Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 192 Mission!

Chapter 192: Chapter 192 Mission!

After dinner, Xiaowen came with a task from the production team.

The moms had just finished cleaning up Ye Zhenzhen’s kitchen together and sorted the leftover vegetables, discussing how they could make porridge with these vegetables and their remaining rice the next morning.

Xiaowen, holding a small box in her hand, did not start announcing the task for the next day right away but instead asked the little ones with a smile, "Does anyone know what Auntie’s box is used for?"

Shen Yibo, seeing the box in Xiaowen’s hands, eagerly raised his hand and said, "Drawing blind boxes!"

[Roar, roar, roar, it’s time to draw blind boxes again, hahaha!]

[Is it time to draw for ingredients again?]

[I hope Little Yibo gets to eat meat this time, hahaha!]

"That’s right, drawing blind boxes." Xiaowen said with a smile as she patted the little one’s head, then took out a strawberry-flavored lollipop from the box and handed it to Shen Yibo, "This is a reward for you. Little Yibo was very well-behaved today, and he didn’t make any fuss when collecting snacks."

Seeing the lollipop, Little Yibo was very happy, "Thank you, Auntie!"

Xiaowen then took out four more lollipops and handed one to each of the other four little ones, "These lollipops are rewards for everyone. You all did great today!"

"Thank you, Auntie!" the little ones said in unison.

Xiaowen: "Okay, now the little ones need to draw a ball from this blind box and then give it to Mommy to open!"

Children: "Okay!"

"Who wants to go first?"

Song Yuchen: "Xiao Yiyi should go first, Sister Yi Yi is the youngest, and then Fang Xiaoyu can go second, girls first."

Just now, Mommy had let Sister Yi Yi eat meat first, and Daddy had said to give way to girls.

Shen Yibo and Gu Xiaoran both nodded, indicating no objection.

[Hahaha, the three little ones do have quite the gentlemanly demeanor.]

[This is exactly the scene I want to see, I have an older brother, and he lets me have my way at home.]

[Damn, I have a younger brother, and he’s always deliberately annoying in front of me, so irritating!]

[Hahahaha, sister upstairs, teach your brother a lesson while you can, don’t miss the perfect opportunity!]

[Is there anyone else who’s constantly tricked by their older brothers? I want to be the elder sister, damn...]

After the two little girls finished drawing from the blind box, it was the boys’ turn to draw; Shen Yibo and Gu Xiaoran both let Song Yuchen go first.

Shen Yibo said, "Xiao Chen, you go first."

He liked Xiao Chen, that’s why he wanted to let Xiao Chen go first.

Gu Xiaoran actually wanted to go first himself, but when he saw Shen Yibo suggesting Song Yuchen go first, he didn’t say anything.

Song Yuchen did not hesitate and went to draw a ball, with Shen Yibo following behind Xiao Chen, and naturally, Gu Xiaoran was the last one.

After the children handed their drawn balls to their moms, Xiaowen said to the moms, "Now, please moms, reveal the contents of the balls and tell me what’s inside."

Lin Qianqian: "30, a big bowl of tomato beef brisket."

An Xi: "30, three dishes and one soup, must include meat."

Xu Wanjia: "20, grilled fish."

Han Jiangxue: "20, a big bowl of braised pork."

Ye Zhenzhen: "30, chicken soup stew."

Shen Yibo, hearing about all the delicious dishes the moms were reading out, licked his little tongue and cheered happily, "Are we going to have tasty food again tomorrow? Yay yay yay!"

He was truly overjoyed!

[The number at the front can’t be the amount of money, can it?]

[In variety shows, isn’t this the usual trick? They’re going to start causing trouble again.]

[The number in front must be the budget, and the one at the back must be the dishes we’re supposed to make. It has to be like this.]

[I have a bad feeling about this; with so little money, how can we make those dishes?]

Ye Zhenzhen looked at the numbers and text on the paper, guessing what this probably entailed.

Xiaowen smiled, pulled an envelope from the large pocket of his down jacket, and handed them out to the mothers according to the numbers on the envelopes.

"Lin Qianqian, 30 yuan. An Xi, 30 yuan. Xu Wanjia, 20 yuan. Han Jiangxue 20 yuan, Ye Zhenzhen 30 yuan.

Alright, everyone, the envelopes you now have contain your budget for tomorrow. You need to use this money to buy ingredients at the market tomorrow morning and prepare the dishes listed on the paper.

Starting from tomorrow, Sunday, till the end of Tuesday, over these three days, the production team will score the completion of the mothers’ tasks. These scores will determine the amount of travel funds for the mothers and babies on Wednesday and Thursday."

Everyone: ...

An Xi raised her hand and asked, "Xiaowen, wasn’t the last time we dug bamboo shoots to get the budget?"

She had watched the previous episode and knew that the production team organized a trip for the last two days, but she didn’t expect the budget to be calculated this way this time around.

As for her, she might as well give up right now.

For her to take 30 yuan to buy ingredients and make three dishes plus a soup, they might as well kick her out of the show directly.

That’s too harsh!

Xiaowen chuckled, "Yes, so there’s a change in this episode. Go for it, moms. After everyone prepares the dishes by tomorrow noon, Director Fei and I will come back to have a taste and score everyone."

An Xi exclaimed in surprise, "You’re going to taste and score as well?"

There’s no way to even bluff through this.

"Right, so everyone must take this seriously. The look, smell, taste, and even the portion size of the dishes will affect your travel budget later on.

Make sure to follow the instructions on the paper strips you drew."

[I knew it wouldn’t be that simple, starting to meddle with the travel budget so early this time.]

[By the way, where are they going to travel to this time? I want to scout the location in advance.]

[You’re overthinking it upstairs. Such matters are always confidential.]

[Never mind where they are going to travel for now, I’m just worried about how they’re going to make those dishes with so little money tomorrow?]

Lin Qianqian questioned, "Xiaowen, isn’t this budget a bit too low?"

With 30 yuan, it might be possible to make two bowls of tomato beef noodles, but to make a large bowl of tomato beef brisket, this amount of money isn’t even enough for beef, let alone make the dish.

The other mothers had similar doubts, all turning to look at Xiaowen, hoping for some sort of twist.

Xiaowen helplessly spread his hands, "Well, you’ll have to figure it out yourselves!

Okay, it’s getting late, everyone should rest early. Just a friendly reminder, the nearest market to Yangping Village is about a 40-minute walk, and it closes at 9 in the morning."

Everyone: ...

It’s so cold, and we have to get up early to go to the market. This is killing us!

After Xiaowen left, An Xi muttered in a daze, "I can’t handle this task."

She’s supposed to use 30 yuan to make three dishes and a soup? She wouldn’t dare dream of it. It’s simply impossible.

Lin Qianqian: "I can’t do it either, with just 30 yuan for beef brisket and to make a large bowl of tomato beef brisket at that, these conditions are too harsh."

Perhaps a small bowl of tomato beef brisket could be manageable.