Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

After returning home, Zhao Xiaojing sent another message to Mr. Wen, saying that she wanted to find time to visit him.

I can now earn more than 8,000 yuan a month, all thanks to Mr. Wen's full recommendation. Zhao Xiaojing would like to share this good news with him and express her gratitude.

In fact, Grandpa Wen was the first friend Zhao Xiaojing made after her rebirth. Although there was a big age gap between them, Grandpa Wen's childish personality made Zhao Xiaojing not feel the age gap, but instead a sense of intimacy.

I should have treated her to a meal, but the construction period was almost over and there was basically no vacation. Zhao Xiaojing was working in the cafeteria during meal time, so I could only buy some gifts and go to her house to express my gratitude.

Mr. Wen did not reply that day, and it was already early morning when he replied on the third day.

Zhao Xiaojing was still awake when she received the message. A voice message popped up from Old Man Wen, voiced over the sound of the empty wind.

"Xiao Zhao, I just saw your message. Your aunt and her yangko team went to the beach in Shanghai to play these days and are not at home. I am also fishing at night with our fishing group."

"We'll contact you when we get home in a few days, and then we'll give you a big fish!"

"I heard from Lanzi that you did a good job. Congratulations!"

Then there were two pitch-black photos. One was a bucket with blurry reflections and a fish in it, and the other was a selfie of a few old men making the V sign. The background always felt like the wilderness.

Zhao Xiaojing, who had been tossing and turning and unable to sleep, was immediately amused and recalled the funny scene when she first met Grandpa Wen, who was also fishing at that time.

Zhao Xiaojing smiled and wished Mr. Wen a fruitful return.

The good mood lasted until the next day after get off work.

The next day, it was only 7:30 in the evening when the workers got off work. After figuring out their appetite and eating habits, Zhao Xiaojing marinated twice the amount of vegetables for frying. She would fry one batch first, and start the second batch when she estimated that they would have eaten almost all the food.

Now the workers have become extremely active in eating. When it is time to eat, they rush to the canteen to line up and eat very quickly. Forty minutes after the meal time, all the workers have finished their meal and the canteen is empty.

Since Zhao Xiaojing always leaves a batch of fried dishes for her colleagues in the kitchen, as soon as the workers leave, the kitchen staff will quickly get their meals and become more active in eating.

This directly led to everyone in the kitchen leaving get off work half an hour earlier every day. Sun Dehai and Zhao Xiaojing would leave work first as they had no other work to do, and the others would leave work after they had cleaned up.

Zhao Xiaojing ran upstairs excitedly. When she got off work at noon, she had already bought a bunch of potatoes and side dishes, ready to practice at home.

I have listened to Master Sun talk about many tricks these days, and I have also watched him cook for several days.

The two elder sisters Geng and Hou received instructions from the manager. Now they learn whatever Zhao Xiaojing fries every day, and both of them learn very hard.

Because they knew how delicious Zhao Xiaojing's fried foods were, they were very dedicated and explained very carefully in the morning. Every day they thought of ways to teach Zhao Xiaojing some of the dishes and techniques they could cook, for fear that if they didn't teach enough, it would not live up to the value of Zhao Xiaojing's teaching of fried foods.

Zhao Xiaojing, who gained a lot, has gained a lot of new insights into cooking. She deliberately only ate 40% full for dinner, leaving some room for practice when she came back, and was eager to show her skills.

She has seen Master Sun cook many dishes in the past few days, but the one that impressed her the most was the shredded potatoes that he stir-fried over flames on the first day, so she plans to start with this dish.

Zhao Xiaojing quickly cut a plate of shredded potatoes and started to blanch them in a pot.

"Add white vinegar to the water... soak the dried chili peppers in water... pour in the ingredients..."

While recalling the key points that Master Sun had mentioned, Zhao Xiaojing poured the blanched potato shreds into the pot.

I followed Master Sun's instructions on how to flip the wok. I held the wok handle with my left hand, pressed the wok with my right wrist, and used my upper arm to drive my lower arm to flip the wok back and forth...

"Sizzle!" Most of the potato that had just been dipped in a little oil was spilled out and stuck to the yellowed wall of the rental house.

Zhao Xiaojing was in a panic and quickly took the rag to wipe it for a long time. Fortunately, the wall was old, so the dirt was not noticeable after the potatoes were splashed on it.

After wiping it, I was about to continue frying the remaining potatoes, but I found that the induction cooker was not turned off and the potatoes had become mushy.

Well, wash the pot, cut the vegetables, start over, and move on to the next pot.

Stick a few newspapers on the wall.

Flip the pan, sizzle! Flip the pan, sizzle! Flip the pan, sizzle…

Zhao Xiaojing looked at the oily newspaper with a look of despair and decided not to learn how to flip the wok first, but to stir-fry it first and imitate the taste prepared by Master Sun.

Another operation...

Why is it still noodles?

Again!

This is too sour!

Again.

Why do you look so lost?

Come again...

When the potatoes and side dishes were finished, Zhao Xiaojing was a little dumbfounded.

She thought it would flip over, so she bought a bunch of potatoes, but she didn't expect it to flip over like this!

After all, she knew how to cook home-cooked dishes before, and she had been taught how to deep-fry skewers by the system, and she was also proficient in knife skills. In addition, she had learned so much knowledge in the past few days, and watched Master Sun cook so many dishes. She was confident that she could at least be able to cook tonight to be 50% similar. Who would have thought...

It is true that what you learn from books is always superficial.

