Chapter 80
With his brother watching him, Shen Tiantian’s level of obedience and good behavior rose at an incredible speed.
He sat in his chair, chewing on the green vegetables seriously and obediently.
When Tiantian ate green vegetables, he would often start from the root and nibble his way to the end of the leaf. For long green vegetables like youmaicai, it would often take him a long time to finish one stalk.
Therefore, eating green vegetables was both time-consuming and laborious.
After a long time, Tiantian had finished half a plate of green vegetables. He felt that his little tongue had been dyed a bluish-green. He slumped in his small chair, completely unable to eat anymore.
“My tongue is bitter. I can’t eat anymore.”
As he said this, Shen Tiantian had to secretly peek at Shen Xiuze, testing his brother’s attitude like a wary little animal.
Shen Xiuze saw that Shen Tiantian had already had a good amount of green vegetables for this meal, so he didn’t make things difficult for the little one anymore. He picked up a piece of soy-sauce pork rib and placed it in his bowl.
“Leave the rest. I’ll heat it up for you tonight.”
The breath that Shen Tiantian had just held in suddenly dissipated, and he felt that he had no strength to live anymore.
However, after eating the salty and delicious soy-sauce pork rib, Shen Tiantian was energized again. His cheeks puffed out, and his eyes lit up.
“So yummy~”
Shen Tiantian began to announce his grand plan again. “I’m going to be a big boss who sells soy-sauce pork ribs in the future! I’ll sell soy-sauce pork ribs to every little friend!”
Shen Xiuze suppressed the upward curve of his lips, a hint of a smile in his deep black eyes as he shook his head lightly.
“If you really go and sell soy-sauce pork ribs, you’ll probably eat more than you sell.”
Shen Tiantian was not happy to hear that. His features were serious, and he said with a straight little face:
“Of course not! I’m not a greedy little friend.”
Shen Xiuze felt that the little one was thinking too simply about doing business.
Not only was his head empty, but he also held out his small hand and spouted a bunch of nonsense.
He could talk more than a leader who made empty promises.
As the two of them were talking, the variety show’s assistant streamer and the cameraman walked in and greeted them.
“The afternoon’s live stream is about to start. A theme has been set for this live stream. Tiantian can discuss it with his big brother.”
The assistant streamer handed the task card to Shen Tiantian.
Shen Tiantian’s simple and innocent eyes blinked twice. He glanced at the task card and shyly pressed his lips together.
“I can’t read.”
Shen Xiuze, on the side, laughed, took the task card, and scanned it quickly.
Shen Tiantian jumped down from the baby chair, ran to Shen Xiuze’s side, looked up, and asked with great anticipation:
“Big brother, what does it say?”
Shen Xiuze’s expression became a little strange. He said simply:
“The production team wants the little guests to choose their favorite profession to experience for half a day.”
The assistant streamer helped the cameraman adjust the equipment. After confirming that the live stream and recording had started, he quickly nodded.
“That’s right. For example, a chef, a teacher, a farmer, a cake maker… and so on. Just pick one to experience.”
Shen Xiuze looked at Shen Tiantian. Sure enough, the little one, with soy sauce still on the corner of his mouth, shouted without hesitation:
“I want to be a boss who sells soy-sauce pork ribs!”
Shen Xiuze had guessed that he would say this. He lowered his eyes and shook his head with a slight amusement.
It seems that he can’t get away from soy-sauce pork ribs today.
Shen Xiuze thought for a moment, his cold-toned eyes slightly narrowed as he said in a low voice:
“The catering department of the branch company I was at before has an empty stall, but it’s a dessert stall, so we can’t sell soy-sauce pork ribs.”
Shen Tiantian immediately raised his small hand, and his little brain was full of mischievous ideas.
“Then we’ll sell soy-sauce pork rib-shaped little breads!”
Shen Xiuze imagined that kind of shaped little bread and felt that…
It wouldn’t be very tasty.
“Who would buy soy-sauce pork rib-shaped little breads?”
Shen Xiuze let out a deep, helpless sigh. Before he could dissuade the imaginative Shen Tiantian, he saw Shen Tiantian run away.
When he appeared again, he had a small apron in his hand, which he had borrowed from Auntie Mu.
“Let’s go, let’s go. Let’s go and sell soy-sauce pork rib breads~”
Shen Tiantian couldn’t wait to run out. He was so happy and bright that he was even more brilliant than the sun hanging in the sky.
Shen Xiuze had originally come home at noon to get some documents for the company.
Now, he could only put his work aside and first accompany the little one to the branch company’s stall to sell soy-sauce pork ribs… no, to sell bread.
In the just-started live stream room, it was also very lively at this moment.
Among the other four groups of children, Xixi chose to experience being a dance teacher, Xiaowan was a painter, Zhaozhao, according to his father’s wishes, experienced the profession of a little star actor, and the last one, Hutou, was the most unexpected.
He experienced being a forest ranger.
There were several deep mountains behind Hutou’s house, with many precious trees growing on them, and there were often forest rangers patrolling the mountains.
The audience followed his perspective and saw a very novel and unique side.
The live stream’s perspective this afternoon was mainly on the children, and the traffic data also very intuitively reflected the overall popularity.
The number of viewers in Shen Tiantian’s live stream room was always the highest. Even when he was dozing off in the car and there was nothing to see, there was not much audience loss.
The live stream room was also constantly filled with Tiantian’s name, and the activity was very high.
Against the warm golden sunlight scattered from the soft white clouds in the afternoon, the car drove all the way to the branch company building.
Shen Tiantian and his brother took the elevator to the company’s catering department.
