【System, Gourmet Food, Growth, Slice-of-Life, Slow-Paced, Family Drama, Healing】Since her mother's passing, Zhao Xiaojing had lived subserviently under her third aunt's shadow, forced i...
Chapter 122: The conflict between the stalls reappears
[This... is fine, but host, you are really Thai! Stingy! Spicy!] The system was powerless to complain.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled triumphantly, and immediately mixed the two medicines together in the system. Then she clicked on the physical customization coupon, and a small bottle of 3ML transparent liquid appeared in her hand.
Zhao Xiaojing studied it for a while, then turned around and squeezed a glass of watermelon and pineapple juice, added the mixed medicine into it, and then put it in the refrigerator.
Then, she directly selected the remaining two potions in the system. After a burst of warmth, Zhao Xiaojing felt her body become much lighter, and the last bit of discomfort caused by the fever disappeared instantly.
After feeling it for a while, Zhao Xiaojing walked straight to the big steel barrel containing the braising soup. This barrel could hold 120 kilograms of things, and now it was filled with 160 kilograms including the soup and pig's feet.
Zhao Xiaojing rubbed her hands together, confidently grasping the steel drum by its handles and lifting it upwards...
My waist almost sprained, but the bucket didn't move at all.
Zhao Xiaojing let go awkwardly. It seemed that she had overestimated the ability of the enhancer.
"What are you doing? Standing here in a daze instead of sitting down. Have you taken your medicine?"
Just as he was thinking about it, Su Yuchen lifted the curtain and came in from outside.
"Comb, try the new juice I made." Zhao Xiaojing took a look and immediately turned around to take out the juice mixed with enhancers from the refrigerator and handed it over.
Su Yuchen's expression lit up with joy. He took it and gulped down the juice in a few gulps.
"Delicious! Refreshing! After drinking this juice, all the heat has gone away. I was feeling stuffy and listless just now, but now I feel like I'm alive again!"
Su Yuchen licked his lips with satisfaction. Zhao Xiaojing took back the cup with satisfaction, thinking that the fever was worth it this time.
From now on, neither of them will have to worry about getting sick again, and Su Yuchen's body has also been strengthened.
"Wash your hands and get ready for dinner. You've been too busy the past two days. Let me treat you well today!" Zhao Xiaojing smiled and patted Su Yuchen's shoulder. She turned around, set up a small folding table and two folding chairs, and brought three dishes and a soup from the operating table.
Su Yuchen was stunned. "Where do you find the time to cook so many dishes? Aren't you still braising pig's feet?"
"I just stir-fried it while braising it. It's very quick. I can't feed you leftovers every day." Zhao Xiaojing was amused by Su Yuchen's reaction.
In order to meet the deadline for the task, she was too busy to cook in the past two days. For dinner, they just cut some pig's feet and took some leftover food.
Although pork trotter rice is indeed delicious, I have been eating it for three days in a row and I will get tired of it if I eat it again.
Besides, the task has been completed, so there is no need to set the time too tight. It doesn’t matter if you do less or sell less.
Zhao Xiaojing made winter melon, shrimp and tofu soup, garlic chicken wings, stir-fried pork with chili peppers and stir-fried lettuce today.
The winter melon and tofu soup is clear and milky white, and it is even more delicious with the addition of red shrimps and chopped green onions. The tofu is so tender that it melts in your mouth, and the refreshing winter melon is tinged with the deliciousness of shrimps.
Garlic chicken wings use the same toppings as fried skewers, but with a few twists. Zhao Xiaojing's first seasoning course is almost over, and with a lot of experience, she's putting in some practice today.
While highlighting the garlic aroma, Zhao Xiaojing added a little butter to make the chicken wings more lubricated, better absorb the aroma of minced garlic, stimulate the Maillard reaction, and make the color more beautiful.
Not to mention stir-fried pork with chili peppers. Zhao Xiaojing, who has mastered the skill of flipping the wok, can now cook such stir-fried dishes with ease.
As for the stir-fried lettuce, it is crisp and refreshing, balancing the nutrition of the meat and vegetables on the table while also being a good way to relieve greasiness.
The portions of these dishes prepared by Zhao Xiaojing were not large, and since both of them had worked all morning, they had consumed a lot of energy. So, each of them had a bowl of white rice, and they quickly finished the three dishes and one soup, feeling extremely satisfied.
"The day after tomorrow is the weekend. Last time I set up a stall on a weekend, I felt that there were very few students. Yesterday, Lu Hongwen specifically reminded me that on weekends, there would be fewer students at the side door. It's close to the teaching building, and if there are no classes, fewer students will come out from there. Also, most students will be out playing and not in school, so we should prepare less pork trotters tomorrow."
After dinner, Zhao Xiaojing cleared the table, and Su Yuchen turned her head and said while washing the dishes.
Unlike the night market where the dessert stall is located, it is surrounded by residents and business is twice as good on weekends.
The stalls at the side door of the school are all doing business with students. There are fewer students on weekends, so business is naturally not good.
"Okay, then let's do less. It's a good opportunity for us to take a break!" Zhao Xiaojing nodded decisively.
"You also know how to take a break? Weren't you the one who worked so hard to make two pots of pork trotters the past two days?" Su Yuchen said with a roll of his eyes.
"Uh... I was sick, wasn't I? Now I've reflected on it. We need to combine work and rest!" Zhao Xiaojing choked and took a long time to come up with an excuse.
"Looking at the mirror, several stalls have been jealous of our business these past few days and have started to make things difficult for us, both openly and covertly." Su Yuchen frowned, looking depressed.
Business at the side door of the school is limited, so there are few stalls. There are only about a dozen stalls in total in one densely packed shed.
Half of these dozen or so shops sell food. Originally, their businesses were similar. Although they competed openly and secretly with each other, they were relatively peaceful.
But as soon as Zhao Xiaojing's stall opened, students crowded around the self-service stall offering side dishes and rice. They bought more rice and dishes and did not leave after buying them. They just ate from the food around them, and they looked very happy while eating.
This inadvertently boosted Zhao Xiaojing's profile. She looked around, seeing only the pork trotter rice vendors, which made the other vendors' business seem increasingly sluggish. Furthermore, the already narrow road being occupied by students sparked strong dissatisfaction among the other vendors.
In the past two days, they have been shouting at students who were standing around their stalls eating pork trotter rice, saying that they were blocking their business and not allowing them to stand in the greenhouse. In the past few days, there have been several waves of students arguing with the vendors.
Not to mention that every time Su Yuchen went there, there were people pointing fingers and talking behind her back, saying that they must have put all kinds of additives in the food, otherwise why would it smell so good. They also openly and secretly slandered her family's business practices behind her back, saying that they were stealing her business.
"I'll go check it out tonight. The pig's feet are already braised. I don't have anything to do today." Zhao Xiaojing sighed. Seeing Su Yuchen was about to say no, she cut her off. "Go back and practice guitar. Didn't you have no time to practice before?"
Su Yuchen's eyes lit up, and she smiled unconsciously without saying anything else.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at her reaction and was troubled by the guitar lesson USB flash drive she had exchanged for Su Yuchen, which was still in her system backpack.
She was well aware of the quality of the courses produced by the system, and she believed that even if it was replaced with a physical course without the support of virtual space, it would not be too bad.
I had been trying to find a better excuse to give her this set of courses so that it wouldn't be too awkward, or at least I could explain the source clearly.
But after so long, she still hadn't thought of a good reason, so she just kept holding it back. But the comb's reaction just now showed that she was desperately in need, right?
Forget it, I won’t look for it anymore, just today.
"comb……"