[That’s a good question! I was wondering the sa thing!]
[That’s not even as big as my fist! It should be called a baby-fist atball, sob sob sob!]
Everyone was complaining that the atballs were too small.
Jiang Qiuqiu glanced at the stream comnts and didn’t argue. "You’re all right," she said. "These atballs are a bit on the small side. I should make them bigger."
She sighed. "But if I make them bigger, there won’t be enough filling, so I’d have to make fewer of them. What do you all prefer? Should I make them small so most people can have one, or make fewer but bigger atballs?"
"I’m fine with either, really."
As she spoke, she casually rolled a atball the size of a bowl and set it on the plate.
The amount of at filling in the bowl visibly shrank.
The resident math whiz in the chat imdiately made their debut: [Okay, so if one large atball uses that much filling, the rest can only make about 15 small ones. Right now, Juju’s stream has 9.1 billion viewers. We know each portion of atballs gives 100 million tasting slots. With only 15 portions available... that ans around 6 billion of us will be out of luck—]
[No way! We can’t have that!]
[You know, on second thought, that small atball was actually really cute. It kinda looked like a little lion, so calling it a Lion’s Head doesn’t seem so wrong after all, right?]
[You can get a whole two bites out of it! And even if you don’t get one, just drinking the soup would be great too!]
anwhile, Changbei and Qiudao, who had just returned from the Pole, were all for it.
[That’s the way! Big atballs!]
[Make them even bigger, strear!]
[Make them even bigger, strear!]
In the past, Mo Si rarely took breaks during his patrols. Even when his presence wasn’t required, he always preferred to handle things personally.
This year, however, he insisted on resting or ditating to cultivate his spiritual power every evening. This left the night shift to his adjutant, Qiudao. As a result, Qiudao almost always missed Jiang Jiujiu’s livestreams. It was always Changbei back at the base who would scramble to get the food first. Then, when Qiudao returned, Changbei would hand over his terminal and share half of the food with him.
The two big n were both huge eaters, but they could only get a half-portion each ti—and the portions weren’t even that big to begin with. Changbei had had enough of this stingy, scraping-by lifestyle.
So, the mont he saw Jiang Qiuqiu making large atballs, he was all for it, body and soul.
After all—
He and Qiudao had quick reflexes. They’d be able to snag one.
[Big atballs! Big atballs! Big atballs! A real lion’s head is much bigger!]
He spamd the chat excitedly, but alas, the unlucky masses were the majority. His comnts were quickly drowned out without making a splash.
Onscreen, Jiang Qiuqiu smiled, broke apart the large atball, and divided it back into smaller ones.
At this size, pretty much everyone would be able to get one.
But Changbei was deflated. "You promised you’d make big atballs."
"Forget it." Qiudao patted him on the back. "Even if she made them big, they wouldn’t be as good. The smaller ones absorb more flavor."
"You’ve been working hard lately. That’s probably why you’re so ravenous."
"It was nothing," Changbei said dismissively. "It’s just a matter of clicking fast, that’s all. And I’m not ravenous!"
"I just need to replenish my energy!"
Who wouldn’t want a bite of sothing hot in the dead of winter?
"You need to replenish your energy, huh..." Qiudao watched the livestream, thinking for a mont. Then he looked up at Changbei. "I’m thinking of learning how to cook. What do you think?"
!
"N-no way." ’Are you going to learn to cook just for ?’ Changbei licked his lips. "That... that would be too much trouble for you, wouldn’t it?"
...
"I’m learning for myself."
"That’s fine! It’s all the sa! I’ll get to eat what you make anyway!"
He was so happy he was practically floating. Qiudao thought to himself, ’Alright, I’ll learn. If I study hard, I should be able to pick so of it up.’
When the two of them turned their gazes back to the screen, Jiang Qiuqiu had already started preparing the soup base for the crab roe atballs.
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