Gan Lan put down the fruit in her hands and bowed to the audience in the streaming channel. "Thank you for your continuous support. I know that suddenly reopening the gift channel is like slapping myself in the face. However high-and-mighty I sounded before, that’s exactly how hypocritical I am now.
"Over the past two days, an idea suddenly came to me. I want to buy Poverty Star 1888, the place where I was born, and transform it into a Huaxia Food Planet. This goal is absolutely impossible to achieve without Credit Points. I used to think that having just enough Credit Points was fine, but now... I’m really sorry, everyone. To those who unfollow me, I understand, but I still want to do this. I hope we’ll have the chance to meet again. Thank you."
After finishing this long speech, Gan Lan smiled, feeling as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders.
System Notification: [Congratulations to streamer ’Come and have some barbecue!’ for receiving 99 Cosmic Starships from ’Feiran’, triggering a network-wide broadcast.]
Network-wide Broadcast: [’Feiran’ to ’Come and have some barbecue!’: They finally won’t be returned. I support you, future Planet Chief of the Huaxia Food Planet.]
System Notification: [Congratulations to streamer ’Come and have some barbecue!’ for receiving 199 Cosmic Starships from ’Handsome Mingyu’, triggering a network-wide broadcast.]
Network-wide Broadcast: [’Handsome Mingyu’ to ’Come and have some barbecue!’: Princess Yan is so stingy! He’s so rich, yet he only gifted 99. Junior, I support you! Once you’ve established the Food Star, I’m definitely going to settle down there! Just thinking about waking up every day and agonizing over what delicious food to eat... I absolutely love such a sweet dilemma!]
...
Seeing these familiar friends generously showering her with massive gifts, it would be a lie to say Gan Lan wasn’t moved.
She thought to herself, "Once I’ve saved up enough money, I’ll treat the Credit Points they’ve gifted as shares—shares in the Huaxia Food Planet! When they visit the planet in the future, they won’t have to spend a dime, and I’ll even have houses ready for them!" Thinking this way made Gan Lan feel a bit better.
"Thank you all for your deep affection, but please only gift what you can afford. I have truly felt your support and encouragement," she said.
Sky Blue: [Holy crap! Junior, your idea is absolutely brilliant! The name Huaxia Food Planet is amazing!]
Blooming Beauty, Moonlit Grace: [Awww! Just thinking about it gets me all excited, what should I do? Junior, you’re truly amazing. Love you, love you, love you!]
Love Ugly Shellfish, Love Kale: [I’m going to settle down on the Huaxia Cuisine Star when the time comes, too! Junior, I love you, love you!]
Hot Pot Balls: [Future Planet Chief of the Huaxia Food Planet? Hahaha, that’s awesome!]
Gan Lan felt a bit embarrassed. They hadn’t even taken the first step yet, but they were already calling her that.
"Aren’t you guys going to pay attention to what we’re eating today? We’ve already wasted a lot of time." Gan Lan felt a bit helpless, though the originally awkward atmosphere in the streaming channel had been largely dispelled by these people.
Binbin: [Compared to what we’re eating today, I’m much more interested in when the future Planet Chief of the Huaxia Food Planet can drop the word ’future’. I’m so looking forward to it!]
I’m Too Stressed: [I’m really looking forward to it too! Once the streamer successfully builds it, I’m definitely going! So, what are we eating today?]
The green of the Qingtuan is really beautiful: [That’s right, the first step of a ten-thousand-mile journey has already been taken. The word ’future’ will be dropped sooner or later. I believe in you, streamer! You’re the best!]
Regardless of how many followers she had lost, Gan Lan continued to focus on delivering today’s streaming content well.
"Today we’re going to make roasted chicken gristle and fruit boxes." Gan Lan took out the cleaned chicken gristle, taking the opportunity to share some trivia with the audience.
A "palm treasure" usually referred to the thumb-sized cushion on the sole of a chicken’s foot, but an entire chicken only yielded two authentic small pieces of it. Therefore, Gan Lan had bought the connecting parts of every joint on the chickens to mix with the authentic palm treasures. This way, she had a decent quantity, and naturally, the cost was much lower. Mainly because the ingredient shop was unwilling to sell it that way, Gan Lan had to take a step back and buy all the gristle on the chickens.
I’m Here to Learn: [This part can actually be roasted?! Will it taste good?]
Handsome Mingyu: [Anything produced by the streamer is guaranteed to be a masterpiece! So what can’t be roasted?]
Hot Pot Balls: [Everything can be roasted? I’ll just wait quietly to eat!]
"Put the cleaned chicken gristle into a large bowl. Add appropriate amounts of dried chili, dried Sichuan peppercorns, pepper powder, five-spice powder, sugar, ginger juice, salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, chicken essence, and white sesame seeds. Mix it well by hand and leave it to marinate," Gan Lan explained. "Alright, we’ll leave it to marinate for now. Now let’s make the fruit boxes; this is also very simple."
Gan Lan had prepared six kinds of fruits: strawberries, mangoes, grapes, blueberries, kiwis, and red-fleshed dragon fruits.
"Dice them up one by one and set them aside separately. Take out the disposable clear boxes that we’ll use later. Because I’m going to make six-layer fruit boxes, I’ve prepared large boxes.
"Next, we’ll make a light and fluffy sponge cake." Gan Lan took out a large bowl. "Add appropriate amounts of corn oil, milk, granulated sugar, and egg yolks to the bowl. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then sift in low-gluten flour... Pour the mixed cake batter into a baking tray and bake for about twenty minutes."
She poured heavy cream and caster sugar into a separate bowl, whipping it until ridges formed, and then scooped it into a piping bag. Once the baked cake was taken out and cooled, she cut it into pieces roughly the same size as the disposable boxes.
She placed a slice of cake into a box and piped a layer of cream over the top. She then spread a layer of fruit on top, pressed another slice of cake over it, and repeated the process.
"Alright, the fruit box is done! Let’s put the lid on and chill it in the fridge first, then continue making the next one. You can put in whatever fruits you like." Gan Lan called two robots over to help, as there were too many for her to handle alone. The remaining three robots were skewering the chicken gristle.
Blooming Beauty, Moonlit Grace: [Is this what you call simple? This is way too hard! It’s so pretty, though. Love it, love it, love it!]
Osmanthus Rice Cake: [Oh my god, it looks absolutely stunning. I want to eat it!]
I’m Here to Learn: [Making this cake looks like such a hassle. Sob, sob, I want to give up!]
Sky Blue: [So pretty, it must be delicious! Junior~]
Feiran: [I want to eat it.]
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Seeing the barrage of comments all expressing their desire to eat it, Gan Lan went to the fridge and took out two freshly chilled fruit boxes.
"Well then, let’s give it a try now!" Gan Lan opened one of the boxes. "This one of mine has three flavors: strawberry, mango, and kiwi." She then opened the other one. "This one is dragon fruit, grape, and blueberry. Since I just placed them in randomly, the fruits inside each fruit box are all different!"
Gan Lan dug out a large spoonful and put it in her mouth. The light, fluffy cake mixed with the fragrance of the cream, intertwined with the sweet and sour strawberries... Chilled and icy, it was incredibly delicious. Gan Lan narrowed her eyes in pure bliss.
Digging further down revealed the mango flavor. The mangoes produced in the future era were exceptionally sweet and soft.