"Hiss, hiss." Furina panted heavily beside Alex, her tongue hanging out.
"How do you feel?" Alex, not idle, kept peeling fruit next to her.
"Too, too, too..." Furina said, Hydro element uncontrollably swirling in his eyes: "I can't take it anymore. Give me some water to moisten my throat."
"See, I told you, but you insisted on eating it." Alex shook his head slightly, then made Furina a glass of iced lemonade.
"Gulp, gulp ~" Furina chugged down more than half of it.
"Ah, I'm alive again!" Furina leaned back directly onto the sofa.
"It was really delicious, though. It's just a bit too spicy. I'll stick to the clear soup next to it." This was Furina's first time eating such a multi-combo hotpot; he rarely encountered it in Fontaine.
The various foods inside were also very good. There were also many dishes, soy products, and meatballs that Teyvat didn't have.
But speaking of the most delicious, Furina thought the shrimp paste had the best texture!
It was fresh and delicious, incredibly springy, and rich in shrimp flavor. Super delicious!
"I won't have any more here next time. What I gave you was just drawn. If you want more, there's plenty in Liyue and Inazuma." Alex said.
"Mmm, eating it this once is enough. I rarely venture into other countries' food." Furina rubbed his belly.
"You mainly want to eat your little cakes, right? Eat less, don't get fat on me." Alex looked at Furina, saying, as he finished peeling another pineapple and picked up the next one to peel and process.
"Hmph, none of your business." Furina turned his head away, then looked back and said, "I've had enough to eat, now can I try your pineapple?"
Although he had eaten a lot of those delicious ingredients, Furina had specifically saved room for the pineapple now.
"Alright, just half, okay? Eating too much will upset your stomach." Alex said, starting to prepare half a pineapple for Furina, cutting it into many small pieces with a fruit knife, then taking a toothpick from his backpack and sticking it into one of the pieces.
"Eat with this."
"Oh." Furina nodded, then picked it up and put it in his mouth.
Instantly, the pineapple juice filled Furina's taste buds.
It was very sweet, and within that sweetness, there was just the right hint of the fruit's unique tartness.
The two flavors balanced each other, preventing the pineapple from being overly sweet and cloying.
In short, it was a sweet and sour, highly sweet fruit. Super delicious.
But compared to strawberries, it was still a bit lacking.
Thinking this, Furina kept poking and poking with the toothpick in his hand, and in no time, he had eaten all the pineapple Alex had given him.
"So delicious." Furina narrowed his eyes, smiling contentedly.
"pineapple juice is also good. There's another drink that can be exchanged for Primogems and flavors."
"Wait! Give me the pineapple too! I want some too!" Furina thought pineapple was also very good.
"Huh?" Alex was puzzled.
"Just having strawberries is a bit too simple. I think this pineapple is also very suitable as a best-selling fruit. If strawberries are the king, then pineapple is the queen." Furina mused, "Hmm, right now, strawberries still can't go below 10,000 Mora. Dropping too fast would be too unfair to those who just started. As for this pineapple, let me think, a pineapple is much larger than a strawberry, so selling one for 10,000 Mora isn't too much, right?"
Alex stopped peeling the pineapple: "Selling Mora again? I have money, I'm not short on Mora at all! I'm short on Primogems!"
Furina patted Alex's shoulder: "Oh, having more money is always a good thing. In three or six days, you can use strawberries as ingredients to make things! But I'm telling you, strawberries definitely can't be sold for one Primogem per cup anymore. After all, strawberries are already sold very expensively, at least ten Primogems per cup, okay?"
"Good heavens, I didn't expect strawberries to be a luxury fruit in Teyvat." Alex only then realized that the treatment of strawberries truly couldn't be compared to lemons.
At this point, Furina brought up another thing: "And then, what's that cocoa of yours?"
When Alex heard Furina ask, he immediately took one out.
With a "bang, bang, bang," the shell cracked open.
Then Alex pulled out a sticky clump wrapped in a thin layer of white film. Alex casually broke one open to see, and inside were small brown beans.
"This, well, it's similar to coffee beans." Alex said, holding the pile of cocoa beans.
"Ew." Furina looked at them with a bit of disdain for their current state.
Hydro element power activated, and the two Combat Skill babies appeared. Then Alex directly put these cocoa beans into the small one.
"Dong!"
At this moment, Alex was lightly punched on the shoulder by Furina.
"What are you doing?" Furina said with resentment.
"Don't we need to wash the cocoa beans?" Alex spread his hands innocently.
"Then hurry up. Take those cocoa beans away! Go to the kitchen and wash them thoroughly." Furina hugged his chest.
"Okay, I'll take them out and wash them again right away." Alex said with a smile.
"What are you talking about? Go quickly." Furina didn't understand, and pushed Alex out with both hands.
"Splash, splash, splash." Water flowed, and Alex finished washing.
"After washing, they look much better. Plump and full, and inside are brown beans too, right?" Furina said, picking one up and sniffing it at his nose.
The aroma of these cocoa beans wasn't particularly strong; it was a unique, slowly emanating fragrance.
"So, these cocoa beans, like coffee beans, need to be fermented, dried, roasted, ground, and finally brewed?" Furina asked Alex.
"I don't know. Probably." Alex shook his head, then added, "But I do know that the Chocolate made from these cocoa beans is incredibly delicious, a super tasty dessert."
"Wow, I can imagine!" Hearing Alex say that, Furina looked at the cocoa beans, which, without any processing, were already emitting a faint aroma, and his heart was filled with anticipation and optimism.
"Alright, then give me all the cocoa beans. I'll find someone to research what you call the Chocolate dessert." Furina nodded and extended his hand.
Alex nodded and took out eight large bamboo baskets full of cocoa fruit cores, as each one was quite large.
Finally, Alex instructed: "Okay, but I'll remind you of one thing: it's best to add some sweetener, Milk, or something similar. Chocolate made from pure cocoa beans will be very bitter, just like coffee beans!"
"I know that." Furina nodded, indicating his understanding.
After all, nothing in its raw, natural state is a complete dessert; they are basically all made through later processing.
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