, so I didn’t consider the beer.
Now that we’ve got the crayfish all set, it feels like something’s missing without beer.
Just drinking Peach Blossom Wine isn’t satisfying enough; after all, to truly enjoy, you need beer.
Thinking this, Chen Nuo knocked on the System, "System, do you have a recipe for beer? I’ll trade Merit Points for it."
"Ding! Found three beer recipes for you. Deluxe version for one thousand Merit Points, some website version for five hundred Merit Points, and the ingredients version for three hundred Merit Points. Host, which one do you want?" the System dinged and answered.
Chen Nuo wasn’t short on Merit Points and directly opted for the detailed version.
"Since the host doesn’t care about these few Merit Points, I will gift to you all three methods," the system said.
What was the use of those two versions if he already had the more detailed one?
Chen Nuo complained in his heart, but his expression didn’t betray his thoughts as he reviewed each version. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Indeed, the detailed version was better; the other two merely listed ingredient quantities, but the detailed one included the method of operation as well.
He retrieved the ingredients from the storage and was just about to get started when the system’s voice rang out again.
"Ding, it has been detected that the host is making a bottle of wine. You only need to spend five thousand Merit Points to exchange for a beer machine. Would you like to make the exchange?" the system asked.
Chen Nuo was embarrassed, "Why didn’t you say so earlier?"
"It was automatically recommended by the system after the host exchanged for the beer recipe," the system replied.
"So, you mean if I buy the beer machine after getting the beer recipe, there will be a discount, right?" Chen Nuo asked.
"There will not," the system replied.
This setting was just like spending a hefty sum on an item and then finding a cheaper one of the exact same function.
"The beer produced by the beer machine is not inferior to handcrafted beer and can even produce an unlimited amount as long as there are ingredients. A machine this cost-effective and labor-saving, aren’t you tempted, host?" the system inquired.
"Not really, I plan on making it myself," Chen Nuo brusquely cut off the system and then said.
The system choked, not expecting this kind of outcome. Did that mean this machine won’t be sold in the future?
"Dear, oh no, host, are you sure you don’t want this convenient beer machine and would instead choose to toil away making it yourself, with an output less than half that of the machine?" the system continued to persuade, "If you buy now, it will be delivered immediately."
"When wasn’t it delivered immediately upon purchase?" Chen Nuo retorted.
Indeed, the system was stumped by Chen Nuo’s soul-searching question.
After a moment of silence, it began again, "If the host buys the beer machine now, you’ll also get a feature that skips the fermentation process. You only need to put in the ingredients, and the beer comes out immediately."
"I don’t need it," Chen Nuo refused.
"Why not? The beer machine is very affordable," the system asked.
Affordable it was, and it would be a lie to say he wasn’t tempted.
But Chen Nuo had already bought the beer recipe. Even if there was a cheaper option for the beer machine available now, he wouldn’t choose it and would rather endure the hardship than see his recently spent money go to waste.
"Too expensive," Chen Nuo spoke the truth and then asked, "Can I return the beer recipe I just bought?"
"Since you have already viewed the recipe, it cannot be returned; this kind of thing doesn’t support a seven-day return without reason," the system said with familiar wording.
"Since I can’t exchange it, I might as well make the beer using the recipe. Can’t let those spent Merit Points go to waste," Chen Nuo said.
A beer recipe only cost a thousand Merit Points, whereas a beer machine required five thousand. The system could also tell which was more cost-effective.
"Host, there can be a discount," the system quickly said upon seeing that Chen Nuo had already started preparing to make beer.
"How much?" Chen Nuo immediately inquired.
He wasn’t truly averse to spending the money; after all, if there was a useful tool available, who would want to spend so much time making beer?
"Ten percent off," the system considered and then offered.
"Then I’ll just stick to making the beer," Chen Nuo said. Ten percent off, it’s practically no discount at all, it’s not even embarrassing to mention.
