Chapter 37 People who know how to be self-reliant will not live a bad life
"Master He, you're here so early." Zhao Xiaojing saw Master He cutting radish into pieces and went over to help.
"No, no, I can do this. I'm not good at cutting other things. You just go about your business." Master He quickly stopped Zhao Xiaojing who wanted to help.
"I came over to tell the manager, I see you're quite experienced here, there's nothing I can do for you, and I don't have anything to explain. Today is my last day here, and I'll be leaving tomorrow."
"So what are you going to do next?" Zhao Xiaojing asked, looking at Master He who seemed to be in a hurry to leave early.
"I'm planning to continue working as a nanny. Originally, we said that once the kid grows up, his dad and I should come back to be with him, but now he needs money for school, food, and other things. Doesn't everything cost money? In a small place like Yangcheng, the salary is always too high to find a suitable one."
"People like us who don't have any skills can do nothing but go out and work to save some money for our children. "I come back and say I'm tutoring my children, but it's good enough that they don't have to teach me," said Master He with a helpless smile.
"The kid will understand when he grows up. His parents are independent and self-reliant people. They have been working hard for him. People who know how to be independent will never have a bad life." Zhao Xiaojing said seriously.
She had a deep understanding of this situation. In her previous life, she often felt guilty and powerless when taking care of three children alone. But in her previous life, she only knew how to rely on others. The Master He in front of her was much better than she was then.
"...Thank you, thank you!" Master He was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say. She felt a little embarrassed to be comforted by such a young girl.
Zhao Xiaojing didn't bother them anymore. She took the pork belly, large fish pieces, and duck meat that had been thawed after get off work at noon and started cutting them. These were the ingredients that Sun Dehai had instructed them to use in the evening.
The vegetable washers also came to the kitchen one after another and asked Zhao Xiaojing if there was anything they could help with.
Master Sun’s menu was set early. In the evening, he made roast duck with radish, flavored eggplant, roast fish cubes, pork belly with onion, and stir-fried pork slices with carrots.
The vegetable washer knew all about it, so he directly took a basin and filled it with the vegetarian side dishes that Master Sun needed, and then asked Zhao Xiaojing.
Zhao Xiaojing checked the canteen's supplies at noon. Thinking about her low satisfaction score, she decided to make an extra fried food in the evening to try to raise the score.
She decided to make fried chicken fillet, fried oyster mushrooms, and black fungus mixed with bean curd sheets.
"Please help me wash the oyster mushrooms, black fungus, and bean curd sheets. The oyster mushrooms will be fried, and the bean curd sheets and black fungus will be mixed." Zhao Xiaojing was still unsure of the amount of food for nearly 300 people, so she directly told the experienced helper what she wanted to do, and the helper prepared the appropriate amount of food.
"Master Zhao is frying something again tonight, so I'll wash some more for you!"
They were all there when Secretary Fan came at noon, and they also saw the fried crab sticks as a side dish. Now they all know that Zhao Xiaojing is good at frying.
At noon, when they were eating, I wanted to order some fried crab sticks to see what they tasted like, but they were empty again. This made me even more curious. I washed more in the evening and I must try it this time!
The dishes that Sun Dehai needed for dinner were relatively simple, and with the help of Master He, it was done quickly.
After Sun Dehai arrived, he also started to prepare the fish pieces.
Zhao Xiaojing sliced the chicken breast that she had taken out to thaw at noon one by one from the middle and gently patted it vertically with the back of a knife.
After beating everything well, add onion, ginger, cooking wine, and the newly prepared marinade, mix well, and set aside to marinate.
Cut the washed bean curd sheets into sections, and blanch them together with the fungus. Remove them after two minutes and soak them in cold water.
Tear the washed oyster mushrooms into small strips, add some salt and mix evenly, then set aside to drain out the moisture.
In your free time, prepare a crispy paste with one tablespoon of ordinary flour, two tablespoons of corn starch, one tablespoon of prepared five-spice powder, two tablespoons of pepper powder, and appropriate amount of water and mix well.
Stir quickly until it becomes as thick as yogurt, then add a spoonful of cooking oil and continue stirring.
Take out the soaked bean curd sheets and black fungus and set them aside to drain the moisture.
Take out a small basin and two large plates, beat a few eggs in the basin, pour corn starch on one plate and breadcrumbs on the other.
Then dip the marinated chicken breasts one by one in corn starch on both sides, then in egg liquid, and finally in breadcrumbs, and press lightly.
At this time, the oyster mushrooms have been pickled to release a lot of water. Squeeze them slightly to squeeze out the water, then pour in the prepared crispy paste and mix well.
Seeing that there was still enough time, Zhao Xiaojing grabbed a few more handfuls of peanuts.
Put the pot on the stove, pour in the oil, add the peanuts in the cold oil, turn on the fire, fry slowly on low heat, and turn them over from time to time with a slotted spoon.
After the peanuts change color, take them out, spread them flat on a large plate and let them cool. This way the fried peanuts will be very crispy and can also enhance the taste when added to cold dishes.
Although it is home-cooked, food that is prepared with care will always taste better.
Continue to heat the oil. When the oil temperature is about 40% to 50% hot, add the oyster mushrooms coated with batter and fry them over low heat until they are shaped and the surface is slightly yellow. Remove and set aside.
Add the marinated chicken breast and fry until it is set and slightly browned.
Then I prepared the salt and pepper powder for the fried chicken fillet and fried oyster mushrooms respectively, still using the seasonings from the cafeteria that I mixed together.
Then put in the dried bean curd sheets and black fungus, add minced garlic, chopped green onions, chili peppers, pour in hot oil, add two tablespoons of light soy sauce, two tablespoons of aged vinegar, half a tablespoon of white sugar, a spoonful of pepper oil, sprinkle with coriander and peanuts, and mix well.
When it was almost time for the workers to get off work, I re-fried the oyster mushrooms and chicken fillets until the surface was golden brown and slightly charred. I asked the helpers to cut the fried chicken fillets into strips and sprinkled them with the respective secret ingredients.
Finished. Zhao Xiaojing breathed a sigh of relief. She had been working so hard to prepare food in the cafeteria, fearing that she would miss dinner time. Fortunately, she was only making side dishes, otherwise she really couldn't handle it.
The helpers helped to move the vegetables out, and Zhao Xiaojing went to see Sun Dehai again. He had also finished his main battle and was making seaweed egg soup.
By the time Sun Dehai's big bucket of egg soup was taken out of the pot, it was exactly half past six and the workers were leaving work for lunch.
After Zhao Xiaojing finished the work in her hands, it was time for the exciting backstage monitoring of satisfaction.
As soon as it reached half past six, the numbers started to jump.
Zhao Xiaojing was mentally prepared, thinking that the market would open high and close low like it did at noon, and she kept reminding herself to be humble and not be too impatient.
As soon as the satisfaction score appeared, Zhao Xiaojing panicked.
Satisfaction—20%? No, a satisfaction score of 0 is fine, but what about a negative number? Not only is it unsatisfactory, but there's also a lot of resentment?
Why is this happening? How is it calculated?
Zhao Xiaojing frowned unconsciously and felt like she was going crazy.
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