IRDFPFCIW Chapter 22

“Open a store?” Jiang Tang set down his glass and rested his chin on his hand. “Perhaps that could happen in the future…”

This was the first time Jiang Tang thought about his future. In his previous life, he had an excellent background. Everything was arranged for him even before he was born. Fortunately, Jiang Tang really loved being a chef, so his first twenty years were spent smoothly.

However, after arriving in the interstellar world, he found himself having a bad starting point. He was in a difficult situation and expelled from home and exiled to a barren planet. In order to escape this predicament, Jiang Tang naturally chose to continue down the old path of gourmet food.

Initially, him doing food live streaming was inspired by Qin Fei. But now, thanks to the rewards he received from his recent live streams, Jiang Tang had solved his urgent financial problems and wasn’t as desperate as before.

Looking at the comments in the live stream room, Jiang Tang suddenly realized he needed to plan for his future a bit.

Should he continue as a food streamer and make it his main focus?

Or should he take the advice from the comments and open a store?

After the live stream, Jiang Tang pondered this. It felt as though many different paths appeared before him. He quickly weighed the pros and cons of each in his mind.

For Jiang Tang personally, he was a very Buddhist person. He led a comfortable life without any grand ambitions. Aside from improving his cooking skills, he had no expensive hobbies.

Now that he could earn a decent income from live streaming and could eat well without worrying about money, along with having a planet and his dream fluffy pets, he felt extremely satisfied in his life.

But now his fate was intertwined with another “Jiang Tang”. He had occupied someone else’s body. He wouldn’t let those who had bullied the original owner get away with it.

Even if he didn’t take action himself, he at least needed the ability to protect himself in critical moments. His current attention was still limited, so it was normal for the Jiang family not to notice him. But what if something changed later? If he became an eyesore to certain people, especially that “little white flower” fake young master, would the Jiang family let him off the hook?

Furthermore, the original owner had an outstanding talent for mechanics and harbored a dream of building a mech. He was determined to help fulfill that dream for the original “Jiang Tang”.

But if he chose to become a full-time streamer in the future, Jiang Tang would still feel somewhat powerless against the entire Jiang family.

What else could he do besides streaming? Jiang Tang wondered.

Open a store? That seemed possible.

But what would he sell? If he just opened a simple restaurant and sold dishes he cook, how much would he really earn? Plus, he didn’t want to spend all day in the kitchen and waste time in front of the stove. In that case, he might as well stick to live streaming.

Jiang Tang bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the table. Just then, he spotted Lu Rongming through the window. He was walking inside while carrying a basket of tomatoes. Jiang Tang’s eyes lit up.

He could sell the natural foods from this planet! Jiang Tang smacked his forehead. How had he not thought of this before?

This barren planet was home to many unknown natural foods that he could sell. As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” He could teach them how to prepare these foods and share simple recipes on his live stream. It was a perfect way to combine selling and live streaming!

Moreover, natural foods had great profit margins. If he set reasonable prices, he wouldn’t have to worry about sales.

He could even consider expanding the scale of cultivation…

“Xiao Jiang, what did you just say about expanding cultivation?”

Lu Rongming placed the tomatoes in the kitchen and heard Jiang Tang talking to himself.

Jiang Tang didn’t hide anything and explained his initial ideas to Lu Rongming, omitting details about the original owner and the Jiang family.

Lu Rongming expressed strong agreement. He pointed at the tomatoes and said, “I think it’s feasible. However, we currently have to go pick natural foods every day. If we get a lot of orders, the workload might increase greatly. Also…”

Jiang Tang nodded and continued, picking up on Lu Rongming’s thoughts. “And different crops grow in different areas, so they’re scattered. There are only a few of us on this planet now. Even if George can help share a good portion of the workload, we’ll still struggle…”

Jiang Tang stroked his chin and continued, “So my idea is to plan crops in a concentrated way.”

In other words, it’s just farming. Jiang Tang inwardly complained that he was indeed a true flower-growing family. This farming instinct was engraved into his bones and embedded in his DNA.

Having said that, Jiang Tang felt a bit excited. He had played many farming simulation games in his previous life, but since his family lived in a city and had no land, he never had the chance to practice for real.

Now was different. He had an entire planet at his disposal.

Jiang Tang silently recalled his meager farming knowledge from games… Forget it, he should study more on the Star Network.

Noticing Jiang Tang frowning with a troubled expression, Lu Rongming hesitated before speaking, “I know a friend who has some experience with planting and cultivating natural foods…”

“That’s great. I really don’t know much about planting.” It was like a pillow being sent to him when he was feeling sleepy. Jiang Tang’s voice relaxed a bit. “Uncle Lu, is your friend available?”

Lu Rongming’s expression grew a bit complicated. “My friend is a bit weird and has a bad temper. He doesn’t like socializing, so I’m not sure if he would help…”

“Can you still get in touch with this friend? Maybe we could give it a try?” Jiang Tang felt a bit disappointed but still wanted to grab the opportunity.

“He’s been researching natural foods for years without much progress. The older he gets, the worse his temper has become.” Lu Rongming couldn’t help but sigh and feel a bit sad as he thought of his old friend

“Uncle Lu, just tell your friend we’ve discovered new natural foods that no one has seen before and invite him to come research them.” No matter what, he needed to get him here first.

Lu Rongming agreed and sent a message to his friend.

Before long, Lu Rongming returned and shared the good news with Jiang Tang. His friend was on vacation these days and agreed to come take a look.

Of course, Lu Rongming automatically filtered out sentences like “If you don’t have natural foods, you’re dead” and “…I’ll chop you up and use you as fertilizer.”

Knowing that Lu Rongming’s friend would come, Jiang Tang felt a weight lift from his shoulders. Even if the guy had a weird personality, being able to ask a few questions would be good.

“Why not make some pastries for Uncle Lu’s friend?”

After all, he has received favor from others and should be grateful and kind. He might as well corrupt him with sugar-coated bullet first.