The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead

Chapter 86: Chapter 86 Maltose
 

Zone 2, Yan Family.

The Family Head of the Yan Family, Yan Yuan, was sighing heavily, sitting on the sofa, occasionally glancing at the Light Computer.

“When will there be any news?”

“Dad, you have to give people time to react. You only sent the email last night,” Yan Yuan’s eldest daughter, Yan Yue, who is also Liu Cheng’s mother, rolled her eyes unabashedly beside him.

Now he was anxious—what was he doing earlier?

Last night, when Fu Yunhe didn’t sell fine salt in his livestream, Yan Yuan started to worry. He had thought of waiting another day or two.

“Ah! It’s all my fault, I saw the goods and still thought of waiting…”

“You have a new email.”

The emotionless mechanical voice of the broadcaster interrupted Yan Yuan’s ramble, his arms outstretched as if trying to stop someone.

“Don’t move! No one move!” Yan Yuan opened the Light Computer himself, checked his emails, and his face lit up with joy upon seeing the first one.

“Hahaha! He replied! He messaged me back!” After reading the email several times, Yan Yuan replied: “Can we discuss this on the Star Network?”

Fu Yunhe, of course, agreed.

Both parties logged onto a shop on the Star Network, which catered specifically to clients looking to negotiate partnerships.

Interstellar space is so vast, some places require long leaps to reach another location, therefore finalizing a contract with spiritual power on the Star Network is very secure.

The negotiation went very smoothly, and right there and then, Yan Yuan wanted to sign a contract with Fu Yunhe. However, Fu Yunhe declined, saying,

“Please wait a moment, I am only in charge of negotiating. I will contact you later for the person truly in charge to sign a contract with you.”

Yan Yuan, despite a lingering worry, could only cheerfully agree and decided to wait and see.

Both signed out from the Star Network, and Fu Yunhe, back in the real world, saw Nian Shutong returning.

“Xiao He, buy another big pot and a fermenter.”

“Okay.” Fu Yunhe never asked why, he just bought what Nian Shutong needed.

Nian Shutong placed the sand she had collected on the ground, then took out a basin; first, she put a perforated steaming tray inside, covered it with a water-permeable cloth, and then added a handful of wheat seeds.

Yes, wheat seeds.

After Fu Yunhe made the purchases, he stood by watching, and Nian Shutong didn’t hide anything, starting to explain,

“These are wheat seeds. I need to sprout them now, which will take a few days. Once they have sprouted, we can make maltose.”

“And maltose is one of the main ingredients for our candied chestnuts.”

Nian Shutong washed the seeds and spread them in a basin, covering them with a breathable cloth.

“Xiao He, you’ll need to spray them with a bit of water each day—not too much. Once the malt has grown to about four centimeters, we can use it.”

Fu Yunhe nodded, indicating he would take care of it.

Having dealt with the wheat seeds, Nian Shutong then took Fu Yunhe into the kitchen and took out the chestnuts she had found.

“We need to shell these chestnuts and get the brown fruit inside.” Nian Shutong cracked one open to show Fu Yunhe.

Then, the two of them sat on small stools and began shelling the chestnuts.

“Ah… Interstellar space is so big, why aren’t there any people who can’t survive and come work for us?”

Nian Shutong found that as things increased, so did her worries.

It’s not that she couldn’t give the work to Fu Yunhe, but with his physique, he wasn’t strong enough for everything; they still needed hands to do the work.

Fu Yunhe didn’t know what to say—should he tell her that her job postings were too frightening?

He too was getting tired of peeling, so he called over a robot to help with the shelling.

Seeing the robot, Nian Shutong seemed to have an idea and got up to go find Rubble.