The newly appointed branch company’s executive manager had received Shen Xiuze’s call and had already sent people to clean the stall in advance.
The manager came over, saw the live camera behind Tiantian, and with a smile, he guided everyone to the stall.
“Although we are just a branch company under the Shen Group, and our main responsibility is to manage the small and medium-sized supermarkets in various cities, the conditions in our catering department are very excellent and mature in all aspects.”
Shen’s market share in the supermarket industry could not compete with the few top large supermarkets in the country, but they had taken a different approach and opened up the market in small cities or small counties.
Although the market share was still at the bottom among various supermarkets, its reputation had spread rapidly, so the profits were quite objective.
Shen Xiuze had come out of the branch company for training, so he couldn’t help but be a little more concerned about the development of the branch company.
But just as he was about to speak, he saw the camera next to Shen Tiantian and had to temporarily hold it in.
“Making bread is a very complicated thing, especially the new kind of bread you want to make. It often takes many tries to succeed.”
Shen Xiuze thought for a moment and said a few words tactfully, in case Shen Tiantian would doubt his life after failing.
But obviously, he had underestimated Shen Tiantian.
After entering the stall, the owner of the original stall, an older sister, was invited to guide him, and she and Shen Tiantian planned and discussed the matter of selling soy-sauce pork rib bread.
Shen Tiantian looked around and, mimicking the older sister’s appearance, first put on a small apron.
The apron from home was in a floral little pig style, wide and large, and when it was on Shen Tiantian, it hung from his neck all the way to the ground.
He lowered his head and found that his little feet were covered by the apron.
The netizens in the live stream room found this scene particularly cute, took a screenshot, and said:
[Baby, you’re a cute little pig~]
[Tiantian is so suitable for pink. Children of this age should wear pink, so pink and tender and cute.]
Fortunately, Shen Xiuze squatted down and helped Shen Tiantian fold the apron two or three times before he finally managed to tie it.
He also found a small stool for Shen Tiantian to step on, or he would be too short to reach the table.
After a series of busy matters, Shen Tiantian could finally stand with the guiding older sister and learn to make bread.
The older sister was patient and gentle. She and Shen Tiantian discussed how to replicate the shape of soy-sauce pork ribs on the bread.
The two of them chattered, and Shen Tiantian’s tender voice was mixed in. He was even wearing a small chef’s hat, and he really had a bit of a little bread master’s feel.
They experimented for a full hour, and had already used up half a bag of flour.
Shen Xiuze, the parent who couldn’t go in to help, just stood outside watching and already felt tired.
Not to mention Shen Tiantian, who had to knead the dough and shape it over and over again.
But what surprised Shen Xiuze was that Shen Tiantian’s small body seemed to contain a small universe. The little tyke, who would usually trip over his own feet and fall, was surprisingly serious and invested when making bread.
It seemed that he really felt that the soy-sauce pork rib little bread would be very delicious.
In that moment, Shen Xiuze seemed to have felt the infinite energy of a foodie.
After two full hours of work, Shen Tiantian finally made a bread that barely looked like a soy-sauce pork rib.
The older sister used chocolate sauce as the top layer of sauce, and the molten chocolate was tightly wrapped on the surface. Although the bread was a bit ugly in its strange shape.
But it seemed… that it didn’t look that unpalatable?
Shen Tiantian carefully held the small tray, his little eyes shining. He stood in the window of the stall and rang the hanging bell.
“Big brother, do you want a piece of soy-sauce pork rib to eat?”
His round eyes were filled with anticipation, as if they had gathered the starlight of a galaxy, so bright and beautiful that it was impossible to refuse.
Shen Xiuze had been watching the little one busy for so long and couldn’t bear to let him lose face. His cold and stern eyes softened, and he nodded.
“I can. It’s my honor.”
Then he asked, “How much?”
Shen Tiantian made a “one” gesture.
“One million!”
Shen Xiuze, who had just walked to the stall window, quickly turned around and left a sentence:
“I don’t want it.”
Seeing this, Shen Tiantian quickly said:
“You can bargain!”
Shen Xiuze let out a soft scoff and bargained, “One hundred.”
He had directly cut off the word “million.”
Shen Tiantian’s eyes lit up, and he nodded his little head vigorously. “Okay, okay.”
Shen Xiuze: “…”
How does it feel like I’ve been cheated?
Could it be that this Shen Tiantian just wanted to sell it for one hundred?
[Hahaha, the two brothers are cheating each other.]
[Shen Xiuze’s turn was unusually resolute, as if he had made some kind of decision.]
[One hundred and one million are not that different, just one word. It’s fine, Tiantian is not at a loss.]
Amidst the laughter of the netizens, the small bread was successfully handed to Shen Xiuze.
Shen Xiuze’s brows were slightly furrowed. He stared at this strange-shaped little bread, thought for a long time, and finally found a packing bag and packed it up.
“I’ll save it for Daddy. He’s busy with work and doesn’t have time for a late-night snack.”
The netizens were all surprised and sent comments:
[Now he’s starting to act like a loving father and filial son?]
[Shen Yuanchuan: Look at these two good sons of mine. They’re really killing me with their filial piety!]
Shen Tiantian was confused. He scratched his chin, a little puzzled.
But since his brother had bought the small bread, it was his. Tiantian could only close his mouth and obediently help to pack it.
After more than three hours of live streaming, the curtain fell amidst a red-orange sunset.
The company entrance was covered in an orange glow. The frosted floor tiles were shrouded in the orange light, as if they had become a colored pencil drawing with a unique filter.
Shen Tiantian waved goodbye to the several staff members of the production team at the entrance.
Then he and his brother carried the small bread and went home by car.
