Chapter 560: Chapter 560: The Comprehensive Harvest of Seeds
During the live stream, a pot of oily, good-looking braised rice appeared.
“This looks so appetizing!”
“So convenient!”
“It is kinda convenient, but the rice is so expensive, the veggies are so expensive.”
“Rice rice rice! Speaking of rice, I have to mention something, my family’s rice, we’ve harvested it. So much rice!”
“My family planted some too! Never thought that in my lifetime we’d achieve rice self-sufficiency.”
“I’m at my family’s rice paddies right now, harvesting, a bit tired, I’ve got some cuts on me that sting, but I want to say, I’m so happy!”
“What are they talking about?”
“I don’t know, why do you all have rice to eat?”
“I know, let me enlighten everyone, Mr. Xiao He and the others, more than three months ago, sold a batch of rice seeds, and these seeds, have been harvested one after another.”
“Not just rice, the sweet potatoes I planted in my living room are doing great.”
“Same here; I finally chopped down that sugarcane, it was somewhat sweet, although it made my mouth hurt from chewing, I’m so happy.”
“Got so many sweet potatoes, if it wasn’t for Xiao He’s video teaching how to plant and harvest sweet potatoes, I almost thought sweet potatoes grew on the surface, I thought my plants were just sprouting vines without any fruit.”
“This is so relatable, my mom didn’t know either, she almost threw them out.”
Seeing the topic being discussed in the comments section, Ms. Nian Shutong said to Master Fan and Fu Yunhe, “Xiao He, Master Fan, make another sweet potato dish for everyone, and squeeze some sugarcane juice to drink while you’re at it.”
“Alright.”
“Understood, Boss.”
“Wow! Boss is so thoughtful!”
“Love you, Boss!”
“Boss, I love you!”
Fu Yunhe felt envious watching the comments section overflowing with confessions of love for Boss Nian Shutong, and he also wanted to say something.
Fu Yunhe sneakily glanced at Nian Shutong, who caught him in the act and raised an eyebrow at him: What do you mean?
Fu Yunhe just pursed his lips in a smile, silent.
Nian Shutong couldn’t guess Fu Yunhe’s convoluted train of thought, diverted her own gaze, and watched as Master Fan made fried sweet potatoes for everyone.
After the fried sweet potatoes were done, they were delicious on their own, and for those who didn’t like to eat them plain, they could dip them in White Sugar for an even better taste.
Having finished the fried sweet potatoes, Fu Yunhe also used a machine to make sugarcane juice for everyone.
“Eh? I don’t know if the sugarcane juice tastes good, but can I get one of those juicing machines?”
“Right, I want one too.”
“I’ve noticed a lot of small machines here at Big Bro’s place are pretty good.”
“True, has Big Bro considered selling them?”
“We’re a small Mechanical Clan manufacturing company, very willing to buy this technology.”
Opening a live stream and it turned into a business opportunity for Rubble.
Fu Yunhe didn’t respond right away, but he glanced at Nian Shutong, who seemed to be deep in thought; she probably had some ideas.
After several rounds of virtual tasting ended, Fu Yunhe said to everyone, “May you have a wonderful day, goodbye.”
With the closing words, the Little River Live stream ended.
Right after the end of the broadcast, Nian Shutong looked towards Rubble.
Rubble tilted its head and asked Ms. Nian Shutong, “Ms. Nian Shutong, is there something you need? Rubble hasn’t spent all its money yet.”
Rubble’s question prompted a rather ungracious eye roll from Nian Shutong as she retorted, “Is money the only thing we can talk about?”
Rubble took the question very seriously and replied in a straightforward manner, “No.”
At that moment, Nian Shutong could only feel one thing: so this is what a heart attack feels like.
“Alright, since there’s nothing else, let’s continue discussing this topic.”
Nian Shutong leaned forward, looking at Rubble and asking, “Don’t you want to make money?”
“Not really. Making money is Ms. Nian Shutong’s business, Rubble is responsible for spending it.”
Nian Shutong felt an even sharper pain in her heart as she coldly turned and called out: Xiao He!
“Here!”
Fu Yunhe appeared immediately, his newly developed superpower of Instantaneous Movement proving useful.
“What’s up?”
“Sit down.”
Nian Shutong pointed to the chair beside her, and with a thud, Fu Yunhe sat down ramrod straight, his hands properly resting on his knees, his fingers precisely aligned without any gap.
“Xiao He, explain the matter of patent rights to Rubble.”
Fu Yunhe instantly understood Nian Shutong’s intention and immediately began to explain to Rubble.
“Rubble, once you publish your patent on the Academy of Sciences’ website and it gets recognized, you’ll have the patent rights to a piece of technology. If someone wants to use your patent, they’ll need to pay for the right to use it. You’ll earn a substantial amount of Star Coins with your own technology, which can fully fund your research indefinitely.”
After finishing, Fu Yunhe glanced at Nian Shutong and, detecting a hardly noticeable nod from her, he felt satisfied as he looked at Rubble.
Rubble also understood, summarizing, “Rubble’s own research pays for Rubble’s own research.”
“Exactly! That’s the principle.”
Fu Yunhe’s affirmation prompted Rubble to look at Nian Shutong and ask, “Then what is Ms. Nian Shutong making money for?”
Nian Shutong, feeling exasperated, pointed at herself and asked Rubble, “Would you ever complain about having too much money? If you don’t earn enough, won’t you come to me for more?”
Rubble nodded in agreement, “Yes, Rubble can upload its own research.”
Upon hearing Rubble’s agreement, Nian Shutong finally let out a smile and told Rubble, “Then when you go back, organize your research reports, and upload some to the website first. We’ll see how it goes.”
“What report?”
Rubble was confused again.
Nian Shutong looked back at Fu Yunhe. Your turn, you explain.
So Fu Yunhe once again started to explain, “Reports are about the research – why you conducted it, what its purpose is, how you achieved success in it, including detailed records of both failed and successful data.”
“But Rubble has no failed data, nor a research process. If Rubble wants to do something, it just does it.”
The ultimate show-off appeared, doing things as soon as it wanted.
Nian Shutong wasn’t doubting the truth of Rubble’s claim, as Rubble had already completed the Mechanical Clan’s upgrade. Although it didn’t seem different on the outside, everyone in the small wooden house felt that Rubble had become slightly more humanized.
The humanization was slight, but what was most remarkable was that Rubble really did have new research coming out every day. Without needing to calculate or plan, it was as simple as wanting to do something and then doing it, as easy as eating and drinking.
Thinking about this, Nian Shutong felt maybe she really was making things difficult for Rubble. It was like asking a PhD student to solve a middle school-level math problem: they know how, but wouldn’t know where to start.
“Never mind then, just do your research and don’t worry about the rest.”
“Mr. Nian, I can write the report!”
Nian Shutong, who had been ready to give up, looked towards Ji Sisi.
Right, if the master can’t write it, the apprentice should at least know a bit, shouldn’t she?