In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Su Zhizhi wandered around and finally arrived at the door of a restaurant. She saw three big characters "Manxinglou" written in golden regular script on the magnificently decorated restaurant.

The moment Su Zhizhi saw this restaurant, she was very excited. She heard that Manxinglou was the most famous restaurant in Lejun County, so she really wanted to work here for a while to experience the differences between Manxinglou and Laiyuelou in all aspects, so that after she returned, she could also transform Laiyuelou and learn from Manxinglou.

With excitement and joy, Su Zhizhi strode into Manxing Building.

As soon as she entered, Su Zhizhi saw the man counting the bill at the counter. She walked up to him and said cautiously, "Hello, are you the owner here? Are you hiring?"

The man was startled by Su Zhizhi's sudden appearance. He looked down at the thin Su Zhizhi, then slowly said, "I'm the shopkeeper here. Our restaurant is also hiring, but we're looking for a chef. Can you cook?"

In fact, the shopkeeper's concern was that he found Su Zhizhi too thin, so thin that he doubted whether Su Zhizhi could lift the pot. After all, cooking is a strenuous job.

Perhaps the distrust in the shopkeeper's eyes was too obvious, and Su Zhizhi retorted without hesitation, "Of course I can cook. I used to be a chef. If you don't believe me, I'll make you a few dishes to try."

Su Zhizhi looked at the shopkeeper with a solemn expression.

Seeing Su Zhizhi so confident, the shopkeeper couldn't bear to refuse her for a moment, so he nodded and agreed half-heartedly, "Okay, then do as you say. Go to the kitchen and make me a few dishes to try. If they're delicious, you can stay. If not, then you can leave."

The shopkeeper was too lazy to waste time talking to Su Zhizhi and went straight to the point.

After hearing this, Su Zhizhi nodded without hesitation and agreed, "Okay."

Just like that, Su Zhizhi was led by the shopkeeper to the back kitchen. The scale of Manxing Building was several times larger than that of Laiyue Building. As soon as Su Zhizhi entered, she saw many chefs cooking in the back kitchen. The scene was quite spectacular.

Then, Su Zhizhi was brought to an empty stove, and the shopkeeper casually took some ingredients and placed them in front of Su Zhizhi. "These are the ingredients I'm giving you today. You just need to use these ingredients to make a few dishes that satisfy me. Any flavor is fine. I won't restrict you."

Su Zhizhi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she nodded without hesitation and agreed, "Okay."

The shopkeeper stood aside after he finished speaking. Because of the shopkeeper, many chefs gathered in front of Su Zhizhi to watch her performance.

Su Zhizhi felt a little nervous when she saw so many people looking at her, but she immediately calmed down and started to cook. Su Zhizhi took the vegetables given to her by the shopkeeper and began to wash and cut them into small pieces swiftly. Then she put them into the pot and stir-fried them over high heat. After a while, several dishes came out of the pot, including candied sweet potatoes, braised pork, boiled fish fillets, braised lion's head and so on.

The shopkeeper was watching while Su Zhizhi was cooking. Seeing that Su Zhizhi was very skilled, handled the meat very neatly, and was an expert at cooking, all his doubts disappeared in an instant.

"It's ready. Boss, please try it and give your comments." Su Zhizhi rubbed her hands nervously and said to the shopkeeper. Although Su Zhizhi was very confident in her cooking skills, she was afraid that different places have different tastes, and the food she cooked would not suit the tastes of the people here, so she was still a little worried.

Under the gaze of everyone, the shopkeeper took the lead and picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece of boiled fish made by Su Zhizhi.

As soon as the fish fillet entered his mouth, the shopkeeper's eyes widened. "Not bad, not bad. The fish meat you made is chewy and the fishy smell is completely removed, while the texture of the fish itself is retained. It is very tender and fresh. You can tell you are an experienced chef at first glance."

The shopkeeper couldn't help but admire it.

After saying that, the shopkeeper called on the other chefs around to try the dishes made by Su Zhizhi, "Come on, everyone, try the dishes made by this little girl."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone rushed forward to taste the dishes made by Su Zhizhi. They were all very curious to know whether Su Zhizhi was as vivid as the shopkeeper had described.

After everyone picked up their chopsticks and tasted Su Zhizhi's dishes, the whole kitchen was filled with praise for Su Zhizhi's cooking skills.

“Not bad, not bad, very delicious.”

"Wow! I've never eaten such delicious food before!"

"This braised pork is absolutely amazing!"

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Listening to everyone's praise, Su Zhizhi smiled with satisfaction.

"Okay, your cooking skills are up to standard, you are hired." The shopkeeper said to Su Zhizhi without hesitation.

"Really? That's great." Su Zhizhi said excitedly when she heard that.

In this way, Su Zhizhi successfully joined Manxinglou. On the day of joining, she launched her latest dish - candied sweet potato.

Because the weather has turned cooler recently, people like to eat something hot, and the price of sweet potatoes is very low, so in general, the candied sweet potatoes are of high quality and low price and have a very high cost performance. As soon as they were put on the market, they were loved by customers of Manxinglou. There are even many people who come here just to taste Su Zhizhi's candied sweet potatoes.

Thanks to the candied sweet potatoes, Manxinglou made a lot of money, and the shopkeeper was so happy about it that he couldn't stop smiling.

A week later, the shopkeeper took advantage of the fact that Manxinglou was deserted and hurriedly called Su Zhizhi. "Here, this is your bonus. Thanks to you, our restaurant wouldn't have made so much money otherwise."

The shopkeeper said this with a smile as he took out a heavy purse and handed it directly to Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi was naturally very happy to hear this. After all, she came here to make money. "Thank you, boss. I will continue to work hard."

Su Zhizhi answered modestly.

Su Zhizhi's clever and witty answer instantly pleased the shopkeeper, who nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, okay, don't worry, if you work hard, you will certainly get some benefits."

After saying that, the shopkeeper patted Su Zhizhi's shoulder encouragingly and turned to leave.

After getting off work that afternoon, Su Zhizhi went straight to the street, because a few days ago when she was strolling on the street, she accidentally found a stall selling second-hand books.

Su Zhizhi picked it up and flipped through it and found that the paper of the book had turned yellow due to its age, and some pages were slightly damaged, but it did not affect the content of the book. The handwriting was also very clear, and the price was not expensive. It was simply great value for money. It was a pity that Su Zhizhi had no money when she first came to Lejun County, so when she had money now, she went to buy those books as soon as possible.