9. "Sourdough" by Robin Sloan

《酵母》（罗宾•斯隆）

Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her―feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it.Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she's providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer's market, and a whole new world opens up.

洛伊斯•克莱瑞是General Dexterity公司的一名软件工程师，这家位于旧金山的机器人公司拥有改变世界的野心。洛伊斯白天一整天都在编程，晚上就瘫着不动。她的人际交往仅限于隔壁经营小饭馆的两个兄弟。她每天晚上都在那儿点餐。不久，麻烦来了！由于签证问题，兄弟俩很快关了店铺。但是，他们还有最后一份“外卖”要送给洛伊斯，那就是他们的培养菌——用来烤面包的酸酵头。洛伊斯必须让它保持活力，兄弟俩告诉她，要每天给它喂食，听音乐，还要学会用它烘焙。洛伊斯不是烘焙师，但是她的“室友”可以帮忙，虽然那只不过是一小堆微生物。很快，她不仅给自己烤面包，还向General Dexterity公司的食堂供应面包。公司的主厨让她快点把自己的产品带到农夫市场，一个全新世界的大门就此打开。

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