Chapter 163 Need for Self-Understanding and Growth
Zhao Xiaojing is eager to jump to the skill mall.
After finishing the seasoning course last time, she had no system coins left, and she had never bought the fire-fighting course she had been longing for.
Now that she had more money, Zhao Xiaojing took a look and bought two courses directly, one of which was the fire-cooking skills she had been thinking about for a long time, and the other was the thickening and sauce making course, both priced at 2,000 system coins.
After the purchase, there were only 560 system coins left again. Zhao Xiaojing thought about it and clicked on the recipe page, but it was still empty.
"System, what's the pattern of this recipe? Why haven't there been any new recipes for so long?" Zhao Xiaojing asked puzzledly.
[This system is an intelligent system. Whether it is tasks or functions, they will appear according to the host's current state. Everything revolves around the host's own growth, but the system is only auxiliary.]
"What do you mean?" Zhao Xiaojing was confused by the flowery tone.
This means that when the host is in trouble, the system can help. For example, when you have nothing, the fried skewers recipe that is most convenient for setting up a stall appears, and later when you need to improve, the sweet soup and pork trotter rice recipes appear. These only appear when necessary.
However, the advancement of cooking skills and the refinement of food require your own understanding and growth, rather than relying too much on the system. Therefore, the system does not have new recipes at your current stage.
So that’s how it is. Zhao Xiaojing nodded.
This is indeed the case. The style of the system has always been consistent. From the beginning, mastering knife skills is directly included and anyone who has a hand can learn it; later on, seasoning, fire control, and recipes are just methods given. If you want to learn, you have to practice diligently, complete various tasks, upgrade, and open modules to get them.
But because of this process, she also continued to work hard and make continuous progress. This kind of solid feeling and confidence cannot be given by just clicking a button.
It is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish. Zhao Xiaojing realized this.
"Then I'll upgrade the virtual space. Can I upgrade it further?" Zhao Xiaojing asked, looking at the experience value of more than 10,000 points.
[Yes, this virtual space upgrade requires 30,000 experience points.]
Zhao Xiaojing fell silent for a moment, and suddenly felt that Xiaozhi's store opening module was not earning experience points very quickly. The devil is one foot high and the road is ten feet high.
It’s better to save up slowly. Zhao Xiaojing resigned herself to entering the learning module and started studying the fire skills course.
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The next morning, Zhao Xiaojing went to the farmers' market and prepared vegetables according to Xiaozhi's suggestions.
In the past, Zhao Xiaojing always bought pig's feet from Mr. Huang at the pork stall. Now, to make rice, Zhao Xiaojing needed more ingredients. After talking to Mr. Huang, he took the initiative to reduce the price for Zhao Xiaojing. The price of pork belly was finally settled at 9.2 yuan per catty, and the price of pig's feet was 10.8 yuan per catty.
This price is 50 cents cheaper than Zhao Xiaojing's previous wholesale price, and about 1.8 yuan per pound cheaper than the market closing price. Zhao Xiaojing is quite satisfied.
Afterwards, I booked orders for chicken, duck, beef, and vegetables separately. The discounts were not as great as for pork, but there was no rush to establish contact at the beginning. As time went on and more goods were ordered, the smart boss would take the initiative to lower the price.
"The electrician Captain Wu called for has come just now. He's not the one from yesterday. He checked the entire house's circuits and found no problems. He also helped replace the blackened lamp you mentioned. As soon as he replaced it, the electrician said the lamp was at the end of its life. You're amazing!" After returning to the store, Su Yuchen helped move the ingredients into the kitchen and said to Zhao Xiaojing.
Yesterday, in addition to the problem with the socket, there was also a problem with the lamp. In the afternoon, Zhao Xiaojing went to the market to buy a spare lamp, and asked Su Yuchen to come to the store early this morning at the agreed time to wait for the technician to check the circuit, and ask the technician to help replace the lamp.
Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler now, and the fruit can be kept longer, so we don’t have to restock every day, so one of us can have some free time.
"That's fine. You must be hungry. I'll cook."
The two were a little scared by the tight pace of yesterday's opening, so they started busying themselves as soon as they got up in the morning. Now it's only 7:30 after they bought the vegetables and checked the circuits.
Zhao Xiaojing put on her chef's uniform and went to the kitchen. She washed her hands and got to work, starting to peel the old reddish pumpkin she had just bought.
Both of them just messed around yesterday. One of them had three buns outside for breakfast, and they had a hodgepodge of restaurant leftovers for lunch and dinner. They had clearly cooked all day, but they were too busy to have a proper meal.
Although both of them can endure hardships, there is no need to endure hardships when conditions permit. Breakfast is simple anyway, and you can make it yourself and eat it comfortably, which will keep you energetic all day.
Zhao Xiaojing cut the pumpkin into pieces and picked out some rice and millet. Then she added water to the three ingredients, closed the lid and stewed them in a pressure cooker.
While stewing, beat four eggs, scoop two spoonfuls of flour, add appropriate amount of water and stir into a paste.
Then add a handful of thinly shredded carrots and chopped green onions, as well as salt and a little bit of beef bone powder prepared by Zhao Xiaojing herself, and continue to stir evenly into the thin paste.
Then heat the pan. When it starts to smoke, add oil and turn it evenly. When it reaches a certain temperature and becomes lubricated, pour the oil into the oil bowl on the side, then add cold oil again, heat it up, and then pour in the batter.
This is the hot pan and cold oil method, which relies on the thermal expansion and contraction of the pan. When the pan is heated, it will expand into many tiny holes. At this time, adding cold oil will quickly enter these small holes and form a layer of oil film, thereby forming a layer of isolation between the pan and the ingredients, preventing the ingredients from directly contacting the bottom of the pan, achieving the effect of a non-stick pan.
"Comb, peel two sections of lotus root and make some shredded lotus root as a side dish." Zhao Xiaojing was busy with pancakes, and Su Yuchen came over to pick up the lotus roots.
Zhao Xiaojing poured the batter in circles while rotating the pan to spread the batter into an even pancake without holes or bubbles.
After the dough is formed, fry it for a while and shake the pan in circles from time to time to prevent it from sticking.
After one side is fried, flip the pan over beautifully, and the golden and crispy side will be turned up. Then fry the bottom side until golden brown, remove from the pan, and fry the next one.
Turn off the heat when the pumpkin porridge has been pressed for ten minutes and wait for the pressure cooker to deflate on its own.
The pancakes are made according to the quantity of three per person, and the batter is just used up after frying six.
Since the quick module came into being, Zhao Xiaojing would use it to divide the portions in advance to avoid waste. After each portion, she would look at it a few more times to remember it. Over time, she also began to control the portions accurately.
Putting the stacked pancakes aside, Zhao Xiaojing quickly cut the tender white lotus root into shreds.
Then wash and blanch it, add white vinegar, and when it is cooked, take it out and put it in a bowl. Then add minced garlic, green onion segments, dried chili shreds and coriander, pour hot oil on it, and then add salt, sesame oil, chicken powder and other seasonings and mix well.
"Why are you still eating secretly? Serve the food!"
After Zhao Xiaojing mixed the lotus root shreds, she turned around to start the pressure cooker. When she turned around, she found Su Yuchen secretly attacking the lotus root shreds from behind.
"It's delicious! Our Mirror's cooking skills are amazing, and this looks so clean and tastes so good!"
Su Yuchen chuckled, not at all embarrassed by being caught eating secretly. After praising him a few words, he took the plate away and continued to eat the shredded lotus root.
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