I traveled through ancient times to escape famine with my arch-rival, the movie star.

But Shen Ying patted her arm and said, "Go ahead. I believe your cooking skills are good enough. Don't worry. First, get used to the kitchen utensils and stoves here, boil some water, and stir-fry some vegetables to get familiar with them before making the dishes for the assessment."

As a guest who has also been to a certain gourmet restaurant and watched a food show where a group of celebrities bring newcomers and praise out-of-date veterans, I have some understanding of the issue of applying for a chef position.

Isn’t it the same in ancient times and modern times?

Seeing Huang Xiu following the gatekeeper, Shen Ying once again told her not to run around and to wait nearby.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Shen." Huang Xiu saw that Shen Ying really didn't want to come in for the interview, and once again felt bad for her family's random guesses about Shen Ying.

Shen Ying waved and drove around the town.

The ancient town was still a small town in a poor place, with only a few wealthy families, a government office, an inn, noodle and tea stalls on the roadside, and buns and cakes sold in front of the restaurant.

There are basic facilities such as cloth shops and rice shops, but they are small and have limited varieties.

She went to the grocery store to buy vinegar and found that the vinegar she made was rather turbid and had a faint unpleasant smell.

Soy sauce is similar.

I went to the restaurant again, ordered some wine, and ordered a few signature dishes.

The results were quite disappointing. It seems that I can forget about coming here to enjoy the feast.

She thought the exploration ended here, but when she passed by a small stall selling rice cakes, Shen Ying stopped.

"This smells so good, Auntie, how much is this?"

The aunt, who was wearing a headscarf and was quite particular, gestured.

"Five cents?" This is more expensive than steamed buns.

The famine did not affect this place, and the prices here did not soar alarmingly. They were just a little more expensive than the small town when Shen Ying traveled through time.

A vegetable bun costs three cents, a bun with meat costs four cents, and a bun with only meat costs five cents.

Five cents for rice cake is really expensive.

"Have a try." Shen Ying handed over five cents.

The snow-white rice cake, bigger than the palm of a hand, was handed to us on a peculiar wooden bar.

"what is this?"

The aunt pointed at her mouth and used gestures to explain the wooden stick.

"You said that this is made of bamboo strips to prevent burns. It's really delicate." Buying paper costs money, but these bamboo strips may be made by hand and are free.

I tasted one and it had a sweet taste, but people at this time will be very happy.

Noticing that there was a glutinous-looking snack next to it, which was in the shape of a bowl and about the size of a fist, Shen Ying asked for one too.

The outside of this tastes like water cake, and it has fillings inside, which is also delicious.

The aunt carefully kept the copper coins. It was obvious that her business was not very good.

Seeing that Shen Ying had not left yet, the aunt hesitated for a moment, pointed to the small table next to her, and gestured to pour tea.

I thought she wanted to take a break.

I also have to help hold the horse rope.

Shen Ying accepted her help and sat for a while. Two women who were hitchhiking came over and asked, "Are you coming back?"

"Don't worry, Huang Xiu is still trying out the dishes at the official's place."

"Then let's buy something. Don't leave suddenly."

"It shouldn't leave within an hour."

The two women left happily.

Shen Ying didn't want to buy anything, so she simply told the aunt who was making rice cakes that she would buy ten rice cakes, ten glutinous rice cakes.

My aunt counted on her fingers.

One hundred and twenty coins.

His eyes sparkled when he was counting the money.

"Mom, Dad asked me to bring some bamboo sticks. How's business today?"

The aunt pointed at Shen Ying happily and gestured to the visitor.

The little girl put away the insulation bamboo strip that Shen Ying had looked at, and came over to greet Shen Ying. "Thank you, sister, for buying our rice cakes. I grind the rice. Although it's a little bit expensive, it's really delicious, right?"

After listening to what she said for a few minutes, Shen Ying guessed that the little girl was a little worried that the twenty snacks she said she would buy before leaving would not count.

I simply counted out the money and asked the girl to count it.

Aunt Mi Gao wanted to stop her, but was stopped by Shen Ying. "I've counted them. Can you buy me two sheets of oil paper later?"

"Okay!" Now I count.

After playing with the child for a while, Shen Ying saw someone running towards her, not even caring about Huang Xiu's image as a girl.

"Sister Shen, I, I can get my monthly salary now! I, I passed!"

"Becoming a cook?"

"Yes, yes! The hand-shredded chicken, the cold melon slices, and the egg sauce wraps, the master and the mistress said they were delicious after eating them. They also asked me if I could cook stews and stir-fries. I said yes, so they really kept me. Tomorrow I can come to sign the contract and move in."

"Sister Shen, you taught me to accept any questions people ask as long as it's not outrageous. It really works."

Shen Ying laughed: "Then I will go to your house tonight and cook two more dishes for you to learn. As for stew, this is even simpler. Just put them in order according to the characteristics of the dishes and try to keep them in the best taste."

Huang Xiu almost hugged Shen Ying and kissed her. How could there be such a good person? He was not a relative or acquaintance of her, but he was willing to teach her so much after just talking to her.

In fact, there was a fierce-looking nanny in the kitchen. If Shen Ying hadn't taught her the "interview skills", she would have probably backed out.

"Okay, okay, let's celebrate when we get home tonight, but you have to remember what I said about the money..."

"Keep three points for yourself. Girls also have places where they need to spend money, I remember."

Shen Ying nodded, and Aunt Mi Gao's daughter looked at her longingly.

She also hopes to have someone to help her.

Unfortunately, I haven’t encountered it.

The two women came back soon and saw two large paper bags beside Shen Ying's table. They curiously asked what they were.

Shen Ying also looked at their baskets covered with cloth: "What did you buy?"

The two women fell silent.

Huang Xiu helped hold two bags of snacks and sat beside the carriage. Shen Ying swung the rope skillfully, and the carriage rumbled towards Changsheng Village, where they lived.

In the evening, Shen Ying presented the appetizing shredded potatoes with vinegar, Chinese cabbage with vinegar, stir-fried melon slices with meat, and eggplant puree with spicy sauce.

Watching Huang Xiu trying to make vinegar-fried shredded potatoes and vinegar-fried cabbage, and the clanging of the vinegar, Shen Ying looked pleased.

I guess the three hundred milliliters of vinegar will be gone in the next few days.

So, Shen Ying went directly to find Shen Youtian.

It is impossible to make a living on the wasteland, at least it is too late in the first year, so it is better to start a side business first.

Make vinegar.

Unless it is aged vinegar, edible raw vinegar can be made in more than a month, especially white vinegar. After more than a month of maturity, it can be added with other auxiliary ingredients such as spiced brown sugar, sesame, etc. to make fragrant vinegar.

She had even researched the recipe and the selling price, and said she would go and collect grain. What else did Shen Youtian have to say?

Just do it!

Shen Youtian's family hired someone to build a new house. It had to be very big, bigger than the two rooms, and they also built a new stove. This action naturally attracted the attention of other people in the Shen family.

But because of Shen Ying's lukewarm attitude after getting ashore, and he didn't dare to come over to see it himself, he asked his father what his eldest brother was doing without concentrating on cleaning the land.