I cleaned up the pots and pans and peeled off the newspapers stuck on the wall. After a while, I ate the unpalatable shredded potatoes. Suddenly, I felt even hungrier and wanted to eat something delicious.

She remembered that there was a night market on the other side of Fengping River. She didn't often go there, but one time when she passed by by chance, she saw from afar that the snack stalls there were brightly lit at night, but she never had the chance to try any of them.

Since she couldn't go to bed early anyway, Zhao Xiaojing got on her electric bike and drove to the location she remembered.

When we arrived, the night market was booming and the whole street was bustling with people.

Zhao Xiaojing parked the car and walked along the street. This road was originally quite wide, but now it is lined with food stalls, one next to the other, and the middle is filled with people buying snacks or strolling around, making it seem crowded.

She saw that there were quite a lot of snacks, including all the common fried skewers, barbecued food, and lemon tea. Even local specialties were printed on the stalls' billboards, such as Shacheng stinky tofu, Dongsheng grilled cold noodles, sweet and sour pork, Jiancheng's specialty Fuding meat slices, Geji baked cakes, Xinsheng hand-pulled lamb chops... She was a little dazzled.

She bought a portion of Fuding pork slices out of curiosity, and after taking a bite, she couldn't help laughing.

The man selling Fuding meat slices spoke fluent Yangcheng dialect and asked her if she wanted bean sprouts, which she found strange at the time.

When I ate it, I found that it was just an ordinary dough ball, which was completely different from the chewy and delicious meat texture of the authentic Fuding meat slices introduced on the Internet.

No wonder there were so few people lining up for these foreign specialties. She suspected that all of them were made by the local people in Yangcheng, pretending to be foreign specialties and making something to fool people.

"Beauty, how do you think it tastes?" The owner of Fuding Meat Slices had not many customers, so he ran over to ask the only customer eagerly.

"I think...Boss, you still have room for improvement." Zhao Xiaojing thought for a moment and said tactfully.

"Boss, do you charge stall fees for setting up stalls here? It's so lively here." Seeing that the boss was embarrassed, Zhao Xiaojing changed the subject and asked about the stalls.

"Of course I can. It's 400 yuan a month." The boss said with a frown and ran to the front of the stall.

400 is not expensive, considering the flow of people, Zhao Xiaojing thought.

After taking a few more bites, Zhao Xiaojing put it down and left. She decided to learn from her lesson and find another stall where there was a queue.

A family gathered around two large pots of spicy hairy eggs caught her eye.

Zhao Xiaojing has never eaten spicy hairy eggs, but she has heard that people who like it will become addicted to it, while those who don't like it can't stand the smell.

I stood silently beside the people and observed for a while. The eggs in the two big pots looked different. The one on the left was smoother and looked like eggs, while the one on the right had some ridges and no regular shape, and seemed to have hair on it.

"Boss, how much are these eggs?" Zhao Xiaojing walked over and asked the price.

"Seven for ten dollars, three for five dollars."

"Are both of yours hairy eggs?"

"Yes, the one on the left is a solid egg with nothing inside, while the one on the right already has meat and bones." The boss gestured and explained to her patiently.

"Hmm...which one are you going to eat for the first time?"

"Then take the solid egg like the one on the left. It's similar to a chicken egg and easier to accept."

"Give me five dollars, then."

"Okay, how about some chili?"

"eat."

Zhao Xiaojing took the egg and took a bite. It tasted like an egg. It was sprinkled with barbecue sauce and fried a little dry. The inside tasted like a boiled egg, but I don't know if it was marinated. It tasted a little salty. It might be more like the tea eggs made by Sister Geng that I ate in the morning.

But the taste of real eggs seems to be more thoroughly pickled, and the taste of the egg yolk in tea eggs seems to be a little worse.

The first time I ate Sister Geng’s tea eggs, I felt that the taste was a little off. Today, I ate the real eggs and felt it even more deeply. Sister Geng’s tea eggs were made one day in advance, cracked and soaked overnight. So what was the difference?

Was there a step missing, or a seasoning missing? Zhao Xiaojing stared at the fried egg, thinking hard.

[Ding~ Congratulations to the host, the host's taste for food has become more acute. It is indeed missing three kinds of seasonings, and some small details when boiling eggs are not done well. 】

"What is it?" Zhao Xiaojing asked eagerly, once again sighing that the system is indeed omnipotent.

[The system can tell you directly, but it is recommended that you try to find it yourself. The process of figuring it out yourself will benefit you more than the system telling you directly. ]

Zhao Xiaojing looked at Shidan and nodded as if she understood. Was the system training her?

[The reason why the system was triggered by you is firstly your strong desire to be independent and self-reliant, and secondly your talent as a cook. Of course, I hope you can exercise your ability to be independent and self-reliant.]

[If you find all of them, the system will give you a reward, and you can also get the recipe for tea eggs.] The system saw Zhao Xiaojing suddenly realized something, and threw another surprise.

"Ah, reward! Is there a mission?" Zhao Xiaojing was immediately excited when she heard it.

[Yes, new tasks. As your sensitivity to various aspects of food increases, the tasks will become more diverse. ]

What are you hesitating about? Come on! Zhao Xiaojing is happy when she hears about the mission.

[Random task has been triggered]

[Random task: Find the three missing seasonings for tea eggs and a detail in the production process.]

[Searching for seasoning progress: 0/3, searching for details progress: 0/1]

Unexpectedly, having a midnight snack could trigger a new task. Zhao Xiaojing looked back at the night market happily, her whole body full of energy.